WILSON, HEATHER (a Representative from New Mexico)

Amendments

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2754), H7140 [18JY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3243 [10AP]

Appointments

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

House of Representatives Page Board, H1305 [25FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: amend requirements relative to granting posthumous citizenship through death while on active-duty service to allow immigration benefits for surviving family members (see H.R. 1685), H3454 [29AP]

———expand Rest and Recuperation Leave program for members serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to include travel and transportation to the members' permanent station or home (see H.R. 3200), H9215 [2OC]

———prescription drug benefits for Medicare-eligible enrollees under defense health care plans (see H.R. 3390), H10129 [29OC]

———provide for previously unenrolled servicemembers an opportunity to enroll for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 2174), H6604 [10JY]

———revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (see H.R. 1111), H3453 [29AP]

———tribute (see H.J. Res. 27), H1515 [4MR]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H9614 [16OC]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H3355 [11AP]

Briggs, Harry and Eliza: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule revising payment policies under the Medicare physician fee schedule (see H.J. Res. 3), H706 [13FE]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 412), H324 [5FE]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to recognize U.S. efforts to reunite missing children with their families and to honor the victims of abduction and murder (see H. Con. Res. 192), H5175 [10JN]

Colleges and universities: expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 2238), H4735 [22MY]

———permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1684), H3051 [9AP]

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), H4206 [15MY]

Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 54), H9738 [20OC]

De Laine, Joseph A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 34), H2864 [7AP]

Developing countries: establish Millennium Challenge Account to increase support for certain countries, assess impact and effectiveness of U.S. economic assistance, and authorize expansion of the Peace Corps (see H.R. 2441), H6707 [14JY]

———increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 192), H323 [5FE]

Diseases: eliminate tuberculosis (see H.R. 2068), H4010 [13MY]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 2069), H4010 [13MY]

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] (see H.R. 57), H53 [7JA]

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), H5664 [19JN]

———increase student loan forgiveness to teachers in mathematics, science, and special education (see H.R. 438), H241 [29JA]

Employment: provide compensatory time for private sector employees (see H.R. 1119), H1678 [6MR]

———provide effective training and education programs for displaced homemakers, single parents, and individuals entering nontraditional employment (see H.R. 3259), H12311 [21NO]

FDA: provide authority to require certain research into drugs used in pediatric patients (see H.R. 2857), H9131 [1OC]

Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 2260), H9982 [28OC]

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]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1829), H3407 [12AP]

Financial institutions: exempt attorneys from privacy provisions of the law repealing restrictions on the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and insurance companies (see H.R. 781), H700 [13FE]

———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), H463 [12FE]

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), H2822 [3AP]

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

Forest Service: carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive plants (see H.R. 2707), H6603 [10JY]

Forests: establish institutes to conduct research on the prevention of, and restoration from, wildfires in forest and woodland ecosystems (see H.R. 460), H242 [29JA]

Fort Bayard, NM: designate historic district as a national historic landmark (see H.R. 2059), H3973 [9MY]

France: discourage participation by U.S. citizens, companies, and Armed Forces in the Paris Air Show should France continue opposition to potential use of force against Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 48), H705 [13FE]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports (see H.R. 1451), H2473 [27MR]

Hazardous substances: provide assistance for poison prevention and stabilize funding of regional poison control centers (see H.R. 1819), H9478 [15OC]

Health: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts on transplantation, make transplantation a standard therapy, and provide Medicare coverage of certain transplantations (see H.R. 1068), H1747 [11MR]

———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (see H.R. 2157), H8284 [16SE]

———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (see H.R. 918), H1394 [26FE]

Immigration: change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1275), H3453 [29AP]

Iran: permit International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect suspected nuclear and nuclear-related facilities (see H. Res. 259), H5175 [10JN]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 391), H3637 [1MY]

Law enforcement: provide grants for law enforcement training and equipment to combat methamphetamine labs (see H.R. 3092), H9131 [1OC]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H2132 [19MR]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H1812 [12MR]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H11393 (see H.R. 3277), H11516 [18NO]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H7085 [17JY]

Medicare: establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 33), H52 [7JA]

———improve outpatient health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 2333), H5367 [12JN]

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

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 953), H2473 [27MR]

Mohamad, Mahathir: condemn anti-Semitic remarks by Malaysian Prime Minister (see H. Res. 409), H9983 [28OC]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H7226 [21JY]

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 13), H463 [12FE]

National security: improve homeland security, public safety, and citizen activated emergency response capabilities through use of wireless enhanced 911 (E911) services (see H.R. 2898), H8382 [17SE]

New Mexico: designate the Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness and take certain land into trust for the Pueblo of Zia (see H.R. 3176), H8905 [24SE]

———protect archeological sites in the Galisteo Basin (see H.R. 506), H392 [11FE]

Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 505), H6264 [26JN]

Pearson, Levi: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Public lands: hold certain public domain lands in trust for the Pueblos of San Ildefonso and Santa Clara (see H.R. 507), H275 [4FE]

Public safety officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 814), H5552 [18JN]

———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), H5174 [10JN]

Robertson, George I.M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3263), H9688 [17OC]

Rogers, Fred M.: tribute (see H. Res. 111), H1517 [4MR]

Sec. of the Navy: redesignate as the Sec. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 1741), H3302 [10AP]

SEC: require enhanced disclosures of employee stock options and require study on economic impact of broad-based employee stock option plans (see H.R. 1372), H4788 [2JN]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 97), H3762 [7MY]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 887), H1332 [25FE]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (see H.R. 449), H242 [29JA]

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), H9131 [1OC]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H8175 [10SE]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 3103), H10978 [6NO]

———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]

———eliminate marriage penalty in the computation of the income tax on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2072), H4010 [13MY]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 442), H4787 [2JN]

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

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

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1824), H5468 [17JN]

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

———facilitate reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users (see H.R. 1320), H3453 [29AP]

Telecommunications Development Fund (investment corporation): improve (see H.R. 747), H461 [12FE]

Television: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (see H.R. 2052), H4740 [22MY]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 3270), H9375 [8OC]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 2511), H11392 (see H.R. 2511), H11516 [18NO]

———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), H318 [5FE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H137 [8JA]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 3438), H10339 [4NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Cibola National Forest: establish the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust to resolve a land claim on Sandia Mountain between the Sandia Pueblo and the Dept. of the Interior (see H.R. 222), H59 [7JA]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (see H.R. 2515), H5551 [18JN]

Dept. of Education: provide grants for regional workshops designed to permit educators to share successful strategies for mathematics and science instruction in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 329), H138 [8JA]

Dept. of HHS: establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection (see H.R. 3539), H11651 [19NO]

Dept. of the Interior: assist in construction and occupy portion of University of New Mexico Hibben Center for Archaeological Research (see H.R. 3258), H9281 [7OC]

Medicaid: increase floor for treatment as an extremely low disproportionate share hospital State (see H.R. 1342), H1954 [18MR]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1214), H1745 [11MR]

Medicare: establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 755), H462 [12FE]

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act: increase certain education funding to improve access to the arts (see H.R. 3248), H9214 [2OC]

National Stalking Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 241), H6348 [8JY]

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

Nuclear energy: extend indemnification authority for damages from nuclear incidents (see H.R. 330), H138 [8JA]

Safe Drinking Water Act: assist small communities with achieving or maintaining compliance with drinking water standards (see H.R. 3328), H9614 [16OC]

Taxation: provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 1643), H2821 [3AP]

Veterans: permit remarried surviving spouses of veterans to be eligible for burial in a national cemetery (see H.R. 1167), H1681 [6MR]

Lists

Congressional Certificate of Merit award recipients, E904 [9MY]

Press releases

AARP Endorses Medicare Prescription Drug Bill: AARP, H11498 [18NO]

Remarks

AARP: alleged conflict of interest relative to endorsement of Medicare reform and prescription drug coverage, H11498 [18NO]

Albuquerque, NM: tribute to Mechanical Contractors Association Project Heat's On, E1768 [11SE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H3243, H3244, H3245 [10AP]

Armed Forces: support members engaging in military action in Iraq, H2683, H2685, H2686, H2688, H2689 [2AP]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), H2259 [20MR]

Bulgaria: commemorate anniversary of rescue of Bulgarian Jews from the Holocaust and commend Bulgarian people for tradition of ethnic and religious tolerance (H. Con. Res. 77), H1707 [11MR]

Bureau of Reclamation: prohibit funding to release water from the San Juan Chama project and the Middle Rio Grande project to comply with the Endangered Species Act, H7140 [18JY]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (S. 877), H12193 [21NO]

DAV: tribute to individuals attending New Mexico State Convention, E1249 [13JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), H4504 [21MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: negotiated prices for prescription drugs, H11499 [18NO]

Health: promote organ donation (H.R. 399), H1765 [12MR]

Marine Corps: anniversary of women in service, E249 [13FE]

Medicare: improve reimbursement payments to physicians, H11494, H11496, H11498 [18NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H12850 [8DE]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), motion to instruct conferees, H11494, H11495, H11496, H11498, H11499 [18NO]

Mining and mineral resources: cooperative research and development and special demonstration projects for the uranium mining industry funding, H3265 [10AP]

National Stalking Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 241), H6275 [8JY]

New Mexico: tribute to Congressional Certificate of Merit award recipients, E904 [9MY]

Nuclear weapons: conventional weapons to defeat hardened targets funding through reductions in robust nuclear Earth penetrator program, H4504 [21MY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3242, H3243, H3244, H3245, H3265 [10AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H11420 [18NO]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), H544 [13FE]

Qwest Communications International Inc.: tribute to participation in AMBER Alert communications plan, E1733 [9SE]

Social Security: extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), technical corrections (H.R. 3288), E2110 [21OC]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (S. 23), H80 [8JA]

Veterans: modify and improve certain benefits (H.R. 2297), H9311 [8OC]

Veterans Day: observance, E2040 [15OC]

Votes: position on missed, H2137 [20MR], H7711, H7712, H7713, H7714, H7715 [25JY], E146 [6FE], E1968 [2OC]

Votes in House: condemn practice of holding votes open beyond a reasonable period of time (H. Res. 474), H12850 [8DE]

Women's History Month: observance, E1213 [11JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H165 [27JA]

Tributes

Hurricane, Al, E1128 [4JN]

Labastida, Annalisha, E2040 [15OC]

Patel, Darshan N., E779 [12AP]

Romero, Kevin, E1733 [9SE]

Romero, Manuel, E1733 [9SE]

Skeen, Joe, H12760, H12885, H12888 [8DE]