SHIMKUS, JOHN (a Representative from Illinois)
Amendments
Pledge of Allegiance: reaffirm reference to ``one Nation under God'' (S. 2690), H6984 [2OC]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3448, Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Response Act, H641 [28FE]
Articles and editorials
Abortion Clinic Blocks Mother From Daughter Inside—Girl Was 16—Granite Police Say Law Gives No Voice to Parents of Minors, Colleen Carroll, St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, H1349 [17AP]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (see H.R. 77), H1289 [15AP]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3775 [20JN]
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), H6778 [26SE]
American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 36), H6374 [18SE]
Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 5268), H6172 [10SE]
Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H634 [27FE]
———require congressional authority to authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 109), H5996 [26JY]
Buck, John F. (Jack): tribute (see H. Res. 455), H3859 [24JN]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard, National Guard Bureau, and Dept. of Defense for assistance to Capitol Police and Congress after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 378), H1533 [23AP]
———tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1284 [11AP]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see H.R. 4793), H6130 [9SE]
Cesar Chavez Post Office, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 3613), H6777 [26SE]
Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 1822), H227 [7FE]
Clean Air Act: ensure reasonable emissions standards for highway motorcycles (see H.R. 5433), H6778 [26SE]
Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 2145), H3292 [6JN]
Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 539), H6418 [19SE]
Congress: require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the House and Senate Chambers (see H. Con. Res. 315), H782 [7MR]
Courts: modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 5064), H4767 [16JY]
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), H3514 [12JN]
———prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (see H.R. 4645), H2099 [2MY]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H7895 [10OC]
Dept. of HHS: make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (see H.R. 3686), H1155 [9AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]
Dept. of Labor: establish voluntary protection programs (see H.R. 2235), H3161 [4JN]
Dept. of the Treasury: include certain parts of the Constitution in the redesign of Federal reserve notes (see H.R. 1021), H4931 [18JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H1284 [11AP]
Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H5791 [25JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H1087 [20MR]
Education: support business incubation in academic settings (see H.R. 5312), H5996 [26JY]
English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 1984), H1090 [20MR]
Families and domestic relations: importance of prenatal care for women and children (see H. Res. 346), H285 [12FE]
FCC: eliminate deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television broadcasting (see H.R. 4560), H1618 [24AP]
———establish a Rural Issues Advisory Board (see H.R. 5602), H7892 [10OC]
———facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (see H.R. 4738), H3601 [17JN]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H833 [12MR]
Federal aid programs: consolidate all black lung benefit responsibility under a single official (see H.R. 5542), H7018 [3OC]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H5997 [26JY]
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend relative to firefighter assistance (see H.R. 4548), H6251 [12SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the development of products for rare diseases (see H.R. 4014), H1087 [20MR]
Financial Accounting Standards Board: develop standards of financial accounting and reporting relative to the treatment of stock options (see H.R. 5147), H5453 [24JY]
Financial institutions: reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 3717), H738 [6MR]
Firearms: protect right to keep and bear arms (see H. Con. Res. 119), H3161 [4JN]
Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (see H.R. 3992), H3514 [12JN]
Foreign policy: impose sanctions on the PLO, or the Palestinian Authority, if the President determines that these entities have not complied with certain commitments (see H.R. 1795), H141 [5FE]
FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H3038 [23MY]
General Education Provisions Act: clarify definition of a student relative to family educational and privacy rights (see H.R. 5331), H7172 [7OC]
Harold, Erika: tribute (see H. Res. 575), H7303 [8OC]
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (see H.J. Res. 87), H1283 [11AP]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H3928 [25JN]
———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), H2946 [22MY]
Health care professionals: permit criminal background checks for nursing facility and home health agency personnel involved in indirect patient care (see H.R. 4872), H4326 [27JN]
House of Representatives: encourage each State to examine its statutes, practices, and procedures governing appointment and election of new Members in the event of a catastrophe (see H. Res. 559), H6777 [26SE]
Indonesia: condemn bombings in Bali and urge renewed effort to the international war on terrorism (see H. Res. 589), H8546 [12NO]
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (see H.R. 3231), H833 [12MR]
Iron and steel industry: facilitate consolidation and rationalization of the steel industry (see H.R. 4574), H1619 [24AP]
———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]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H2101 [2MY]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H4425 [9JY]
Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H3292 [6JN]
Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 1626), H2471 [14MY]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H3668 [18JN]
———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H35 [23JA]
Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H3514 [12JN]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 4954), H4069 [26JN]
———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4515), H1483 [18AP]
———provide coverage for kidney disease education services (see H.R. 3770), H781 [7MR]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H3454 [11JN]
National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 418), H3562 [13JN]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 390), H2108 [6MY]
National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 36), H6374 [18SE]
National Fragile X Research Day: observance (see H. Res. 398), H5998 [26JY]
Native Americans: prohibit gaming on certain Indian trust lands in California that were purchased with Federal grants (see H.R. 1239), H833 [12MR]
NATO: affirm importance, support continued U.S. participation, and ensure that enlargement proceeds in a manner consistent with U.S. interests (see H. Res. 468), H6085 [5SE]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H201 [6FE]
Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 572), H5194 [23JY]
———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 540), H6419 [19SE]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4069 [26JN]
PLO: impose certain travel and diplomatic sanctions on officials in the U.S., seize assets in the U.S., and require a report on any acts of terrorism until a peace plan is implemented (see H.R. 4693), H3562 [13JN]
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), H6304 [17SE]
Public lands: provide consistent enforcement authority by Federal agencies that respond to violations of regulations governing public lands, and clarify the purpose of fines collected for violations (see H.R. 3808), H1675 [25AP]
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), H6230 [11SE]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 525), H6303 [17SE]
Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see H.R. 4608), H2356 [9MY]
Saudi Arabia: support reform of education curriculum (see H. Con. Res. 432), H4767 [16JY]
Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 3805), H633 [27FE]
———recognize right of students in public schools for silent prayer or meditation, encourage recitation of Pledge of Allegiance, and prevent discrimination based on religious character or speech (see H.J. Res. 54), H634 [27FE]
Social Security: eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H1338 [16AP]
———guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3135), H1410 [17AP]
———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H2235 [8MY]
Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see H.R. 4483), H2512 [15MY]
Taxation: accelerate repeal of estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes and reduction in gift taxes (see H.R. 2631), H1155 [9AP]
———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 3713), H285 [12FE]
———clarify that the parsonage allowance exclusion is limited to the fair rental value of the property (see H.R. 4156), H1339 [16AP]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H833 [12MR]
———extend work opportunity tax credit relative to hiring of workers in rural areas (see H.R. 3773), H523 [14FE]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H4497 [10JY]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6303 [17SE]
———make the additional tax on early distributions from certain pension plans inapplicable for public safety employees (see H.R. 4796), H2943 [22MY]
———permit the deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to be allowed in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 5304), H5996 [26JY]
———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H3161 [4JN]
———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools and in homeschooling (see H.R. 257), H4553 [11JY]
———provide tax relief for farmers and fishermen (see H.R. 2347), H3825 [21JN]
———remove the requirement of a mandatory beginning date for distributions from individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1368), H6374 [18SE]
———repeal the inclusion in gross income of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 2254), H367 [13FE]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 4804), H3293 [6JN]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3930), H4350 [8JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
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), H655 [4MR]
CPSC: amend flammability standards for children's sleepwear (see H.R. 4896), H3291 [6JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide Government markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries that died on or after the day of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 3990), H937 [18MR]
FERC: reinstate license and extend deadline for commencement of construction for the Carlyle Hydroelectric Project in Illinois (see H.R. 4765), H2607 [16MY]
Motor vehicles: improve safety of car restraints and booster seats for children (see H.R. 5504), H6925 [1OC]
Mount Vernon, IL: amend Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act relative to rural access project (see H.R. 3664), H104 [29JA]
NIH: establish Office of Rare Diseases (see H.R. 4013), H1087 [20MR]
Power resources: eliminate certain restrictions on the availability of credits for the use of biodiesel fuel (see H.R. 4160), H1200 [10AP]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Native Americans (see H.R. 5738), H9023 [14NO]
U.S. Military Academy: bicentennial (see H.J. Res. 83), H561 [26FE] (see H. Con. Res. 332), H524 [14FE]
White County Bridge Commission: provide for audit of the New Harmony Bridge and fill membership vacancies (see H.R. 5423), H6418 [19SE]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H39 [24JA], H1341 [17AP]
Lists
House of Representatives' Pages, H3282 [6JN]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H4769 [17JY]
Remarks
American Heart Month: observance, H509 [14FE]
Arlington National Cemetery: enact into law eligibility requirements for interment (H.R. 4940), H5017
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7295 [8OC]
Army: anniversary of the founding of the Special Forces and honor Aaron Bank for his role in the founding (H. Con. Res. 364), H3638 [18JN]
Breese, IL: tribute to All Saints Academy student fundraising efforts for America's Fund for Afghan Children, E333
Bush, President: disapproving the action taken under the Trade Act in response to the surge of steel imports (H.J. Res. 84), disposition (H. Res. 414), H2172 [8MY]
Capitol Pages: tribute, H49 [24JA], H3279, H3282 [6JN]
Carrollton, IL: anniversary of Carrollton First Baptist Church, E1214
———tribute to Carrollton High School girls' basketball team, E260
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (H.R. 4793), H6792 [1OC]
Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (H.R. 2175), H5320 [24JY]
Collinsville, IL: anniversary of Wilkerson Chapel, E698
Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (H.R. 3833), H2673 [21MY]
———establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (H.R. 3833), Senate amendment, H8998
CPSC: amend flammability standards for children's sleepwear (H.R. 4896), E997
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 476), consideration (H. Res. 388), H1349 [17AP]
Dept. of HHS: Community Access Program funding, H6805 [1OC]
Diseases: combat endometriosis (H. Con. Res. 291), H6810, H6811 [1OC]
DuBois, IL: anniversary of St. Charles Borromeo Parish, E1228
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), H3525 [13JN]
Edwardsville, IL: tribute to Madison County Historical Society, E1211
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the development of products for rare diseases (H.R. 4014), H6815, H6817 [1OC]
Foreign policy: make energy policy toward Iraq consistent with U.S. national security policies, H4770 [17JY]
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), H2185 [8MY]
Health: provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (S. 1275), H509 [14FE]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (H.R. 3450), H6805 [1OC]
Hillsboro (IL) Journal: anniversary, E1216
Illinois: tribute to Golden Apple Foundation Golden Apple Scholar Award recipients, E1215
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H577 [27FE]
Iron and steel industry: respond to the surge of steel imports, H626 [27FE]
Lithuania: independence anniversary, H511 [14FE]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H3656, H3657 [18JN]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (H. Res. 465), H4179 [27JN]
National Fragile X Research Day: observance (H. Res. 398), H6808 [1OC]
NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (H. Con. Res. 116), H7119
———recommend the integration of Lithuania, H511 [14FE]
NIH: establish Office of Rare Diseases, H3656 [18JN]
———establish Office of Rare Diseases (H.R. 4013), H6812, H6813 [1OC]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H423 [13FE]
———exempt communications pertaining to the right to keep and bear arms from restrictions on noncandidate campaign expenditures, H423 [13FE]
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H4770 [17JY], H5096 [23JY]
———national energy policy, H4678, H4681 [16JY]
Springfield, IL: Boy Scout Troops 27 and 36 National Merit Badge recipients, E1213
Taiwanese American Heritage Week: observance, E838
Taxation: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (H. Res. 524), H6395 [19SE]
Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report, H2849, H2857
———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), motion to instruct conferees, H640 [28FE]
U.S. Military Academy: bicentennial (S.J. Res. 32), H702 [6MR]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H466 [13FE], H3157 [4JN], H3289 [6JN], H6981 [2OC]
Subpoena Notices
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, H466 [13FE]
Tributes
Brimm, Charles L., E1217
Byrd, Verlyan R., E1622
Coles, Edward, E1211
Jansen, Ronald J., H4875 [18JY]
Jurgena, Harold W., E1741
Phillips, Howard W., E1327
Ryder, Tom, E37
Schultze, Carl, H6963 [2OC]
Zielonko, Walter, E4