POMBO, RICHARD W. (a Representative from California)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2646, Farm Security Act, H640 [28FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H4932 [18JY]

Animals: increase the availability of drugs for minor species and rare diseases in all animals (see H.R. 1956), H3514 [12JN]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]

Bankruptcy: treatment of certain claims or interests (see H.R. 4696), H5998 [26JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]

California: address habitat enhancement projects at Salton Sea, Federal environmental compliance, and off-stream water management reservoirs near the All American Canal (see H.R. 2764), H833 [12MR]

California Missions Foundation: support efforts to restore and repair Spanish colonial and mission-era missions in California and to preserve artworks and artifacts of these missions (see H.R. 5699), H8041 [24OC]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6059 [4SE]

Congress: require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the House and Senate Chambers (see H. Con. Res. 315), H2662 [20MY]

Courts: modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 5064), H4873 [17JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: take actions to promptly address the risk of fire and insect infestation on National Forest System lands (see H.R. 5214), H5998 [26JY]

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), H4325 [27JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H3454 [11JN]

Education Land Grant Act: require the Dept. of Agriculture to pay costs of environmental reviews relative to conveyances (see H.R. 3802), H834 [12MR]

Endangered Species Act: require the Dept. of the Interior to use the best sound science available in implementing (see H.R. 4840), H3036 [23MY]

EPA: prohibit from issuing or renewing certain national pollutant discharge elimination system permits (see H.R. 5554), H7895 [10OC]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H6693 [25SE]

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), H227 [7FE]

Fire prevention: 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]

Francis Dayle `Chick' Hearn Post Office, Encino, CA: designate (see H.R. 5340), H6084 [5SE]

Henry Bacon (S.S.): tribute to crew (see H. Con. Res. 411), H4767 [16JY]

House Rules: establish a discretionary spending ledger and a mandatory spending ledger (see H. Res. 486), H4605 [15JY]

Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H6419 [19SE]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H687 [5MR]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H6060 [4SE]

Los Angeles National Cemetery: designate the Bob Hope Veterans Chapel (see H.R. 4592), H1673 [25AP]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2100 [2MY]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H3721 [19JN]

Nat King Cole Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 4797), H2943 [22MY]

Oakland Athletics (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 530), H6303 [17SE]

Pipelines: improve safey (see H.R. 3609), H932 [14MR]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Con. Res. 430; 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]

Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 3895), H3292 [6JN]

Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see H.R. 4608), H2356 [9MY]

Ronald C. Packard Post Office Building, Oceanside, CA: designate (see H.R. 4794), H2943 [22MY]

Safety: protect children from foods that pose a significant choking hazard (see H.R. 5739), H9023 [14NO]

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]

Taxation: allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 951), H6085 [5SE]

———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 959), H6303 [17SE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H6693 [25SE]

———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]

———restore deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel (see H.R. 563), H3229 [5JN]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H2356 [9MY] (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]

———treatment of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 984), H3601 [17JN]

———treatment of crops destroyed by casualty (see H.R. 2354), H1090 [20MR]

———treatment of elementary and secondary education expenses (see H.R. 5193), H5194 [23JY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H8545 [12NO]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H226 [7FE]

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), H5453 [24JY]

Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H6420 [19SE]

Wilderness areas: provide for expedited decisions on study areas, and that lands designated as study areas, shall be used in accordance with the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act (see H.R. 4589), H2472 [14MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Transportation: determine feasibility of constructing a highway in California connecting certain roads in Santa Clara and San Joaquin Counties (see H.R. 5630), H7894 [10OC]

Endangered Species Act: improve protection of habitats (see H.R. 3707), H227 [7FE]

———provide a public right-to-know for landowners in implementing (see H.R. 3706), H227 [7FE]

———require the Dept. of the Interior to use the best sound science available in implementing (see H.R. 3705), H227 [7FE]

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]

Norman Shumway Post Office Building, Stockton, CA: designate (see H.R. 5465), H6692 [25SE]

Tariff: straw hats (see H.R. 4441), H1337 [16AP] (see H.R. 4583), H1619 [24AP]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H2042 [2MY]

Endangered Species Act: improve protection of habitats (H.R. 3707), E120 [7FE]

———provide a public right-to-know for landowners in implementing (H.R. 3706), E120 [7FE]

———require the Dept. of the Interior to use the best sound science available in implementing (H.R. 3705), E120 [7FE]

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 (H. Con. Res. 352), H5037 [22JY], E357 [14MR]

Forest Service: investigation into actions by Federal employees during lynx recovery survey, E27 [24JA]

Oakland Athletics (baseball team): tribute (H. Res. 530), H6859 [1OC]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2552 [16MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2605 [16MY]