DeGETTE, DIANA (a Representative from Colorado)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5383), H7738 [9OC]
Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 2908), H1484 [18AP]
Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 3464), H1284 [11AP]
Arts and humanities: application of antitrust laws to certain negotiations of freelance writers and artists for the sale of their written and graphic material to publishers (see H.R. 4643), H3601 [17JN]
Aviation: develop technologies that will enable future aircraft with significantly lower noise, emissions, and fuel consumption and reinvigorate basic and applied research in aeronautics and aviation (see H.R. 4653), H3669 [18JN]
———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see H. Con. Res. 401), H6085 [5SE]
Barney Apodaca Post Office, Fort Collins, CO: designate (see H.R. 5308), H5996 [26JY]
Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 437), H3292 [6JN]
Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1918), H8041 [24OC]
Computers: establish a program to transfer surplus computers of Federal agencies to schools and nonprofit community-based educational organizations (see H.R. 4785), H6061 [4SE]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3887), H737 [6MR]
Crime: make grants to train sexual assault nurse examiners and other personnel handling sexual assault cases, establish minimum standards for forensic evidence collection, and carry out crime scene DNA analysis (see H.R. 2874), H5998 [26JY]
———prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 3053), H2945 [22MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: clarify authority to establish performance standards for the reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry processed by establishments receiving inspection services (see H.R. 3956), H7738 [9OC]
Dept. of HUD: permit public housing agencies to transfer unused low-income rental assistance amounts to the HOME Program or for eligible Capital Fund public housing activities (see H.R. 4205), H4767 [16JY]
Dept. of Justice: establish an Office of Children's Services (see H.R. 1904), H1003 [19MR]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of sites associated with the life of Cesar E. Chavez and the farm labor movement to determine appropriate methods for their preservation and interpretation (see H.R. 2966), H3825 [21JN]
———implement final rule to phase out snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park (see H.R. 5044), H4324 [27JN]
———provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (see H.R. 1462), H36 [23JA]
Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see H.R. 4579), H1619 [24AP]
———provide assistance for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 4894), H3860 [24JN]
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: provide benefits to Dept. of Energy contractors exposed to toxic substances, expand coverage to certain individuals, and reform claimant assistance (see H.R. 5493), H7738 [9OC]
EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 4611), H3860 [24JN]
ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H1484 [18AP]
FCC: eliminate deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television broadcasting (see H.R. 4560), H1618 [24AP]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the development of products for rare diseases (see H.R. 4014), H1201 [10AP]
Financial Accounting Standards Board: improve the setting of accounting standards (see H.R. 3970), H931 [14MR]
Financial institutions: reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 3717), H2608 [16MY]
Fire prevention: reduce threat of wildfires in the wildland-urban interface, support community and private wildfire control efforts, and return receipts generated from hazardous fuels reduction projects to the Treasury (see H.R. 5358), H6419 [19SE]
Firearms: improve the national instant criminal background check system (see H.R. 4757), H3073 [24MY]
———regulation of transfers at gun shows (see H.R. 4034), H1088 [20MR]
Firefighters: facilitate reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires (see H.R. 5017), H4326 [27JN]
Fish and fishing: recover depleted fish stocks and promote the long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 2570), H6419 [19SE]
Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see H.R. 5230), H5790 [25JY]
Foreign countries: human rights violations against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals (see H. Con. Res. 173), H3454 [11JN]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
Health: improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (see H.R. 5478), H6776 [26SE]
———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts and information on transplantation, and move transplantation from an experimental procedure to a standard therapy (see H.R. 5462), H6692 [25SE]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H688 [5MR]
Health care facilities: increase availability of language-assistance services for patients of migrant health centers (see H.R. 4134), H1199 [10AP]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 4113), H1153 [9AP]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H6085 [5SE]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H1532 [23AP]
Iron and steel industry: remedy certain injurious effects of steel imports by protecting benefits of steelworkers and retirees and strengthening the U.S. steel industry (see H.R. 4646), H2099 [2MY]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 2074), H4069 [26JN]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H833 [12MR]
Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4888), H3291 [6JN]
Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H2019 [1MY]
Medicare: coverage of diabetes laboratory diagnostic tests and other diabetes screening services (see H.R. 5666), H8021 [16OC]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H2164 [7MY]
———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H3161 [4JN]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H1003 [19MR]
———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 3238), H2164 [7MY]
———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (see H.R. 3236), H937 [18MR]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1202 [10AP]
Mining and mineral resources: reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 4078), H2512 [15MY]
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H634 [27FE]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H2735 [21MY]
NIH: establish Office of Rare Diseases (see H.R. 4013), H1201 [10AP]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H1090 [20MR]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Native Americans (see H.R. 5738), H9023 [14NO]
Public lands: increase penalties for illegal campfires on public, national park, and national forest lands that results in damage and specify uses for collected fines (see H.R. 4912), H3453 [11JN]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and reform block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3625), H1091 [20MR]
Refugees: treatment programs funding for victims of torture (see H.R. 1405), H4425 [9JY]
Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 2610), H524 [14FE]
———improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2472 [14MY]
———improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3729), H284 [12FE]
Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see H.R. 4483), H4767 [16JY]
Taxation: extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 1265), H6374 [18SE]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H3824 [21JN]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 5264), H5994 [26JY]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H781 [7MR]
Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (see H.R. 3193), H6419 [19SE]
Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H4350 [8JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Colorado: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 4468), H1409 [17AP]
Diseases: prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 5482), H6776 [26SE]
Public Health Service Act: protection of human subjects in research (see H.R. 4697), H2355 [9MY]
Social Security: improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3675), H140 [5FE]
———promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (see H.R. 3676), H140 [5FE]
Motions
Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2215), H1747 [30AP], H1990 [1MY]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions except to avert serious long-term physical health consequences for the mother, H5372 [24JY]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 4965), H5361 [24JY]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 4965), motion to recommit, H5372 [24JY]
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H2048
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct conferees, E613
Airports: extend deadline for installing explosive detection machines for screening checked baggage, H5875
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2989 [23MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7214 [8OC]
Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, E1412
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 476), consideration (H. Res. 388), H1349 [17AP]
Denver, CO: National Jewish Medical and Research Center inclusion in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ``America's Best Hospitals'' list, E1288
Denver CO: anniversary of United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing, Pipefitting, and Sprinkler Fitting Industry of the U.S. and Canada Local No. 208, E572
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5875
———establish Joint Interagency Homeland Security Task Force, E1465
Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2215), motion to instruct conferees, H1747 [30AP], H1990, H1995 [1MY]
———statutorily institute and clarify the organizational structure of the Violence Against Women Office, H1990, H1995 [1MY]
Diseases: increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (H. Con. Res. 36), H3102 [4JN]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: improve regulation of medical devices (H.R. 3580), H7163
Glendale, CO: anniversary, E799
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), H2191 [8MY]
Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), consideration (H. Res. 546), H6571 [25SE]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), H6733 [26SE]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H594
———protect competition in Internet and high speed data services by preserving certain FCC and State regulations affecting competitive local exchange carriers, H594
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), consideration (H. Res. 404), H2068
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4284 [27JN]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (H. Res. 465), H4174 [27JN]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H353
Public debt: ceiling, H2989 [23MY]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Native Americans (H.R. 5738), E2105
Public welfare programs: eligibility of certain legal immigrants for food stamps, E613
Tributes
Hernandez, Rufina A., E1165
Solano, Ambrosio, E1488
Van Velkinburgh, Jeannie, E1337
White, Byron R., E571