WALDEN, GREG (a Representative from Oregon)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), H7020 [16JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act, H10469 [6NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agricultural Adjustment Act: amend to add pears and cherries to the list of fruits and vegetables subject to regulation in a marketing order by grade, size, quality, or maturity (see H.R. 3312), H9613 [16OC]

Agriculture: issue commemorative postage stamp to honor U.S. farm women (see H. Res. 42), H7950 [4SE]

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

Armed Forces: allow members to sue the U.S. for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care (see H.R. 2128), H4204 [15MY]

———exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see H.R. 2998), H8083 [9SE]

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

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 58), H3683 [6MY]

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), H1642 [5MR]

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

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

China, Republic of: negotiation of a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 98), H5469 [17JN]

Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 732), H460 [12FE]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (see H.R. 2214), H5664 [19JN] (see H.R. 2515), H5551 [18JN]

Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon: anniversary of Federal recognition (see H. Con. Res. 341), H12310 [21NO]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 996), H8217 [11SE]

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see H.R. 2723), H9738 [20OC]

———divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see H.R. 1033), H1464 [27FE]

———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2028), H4788 [2JN]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.J. Res. 48), H3303 [10AP]

Cruz, Celia: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3109), H11652 [19NO]

DEA: anniversary (see H. Res. 412), H10131 [29OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: organic food standards relative to livestock and dairy production (see H.R. 955), H2473 [27MR]

Dept. of HHS: take action to remove dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids from the market (see H. Res. 435), H10978 [6NO]

Dept. of the Interior: acquire the McLoughlin House National Historic Site in Oregon City, OR, and include it as unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 733), H460 [12FE]

———provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (see H.R. 119), H463 [12FE]

Douglas County, OR: conveyance of certain BLM lands (see H.R. 514), H268 [31JA]

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

Ecology and environment: condemn actions by the Earth Liberation Front (organization) and ecological terrorists (see H. Con. Res. 126), H5175 [10JN]

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

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H1514 [4MR]

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), H5366 [12JN]

———raise awareness, and create educational programs, concerning eating disorders (see H.R. 873), H7086 [17JY]

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

Families and domestic relations: require certain family planning projects and programs provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 1229), H8083 [9SE]

FCC: ensure expeditious access by consumers to terrestrial digital television services (see H.R. 2825), H7788 [25JY]

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

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids (see H.R. 1075), H1515 [4MR]

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

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), H138 [8JA]

Fire prevention: improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (see H.R. 1904), H3634 [1MY]

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

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 4), H4132 [14MY]

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

FTC: ratify authority for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (see H.R. 3161), H8950 [25SE]

Hazardous substances: prevent inhalant abuse (see H.R. 2873), H7616 [24JY]

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 1083), H12311 [21NO]

———establish system of health insurance certificates to increase the number of Americans with health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2698), H6602 [10JY]

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

Home Investment Partnerships Act: provide downpayment assistance (see H.R. 1276), H4368 [20MY]

Hunger: encourage support of U.S. hunger relief organizations (see H. Res. 261), H9215 [2OC]

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), H9812 [21OC]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1749), H5367 [12JN]

Interstate commerce: clarify jurisdiction over digital transactions of goods and services on the Internet (see H.R. 945), H1395 [26FE]

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), H11651 [19NO]

Korea, Republic of: ensure U.S. trade actions relative to semiconductor trade do not result in geopolitical tensions or U.S. job losses (see H. Con. Res. 124), H2472 [27MR]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H172 [27JA]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H12922 [8DE]

Medicare: consolidate and restate Federal laws relative to social health maintenance organization projects, make such projects permanent, and require a study on ways to expand such projects (see H.R. 983), H2402 [26MR]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 937), H4205 [15MY]

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

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

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

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), H5045 [5JN]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 898), H5267 [11JN]

———improve services and facilities of Federal Indian health programs and encourage maximum participation of Indians in such programs (see H.R. 2440), H6349 [8JY]

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

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 713), H5267 [11JN]

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

Robertson, George I.M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3263), H10340 [4NO]

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), H3572 [30AP]

Shipping industry: require inspection of cargo destined for the U.S. (see H.R. 1392), H2269 [20MR]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H4204 [15MY]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 583), H2473 [27MR]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 927), H2473 [27MR]

———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), H4368 [20MY]

———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 584), H320 [5FE]

———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), H7787 [25JY]

———assist individuals who have lost their 401(k) savings to make additional retirement savings through individual retirement account contributions (see H.R. 2240), H4735 [22MY]

———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 50), H6465 [9JY]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 1742), H5046 [5JN]

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

———expand renewable resources production tax credit to include additional forms of renewable energy and expand investment tax credit to include equipment used to produce electricity from renewable resources (see H.R. 991), H1955 [18MR]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 49), H138 [8JA]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from biomass (see H.R. 804), H1467 [27FE]

———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), H6869 [15JY]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H2939 [8AP]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H4528 [21MY]

———provide for a tax deferral on gain from the sale of certain telecommunications businesses or tax incentives to promote ownership diversity (see H.R. 2044), H3972 [9MY]

———provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (see H.R. 302), H5089 [9JN]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 2957), H10457 [5NO]

———repeal occupational taxes on manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 786), H2586 [1AP]

———require child support delinquent parents to include their unpaid obligation in gross income and allow custodial parents a deduction for unpaid child support (see H.R. 262), H135 [8JA]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H2312 [25MR]

———treatment of certain mobile machinery (see H.R. 3246), H9213 [2OC]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1310), H4205 [15MY]

Trucking industry: hours of service requirements for commercial drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies (see H.R. 871), H3305 [10AP]

U.N.: convene war crimes tribunal to punish human rights abuses by Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi officials (see H. Res. 118), H1466 [27FE]

———withhold U.S. contributions to any commission, organization, or affiliated agency that is chaired or presided over by a country that has supported terrorism (see H.R. 800), H3974 [9MY]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 2185), H4740 [22MY] (see H.R. 3270), H9375 [8OC]

University of Portland: tribute to women's soccer team (see H. Res. 41), H244 [29JA]

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H4976 [4JN]

———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), H2703 [2AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agricultural Adjustment Act: remove requirement that processors be members of an agency administering a marketing order applicable to pears (see H.R. 2984), H7785 [25JY]

Bureau of Reclamation: conduct a water resource feasibility study for the Little Butte/Bear Creek Subbasins in Oregon (see H.R. 3210), H9032 [30SE]

Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act: amend to establish a program using geospatial and information management technologies to inventory, monitor, characterize, assess, and identify forest stands and potential forest stands (see H.R. 3566), H11701 [20NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: sell the Bend Pine Nursery Administration Site in Oregon (see H.R. 3505), H11359 [17NO]

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

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

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]

Forest Counties Payments Committee: extend (see H.R. 3249), H9218 [3OC]

Patents: clarify application of certain provisions relative to railroad cars (see H.R. 1946), H3636 [1MY]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: establish an alternative trigger for determining if an extended benefit period is in effect for a State for purposes of certain benefits (see H.R. 3487), H11159 [14NO]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2859), H7649, H7650 [25JY]

Chambers of commerce: acknowledge contributions to improve communities and strengthen local and regional economies (H. Con. Res. 215), H6666 [14JY]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1950), E1506 [18JY]

Dept. of the Interior: clarify responsibilities of BLM in providing normal access to private inholdings in Steens Mountain Cooperative Management Area, H6962 [16JY]

———settlement of claims relative to Indian trust funds, E2286 [7NO]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), H6962 [16JY], H7034, H7044, H7046, H7090 [17JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), conference report, E2286 [7NO]

FEMA: funding, H7649, H7650 [25JY]

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), H4299, H4315 [20MY]

———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, H12166 [21NO]

———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 rpt. consideration (H. Res. 457), H12115 [21NO]

———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), consideration (H. Res. 239), H4283 [20MY]

———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), motion to instruct conferees, H10466 [6NO]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2800), H7414 [23JY]

Forest Counties Payments Committee: extend (H.R. 3249), H9846 [28OC]

Forest Service: prohibit funding to implement changes to roadless areas protection regulations, H7090 [17JY]

FTC: ratify authority for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (H.R. 3161), H8919 [25SE]

Harley-Davidson Motor Co.: anniversary (H. Res. 296), H6668, H6669 [14JY]

Heppner, OR: anniversary of flood, E1231 [11JN]

Indonesia: make international military education and training program funding contingent on cooperation with U.S. efforts to combat terrorism and investigate terrorist attacks, H7414 [23JY], E1506 [18JY]

Klamath Basin: prohibit the renewal of certain agricultural leases permitting the growing of alfalfa or row crops, H7044, H7046 [17JY]

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

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H12263 [21NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), motion to instruct conferees, H6665 [14JY], H8885 [24SE]

National Marrow Donor Program: support bone marrow donor programs and encourage education in the importance of bone marrow donation (H. Con. Res. 206), H12157 [21NO]

Nyssa, OR: anniversary, E1596 [25JY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3241 [10AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), motion to instruct conferees, H7926 [4SE]

———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, H3241 [10AP]

Public lands: limit Recreation Fee Demonstration Program to National Park Service areas, H7034 [17JY]

Public utilities: improve reliability of electric transmission system, H7926 [4SE]

Salem, OR: tribute to South Salem High School Athletic Hall of Fame inductees, E1956 [2OC]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, H8201 [11SE]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), H4616, H4617 [22MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2512 [31MR], H9279 [7OC]

Special order: granted, H3680 [6MY], H7222 [21JY]

Tributes

Bailey, Dick, E498 [18MR]

Benton, Samantha, E1097 [2JN]

Krabill, Ryan, E50 [8JA]

Lage, Edward R., Jr., H3737 [7MY]

Lamoreau, Garron, E589 [26MR]

Norris, Chuck, E588 [26MR]

Skinner, Bob, Jr., E2259 [6NO]

Stanford, Greg, E51 [8JA]

Stonebrink, Glen, E2262 [6NO]

Willard, Joel, E1400 [27JN]