PETRI, THOMAS E. (a Representative from Wisconsin)
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), H3775 [20JN]
American Road and Transportation Builders Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 442), H4872 [17JY]
Animals: establish a national research program on chronic wasting disease (see H.R. 4795), H3161 [4JN]
Anthony, Susan B.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 367), H4606 [15JY]
Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 437), H3292 [6JN]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7929 [15OC]
Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see H.R. 3479), H2356 [9MY]
Children and youth: support and evaluate the provision of before-school activities that advance student academic achievement and encourage the establishment of and increase participation in school breakfast programs (see H.R. 4192), H1282 [11AP]
Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 3681), H1091 [20MR]
Clean Air Act: amend gasoline requirements to prevent future supply shortages and price spikes in the gasoline market (see H.R. 3596), H367 [13FE]
———permit the sale, in certain States, of gasoline from other regions relative to supplies and prices (see H.R. 3946), H1156 [9AP]
Dept. of the Interior: establish a national research program on chronic wasting disease (see H.R. 4740), H3038 [23MY]
District of Columbia: scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 5033), H4425 [9JY]
Education: restrict the disqualification of students for drug offenses to those students who committed offenses while receiving student financial aid (see H.R. 3777), H2512 [15MY]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reform relative to liability for noncompliance (see H.R. 2014), H833 [12MR]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H3859 [24JN]
Federal Bureau of Investigation Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 5213), H6304 [17SE]
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), H142 [5FE]
Firearms: applicability of domestic violence-related possession prohibitions to convictions that predate enactment of such prohibitions (see H.R. 21), H105 [29JA]
Food: recognize significance of bread in American history, culture, and daily diet (see H. Con. Res. 466), H7738 [9OC]
Health: 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), H4931 [18JY]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Higher Education Act: incorporate results from the Fed Up Initiative which identifies outdated or burdensome regulations (see H.R. 4866), H3229 [5JN]
Housing: amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (see H.R. 3995), H4767 [16JY]
———extend registration and reporting requirements of the Federal securities laws to certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 4071), H2101 [2MY]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Laos: support democracy and human rights (see H. Con. Res. 318), H367 [13FE]
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: clarify exemption for recreational vessel support employees (see H.R. 4811), H2943 [22MY]
Medicare: improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (see H.R. 2483), H4069 [26JN]
Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H1338 [16AP]
Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3784), H561 [26FE]
National Archives and Records Administration: maintain an inventory of all gifts received from domestic sources for the President, the Executive Residence at the White House, or a Presidential archival depository (see H.R. 1081), H1338 [16AP]
National Charter Schools Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 386), H1674 [25AP]
Native Americans: Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (see H.R. 2335), H105 [29JA]
New York, NY: establish procedures and sanctions to ensure payment of unpaid parking fines by foreign countries (see H.R. 4699), H3825 [21JN]
Peace Corps: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5255), H5994 [26JY]
———funding (see H. Con. Res. 341), H737 [6MR]
———promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (see H.R. 4979), H3774 [20JN]
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), H4326 [27JN]
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 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]
———reauthorize Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work-related provisions and Child Care and Development Block Grants (see H.R. 4092), H1152 [9AP]
Reuss, Henry S.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 319), H227 [7FE]
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), H3454 [11JN]
Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1786), H6374 [18SE]
Taxation: allow deduction to corporations for dividends paid and exclusion of dividends for indivduals (see H.R. 5413), H6417 [19SE]
———eliminate double taxation of dividends (see H.R. 5323), H6560 [24SE]
———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H4326 [27JN]
———provide for employer liability for Social Security taxes on unreported tips paid to an employee after the IRS establishes the amount of tips received (see H.R. 5445), H8041 [24OC]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H1532 [23AP]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H1284 [11AP] (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———transfer all excise taxes imposed on alcohol fuels to the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 2808), H36 [23JA]
———treatment of elementary and secondary education expenses (see H.R. 5193), H5791 [25JY]
———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H1484 [18AP]
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), 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), H1281 [11AP]
———tribute to President Bush for rescinding approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. (see H. Res. 416), H2472 [14MY]
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: 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), H3162 [4JN]
———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Colleges and universities: provide greater academic freedom for institutions of higher education (see H.R. 5501), H6783 [30SE]
Education: clarify the definition of the terms different campus and different population to expand eligibility for TRIO Programs (see H.R. 4637), H2018 [1MY]
———improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4582), H1619 [24AP]
———strengthen secondary and post-secondary programs on the nature, history, and philosophy of free institutions, the nature of Western civilization, and the nature of totalitarianism's threats to freedom (see H.R. 5301), H5996 [26JY]
Tariff: fixed-ratio gear changers for truck-mounted concrete mixers (see H.R. 4440), H1337 [16AP]
Taxation: allow deduction to corporations for dividends paid (see H.R. 5463), H6692 [25SE]
———provide a credit and a deduction for small political contributions (see H.R. 4980), H3774 [20JN]
Descriptions
Defense of Freedom Education Act (H.R. 5301), E1417
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H3295 [10JN], H6131 [10SE], H6421 [23SE]
Letters
Highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level: Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., OMB, H7956 [16OC]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H3295 [10JN]
Remarks
American Road and Transportation Builders Association: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 442), H6093 [9SE]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), H7828 [10OC]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 123), consideration (H. Res. 585), H7955 [16OC]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2924 [22MY]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), conference report, H5228
Aviation: recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (H. Con. Res. 401), H6091 [9SE]
Colleges and universities: provide greater academic freedom for institutions of higher education (H.R. 5501), E1707
Customs Service: border enforcement activities funding through reductions in the Highway Trust Fund, H2924 [22MY]
Dept. of the Interior: promote efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (H.R. 3480), H1104
Education: strengthen secondary and post-secondary programs on the nature, history, and philosophy of free institutions, the nature of Western civilization, and the nature of totalitarianism's threats to freedom (H.R. 5301), E1416
Girl Scouts: anniversary, E377
Higher Education Act: incorporate results from the Fed Up Initiative which identifies outdated or burdensome regulations (H.R. 4866), H4705 [16JY]
Motor vehicles: prohibit States from requiring a license or fee relative to motor vehicles providing interstate pre-arranged ground transportation service (H.R. 2546), H8083, H8084 [12NO]
National Charter Schools Week: observance (H. Con. Res. 386), H1727 [30AP]
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: commend promotion of use of child safety seats and seatbelts in motor vehicles and sponsorship of National Child Passenger Safety Week (H. Con. Res. 326), H254 [12FE]
Pipelines: improve safey (H.R. 3609), H5285 [23JY]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2564
Taxation: allow deduction to corporations for dividends paid (H.R. 5463), H6563 [25SE], E1658
———provide a credit and a deduction for small political contributions (H.R. 4980), E1124
Transportation: highway funding restoration and highway contract authority rescission, H5228
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level, H7955 [16OC]
———provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (H.R. 3694), H2407 [14MY]
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 (H.R. 5157), H6090 [9SE]
Tributes
Scherer, Phil, E1276
Schneider, Donald J., E1818
Strozinsky, Ruth Ann, E1122