KIND, RON (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Amendments

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9621 [17OC]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3313 [11AP]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), H5625 [19JN]

Water: provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (H.R. 2557), H8876 [24SE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act, H7954 [5SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions (see H.R. 809), H701 [13FE]

Armed Forces: 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. Res. 387), H9215 [2OC]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2569), H5929 [25JN]

———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by establishing an enhanced educational assistance program and by repealing the requirement for reduction in pay for participation in the program (see H.R. 1713), H9478 [15OC]

———issue postage stamp in commemoration of those who distinguished themselves by their service in the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard (see H. Con. Res. 37), H462 [12FE]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 742), H4739 [22MY]

———require Presidential report to Congress detailing possible consequences of using military force against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 24), H1747 [11MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 58), H1746 [11MR]

———tribute (see H.J. Res. 12), H392 [11FE]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and establish a joint congressional task force to assess the education and training needs for Latin American military personnel (see H.R. 1258), H4876 [3JN]

Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 2038), H7840 [3SE]

———reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2038), H8285 [16SE]

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

Birds: provide financial resources for the conservation programs of countries whose activities directly or indirectly affect cranes (see H.R. 1647), H5714 [23JN]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 412), H217 [28JA]

———establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2173), H9819 [24OC]

———establish programs to promote increased consumption of milk in schools and to improve the nutrition and health of children (see H.R. 3250), H9281 [7OC]

———improve access to books in early learning and other child care programs and establish special postage stamps to fund child literacy programs (see H.R. 126), H2311 [25MR]

———improve certain nutritional programs (see H.R. 2626), H6262 [26JN]

———reauthorize and improve certain nutritional programs (see H.R. 3416), H10236 [30OC]

Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 732), H1642 [5MR]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1688), H11651 [19NO]

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]

Colleges and universities: 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), H8175 [10SE]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H8491 [23SE]

———tribute to crew (see H. Res. 50), H1682 [6MR]

Computers: establish a program to transfer surplus computers of Federal agencies to schools and nonprofit community-based educational organizations (see H.R. 2694), H8017 [5SE]

———reduce unsolicited commercial e-mail and protect children from unsolicited e-mail containing sexually oriented advertisements (see H.R. 1933), H3763 [7MY]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2727), H9282 [7OC]

Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission: establish (see H.R. 2902), H8382 [17SE]

Corrie, Rachel: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 111), H4012 [13MY]

Credit: prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (see H.R. 2622), H7787 [25JY]

Crime: prevent identity fraud (see H.R. 2035), H3856 [8MY]

———prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (see H.R. 669), H4368 [20MY]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 2071), H5408 [16JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish and enforce performance standards and sanitation requirements for reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry (see H.R. 2203), H5046 [5JN]

———make the dairy forward pricing program permanent (see H.R. 3308), H9613 [16OC]

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: reimburse State, local, and Indian tribal governments for certain costs relating to the mobilization of Reserves who are first responder personnel of such governments or tribes (see H.R. 1803), H3352 [11AP]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 1708), H3454 [29AP]

Dept. of the Interior: anniversary of National Wildlife Refuge System (see H. Res. 173), H2940 [8AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow payment of certain benefits to begin effective the day in which hospitalization or treatment begins (see H.R. 3344), H10458 [5NO]

———recalculate retirement annuities for certain health care professionals performing part-time services (see H.R. 972), H1461 [27FE]

———require congressional notification prior to implementation of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative (see H.R. 2808), H7225 [21JY]

———rescind memorandum in which directors of health service networks are directed to ensure that no marketing activities to enroll new veterans occur within their networks (see H.R. 813), H4787 [2JN]

Diseases: issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 247), H9479 [15OC]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 1916), H3635 [1MY]

———prohibit interference by certain education grant recipients with a student's treatment of his or her diabetes (see H.R. 3178), H12311 [21NO]

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), H7086 [17JY]

———limit the applicability of annual updates to the allowance for State and other taxes in the tables used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology relative to financial aid eligibility (see H.R. 2485), H5408 [16JN]

———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 236), H5663 [19JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2107), H4130 [14MY] (see H.R. 2394), H11392 (see H.R. 2394), H11516 [18NO]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 3285), H9376 [8OC]

———protect rights of employees to receive overtime compensation (see H.R. 2665), H6347 [8JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood (see H.R. 1943), H8382 [17SE]

FCC: encourage more extensive review and public comment before revising media ownership rules (see H. Res. 218), H4132 [14MY]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3426), H10236 [30OC]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 962), H10340 [4NO]

Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (see H.R. 1118), H6603 [10JY]

———provide death and disability benefits to certain contracted aerial firefighters who suffer death or disability in the line of duty (see H.R. 977), H10457 [5NO]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations (see H.R. 1157), H4528 [21MY]

Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 2369), H5044 [5JN]

FTC: collect fees for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (see H.R. 395), H274 [4FE]

———regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 361), H324 [5FE]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports (see H.R. 1451), H2401 [26MR]

Grand Excursion of 1854: support anniversary celebrations (see H. Con. Res. 44), H705 [13FE]

Great Lakes: provide for environmental restoration (see H.R. 2720), H8176 [10SE]

Harley-Davidson Motor Co.: anniversary (see H. Res. 296), H5814 [24JN]

Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1856), H7225 [21JY]

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 1083), H10457 [5NO]

———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), H7787 [25JY]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1821), H3353 [11AP]

Higher Education Act: eligibility standards for institutions offering accredited distance education programs (see H.R. 2913), H8491 [23SE]

———incorporate results from the Fed Up Initiative which identifies outdated or burdensome regulations (see H.R. 12), H51 [7JA]

Hire a Veteran Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 252), H7617 [24JY]

Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act: extend the deadlines for application and payment of fees (see H.R. 2759), H7455 [23JY]

Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 26), H1335 [25FE]

Independent Commission on Intelligence About Iraq: establish (see H.R. 2625), H6262 [26JN]

India: permanent membership on the U.N. Security Council (see H. Res. 108), H2312 [25MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1094), H1640 [5MR]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer (see H.R. 1886), H6348 [8JY]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 1910), H4012 [13MY]

———promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1749), H3303 [10AP]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 296), H10237 [30OC]

IRS: require abatement of interest on erroneous tax refund checks without regard to the size of the refund (see H.R. 1756), H3303 [10AP]

ITC: take certain actions relative to temporary safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H. Con. Res. 23), H244 [29JA]

Jones, Melvin: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 42), H9479 [15OC]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 589), H4368 [20MY]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 3619), H12308 [21NO]

Laos: address urgent need for freedom, democratic reform, and international monitoring of elections, human rights, and religious liberty (see H. Res. 402), H9614 [16OC]

Law enforcement: assess backlog in DNA analysis of rape kit samples and improve investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases with DNA evidence (see H.R. 1046), H8175 [10SE]

———eliminate backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and offenders and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (see H.R. 3214), H9615 [16OC]

———provide grants for law enforcement training and equipment to combat methamphetamine labs (see H.R. 3092), H8283 [16SE]

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

Medicaid: improve access to advanced practice nurses (see H.R. 2295), H6349 [8JY]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 816), H701 [13FE]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 2032), H6465 [9JY]

Medicare: coverage of diabetic foot sore apparatus as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1295), H8175 [10SE]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1288), H4368 [20MY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 1568), H2702 [2AP]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 33), H392 [11FE]

———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 967), H1460 [27FE]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 937), H1395 [26FE]

———improve outpatient health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 2333), H4977 [4JN]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 1301), H1908 [17MR]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural areas (see H.R. 1675), H2938 [8AP]

———protect and strengthen beneficiaries' access to quality health care in rural areas (see H. Res. 267), H5409 [16JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1125), H5815 [24JN]

———restore the full market basket percentage increase applied to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services furnished to beneficiaries (see H.R. 1710), H6869 [15JY]

———revise methodology by which payment for orphan drugs and biologicals is made under program prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (see H.R. 2700), H10340 [4NO]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments (see H.R. 41), H7618 [24JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve payments to certain health care service providers (see H.R. 3549), H12312 [21NO]

Mendez, Gonzalo and Felicitas: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 200), H4738 [22MY]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 953), H1459 [27FE]

Middle East: recognize importance of fighting terrorism and embracing efforts to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace (see H. Res. 479), H12920 [8DE]

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 2141), H4204 [15MY]

Mississippi River: designate route for study of potential addition to the National Scenic Trails System (see H.R. 897), H1332 [25FE]

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

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 1102), H1640 [5MR]

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: long-term health monitoring of firefighters in disaster areas (see H.R. 3431), H10339 [4NO]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1746), H4368 [20MY]

National Oceans Week: support (see H. Con. Res. 202), H5552 [18JN]

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), H7781 [25JY]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 898), H2473 [27MR]

———award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see H.R. 1093), H7949 [4SE]

———improve services and facilities of Federal Indian health programs and encourage maximum participation of Indians in such programs (see H.R. 2440), H5266 [11JN]

New Freedom Commission on Mental Health: adopt and implement goals and recommendations to help ensure affordable, accessible, and high quality mental health care (see H. Con. Res. 292), H9615 [16OC]

Office of Technology Assessment: reestablish (see H.R. 125), H56 [7JA]

Organ donation: allow leave for individuals who provide living organ donations (see H.R. 1381), H7618 [24JY]

Pensions: exempt elementary and secondary school teachers from Federal age discrimination laws relative to voluntary early retirement incentive plans (see H.R. 1893), H3570 [30AP]

Political campaigns: reform financing of Federal elections (see H.R. 3641), H12309 [21NO]

Program Reform Commission: establish (see H.R. 2903), H8382 [17SE]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1105), H9478 [15OC]

Public safety officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 814), H701 [13FE]

———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), H1394 [26FE]

Rehabilitation Act: provide for equitable allotment of funds to States for centers for independent living (see H.R. 2385), H7787 [25JY]

Research: promote among universities, the public sector, and private enterprise (see H.R. 2391), H8950 [25SE]

Roads and highways: establish a transportation and active living program, a safe routes to school program, and a nonmotorized transportation pilot program (see H.R. 2568), H9131 [1OC]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see H.R. 1900), H8284 [16SE]

Rogers, Fred M.: tribute (see H. Res. 111), H1471 [3MR]

Saudi Arabia: support reform of education curriculum (see H. Con. Res. 242), H6706 [14JY]

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), H2940 [8AP]

Sewage disposal: combined sewer overflow control programs (see H. Con. Res. 309), H9812 [21OC]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 2205), H6349 [8JY]

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

———improve benefit computation formula for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 63), H7949 [4SE]

Sportsmen: tribute to sportsmen and their contributions to society, traditions and values, and the economic benefits associated with outdoor sporting activities (see H. Res. 362), H8082 [9SE]

States: require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of potentially visually impaired individuals (see H. Con. Res. 56), H8382 [17SE]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H3637 [1MY]

Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (see H.R. 2325), H5089 [9JN]

———allow a deduction for certain distributions from a controlled foreign corporation to encourage personnel and economic investments by companies (see H.R. 1162), H1681 [6MR]

———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]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 1250), H4205 [15MY]

———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see H.R. 286), H7839 [3SE]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 1742), H7949 [4SE]

———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 1052), H1813 [12MR]

———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 737), H461 [12FE]

———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax and prevent manipulation of transfer prices by deflection of income to tax havens (see H.R. 2184), H9478 [15OC]

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

———provide incentives to encourage small business health plans (see H.R. 1936), H3636 [1MY]

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

———treatment of certain tax attributes for taxpayers who file consolidated returns (see H.R. 2706), H7618 [24JY]

Telephones: prohibit the use of text, graphic, or image messaging systems of wireless telephones to transmit unsolicited commercial messages (see H.R. 122), H4011 [13MY]

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. 17), H52 [7JA]

Veterans: enhance burial benefits (see H.R. 2217), H6465 [9JY]

———health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H5046 [5JN]

———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), H4739 [22MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H4738 [22MY]

———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1935), H5046 [5JN]

———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 178), H4011 [13MY]

Voting: establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 1508), H8083 [9SE]

Water: establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to control and eradicate invasive species, educate the public, and restore ecosystems (see H.R. 1081), H1639 [5MR]

———establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (see H.R. 1080), H1639 [5MR]

Wildlife: prohibit interstate and foreign commerce of certain wild animals for use as pets (see H.R. 1006), H7949 [4SE]

———protect, conserve, and restore native fish, wildlife, and their natural habitats on Federal lands through grants to control, mitigate, and eradicate harmful nonnative species (see H.R. 2310), H4876 [3JN]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 37), H1811 [12MR]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see H.R. 3420), H10236 [30OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Armed Forces: tribute to members of the National Guard and Reserve components (see H. Con. Res. 325), H11391 (see H. Con. Res. 325), H11514 [18NO]

Corps of Engineers: reform (see H.R. 2566), H5713 [23JN]

Dept. of Labor: establish Small Employer Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 2850), H7615 [24JY]

Dept. of the Interior: promote efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 961), H1460 [27FE]

Havel, Vaclav: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 22), H244 [29JA]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 297), H136 [8JA]

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

Taxation: treatment of national service educational awards (see H.R. 2860), H7615 [24JY]

Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see H.R. 970), H1461 [27FE]

Letters

Development of Federal coal resources: Cecil E. Roberts, United Mine Workers of America, H3318 [11AP]

Small Business Health Fairness Act: Douglas Holtz-Eakin, CBO, H5634 [19JN]

Tribute to Dorothy Konichek: Mary Mandigo, E1544 [21JY]

Motions

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), H8467 [23SE], H8880 [24SE]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 760), H4947 [4JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), H6623 [14JY]

Animals: prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal lands, H7050 [17JY]

Appropriations: convert portion of supplemental appropriations for reconstruction efforts in Iraq into loan guarantees, H9573 [16OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 2), conference report, H667, H671 [13FE]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, H667, H671 [13FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9535, H9573 [16OC], H9621 [17OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 424)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 421), H10208 [30OC]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H667 [13FE]

Armed Forces: express appreciation to members engaging in military action in Iraq and against terrorism and recognize communities, businesses, and organizations for their support (H. Con. Res. 177), H4892 [4JN]

———reservists health care readiness funding, E1452 [11JY]

———support members engaging in military action in Iraq and President Bush for his efforts as Commander in Chief (H. Con. Res. 104), H2249 [20MR]

———tribute, H1940 [18MR]

———tribute (H.J. Res. 27), H1600 [5MR]

———U.S. policy on use against Iraq, H1894 [13MR]

Budget: allocation of funds, H3028, H3029, H3031 [9AP]

———deficit, H1940, H1943 [18MR], H2149 [20MR], H3028, H3029, H3031 [9AP], H5073 [9JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), H1940, H1943 [18MR], H2149 [20MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), conference report, H3292 [10AP]

Coal: development of Federal coal resources, H3318 [11AP]

Columbia (space shuttle): tribute to crew (H. Res. 51), H291 [5FE]

Corps of Engineers: mitigate loss of habitat associated with construction of projects, H8876 [24SE]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions, E1753 [10SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: organic food standards relative to livestock and dairy production, H671 [13FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), H4605 [22MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2658), E1452 [11JY]

Dept. of HHS: promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs (H.R. 2427), H7608 [24JY]

Dept. of the Interior: anniversary of National Wildlife Refuge System, E477 [13MR]

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

———Weatherization Assistance Program funding, H7104 [17JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), H7050, H7104 [17JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), motion to instruct conferees, H11624, H11625 [19NO]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), E1753 [10SE]

Domestic policy: national objectives priority assignments, H203, H204 [28JA]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), H5512 [18JN]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H1940 [18MR], H5073 [9JN]

Education: increase maximum Pell Grant amount, H11624, H11625 [19NO]

———increase student loan forgiveness to teachers in mathematics, science, and special education (H.R. 438), H6391 [9JY]

———tribute to Lutheran schools, students, parents, teachers, administrators, and congregations for contributions to education (H. Res. 106), H1481 [4MR]

Employment: enhance the workforce investment system (H.R. 1261), H3808 [8MY]

European Union: condemn moratorium on approval of new agricultural biotechnology products (H. Res. 252), H5115 [10JN]

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), H4309 [20MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 4), H4835 [3JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2800), E1591 [25JY]

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

Grand Excursion of 1854: support anniversary celebrations (H. Con. Res. 44), H2329 [26MR]

Harley-Davidson Motor Co.: anniversary (H. Res. 296), H6670 [14JY]

Havel, Vaclav: tribute (H. Con. Res. 22), H342 [11FE]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), H7550 [24JY]

Health: expand health care access and choice of coverage through association health plans, H5627 [19JN]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), H1862 [13MR]

Higher Education Act: reauthorize provisions relative to teacher preparation (H.R. 2211), H6368 [9JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: permit States to establish costs and risk-sharing funds, consortiums, and cooperatives to assist severly disabled students, H3511 [30AP]

———reauthorize (H.R. 1350), H3479, H3511, H3512 [30AP]

———reauthorize (H.R. 1350), consideration (H. Res. 206), H3463 [30AP]

———reduce paperwork for special education teachers, H3512 [30AP]

Israel: condemn terrorism inflicted on Israel since the Aqaba Summit and express solidarity in fight against terrorism (H. Res. 294), E1370 [26JN]

Lyndon Station, WI: anniversary, H5059 [9JN]

Manchester, Tom: Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame inductee, H8890 [24SE]

Medicare: ensure Medicare+Choice and Medicare Advantage payments attributable to disproportionate share hospitals are paid directly to such hospitals, H8880, H8881, H8884, H8885, H8886 [24SE]

———improve reimbursement payments to physicians, H11848 [20NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), H6115 [26JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H12293 [21NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 299), H5961 [26JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), motion to instruct conferees, H8880, H8881, H8884, H8885, H8886 [24SE], H11848 [20NO]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 204), E847 [1MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: inventory oil and gas resources on certain portions, H3313 [11AP]

Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans and promote investment advice (H.R. 1000), H4072 [14MY]

Peterslie, Oscar: Experience Works, Inc., Prime Time Awards Program Wisconsin Outstanding Older Worker award recipient, H8370 [17SE]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3099 [10AP], H3313, H3318 [11AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H11425 [18NO]

Public lands: development of natural gas and oil resources, H3313 [11AP]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), H496, H543 [13FE]

Rogers, Fred M.: tribute (H. Res. 111), H1487 [4MR]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 534), H1413, H1432 [27FE]

———prohibit the cloning of humans while protecting stem cell research, H1432 [27FE]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), H5614, H5624, H5626, H5627, H5629, H5630, H5631, H5632, H5634 [19JN]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H5073 [9JN]

Stoddard, WI: anniversary, E1459 [11JY]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), consideration of Senate amendments with an amendment (H. Res. 270), E1293 [18JN]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 49), H8301 [17SE]

———increase refundability of child tax credit, clarify eligibility of Armed Forces pay for such credit, and accelerate marriage penalty relief in earned income tax credit, E1293 [18JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, H203, H204 [28JA], H2149 [20MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3936 [9MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), conference report, H5073, H5074 [9JN]

Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (H.R. 970), E318 [27FE]

U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2738), H7486 [24JY]

U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2739), H7509 [24JY]

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse: East Central European Scholarship Program funding, E1591 [25JY]

Veterans: benefits funding, H1940 [18MR]

Votes: position on missed, H97 [8JA], E1587 [25JY], E2038 [15OC], E2328 [19NO]

Water: provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (H.R. 2557), H8876 [24SE]

Women's History Month: observance, E574 [25MR]

Year of the Korean War Veteran: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 212), H7194 [21JY]

Yosemite National Park: provide adequate school facilities (H.R. 620), H2288 [25MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H132 [8JA], H5405 [16JN], H9374 [8OC]

Special order: granted, H4365 [20MY], H5086 [9JN], H6600 [10JY], H8379 [17SE], H8903 [24SE], H9806 [21OC]

Tributes

Beres, Leclare, E2181 [31OC]

Brown, Harold, E662 [3AP]

Johnson, Elmo, H4336 [20MY]

Konichek, Dorothy, E1544 [21JY]

Mulcahy, Charles, E1342 [24JN]

Sletten, Stuart and Sandy, E1065 [22MY]