SHERWOOD, DON (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2555, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, H8118 [10SE]

———H.R. 2660, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H9166 [2OC]

———H.R. 2691, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H9073 [1OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: permit the EPA to register Canadian pesticides (see H.R. 3319), H9613 [16OC]

Armed Forces: exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see H.R. 2998), H8176 [10SE]

Arms control: support nonproliferation programs (see H.R. 1719), H3301 [10AP]

Blackwell, Lucien E.: tribute (see H. Res. 169), H2586 [1AP]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H3975 [9MY]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule revising payment policies under the Medicare physician fee schedule (see H.J. Res. 3), H138 [8JA]

Courts: modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2028), H3856 [8MY]

Cruz, Celia: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3109), H11133 [7NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: organic food standards relative to livestock and dairy production (see H.R. 955), H1460 [27FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in southeastern Pennsylvania (see H.R. 1516), H5664 [19JN]

Ecology and environment: create the Federal crime of eco-terrorism (see H.R. 3307), H9613 [16OC]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H5364 [12JN] (see H.R. 57), H1642 [5MR]

Fair Labor Standards Act: permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood (see H.R. 1943), H8491 [23SE]

Fire prevention: improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (see H.R. 1904), H3634 [1MY]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 1036), H1464 [27FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 4), H60 [7JA]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H12921 [8DE]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1821), H5367 [12JN]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see H.R. 3142), H11133 [7NO]

James R. Merry Post Office Building, Linesville, PA: designate (see H.R. 981), H1461 [27FE]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H11651 [19NO]

Medicare: standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1580), H2819 [3AP]

National Visiting Nurse Association Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 54), H1333 [25FE]

Oil Region National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 1862), H3451 [29AP]

Parks and recreation areas: improve recreational facilities and visitor opportunities on Federal recreational lands by reinvesting receipts from fair and consistent recreational fees and passes (see H.R. 3283), H9376 [8OC]

POW: provide special compensation for former POWs (see H.R. 850), H2473 [27MR]

Robert A. Borski Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 2328), H4977 [4JN]

Rogers, Fred M.: tribute (see H. Res. 111), H1466 [27FE]

Ryan, Matthew J.: tribute (see H. Res. 178), H2822 [3AP]

SMART Research and Development Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 2026), H3761 [7MY]

Steel Industry National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 521), H274 [4FE]

Taxation: allow an income tax credit to holders of bonds issued to finance land and water reclamation of abandoned mine land areas (see H.R. 419), H218 [28JA]

———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. 284), H392 [11FE]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H11651 [19NO]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (see H.R. 1769), H5367 [12JN]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1310), H5267 [11JN]

U.N.: convene war crimes tribunal to punish human rights abuses by Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi officials (see H. Res. 118), H1466 [27FE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H4787 [2JN]

Victor J. Saracini Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Horsham, PA: designate (see H.R. 1128), H1679 [6MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H1680 [6MR]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9446 [15OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), H6956, H6959 [16JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), conference report, H10198 [30OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), motion to instruct conferees, H10432 [5NO]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H10432 [5NO]

U.S. Geological Survey: Minerals Assessment Team funding, H6959 [16JY]