UPTON, FRED (a Representative from Michigan)
Amendments
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H597 [27FE]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4, Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act, H3472 [12JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H4350 [8JY]
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 23), H634 [27FE]
Armed Forces: reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H3601 [17JN]
Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see H.R. 4635), H3775 [20JN]
Canada: condolences relative to military personnel killed by U.S. friendly fire while participating in military training exercises in Afghanistan (see H. Res. 412), H2105 [3MY]
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), H7895 [10OC]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H104 [29JA] (see H.R. 5098), H4552 [11JY]
———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 1822), H79 [24JA]
Clean Air Act: prohibit issuance of new construction permits that would result in deposition of additional mercury into the Great Lakes (see H.R. 5261), H5994 [26JY]
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]
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]
Corp. for National and Community Service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (see H.R. 4854), H3293 [6JN]
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), H1769 [30AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make motor vehicle reimbursement rates for veterans comparable to reimbursement rates for Federal employees (see H.R. 551), H2355 [9MY]
Detroit Red Wings (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 452), H3774 [20JN]
Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 5458), H8045 [28OC]
Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 5031), H8733 [13NO]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H1201 [10AP]
Education: improve Federal research, statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination (see H.R. 3801), H633 [27FE]
FCC: eliminate deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television broadcasting (see H.R. 4560), H1618 [24AP]
———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), H4326 [27JN]
Financial Accounting Standards Board: preserve the integrity of the establishment of accounting standards (see H.R. 5058), H4325 [27JN]
Financial institutions: reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 3717), H562 [26FE]
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), H5998 [26JY]
Great Lakes: restore and protect (see H. Res. 361), H737 [6MR] (see H. Res. 560), H7930 [15OC]
Harwell, Ernie: tribute (see H. Res. 565), H7019 [3OC]
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (see H.J. Res. 87), H1283 [11AP]
Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 5241), H8733 [13NO]
———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), H2354 [9MY]
———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (see H.R. 5478), H6776 [26SE]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H2945 [22MY]
Housing: amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (see H.R. 3995), H1769 [30AP]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H6778 [26SE]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H6085 [5SE]
Intelligent Transportation Systems Caucus: recognize goals and objectives (see H. Res. 369), H907 [13MR]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H2101 [2MY]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act: permanently extend the bonus depreciation (see H.R. 4020), H1087 [20MR]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6778 [26SE]
Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4888), H3514 [12JN]
Market Integrity Commission: establish to study issues relating to the governance of corporations in interstate and foreign commerce (see H.R. 5050), H4325 [27JN]
Medicare: coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see H.R. 595), H4069 [26JN]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 4954), H3721 [19JN]
———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H1003 [19MR]
———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 3109), H2471 [14MY]
Medicare/Medicaid: reform Federal survey and certification process for nursing facilities (see H.R. 4030), H5791 [25JY]
National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 3814), H634 [27FE]
National Charter Schools Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 386), H1674 [25AP]
National Fragile X Research Day: observance (see H. Res. 398), H5998 [26JY]
National security: provide for the sharing of homeland security information by Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies with State and local entities (see H.R. 4598), H3825 [21JN]
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]
———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]
Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H7304 [8OC]
Privacy: protect and enhance consumer privacy (see H.R. 4678), H2234 [8MY]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4700), H2355 [9MY] (see H.R. 4737), H2511 [15MY]
———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]
———reauthorize Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work-related provisions and Child Care and Development Block Grants (see H.R. 4092), H1152 [9AP]
States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 2466), H3514 [12JN]
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), H5195 [23JY]
Taxation: 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), H201 [6FE]
———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]
———repeal the inclusion in gross income of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3687), H634 [27FE]
———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2023), H6256 [13SE]
———treatment of elementary and secondary education expenses (see H.R. 5193), H5998 [26JY]
———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 4804), H5791 [25JY]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]
Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H1533 [23AP]
Water: 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]
Bills and resolutions introduced
FAA: maintain flight restrictions over major sporting events and other major open assemblies of people (see H.R. 5456), H6692 [25SE]
Medicaid: extend the transitional medical assistance program (see H.R. 4584), H1619 [24AP]
Medicare: make a technical correction in the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services (see H.R. 4927), H3513 [12JN]
Social Security: extend abstinence education funding under maternal and child health programs (see H.R. 4585), H1619 [24AP]
———extend abstinence education funding under maternal and child health programs and reauthorize Medicaid transitional medical assistance (see H.R. 4122), H1153 [9AP]
Telecommunications: facilitate reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users (see H.R. 5638), H7894 [10OC]
Letters
Accelerated tax depreciation for new investments by businesses: several Representatives, H237 [12FE]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 4965), H5370
Catholic Schools Week: observance, E6
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (H.R. 4793), H6792 [1OC]
Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (H.R. 3833), H2669, H2671, H2675 [21MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), motion to instruct conferees, H7854 [10OC]
FCC: eliminate deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television broadcasting (H.R. 4560), H2129, H2130 [7MY]
———enforcement authority over telephone companies that violate telecommunications laws, H571, H597, H600 [27FE]
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), H2188 [8MY]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H577, H597, H600 [27FE]
———deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), consideration (H. Res. 350), H571 [27FE]
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT): extend deadline for initial public offering (S. 2810), H6142 [10SE]
Journal: question of approval, H3163 [5JN]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4282 [27JN]
New York, NY: provide a temporary waiver from certain transportation planning requirements for certain areas where the planning offices and resources have been destroyed by acts of terrorism (H.R. 3880), H6142, H6143 [10SE]
Public welfare programs: abstinence education funding, H2549 [16MY]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4090), H1751, H1754, H1755, H1756, H1757 [30AP]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2549 [16MY]
———transitional medical assistance funding, H2549 [16MY]
Social Security: extend abstinence education funding under maternal and child health programs, H1751, H1754, H1755, H1756, H1757 [30AP]
Telecommunications: facilitate reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users (H.R. 5638), E1852
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, H7854 [10OC]
Subpoena Notices
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, H8048 [31OC]
Tributes
Alexander, Gerard B., E1037
Reimann, Jerry, E844