GREEN, GENE (a Representative from Texas)
Amendments
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H296 [12FE], H417 [13FE]
Articles and editorials
Faces of Alzheimer's, Patti Davis, Time (publication), H6077 [5SE]
Social Security Fine—Why Rush To Fix It? Helen Thomas, Houston (TX) Chronicle, E639
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Amtrak: make loan guarantees (see H.R. 5024), H4068 [26JN]
Armed Forces: restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H3721 [19JN]
Aviation: recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2946 [22MY]
Beaches: assure that recreation benefits are accorded the same weight as hurricane, storm damage, and environmental restoration benefits (see H.R. 3842), H4326 [27JN]
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]
Carrier, Willis H.: tribute to anniversary of invention of modern air-conditioning (see H. Con. Res. 413), H3454 [11JN]
Carter, Jimmy and Rosalynn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 399), H105 [29JA]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see H.R. 4793), H4069 [26JN]
Chavez, Cesar E.: commemorate birthday (see H. Res. 105), H2946 [22MY]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6130 [9SE]
China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 447), H6130 [9SE]
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), H6926 [1OC]
Computers: encourage use of web-based enrollment systems in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5233), H5790 [25JY]
Congress: require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the House and Senate Chambers (see H. Con. Res. 315), H1284 [11AP]
Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 1051), H1003 [19MR]
Corporations: prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts (see H.R. 4831), H3036 [23MY]
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), H2165 [7MY]
———prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (see H.R. 4645), H2099 [2MY]
Dept. of Defense: expand program which allows State and local law enforcement agencies to procure certain equipment to include counter-terrorism equipment (see H.R. 3025), H1201 [10AP]
Dept. of HUD: grants to States to supplement assistance for the preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 425), H3229 [5JN]
Dept. of Justice: establish a national DNA database for sex offenders and those who commit violent crimes against children (see H.R. 5262), H5994 [26JY]
———establish an Office of Children's Services (see H.R. 1904), H737 [6MR]
———implement a program which provides for dedicated commuter lanes at land points of entry into the U.S. (see H.R. 4837), H5791 [25JY]
Dept. of Labor: establish voluntary protection programs (see H.R. 2235), H562 [26FE]
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), H4069 [26JN]
———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: provide grants to States for programs to financially assist veterans who experience certain emergencies (see H.R. 5112), H4574 [12JY]
———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H6926 [1OC]
Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 5458), H8023 [16OC]
Diseases: prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 5482), H6776 [26SE]
Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 3775), H1201 [10AP]
Ecology and environment: provide assistance for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 4894), H3514 [12JN]
Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4582), H1619 [24AP]
FCC: eliminate deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television broadcasting (see H.R. 4560), H1618 [24AP]
———facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (see H.R. 4738), H4553 [11JY]
Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2373), H2164 [7MY]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
Federal employees: clarify computation of annuities for air traffic controllers relative to law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 4957), H3668 [18JN]
———ensure that those activated by the National Guard or Reserves shall receive pay equal to the basic pay such individual would otherwise be receiving (see H.R. 3337), H105 [29JA]
———provide that service performed by an air traffic controller who is transferred to a supervisory or staff position continue to be treated as controller service for retirement purposes (see H.R. 4760), H4606 [15JY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the development of products for rare diseases (see H.R. 4014), H1156 [9AP]
Financial Accounting Standards Board: develop standards of financial accounting and reporting relative to the treatment of stock options (see H.R. 5147), H4872 [17JY]
Firearms: applicability of domestic violence-related possession prohibitions to convictions that predate enactment of such prohibitions (see H.R. 21), H2945 [22MY]
———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H141 [5FE]
Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (see H.R. 3992), H2472 [14MY]
———provide mortgage assistance (see H.R. 3358), H79 [24JA]
Foreign policy: negotiations with Mexico and Canada relative to the North American Development Bank and the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission (see H. Res. 355), H687 [5MR]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
Government: enhance security and efficiency of immigration, visa, border patrol, and naturalization functions (see H.R. 5073), H6061 [4SE]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H5087 [22JY]
———establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 5241), H5993 [26JY]
———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (see H.R. 5478), H6776 [26SE]
———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (see H.R. 5187), H5194 [23JY]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
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]
Housing: amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (see H.R. 3995), H1156 [9AP]
Immigration: change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4575), H2235 [8MY]
———establish nonimmigrant classes for border commuter students (see H.R. 4967), H4069 [26JN]
———protection of battered immigrant families (see H.R. 3828), H2235 [8MY]
———provide permanent resident status for certain long-term resident workers and college-bound students and modify the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants in order to promote family unification (see H.R. 5600), H7892 [10OC]
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (see H.R. 3231), H1284 [11AP]
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]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H2101 [2MY]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Jim Fonteno Post Office Building, Pasadena, TX: designate (see H.R. 4717), H2470 [14MY]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H561 [26FE]
———exclude availability pay for criminal investigators from the limitation on premium pay and modify levels of special pay for Federal officers in certain cities (see H.R. 4763), H6926 [1OC]
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), H6229 [11SE]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 3710), H230 [8FE]
———provide fair payments under the hospital outpatient department prospective payment system (see H.R. 5234), H6419 [19SE]
———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 902), H1201 [10AP]
———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 4939), H3775 [20JN]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1770 [30AP]
Mexico: treaty obligations relative to use of the Colorado, Rio Grande, and Tijuana Rivers (see H. Con. Res. 494), H6926 [1OC]
Michael E. DeBakey Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 5655), H9025 [14NO]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 4799), H2943 [22MY]
Monuments and memorials: prohibit desecration, provide for repairs, and permit guide signs on Federal highways for veterans' memorials (see H.R. 3335), H1284 [11AP]
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H833 [12MR]
National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 5047), H5453 [24JY]
National Climate Change Vulnerability and Resilience Program: establish (see H.R. 4900), H5453 [24JY]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H2735 [21MY]
National Epilepsy Month: designate (see H. Res. 484), H4932 [18JY]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to women's health and disease prevention (see H.R. 183), H655 [4MR]
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), H3453 [11JN]
NATO: recommend integration of Slovak Republic (see H. Res. 253), 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), H201 [6FE]
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), H3293 [6JN]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (see H.R. 2173), H1155 [9AP]
Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see H.R. 5334), H6983 [2OC]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3113), H1620 [24AP]
———reauthorize and reform block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3625), H2356 [9MY]
Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 3895), H780 [7MR]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H4498 [10JY]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4932 [18JY]
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), H227 [7FE]
———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H6419 [19SE]
———improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H3038 [23MY]
———improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3729), H284 [12FE]
———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H2471 [14MY]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H79 [24JA]
Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1213), H1003 [19MR]
Space policy: institute a series of incremental goals that will facilitate the scientific exploration of the solar system and aid in the search for life elsewhere in the universe (see H.R. 4742), H2511 [15MY]
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), H6129 [9SE]
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), H1154 [9AP]
———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), H1154 [9AP]
———exclude Dept. of Defense student loan repayments by members of the uniformed services from taxable gross income (see H.R. 4555), H2356 [9MY]
———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 4180), H1282 [11AP]
———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in response to terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4152), H3454 [11JN]
———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]
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. 3359), H105 [29JA] (see H.R. 3670), H110 [4FE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H524 [14FE]
U.N.: restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 3916), H1284 [11AP]
Unemployment: provide a Federal payment, or reimbursement, to States for special unemployment assistance to individuals participating in qualified worker training programs (see H.R. 4994), H3825 [21JN]
Veterans: authorize additional compensation for a service-connected disability rated totally disabling for whom a family member dependent on the veteran for support provides care (see H.R. 4621), H2735 [21MY]
———increase pension rates for surviving spouses of veterans of a period of war (see H.R. 4798), H3562 [13JN]
———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]
———request that television and radio stations provide a moment of silence or a public service announcement each year (see H. Con. Res. 266), H201 [6FE]
Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (see H.R. 3193), H6060 [4SE]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3930), H3859 [24JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
FTC: deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (see H.R. 4551), H1532 [23AP]
Medicare: coverage of diabetes laboratory diagnostic tests and other diabetes screening services (see H.R. 5666), H8021 [16OC]
———waive waiting period for coverage of certain disabled individuals (see H.R. 5667), H8022 [16OC]
Pledge of Allegiance: constitutional amendment on recitation (see H.J. Res. 103), H4325 [27JN]
Taxation: make the additional tax on early distributions from certain pension plans inapplicable for public safety employees (see H.R. 4796), H2943 [22MY]
Proposals
Allow individuals to take time off in event of disasters, E219
Remarks
American Heart Month: observance, E171
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2963 [23MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7213 [8OC]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), consideration (H. Res. 372), H1024 [20MR]
Catholic Schools Week: observance, E145
Chang-Diaz, Franklin, E1066
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 5010), H4087
Dept. of HHS: Community Access Program funding, H6804 [1OC]
Diseases: Alzheimer's disease research funding, H6077 [5SE]
———combat endometriosis (H. Con. Res. 291), H6811 [1OC]
———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (H. Con. Res. 36), H3101 [4JN]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), H3534 [13JN]
———make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), H3797
———make tax benefits permanent, H1425 [18AP]
Enron Corp.: economic collapse, H1234 [11AP]
Family and Medical Leave Act: allow individuals to take time off in event of disasters, E218
FCC: enforcement authority over telephone companies that violate telecommunications laws, H598, H600 [27FE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: improve regulation of medical devices (H.R. 3580), E1798
Firearms: improve the national instant criminal background check system (H.R. 4757), E1940
FTC: deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (H.R. 4551), E604
Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (H.R. 3450), H6804 [1OC]
Houston, TX: anniversary of Jefferson Davis High School, E1943
———anniversary of Woodland Christian Church, E224
———tribute to Northeast Allison Commemoration Community Project, E1143
Houston Texans (football team): tribute, H6107 [9SE]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H580, H598, H600 [27FE]
———deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), consideration (H. Res. 350), H572 [27FE]
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), H1637 [25AP]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), consideration (H. Res. 404), H2064 [2MY]
Jim Fonteno Post Office Building, Pasadena, TX: designate (H.R. 4717), H3621
Medicare: coverage of diabetes laboratory diagnostic tests and other diabetes screening services (H.R. 5666), E1888
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H2170 [8MY], H3165 [5JN]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H3780 [21JN], H3932, H4030 [26JN], H4074, H4283 [27JN]
———waive waiting period for coverage of certain disabled individuals (H.R. 5667), E1890
Mink, Patsy T.: tribute (H. Res. 566), H6899
National Fragile X Research Day: observance (H. Res. 398), H6809 [1OC]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3389), H3686 [19JN]
———reauthorize (H.R. 3389), Senate amendment, E2035
Navy: T-5 Tankers funding, H4087
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), H1234 [11AP]
Pipelines: improve safey (H.R. 3609), H5284 [23JY]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), H4130
———constitutional amendment on recitation (H.J. Res. 103), H4130
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H417, H420, H422 [13FE]
———exempt communications pertaining to the right to keep and bear arms from restrictions on noncandidate campaign expenditures, H422 [13FE]
———reduce cost of political advertising on television, H417, H420 [13FE]
Public debt: ceiling, H2963 [23MY]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1024 [20MR], E639
———investment of trust funds in private financial markets, H2837 [22MY]
Taxation: 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), H1425 [18AP]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), consideration (H. Res. 435), H3244 [6JN]
———prohibit use of Social Security trust funds to make repeal of marriage taxes permanent, H3534 [13JN]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, H501 [14FE]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H761 [7MR]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H501 [14FE]
Television: transition to digital television, E977
Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report, H2857
Texas Independence Day: observance, H668 [5MR]
Traficant, Representative: expulsion from the House of Representatives (H. Res. 495), H5391 [24JY]
———expulsion from the House of Representatives (H. Res. 495), motion to postpone, H5380 [24JY]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H501 [14FE], H761 [7MR]
Votes: position on missed, H6886 [1OC]
Women: promote research and disseminate information on the health effects of breast implants and encourage FDA review of implant manufacturers, E1798
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H2016 [1MY], H6773 [26SE]
Special order: granted, H685 [5MR], H1481 [18AP], H3289 [6JN], H3512 [12JN], H3560 [13JN], H4065 [26JN], H6083 [5SE], H6923 [1OC], H6981 [2OC], H7016 [3OC], H7169 [7OC], H7301 [8OC], H7735 [9OC], H7891 [10OC]
Tributes
Bennett, Shane, E1064
Craig, Brian T., H1473
Faust, Robert A., E1834
Olajuwon, Hakeem, E1879
Sirvello, Tony J., E607