SIMPSON, MICHAEL K. (a Representative from Idaho)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H4350 [8JY]
Arlington National Cemetery: enact into law eligibility requirements for interment (see H.R. 4940), H3561 [13JN]
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), H1201 [10AP]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
Bureau of Reclamation: authorize participation in the rehabilitation of Wallowa Lake Dam in Oregon (see H.R. 3606), H3230 [5JN]
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), H1200 [10AP]
Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see H.R. 3479), H1484 [18AP]
Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 1822), H1090 [20MR]
Colmery, Harry W.: posthumously award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 461), H6059 [4SE]
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]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H6061 [4SE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]
Dept. of Labor: establish voluntary protection programs (see H.R. 2235), H36 [23JA]
Dept. of the Treasury: authorize purchase of silver on the open market when the silver stockpile is depleted, to be used to mint coins (see H.R. 4971), H3774 [20JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (see H.R. 4514), H2356 [9MY]
———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (see H.R. 3253), H2356 [9MY]
———exclude monetary benefits paid to veterans by States and municipalities from consideration as income for purposes of pension benefits (see H.R. 3771), H651 [28FE]
———increase amounts available to State approving agencies to evaluate the qualifications of educational institutions to provide courses under department-administered education programs (see H.R. 3731), H365 [13FE]
———prohibit additional daily interest charges following prepayment in full of guaranteed housing loans (see H.R. 4042), H1088 [20MR]
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), H4069 [26JN]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H1338 [16AP]
Education: 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), H201 [6FE]
Endangered Species Act: authorize Federal agencies to promptly respond to health and safety emergencies (see H.R. 3259), H634 [27FE]
———provide a public right-to-know for landowners in implementing (see H.R. 3706), H932 [14MR]
———require the Dept. of the Interior to use the best sound science available in implementing (see H.R. 3705), H932 [14MR] (see H.R. 4840), H4069 [26JN]
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to public health pesticides (see H.R. 5329), H6374 [18SE]
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service: exert best efforts to avert Major League Baseball strike, lockout, or any coercive conduct that interferes with playing of games (see H. Con. Res. 444), H4872 [17JY]
Fire prevention: encourage Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place national resources at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, and prepare a National Prescribed Fire Strategy (see H. Con. Res. 352), H932 [14MR]
———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), H6059 [4SE]
———reduce catastrophic wildfire threats to communities and the environment (see H.R. 5376), H6420 [19SE]
Food: recognize significance of bread in American history, culture, and daily diet (see H. Con. Res. 466), H7929 [15OC]
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), H105 [29JA]
FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H3161 [4JN]
Health: emphasize the importance of bone marrow donation and support National Marrow Donor Program and National Marrow Awareness Month (see H. Res. 563), H6777 [26SE]
———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H8733 [13NO]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H3562 [13JN]
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), H4553 [11JY]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H687 [5MR]
———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H3514 [12JN]
Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 3624), H227 [7FE]
National Drought Council: establish (see H.R. 4754), H3514 [12JN]
National Farmers Union: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 462), H6085 [5SE]
Native Americans: payment of State and local taxes on the sale of cigarettes and motor fuel by tribal retail enterprises to persons that are not members of the tribe (see H.R. 2726), H1674 [25AP]
Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5122), H4605 [15JY]
Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (see H. Res. 368), H907 [13MR]
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), H1768 [30AP]
———limit acquisition by the U.S. of land located in counties in which 50 percent or more of the land is already owned by the U.S. (see H.R. 3962), H906 [13MR]
———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), H3161 [4JN]
Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see H.R. 4608), H2356 [9MY]
Rural areas: establish demonstration programs to address the shortages of health care professionals (see H.R. 5113), H4574 [12JY]
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]
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: restate, clarify, and revise (see H.R. 5111), H4574 [12JY]
Taxation: allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 168), H1338 [16AP]
———allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (see H.R. 1636), H737 [6MR]
———allow taxpayers to designate income tax refunds for use in medical research conducted through the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 1673), H1003 [19MR]
———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see H.R. 2695), H141 [5FE]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 876), H284 [12FE]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H5791 [25JY]
———provide credits for the installation of certain wind energy property (see H.R. 2322), H7172 [7OC]
———provide full funding for payment in lieu of taxes program and protect local jurisdictions against loss of property tax revenues when private lands are acquired by Federal land management agencies (see H.R. 5053), H4325 [27JN] (see H.R. 5081), H4424 [9JY]
———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see H.R. 778), H8054 [4NO]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H1338 [16AP]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H2356 [9MY] (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of bonds issued to acquire renewable resources on land subject to conservation easement (see H.R. 1711), H284 [12FE]
———treatment of employee leasing organizations (see H.R. 4099), H4575 [12JY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Transportation: provide for the streamlining of highway and transit projects (see H.R. 5455), H7738 [9OC]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H226 [7FE]
U.N.: rescind approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. and take necessary steps to prevent establishment of that Court (see H.R. 4169), H3928 [25JN]
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: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 4085), H1152 [9AP]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]
Vietnamese Conflict: require a study on the eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and an alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 3443), H201 [6FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of the Interior: convey certain facilities to the Fremont-Madison Irrigation District (see H.R. 4708), H2355 [9MY]
POW: provide special compensation for former prisoners of war (see H.R. 5235), H5790 [25JY]
Veterans: revise and improve employment, training, and placement services (see H.R. 4015), H1087 [20MR]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H229 [8FE], H467 [14FE], H635 [28FE], H835 [13MR], H2167 [8MY], H3039 [24MY], H3455 [12JN], H3777 [21JN], H4555 [12JY], H5793 [26JY], H8547 [13NO]
Lists
Idaho participants in Olympic games, E25
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H229 [8FE]
Remarks
American Automobile Association: anniversary, E325
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7783
Dept. of the Interior: convey certain facilities to the Fremont-Madison Irrigation District (H.R. 4708), H6499
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), H3870
Idaho Falls, ID: opening of Eagle Rock Art Museum, E2082
North American Wetlands Conservation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3908), H2123, H2124 [7MY]
Older Americans Month: observance, E677
Olympic games: tribute to Idaho participants, E25
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), H4134
Public lands: tribute to ``American Frontiers—A Public Lands Journey'' expedition, E1645
Puerto Rico: designate certain waterways within National Forest System lands as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 3954), H2125, H2126 [7MY]
Sand Mountain Wilderness Study Area: land conveyance (H.R. 2818), H2125 [7MY]
Shelley, ID: observance of Shelley Spud Days, E1740
Sun Valley, ID: tribute for hosting athletes before Winter Olympic games, E146
Veterans: enhance compensation for veterans with hearing loss (S. 2237), H9002
———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 4085), H2625 [20MY]
———revise and improve employment, training, and placement services (H.R. 4015), H2621 [20MY]
———revise and improve employment, training, and placement services (H.R. 4015), Senate amendment, H8002
Votes: position on missed, E635
Tributes
Reberger, J. Philip, E632
Secrist, Bob, E147
Wilde, Kenneth, H2666 [21MY]