PUTNAM, ADAM (a Representative from Florida)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H4350 [8JY]

Animals: increase the availability of drugs for minor species and rare diseases in all animals (see H.R. 1956), H6171 [10SE]

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

Army: anniversary of the founding of the Special Forces and honor Aaron Bank for his role in the founding (see H. Con. Res. 364), H2662 [20MY]

Arthur (Pappy) Kennedy Post Office Building, Orlando, FL: designate (see H.R. 628), H2471 [14MY]

Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7895 [10OC]

Children and youth: protect from exploitive child modeling (see H.R. 4667), H2163 [7MY]

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]

Corp. for National and Community Service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (see H.R. 4854), H3293 [6JN]

Crime: 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 Commerce: 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), H6304 [17SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]

Dept. of National Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 4660), H3454 [11JN]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H6374 [18SE]

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

Eddie Mae Steward Post Office Building, Jacksonville, FL: designate (see H.R. 629), H2471 [14MY]

Education: provide grants for training of realtime court reporters and closed captioners to meet the requirements for closed captioning set forth in the Telecommunications Act (see H.R. 2527), H2356 [9MY]

Executive Office of the President: ensure that requests or petitions for executive clemency are treated as lobbying contacts (see H.R. 5131), H4765 [16JY]

Fire prevention: reduce catastrophic wildfire threats to communities and the environment (see H.R. 5376), H7172 [7OC]

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), H367 [13FE]

FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H2472 [14MY]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H2511 [15MY]

Government: expand types of Federal agencies that are required to prepare audited financial statements (see H.R. 4685), H3038 [23MY]

Government regulations: technical corrections in patent laws (see H.R. 5119), H6304 [17SE]

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), H4498 [10JY]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H2945 [22MY]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H142 [5FE]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H6251 [12SE]

Housing: 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]

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

Joseph W. Westmoreland Post Office Building, Jay, FL: designate (see H.R. 3960), H906 [13MR]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 952), H201 [6FE]

Law enforcement: provide grants for law enforcement training and equipment to combat methamphetamine labs (see H.R. 4027), H1675 [25AP]

Medicare: 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), H227 [7FE]

National Office for Combating Terrorism: establish (see H.R. 4660), H3454 [11JN]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H907 [13MR]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 3741), H562 [26FE]

Navy League of the U.S.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 416), H3453 [11JN]

Pensions: 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]

Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (see H. Res. 368), H907 [13MR]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4326 [27JN]

Public service: facilitate participation in community and military service (see H.R. 3465), H201 [6FE]

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]

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

Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 2683), H2019 [1MY]

———allow employers a credit for wages paid to employees while participating in mentoring programs for elementary and secondary school students (see H.R. 3629), H78 [24JA]

———exclude Dept. of Defense student loan repayments by members of the uniformed services from taxable gross income (see H.R. 4555), H5195 [23JY]

———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in response to terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4152), H1620 [24AP]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6303 [17SE]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 826), H1532 [23AP]

———remove the requirement of a mandatory beginning date for distributions from individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1368), H6777 [26SE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H6303 [17SE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H1484 [18AP] (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H2471 [14MY]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H4931 [18JY]

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), H781 [7MR]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]

William C. Cramer Post Office Building, St. Petersburg, FL: designate (see H.R. 5145), H4766 [16JY]

Remarks

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7785 [10OC]

Asian Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 700), H7 [23JA]

Birds: modify hunting seasons for migratory mourning doves in the Pacific Flyway Region (H. Con. Res. 275), H709 [6MR]

Bob Davis Post Office Building, St. Ignace, MI: designate (H.R. 2577), H245, H246, H247 [12FE]

Budget: allocation of funds, E427 [21MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), H1046 [20MR], E427 [21MR]

Business and industry: enhance penalties for accounting and auditing improprieties at publicly traded companies (H.R. 5118), E1285 [17JY]

Camp Pendleton, CA: effect of environmental restrictions on Marine Corps training maneuvers, H2275 [9MY]

China, Republic of: observance of National Day, E1821 [11OC]

Cost of Government Day: observance, E1177 [28JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2275 [9MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), conference report, E2021 [14NO]

Ecke, Paul, Jr.: tribute (H. Res. 471), H5033, H5034 [22JY]

Foreign policy: congressional delegation trip to the United Kingdom, E1148 [25JN]

Israel: independence anniversary, E561 [17AP]

Memorial Day: observance, E914 [24MY]

National 4-H Youth Development Program Week: observance (H. Con. Res. 472), H6481 [24SE]

National security: war on terrorism and homeland security funding, E427 [21MR]

New York, NY: tribute to workers for their rescue, recovery, and clean-up efforts at the site of the World Trade Center and the Fresh Kills Landfill (H. Res. 492), H5034, H5035 [22JY]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'', E1169 [27JN]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H.J. Res. 82), H169 [6FE]

Sports: recognize the teams and players of the Negro Baseball Leagues for their achievements, dedication, sacrifices, and contributions to baseball and the Nation (H. Con. Res. 337), H6318 [18SE]

Taxation: exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), E753 [8MY]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), E753 [8MY]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6185 [11SE]

Tom Bliley Post Office Building, Richmond, VA: designate (H.R. 1748), H242, H244 [12FE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, E2021 [14NO]

Votes: position on missed, E1148 [25JN]

William C. Cramer Post Office Building, St. Petersburg, FL: designate (H.R. 5145), H5036 [22JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H3596 [17JN]

Tributes

Dennis, Jay, H8547 [13NO]

Miller, Representative Dan, E2086 [15NO]