EVANS, LANE (a Representative from Illinois)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4546, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H5607 [25JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Africa: recognize the importance of inheritance rights of women (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3668 [18JN]
Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5383), H6560 [24SE]
Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 4039), H2019 [1MY]
———ensure use of certain antibiotic drugs in agriculture does not compromise human health by contributing to the development of antibiotic resistance (see H.R. 3804), H4326 [27JN]
Arlington National Cemetery: enact into law eligibility requirements for interment (see H.R. 4940), H3561 [13JN]
———placement of a memorial honoring World War II veterans who fought in the Battle of the Bulge (see H.R. 5055), H4325 [27JN]
Armed Forces: index for inflation the amount of death gratuity paid upon death during active duty (see H.R. 3972), H1201 [10AP]
———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H1533 [23AP]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H1201 [10AP]
Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 6), H6693 [25SE]
Buck, John F. (Jack): tribute (see H. Res. 455), H3859 [24JN]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard, National Guard Bureau, and Dept. of Defense for assistance to Capitol Police and Congress after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 378), H1533 [23AP]
Cesar Chavez Post Office, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 3613), H6777 [26SE]
Children and youth: establish a demonstration project to implement evidence-based preventive-screening methods to detect mental illness and suicidal tendencies in school-age youth at selected facilities (see H.R. 5613), H8023 [16OC]
———provide access to early care and education so the families can work and children can receive quality custodial care (see H.R. 3524), H1533 [23AP]
China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 447), H6778 [26SE]
Colmery, Harry W.: posthumously award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 461), H6059 [4SE]
Congressional Trade Office: establish (see H.R. 3422), H2356 [9MY]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 18), H3293 [6JN]
Corporations: prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts (see H.R. 4831), H3036 [23MY]
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), H3229 [5JN]
Dept. of Defense: disclose information on projects that included testing of biological or chemical agents involving potential exposure of Armed Forces members to toxic agents (see H.R. 5060), H4767 [16JY]
Dept. of HHS: award grants to public and private entities to establish or expand teenage pregnancy prevention programs (see H.R. 3581), H1620 [24AP]
———make matching grants available to States to encourage the establishment of license plate programs to fund breast cancer treatment, research, and education (see H.R. 1295), H6303 [17SE]
———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see H. Con. Res. 385), H4767 [16JY]
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), H3775 [20JN]
Dept. of the Interior: establish a national research program on chronic wasting disease (see H.R. 4740), H3038 [23MY]
———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]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow payment of certain benefits to begin effective the first day of the month in which hospitalization or treatment begins (see H.R. 4036), H1088 [20MR]
———allow recovery of medical costs from third parties in the same manner as a preferred provider organization (see H.R. 5392), H6302 [17SE]
———authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (see H.R. 4514), H2608 [16MY]
———enhance certain veterans programs and improve administration of such programs (see H.R. 3927), H832 [12MR]
———establish an office to coordinate disaster preparedness strategies with other Federal agencies, and State and local governments (see H.R. 4559), H1618 [24AP]
———exclude monetary benefits paid to veterans by States and municipalities from consideration as income for purposes of pension benefits (see H.R. 3771), H1091 [20MR]
———extend time for application for a waiver of recovery of claims of overpayments of veterans benefits and improve administration of such overpayments (see H.R. 3735), H365 [13FE]
———increase amounts available to State approving agencies to evaluate the qualifications of educational institutions to provide courses under department-administered education programs (see H.R. 3731), H365 [13FE]
———provide Government markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries that died on or after the day of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 3990), H937 [18MR]
———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H5993 [26JY]
———provide service-connected disability benefits for persons disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation provided by the Dept., and for survivors of persons dying from such treatment (see H.R. 3734), H365 [13FE]
———recalculate retirement annuities for certain health care professionals performing part-time services (see H.R. 4972), H3774 [20JN]
———repeal requirement that former POW must have been interred for a specified minimum period of time to be eligible for dental benefits (see H.R. 3826), H650 [28FE]
———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 3183), H1284 [11AP]
———suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H634 [27FE]
Education: authorize appropriations and establish advisory committee to help implement the Advanced Technological Education Program and strengthen technological education at associate-degree granting colleges (see H.R. 4680), H4767 [16JY]
———increase amount of student loan forgiveness available to qualified teachers, with an emphasis on special education teachers (see H.R. 5091), H5087 [22JY]
———increase student loan forgiveness to teachers in mathematics, science, and special education (see H.R. 3957), H1533 [23AP]
———require medically accurate and objective factual information as part of any sex education course (see H.R. 5668), H8022 [16OC]
———restrict the disqualification of students for drug offenses to those students who committed offenses while receiving student financial aid (see H.R. 3777), H3669 [18JN]
ERISA: provide for improved disclosure, diversification, account access, and accountability under individual account plans (see H.R. 3657), H785 [11MR]
FAA: implement certain aviation security measures (see H.R. 3064), H1674 [25AP]
Families and domestic relations: provide coverage of domestic violence screening and treatment under Maternal and Child Health Program, Medicaid, and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 4032), H6229 [11SE]
FBI: reform (see H.R. 5387), H6302 [17SE]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
Federal Bureau of Audits: establish (see H.R. 3795), H4931 [18JY]
Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 42), H110 [4FE]
———health benefits coverage for infertility treatment (see H.R. 389), H4350 [8JY]
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), H1091 [20MR]
Foreign trade: respond to serious injury currently being experienced by the U.S. textile and apparel industry (see H.J. Res. 105), H4553 [11JY]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 5279), H5995 [26JY]
Harold, Erika: tribute (see H. Res. 575), H7303 [8OC]
Health: allow certain retirees who lose employer-based coverage to acquire coverage under Medicare or COBRA and require employers to notify retirees of any changes in their health benefits (see H.R. 1078), H3825 [21JN]
———development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 2405), H651 [28FE]
———establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 5241), H6560 [24SE]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H. Con. Res. 99), H937 [18MR]
———provide certain caregivers with Medicare benefits, allow long-term care tax credit, and establish programs for patients with fatal chronic illnesses (see H.R. 5139), H7929 [15OC]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H834 [12MR]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3469), H3453 [11JN]
Health care facilities: establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority and other populations served by health centers (see H.R. 3336), H562 [26FE]
History: support the celebration of the anniversary of the Grand Excursion of 1854 (see H. Con. Res. 455), H5997 [26JY]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 4113), H3928 [25JN]
Housing: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see H.R. 3661), H3928 [25JN]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H3928 [25JN]
Immigration: change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4575), H2235 [8MY]
Insurance: require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (see H.R. 580), H833 [12MR]
———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 792), H6303 [17SE]
Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 3781), H3928 [25JN]
Iraq: adjudication and payment of certain claims against Iraq and priority for veterans filing such claims (see H.R. 4573), H1619 [24AP]
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]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H4425 [9JY]
Law enforcement: provide grants for law enforcement training and equipment to combat methamphetamine labs (see H.R. 4027), H1675 [25AP]
Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H1620 [24AP]
Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 5526, 5527), H6982 [2OC]
Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H6303 [17SE]
Medicare: coverage for rehabilitation services provided by State vocational rehabilitation agencies to older, blind individuals (see H.R. 2674), H367 [13FE]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H1769 [30AP]
———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), H1533 [23AP]
———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 3569), H1533 [23AP]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5411), H7738 [9OC]
———improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (see H.R. 2483), H2101 [2MY]
———increase payments for ambulance services in rural areas, determine rural areas based on population density, and require the use of recent data in determining payment adjustments (see H.R. 3545), H5453 [24JY]
———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 3109), H3721 [19JN]
———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 3882), H1620 [24AP]
———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 4939), H3561 [13JN]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H1533 [23AP]
Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 5078), H6374 [18SE]
———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H2512 [15MY]
Michael E. DeBakey Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 5655), H8021 [16OC]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 4799), H3669 [18JN]
Mink, Patsy T.: honorary renaming of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (see H.J. Res. 113), H6983 [2OC]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see H. Res. 518), H6172 [10SE]
National Weather Service: provide overtime pay for forecasters performing essential services during severe weather events and limit Sunday premium pay to hours of service actually performed (see H.R. 2868), H1201 [10AP]
Navy League of the U.S.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 416), H3453 [11JN]
NIH: breast cancer early detection and mortality rate reduction research funding (see H.R. 3989), H1284 [11AP]
———provide for Alzheimer's disease research and demonstration grants (see H.R. 4606), H8035 [21OC]
North American Occupational Safety and Health Week: support goals and ideas (see H. Res. 356), H687 [5MR]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H1410 [17AP]
Pensions: improve pension plan security (see H.R. 5110), H5195 [23JY]
Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see H.R. 4614), H3669 [18JN]
PLO: impose certain travel and diplomatic sanctions on officials in the U.S., seize assets in the U.S., and require a report on any acts of terrorism until a peace plan is implemented (see H.R. 4693), H3669 [18JN]
POW: eligibility of surviving spouses of certain former prisoners to receive dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 2878), H79 [24JA]
Public Health Service Act: amend to provide services for the prevention of family violence (see H.R. 4916), H6229 [11SE]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and reform block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3625), H367 [13FE]
Railroads: establish a national rail passenger transportation system and reauthorize and improve service and security on Amtrak (see H.R. 5216), H5789 [25JY]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H1533 [23AP]
Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see H.R. 4608), H2608 [16MY]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4932 [18JY]
Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: make certain improvements (see H.R. 2222), H1155 [9AP]
Social Security: eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H6171 [10SE]
———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2036), H367 [13FE]
———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 2630), H105 [29JA]
———improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2356 [9MY]
———improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3675), H737 [6MR] (see H.R. 3729), H284 [12FE]
———protect trust funds by ensuring the Government repays its debts to the trust funds (see H.R. 5252), H7303 [8OC]
———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H2471 [14MY]
———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 4780), H4326 [27JN]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H6060 [4SE]
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: restate, clarify, and revise (see H.R. 5111), H4574 [12JY]
Stem Cell Research Board: establish (see H.R. 4011), H1087 [20MR]
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), H3721 [19JN]
Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 4604), H6304 [17SE]
———creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction (see H.R. 415), H6303 [17SE]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H3669 [18JN]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H5453 [24JY]
———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H4575 [12JY]
———require child support delinquent parents to include their unpaid obligation in gross income, and allow custodial parents a deduction for unpaid child support (see H.R. 5130), H6559 [24SE]
———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 2350), H651 [28FE]
Tibet: recognize authorities who are currently exiled in Dharamsala, India, as the legitimate representatives of Tibet (see H. Res. 357), H687 [5MR]
Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 5264), H5994 [26JY]
———reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and develop safer tobacco products (see H.R. 1044), H227 [7FE]
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), H785 [11MR]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]
U.N.: provide for permanent guidelines for voluntary U.S. contributions to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 5293), H7304 [8OC]
Veterans: improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 3430), H367 [13FE]
———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (see H.R. 4904), H3453 [11JN]
———improve compensation for veterans in certain cases of loss of paired organs (see H.R. 5477), H6776 [26SE]
———increase maximum amount of home loan guarantees available to veterans (see H.R. 3719), H284 [12FE]
———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 4085), H1152 [9AP]
———revise and improve employment, training, and placement services (see H.R. 4015), H1087 [20MR]
VFW: amend charter to make members of the Armed Forces who receive special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger eligible for membership (see H.R. 3838), H655 [4MR]
Women: protect breastfeeding by new mothers, establish performance standard for breast pumps, and allow tax credit for enabling mothers to breastfeed or express milk at work (see H.R. 285), H2471 [14MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow for substitution of parties in claims for benefits when the applicant for such benefits dies while the claim is pending (see H.R. 3733), H365 [13FE]
———improve judicial review of administrative decisions (see H.R. 4018), H1087 [20MR]
———improve procurement practices in procuring health-care items (see H.R. 3645), H103 [29JA]
———prohibit additional daily interest charges following prepayment in full of guaranteed housing loans (see H.R. 4042), H1088 [20MR]
Homeless: provide for annual placement of memorials honoring the military service of veterans who were homeless or indigent at the time of death (see H.R. 5454), H6692 [25SE]
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: ensure coverage of National Guard troops mobilized for support services in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4017), H1087 [20MR]
Veterans: provide service-disabled veterans and other handicapped individuals who own small businesses a time-delimited preference in the award of Federal contracts (see H.R. 5583), H7737 [9OC]
Remarks
American Legion: clarify eligibility requirements (H.R. 3988), H4587
AMVETS: recognize members for their service to the nation and support the goal of AMVETS National Charter Day (H. Con. Res. 314), H2631 [20MY]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), conference report, H5985 [26JY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7419 [9OC]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), H1070
Burma: human rights violations, E1609
———U.S. policy, E1609
Colombia: support democratically elected Government and efforts to counter threats from terrorist organizations (H. Res. 358), H714
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2380
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5874
———maintain civil service rights and protections for transferred Federal employees, H5874
———prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, H5874
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow for substitution of parties in claims for benefits when the applicant for such benefits dies while the claim is pending (H.R. 3733), E176
———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (H.R. 3253), Senate amendment, H8009 [16OC]
———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (H.R. 3253), concur with Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 526), H6277 [17SE]
———improve procurement practices in procuring health-care items (H.R. 3645), H5013
———increase amounts available to State approving agencies to evaluate the qualifications of educational institutions to provide courses under department-administered education programs (H.R. 3731), H7125 [7OC]
———prohibit additional daily interest charges following prepayment in full of guaranteed housing loans (H.R. 4042), E491
———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (H.R. 5250), E1449
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent, H1448
Health: establish Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Veterans Affairs demonstration project on the integrated management of health care resources, H2380
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H591
———protect competition in Internet and high speed data services by preserving certain FCC and State regulations affecting competitive local exchange carriers, H591
Los Angeles National Cemetery: designate the Bob Hope Veterans Chapel (H.R. 4592), H2782 [21MY]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4297
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2552
Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (H.R. 4608), H2629 [20MY]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1070
Taxation: exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), H1448
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6203
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities, H5985 [26JY]
Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, H5985 [26JY]
Veterans: enhance compensation for veterans with hearing loss (S. 2237), H9002
———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 4085), H2626 [20MY], H7123 [7OC]
———provide service-disabled veterans and other handicapped individuals who own small businesses a time-delimited preference in the award of Federal contracts (H.R. 5583), E1804
———revise and improve employment, training, and placement services (H.R. 4015), Senate amendment, H8002
Vietnam: make normal trade relations status contingent upon free emigration policies (H.J. Res. 101), H5102 [23JY]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (H. Res. 598), H8092
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H3157 [4JN]
Tributes
Buckley, Lynda V., E2107
Fletcher, Michael T., E1421
Kilker, Beth, H7123 [7OC]
Schaecher, Amanda, E976