REHBERG, DENNIS R. (a Representative from Montana)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), H6640 [14JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1588, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6907 [16JY]

———H.R. 2115, Aviation Investment and Revitalization Vision Act, H6826 [15JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 760), H698 [13FE]

Agricultural Marketing Act: specify model for country-of-origin labeling requirements certification program for producers, ease verification of compliance with requirements, and impose schedule of penalties for violations (see H.R. 3083), H8216 [11SE]

Agriculture: establish a task force to promote the benefits, safety, and potential uses of agricultural biotechnology (see H.R. 3472), H10977 [6NO]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 307), H137 [8JA]

Animals: coordinate and strengthen research and monitoring, and promote public outreach, education, and awareness of chronic wasting disease (see H.R. 2430), H5266 [11JN]

———encourage research on the causes of chronic wasting disease and methods to control its spread, monitor the incidence of the disease, and support State efforts to control the disease (see H.R. 2057), H5408 [16JN]

Archeology: provide for protection, data compilation, science-based decision making, public education and access, and a unified management policy relative to paleontological resources on Federal lands (see H.R. 2416), H5265 [11JN]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 58), H5408 [16JN]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 2776), H8083 [9SE]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H12921 [8DE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 975), H1955 [18MR]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H3763 [7MY]

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see H.R. 1005), H1463 [27FE]

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

Children and youth: improve certain nutritional programs (see H.R. 2626), H7170 [18JY]

China, Republic of: negotiation of a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 98), H2864 [7AP]

Citizenship: codify oath of allegiance (see H.R. 3191), H11702 [20NO]

Coal: development of Federal coal resources (see H.R. 794), H1642 [5MR]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (see H.R. 2515), H5665 [19JN]

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]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 1997), H4740 [22MY]

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

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 2071), H4010 [13MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish the National Drought Council (see H.R. 2871), H7616 [24JY]

———organic food standards relative to livestock and dairy production (see H.R. 955), H1642 [5MR]

Dept. of HHS: promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 2427), H5266 [11JN]

Dept. of the Interior: make authority to designate critical habitat discretionary instead of mandatory (see H.R. 2602), H8083 [9SE]

———provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (see H.R. 119), H2864 [7AP]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H8949 [25SE]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 834), H4205 [15MY]

Ecology and environment: condemn actions by the Earth Liberation Front (organization) and ecological terrorists (see H. Con. Res. 126), H10130 [29OC]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H5364 [12JN] (see H.R. 57), H53 [7JA]

———make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 1612), H2820 [3AP]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H4876 [3JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 932), H4739 [22MY]

Endangered Species Act: 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), H2937 [8AP]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H5366 [12JN]

FAA: enhance Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 2077), H4011 [13MY]

FCC: treat private land use rules as State or local regulations for purposes of certain Federal regulations (see H.R. 1478), H3454 [29AP]

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: allow Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to enter into agreements with Federal agencies to acquire goods and services relative to improving or using the wildfire fighting capability of those agencies (see H.R. 1061), H1515 [4MR]

———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: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 990), H9214 [2OC]

———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), H5174 [10JN]

———provide mortgage assistance (see H.R. 2961), H7784 [25JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 4), H2473 [27MR]

Foreign trade: establish procedures for identifying countries that deny market access for U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 2579), H5813 [24JN]

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

Guam: authorize the Dept. of the Interior to reduce, release, or waive amounts owed by the Government of Guam to the U.S. to offset unreimbursed compact impact expenses (see H.R. 2522), H5661 [19JN]

Health: establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity (see H.R. 716), H10978 [6NO]

Health care professionals: establish demonstration programs to encourage physicians to practice in rural settings (see H.R. 3512), H11391 (see H.R. 3512), H11514 [18NO]

House Rules: establish a discretionary spending ledger and a mandatory spending ledger (see H. Res. 133), H1908 [17MR]

Housing: combat unfair and deceptive practices in the high-cost mortgage market, establish a consumer mortgage protection board, and establish licensing and minimum standards for mortgage brokers (see H.R. 833), H5664 [19JN]

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), H11702 [20NO]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2671), H10978 [6NO]

Iraq: declare that providing humanitarian assistance for Iraq is in the U.S. national security interest (see H. Con. Res. 127), H5046 [5JN]

James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 3147), H9282 [7OC]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H8382 [17SE]

Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 2446), H5364 [12JN]

———make reduction in capital gains rates for individuals permanent (see H.R. 2635), H8176 [10SE]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: limit use of available funds for maintenance (see H.R. 1517), H3454 [29AP]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H2864 [7AP]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H59 [7JA]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H11652 [19NO]

Martin, Phillip: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1628), H4131 [14MY]

Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 1811), H4739 [22MY]

Medicare: establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 33), H3304 [10AP]

———improve outpatient health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 2333), H6265 [26JN]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural areas (see H.R. 1675), H9130 [1OC]

———protect and strengthen beneficiaries' access to quality health care in rural areas (see H. Res. 267), H5552 [18JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1125), H5929 [25JN]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1580), H4788 [2JN]

Members of Congress: nullify recent pay increases and eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 31), H8491 [23SE]

Monuments and memorials: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 911), H8175 [10SE]

———prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress (see H.R. 2386), H6265 [26JN]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 204), H3452 [29AP]

National Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force: establish (see H.R. 2431), H5266 [11JN]

National School Lunch Act: fruit and vegetable pilot program funding (see H.R. 2832), H10978 [6NO]

National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 280), H9131 [1OC]

National Weather Service: provide overtime pay for forecasters performing essential services during severe weather events and limit Sunday premium pay to hours of service actually performed (see H.R. 1764), H5664 [19JN]

Native Americans: support the development of Native American Language Survival Schools (see H.R. 2690), H6464 [9JY]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1173), H5046 [5JN]

Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans and promote investment advice (see H.R. 1000), H1462 [27FE]

———provide special funding requirements for certain pension plans maintained by commercial passenger air carriers (see H.R. 2719), H9687 [17OC]

———reform (see H.R. 1776), H4205 [15MY]

Petroleum: eliminate methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from U.S. fuel supply, expand production and use of renewable fuel, and increase energy independence (see H.R. 837), H1955 [18MR]

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]

———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]

Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see H.R. 919), H11392 (see H.R. 919), H11515 [18NO]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 713), H4739 [22MY]

Railroads: enhance competition by improving regulation of rates, service, and access to certain information (see H.R. 2924), H10457 [5NO]

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

Roads and highways: extend certain Highway Trust Fund highway, safety, and transit programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (see H.R. 3088), H8283 [16SE]

———improve roadway safety for motor vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians and workers in proximity to vehicle traffic (see H.R. 906), H5552 [18JN]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 534), H463 [12FE]

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

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 2311), H6465 [9JY]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 722), H3355 [11AP]

Sports: provide immunity for nonprofit athletic organizations in lawsuits arising from claims of ordinary negligence relative to the passage or adoption of rules for athletic competitions and practices (see H.R. 3369), H10458 [5NO]

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

———natural cork (see H.R. 1833), H3408 [12AP]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 583), H1334 [25FE]

———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), H9687 [17OC]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 927), H2822 [3AP]

———allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (see H.R. 465), H242 [29JA]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 1231), H1903 [13MR]

———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), H1516 [4MR]

———expand bonus depreciation to expensing (see H.R. 771), H699 [13FE]

———expand S corporation eligibility for banks (see H.R. 714), H1902 [13MR]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 49), H706 [13FE]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 570), H319 [5FE]

———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 785), H700 [13FE]

———increase expensing limits of small businesses for new business investment and equipment (see H.R. 224), H323 [5FE]

———increase the bonus depreciation (see H.R. 223), H5663 [19JN]

———modify treatment of qualified small issue bonds (see H.R. 882), H5046 [5JN]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 235), H4204 [15MY]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H3683 [6MY]

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

———provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (see H.R. 2978), H8382 [17SE]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1523), H4205 [15MY]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 1279), H1901 [13MR] (see H.R. 3119), H9215 [2OC]

———provide involuntary conversion tax relief for producers forced to sell livestock due to weather-related conditions or Federal land management agency policy or action (see H.R. 483), H243 [29JA]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (see H.R. 1769), H6604 [10JY]

———repeal occupational taxes on manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 786), H1467 [27FE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 52), H1466 [27FE] (see H.R. 1305), H1952 [18MR]

———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 1513), H6348 [8JY]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2950), H7783 [25JY]

———treatment of gain from the sale of farmland (see H.R. 310), H137 [8JA]

———treatment of ground rent paid on land on which a qualified residence is located and which is allotted or Indian-owned land (see H.R. 1426), H3763 [7MY]

———treatment of Indian tribal governments relative to issuance of tax-exempt governmental bonds (see H.R. 1421), H2940 [8AP]

Telecommunications: equitably distribute universal service support throughout rural areas (see H.R. 1582), H4131 [14MY]

Terrorism: increase criminal penalties relative to terrorist murders and deny Federal benefits to terrorists (see H.R. 2934), H8284 [16SE]

Texas: require landowners with tenant rice farmers to continue to maintain rice in their crop rotation in order to receive Federal subsidies (see H.R. 1574), H3763 [7MY]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3550), H11700 [20NO]

———improve transportation and security of household goods (see H.R. 1070), H1515 [4MR]

———provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 753), H462 [12FE]

Trucking industry: hours of service requirements for commercial drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies (see H.R. 871), H1955 [18MR]

Veterans: improve access to health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 2379), H7455 [23JY]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (see H.R. 548), H5045 [5JN]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H392 [11FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Bureau of Reclamation: convey Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project, Savage Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, and Intake Irrigation Project to local control (see H.R. 2257), H4736 [22MY]

Power resources: make grants to improve the commercial value of forest biomass for electric energy, useful heat, transportation fuels, petroleum-based product substitutes, and other commercial purposes (see H.R. 1550), H2586 [1AP]

U.S. Consensus Council: establish (see H.R. 2459), H5365 [12JN]

Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument: clarify boundaries (see H.R. 1629), H2821 [3AP]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H3861 [9MY], H7457 [24JY]

Remarks

Agriculture: country of origin labeling requirements implementation funding, H6640, H6646, H6647 [14JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), H6646, H6647 [14JY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H3251 [10AP]

Armed Forces: support members engaging in military action in Iraq, H2521 [1AP]

———tribute, H1817 [13MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), H4586 [22MY]

Dept. of the Interior: phaseout of snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park, H7071 [17JY]

———prohibit funding to kill or assist others in killing bison in Yellowstone National Park, H7053 [17JY]

———prohibit funding to subject management of Missouri River to regulatory action under Endangered Species Act, H7080 [17JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), H7053, H7071, H7080 [17JY]

Estrada, Miguel A.: nomination to be circuit judge, H1752 [12MR]

FAA: Essential Air Service Program funding, H5207 [11JN]

———reauthorize programs (H.R. 2115), H5207 [11JN]

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), H4302, H4318 [20MY], H10551, H10552, H10553 [6NO]

———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), conference report, H12163 [21NO]

Firefighters: expedite process by which military aircraft may be used to fight wildfires, H4586 [22MY]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), H7458 [24JY]

Iraq: treatment of U.S. POW relative to violations of Geneva Convention, H2521 [1AP]

La Habra, CA: destruction of September 11th memorial by antiwar protesters, H1817 [13MR]

LIHEAP: funding using Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration bonus payments, H3247 [10AP]

Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, H3232 [10AP]

Point of order, H7081 [17JY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3099, H3232, H3247, H3251 [10AP]

———national energy policy, H2567 [1AP]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, H1752 [12MR]

Rural areas: effects of unfunded Federal mandates on education, H2314 [26MR]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery, H1358 [26FE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3862 [9MY], H4532 [22MY]

Western Environmental Technology Office: National Energy Technology Laboratory funding, E258 [13FE]