INSLEE, JAY (a Representative from Washington)
Appointments
President's Export Council, H3724 [20JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Air pollution: reduce emissions of fossil-fuel-generated carbon dioxide to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions (see H. Res. 117), H4932 [18JY]
Animals: prohibit use of polar bears in circuses (see H.R. 3932), H6374 [18SE]
Aviation: develop technologies that will enable future aircraft with significantly lower noise, emissions, and fuel consumption and reinvigorate basic and applied research in aeronautics and aviation (see H.R. 4653), H2100 [2MY]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6304 [17SE]
———establish a demonstration project to implement evidence-based preventive-screening methods to detect mental illness and suicidal tendencies in school-age youth at selected facilities (see H.R. 5613), H8023 [16OC]
China, People's Republic of: anniversary of inauguration of Sino-American relations and commend President Bush for advancing such relations (see H. Con. Res. 365), H1090 [20MR]
———persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 188), H834 [12MR]
Computers: provide greater cybersecurity (see H.R. 3482), H79 [24JA]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3887), H1620 [24AP]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H7172 [7OC]
Dept. of HHS: support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see H. Con. Res. 385), H3161 [4JN]
Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 5499), H7738 [9OC]
Dept. of the Interior: 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]
———provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (see H.R. 1462), H1090 [20MR]
Developing countries: reauthorize microenterprise assistance programs and expand sustainable poverty-focused microenterprise programs by implementing improved poverty measurement methods (see H.R. 4209), H1484 [18AP]
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), H9025 [14NO]
Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see H.R. 4579), H1619 [24AP]
Economy: provide a short-term safety net for individuals losing their jobs and an economic boost (see H.R. 3341), H201 [6FE]
Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4582), H4069 [26JN]
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: provide benefits to Dept. of Energy contractors exposed to toxic substances, expand coverage to certain individuals, and reform claimant assistance (see H.R. 5493), H6927 [1OC]
EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 4611), H1673 [25AP]
Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 2163), H1154 [9AP]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 4683), H3562 [13JN]
Firearms: protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1460), H634 [27FE]
Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (see H.R. 3992), H2101 [2MY]
Food: require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 4814), H3454 [11JN]
Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see H.R. 5230), H7895 [10OC]
Forest Service: provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths caused by wildfire entrapment or burnover (see H.R. 3971), H931 [14MR]
FTC: establish a list of consumers who request not to receive telephone sales calls (see H.R. 3911), H2019 [1MY]
Haiti: end embargo and certain restrictions on humanitarian and development assistance (see H. Con. Res. 382), H3928 [25JN]
Health: authorize grants to carry out organ recovery rate improvement programs in eligible hospitals (see H.R. 4086), H1338 [16AP]
———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts and information on transplantation, and move transplantation from an experimental procedure to a standard therapy (see H.R. 5462), H7895 [10OC]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 4113), H2662 [20MY]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H6304 [17SE]
Indian American Friendship Council: tribute (see H. Res. 512), H6061 [4SE]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H2608 [16MY]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 952), H36 [23JA]
Law enforcement: provide grants for law enforcement training and equipment to combat methamphetamine labs (see H.R. 4027), H1087 [20MR]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H1533 [23AP]
Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 5526, 5527), H6982 [2OC]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H3668 [18JN]
———increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H6419 [19SE]
Medicare: coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H4574 [12JY]
———coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see H.R. 595), H1620 [24AP]
———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 898), H6419 [19SE]
———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see H.R. 975), H4553 [11JY]
———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5411), H6417 [19SE]
———improve payments and regulation under the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 3584), H4069 [26JN]
———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 4850), H3037 [23MY]
———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H1090 [20MR]
———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 3238), H2511 [15MY]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H3514 [12JN]
Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 5078), H6130 [9SE]
———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1156 [9AP]
Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 4748), H2606 [16MY]
Motor vehicles: improve safety of car restraints and booster seats for children (see H.R. 5381), H6374 [18SE]
———provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H4350 [8JY]
Mount Rainier National Park: boundary adjustment (see H.R. 5512), H8041 [24OC]
Nat King Cole Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 4797), H2943 [22MY]
National Fragile X Research Day: observance (see H. Res. 398), H5195 [23JY]
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: establish (see H. Con. Res. 429), H4425 [9JY]
NATO: recommend integration of Slovak Republic (see H. Res. 253), H2735 [21MY]
Northeastern North Carolina Heritage Area: feasibility study (see H.R. 5274), H5995 [26JY]
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 486), H7172 [7OC]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H105 [29JA]
Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H781 [7MR]
Power resources: prohibit unethical acts, increase penalties for certain illegal acts, provide for audit trails and transparency in electric and natural gas markets, and expand FERC authority to order refunds of certain rates (see H.R. 5614), H7893 [10OC]
Presidential Records Act: establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionality based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records (see H.R. 4187), H2662 [20MY]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H1155 [9AP]
Rowley, Coleen: tribute (see H. Res. 436), H3292 [6JN]
Rural areas: establish demonstration programs to address the shortages of health care professionals (see H.R. 5113), H4574 [12JY]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4932 [18JY]
Sid Morrison Post Office Building, Zillah, WA: designate (see H.R. 5116), H5998 [26JY]
Skykomish River: enhance ecosystem protection and outdoor opportunities by designating certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 4844), H3036 [23MY]
Social Security: permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (see H.R. 5662), H8045 [28OC]
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), H5791 [25JY]
Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 2683), H1410 [17AP]
———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see H.R. 2695), H1484 [18AP]
———exempt certain U.S. international ports from the harbor maintenance tax (see H.R. 5199), H5452 [24JY]
———treatment of bonds issued to acquire renewable resources on land subject to conservation easement (see H.R. 1711), H141 [5FE]
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), H142 [5FE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]
U.N.: provide for permanent guidelines for voluntary U.S. contributions to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 5293), H6251 [12SE]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 5491), H8023 [16OC]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 1092), H3292 [6JN]
Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4873 [17JY]
Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4873 [17JY]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H1410 [17AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Computers: amend copyright laws relative to royalty fees for webcasting (see H.R. 5285), H5995 [26JY]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct study on the inclusion of Eagledale Ferry Dock in the National Park System (see H.R. 3747), H366 [13FE]
Fire prevention: reduce threat of wildfires in the wildland-urban interface, support community and private wildfire control efforts, and return receipts generated from hazardous fuels reduction projects to the Treasury (see H.R. 5358), H6171 [10SE]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H7305 [9OC]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct conferees, H1468 [18AP]
Air pollution: require industrial polluters to reduce small particulate emissions, H1193 [10AP]
Airports: extend deadline for installing explosive detection machines for screening checked baggage, H5842 [26JY]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H1193 [10AP]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7306, H7720 [9OC], H7760 [10OC]
Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H1587 [24AP]
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), motion to instruct conferees, H4841 [17JY]
California: prohibit new offshore oil and gas drilling, H4832 [17JY]
CERCLA: amend to ensure full Federal compliance, H1195 [10AP]
Climate: global warming, H1194 [10AP], H3677 [19JN], H3921 [25JN]
Commission on Native American Policy: establish, H4802 [17JY]
Corporations: economic impact of mismanagement, deception, and violations of public trust, H4357, H4360 [9JY], H4869 [17JY]
Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), H853, H875 [13MR]
———prohibit moving class action claims to district court if records or documents have been knowingly altered, destroyed, or misrepresented, H875 [13MR]
Dept. of Defense: development of Total Information Awareness Program to collect personal information from commercial and governmental sources, H9113
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5842 [26JY]
———establish (H.R. 5005), Senate amendment, H9113
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4802, H4832 [17JY]
Earth Day: observance, H1192, H1196, H1197 [10AP]
Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, H1192, H1196, H1197 [10AP], H4413, H4414 [9JY]
———reinstatement of EPA Superfund tax, H4413, H4414 [9JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent, H1416, H1443 [18AP]
Edmonds Community College: construction of Center for Families, E941
FAA: implement certain aviation security measures, H742 [7MR]
Fire prevention: encourage Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place national resources at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, H3922 [25JN]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas, H1193 [10AP]
———protection of certain roadless areas (H.R. 4865), H3921 [25JN]
Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), H6728 [26SE]
Illinois: tribute to Bronze Star recipients, E1143
Immunex Corp.: tribute, H2933 [22MY]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), H2085 [2MY]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4287 [27JN]
Mining and mineral resources: elimination of certain environmental regulations, H1192 [10AP]
Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress, H1195 [10AP]
Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, H1194 [10AP]
National parks and recreation areas: preservation and protection, H3921, H3922 [25JN]
Pipelines: improve safey (H.R. 3609), H5285 [23JY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H389, H450 [13FE]
———prohibit contributions from individuals that are not U.S. citizens, H450 [13FE]
Power resources: national energy policy, H1193, H1197 [10AP]
Public welfare programs: eligibility of certain legal immigrants for food stamps, H1468 [18AP]
Snohomish County, WA: tribute to Shoreline/South County YMCA, E610
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1443 [18AP]
Taxation: exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), H1416, H1443 [18AP]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6188 [11SE]
Water: National Academy of Sciences review of drinking water standards for arsenic, H1192 [10AP]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H76 [24JA]
Special order: granted, H2098 [2MY], H2940 [22MY], H3512 [12JN], H4550 [11JY], H4870 [17JY]
Tributes
Hansen, Representative, H8899 [14NO]
Lindberg, Eric, H2933 [22MY]