UNDERWOOD, ROBERT A. (a Delegate from Guam)
Amendments
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4767 [16JY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4546, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H5607 [25JY]
Patsy T. Mink funeral attendees, H7006 [3OC]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Alfonse M. D'Amato U.S. Courthouse, Central Islip, NY: designate (see H.R. 4006), H1002 [19MR]
Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4590), H1672 [25AP]
Armed Forces: authorize a voluntary leave sharing program (see H.R. 4119), H3562 [13JN]
———authorize the use of military recreational facilities by any veteran with a compensable service-connected disability (see H.R. 1233), H4931 [18JY]
———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), H4425 [9JY]
———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 2020), H687 [5MR]
———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]
———provide that military retired pay, for non-regular service, be paid without regard to age (see H.R. 4676), H4498 [10JY]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H1155 [9AP]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H3775 [20JN]
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 408), H2019 [1MY]
Aviation: develop technologies that will enable future aircraft with significantly lower noise, emissions, and fuel consumption and reinvigorate basic and applied research in aeronautics and aviation (see H.R. 4653), H3230 [5JN]
———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see H. Con. Res. 401), H4326 [27JN]
Cemeteries and funerals: allow State placement of supplemental guide signs for veterans cemeteries on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 2521), H562 [26FE]
Civil War: posthumously proclaim soldiers of Asian descent who fought in the Civil War to be honorary U.S. citizens (see H.J. Res. 125), H9024 [14NO]
Computers: amend copyright laws relative to royalty fees for webcasting (see H.R. 5285), H6560 [24SE]
———suspend Library of Congress determination relative to rates and terms for webcasting (see H.R. 5469), H6927 [1OC]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 18), H3293 [6JN]
Courts: establish domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women (see H.R. 4091), H1152 [9AP]
Crime: prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (see H.R. 4645), H2099 [2MY]
———provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 4089), H1152 [9AP]
Cruz, Roberto: tribute (see H. Res. 576), H7738 [9OC] (see H. Res. 612), H8732 [13NO]
Davis, Benjamin O., Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 487), H6061 [4SE]
Dept. of Commerce: establish and appoint members of a Marine Protected Areas Advisory Committee (see H.R. 5595), H7738 [9OC]
———make grants to States for advertising that promotes travel and tourism (see H.R. 3321), H285 [12FE]
Dept. of Defense: disclose information on projects that included testing of biological or chemical agents involving potential exposure of Armed Forces members to toxic agents (see H.R. 5060), H5195 [23JY]
———provide for congressional review of regulations relative to military tribunals (see H.R. 4046), H1088 [20MR]
Dept. of HHS: award grants to associate degree schools of nursing and professional nursing organizations to improve nursing education (see H.R. 4665), H3514 [12JN]
———award grants to public and private entities to establish or expand teenage pregnancy prevention programs (see H.R. 3581), H781 [7MR]
———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), H141 [5FE]
Dept. of Justice: establish an Office of Children's Services (see H.R. 1904), H833 [12MR]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct study on the inclusion of Eagledale Ferry Dock in the National Park System (see H.R. 3747), H366 [13FE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: exclude monetary benefits paid to veterans by States and municipalities from consideration as income for purposes of pension benefits (see H.R. 3771), H932 [14MR]
———improve judicial review of administrative decisions (see H.R. 4018), H3038 [23MY]
———provide benefits to children of Vietnam-era veterans for diseases associated with parental exposure to a herbicide agent (see H.R. 1541), H3775 [20JN]
———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), H1484 [18AP]
———provide grants to States for programs to financially assist veterans who experience certain emergencies (see H.R. 5112), H4932 [18JY]
Diseases: combat endometriosis (see H. Con. Res. 291), H1091 [20MR]
———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 5482), H6776 [26SE]
Education: provide for the purchase of textbooks and establishment of the Textbook Recycling Program (see H.R. 4951), H3928 [25JN]
Education Land Grant Act: require the Dept. of Agriculture to pay costs of environmental reviews relative to conveyances (see H.R. 3802), H1003 [19MR]
Families and domestic relations: provide coverage of domestic violence screening and treatment under Maternal and Child Health Program, Medicaid, and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 4032), H3928 [25JN]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 42), H1003 [19MR]
———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), H834 [12MR]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 1862), H6229 [11SE]
FEMA: establish and operate a university-affiliated national integrative center that brings together a broad range of expertise to address the needs of homeland security (see H.R. 4029), H4931 [18JY]
Fish and fishing: protect certain areas of the seabed by establishing a maximum diameter size limit on rockhopper, roller, and all other groundgear used on bottom trawls (see H.R. 4003), H2472 [14MY]
Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 5279), H5995 [26JY]
Government: enhance security and efficiency of immigration, visa, border patrol, and naturalization functions (see H.R. 5073), H4424 [9JY]
Hazardous substances: protect human health from toxic mold (see H.R. 5040), H4324 [27JN]
Head Start Act: ensure that every eligible child has the tools to learn to read (see H.R. 1201), H3601 [17JN]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H. Con. Res. 99), H5998 [26JY]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H142 [5FE]
Health care facilities: increase availability of language-assistance services for patients of migrant health centers (see H.R. 4134), H1199 [10AP]
History: recognize historical significance of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 297), H5998 [26JY]
Huerta, Dolores: tribute for commitment to the improvement of working conditions for children, women, and farm worker families (see H. Con. Res. 177), H285 [12FE]
Immigration: assess aliens' immigration status relative to eligibility to serve in the Armed Forces and to be employed in airport security, and permit naturalization through certain active-duty military service (see H.R. 4058), H3038 [23MY]
———change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4575), H3230 [5JN]
———facilitate entry of nonimmigrant aliens into the U.S. for temporary stays due to certain family obligations (see H.R. 3714), H1091 [20MR]
———protection of battered immigrant families (see H.R. 3828), H650 [28FE]
———restore fairness to immigration law (see H.R. 3894), H779 [7MR]
———treatment of spouses and children of Philippine servicemen who served in the U.S. Navy (see H.R. 3906), H1156 [9AP]
Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H366 [13FE]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H4350 [8JY]
Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (see H.R. 1294), H1154 [9AP]
Medicaid: allow States to expand coverage to uninsured, poor adults (see H.R. 2789), H4498 [10JY]
———increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H142 [5FE]
———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H6171 [10SE]
———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H367 [13FE]
Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H1620 [24AP]
———coverage of remote monitoring services (see H.R. 3572), H3859 [24JN]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (see H.R. 3236), H785 [11MR]
———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 4939), H4326 [27JN]
———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]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H3161 [4JN]
Monuments and memorials: prohibit desecration, provide for repairs, and permit guide signs on Federal highways for veterans' memorials (see H.R. 3335), H3073 [24MY]
Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H4872 [17JY]
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]
Navy: declare a national policy for naval force structure (see H.R. 5196), H6130 [9SE]
Navy League of the U.S.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 416), H3775 [20JN]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H833 [12MR]
Public Health Service Act: amend to provide services for the prevention of family violence (see H.R. 4916), H3928 [25JN]
Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 5344), H6129 [9SE]
———provide access to tools to stimulate employment (see H.R. 4236), H1333 [16AP]
Puerto Rico: designate certain National Forest System lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 3955), H1003 [19MR]
Santiago E. Campos U.S. Courthouse, Santa Fe, NM: designate (see H.R. 5083), H4424 [9JY]
Social Security: improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3729), H1201 [10AP]
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: ensure coverage of National Guard troops mobilized for support services in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4017), H1087 [20MR]
Space policy: institute a series of incremental goals that will facilitate the scientific exploration of the solar system and aid in the search for life elsewhere in the universe (see H.R. 4742), H4326 [27JN]
Steinbeck, John: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 336), H688 [5MR]
Task Force on Sealed Source Protection: establish to evaluate and make recommendations on security of sealed sources of radioactive materials (see H.R. 5023), H5998 [26JY]
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]
———exclude Dept. of Defense student loan repayments by members of the uniformed services from taxable gross income (see H.R. 4555), H4326 [27JN]
———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in response to terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4152), H3038 [23MY]
———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in the Republic of Korea (see H.R. 3412), H79 [24JA]
———extend credits to assist in the purchase of fishing safety equipment (see H.R. 2419), H1674 [25AP]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
———improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks or other major disasters affecting homeland security (see H.R. 5164), H5791 [25JY]
Transportation: provide that individuals who are eligible to join the Armed Forces are also eligible to be security screening personnel (see H.R. 3690), H932 [14MR]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H655 [4MR]
U.S. Military Academy: bicentennial (see H.J. Res. 83), H688 [5MR]
Veterans: authorize additional compensation for a service-connected disability rated totally disabling for whom a family member dependent on the veteran for support provides care (see H.R. 4621), H3292 [6JN]
———authorize certain disabled veterans and their dependents to use Dept. of Defense commissary stores and post and base exchanges (see H.R. 439), H4931 [18JY]
———establish a minimum pension rate for certain veterans (see H.R. 3374), H781 [7MR]
———honor and commend the Lao Veterans of America, Inc., Laotian and Hmong veterans of the Vietnam War, and their families, for their historic contributions to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 406), H6061 [4SE]
———improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 3430), H688 [5MR]
———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (see H.R. 4904), H3453 [11JN]
———increase pension rates for surviving spouses of veterans of a period of war (see H.R. 4798), H5087 [22JY]
———prevent contributions to GI bill benefits from reducing Federal student financial assistance (see H.R. 745), H687 [5MR]
———provide benefits to merchant mariners who served during a period of war (see H.R. 2442), H2608 [16MY]
———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 20), H5195 [23JY]
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), H524 [14FE]
Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H4350 [8JY]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3930), H3038 [23MY]
———establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to control and eradicate invasive species, educate the public, and restore ecosystems (see H.R. 5395), H6373 [18SE]
———establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (see H.R. 5396), H6373 [18SE]
Water Desalination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4792), H2943 [22MY]
Wildlife refuges: expand boundaries of the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Complex and the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge (see H.R. 5535), H6982 [2OC]
Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]
Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Colleges and universities: authorize grants for institutions of higher education serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans (see H.R. 4825), H2944 [22MY]
Letters
Terrorist attacks anniversary: Frankie M. Meno, E1629
Lists
Guam San Dimas Catholic Church pastors, E1714
Personal staff, H9125 [22NO]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H6421 [23SE]
Remarks
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H6967 [2OC], H7781
Bank of Guam: anniversary, E47
Birds: modify hunting seasons for migratory mourning doves in the Pacific Flyway Region (H. Con. Res. 275), H708 [6MR]
Colleges and universities: authorize grants for institutions of higher education serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans (H.R. 4825), E903
Compact of Free Association: compensation to Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands for increased migration, H4819 [17JY]
Continental Micronesia (airline): Guam Business Hall of Fame inductee, E905
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2272 [9MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), conference report, H8539
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), H4150
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5875
———inclusion of territories in jurisdiction, H5875
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4819 [17JY]
Dept. of the Treasury: establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands (H.R. 4005), H7055
Earth Day: observance, E661
Education: tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 335), H95
Garces, Grace Omega: EPA Environmental Achievement Award recipient, E1130
Guam: Army National Guard Readiness Center funding, H4150
———celebration of San Dimas Feast Day in Malesso, E1700
———determination of withholding tax rates under the Guam income tax (H.R. 309), H6422 [23SE]
———economic assistance relative to role in any U.S. use of force against Iraq, H6967 [2OC]
———observance of Social Work Month, E406
———rededication of San Dimas Catholic Church in Malesso, E1714
———status and legislative priorities, H9121-H9125 [22NO]
———tribute to United Filipino Student Association, E1702
Guam Association of Social Workers: tribute to award recipients, E406
Guam Society of America, Inc.: anniversary, E902
Guam War Claims Review Commission: establish (H.R. 308), H9123 [22NO]
Guzman, Frank C.: Guam Business Hall of Fame inductee, E905
Hilton Guam Resort and Spa: anniversary, E49
House of Representatives: tribute to personal staff, H9125 [22NO]
Indonesia: commemorate independence of East Timor and encourage establishment of diplomatic relations (H. Con. Res. 405), H2742 [21MY]
———human rights violations in West Papua, E1445
National Sea Grant College Program Act: ensure equal access for minority and economically disadvantaged students, H3692 [19JN]
———reauthorize (H.R. 3389), H3683, H3688, H3692 [19JN]
National security: provide for the sharing of homeland security information by Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies with State and local entities (H.R. 4598), H3944
National Trails System: study potential addition of Revolutionary War route taken by George Rogers Clark and troops to capture British forts at Kaskaskia and Cahokia, IL, and Vincennes, IN (H.R. 1963), H707, H708 [6MR]
Nevada: sale of certain real property in the Newlands Project to the city of Fallon, NV (H.R. 1870), H706 [6MR]
Oregon: conduct a feasibility study on ways to improve water management in the Burnt, Malheur, Owyhee, and Powder River basins (H.R. 1883), H707 [6MR]
Peiper, Manfred H.: Guam Executive of the Year recipient, E649
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), H4134
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2586 [16MY]
Sunga, Monina: NSF Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching recipient, E530
Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery, H507
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H507
Territories: establish Federal interagency group to address insular area issues, H6422 [23SE]
———increase waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants (H.R. 2826), H6422 [23SE]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6193
Typhoons: disaster assistance to Guam, H4572 [12JY]
U.N.: tribute to Guam's role in peacekeeping operations in Kosovo, E904
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H507
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H138 [5FE], H3289 [6JN], H4422 [9JY], H4495 [10JY], H4929 [18JY], H5314 [23JY], H6083 [5SE], H6125 [9SE], H7169 [7OC], H8019 [16OC]
Special order: granted, H281 [12FE], H3071 [24MY], H4572 [12JY], H6470 [23SE], H6556 [24SE], H6691 [25SE], H6923 [1OC], H6981 [2OC], H9032 [19NO]
Tribute, H9028 [19NO]
Tributes
Arriola, Elizabeth Perez, E1312
Cruz Sablan, Vincent M., E531
Gould, Cleotilde C. (Ding), E205
Guerrero, Jesus S.L., H9029
Meno, Frankie M., E1629