REHBERG, DENNIS (a Representative from Montana)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5383), H6420 [19SE]

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

American Road and Transportation Builders Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 442), H4932 [18JY]

Armed Forces: encourage employers who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve to provide a pay differential benefit and an extension of employee benefits to members on active duty (see H. Con. Res. 362), H3826 [21JN]

Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see H.R. 4635), H2101 [2MY]

———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see H. Con. Res. 401), H3038 [23MY]

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

Business and industry: enhance penalties for accounting and auditing improprieties at publicly traded companies (see H.R. 5118), H4767 [16JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1200 [10AP]

Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H8023 [16OC]

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see H.R. 3479), H1201 [10AP]

Declaration of Taking Act: require coverage of all condemnations of property by the Government (see H.R. 4771), H3669 [18JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H3454 [11JN]

Endangered Species Act: authorize Federal agencies to promptly respond to health and safety emergencies (see H.R. 3259), H634 [27FE]

FCC: treat private land use rules as State or local regulations for purposes of certain Federal regulations (see H.R. 4720), H6783 [30SE]

Financial Accounting Standards Board: develop standards of financial accounting and reporting relative to the treatment of stock options (see H.R. 5147), H4932 [18JY]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H688 [5MR]

Fire prevention: allow Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to enter into agreements with Federal agencies to acquire goods and services relative to improving or using the wildfire fighting capability of those agencies (see H.R. 5185), H5998 [26JY]

———improve capacity to address wildfire prone conditions, establish fire management contracting authorities review process, and authorize appropriations for hazardous fuel reduction projects (see H.R. 5319), H6130 [9SE]

———reduce catastrophic wildfire threats to communities and the environment (see H.R. 5376), H6420 [19SE]

Firefighters: develop new firefighting technology (see H.R. 5479), H8023 [16OC]

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]

Forests: authorize Regional Foresters to exempt tree-thinning projects from laws that give rise to legal action that delay or prevent such projects (see H.R. 5309), H6230 [11SE]

FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H2472 [14MY]

Health: provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H7738 [9OC]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H6693 [25SE]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see H.R. 4446), 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), H6778 [26SE]

Land use: improve relationships between Federal land managers and gateway communities to support compatible land management of both Federal and adjacent lands (see H.R. 4622), H3669 [18JN]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 969), H367 [13FE]

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

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 3684), H367 [13FE]

———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), H2019 [1MY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H3454 [11JN]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see H.R. 3351), H3928 [25JN]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H6559 [24SE]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 3624), H201 [6FE]

National Drought Council: establish (see H.R. 4754), H2607 [16MY]

National forests: establish a user fee system for occupancy and use of lands and facilities by organizational camps that serve youth and disabled adults (see H.R. 5316), H6693 [25SE]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorizing (see H.R. 1873), H562 [26FE]

Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (see H.R. 3762), H523 [14FE]

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

Public lands: establish time limits for completion of wilderness studies on Federal lands (see H.R. 4620), H2512 [15MY]

Rural areas: establish demonstration programs to address the shortages of health care professionals (see H.R. 5113), H6304 [17SE]

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), H4326 [27JN]

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 951), H5997 [26JY]

———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3454 [11JN]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H7303 [8OC]

———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), H5998 [26JY]

———simplify Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 5166), H6693 [25SE]

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

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H226 [7FE]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H367 [13FE]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3930), H6251 [12SE]

———prohibit use of Federal funds for any program that restricts the use of any privately owned water source (see H.R. 937), H2100 [2MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: provide clarification regarding the market name for bison (see H.R. 3783), H524 [14FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: take actions to promptly address the risk of fire and insect infestation on National Forest System lands (see H.R. 5214), H5789 [25JY]

Montana: acquire certain lands for the benefit of the Crow Tribe (see H.R. 4062), H1089 [20MR]

Taxation: extend tax credit for production of fuel from a nonconventional source to facilities that produce environmentally beneficial qualified fuels from coal (see H.R. 3728), H284 [12FE]

Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument: clarify boundaries (see H.R. 4822), H2944 [22MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H2475 [15MY]

Remarks

Agriculture: disaster assistance to farmers and ranchers, H2667 [21MY]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance, H2394 [14MY], H7007 [3OC], H7887 [10OC]

Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (H.R. 4635), H4445 [10JY]

———improve security by allowing pilots to have guns in the cockpit, H4445 [10JY]

———restrictions on Airport Improvement Program grants, H3732 [20JN]

Birds: modify hunting seasons for migratory mourning doves in the Pacific Flyway Region (H. Con. Res. 275), consideration (H. Res. 353), H695 [6MR]

Business and industry: enhance penalties for accounting and auditing improprieties at publicly traded companies (H.R. 5118), H4682 [16JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H6697 [26SE]

Dept. of Transportation: use of Airport Improvement Program grants to retroactively reimburse certain airports for installation of air traffic control towers, H3745 [20JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), H3458 [12JN]

Foreign policy: make energy policy toward Iraq consistent with U.S. national security policies, H6306 [18SE]

Journal: question of approval, H2392 [14MY]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H3866 [25JN]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), H4073 [27JN]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H3866 [25JN], H6562 [25SE], H6933 [2OC]

———national energy policy, H3612 [18JN]

Public lands: tribute to ``American Frontiers—A Public Lands Journey'' expedition, E1667 [26SE]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2476 [15MY]

Taxation: increase unified estate tax credit, H3267 [6JN]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3166 [5JN], H3267 [6JN]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, E1683 [30SE]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (H.R. 1979), H3745 [20JN]

———provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (H.R. 1979), consideration (H. Res. 447), H3732 [20JN]