DICKS, NORMAN D. (a Representative from Washington)
Amendments
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4855 [17JY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4775, supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks, H3472 [12JN]
———H.R. 5010, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H6138 [10SE]
———H.R. 5011, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H6137 [10SE]
Articles and editorials
Binge Mentality in the Federal Budget, Janet Yellen, New York (NY) Times, E1357
Caspian Intrigue—Odd Family Drama in Kazakhstan Dims Democratic Hopes—Petroleum-Rich Land's Ruler Smacks Down Son-in-Law and Sundry Challengers, Steve LeVine, Wall Street Journal, E1833
Civic Icon Left Mark on City, Elena Castanieda, Bremerton (WA) Sun, E1352
New Allies, Old Formula, Washington (DC) Post, E1297
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: encourage employers who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve to provide a pay differential benefit and an extension of employee benefits to members on active duty (see H. Con. Res. 362), H3514 [12JN]
———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H201 [6FE]
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), H2100 [2MY]
———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see H. Con. Res. 401), H4767 [16JY]
Boggs, Lindy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 439), H4932 [18JY]
Business and industry: ensure project labor agreements are permitted in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1360), H1410 [17AP]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H634 [27FE]
China, People's Republic of: anniversary of inauguration of Sino-American relations and commend President Bush for advancing such relations (see H. Con. Res. 365), H1090 [20MR]
———persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 447), H6693 [25SE]
Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1362), H7894 [10OC]
Computers: amend copyright laws relative to royalty fees for webcasting (see H.R. 5285), H5995 [26JY]
Corporations: promote responsibility (see H.R. 5160), H4930 [18JY]
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), H3928 [25JN]
Dept. of Commerce: establish and appoint members of a Marine Protected Areas Advisory Committee (see H.R. 5595), H7738 [9OC]
Dept. of HUD: grants to States to supplement assistance for the preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 425), H4425 [9JY]
Dept. of National Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 4660), H2608 [16MY]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct study on the inclusion of Eagledale Ferry Dock in the National Park System (see H.R. 3747), H366 [13FE]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 4073), H2356 [9MY]
———reauthorize microenterprise assistance programs and expand sustainable poverty-focused microenterprise programs by implementing improved poverty measurement methods (see H.R. 4209), H1283 [11AP]
Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see H.R. 2629), H562 [26FE]
———expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 4963), H4069 [26JN]
Drugs: address the problem of pseudoephedrine smuggling into the U.S. from Canada (see H. Con. Res. 317), H634 [27FE]
———distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H4766 [16JY]
———establish an electronic system for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 5503), H7304 [8OC]
———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H907 [13MR]
Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4582), H4350 [8JY]
———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H6778 [26SE]
———provide grants for training of realtime court reporters and closed captioners to meet the requirements for closed captioning set forth in the Telecommunications Act (see H.R. 2527), H1284 [11AP]
EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 4611), H3038 [23MY]
Families and domestic relations: increase U.S. commitment to the health of the world's mothers and children (see H. Con. Res. 404), H3775 [20JN]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H5087 [22JY]
———increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see H.R. 1307), H1003 [19MR]
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act: enhance Federal asset management (see H.R. 3947), H1091 [20MR]
Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H1410 [17AP]
Forest Service: provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths caused by wildfire entrapment or burnover (see H.R. 3971), H931 [14MR]
GSA: authorize public-private partnerships to rehabilitate Federal real property (see H.R. 2710), H524 [14FE]
Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H142 [5FE]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3469), H6060 [4SE]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H6419 [19SE]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Law enforcement: provide grants for law enforcement training and equipment to combat methamphetamine labs (see H.R. 4027), H1087 [20MR]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H1155 [9AP]
———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H833 [12MR]
Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H1674 [25AP]
———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1011), H937 [18MR]
Medicare: coverage for rehabilitation services provided by State vocational rehabilitation agencies to older, blind individuals (see H.R. 2674), H3668 [18JN]
———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H4574 [12JY]
———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 4000), H1156 [9AP]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4326 [27JN]
———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5411), H7738 [9OC]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 3710), H1091 [20MR]
———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 4850), H3037 [23MY]
———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), H2356 [9MY]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1338 [16AP]
Mount Rainier National Park: boundary adjustment (see H.R. 5512), H6926 [1OC]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H3038 [23MY]
National Office for Combating Terrorism: establish (see H.R. 4660), H2608 [16MY]
Navy League of the U.S.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 416), H3453 [11JN]
Office of Technology Assessment: reestablish (see H.R. 2148), H562 [26FE]
OMB: provide that certain adjustments made to align highway spending with revenues have no force or effect (see H.R. 3900), H780 [7MR]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H1155 [9AP]
Rural areas: establish demonstration programs to address the shortages of health care professionals (see H.R. 5113), H4574 [12JY]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4873 [17JY]
Sid Morrison Post Office Building, Zillah, WA: designate (see H.R. 5116), H5998 [26JY]
Skykomish River: enhance ecosystem protection and outdoor opportunities by designating certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 4844), H3036 [23MY]
Social Security: improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2472 [14MY]
———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (see H.R. 5662), H8021 [16OC]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H201 [6FE]
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), H6559 [24SE]
Taxation: allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 951), H937 [18MR]
———exempt certain U.S. international ports from the harbor maintenance tax (see H.R. 5199), H5452 [24JY]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H5087 [22JY]
———reinstate Superfund and oil spill excise taxes and extend leaking underground storage tank taxes (see H.R. 4060), H1620 [24AP]
———treatment of bonds issued to acquire renewable resources on land subject to conservation easement (see H.R. 1711), H141 [5FE]
———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H1338 [16AP]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (see H.R. 3670), H2735 [21MY]
Turkey: commend cooperation in the war against terrorism, economic reforms, and economic partnership meetings (see H. Con. Res. 437), H4932 [18JY]
———express appreciation for participation in military response to terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 265), H228 [7FE]
Water: establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to control and eradicate invasive species, educate the public, and restore ecosystems (see H.R. 5395), H6373 [18SE]
———establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (see H.R. 5396), H6373 [18SE]
Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4873 [17JY]
Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4873 [17JY]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H688 [5MR]
Motions
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4761 [16JY]
Remarks
Air Force: airborne laser program funding, H4112 [27JN]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2910 [22MY], H2987, H2994 [23MY]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), consideration (H. Res. 428), H2901
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), consideration (H. Res. 431), H3043 [24MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7730
———remove emergency designation from appropriated funds for mobilized National Guard and Reserve forces, H2987 [23MY]
Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities funding through reductions in Dept. of the Interior funding, H4805, H4807, H4808, H4810 [17JY]
BLM: funding, H4727, H4730, H4737, H4743 [16JY]
———wildfire management funding through reductions in land acquisition funding, H4853, H4854 [17JY]
Budget: allocation of funds, H4746, H4749 [16JY], E1357
———deficit, H4727, H4734, H4746 [16JY]
California: prohibit new offshore oil and gas drilling, H4831 [17JY]
Carl Vinson (U.S.S.): tribute to crew for war effort in Afghanistan, H50 [24JA]
Compact of Free Association: compensation to Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands for increased migration, H4818, H4819 [17JY]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), consideration (H. Res. 462), H4140 [27JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), H4108
Dept. of Energy: Energy Star Program funding, H4826 [17JY]
Dept. of the Interior: ensure full historical accounting of Native American trust funds, H4788, H4790, H4792, H4793, H4794 [17JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4723, H4727, H4728, H4730, H4731, H4734, H4737, H4743, H4744, H4746, H4748, H4749, H4761 [16JY], H4788, H4790, H4792, H4793, H4794, H4805, H4807, H4808, H4810, H4818, H4819, H4821, H4826, H4831, H4850, H4851, H4853, H4854, H4855, H4856 [17JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5093), consideration (H. Res. 483), H4713, H4714 [16JY]
———require specific identification of funding recipients in appropriations legislation in addition to committee or conference reports, H4856 [17JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5325 [24JY]
Everglades National Park: land acquisition funding, H4854, H4855 [17JY]
———require Dept. of the Interior involvement in oversight of individual restoration projects, H4854 [17JY]
Foreign aid: authorize economic and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan and military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign countries (H.R. 3994), H2758
Forest Service: allow regional foresters to exempt clearing and thinning projects from citizen lawsuits if foresters certify that a wildfire in the area of the project is likely to cause extreme damage to the ecosystem, H4850, H4851 [17JY]
———grazing management funding, H4819 [17JY]
———wildfire prevention funding through reductions in National Endowment for the Arts funding, H4821 [17JY]
Government: prohibit enforcement of OMB regulation on privatization quotas for Federal jobs, H5325 [24JY]
Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument: land acquisition account transfer from the BLM to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, H4761 [16JY]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4628), H5433, H5437 [24JY]
Kazakhstan: human rights violations, E1297
Monuments and memorials: New York historical forts preservation funding, H4748 [16JY]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish, H5433, H5437 [24JY]
———require representation by family members of victims of terrorist attacks, H5437 [24JY]
National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve: anniversary, E520
Parliamentary inquiry, H4816 [17JY]
Point of order, H4728, H4731 [16JY], H4850, H4856 [17JY]
Port Townsend, WA: centennial of Fort Worden, E774
Ships and vessels: exempt passenger ferries from fees imposed on commercial ships relative to immigration inspection and preinspection activities, H2910 [22MY]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H2994 [23MY]
Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H759 [7MR]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H759 [7MR]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H28 [23JA]
Special order: granted, H76 [24JA]
Statements
Gamble on Crusader—Additional Views: by, H4088
Tributes
Knapp, Roland, E1299
LaPlante, Clifford C., E431
Shoneman, Fred S., E1352
Skeen, Representative, H4723 [16JY]