GILCHREST, WAYNE T. (a Representative from Maryland)
Amendments
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3389), H3602 [17JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Animals: 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), H1769 [30AP]
———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 3464), H1003 [19MR]
———prohibit use of polar bears in circuses (see H.R. 3932), H832 [12MR]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]
———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H1154 [9AP]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H2356 [9MY]
Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 912), H4574 [12JY]
Chesapeake Bay: provide assistance for nutrient removal practices to States in the watershed (see H.R. 4666), H2163 [7MY]
Crime: prevent trafficking in child pornography, condemn activities relating to sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, and prevent the use of child pornography to facilitate crimes against children (see H.R. 4623), H1769 [30AP]
Dept. of Defense: establish at least one Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team in each State and at least one such team under the direction of the National Guard Bureau (see H.R. 3154), H4326 [27JN]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H6560 [24SE]
Dept. of the Interior: establish a national research program on chronic wasting disease (see H.R. 4740), H2511 [15MY]
———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: rescind memorandum in which directors of health service networks are directed to ensure that no marketing activities to enroll new veterans occur within their networks (see H.R. 5359), H6560 [24SE]
Diseases: 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), H6374 [18SE]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H3454 [11JN]
———repeal sunset relative to qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 5054), H5453 [24JY]
Education: 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), H651 [28FE]
EPA: establish a grant and fee program to encourage and promote the recycling of used computers and to promote the development of a national infrastructure for the recycling of used computers (see H.R. 5158), H5791 [25JY]
———establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 4611), H1673 [25AP]
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend relative to firefighter assistance (see H.R. 4548), H4553 [11JY]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 4683), H3230 [5JN]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 4113), H2662 [20MY]
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]
Hydrographic Services Improvement Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4883), H3291 [6JN]
Insurance: 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), H6783 [30SE]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas Morris, Jr. Processing and Distribution Center, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3287), H3514 [12JN]
Market Integrity Commission: establish to study issues relating to the governance of corporations in interstate and foreign commerce (see H.R. 5050), H4325 [27JN]
Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H3668 [18JN]
Medicare: coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see H.R. 595), H4069 [26JN]
———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 3569), H142 [5FE]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1156 [9AP]
National Institutes of Health Police: establish (see H.R. 5391), H6302 [17SE]
NOAA: revise and modernize laws governing the commissioned officer corps (see H.R. 4882), H3291 [6JN]
NSF: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4664), H2163 [7MY] (see H.R. 5714), H8731 [13NO]
Peace Parks Foundation: efforts to facilitate the establishment and development of transfrontier conservation efforts in southern Africa (see H. Con. Res. 287), H3293 [6JN]
Pornography: constitutional amendment on real and virtual child pornography (see H.J. Res. 106), H6061 [4SE]
Public lands: establish time limits for completion of wilderness studies on Federal lands (see H.R. 4620), H4425 [9JY]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H4498 [10JY]
Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see H.R. 4608), H2356 [9MY]
Schriever, Bernard A.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 412), H3775 [20JN]
SMART Research and Development Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 5473), H6775 [26SE]
Taxation: allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 2125), H105 [29JA]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———improve retirement income by taxing annuities and certain life insurance payments at capital gains rates (see H.R. 3320), H4766 [16JY]
———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H6172 [10SE]
———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), H4765 [16JY]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H6060 [4SE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H226 [7FE]
Turkey: end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of the enclaved people of Cyprus (see H. Con. Res. 269), H4932 [18JY]
U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships: tribute (see H. Res. 494), H4931 [18JY]
Unitas, Johnny: tribute (see H. Res. 538), H6418 [19SE]
University of Maryland: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 383), H1200 [10AP]
Urban areas: allow transit systems in urbanized areas that have recently passed certain population limits to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants (see H.R. 5157), H4930 [18JY]
Veterans: tribute to American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc., the service flag, and the service lapel button (see H. Con. Res. 301), H1091 [20MR]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3930), H3038 [23MY]
———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]
Wildlife: prohibit interstate and foreign commerce of certain wild animals for use as pets (see H.R. 5226), H6777 [26SE]
Wildlife refuges: expand boundaries of the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Complex and the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge (see H.R. 5535), H6982 [2OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
American Zoo and Aquarium Association: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 408), H2944 [22MY]
Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4749), H2607 [16MY]
Foreign trade: impose sanctions on countries that undermine Atlantic marlin conservation and management measures and threaten continued viability of U.S. fisheries (see H. Con. Res. 427), H4068 [26JN]
Health: establish a program for promoting good health, disease prevention, and wellness and for the prevention of secondary conditions for persons with disabilities (see H.R. 4945), H3600 [17JN]
Marine Mammal Protection Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4781), H2734 [21MY]
Maryland: authorize Dept. of the Interior assistance to eradicate nutria and restore marshland damaged by nutria (see H.R. 4044), H1088 [20MR]
NOAA: improve conservation and management of coastal and ocean resources (see H.R. 4966), H3720 [19JN]
Queen Anne's County, MD: decide the name of a creek (see H.R. 4576), H1619 [24AP]
Susquehanna National Wildlife Refuge: acquire property in Cecil County, MD, known as Garrett Island, for inclusion (see H.R. 4807), H2943 [22MY]
Water: 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]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H4322 [27JN], H9009 [14NO]
Remarks
Allen, MD: anniversary, E1163
American Zoo and Aquarium Association: tribute (H. Con. Res. 408), H4598 [15JY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7237 [8OC]
Asian Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 700), H6, H7 [23JA]
Children and youth: recognize the benefits of mentoring (H. Res. 330), H11 [23JA]
House of Representatives: authority of officials during adjournment, H8025 [17OC]
Hydrographic Services Improvement Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4883), H8898 [14NO]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: ensure equal access for minority and economically disadvantaged students, H3691 [19JN]
———reauthorize (H.R. 3389), H3683, H3688, H3691 [19JN]
Puerto Rico: anniversary of constitution (H. Con. Res. 395), H4598, H4600 [15JY]
Susquehanna National Wildlife Refuge: acquire property in Cecil County, MD, known as Garrett Island, for inclusion (H.R. 4807), H4596, H4597 [15JY]
Tumacacori National Historical Park: boundary adjustments (H.R. 2234), H7, H8, H9 [23JA]
Vietnam: make normal trade relations status contingent upon free emigration policies (H.J. Res. 101), H5102 [23JY]
Tributes
Downs, Gary, H3689 [19JN]
Hansen, Representative, H8898 [14NO]