STUPAK, BART (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2859), H7619 [24JY]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9622 [17OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (H.R. 1559), H2792 [3AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 160), H138 (see H.R. 307), H137 [8JA]

American Dental Association: tribute to Give Kids a Smile program, emphasize need to improve access to dental care for children, and thank dentists for volunteering their time to help provide needed dental care (see H. Res. 136), H4012 [13MY]

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: commend regular and reserve components, express concern for safety and security, and ensure that reserve components are provided the same equipment as regular components (see H. Con. Res. 335), H12922 [8DE]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2569), H10340 [4NO]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 742), H7618 [24JY]

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), H3571 [30AP]

Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2879), H7616 [24JY]

Birth Defects Prevention Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 398), H217 [28JA]

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

Bush, President: renegotiate extradition treaty with Mexico so possibility of capital punishment or life imprisonment will not interfere with the extradition of criminal suspects (see H. Con. Res. 93), H4978 [4JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see H.R. 342), H169 [27JA]

Children and youth: amend State grant eligibility for foster care agencies that have knowledge of missing foster children who are under the responsibility of the State (see H.R. 2582), H8083 [9SE]

———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), H12311 [21NO]

China, People's Republic of: urge fair resolution of claims of U.S. citizens who hold defaulted Chinese Government bonds (see H. Con. Res. 60), H5367 [12JN]

———withdraw normal trade relations status (see H.R. 3228), H10130 [29OC]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H11702 [20NO]

Computers: encourage use of web-based enrollment systems in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1633), H2821 [3AP]

———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]

Corporations: prevent corporate auditors from providing tax shelter services to their audit clients (see H.R. 3599), H12307 [21NO]

———review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal subsidies (see H.R. 2153), H4254 [19MY]

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

Dept. of Defense: prioritize transfer of excess personal property to the Forest Service Federal Excess Personal Property Program in order to be loaned to rural fire departments (see H.R. 1311), H2515 [31MR]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 34), H52 [7JA]

Dept. of HHS: modify treatment categories for qualification as a rehabilitation hospital for purposes of reimbursement under the Medicare prospective payment system (see H.R. 2246), H5714 [23JN]

Dept. of Justice: provide funds to northern border States to reimburse county and municipal governments for costs associated with certain criminal activities (see H.R. 1238), H1811 [12MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow payment of certain benefits to begin effective the day in which hospitalization or treatment begins (see H.R. 3344), H12311 [21NO]

———dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 709), H1396 [26FE] (see H.R. 998), H7454 [23JY]

———prohibit implementation of any Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services Commission recommendation for one year following submission (see H.R. 3440), H12312 [21NO]

———provide benefits to individuals with spina bifida who are children of Vietnam veterans that were exposed to a herbicide agent (see H.R. 533), H2703 [2AP]

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

Detroit Shock (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 392), H9377 [8OC]

Diseases: prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 1916), H8083 [9SE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H12311 [21NO]

Drugs: establish an electronic system for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 3015), H8083 [9SE]

———establish fairer pricing for prescription drugs for individuals without access to discounted prices (see H.R. 1694), H3051 [9AP]

Ecology and environment: provide assistance to communities for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 1334), H2312 [25MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: freeze and repeal portions of the tax reduction and apply savings to a comprehensive Medicare outpatient prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 2514), H5929 [25JN]

———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), H5664 [19JN]

———increase maximum Pell Grant amount (see H. Res. 144), H5665 [19JN]

———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 236), H5366 [12JN]

———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 26), H172 [27JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 932), H2271 [20MR]

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2394), H5665 [19JN]

Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2881), H7616 [24JY]

Employment: protect rights of employees to receive overtime compensation (see H.R. 2665), H8176 [10SE]

EPA: enforcement of Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada relative to importation of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 411), H217 [28JA]

———provide additional authority to the Office of Ombudsman (see H.R. 347), H3354 [11AP]

ERISA: joint trusteeship of single-employer pension plans (see H.R. 323), H137 [8JA]

———provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H7086 [17JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood (see H.R. 1943), H9687 [17OC]

FDA: withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 3453), H10977 [6NO]

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), H3763 [7MY]

Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 2260), H5929 [25JN]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1829), H5367 [12JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 962), H8216 [11SE]

Finger Lakes National Forest: prohibit oil and natural gas drilling (see H.R. 752), H462 [12FE]

Fire prevention: allow Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to enter into agreements with Federal agencies to acquire goods and services relative to improving or using the wildfire fighting capability of those agencies (see H.R. 1061), H2515 [31MR]

———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: improve the national instant criminal background check system (see H.R. 3237), H9213 [2OC]

———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]

Focus—HOPE (organization): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 295), H9281 [7OC]

Ford Motor Co.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 100), H1954 [18MR] (see H. Res. 100), H1396 [26FE]

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), H3683 [6MY]

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see H.R. 2365), H10457 [5NO]

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

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

Government: prohibit from entering into contracts with companies that do not include certifications for certain financial reports (see H.R. 746), H461 [12FE]

Government regulations: require agencies to take into consideration the impact of newly promulgated rules on the privacy of individuals (see H.R. 338), H8175 [10SE]

Grand Valley State University: tribute to football team (see H. Res. 13), H60 [7JA]

Great Lakes: develop, implement, monitor, and report on a series of indicators of water quality and related environmental factors (see H.R. 2668), H6604 [10JY]

———provide for environmental restoration (see H.R. 2720), H6706 [14JY]

Health: improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (see H.R. 663), H1642 [5MR]

———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), H6264 [26JN]

———reduce price of prescription drugs purchased by States for its employees, retirees, and pharmaceutical assistance beneficiaries (see H.R. 3662), H12918 [8DE]

———reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing products (see H.R. 2277), H8176 [10SE]

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

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 2239), H12921 [8DE]

Higher Education Act: permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 2711), H9982 [28OC]

Independent Commission on Intelligence About Iraq: establish (see H.R. 2625), H7787 [25JY]

Indian Health Service: elevate position of Director to Assistant Sec. of HHS for Indian Health (see H.R. 151), H2132 [19MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1094), H3858 [8MY]

Insurance: guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 1205), H1745 [11MR]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 1910), H5815 [24JN]

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

Iron and steel industry: reinstate safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H.R. 3699), H12920 [8DE]

IRS: discourage payment of Federal tax collection services through a commission or as a percentage of taxes collected (see H. Con. Res. 213), H6465 [9JY]

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

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1043), H8175 [10SE]

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), H3053 [9AP]

———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), H9129 [1OC]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H4011 [13MY]

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

Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: clarify exemption for recreational vessel support employees (see H.R. 1329), H1953 [18MR]

———clarify exemption for recreational vessel support employees, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1329), H5046 [5JN]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H11392 (see H.R. 2768), H11516 [18NO]

McPherson, Peter: tribute (see H. Res. 405), H9687 [17OC]

Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 2032), H5929 [25JN]

Medicare: coverage of diabetic foot sore apparatus as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1295), H7787 [25JY]

———coverage of drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 1032), H5714 [23JN]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 1225), H5815 [24JN]

———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), H2268 [20MR]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 33), H138 [8JA]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see H.R. 1340), H4205 [15MY]

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

———promote access to health care services in rural areas (see H.R. 830), H1467 [27FE]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural areas (see H.R. 1675), H3684 [6MY]

———protect and strengthen beneficiaries' access to quality health care in rural areas (see H. Res. 267), H5174 [10JN]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 745), H4204 [15MY]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1400), H2823 [3AP]

———reform payment method for covered drugs, drug administration services, and chemotherapy support services (see H.R. 1622), H5714 [23JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1125), H5046 [5JN]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments (see H.R. 41), H274 [4FE]

———treatment of certain physician pathology services (see H.R. 1963), H6348 [8JY]

———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2361), H5367 [12JN]

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

———require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 3355), H9811 [21OC]

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]

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

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

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 1102), H2703 [2AP]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 265), H7785 [25JY]

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

National Civic League: tribute to communities selected to receive the All-America City Award (see H. Con. Res. 230), H5928 [25JN]

National security: authorize appropriations for border and transportation security personnel and technology (see H.R. 1096), H1640 [5MR]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 2193), H5664 [19JN]

———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]

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), H9130 [1OC]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 898), H5408 [16JN]

———clarify citizenship eligibility for certain members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona (see H.R. 731), H3304 [10AP]

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

No Child Left Behind Act: suspend certain amendments that are not fully funded (see H.R. 2366), H12311 [21NO]

Organ Pipe National Monument: designate the Kris Eggle Memorial Visitors' Center (see H.R. 1577), H4012 [13MY]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 231), H4011 [13MY]

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

Pensions: protect employee benefits in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements that apply to conversion of pension plans to cash balance plans (see H.R. 1677), H3053 [9AP]

Petroleum: authorize construction and operation of regional gasoline reserves for use during acute price increases resulting from accidents or other physical disruptions to regional supplies of gasoline (see H.R. 3023), H9131 [1OC]

Pope John Paul II: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 313), H9981 [28OC]

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), H1903 [13MR]

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

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 713), H4978 [4JN]

Rite of Passage Community Service Program: establish (see H.R. 2125), H6264 [26JN]

Roads and highways: establish programs to enhance roadway safety and improve transportation efficiency (see H.R. 288), H3762 [7MY]

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

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see H.R. 1900), H8382 [17SE]

Rogers, Fred M.: tribute (see H. Res. 111), H1466 [27FE]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 234), H134 [8JA] (see H.R. 534), H318 [5FE]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2262), H5714 [23JN]

Sewage disposal: sewer overflow control grants appropriations (see H.R. 784), H700 [13FE]

Ships and vessels: accelerate requirement that tankers carrying oil in bulk as cargo must be equipped with a double hull (see H.R. 880), H2586 [1AP]

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: expansion (see H.R. 408), H217 [28JA]

Small business: provide emergency assistance to non-farm small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from the effects of drought (see H.R. 565), H5267 [11JN]

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), H1396 [26FE]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 531), H1467 [27FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H320 [5FE]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to individuals whose benefits exceed certain levels (see H.R. 2011), H4740 [22MY]

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1730), H3301 [10AP]

Sports: congratulate Ohio State University and the University of Michigan on 100th football game and recognize rivalry as greatest sports rivalry in history (see H. Res. 460), H12312 [21NO]

Steel Industry National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 521), H274 [4FE]

Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see H.R. 1828), H4739 [22MY]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H2822 [3AP]

Tariff Act: expedite antidumping investigations when imports increase materially from new suppliers after an antidumping order and amend provisions on export prices and constructed export prices (see H.R. 2092), H4130 [14MY]

Taxation: 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), H2271 [20MR]

———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]

———expand availability of the refundable tax credit for health insurance costs of certain displaced steelworkers and extend the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see H.R. 1999), H3760 [7MY]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 442), H242 [29JA]

———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), H2312 [25MR]

———permit the deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to be allowed in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 1873), H8175 [10SE]

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

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H5664 [19JN]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H6264 [26JN]

———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), H1396 [26FE]

———provide tax credit to teachers in rural or high unemployment areas or who achieve National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification (see H.R. 3338), H12311 [21NO]

———reduce health insurance costs for family coverage of military reservists called to active duty (see H.R. 1466), H9214 [2OC]

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

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

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

———treatment of ground rent paid on land on which a qualified residence is located and which is allotted or Indian-owned land (see H.R. 1426), H3572 [30AP]

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

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), H5664 [19JN]

Transportation: establish programs to facilitate international and interstate trade (see H.R. 3112), H9615 [16OC]

———provide incentives to States for development of traffic safety programs to reduce crashes related to driver fatigue and sleep deprivation (see H.R. 968), H8284 [16SE]

U.S. Olympic Committee: amend Federal charter (see H.R. 3144), H8490 [23SE]

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), H12922 [8DE]

Veterans: continuation of dependency and indemnity compensation for the surviving spouse of a veteran if such spouse remarries after a certain age (see H.R. 36), H12921 [8DE]

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

———improve access to health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 2379), H7840 [3SE]

———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), H3637 [1MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H172 [27JA]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: study eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names and alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 2540), H7787 [25JY]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 20), H706 [13FE]

———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]

Weapons: require certain studies on the health effects of exposure to depleted uranium munitions and require cleanup and mitigation of contamination at sites of depleted uranium munition use and production (see H.R. 1483), H7839 [3SE]

World Trade Organization: disapprove report which concluded that U.S. safeguards on imports of certain steel products were in violation of certain agreements and call for reforms in dispute settlement system (see H. Res. 445), H11652 [19NO]

World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 476), H8175 [10SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: increase rate of basic pay for the uniformed services (see H.R. 3050), H8081 [9SE]

———increase rate of basic pay for the uniformed services and pay one-time bonus to members who served or serve in a combat zone in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom (see H.R. 3031), H8016 [5SE]

———pay one-time bonus to members who served or serve in a combat zone in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom (see H.R. 3051), H8081 [9SE]

Aviation: provide an apportionment to certain primary airports that had reduced passenger boardings due to the discontinuance of air carrier service (see H.R. 630), H322 [5FE]

Beaches: allow maintenance and grooming of certain areas (see H.R. 2687), H6464 [9JY]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 322), H7019 [16JY]

Canada: express appreciation for cooperation and friendship with the U.S. and offer congratulations on Canada Day celebration (see H. Res. 290), H5663 [19JN]

Corps of Engineers: carry out the Menominee Harbor, Menominee River dredging project (see H.R. 1817), H3353 [11AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: transfer certain land within the Ottawa National Forest to the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (see H.R. 2976), H7784 [25JY]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit purchase of certain steel or equipment, products, or systems made with steel that is not melted and poured in the U.S. (see H.R. 628), H322 [5FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish presumption of service connection for cold weather injuries received during military operations (see H.R. 631), H322 [5FE]

———make motor vehicle reimbursement rates for veterans comparable to reimbursement rates for Federal employees (see H.R. 632), H322 [5FE]

Education: extend student loan forgiveness to school adminstrators in low income areas (see H.R. 2892), H7617 [24JY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish requirements to allow sale of prescription drugs over the Internet (see H.R. 2652), H6263 [26JN]

Great Lakes Fishery Commission: investigate effects of migratory birds on sustained productivity of stocks of fish of common concern in the Great Lakes (see H.R. 2500), H5467 [17JN]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 2412), H5174 [10JN]

Immigration: extend the time period for the filing of applications for temporary labor certification (see H.R. 201), H59 [7JA]

Iron and steel industry: prohibit investment of loan proceeds in foreign steel companies and prohibit use of loan proceeds to import steel products from foreign countries that are subject to certain trade remedies (see H.R. 629), H322 [5FE]

Keweenaw National Historical Park: decrease matching funds requirement and authorize further appropriations (see H.R. 2411), H5174 [10JN]

Local government: require adoption of a health standard establishing a legal presumption that heart, lung, and respiratory disease are occupational diseases for public safety officers (see H.R. 3565), H11701 [20NO]

Mai Thi Thuy Nuong: relief (see H.R. 2713), H6603 [10JY]

Medicare: assure that enrollment in any prescription drug program is voluntary (see H.R. 635), H322 [5FE]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see H.R. 319), H137 [8JA]

———permanently increase payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 500), H244 [29JA]

———provide beneficiaries with access to prescription drugs at Federal Supply Schedule prices (see H.R. 634), H322 [5FE]

Michigan: permit Federal participation in construction projects for the Mackinac Bridge Authority (see H.R. 2893), H7617 [24JY]

Oscar G. Johnson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, Iron Mountain, MI: designate (see H.R. 633), H322 [5FE]

Roads and highways: install baby changing stations at public rest areas along Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 2977), H7784 [25JY]

———modify a high priority project in Michigan (see H.R. 2468), H5365 [12JN]

Safety: establish a permanent grant program to improve public safety communications and the interoperability of emergency communications equipment (see H.R. 3370), H9811 [21OC]

Securities: repeal certain laws that limit private securities actions (see H.R. 636), H322 [5FE]

Taxation: treatment of tax-exempt interest relative to Social Security benefits and income determination (see H.R. 202), H59 [7JA]

Remarks

Airlines: prohibit air carriers receiving Federal assistance from reducing services, H8058 [9SE]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2859), consideration (H. Res. 339), H7639 [25JY]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, H9002 [30SE], H9079 [1OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9487 [16OC], H9622 [17OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (H.R. 1559), H2792 [3AP]

Armed Forces: pay one-time bonus to members who served or serve in a combat zone in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom, H9487 [16OC], H9622 [17OC]

———pay one-time bonus to members who served or serve in a combat zone in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom (H.R. 3051), H8959, H9002 [30SE], H9079 [1OC]

Boyne City, MI: Michigan Economic Development Corp., Main Street Communities honoree, E1611 [25JY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), H2200 [20MR]

Calumet, MI: anniversary of Miscowaubik Club, E1614 [25JY]

———Michigan Economic Development Corp., Main Street Communities honoree, E1610 [25JY]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations and amending various laws administered by the Coast Guard (H.R. 2443), H10399, H10401 [5NO]

———automatic identification system funding, H10399 [5NO]

———review and adjustment of pilotage rates, H10399, H10401 [5NO]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (S. 877), H12197 [21NO]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2658), H6282 [8JY]

———require use of domestic products, H3658 [6MY]

Dept. of Energy: Gasoline Availability Stabilization Reserve Program funding, H3262 [10AP]

Dept. of HHS: promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs (H.R. 2427), E1617 [25JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), H6523 [10JY]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), H8058 [9SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2861), H7683 [25JY]

Diseases: ensure that organizations providing assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS are not disqualified from prevention programs due to a moral or religious objection to certain approaches, H3612 [1MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), H3612 [1MY]

EPA: enforcement of Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada relative to importation of municipal solid waste, H7683 [25JY]

FAA: remove cost-sharing burden of small airports receiving essential air services funding, H8059 [9SE]

Fair, Clinton: Upper Peninsula, MI, Labor Hall of Fame inductee, E730 [10AP]

FDA: provide authority to require certain research into drugs used in pediatric patients (S. 650), H11570 [19NO]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish requirements to allow sale of prescription drugs over the Internet (H.R. 2652), E1617 [25JY]

FEMA: funding, H7639 [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), E1071 [23MY]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), conference report, H12163 [21NO]

FTC: ratify authority for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (H.R. 3161), H8921 [25SE]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), E1618 [25JY]

Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), H1847 [13MR]

Iraq: prohibit funding for universal health care, H2792 [3AP], H6282 [8JY]

Ironwood, MI: anniversary of AARP chapter #556, E1328 [23JN]

Marquette, MI: tribute to American Legion Auxiliary Unit 44, E734 [11AP]

Marquette County, MI: National Civic League All-America City Award finalist, E1315 [20JN]

Medicare: ensure Medicare+Choice and Medicare Advantage payments attributable to disproportionate share hospitals are paid directly to such hospitals, E1907 [25SE]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), H6175 [26JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H12287 [21NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), motion to instruct conferees, E1907 [25SE]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 2473), H5399, H5404, H5405 [16JN]

Michigan: permit use of State apportioned Federal aid for rehabilitation of Mackinac Bridge, H8058 [9SE]

Michigan Agri-Business Association: anniversary, E1661 [25JY]

Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, H3193 [10AP]

National Civic League: tribute to communities selected to receive the All-America City Award (H. Con. Res. 230), H7182 [21JY]

National Nanotechnology Research and Development Program: establish (H.R. 766), H3721 [7MY]

Negaunee, MI: tribute to Negaunee High School football team, E94 [29JA]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 231), E1160 [5JN]

Pharmaceuticals: improve safety and efficacy for children, H11570 [19NO]

Pope John Paul II: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (H. Con. Res. 313), E2362 [20NO]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3193, H3262 [10AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), motion to instruct conferees, H7924 [4SE]

Public utilities: improve reliability of electric transmission system, H7924 [4SE]

Quick, Gary: Michigan's Upper Peninsula Labor Hall of Fame inductee, E736 [11AP]

Safety: establish a permanent grant program to improve public safety communications and the interoperability of emergency communications equipment (H.R. 3370), E2115 [21OC]

Saginaw Valley State University: anniversary, E2284 [7NO]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 534), consideration (H. Res. 105), H1402 [27FE]

———prohibit the cloning of humans while protecting stem cell research, H1402 [27FE]

Senior citizens: nutrition programs funding, H6523 [10JY]

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: expansion (H.R. 408), H9328 [8OC]

Soffredine, Ralph, E98 [29JA]

South Range, MI: anniversary, E1381 [27JN]

Spina Bifida Awareness Month: observance, E2065 [16OC]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery, H2200 [20MR]

Votes: correction, E1574 [23JY]

———position on missed, H10314 [4NO]

Women: support women's rights issues, H5465 [17JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1469 [3MR], H2856 [7AP], H4246 [19MY], H4365 [20MY], H9978 [28OC]

Special order: granted, H5925 [25JN], H7011 [16JY], H9031 [30SE], H9117 [1OC], H9208 [2OC]

Tributes

Arger, John N., E1143 [5JN]

Autore, Tony, E1866 [23SE]

Bovin, Doug, E91 [29JA]

Ewald, James (Chocks), E1454 [11JY]

Griffiths, Martha W., H5465 [17JN]

Johnson, Matt, E1196 [11JN]

Koivisto, Don, E97 [29JA]

Losey, Gerald, E2095 [20OC]

Lynch, Jerry D., E738 [11AP]

Roberts, David J., E941 [13MY]

Serena, Barbara C., E1533 [18JY]