PETERSON, JOHN E. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), H8047 [9SE]

FAA: reauthorize programs (H.R. 2115), H5233 [11JN]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3246 [10AP]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2660, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H9166 [2OC]

———H.R. 2691, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H9073 [1OC]

———H.R. 2754, energy and water development appropriations, H8879 [24SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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

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]

Animals: prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal lands (see H.R. 1472), H4739 [22MY]

———prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal lands, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1472), H6707 [14JY]

Armed Forces: exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see H.R. 2998), H8176 [10SE]

———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), H9130 [1OC]

———issue commemorative postage stamp in remembrance of victims of peacekeeping mission in Beirut, Lebanon (see H. Res. 45), H245 [29JA]

———protect members who terminate certain consumer and real estate residential purchase contracts or lease agreements entered into before change of station or deployment orders (see H.R. 3357), H12922 [8DE]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H9687 [17OC]

Blackwell, Lucien E.: tribute (see H. Res. 169), H2586 [1AP]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H3975 [9MY]

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see H.R. 1005), H1463 [27FE]

Chesapeake Bay: provide assistance for nutrient removal practices to States in the watershed (see H.R. 568), H319 [5FE]

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), H8174 [10SE]

Coast Guard: prohibit a vessel with a ballast water tank from entering the Great Lakes if a certain capacity of the tank contains ballast water (see H.R. 3122), H11359 [17NO]

Colleges and universities: adoption of an Academic Bill of Rights to secure the intellectual independence of faculty members and students and to protect the principle of intellectual diversity (see H. Con. Res. 318), H12321 [25NO]

Computers: expand computer and telecommunications advancements in rural areas (see H.R. 138), H463 [12FE]

Courts: modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2028), H3856 [8MY]

Credit cards: prevent abuse of Government credit cards (see H.R. 3329), H12311 [21NO]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 1755), H3303 [10AP]

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 1997), H3760 [7MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct a loan repayment program regarding the provision of veterinary services in shortage situations (see H.R. 1367), H3355 [11AP]

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), H9377 [8OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow claimants for benefits to pay fees for attorney services during any stage of the claims process (see H.R. 3492), H11358 [17NO]

———dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners when Dept. of Veterans Affairs physicians are unavailable (see H.R. 240), H1642 [5MR]

———establish a national cemetery for veterans in southeastern Pennsylvania (see H.R. 1516), H5664 [19JN]

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), H2472 [27MR]

———create the Federal crime of eco-terrorism (see H.R. 3307), H11393 (see H.R. 3307), H11516 [18NO]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H5364 [12JN] (see H.R. 57), H323 [5FE]

Education: establish a vocational and technical education grant program (see H.R. 2762), H10340 [4NO]

———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]

Employment: provide compensatory time for private sector employees (see H.R. 1119), H3453 [29AP]

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), H4131 [14MY]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 931), H3453 [29AP]

FAA: enhance Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 2077), H4011 [13MY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood (see H.R. 1943), H5268 [11JN]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 56), H7455 [23JY]

FCC: prohibit from requiring digitial television tuners in television receivers (see H.R. 426), H1812 [12MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to new animal drugs (see H.R. 2079), H4788 [2JN]

Financial institutions: encourage a strong community-based banking system (see H.R. 2341), H4977 [4JN]

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: 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]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 4), H4206 [15MY]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H10458 [5NO]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 46), H3052 [9AP]

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

Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5), H317 [5FE]

Immigration: limit issuance of student and diversity immigrant visas to aliens who are nationals of Saudi Arabia, countries that support terrorism, or countries not cooperating fully with U.S. antiterrorism efforts (see H.R. 488), H328 [7FE]

———prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 687), H8175 [10SE]

———prohibit Federal agencies from accepting State identification documents issued to nonimmigrant aliens that expire after the expiration of the aliens' nonimmigrant visas (see H.R. 655), H1642 [5MR]

Iraq: provide for recovery, restitution, and protection of cultural heritage (see H.R. 2009), H4132 [14MY]

James R. Merry Post Office Building, Linesville, PA: designate (see H.R. 981), H1461 [27FE]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: limit use of available funds for maintenance (see H.R. 1517), H3975 [9MY]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 300), H3452 [29AP]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H3052 [9AP]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H10978 [6NO]

Medicare: 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]

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

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1125), H5089 [9JN]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1580), H2819 [3AP]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress (see H.R. 2386), H5045 [5JN]

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]

National Visiting Nurse Association Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 54), H1333 [25FE]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 898), H3857 [8MY]

Parks and recreation areas: improve recreational facilities and visitor opportunities on Federal recreational lands by reinvesting receipts from fair and consistent recreational fees and passes (see H.R. 3283), H9376 [8OC]

Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans and promote investment advice (see H.R. 1000), H1462 [27FE]

Public lands: establish time limits for completion of wilderness studies on Federal lands (see H.R. 1153), H1680 [6MR]

———provide consistent enforcement authority by Federal agencies that respond to violations of regulations governing public lands, and clarify the purpose of fines collected for violations (see H.R. 3247), H11159 [14NO]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 713), H7839 [3SE]

Reagan, Ronald: provide for dime coins to bear likeness (see H.R. 3633), H12321 [25NO]

Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 2045), H9614 [16OC]

Robert A. Borski Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 2328), H4977 [4JN]

Roberto Clemente Walker Post Office Building, Carolina, PR: designate (see H.R. 2826), H7453 [23JY]

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

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

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 2404), H5173 [10JN]

Ryan, Matthew J.: tribute (see H. Res. 178), H2822 [3AP]

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

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 660), H389 [11FE]

SMART Research and Development Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 2026), H3761 [7MY]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 173), H3304 [10AP]

———improve patient safety (see H.R. 877), H1331 [25FE]

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1730), H4205 [15MY]

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), H4788 [2JN]

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

Taxation: accelerate elimination of the marriage penalty (see H.R. 759), H698 [13FE]

———allow a business credit for donations for vocational educational purposes (see H.R. 2763), H10340 [4NO]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 583), H1902 [13MR]

———allow an income tax credit to holders of bonds issued to finance land and water reclamation of abandoned mine land areas (see H.R. 419), H3053 [9AP]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 927), H2312 [25MR]

———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), H3637 [1MY]

———expand rules for involuntary conversions of livestock sold due to weather-related conditions (see H.R. 478), H243 [29JA]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 49), H2515 [31MR]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 235), H3974 [9MY]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H3637 [1MY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 571), H6348 [8JY]

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

———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (see H.R. 7), H3760 (see H.R. 7), H3762 [7MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (see H.R. 459), H324 [5FE]

———treatment of bonds originally issued to finance governmental facilities used for essential governmental functions (see H.R. 1076), H4205 [15MY]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1310), H12311 [21NO]

Terrorism: increase criminal penalties relative to terrorist murders and deny Federal benefits to terrorists (see H.R. 2934), H8284 [16SE]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 753), H462 [12FE]

Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act: exempt small trailer manufacturers from certain reporting requirements (see H.R. 1137), H3975 [9MY]

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

U.N. Conference on Disarmament: election of Iraq as chairman (see H. Con. Res. 29), H392 [11FE]

Unemployment: provide additional weeks of benefits to exhaustees, modify the trigger used in determining eligibility for second-tier benefits, and provide an extension of the temporary extended unemployment program (see H.R. 682), H390 [11FE]

Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 1798), H9982 [28OC]

Veterans: improve access to health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 2379), H5665 [19JN]

———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), H1642 [5MR]

Victor J. Saracini Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Horsham, PA: designate (see H.R. 1128), H1679 [6MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a visitor center (see H.R. 1442), H2704 [2AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Medicaid: permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1406), H2269 [20MR]

Oil Region National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 1862), H3451 [29AP]

Pennsylvania: conveyance of certain National Forest System lands and improvements (see H.R. 3514), H11391 (see H.R. 3514), H11514 [18NO]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H7171 [21JY]

Letters

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: Edward G. Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania, H12252 [21NO]

Remove cost-sharing burden of small airports receiving essential air services: several Representatives, H9960, H9961 [28OC]

———several Senators, H9960 [28OC]

Remarks

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H3036, H3037, H3038 [9AP]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), H7035, H7089 [17JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), conference report, H10198 [30OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), H6502 [10JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2660), motion to instruct conferees, H10433 [5NO], H11624, H11625 [19NO]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), H8048 [9SE]

Education: funding, H6502 [10JY]

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

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2754), conference report, H11401 [18NO]

FAA: Essential Air Service Program funding, H8048 [9SE]

———reauthorize programs (H.R. 2115), H5233, H5235 [11JN]

———reauthorize programs (H.R. 2115), recommittal of conference report (H. Res. 377), H9960 [28OC]

———remove co-payments from Essential Air Service communities relative to distance from a hub, H5233, H5235 [11JN]

———remove cost-sharing burden of small airports receiving essential air services funding, H9960 [28OC]

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), H4313, H4320 [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, H12165 [21NO]

Forest Service: hemlock wooly adelgid eradication research funding, H4313 [20MY]

———prohibit funding to implement changes to roadless areas protection regulations, H7089 [17JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H10433 [5NO]

LIHEAP: funding using Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration bonus payments, H3246, H3247, H3248 [10AP]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H12252 [21NO]

National Aviation Heritage Area: establish (H.R. 280), H11457 [18NO]

National Visiting Nurse Association Week: establish (H. Con. Res. 54), H1482 [4MR], E276 [25FE]

Oil Region National Heritage Area: establish, H11457 [18NO]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3036, H3037, H3038 [9AP], H3246, H3247, H3248 [10AP]

———national energy policy, H2568 [1AP]

Public lands: limit Recreation Fee Demonstration Program to National Park Service areas, H7035 [17JY]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and improve programs (H.R. 2535), H9766 [21OC]

Rogers, Fred M.: tribute (H. Res. 111), H1485 [4MR]

Taxation: rates, H6502 [10JY]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), H4620 [22MY]

Votes: position on missed, H4716 [22MY], H5438 [17JN], H10081 [29OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2701 [2AP]