GUTKNECHT, GIL (a Representative from Minnesota)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4, Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act, H3472 [12JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3826 [21JN]
Antitrust policy: encourage standards development organizations to develop and promulgate voluntary consensus standards (see H.R. 4849), H3036 [23MY]
Armed Forces: restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H931 [14MR]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
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]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7929 [15OC]
Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by governmental employees (see H.R. 1764), H1533 [23AP]
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]
Dept. of the Interior: establish a national research program on chronic wasting disease (see H.R. 4740), H3038 [23MY]
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), H4069 [26JN]
ERISA: improve Dept. of Labor enforcement of requirements relating to pension participation, vesting, benefit accrual, and funding (see H.R. 4778), H2661 [20MY]
Families and domestic relations: importance of prenatal care for women and children (see H. Res. 346), H367 [13FE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 5311), H5996 [26JY]
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service: exert best efforts to avert Major League Baseball strike, lockout, or any coercive conduct that interferes with playing of games (see H. Con. Res. 444), H4872 [17JY]
Financial institutions: reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 3717), H2235 [8MY]
Food: recognize significance of bread in American history, culture, and daily diet (see H. Con. Res. 466), H6927 [1OC]
Foreign policy: commend continued political, economic, cultural, and strategic partnerships and support of war on terrorism by Turkey and Israel (see H. Con. Res. 327), H5453 [24JY]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
History: support the celebration of the anniversary of the Grand Excursion of 1854 (see H. Con. Res. 455), H5997 [26JY]
Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see H.R. 4446), H2356 [9MY]
House Rules: prohibit access to classified information by Members who do not have the required security clearance (see H. Res. 265), H285 [12FE]
Immigration: secure borders against terrorists, drug traffickers, and other illegal aliens, remove illegal and criminal aliens, reduce fraud, and reform the legal immigration system (see H.R. 5013), H6777 [26SE]
Iran: human rights violations (see H. Res. 505), H5790 [25JY]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H687 [5MR]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 3626), H781 [7MR]
———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 3109), H3161 [4JN]
Medicare/Medicaid: reform Federal survey and certification process for nursing facilities (see H.R. 4030), H1284 [11AP]
Medicine Equity and Drug Safety Act: implementation (see H. Res. 478), H5087 [22JY]
Mississippi River: designate route for study of potential addition to the National Scenic Trails System (see H.R. 5417), H6417 [19SE]
National Charter Schools Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 386), H1770 [30AP]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 390), H2108 [6MY]
National Farmers Union: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 462), H6130 [9SE]
National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (see H.R. 3473), H285 [12FE]
NSF: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4664), H3161 [4JN]
Pharmaceuticals: importation of certain prescription drugs (see H.R. 5186), H5194 [23JY]
Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H6304 [17SE]
Public lands: provide consistent enforcement authority by Federal agencies that respond to violations of regulations governing public lands, and clarify the purpose of fines collected for violations (see H.R. 3808), H1155 [9AP]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 525), H6303 [17SE]
Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 82), H141 [5FE]
Saudi Arabia: support reform of education curriculum (see H. Con. Res. 432), H5998 [26JY]
Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 3805), H633 [27FE]
Sioux Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3250), H1201 [10AP]
Tariff: provide duty-free benefits for certain products produced within qualifying industrial zones in Turkey and Israel (see H.R. 5002), H6374 [18SE]
Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 1331), H3775 [20JN]
———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1598), H1090 [20MR]
———allow tax credit for contributions for the benefit of elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 5192), H5194 [23JY]
———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 923), H6229 [11SE]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6303 [17SE]
———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H4326 [27JN]
———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H3293 [6JN]
———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 4804), H3293 [6JN]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
———condemn the publication of instructions on how to create a synthetic human polio virus (see H. Res. 514), H5997 [26JY]
Thomas E. Burnett, Jr. Post Office Building, Bloomington, MN: designate (see H.R. 5207), H5998 [26JY]
Turkey: express appreciation for participation in military response to terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 265), H228 [7FE]
University of Minnesota: tribute to men's hockey team (see H. Con. Res. 389), H1770 (see H. Con. Res. 391), H1769 [30AP]
———tribute to wrestling team (see H. Con. Res. 389), H1770 (see H. Con. Res. 391), H1769 [30AP]
University of Minnesota Duluth: tribute to women's hockey team (see H. Con. Res. 389), H1770 (see H. Con. Res. 391), H1769 [30AP]
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), H4326 [27JN]
———honor and commend the Lao Veterans of America, Inc., Laotian and Hmong veterans of the Vietnam War, and their families, for their historic contributions to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 406), H6420 [19SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Iran: democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 375), H1283 [11AP]
Minnesota: encourage the use of medical savings accounts by certain current and retired public employees (see H.R. 5415), H6417 [19SE]
Pensions: prevent the wearing away of an employee's accrued benefit under a defined plan by reducing future accruals under the plan (see H.R. 4181), H1282 [11AP]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H1771 [1MY], H7931 [16OC]
Letters
Pension Security Act: by, H1270 [11AP]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 403), H2028 [2MY]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), consideration (H. Res. 580), H7823 [10OC]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7296 [8OC]
BLM: funding, H4736, H4737 [16JY]
Budget: allocation of funds, H4747 [16JY]
———deficit, H4736 [16JY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), H1050 [20MR]
Dept. of the Interior: promote efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (H.R. 3480), H1104
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4736, H4737, H4747 [16JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5335 [24JY]
Drugs: discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, H3207 [5JN], H3427 [11JN], H3495 [12JN], H3581 [17JN], H3645, H3646 [18JN], H3815 [21JN], H4485, H4488, H4489, H4490, H4491 [10JY], H5068 [22JY]
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (H. Res. 393), E1235
Girl Scouts: anniversary, H911 [14MR]
Iran: commend citizens for cooperation in the war against terrorism and struggle for democratic reforms, H983 [19MR]
IRS: enforce pension age discrimination laws relative to conversion of defined benefit plans to cash balance plans, H5335 [24JY]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H3495 [12JN]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H3750 [20JN], H4031 [26JN]
Memorial Day: observance, H2664 [21MY]
Minnesota Twins (baseball team): tribute, H6962 [2OC]
National Charter Schools Week: observance (H. Con. Res. 386), H1728 [30AP]
National Guard: tribute, E2083
NIST: authorize work with manufacturing industries on an initiative of standards development and implementation for electronic enterprise integration (H.R. 2733), consideration (H. Res. 474), H4507 [11JY]
NSF: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4664), H3190, H3199 [5JN]
———Biosafety Research Program funding, H3199 [5JN]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), H1270 [11AP]
Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H.J. Res. 82), H178 [6FE]
3M (company): anniversary, H6962 [2OC]
U.S. Professional Volleyball League: tribute, H2637 [20MY]
U.S.-Japan Maritime Youth Exchange Program: tribute, H4876 [18JY]
University of Minnesota: tribute to men's hockey team (H. Con. Res. 391), H1744 [30AP]
———tribute to wrestling team (H. Con. Res. 391), H1744 [30AP]
University of Minnesota Duluth: tribute to women's hockey team (H. Con. Res. 391), H1744 [30AP]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H199 [6FE], H1000 [19MR], H1617 [24AP], H2659 [20MY], H3227 [5JN], H3289 [6JN], H3450 [11JN], H3512 [12JN], H3597 [17JN], H3666 [18JN], H3771 [20JN], H3822 [21JN], H4065 [26JN], H4495 [10JY], H5084 [22JY], H6923 [1OC], H9018 [14NO]
Tributes
Laufenberger, Lynn, H1604 [24AP]