RADANOVICH, GEORGE (a Representative from California)

Articles and editorials

We Call for Dialogue, Not Hate, Kanat Saudabayev, Religionandpolicy.org (Internet site), E2504 [8DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: commend women for participation in Government and civil society, encourage inclusion in the economic and political life, and advocate protection of women's rights in Afghanistan Constitution (see H. Res. 393), H10131 [29OC]

Agriculture: ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits and vegetables and other specialty crops by enhancing competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (see H.R. 3242), H9213 [2OC]

Air pollution: application of California State regulations relative to reformulated gasoline in certain areas (see H.R. 244), H134 [8JA]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 728), H460 [12FE]

Armenia: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 528), H1334 [25FE]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H5468 [17JN]

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see H.R. 1005), H1642 [5MR]

Bob Hope Post Office Building, Burbank, CA: designate (see H.R. 3011), H8382 [17SE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 22), H704 [13FE]

Bush, President: renegotiate extradition treaty with Mexico so possibility of capital punishment or life imprisonment will not interfere with the extradition of criminal suspects (see H. Con. Res. 93), H4978 [4JN]

C.W. `Bill' Jones Pumping Plant, Byron, CA: designate (see H.R. 3467), H10977 [6NO]

California: establish additional permanent Federal judgeships for the eastern district (see H.R. 3486), H11149 [12NO]

———tribute to firefighters and other public servants who responded to the outbreak of wildfires in Southern California (see H. Res. 425), H10341 [4NO]

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. 1446), H2400 [26MR]

China, People's Republic of: urge fair resolution of claims of U.S. citizens who hold defaulted Chinese Government bonds (see H. Con. Res. 60), H6707 [14JY]

Civil War—U.S.: posthumously proclaim soldiers of Asian descent who fought in the Civil War to be honorary U.S. citizens (see H.J. Res. 45), H2703 [2AP]

Clean Air Act: prohibit the use of certain fuel additives including methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline (see H.R. 2253), H5367 [12JN]

Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center: establish (see H.J. Res. 57), H4737 [22MY]

Computers: protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (see H.R. 2929), H9982 [28OC]

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), H5089 [9JN]

Cyprus: support removal of Turkish occupation troops (see H. Res. 320), H12923 [8DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: designate a disaster liason to assist State and local employees with responding to a federally declared disaster area (see H.R. 3157), H9738 [20OC]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations for State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 1519), H2587 [1AP]

Dept. of the Interior: implement water supply technology and infrastructure programs aimed at increasing and diversifying domestic water resources (see H.R. 2828), H7453 [23JY]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1385), H9478 [15OC]

———increase public awareness of scleroderma (see H. Con. Res. 30), H322 [5FE]

Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 1822), H10978 [6NO]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 834), H703 [13FE]

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

Education: establish academies for teachers and students of American history and civics and a national alliance of teachers of American history and civics (see H.R. 1078), H7618 [24JY]

Education Land Grant Act: require the Dept. of Agriculture to pay costs of environmental reviews relative to conveyances (see H.R. 108), H245 [29JA]

Electric power: prohibit fraudulent recording of revenue from round trip sales of electric power (see H.R. 1255), H1811 [12MR]

———provide market transparency in wholesale sales of electric energy and prohibit round trip trading of electricity (see H.R. 1254), H1811 [12MR]

Employment: provide compensatory time for private sector employees (see H.R. 1119), H4739 [22MY]

Endangered Species Act: reform process for designating critical habitat (see H.R. 2933), H7782 [25JY]

———require the Dept. of the Interior to give greater weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed (see H.R. 1662), H3053 [9AP]

Federal Land Policy and Management Act: clarify method to determine fair market value of rights-of-way to prevent unreasonable increases in deployment costs of critical infrastructure (see H.R. 762), H699 [13FE]

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. 111), H172 [27JA]

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]

Firefighters: provide death and disability benefits to certain contracted aerial firefighters who suffer death or disability in the line of duty (see H.R. 977), H2939 [8AP]

Francisco A. Martinez Flores Post Office, Duarte, CA: designate (see H.R. 2396), H5088 [9JN]

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site: provide funding to protect integrity (see H. Res. 224), H3857 [8MY]

Fresno County, CA: GSA conveyance of a U.S. courthouse (see H.R. 1274), H1901 [13MR]

Health: promote improved nutrition for needy Americans by incorporating more fruits, vegetables, and juice products into Federal nutrition programs (see H.R. 2592), H5814 [24JN]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5), H1334 [25FE]

Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act: extend the deadlines for application and payment of fees (see H.R. 2759), H7019 [16JY]

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), H9615 [16OC]

Insurance: permit States to require insurance companies to disclose Armenia genocide-era insurance information (see H.R. 3323), H9613 [16OC]

Iraq: express concern for status of the Assyrian people in post-war Iraq (see H. Res. 272), H5366 [12JN]

J. Stephen Horn Post Office Building, Signal Hill, CA: designate (see H.R. 2309), H6265 [26JN]

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

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 391), H324 [5FE]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H12921 [8DE]

———exclude availability pay for criminal investigators from the limitation on premium pay and modify levels of special pay for Federal officers in certain areas (see H.R. 1676), H8905 [24SE]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H3052 [9AP]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H9377 [8OC]

Martin, Phillip: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1628), H5815 [24JN]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 328), H138 [8JA]

Medicare: reimbursement for certain midwife services (see H.R. 2980), H11359 [17NO]

———require home health agencies to conduct criminal background checks for all applicants for employment as patient care providers (see H.R. 208), H59 [7JA]

Monuments and memorials: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 911), H8082 [9SE]

———prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress (see H.R. 2386), H5045 [5JN]

Norman D. Shumway Post Office Building, Stockton, CA: designate (see H.R. 1368), H2131 [19MR]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H1516 [4MR]

Public lands: establish time limits for completion of wilderness studies on Federal lands (see H.R. 1153), H1680 [6MR]

———increase penalties for illegal campfires on public, national park, and national forest lands that results in damage and specify uses for collected fines (see H.R. 1038), H4528 [21MY]

———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. 3247), H9478 [15OC]

Reagan, Ronald: provide for dime coins to bear likeness (see H.R. 3633), H12309 [21NO]

Robert E. Coyle U.S. Courthouse, Fresno, CA: designate (see H.R. 1273), H8083 [9SE]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 660), H389 [11FE]

Social Security: extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 531), H2864 [7AP]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: require compliance with leak detection and prevention standards for underground storage tanks and provide funding for cleanup of sites contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (see H.R. 2733), H7455 [23JY]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H4205 [15MY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H1954 [18MR]

———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 715), H460 [12FE]

———allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (see H.R. 791), H7618 [24JY]

———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), H5663 [19JN]

———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 50), H3304 [10AP]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 1742), H3454 [29AP]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 49), H2822 [3AP]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 235), H706 [13FE]

———provide a credit for qualified clean-fuel vehicles used in certain ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 2865), H7615 [24JY]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H5664 [19JN]

———provide a tax credit for broadband Internet access (see H.R. 768), H699 [13FE]

———repeal occupational taxes on manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 786), H700 [13FE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H8905 [24SE]

———treatment of crops destroyed by casualty (see H.R. 3043), H8081 [9SE]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1310), H7086 [17JY]

———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 1117), H11392 (see H.R. 1117), H11515 [18NO]

Telecommunications: equitably distribute universal service support throughout rural areas (see H.R. 1582), H2819 [3AP]

Trucking industry: hours of service requirements for commercial drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies (see H.R. 871), H4876 [3JN]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H3974 [9MY]

Wooden, John: tribute (see H. Res. 411), H11360 [17NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation: authorize appropriations and improve operations (see H.R. 3223), H9129 [1OC]

Clean Air Act: modify certain provisions relative to methyl bromide (see H.R. 3403), H10129 [29OC]

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: reaffirm support and commemorate anniversary of Genocide Convention Implementation Act (see H. Res. 193), H3304 [10AP]

Dept. of the Interior: study the significance, suitability and feasibility of establishing the ``Golden Chain Highway'' in California as a National Heritage Corridor (see H.R. 907), H1333 [25FE]

FERC: provide for alternative conditions and alternative fishways in hydroelectric dam licenses (see H.R. 1013), H1463 [27FE]

Forest Service: facilitate land exchange eliminating a private in-holding in the Sierra National Forest and allow the Boy Scouts permanent use of parcel of land currently under a special use permit (see H.R. 379), H171 [27JA]

———provide suitable grazing arrangements to persons holding grazing permits adversely affected by willow flycatcher and Yosemite toad restrictions (see H.R. 2395), H5088 [9JN]

Healthy America Commission: establish (see H.R. 3282), H9376 [8OC]

Land use: improve relationships between Federal land managers and gateway communities to support compatible land management of both Federal and adjacent lands (see H.R. 1014), H1463 [27FE]

National parks and recreation areas: provide funds for deployment of fuel cell and hydrogen infrastructure at National Parks (see H.R. 1335), H1954 [18MR]

National Parks Institute: establish (see H.R. 1289), H1901 [13MR]

Public lands: preserve the use and access of pack and saddle stock animals to public lands where there is a historical tradition of such use (see H.R. 2966), H7784 [25JY]

Sierra National Forest: land exchange (see H.R. 1651), H2863 [7AP]

Taxation: provide a credit for qualifying clean technology engines (see H.R. 2838), H7454 [23JY]

———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. 380), H171 [27JA]

Veterans: provide benefits to merchant mariners who served during a period of war (see H.R. 2593), H5814 [24JN]

Yosemite National Park: improve facilities (see H.R. 2715), H6706 [14JY]

———provide adequate school facilities (see H.R. 620), H321 [5FE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H9383 [14OC]

Poems

``I Am the Star Spangled Banner,'' Courtney Norton, E1127 [4JN]

Proposals

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, E52 [8JA]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), conference report, E2505 [8DE]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 2), conference report, H667 [13FE]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, H667 [13FE], E2505 [8DE]

Armenia: AID funding for Armenian Technology Group to establish Central Diagnostic Laboratory, E2505 [8DE]

Baker, Manock & Jensen (law firm): anniversary, E2232 [5NO]

Cameron, Mary: California Common Threads Award recipient, E485 [18MR]

Carter, Larry: Stanislaus County, CA, Ag Center Foundation Ag Hall of Fame inductee, E2502 [8DE]

Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site: establish (H.R. 1012), H4028, H4029 [14MY]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: make improvements and reauthorize programs (H.R. 14), H2292 [25MR]

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: reaffirm support and commemorate anniversary of Genocide Convention Implementation Act (H. Res. 193), H3307 [11AP]

Cross, David D.: Central Valley Coalition of Nursing Organizations RN of the Year Award for Clinical Practice recipient, E933 [13MY]

Dept. of the Interior: phaseout of snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park, H7073 [17JY]

———promote efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (H.R. 961), H2289, H2290 [25MR]

———revise repayment contract with Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, San Angelo Project, TX (H.R. 856), H4031 [14MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), H7073 [17JY]

Dept. of Transportation: Transportation Enhancement Program funding, H7877 [4SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), H7877 [4SE]

FCC: impact of local telephone exchange carriers' network unbundling regulations on the telecommunications industry, E678 [3AP]

Ferdinandi, John, Jr.: California Transportation Foundation Tranny Citizen of the Year Award recipient, E1033 [21MY]

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 (H.R. 1904), H4316 [20MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations, E2505 [8DE]

Forest Service: facilitate land exchange eliminating a private in-holding in the Sierra National Forest and allow the Boy Scouts permanent use of parcel of land currently under a special use permit (H.R. 379), E50 [8JA]

Fresno, CA: Homenetmen Scouts Fresno Sassoon Chapter anniversary, E2302 [17NO]

———St. Agnes Hospice anniversary, E2500 [8DE]

———tribute to American Heart Association American Heart Walk, E1848 [22SE]

Fritz, Greg and Dianne: Mariposa County, CA, Chamber of Commerce Businessman and Businesswoman of the Year award recipients, E687 [7AP]

Gill, Will, Jr.: Madera County, CA, Chamber of Commerce and Madera County Farm Bureau Senior Farmer of the Year award recipient, E2301 [17NO]

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: revise boundaries (H.R. 788), H2288 [25MR]

Heetebry, Irene: Central Valley Coalition of Nursing Organizations RN of the Year Award for Advanced Practice recipient, E932 [13MY]

Hester, Anne: California Common Threads Award recipient, E490 [18MR]

Infant of Prague Adoption Service: anniversary, E2001 [8OC]

Kazakhstan: political reform, E2504 [8DE]

KFTV-TV (Fresno, CA): tribute, E1541 [21JY]

KGMC-TV (Fresno, CA): tribute, E1571 [23JY]

KGPE-TV (Fresno, CA): tribute, E1552 [22JY]

KMJ-Radio (Fresno, CA): tribute to Operation Appreciation community event, E1008 [21MY]

Machado, Fernando C. (Fred): Ag One Foundation Community Salute honoree, E1654 [25JY]

Machado, Maxine: California Common Threads Award recipient, E486 [18MR]

Mariposa, CA: tribute to Mariposa Elementary School Gifted and Talented Education, (GATE) program, E1451 [11JY]

McCabe, Elizabeth: California Common Threads Award recipient, E491 [18MR]

Miller, Sayre McFarlane: California Common Threads Award recipient, E488 [18MR]

Mondavi, Margrit Biever: Agricultural Leadership Alumni (organization) Honorary Membership recipient, E123 [4FE]

Mondavi, Robert G.: Agricultural Leadership Alumni (organization) Honorary Membership recipient, E125 [4FE]

National Agriculture Day: observance, E554 [24MR]

Nebraska City, NE: grant an easement to facilitate access to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (H.R. 255), H4027 [14MY]

Norton, Courtney: Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (fraternal organization) Writing Contest Western Region winner, E1127 [4JN]

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument: designate the Kris Eggle Memorial Visitors' Center (H.R. 1577), H4024, H4025 [14MY]

Perez brothers: Stanislaus County, CA, Ag Center Foundation Ag Hall of Fame inductees, E2497 [8DE]

Poochigian, Charles S.: Armenian National Committee of Central California Man of the Year Award recipient, E688 [7AP]

Robbins, Royal: Greater Yosemite Council of the Boy Scouts Distinguished Citizen Award recipient, E2133 [28OC]

Sierra National Forest: land exchange (H.R. 1651), E2433 [23NO]

Sierra Tel Communications Group: tribute, E1800 [16SE]

Sonora, CA: anniversary of Sonora High School, E1847 [22SE]

Stark, Brenda: Central Valley Coalition of Nursing Organizations RN of the Year Award for Outstanding Education recipient, E931 [13MY]

Sumner Peck Ranch, Inc.: installment payment due under consent judgement in court case with the Bureau of Reclamation, H667 [13FE]

Taxation: 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, E52 [8JA]

Tchobanoglous, George: National Water Research Institute Athalie Richardson Irvine Clark Prize recipient, E1260 [16JN]

Tobin, Amy R.: Central Valley Coalition of Nursing Organizations RN of the Year Award for Outstanding Administration recipient, E931 [13MY]

U.S.-Adriatic Charter: ratification (H. Con. Res. 209), H5673 [23JN]

van Wagtendonk, Jan: Forest Service Excellence in Wilderness Stewardship Research Award recipient, E1350 [25JN]

Votes: position on missed, H5514 [18JN]

Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America: anniversary, E992 [19MY]

Yosemite Association: anniversary, E1625 [25JY]

Yosemite National Park: provide adequate school facilities (H.R. 620), H2287 [25MR], E142 [6FE]

Subpoena Notices

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, H3411 [29AP]

Texts of

H.R. 379, facilitate land exchange eliminating a private in-holding in the Sierra National Forest and allow the Boy Scouts permanent use of parcel of land currently under a special use permit, E51 [8JA]

Tributes

Arakelian, Kevork, E1800 [16SE]

Barile, Thomas C., E1261 [16JN]

Beck, Nick, E2324 [19NO]

Betancourt, Paul H., E620 [31MR]

Camp, Lloyd V., E1501 [17JY]

Comte, A.J., E1675 [3SE]

Cox family, E2299 [17NO]

Davis, Future (Frost), E1403 [7JY]

DiCicco, Nicola, E954 [15MY]

Downs, Edgar B. (Pete), E1623 [25JY]

Fannon, Jake, E1090 [2JN]

Ferdinandi, John, Jr., E205 [13FE]

Green, Jeffrey, E1759 [10SE]

Hazarabedian, Arthur O., E835 [1MY]

Irvine, Lorraine and Don, E351 [4MR]

Johnson, G.L., E1416 [8JY]

Jones, Bill, E80 [28JA]

Kelley, Rosa and Jack, E279 [25FE]

Koch, Robert P., E1536 [18JY]

Laveroni, Mary, E1672 [3SE]

Mandrell, Patty, E78 [28JA]

Mehas, Pete, E76 [28JA]

Reagan, Ronald, E206 [13FE]

Richards, C.A. (Pelk), E568 [25MR]

Ross, Norm, E1217 [11JN]

Strong, Walter, E1861 [23SE]

Turk, Thomas C., E838 [1MY]

Van Wyk, Bob, E2135 [28OC]

Wallace, Lisa, E336 [27FE]

Young, Charles, E1673 [3SE]