MATHESON, JIM (a Representative from Utah)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions (see H.R. 2702), H4872 [17JY]
Archeology: provide for protection, data compilation, science-based decisionmaking, public education and access, and a unified management policy relative to paleontological resources on Federal lands (see H.R. 2974), H1155 [9AP]
Aviation: assist employees separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions, security measures, or a military conflict with Iraq (see H.R. 5678), H8022 [16OC]
Budget: extend discretionary spending caps and the pay-as-you-go requirement (see H.R. 4593), H1673 [25AP]
———increase statutory debt limit and require a Presidential plan to restore balanced budgets and protect Social Security (see H.R. 4594), H1673 [25AP]
Central Utah Project: clarify Dept. of the Interior responsibilities, redirect unexpended budget authority for wastewater treatment and reuse, and prepay repayment contracts for water delivery facilities (see H.R. 4031), H1087 [20MR] (see H.R. 4129), H1199 [10AP]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6059 [4SE]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H1154 [9AP]
Computers: penalties for individuals who use false or misleading domain names to attract children to Internet sites not appropriate for children (see H.R. 4658), H2512 [15MY]
Corporations: prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts (see H.R. 4831), H3036 [23MY]
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), H3161 [4JN]
———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), H2945 [22MY]
———prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (see H.R. 4645), H2945 [22MY]
Dept. of Defense: disclose information on projects that included testing of biological or chemical agents involving potential exposure of Armed Forces members to toxic agents (see H.R. 5060), H4325 [27JN]
———equitable retirement for military Reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see H.R. 2012), H1154 [9AP]
———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), H5453 [24JY]
———prioritize transfer of excess personal property to the Forest Service Federal Excess Personal Property Program in order to be loaned to rural fire departments (see H.R. 5421), H6418 [19SE]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H7895 [10OC]
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), H2608 [16MY]
Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H5791 [25JY]
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]
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]
———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H5194 [23JY]
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]
FTC: amend trade regulation rule on ophthalmic practice to require the release of prescriptions for contact lenses (see H.R. 2663), H524 [14FE]
Health: provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H1155 [9AP]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
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]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H6778 [26SE]
Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H366 [13FE]
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]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Law enforcement: promote rural safety and improve rural law enforcement (see H.R. 5243), H5993 [26JY]
———provide additional resources to States to eliminate the backlog of unanalyzed rape kits and ensure timely analysis of rape kits (see H.R. 3961), H3038 [23MY]
Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H3825 [21JN]
Medicare: establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 3569), H5087 [22JY]
———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 3882), H1620 [24AP]
———revise and improve payments to certain health care service providers (see H.R. 5729), H9023 [14NO]
———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H1003 [19MR]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1338 [16AP]
Mining and mineral resources: reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 4078), H2101 [2MY]
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H4425 [9JY]
National Drought Council: establish (see H.R. 4754), H2946 [22MY]
National Farmers Union: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 462), H6420 [19SE]
NATO: recommend integration of Slovak Republic (see H. Res. 253), H2735 [21MY]
Natrona County, WY: transfer certain public lands to the Corp. of the Presiding Bishop (see H.R. 4103), H1153 [9AP]
NIST: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5074), H4424 [9JY]
Pensions: provide additional fiduciary protections for participants and beneficiaries under employee stock ownership plans relative to lockdowns placed on plan assets (see H.R. 3509), H4766 [16JY]
Pipelines: improve safey (see H.R. 3609), H562 [26FE]
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), H6927 [1OC]
Public service: facilitate participation in community and military service (see H.R. 3465), H105 [29JA]
Salt Lake City, UT: tribute to athletes, organizing committees, Utah, and security personnel who participated in the Olympic games (see H. Res. 363), H781 [7MR]
Small business: provide emergency assistance to certain small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from drought (see H.R. 5197), H5452 [24JY]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H201 [6FE]
———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2036), H833 [12MR]
Somerset County, PA: tribute to rescue of coal miners (see H. Con. Res. 459), H6059 [4SE]
Taxation: expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H1090 [20MR]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H1090 [20MR]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H4497 [10JY]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H4872 [17JY]
———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see H.R. 778), H3668 [18JN]
———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 2350), H4931 [18JY]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H3825 [21JN]
Thomas, Rex D. (Dave): tribute (see H. Res. 336), H104 [29JA]
Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 5264), H5994 [26JY]
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), H2735 [21MY]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H226 [7FE]
Urban areas: encourage development and integrated use by public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information to assist in management of community growth (see H.R. 2426), H1090 [20MR]
Utah: exchange certain lands (see H.R. 4968), H3720 [19JN]
Veterans: expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with respect to radiation-exposed veterans (see H.R. 134), H4931 [18JY]
Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 1092), H3037 [23MY]
Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (see H.R. 3193), H3037 [23MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
NIST: assist in development of reliable and valid tests for banned performance-enhancing substances and establish research program on long-term consequences of performance-enhancing substances (see H.R. 3683), H141 [5FE]
Remarks
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2951 [23MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7328 [9OC]
Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (H.R. 4635), E1180
———impact of Executive order allowing privatization of certain air traffic controller functions, E1074
———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (S. Con. Res. 110), H6488 [24SE]
Budget: allocation of funds, H547 [26FE]
———balance, H1759 [30AP]
———deficit, H3649 [18JN]
———encourage fiscal responsibility, H3649 [18JN]
———extend discretionary spending caps and the pay-as-you-go requirement, H1759 [30AP]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), H1050 [20MR]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (H.R. 5326), E1749
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), consideration (H. Res. 488), H4911 [18JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent, H1421 [18AP]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H3649 [18JN]
Farnsworth, Philo T.: tribute to anniversary of invention of television, E1528
Gunn McKay Nature Preserve: designate certain Federal lands in Utah (H.R. 3909), H1698 [30AP]
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), H2189 [8MY]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), consideration (H. Res. 404), H2073
Japan: anniversary of Iwakura Mission to the U.S., E174
Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, H4911 [18JY]
National Police Week: observance, E826
NIST: assist in development of reliable and valid tests for banned performance-enhancing substances and establish research program on long-term consequences of performance-enhancing substances (H.R. 3683), H220 [7FE]
Parowan, UT: participation in Olympic torch relay, H113 [5FE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H372 [13FE]
Public debt: ceiling, H683 [5MR], H1319 [16AP], H1759 [30AP], H2811 [21MY], H2951 [23MY], H3649 [18JN]
———ceiling (S. 2578), H4160 [27JN]
Salt Lake City, UT: preparation for Olympic games, H220 [7FE]
———tribute to winter Olympic games, E500
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1319 [16AP], H1759 [30AP]
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), H1421 [18AP]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, H547 [26FE]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6198
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (H.R. 3694), H2412
University of Utah: assist in preservation of archaeological, paleontological, zoological, geological, and botanical artifacts through construction of a new facility for the Museum of Natural History (H.R. 3928), H953 [19MR]
Utah: settlement of claims regarding portions of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (H.R. 3958), E499
Washington County, UT: recreational and visitor facilities construction funding (H.R. 3848), E500
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H225 [7FE]
Tributes
Robson, Thayne, E823
Wright, Carol, H113 [5FE]