OBERSTAR, JAMES L. (a Representative from Minnesota)
Addresses
National Angels in Adoption Award Presentation to the Hallmark Channel: by, E1671
Amendments
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5684 [25JY], H5798, H5838 [26JY]
Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (H.R. 1979), H3743 [20JN]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4, Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act, H3472 [12JN]
———S. 1214, Maritime Transportation Antiterrorism Act, H3131 [4JN]
Articles and editorials
Great Monsignor, E.J. Dionne, Jr., Washington (DC) Post, E737
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3720 [19JN]
American Road and Transportation Builders Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 442), H4872 [17JY]
American Zoo and Aquarium Association: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 408), H3601 [17JN]
Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 548), H6559 [24SE]
Aviation: amend certain laws relative to airport project streamlining (see H.R. 4481), H1770 [30AP]
———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2355 [9MY]
Bankruptcy: extend the priority provided to claims for compensation and benefits of all employees (see H.R. 3415), H524 [14FE]
Boggs, Lindy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 439), H4932 [18JY]
Business and industry: express support for U.S. forestry, lumber, wood, paper, and allied product industries and encourage protection from unfair trade practices of the People's Republic of China (see H. Res. 557), H6927 [1OC]
Canada: condolences relative to military personnel killed by U.S. friendly fire while participating in military training exercises in Afghanistan (see H. Res. 412), H2105 [3MY]
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), H3037 [23MY]
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), H1769 [30AP]
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), H2662 [20MY]
Dept. of Defense: 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 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]
Dept. of Transportation: authorize construction of a plaza adjacent to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (see H.R. 5012), H3927 [25JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H7172 [7OC]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 4073), H2356 [9MY]
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), H6130 [9SE]
Economy: recognize importance of surface transportation infrastructure and contributions of trucking, rail, and passenger transit industries to economic well being of the U.S. (see H. Res. 567), H6926 [1OC]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 2692), H3161 [4JN]
ERISA: provide for improved disclosure, diversification, account access, and accountability under individual account plans (see H.R. 3657), H110 [4FE]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
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), H2945 [22MY]
Foreign policy: ensure that U.S. trade and economic development policies respect and support the rights of African farmers (see H. Con. Res. 260), H3601 [17JN]
Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 5241), H5993 [26JY]
———expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see H.R. 4691), H4931 [18JY]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H. Con. Res. 99), H142 [5FE]
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]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H3928 [25JN]
Immigration: 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]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H141 [5FE]
———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 292), H687 [5MR]
Investments: establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (see H.R. 2160), H5087 [22JY]
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: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H1090 [20MR]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H6693 [25SE]
———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H5453 [24JY]
Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4888), H5087 [22JY]
Medicaid: State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 1604), H6559 [24SE]
Medicare: coverage for rehabilitation services provided by State vocational rehabilitation agencies to older, blind individuals (see H.R. 2674), H141 [5FE]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H907 [13MR]
———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 3569), H142 [5FE]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5411), H6778 [26SE]
———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4515), H1770 [30AP]
———improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (see H.R. 2483), H5195 [23JY]
———provide for equitable reimbursement rates for thin prep pap smears tests (see H.R. 3835), H655 [4MR]
———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 902), H4553 [11JY]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H3454 [11JN]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1156 [9AP]
Music and dance: tribute to World Symposium on Choral Music (see H. Con. Res. 456), H5997 [26JY]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 390), H2108 [6MY]
National Farmers Union: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 462), H6374 [18SE]
National Fragile X Research Day: observance (see H. Res. 398), H1674 [25AP]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to women's health and disease prevention (see H.R. 183), H561 [26FE]
National Organ Donor Registry: establish (see H.R. 5124), H4605 [15JY]
National security: enhance homeland security and the public property protection capabilities of the Federal Government (see H.R. 4770), H2661 [20MY]
———improve port and maritime security (see H.R. 3983), H937 [18MR]
Native Americans: Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (see H.R. 2335), H781 [7MR]
NIH: breast cancer early detection and mortality rate reduction research funding (see H.R. 3989), H3669 [18JN]
NTSB: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4466), H1409 [17AP]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H1090 [20MR]
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), H6778 [26SE]
Public welfare programs: temporarily extend waivers granted to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 5757), H9024 [14NO]
Quezada-Bonilla, Alfonso: relief (see H.R. 4616), H3601 [17JN]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H6061 [4SE]
Sewage disposal: enhance security of wastewater treatment works (see H.R. 5169), H5086 [22JY]
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), H6061 [4SE]
———improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2472 [14MY]
———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 4780), H4326 [27JN]
Somerset County, PA: tribute to rescue of coal miners (see H. Con. Res. 459), H6374 [18SE]
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), H1090 [20MR]
———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 3713), H230 [8FE]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H2945 [22MY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Thomas, Rex D. (Dave): tribute (see H. Res. 336), H104 [29JA]
Thomas E. Burnett, Jr. Post Office Building, Bloomington, MN: designate (see H.R. 5207), H5998 [26JY]
Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 5264), H5994 [26JY]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H226 [7FE]
Treaties and agreements: importance of Antiballistic Missile Treaty (see H. Res. 313), H3563 [13JN]
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]
Urban areas: allow transit systems in urbanized areas that have recently passed certain population limits to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants (see H.R. 5157), H4930 [18JY]
Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 440), H141 [5FE]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3930), H3038 [23MY]
———provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (see H.R. 5428), H6473 [23SE]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H907 [13MR]
———promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see H.R. 2670), H2662 [20MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Amtrak: make loan guarantees (see H.R. 5024), H4068 [26JN]
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]
Federal employees: provide that service performed by an air traffic controller who is transferred to a supervisory or staff position continue to be treated as controller service for retirement purposes (see H.R. 4760), H2607 [16MY]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over certain wetlands (see H.R. 5194), H5452 [24JY]
Health: 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), H4766 [16JY]
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe: provide for the use or distribution of judgement funds (see H.R. 5752), H9024 [14NO]
Railroads: reform the safety practices of the railroad industry (see H.R. 4761), H2607 [16MY]
Strel, Martin: tribute (see H. Res. 529), H6303 [17SE]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (see H. Res. 598), H8545 [12NO]
Essays: Voice of Democracy
Creen, Marjorie A., E1518
Letters
National Aviation Capacity Expansion Act: George H. Ryan, Governor of Illinois, and Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago, IL, H5123 [23JY]
Memorandums
National Aviation Capacity Expansion Act: Thomas W. Merrill, Northwestern University, H5123-H5125 [23JY]
Remarks
Air Transportation Stabilization Board: delay payments under the Airline Loan Guarantee Program, H2920, H2921 [22MY]
Airports: extend deadline for installing explosive detection machines for screening checked baggage, H5648 [25JY], H5838, H5839, H5840, H5843 [26JY]
Alfonse M. D'Amato U.S. Courthouse, Central Islip, NY: designate (H.R. 4006), H2119
Amtrak: funding, H6998 [3OC]
Appropriations: legislative process, H6998 [3OC]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 112), H6998 [3OC]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 123), consideration (H. Res. 585), H7952, H7953, H7955 [16OC]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), consideration (H. Res. 602), H8553 [13NO]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2920, H2921 [22MY]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), conference report, H5227 [23JY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7742 [10OC]
Aviation: amend certain laws relative to airport project streamlining (H.R. 4481), H4363, H4364 [9JY]
———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 (H.R. 5678), E1914
———clarify Federal flight deck officers program guidelines relative to pilot background checks, discharge and storage of firearms, flight attendant self-defense training, and pilots use of less-than-lethal weapons, H4451 [10JY]
———establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (H.R. 4635), H4441, H4446, H4451, H4456, H4460, H4463, H4465, H4466, H4469 [10JY]
———extension of liability limitations and immunity for airport screening companies, H5825 [26JY]
———improve security by allowing pilots to have guns in the cockpit, H4441, H4446, H4451, H4456, H4460, H4463, H4465, H4466, H4469 [10JY]
———prohibit air carriers from taking retaliatory action against pilots who volunteer for the Federal flight deck officer program, H4465 [10JY]
———remove cap on number of pilots who may be deputized as Federal flight deck officers and establish deadlines for training of such pilots, H4460, H4463, H4466 [10JY]
———remove cap on number of pilots who may be deputized as Federal flight deck officers and make the program permanent, H4456 [10JY]
———remove preference to pilots who are former military or law enforcement personnel for deputization as Federal flight deck officers, H4460, H4463, H4466 [10JY]
———restrictions on Airport Improvement Program grants, H3730, H3731, H3734, H3735 [20JN]
Birch Bayh Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Indianapolis, IN: designate (H.R. 5604), H8928
Budget: reduce preexisting pay-go balances (H.R. 5708), consideration (H. Res. 602), H8553 [13NO]
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers' Memorial Service (H. Con. Res. 347), H1711
Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (H.R. 3479), H4649, H4650 [15JY], H5122 [23JY]
Children and youth: prevent child abduction (H.R. 5422), E1793
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House): tribute to retiring members, E1854
Corbi, Lana: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award recipient, E1671
Davis-Bacon Act: ensure payment of prevailing wages for the area in which federally-contracted infrastructure construction projects take place, E1956
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5648, H5684, H5685, H5686, H5687, H5688, H5690, H5691 [25JY], H5825, H5838, H5839, H5840, H5843 [26JY]
———establish (H.R. 5710), H8704 [13NO]
———inclusion of FEMA, H5684, H5685, H5686 [25JY]
———retain Office of National Preparedness functions within FEMA, H5687, H5688, H5690, H5691 [25JY]
Dept. of Transportation: authorize construction of a plaza adjacent to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (H.R. 5012), H6007, H6008 [4SE]
———establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (H.R. 1020), E1956
———use of Airport Improvement Program grants to retroactively reimburse certain airports for installation of air traffic control towers, H3740, H3744, H3746 [20JN]
Diseases: increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (H. Con. Res. 36), H3102 [4JN]
Duluth, MN: tribute to Duluth Central High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E185
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, E1955
———recognize importance of surface transportation infrastructure and contributions of trucking, rail, and passenger transit industries to economic well being of the U.S. (H. Res. 567), H7135
EPA: make grants for remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern and authorize assistance for research and development of innovative technologies for such purposes (H.R. 1070), H6010, H6012 [4SE], H8081, H8083 [12NO]
Federal employees: provide that service performed by an air traffic controller who is transferred to a supervisory or staff position continue to be treated as controller service for retirement purposes (H.R. 4760), E837
Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building, College Park, MD: designate (H.R. 2911), H2123
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), H2193 [8MY]
Health: provide certain caregivers with Medicare benefits, allow long-term care tax credit, and establish programs for patients with fatal chronic illnesses (H.R. 5139), E1272
Infrastructure: invest funds to restore the economy and to enhance security of transportation and environmental facilities (H.R. 3166), E1956
James R. Browning U.S. Courthouse, San Francisco, CA: designate (H.R. 2804), H966
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (H.R. 5611), H8929
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (H.R. 5427), H7150
Motor vehicles: prohibit States from requiring a license or fee relative to motor vehicles providing interstate pre-arranged ground transportation service (H.R. 2546), H8084 [12NO]
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: commend promotion of use of child safety seats and seatbelts in motor vehicles and sponsorship of National Child Passenger Safety Week (H. Con. Res. 326), E168
National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 1214), conference report, H8812
———improve port and maritime security (H.R. 3983), H3118 [4JN]
NTSB: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4466), H3087 [4JN]
Nuclear energy: transportation of spent nuclear fuel, H2193 [8MY]
Parliamentary inquiry, H4460 [10JY]
Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center, Chicago, IL: designate (S. 378), H2121
Pipelines: improve safey (H.R. 3609), H5281, H5286 [23JY]
———improve safey (H.R. 3609), Senate amendment, H8991
Railroads: provide for the financing of high-speed rail infrastructure (H.R. 2950), E1956
Safety: authorize grants to improve security on over-the-road buses (H.R. 3429), H8943
Santiago E. Campos U.S. Courthouse, Santa Fe, NM: designate (H.R. 5083), H7151
Shuster, Bud: Associated Pennsylvania Constructors Transportation Person of the Century award recipient, E2134
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, E1956
———investment of trust funds in private financial markets, E1956
Taxation: rates, E1956
Tony Hall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Dayton, OH: designate (H.R. 5335), H7142
Transportation: highway funding restoration and highway contract authority rescission, H5227 [23JY]
———provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (H.R. 1979), H3740, H3744, H3746 [20JN]
———provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (H.R. 1979), consideration (H. Res. 447), H3730, H3731, H3734, H3735 [20JN]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level, H7952, H7953, H7955 [16OC], H8553 [13NO]
———provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (H.R. 3694), H2409, H2410 [14MY]
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), H964
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]
Votes: position on missed, H1452
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (H.R. 3930), E1956
Wayne Lyman Morse U.S. Courthouse, Eugene, OR: designate (H.R. 2672), H7152
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (H. Res. 598), H8087, H8091, H8092 [12NO]
Tables
Comparison of distribution of highway funds under Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century and H.J. Res. 123, continuing appropriations, H7954 [16OC]
Tributes
Anderson, Brad, E1939
Bryson, Joy, E195
Granholm, Kim, E1419
Higgins, George G., E737