BOUCHER, RICK (a Representative from Virginia)

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (see H.R. 313), H2271 [20MR]

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

Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 979), H1461 [27FE]

American Association for the Advancement of Science: anniversary of Congressional Science and Engineering Fellowship Program and support of use of science in governmental decisionmaking (see H. Con. Res. 279), H8222 [15SE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 770), H699 [13FE]

Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see H.R. 3201), H9738 [20OC]

———continue health benefits for certain Reserves called or ordered to active duty and their dependents (see H.R. 2197), H4528 [21MY]

———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), H10238 [30OC]

———provide free mailing privileges for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active duty abroad engaged in armed conflict (see H.R. 2705), H8382 [17SE]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 742), H3453 [29AP]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 58), H2132 [19MR]

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), H2132 [19MR]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 975), H1461 [27FE]

———revise banking and bankruptcy insolvency laws relative to termination and netting of financial contracts (see H.R. 2120), H4877 [3JN]

Black Lung Benefits Act: ensure benefit equity for eligible survivors (see H.R. 1988), H7949 [4SE]

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

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 412), H1954 [18MR]

China, People's Republic of: require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (see H.R. 3058), H9282 [7OC]

———withdraw normal trade relations status (see H.R. 3228), H9282 [7OC]

Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 258), H135 [8JA]

Civil War—U.S.: establish a commission to commemorate sesquicentennial (see H.R. 2449), H6349 [8JY]

Coal: facilitate the production and generation of coal-based power (see H.R. 1213), H1745 [11MR]

———provide for research, development, and demonstration on coal and related technologies (see H.R. 1269), H1900 [13MR]

Coins: ensure continuity for the design of the 5-cent coin (see H.R. 258), H135 [8JA]

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling (see H.R. 21), H172 [27JA]

———protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (see H.R. 2929), H11392 (see H.R. 2929), H11516 [18NO]

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

Copyrights: allow abandoned copyrighted works to enter the public domain after a certain period (see H.R. 2601), H6465 [9JY]

Courts: enhance retirement annuities of administrative law judges (see H.R. 2316), H10237 [30OC]

———expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (see H.R. 1115), H1678 [6MR]

———restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 394), H217 [28JA]

Crime: establish methods for preventing identity theft and protect consumers' sensitive, private health-related information (see H.R. 2633), H6262 [26JN]

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

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

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 3476), H11652 [19NO]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 34), H1334 [25FE]

Dept. of Labor: provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition (see H.R. 3067), H8174 [10SE]

Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 775), H9738 [20OC]

Dept. of the Interior: implement final rule to phase out snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park (see H.R. 1130), H1679 [6MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 709), H391 [11FE]

———place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category (see H.R. 2816), H9131 [1OC]

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]

Disabled: importance of recruiting and retaining direct support professionals to ensure the proper care of individuals with developmental disabilities (see H. Con. Res. 94), H8176 [10SE]

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

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), H5267 [11JN]

———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 1751), H3303 [10AP]

———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 236), H5929 [25JN]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H8491 [23SE]

FCC: ensure expeditious access by consumers to terrestrial digital television services (see H.R. 2825), H7453 [23JY]

———treat private land use rules as State or local regulations for purposes of certain Federal regulations (see H.R. 1478), H2471 [27MR]

Federal aid programs: require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq (see H.R. 1738), H8284 [16SE]

Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 2260), H4736 [22MY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish a program of fees relative to animal drugs (see H.R. 1260), H4255 [19MY]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 990), H1462 [27FE]

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

———protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 193), H323 [5FE]

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), H2312 [25MR]

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

FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 361), H245 [29JA]

Government regulations: require agencies to take into consideration the impact of newly promulgated rules on the privacy of individuals (see H.R. 338), H323 [5FE]

GSA: give preference to high unemployment areas in selecting sites for the construction of public buildings and in leasing space to Federal agencies (see H.R. 3168), H8905 [24SE]

Haiti: express need to reengage Congress and the Administration regarding social conditions and need for poverty reduction (see H. Con. Res. 78), H10978 [6NO]

Head Start Program: provide additional funding for States with increased numbers of children eligible for participation (see H.R. 2563), H6707 [14JY]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 2239), H10457 [5NO]

Higher Education Act: permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 2711), H6603 [10JY]

———repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 685), H1334 [25FE]

Independent Commission on Intelligence About Iraq: establish (see H.R. 2625), H7840 [3SE]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer (see H.R. 1886), H3570 [30AP]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H9738 [20OC]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H3635 [1MY]

Justin W. Williams U.S. Attorney's Building, Alexandria, VA: designate (see H.R. 3428), H10339 [4NO]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 589), H4876 [3JN]

Law enforcement: 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), H9378 [8OC]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H2472 [27MR]

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail: extend (see H.R. 2327), H8083 [9SE]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H12311 [21NO]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H9381 [10OC]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 328), H323 [5FE]

———improve access to advanced practice nurses (see H.R. 2295), H11702 [20NO]

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

———provide fiscal relief and program simplification to States and improve coverage and services to beneficiaries (see H.R. 2000), H3760 [7MY]

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 1225), H2271 [20MR]

———coverage of medically necessary dental procedures (see H.R. 2182), H4978 [4JN]

———coverage of screening and diagnostic mammography services (see H.R. 817), H4978 [4JN]

———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 1377), H5089 [9JN]

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

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 1199), H1744 [11MR]

———improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (see H.R. 1940), H5046 [5JN]

———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), H6602 [10JY]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments (see H.R. 41), H53 [7JA]

———update renal dialysis composite rate (see H.R. 1784), H5408 [16JN]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 60), H2940 [8AP]

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

Military Selective Service Act: repeal (see H.R. 487), H463 [12FE]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 965), H1460 [27FE]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H9614 [16OC]

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

National security: encourage the development of regional comprehensive emergency and disaster preparedness, coordination, and recovery plans (see H.R. 3274), H9375 [8OC]

National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 280), H9215 [2OC]

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]

Office of Technology Assessment: reestablish (see H.R. 125), H323 [5FE]

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

Power resources: prohibit unethical acts, increase penalties for certain illegal acts, provide for audit trails and transparency in electric and natural gas markets, and expand FERC authority to order refunds of certain rates (see H.R. 1272), H1901 [13MR]

Privacy: protect and enhance consumer privacy (see H.R. 1636), H2821 [3AP]

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), H4131 [14MY]

Public utilities: improve reliability of electric transmission system (see H.R. 3004), H7948 [4SE]

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.: tribute to relationship with motorsports and contributions to the sport of stock-car racing (see H. Res. 353), H7839 [3SE]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 713), H5366 [12JN]

Research: promote among universities, the public sector, and private enterprise (see H.R. 2391), H5088 [9JN]

Roads and highways: increase minimum State allocations provided for use in carrying out certain highway programs (see H.R. 2208), H4734 [22MY]

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), H10237 [30OC]

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), H7169 [18JY]

———expand or add coverage of pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3293), H9982 [28OC]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 531), H3571 [30AP]

———improve benefit computation formula for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 63), H7169 [18JY]

———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. 515), H268 [31JA]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H7020 [16JY]

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), H6868 [15JY]

Space policy: restore a vision for the human space flight program by instituting a series of incremental goals to facilitate scientific exploration of the universe (see H.R. 3057), H8285 [16SE]

Sports: recognize evolution and importance of motorsports (see H. Con. Res. 320), H11360 [17NO]

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), H8383 [17SE]

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

Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (see H.R. 2325), H4976 [4JN]

———allow a recovery period for depreciation of motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 2900), H9377 [8OC]

———allow a refundable credit for certain Medicare premiums (see H.R. 66), H7169 [18JY]

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

———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), H392 [11FE]

———creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction (see H.R. 740), H461 [12FE]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 442), H4739 [22MY]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 49), H5267 [11JN]

———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), H3857 [8MY]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H11651 [19NO]

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

———regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 3220), H9129 [1OC]

Telecommunications: facilitate reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users (see H.R. 1320), H1953 [18MR]

———safeguard the rights and expectations of consumers who lawfully obtain digital entertainment (see H.R. 1066), H1515 [4MR]

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

———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), H4012 [13MY]

Tobacco products: eliminate quotas and price supports, provide transition assistance for producers, protect markets, quality, and availability, and establish a trust fund to finance such actions (see H.R. 3160), H8904 [24SE]

———make leaf tobacco eligible under the Market Access Program (see H.R. 1091), H1640 [5MR]

———prohibit the anticipated extreme reduction in the national marketing quotas for flue-cured and burley tobacco (see H.R. 3500), H11652 [19NO]

———replace existing tobacco program with programs designed to assist producers, compensate quota holders for the loss of quota asset value, and assist producers who forgo obtaining a production license (see H.R. 245), H134 [8JA]

Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act: exempt small trailer manufacturers from certain reporting requirements (see H.R. 1137), H4876 [3JN]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 17), H52 [7JA]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program and improve the unemployment insurance system (see H.R. 3244), H9813 [21OC]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1796), H3352 [11AP]

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H9282 [7OC]

———improve access to health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 2379), H9130 [1OC]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H3637 [1MY]

Virginia: designate certain counties and a city as part of Appalachian region (see H.R. 360), H170 [27JA]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 20), H274 [4FE]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Flag—U.S.: protect (see H.R. 2162), H4367 [20MY]

FTC: classify advertising or sale of a mislabeled copy-protected music disc as an unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act or practice (see H.R. 107), H55 [7JA]

Insurance: provide premium assistance for COBRA continuation coverage for certain individuals and permit States to provide temporary Medicaid coverage for certain uninsured individuals (see H.R. 256), H135 [8JA]

Remarks

Armed Forces: U.S. policy on use against Iraq, E401 [7MR]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 975), H1992 [19MR]

Coal: develop and implement advanced clean coal technology programs and provide tax incentives to implement such programs at coal-based electricity generating facilities, H11409 [18NO]

Courts: broaden category of class action cases that would stay in State court, H5287, H5295 [12JN]

———expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 1115), H5287, H5295 [12JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2799), H7282 [22JY]

FCC: prohibit funding to implement new media ownership rules, H7282 [22JY]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (H.R. 1036), H2971 [9AP]

FTC: classify advertising or sale of a mislabeled copy-protected music disc as an unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act or practice (H.R. 107), E19-E21 [8JA]

House of Representatives: history and rules of the Private Calendar, E2299 [17NO]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3088, H3240 [10AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H11409 [18NO]

———prohibit unethical acts, increase penalties for certain illegal acts, provide for audit trails and transparency in electric and natural gas markets, and expand FERC authority to order refunds of certain rates, H3240 [10AP]