WALDEN, GREG (a Representative from Oregon)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5383), H6778 [26SE]
Armed Forces: reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H4326 [27JN]
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]
Charity Accountability Board: establish (see H.R. 3192), H141 [5FE]
Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 3681), H140 [5FE]
Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.J. Res. 91), H2100 [2MY]
———establish Federal criminal penalties and civil remedies for certain violent, threatening, obstructive and destructive conduct that is intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with plant or animal enterprises (see H.R. 2795), H907 [13MR]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 1784), H3601 [17JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]
Dept. of the Interior: provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (see H.R. 1462), H1410 [17AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H8733 [13NO]
Douglas County, OR: conveyance of certain BLM lands (see H.R. 4601), H3721 [19JN]
Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H1284 [11AP]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H3454 [11JN]
Endangered Species Act: require the Dept. of the Interior to use the best sound science available in implementing (see H.R. 4840), H3036 [23MY]
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify that Christmas tree farming is agriculture (see H.R. 3486), H2101 [2MY]
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), H5791 [25JY]
———treat private land use rules as State or local regulations for purposes of certain Federal regulations (see H.R. 4720), H2470 [14MY]
Financial Accounting Standards Board: preserve the integrity of the establishment of accounting standards (see H.R. 5058), H4325 [27JN]
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), H1410 [17AP]
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), H2472 [14MY]
Firefighters: support goals and ideas of a day of tribute to all who have died in the line of duty and recognize the importance of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in assisting family members of fallen firefighters (see H. Con. Res. 476), H6927 [1OC]
Government regulations: technical corrections in patent laws (see H.R. 5119), H6419 [19SE]
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), H5195 [23JY]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
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), H6418 [19SE]
Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4888), H3826 [21JN]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 4954), H3721 [19JN]
———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4515), H1483 [18AP]
———make the social HMO a permanent option under Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 2953), H2945 [22MY]
———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see H.R. 3602), H7303 [8OC]
Medicare/Medicaid: reform Federal survey and certification process for nursing facilities (see H.R. 4030), H1284 [11AP]
Motor vehicles: improve safety of car restraints and booster seats for children (see H.R. 5504), H6925 [1OC]
———provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H6559 [24SE]
Pipelines: improve safey (see H.R. 3609), H3668 [18JN]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4326 [27JN]
Postal Service: protection of post offices (see H. Con. Res. 181), H907 [13MR]
Privacy: protect and enhance consumer privacy (see H.R. 4678), H2234 [8MY]
Public lands: establish time limits for completion of wilderness studies on Federal lands (see H.R. 4620), H3038 [23MY]
———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), H1156 [9AP]
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]
Sid Morrison Post Office Building, Zillah, WA: designate (see H.R. 5116), H5998 [26JY]
Sioux Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3250), H1201 [10AP]
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), H2945 [22MY]
———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 3713), H1155 [9AP]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———expand renewable resources production tax credit to include additional forms of renewable energy and expand investment tax credit to include equipment used to produce electricity from renewable resources (see H.R. 4668), H2608 [16MY]
———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]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H937 [18MR]
———require child support delinquent parents to include their unpaid obligation in gross income, and allow custodial parents a deduction for unpaid child support (see H.R. 5130), H4765 [16JY]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H2235 [8MY] (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treat certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance as an involuntary conversion (see H.R. 2374), H6983 [2OC]
———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H3161 [4JN]
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), H367 [13FE]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 5587), H7737 [9OC]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3930), H3454 [11JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of the Interior: grant Deschutes and Crook Counties in Oregon a right-of-way to West Butte Road (see H.R. 4953), H3601 [17JN]
Federal Power Act: prohibit round trip sales of electric power (see H.R. 4826), H2944 [22MY]
Haines, OR: conveyance of certain lands (see H.R. 5009), H3859 [24JN]
Motor vehicles: improve safety of car restraints and booster seats for children (see H.R. 5381), H6250 [12SE]
Securities Exchange Act: prohibit the fraudulent recording of revenue from round trip sales of electric power (see H.R. 4827), H2944 [22MY]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H1093 [9AP]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H2037 [2MY]
Dalles, OR: tribute to Mid-Columbia Veterans Memorial, E1196
Dept. of the Interior: grant Deschutes and Crook Counties in Oregon a right-of-way to West Butte Road (H.R. 4953), H6500 [24SE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4835, H4837 [17JY]
Joseph, OR: awarding of contract to adorn World War II memorial to Valley Bronze (business) and Stewart Springs, Ltd., E776
Journal: question of approval, H4071 [27JN]
Klamath Basin: prohibit the renewal of certain agricultural leases permitting the growing of alfafa or row crops, H4835, H4837 [17JY]
———respond to economic disaster threatening certain farmers and communities resulting from denial of irrigation water for the Klamath Project, H126 [5FE], H2037 [2MY]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4282 [27JN]
Oregon: conduct a feasibility study on ways to improve water management in the Burnt, Malheur, Owyhee, and Powder River basins (H.R. 1883), H706, H707 [6MR]
———conduct a feasibility study on ways to improve water management in the Burnt, Malheur, Owyhee, and Powder River basins (S. 238), H6502 [24SE]
———tribute to National Guard deployment for Operation Noble Eagle, E695
———tribute to Second Congressional District Academy Nomination Committee, E17
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6202
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H139 [5FE], H1332 [16AP]
Tributes
Anderson, Krista, E1987
Azadeh, Anthony, E1373
Fairclo, Carroll (Bud), E1184
Graham, Chuck, E1846
Hazelbaker, Jill, E1369
Roats, Casey, E398
Schwab, Les, E1848
Smith, Matt, E73
Wyshan, Rafe, H1309 [16AP]