HILL, BARON P. (a Representative from Indiana)

Appointments

Committee on Economics (Joint), H1470 [18AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 770), H8035 [21OC]

Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H907 [13MR]

Birch Bayh Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Indianapolis, IN: designate (see H.R. 5604), H7892 [10OC]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation (see H.J. Res. 85), H833 [12MR] (see H.J. Res. 90), H1674 [25AP]

———increase statutory debt limit and require a Presidential plan to restore balanced budgets and protect Social Security (see H.R. 4594), H1673 [25AP]

———provide a responsible increase in the debt limit, restore fiscal discipline, and safeguard Social Security (see H.R. 4758), H2735 [21MY]

Business and industry: ensure project labor agreements are permitted in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1360), H937 [18MR]

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), H3825 [21JN]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6230 [11SE]

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), H3668 [18JN]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H634 [27FE]

Financial institutions: reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 3717), H1201 [10AP]

Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H737 [6MR]

Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]

House Rules: amend to require a three-fifths vote to pass any measure which would result in a budget deficit (see H. Res. 397), H1674 [25AP]

Insurance: extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools (see H.R. 5471), H9036 [19NO]

Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H1283 [11AP]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H6559 [24SE]

Medicare: revise and improve payments to certain health care service providers (see H.R. 5729), H9023 [14NO]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H3721 [19JN]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H3514 [12JN]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H4932 [18JY]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1723), H2100 [2MY]

NIH: expand and intensify research regarding Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (see H.R. 3014), H36 [23JA]

Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (see H.R. 3762), H523 [14FE]

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), H3825 [21JN]

Russia: ban on importation of U.S. poultry (see H. Con. Res. 400), H2662 [20MY]

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. 3670), H688 [5MR]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H655 [4MR]

Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4873 [17JY]

Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4873 [17JY]

World Basketball Championship: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 443), H4872 [17JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: extend discretionary spending caps and the pay-as-you-go requirement (see H.R. 4593), H1673 [25AP]

Dept. of Education: promote preservation of historic school structures (see H.R. 4045), H1088 [20MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent when the budget is in balance or surplus, and the OMB determines that relief will not cause deficit (see H.R. 5043), H4324 [27JN]

Employment: provide for private-sector-led Community Workforce Partnerships (see H.R. 4104), H1153 [9AP]

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail: extend (see H.R. 5401), H6373 [18SE]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

Waters, Mallery, E1504 [5SE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2923 [22MY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H546 [26FE]

———deficit, H6540 [24SE]

———extend budget discipline and enforcement procedures, H6540 [24SE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), H1055 [20MR]

Dept. of Defense: funding, H1055 [20MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent, H1425 [18AP]

Fort Clatsop National Memorial: expand (H.R. 2643), H4334 [8JY]

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail: extend (H.R. 5401), E1606 [19SE]

National Trails System: study potential addition of Revolutionary War route taken by George Rogers Clark and troops to capture British forts at Kaskaskia and Cahokia, IL, and Vincennes, IN (H.R. 1963), E301 [7MR]

Public debt: ceiling, H1318, H1320, H1321, H1322, H1323 [16AP], H2923 [22MY]

Sharp, Doug: tribute for participation in Olympic games, E251 [4MR]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1318, H1320, H1321, H1322, H1323 [16AP], H1425 [18AP]

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]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, H546 [26FE]

Votes: position on missed, E1180 [28JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3857 [24JN], H9018 [14NO]