McDERMOTT, JIM (a Representative from Washington)
Addresses
Saying Grace: Barbara Kingsolver, H2602-H2604 [16MY]
Articles and editorials
Am I Anti-American? Arundhati Roy, Guardian (publication), H7889 [10OC]
Congress Must Resist the Rush to War, Senator Byrd, New York (NY) Times, H7890 [10OC]
Fixation on Iraq Does Not Make Us Safer, Stimson Bullitt, E1912
Inspection as Invasion, George Monbiot, Guardian (publication), H7281 [8OC]
Mr. Musharraf in Washington, Washington (DC) Post, H249
Prosperity Easy To Destroy, Robert E. Rubin, New York (NY) Times, H4155 [27JN]
Succeeding in Business, Paul Krugman, New York (NY) Times, H4404 [9JY]
U.S. Has Been Seeking To Prevent a Resolution of the Iraq Crisis for the Past Eight Years, George Monbiot, Guardian (publication), H7743 [10OC]
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]
Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4590), H1672 [25AP]
Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 5268), H6061 [4SE]
Animals: ensure use of certain antibiotic drugs in agriculture does not compromise human health by contributing to the development of antibiotic resistance (see H.R. 3804), H1769 [30AP]
———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 3464), H834 [12MR]
———prohibit use of polar bears in circuses (see H.R. 3932), H832 [12MR]
Armed Forces: require congressional authority to authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 109), H6130 [9SE]
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), H3775 [20JN]
Boggs, Lindy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 439), H4932 [18JY]
California: designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers to designate salmon restoration areas and to establish the Sacramento River National Conservation Area (see H.R. 4948), H3601 [17JN]
———designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers to establish the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest (see H.R. 4947), H3600 [17JN]
———designate certain public lands as wilderness and designate certain segments of the Black Butte River in Mendocino County as a wild or scenic river (see H.R. 4949), H3601 [17JN]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: vaccination activities funding for at-risk adults and adolescents in medically disadvantaged areas (see H.R. 2598), H8023 [16OC]
Children and youth: 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]
———provide access to early care and education so the families can work and children can receive quality custodial care (see H.R. 3524), H105 [29JA]
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]
Civil War: posthumously proclaim soldiers of Asian descent who fought in the Civil War to be honorary U.S. citizens (see H.J. Res. 125), H9024 [14NO]
Colleges and universities: authorize grants for institutions of higher education serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans (see H.R. 4825), H2944 [22MY]
———eliminate termination date on authority for schools with low default rates to make single disbursements of student loans (see H.R. 4639), H2472 [14MY]
Computers: encourage use of web-based enrollment systems in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5233), H5790 [25JY]
Corps of Engineers: reform (see H.R. 1310), H6229 [11SE]
CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see H.R. 4607), H5998 [26JY]
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), H6060 [4SE]
———prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (see H.R. 4645), H2945 [22MY]
Croatia: anniversary of U.S. recognition (see H. Res. 454), H5195 [23JY]
Cuba: grant waiver to allow Cuban nationals to play professional baseball in the U.S. (see H.R. 26), H4498 [10JY]
———lift trade embargo (see H.R. 2662), H1769 [30AP]
Dept. of Defense: provide for congressional review of regulations relative to military tribunals (see H.R. 4046), H1088 [20MR]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H6061 [4SE]
Dept. of HHS: award grants to associate degree schools of nursing and professional nursing organizations to improve nursing education (see H.R. 4665), H4425 [9JY]
———establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 1784), H3297 [10JN]
———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see H.R. 5703), H8044 [28OC]
———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 Justice: establish an Office of Children's Services (see H.R. 1904), H284 [12FE]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct study on the inclusion of Eagledale Ferry Dock in the National Park System (see H.R. 3747), H366 [13FE]
———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: recalculate retirement annuities for certain health care professionals performing part-time services (see H.R. 4972), H3860 [24JN]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 4073), H2356 [9MY]
———reauthorize microenterprise assistance programs and expand sustainable poverty-focused microenterprise programs by implementing improved poverty measurement methods (see H.R. 4209), H1283 [11AP]
Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see H.R. 2629), H562 [26FE]
———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), H6061 [4SE]
Drugs: use of marijuana for medicinal purposes (see H.R. 2592), H1155 [9AP]
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]
Education: authorize appropriations and establish advisory committee to help implement the Advanced Technological Education Program and strengthen technological education at associate-degree granting colleges (see H.R. 4680), H3292 [6JN]
———extend student loan forgiveness to adult education instructors (see H.R. 4123), H2235 [8MY]
———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]
———provide for the purchase of textbooks and establishment of the Textbook Recycling Program (see H.R. 4951), H3928 [25JN]
———provide grants for training of realtime court reporters and closed captioners to meet the requirements for closed captioning set forth in the Telecommunications Act (see H.R. 2527), H4766 [16JY]
Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (see H.R. 1642), H1674 [25AP]
EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 4611), H2662 [20MY]
FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 448), H1533 [23AP]
Families and domestic relations: increase U.S. commitment to the health of the world's mothers and children (see H. Con. Res. 404), H6085 [5SE]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
Federal employees: ensure one-half of leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child shall be leave with pay (see H.R. 3915), H1156 [9AP]
———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), H3161 [4JN]
———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 638), H785 [11MR]
———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H2164 [7MY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the development of products for rare diseases (see H.R. 4014), H1484 [18AP]
———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 5272), H6172 [10SE]
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), H6927 [1OC]
Foreign trade: terminate all unilateral sanctions against foreign countries or entities (see H.R. 3247), H79 [24JA]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 5279), H5995 [26JY]
FTC: deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (see H.R. 4551), H1688 [29AP]
———regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H6061 [4SE]
Government National Mortgage Association: authorize the guarantee of conventional mortgage-backed securities (see H.R. 3206), H79 [24JA]
Haiti: end embargo and certain restrictions on humanitarian and development assistance (see H. Con. Res. 382), H3514 [12JN]
Head Start Act: ensure that every eligible child has the tools to learn to read (see H.R. 1201), H3601 [17JN]
Health: authorize grants to carry out organ recovery rate improvement programs in eligible hospitals (see H.R. 4086), H4498 [10JY]
———establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 5241), H5993 [26JY]
———expand, intensify, and coordinate activities relative to research on autoimmune diseases in women (see H.R. 5104), H4932 [18JY]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1003 [19MR]
———provide certain caregivers with Medicare benefits, allow long-term care tax credit, and establish programs for patients with fatal chronic illnesses (see H.R. 5139), H4873 [17JY]
———provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (see H.R. 3462), H1155 [9AP]
———provide grants to States to provide access to affordable health insurance for certain child care providers and staff (see H.R. 5674), H8733 [13NO]
———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H4574 [12JY]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H1620 [24AP]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3469), H1769 [30AP]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Higher Education Act: repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 786), H907 [13MR]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 4113), H3928 [25JN]
Immigration: assess aliens' immigration status relative to eligibility to serve in the Armed Forces and to be employed in airport security, and permit naturalization through certain active-duty military service (see H.R. 4058), H2662 [20MY]
———protection of battered immigrant families (see H.R. 3828), H650 [28FE]
———reaffirm historic treatment of part-time commuter students from Canada and Mexico as temporary visitors for purposes of entry into the U.S. (see H.R. 5288), H5995 [26JY]
———restore fairness to immigration law (see H.R. 3894), H779 [7MR]
Immigration and Nationality Act: restore certain provisions relative to the definition of aggravated felony (see H.R. 87), H4325 [27JN]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: amend to improve early intervention programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities (see H.R. 5076), H4424 [9JY]
———develop and implement strategies to reduce the number of emotionally disturbed children that require special education services (see H.R. 5352), H6129 [9SE]
———establish a method to provide outcome-based funding increases to States (see H.R. 5001), H4069 [26JN]
Insurance: coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 292), H3514 [12JN]
———extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools (see H.R. 5471), H9036 [19NO]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H9036 [19NO]
Iraq: support U.N. efforts to assure Iraq's compliance with Security Council resolutions and advance peace and security in the Persian Gulf region (see H. Con. Res. 473), H6418 [19SE]
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), H1533 [23AP]
———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), H6256 [13SE]
Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 5526, 5527), H6982 [2OC]
Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H2945 [22MY]
Medicare: coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see H.R. 595), H2945 [22MY]
———coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see H.R. 3278), H4574 [12JY]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H687 [5MR]
———coverage of oral drugs to reduce serum phosphate levels in patients with end stage renal disease (see H.R. 3246), H4931 [18JY]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H. Con. Res. 328), H834 [12MR]
———coverage of paramedic intercept ambulance support services (see H.R. 5511), H8023 [16OC]
———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see H.R. 599), H4350 [8JY]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (see H.R. 2483), H3514 [12JN]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 3710), H1688 [29AP]
———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 4850), H3037 [23MY]
———increase payments for ambulance services in rural areas, determine rural areas based on population density, and require the use of recent data in determining payment adjustments (see H.R. 3545), H7894 [10OC]
———make the social HMO a permanent option under Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 2953), H833 [12MR]
———provide access to kidney disease health care, management, and end stage renal disease prevention services (see H.R. 4729), H2470 [14MY]
———provide coverage for kidney disease education services (see H.R. 3770), H523 [14FE]
———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (see H.R. 3236), H4766 [16JY]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H1769 [30AP]
Medicare/Medicaid: reform Federal survey and certification process for nursing facilities (see H.R. 4030), H2472 [14MY]
Mental health: provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 4728), H3514 [12JN]
———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1156 [9AP]
———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 2380), H6060 [4SE]
Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 4748), H4606 [15JY]
National and Community Service Act: establish the Right of Passage Community Service Program (see H.R. 4803), H3563 [13JN]
National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 5047), H4767 [16JY]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H3073 [24MY]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 390), H2108 [6MY]
National Epilepsy Month: designate (see H. Res. 484), H4605 [15JY]
National Fragile X Research Day: observance (see H. Res. 398), H6130 [9SE]
National Organ Donor Registry: establish (see H.R. 5124), H6130 [9SE]
NATO: recommend integration of Slovak Republic (see H. Res. 253), H2735 [21MY]
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: provide certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of status (see H.R. 348), H5997 [26JY]
NIH: establish Office of Rare Diseases (see H.R. 4013), H1484 [18AP]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Jimmy Carter for peace (see H. Res. 588), H7929 [15OC]
Nuclear weapons: encourage end to the threat of nuclear destruction (see H.J. Res. 97), H3601 [17JN]
Pakistan: modify Presidential waiver authority relative to foreign assistance restrictions (see H.R. 5267), H6304 [17SE]
Pensions: ensure that individual account retirement plans protect workers by limiting the amount of employer stock each worker may hold and encouraging diversification of investment of plan assets (see H.R. 3640), H285 [12FE]
Pharmaceuticals: require prescription drug manufacturers, packers, and distributors to disclose certain gifts provided in connection with promotional or marketing activities (see H.R. 5037), H8023 [16OC]
Presidential Records Act: establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionality based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records (see H.R. 4187), H1282 [11AP]
Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 5344), H6129 [9SE]
———reauthorize and reform block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3625), H78 [24JA]
Quezada-Bonilla, Alfonso: relief (see H.R. 4616), H3601 [17JN]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H4766 [16JY]
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), H4767 [16JY]
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: credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 4743), H3928 [25JN]
———improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2164 [7MY]
———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), H8021 [16OC]
———protect trust funds by ensuring the Government repays its debts to the trust funds (see H.R. 5252), H7303 [8OC]
———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 4780), H4326 [27JN]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H2735 [21MY]
Stem Cell Research Board: establish (see H.R. 4011), H4326 [27JN]
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), H2945 [22MY]
———change calculation and simplify administration of the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 3574), H1284 [11AP]
———encourage more responsible corporate governance (see H.R. 5088), H5453 [24JY]
———exempt certain U.S. international ports from the harbor maintenance tax (see H.R. 5199), H5452 [24JY]
———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 4180), H1282 [11AP]
———expand renewable resources production tax credit to include additional forms of renewable energy and expand investment tax credit to include equipment used to produce electricity from renewable resources (see H.R. 4668), H3514 [12JN]
———extend credits to assist in the purchase of fishing safety equipment (see H.R. 2419), H2019 [1MY]
———impose excise tax on sales of stock by corporate insiders occurring when the company prevents employees from selling stock in pension plans and ensure more accurate reporting of corporate liabilities (see H.R. 3622), H78 [24JA]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H1533 [23AP]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H3824 [21JN]
———provide for Universal Retirement Savings Accounts in lieu of the various individual retirement plans (see H.R. 4482), H6777 [26SE]
———treat Indian tribes the same as State governments relative to gambling (see H.R. 4887), H6777 [26SE]
———treatment of certain gifts and benefits provided to physicians by prescription drug manufacturers (see H.R. 2641), H8023 [16OC]
———treatment of executive perks and retirement benefits relative to stock options, undisclosed benefits, and deferred compensation (see H.R. 5432), H6558 [24SE]
———treatment of income from land sold to a government agency or a nonprofit organization for conservation purposes (see H.R. 2290), H3161 [4JN]
———treatment of private activity bonds for water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 2207), H105 [29JA]
———treatment of swap fund transactions (see H.R. 2406), H1003 [19MR]
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend and expand (see H.R. 5089), H4497 [10JY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 5264), H5994 [26JY]
———require warning labels on tobacco products (see H.R. 3907), H780 [7MR]
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), H1155 [9AP]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H562 [26FE]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 5491), H6776 [26SE]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
Wildlife: prohibit interstate and foreign commerce of certain wild animals for use as pets (see H.R. 5226), H6130 [9SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Medicare: provide a direct supplemental insurance option (see H.R. 3976), H931 [14MR]
Unemployment: modernize benefit system (see H.R. 4373), H1336 [16AP]
Letters
Retirement Savings Security Act: Norman P. Stein, H3783 [21JN]
Press releases
Detailed Analysis of October 7 Speech by Bush on Iraq: Institute for Public Accuracy, H7276-H7281 [8OC]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 4965), H5369
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), conference report, H5971 [26JY]
———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 509), H5968 [26JY]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 112), consideration (H. Res. 568), H6988 [3OC]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H3018 [23MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7276 [8OC], H7742, H7787
———U.S. policy on use against Iraq, H6351 [18SE]
Budget: reduce preexisting pay-go balances (H.R. 5708), H8787 [14NO]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), H1044, H1052, H1061 [20MR]
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: express sympathy to people who were tragically affected by the eruption of Nyiragongo volcano and support an increase in the amount of U.S. assistance (H. Con. Res. 304), H535
Corporations: economic impact of mismanagement, deception, and violations of public trust, H4404 [9JY], H4502 [11JY]
Deora, Murli: election to Upper House of India's national parliament, E469
Diseases: AIDS epidemic, H4532 [11JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make educational savings incentives provisions permanent (H.R. 5203), H6023, H6026, H6028 [4SE]
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), H3522 [13JN]
———make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), H3794, H3795, H3804 [21JN]
———make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), consideration (H. Res. 451), H3784 [21JN]
———make tax benefits permanent, H1451
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), H2190 [8MY]
Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), consideration (H. Res. 546), H6568 [25SE]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H4542 [11JY]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 1200), H2111 [7MY]
Indonesia: commemorate independence of East Timor and encourage establishment of diplomatic relations (H. Con. Res. 405), H2742 [21MY]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H1052 [20MR]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H3727 [20JN], H3779 [21JN], H3848 [24JN], H4052 [26JN], H4074, H4271 [27JN]
Pakistan: welcome President Pervez Musharraf upon U.S. visit and commend leadership and friendship (H. Con. Res. 324), H248
Parliamentary inquiry, H1429 [18AP], H3954 [26JN], H6238 [12SE]
Public debt: ceiling, H3018 [23MY]
———ceiling (S. 2578), H4155 [27JN]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2533, H2537 [16MY]
Seattle, WA: anniversary of Northwest Kidney Center, E199
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1451
Taxation: accelerate marriage penalty relief and modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (H.R. 4626), H2688 [21MY]
———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), H1451
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3251 [6JN]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country, H2688 [21MY]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, H496 [14FE]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H764 [7MR]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H496 [14FE]
———treatment of elementary and secondary education expenses (H.R. 5193), consideration (H. Res. 521), H6237 [12SE]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 5063), concur with Senate amendments with an amendment, H8800 [14NO]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 5063), consideration of Senate amendments with an amendment (H. Res. 609), H8761 [14NO]
Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, H5968, H5971 [26JY]
Unemployment: extend period of availability of unemployment assistance in the case of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 3986), H962 [19MR]
———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H496 [14FE], H691 [6MR], H764 [7MR], H8761, H8800 [14NO]
Votes: position on missed, H173
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H4422 [9JY], H4550 [11JY], H6371 [18SE], H7891 [10OC], H9018 [14NO]
Statements
Protection of Civil Service Rights for Federal Employees Transferred to the Dept. of Homeland Security: David Yamada, E1643
Tributes
Ambani, Dhirubhai, E1256
Anderson, Ernestine, E493
Kingsolver, Barbara, H2602 [16MY]
Lindenberg, Marc, E948
Meek, Representative, H4396 [9JY]