OSBORNE, TOM (a Representative from Nebraska)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2646, Farm Security Act, H777 [7MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H4767 [16JY]

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5383), H6560 [24SE]

———provide emergency livestock assistance and emergency crop loss assistance to agricultural producers (see H.R. 5310), H5996 [26JY]

Animals: establish a national research program on chronic wasting disease (see H.R. 4795), H3161 [4JN]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H7929 [15OC]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]

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), H2471 [14MY]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H1674 [25AP]

———protect from exploitive child modeling (see H.R. 4667), H2608 [16MY]

Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (see H.R. 3833), H834 [12MR]

———penalties for individuals who use false or misleading domain names to attract children to Internet sites not appropriate for children (see H.R. 4658), H2608 [16MY]

Conservation Reserve Program: eliminate authority to reduce rental payments for harvesting of forage or grazing on land in an emergency caused by a drought (see H.R. 5485), H6776 [26SE]

Controlled Substances Act: amend relative to placing of certain substances on the schedules of controlled substances (see H.R. 5564), H7171 [7OC]

Crime: 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), H2101 [2MY]

———prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (see H.R. 4645), H2662 [20MY]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 5022), H5087 [22JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN] (see H.R. 5710), H8733 [13NO]

Dept. of Labor: establish voluntary protection programs (see H.R. 2235), H737 [6MR]

Dept. of the Interior: provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (see H.R. 1462), H1283 [11AP]

Drugs: address the problem of pseudoephedrine smuggling into the U.S. from Canada (see H. Con. Res. 317), H562 [26FE]

———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H523 [14FE]

Education: importance of teaching U.S. history in elementary and secondary schools (see H. Con. Res. 451), H5790 [25JY]

———improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4582), H3721 [19JN]

———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), H5453 [24JY]

Employment: reform calculation formula for overtime compensation (see H.R. 1602), H6129 [9SE]

FCC: improve regulation of small and mid-size telecommunications companies (see H.R. 4012), H3859 [24JN]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H2356 [9MY]

Financial Accounting Standards Board: develop standards of financial accounting and reporting relative to the treatment of stock options (see H.R. 5147), H4872 [17JY]

Financial institutions: reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 3717), H1620 [24AP]

First Tee (organization): tribute to programs that provide young people an opportunity to develop through golf and character education (see H. Res. 448), H4606 [15JY]

FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H2355 [9MY]

Health: 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), H6559 [24SE]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H367 [13FE]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H3562 [13JN]

Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (see H.R. 4858), H3826 [21JN]

Higher Education Act: incorporate results from the Fed Up Initiative which identifies outdated or burdensome regulations (see H.R. 4866), H3229 [5JN]

Housing: amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (see H.R. 3995), H4767 [16JY]

Indonesia: condemn bombings in Bali and urge renewed effort to the international war on terrorism (see H. Res. 589), H9036 [19NO]

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]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H5997 [26JY]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H2471 [14MY]

Major League Baseball: implement a mandatory steroid testing program (see H. Res. 496), H5086 [22JY]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 3363), H1155 [9AP]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H6172 [10SE]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H6171 [10SE]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4515), H2356 [9MY]

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3784), H932 [14MR]

National Community Role Models Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 409), H4425 [9JY]

National Fragile X Research Day: observance (see H. Res. 398), H2235 [8MY]

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), H1090 [20MR]

Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (see H. Res. 368), H1003 [19MR]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4069 [26JN]

Pornography: constitutional amendment on real and virtual child pornography (see H.J. Res. 106), H4872 [17JY]

———support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H5194 [23JY]

Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see H.R. 4608), H2356 [9MY]

Salt Lake City, UT: tribute to athletes, organizing committees, Utah, and security personnel who participated in the Olympic games (see H. Res. 363), H1156 [9AP]

Taxation: allow employers a credit for wages paid to employees while participating in mentoring programs for elementary and secondary school students (see H.R. 3629), H78 [24JA]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H3601 [17JN]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H5791 [25JY]

———provide involuntary conversion tax relief for producers forced to sell livestock due to weather-related conditions or Federal land management agency policy or action (see H.R. 5227), H5790 [25JY]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 2350), H5998 [26JY]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1979), H737 [6MR]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]

Unitas, Johnny: tribute (see H. Res. 538), H6418 [19SE]

United Kingdom: express appreciation for loyal support and leadership of Great Britain Prime Minister, Tony Blair, in war on terrorism and reaffirm relationship with Great Britain (see H. Res. 549), H7019 [3OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bureau of Reclamation: conduct feasibility study relative to developing safe and adequate municipal, rural, and industrial water supply for Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska (see H.R. 4938), H3561 [13JN]

Children and youth: recognize the benefits of mentoring (see H. Res. 330), H36 [23JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: enter into cooperative agreements with the Nebraska State Forester to carry out watershed restoration and protection activities on National Forest System lands in Nebraska (see H.R. 5206), H5452 [24JY]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H4673 [15JY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H6036-H6040 [4SE]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 403), H2028 [2MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct conferees, H1375 [17AP]

———provide emergency livestock assistance and emergency crop loss assistance to agricultural producers (H.R. 5310), H6036-H6040 [4SE], H6244 [12SE]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H3007 [23MY]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7234 [8OC]

Bureau of Reclamation: conduct feasibility study relative to developing safe and adequate municipal, rural, and industrial water supply for Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska (H.R. 4938), H6501 [24SE]

Central Platte River: treatment of end-stream flows to preserve critical habitat for the whooping crane, H828 [12MR], H1325-H1328 [16AP]

Children and youth: recognize the benefits of mentoring (H. Res. 330), H12 [23JA]

Colombia: limitation on the number of deployed U.S. military personnel, H3007 [23MY]

———support democratically elected Government and efforts to counter threats from terrorist organizations (H. Res. 358), H712 [6MR]

Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (H.R. 3833), H2674 [21MY]

———prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling (H.R. 556), H6847 [1OC]

Crime: 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 (H.R. 4623), H3882 [25JN]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, H5300 [23JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen limitations on commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs, H1375 [17AP]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2215), conference report, H6750 [26SE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct study of the Rathdrum Prairie/Spokane Valley Aquifer (H.R. 4609), H4330 [8JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5300 [23JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), H3805 [21JN]

———make tax benefits permanent, H1422 [18AP]

Education: importance of teaching U.S. history in elementary and secondary schools (H. Con. Res. 451), H6837 [1OC]

Endangered Species Act: impact of classification of black-tailed prairie dog on landowners, H830 [12MR]

———impact on landowners, H828-H831 [12MR]

———impact on landowners and the protection of critical habitats, H1324-H1328 [16AP]

Enron Corp.: economic collapse, H1245 [11AP]

Entertainment industry: impact of increased obscenity, violence, drug abuse, and promiscuity on young people, H3849-H3852 [24JN]

———prohibit deceptive, targeted marketing of adult-rated media to minors (H.R. 2246), H3849 [24JN]

Families and domestic relations: support responsible fatherhood and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (H. Res. 442), H3487 [12JN]

Forest Service: investigation into actions by Federal employees during lynx recovery survey, H828 [12MR], H1324 [16AP]

———wildfire management and fire hazard prevention practices, H3854-H3856 [24JN]

Fort Clatsop National Memorial: expand (H.R. 2643), H4332, H4333 [8JY]

FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (H.R. 4701), H2429 [14MY]

Great Smoky Mountains National Park: issue right-of-way permits for natural gas pipelines (H.R. 3380), H4331 [8JY]

Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (H.R. 4858), H3869 [25JN]

Klamath Basin: respond to economic disaster threatening certain farmers and communities resulting from denial of irrigation water for the Klamath Project, H828 [12MR], H1324 [16AP]

Major League Baseball: implement a mandatory steroid testing program (H. Res. 496), H5049 [22JY]

Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H3849 [24JN]

Native Americans: provide equitable compensation to the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota and the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska for the loss of value of certain lands (S. 434), H6867 [1OC]

Nebraska: authorize permanent circuit court judgeship, H6750 [26SE]

Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), H1245 [11AP]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H418 [13FE]

———reduce cost of political advertising on television, H418 [13FE]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), consideration (H. Res. 422), H2494 [15MY]

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), H1422 [18AP]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3254 [6JN]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (H. Res. 524), H6396 [19SE]

Unitas, Johnny: tribute (H. Res. 538), H6861 [1OC]

Western States: tribute to firefighters for efforts in fighting wildfires, H3854 [24JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H685 [5MR], H2467 [14MY], H3450 [11JN], H4870 [17JY], H6226 [11SE]