FLAKE, JEFF (a Representative from Arizona)
Amendments
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4742 [16JY], H4856 [17JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H4606 [15JY], H4933 [18JY], H5293, H5298 [23JY], H5332 [24JY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H285 [12FE]
Articles and editorials
Bloat Watch, by, Wall Street Journal, H2037 [2MY]
Cuba Dissidents Say 10,000 Sign Referendum Appeal, Isabel Garcia-Zarza, Reuters (news service), H887 [13MR]
Cubans Seeking Political Change, Anita Snow, Associated Press (news service), H886 [13MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3775 [20JN]
Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 914), H36 [23JA]
Arizona: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to exchange certain land with the Yavapai Ranch Limited Partnership (see H.R. 5513), H6926 [1OC]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H3038 [23MY]
———reform procedures to restrain congressional spending, foster greater oversight, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 5259), H5994 [26JY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1200 [10AP]
Computers: penalties for individuals who use false or misleading domain names to attract children to Internet sites not appropriate for children (see H.R. 4658), H2472 [14MY]
Courts: modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 5064), H4554 [11JY]
Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.J. Res. 91), H2100 [2MY]
———disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments (see H.R. 4689), H2354 [9MY]
———treatment of crimes involving the transportation of persons and sex tourism (see H.R. 4477), H3860 [24JN]
Cuba: proposed referendum on political reform (see H. Res. 453), H3774 [20JN]
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act: expiration (see H.R. 5616), H7893 [10OC]
Dept. of Agriculture: take actions to promptly address the risk of fire and insect infestation on National Forest System lands (see H.R. 5214), H5789 [25JY]
District of Columbia: scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 5033), H4324 [27JN]
Endangered Species Act: require the Dept. of the Interior to give greater weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed (see H.R. 2829), H1284 [11AP]
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H937 [18MR]
Fire prevention: reduce catastrophic wildfire threats to communities and the environment (see H.R. 5376), H6983 [2OC]
Firefighters: facilitate reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires (see H.R. 5017), H4326 [27JN]
Forests: authorize Regional Foresters to exempt tree-thinning projects from laws that give rise to legal action that delay or prevent such projects (see H.R. 5309), H5996 [26JY]
Gila River Indian Community: adjust the Central Arizona Project to authorize water rights settlement and amend the Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act (see H.R. 5443), H6558 [24SE]
Government regulations: require agencies to take into consideration the impact of newly promulgated rules on the privacy of individuals (see H.R. 4561), H2108 [6MY]
Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see H.R. 4691), H5998 [26JY]
House of Representatives: encourage each State to examine its statutes, practices, and procedures governing appointment and election of new Members in the event of a catastrophe (see H. Res. 559), H6777 [26SE]
House Rules: prohibit access to classified information by Members who do not have the required security clearance (see H. Res. 265), H285 [12FE]
Immigration and Nationality Act: amend to improve administrative structure for carrying out immigration laws (see H.R. 4108), H1153 [9AP]
INS: increase authority of the Attorney General to remove or discipline employees (see H.R. 4009), H1087 [20MR]
———replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (see H.R. 3231), H1003 [19MR]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H2101 [2MY]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: treatment of refugees detained in the People's Republic of China and returned to face torture, imprisonment, and execution (see H. Con. Res. 213), H2512 [15MY]
Medicare: specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see H.R. 3351), H834 [12MR]
Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 3624), H201 [6FE]
National forests: establish a user fee system for occupancy and use of lands and facilities by organizational camps that serve youth and disabled adults (see H.R. 5316), H6130 [9SE]
Native Americans: protect tribes from coerced labor agreements (see H.R. 103), H36 [23JA]
Natrona County, WY: transfer certain public lands to the Corp. of the Presiding Bishop (see H.R. 4103), H1153 [9AP]
Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (see H. Res. 368), H907 [13MR]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4069 [26JN]
Public lands: establish time limits for completion of wilderness studies on Federal lands (see H.R. 4620), H2512 [15MY]
Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 82), H141 [5FE]
Salt Lake City, UT: tribute to athletes, organizing committees, Utah, and security personnel who participated in the Olympic games (see H. Res. 363), H1156 [9AP]
Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 3805), H633 [27FE]
Taxation: constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———eliminate double taxation of dividends (see H.R. 5323), H6560 [24SE]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H1338 [16AP] (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1484 [18AP]
———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 4804), H6061 [4SE]
U.N.: rescind approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. and take necessary steps to prevent establishment of that Court (see H.R. 4169), H1281 [11AP]
———tribute to President Bush for rescinding approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. (see H. Res. 416), H2355 [9MY]
UNESCO: U.S. membership (see H. Con. Res. 489), H6777 [26SE]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1283 [11AP]
World Cup: tribute to soccer tournament and co-hosts, the Republic of Korea and Japan (see H. Con. Res. 394), H2356 [9MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 5022), H4068 [26JN]
Disasters: legal exemptions for certain National Park Service, Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or BLM activities undertaken in federally declared disaster areas (see H.R. 5281), H5995 [26JY]
Immigration: prohibit Federal agencies from accepting State identification documents issued to nonimmigrant aliens that expire after the expiration of the aliens' nonimmigrant visas (see H.R. 4043), H1088 [20MR]
Motions
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H1113 [9AP]
Remarks
Agency for Immigration Affairs: make all employees exempt from civil service hiring and promotion procedures and eliminate certain protections in disciplinary actions, H1660 [25AP]
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H1998, H2003, H2005 [1MY], H2037 [2MY]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 403), H2027 [2MY]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct conferees, H1113 [9AP], H1377 [17AP]
———limit price support payments to producers, H2003, H2005 [1MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7292 [8OC]
BLM: funding, H4727, H4743 [16JY]
Budget: deficit, H4727 [16JY]
Courts: ensure that class actions which are refused certification by a Federal court are remanded to the State court from which it was removed, H879 [13MR]
———expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), H851, H879 [13MR]
Crime: treatment of crimes involving the transportation of persons and sex tourism (H.R. 4477), H3885 [25JN]
Cuba: allow the financing of agricultural sales, H2005 [1MY]
———condition lifting of travel restrictions on certification that Cuba is not developing or providing technology to terrorists for biological weapons and is not providing support or sanctuary to terrorists, H5292 [23JY]
———lift certain restrictions on remittances to Cuban nationals, H5299 [23JY]
———lift travel restrictions, H5293, H5294, H5295, H5297 [23JY]
———proposed referendum on political reform, H886 [13MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen limitations on commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs, H1377 [17AP]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4727, H4742, H4743 [16JY], H4856 [17JY]
———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), H5292, H5293, H5294, H5295, H5297, H5299 [23JY], H5332 [24JY]
———require specific identification of funding recipients in appropriations legislation in addition to committee or conference reports, H5332 [24JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent, H1423 [18AP]
Fire prevention: encourage Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place national resources at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, H4029 [26JN]
———encourage Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place national resources at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, and prepare a National Prescribed Fire Strategy (H. Con. Res. 352), H5038
Firearms: improve the national instant criminal background check system (H.R. 4757), H7916 [15OC]
Firefighters: facilitate reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires (H.R. 5017), H4378 [9JY]
Freedom of speech: eliminate restrictions on the rights of citizens to communicate with elected officials or the general public, H439 [13FE]
Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), E1764
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), H1660 [25AP]
Motor vehicles: prohibit operation with drugs or alcohol in the body of the driver at a land border port of entry (H.R. 2155), H7905, H7906 [15OC]
National Dam Safety and Security Act: reauthorizing (H.R. 4727), E1689
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H345, H439, H446 [13FE]
———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), consideration (H. Res. 344), H262 [12FE]
———prohibit soft money expenditures by State, district, or local political party committees, H446 [13FE]
Public debt: ceiling, H4742 [16JY]
———ceiling (S. 2578), H4162 [27JN]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2479 [15MY]
Taxation: constitutional amendment on tax limitations (H.J. Res. 96), consideration (H. Res. 439), H3478 [12JN]
———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 390), H1423 [18AP]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, H499 [14FE]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H499 [14FE]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H499 [14FE]
Votes: position on missed, H2637
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H2659 [20MY]