CASTLE, MICHAEL N. (a Representative from Delaware)

Amendments

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1350), H3510 [30AP]

Appointments

Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission, H1305 [25FE]

Conferee: H.R. 1588, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6907 [16JY]

———H.R. 2622, National Consumer Credit Reporting System Improvement Act, H10515 [6NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H2823 [3AP]

———express appreciation for support by British Prime Minister of U.S. policy on use of Armed Forces in Iraq (see H. Res. 154), H2704 [2AP]

Briggs, Harry and Eliza: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9982 [28OC]

Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 258), H392 [11FE]

Coins: ensure continuity for the design of the 5-cent coin (see H.R. 258), H392 [11FE]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1684), H8175 [10SE]

Community Services Block Grant Act: provide for quality improvements (see H.R. 3030), H8016 [5SE]

Correctional institutions: prohibit use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts for inmates in Federal prisons (see H.R. 2296), H4787 [2JN]

Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judges (see H.R. 1112), H1678 [6MR] (see H.R. 1428), H2310 [25MR]

———establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of personal injury claims arising out of asbestos exposure (see H.R. 1114), H1678 [6MR]

———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2028), H4206 [15MY]

Credit: prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (see H.R. 2622), H6262 [26JN]

De Laine, Joseph A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9982 [28OC]

Dept. of Education: provide specific waiver authority to respond to a war or other military operation or national emergency (see H.R. 1412), H2587 [1AP]

Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 1614), H4368 [20MY]

Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 192), H58 [7JA]

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

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 962), H1903 [13MR]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 11), H51 [7JA]

Firearms: improve the national instant criminal background check system (see H.R. 3237), H9282 [7OC]

Fish and fishing: protect certain areas of the seafloor by establishing a maximum diameter size limit on rockhopper, roller, and all other groundgear used on bottom trawls (see H.R. 1690), H3051 [9AP]

Health: establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity (see H.R. 716), H460 [12FE]

———improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see H. Res. 142), H1956 [18MR]

———provide for a national health information infrastructure and data and communication standards for health information system interoperability (see H.R. 2915), H8284 [16SE]

———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), H8175 [10SE]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: provide downpayment assistance (see H.R. 1276), H1901 [13MR]

Homeland Security Act: amend (see H.R. 484), H243 [29JA]

Immigration: 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), H327 [7FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reduce paperwork for special education teachers (see H.R. 464), H242 [29JA]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H12921 [8DE]

Investments: improve transparency relative to fees and costs that mutual fund investors incur and improve corporate governance of mutual funds (see H.R. 2420), H10340 [4NO]

ITC: take certain actions relative to temporary safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1682 [6MR]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H11702 [20NO]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 589), H1516 [4MR]

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), H9615 [16OC]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H1955 [18MR]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H11146 [10NO]

Medicaid: revise and simplify the transitional medical assistance program (see H.R. 1744), H3302 [10AP]

Medicare: coverage of certain self-administered intramuscular and subcutaneous drugs (see H.R. 1956), H5175 [10JN]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1288), H1901 [13MR]

Mental health: establish State grant program to end practice of parents giving custody of emotionally disturbed children to State agencies to obtain mental health services (see H.R. 3243), H9213 [2OC]

———protect children and their parents from being coerced into administering psychotropic medication in order to attend school (see H.R. 1170), H1743 [11MR]

Messiah College: tribute to men's soccer team (see H. Res. 85), H705 [13FE]

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

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 13), H52 [7JA]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 204), H3452 [29AP]

National Park Service: establish the 225th Anniversary of the American Revolution Commemorative Program (see H.R. 2237), H10978 [6NO]

Pearson, Levi: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9982 [28OC]

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

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1105), H8217 [11SE]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see H.R. 1900), H8905 [24SE]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 2404), H11359 [17NO]

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

Shriver, Sargent: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 299), H10458 [5NO]

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

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

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), H6264 [26JN]

Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 806), H9812 [21OC]

———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), H5089 [9JN]

———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 50), H3304 [10AP]

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

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 2185), H4527 [21MY]

Vietnamese Conflict: tribute to POW and call for full accounting of unaccounted members of the Armed Forces (see H. Res. 62), H391 [11FE]

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

———reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 3350), H11134 [7NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: prevent teen pregnancy by encouraging teens to view adolescence as a time for education and growing-up and by educating teens about the negative consequences of early sexual activity (see H. Con. Res. 91), H1812 [12MR]

———reauthorize certain school lunch and child nutrition programs (see H.R. 3232), H9213 [2OC]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H9032 [30SE]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 2210), H4734 [22MY]

Health: encourage innovative school-based activities to help reduce and prevent obesity among children (see H.R. 2227), H4735 [22MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1350), H2131 [19MR]

Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (see H.R. 2392), H5088 [9JN]

———expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (see H.R. 547), H318 [5FE]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1787), H3351 [11AP]

Letters

Credit card issuers' prohibition from increasing a consumers interest rate based on credit information unrelated to transactions with the consumer: Alan Greenspan, FRS, H8155 [10SE]

Lists

Catholic schools operating in Delaware, H144 [27JA]

Lutheran schools in Delaware, H1479 [4MR]

Remarks

Amtrak: funding through reductions in Dept. of the Treasury funding, H7884 [4SE]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9517 [16OC]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, E793 [29AP]

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

———support members engaging in military action in Iraq and President Bush for his efforts as Commander in Chief (H. Con. Res. 104), E555 [24MR]

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

Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities funding, H6982 [16JY]

Bank One Corp.: Delaware Small Business Development Center Network Delaware Small Business Champion Award recipient, E130 [5FE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 975), H2054 [19MR]

———require corporations to file claims in the district where their principal place of business is located, H2054 [19MR]

Blevins, Patricia: Delaware Small Business Development Center Network Special Recognition Award recipient, E129 [5FE]

Buckley's Auto Care (business): Delaware Small Business Development Center Network Diamond Award recipient, E134 [5FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), conference report, E768 [12AP]

Children and youth: reauthorize certain school lunch and child nutrition programs (H.R. 3232), H9824, H9826 [28OC], E1966 [2OC]

———support efforts to promote greater awareness of the need for youth mentors and increased involvement with youth through mentoring (H. Res. 25), H149 [27JA]

Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee: establish (H.R. 258), H1354 [26FE]

Coins: ensure continuity for the design of the 5-cent coin (H.R. 258), H1354 [26FE]

Columbia (space shuttle): tribute to crew (H. Res. 51), H304 [5FE]

Corps of Engineers: Delaware River main channel deepening project funding, H7127, H7128 [18JY]

Credit: prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (H.R. 2622), H8122, H8131, H8147, H8154 [10SE]

Credit cards: prohibit issuers from increasing a consumers interest rate based on credit information unrelated to transactions with the consumer, H8154 [10SE]

Delaware: tribute to Delaware Volunteer Fireman's Association and Ladies' Auxiliary, E1794 [16SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), conference report, H11006 [7NO]

Dept. of the Interior: anniversary of National Wildlife Refuge System (H. Res. 173), H3428 [29AP]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), H6982 [16JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), H6566 [10JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2660), motion to instruct conferees, H10090 [29OC], H10434 [5NO], H11628 [19NO]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), H7881, H7884 [4SE]

Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (H.R. 192), H4034 [14MY]

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), H3583 [1MY]

Education: funding, H6388 [9JY]

———increase maximum Pell Grant amount, H11628 [19NO]

———increase student loan forgiveness to teachers in mathematics, science, and special education (H.R. 438), H6388 [9JY]

———tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 26), H143 [27JA]

———tribute to Lutheran schools, students, parents, teachers, administrators, and congregations for contributions to education (H. Res. 106), H1479, H1480 [4MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2754), H7127, H7128 [18JY]

Financial institutions: prevent Federal preemption of State financial privacy laws, H8147 [10SE]

Fire Prevention Week: observance, E1954 [2OC]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (H.R. 3204), E1919 [30SE]

German, Ryan: Delaware Young Entrepreneur award recipient, E856 [1MY]

Gwinn, Samuel W.: National 4-H Hall of Fame inductee, E362 [4MR]

Hawkins, Sally: Delaware Small Business Journalist Award recipient, E859 [1MY]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), H7544, H7552, H7589 [24JY], E1053 [22MY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), consideration (H. Res. 336), H7530 [24JY]

Health: encourage innovative school-based activities to help reduce and prevent obesity among children (H.R. 2227), E1067 [23MY]

Higher Education Act: enhance international education programs (H.R. 3077), H9759 [21OC]

———ensure graduate opportunities in postsecondary education (H.R. 3076), H9752 [21OC]

———reauthorize provisions relative to teacher preparation (H.R. 2211), H6372 [9JY]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: provide downpayment assistance (H.R. 1276), H9045 [1OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: define a free public education as enabling disabled children to access the general curriculum, H3513 [30AP]

———funding, H10434 [5NO]

———reauthorize (H.R. 1350), H3472, H3475, H3511, H3512, H3513, H3528, H3529 [30AP], E527 [20MR]

———reauthorize (H.R. 1350), consideration (H. Res. 206), H3460 [30AP]

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

———train school safety personnel and first responders to recognize autism spectrum disorders, H3528, H3529 [30AP]

Investments: improve transparency relative to fees and costs that mutual fund investors incur and improve corporate governance of mutual funds (H.R. 2420), H11540, H11545 [19NO]

Keegan, Katie and Jim: Catholic Charities Inc., of the Diocese of Wilmington Monsignor Thomas J. Reese award recipients, E280 [25FE]

Luppi, Mark: Mid-Atlantic Region and Delaware Financial Service Advocate Award recipient, E858 [1MY]

Mason Building Group, Inc.: Delaware Small Business Development Center Network Government Market Assistance Program Delaware Diamond Award recipient, E139 [6FE]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H12275 [21NO]

Miller, Mary E.: Delaware Small Business Development Center Network Special Family Business Longevity Award recipient, E131 [5FE]

Mitchell, Connie: Delaware Home-Based Business Advocate Award recipient, E856 [1MY]

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (H.R. 13), H8254 [16SE]

National Fire Prevention Week: observance, E1973 [2OC]

National Nanotechnology Research and Development Program: establish (H.R. 766), H3719 [7MY]

National School Lunch Act: fruit and vegetable pilot program funding (S. 870), H4024 [14MY]

No Child Left Behind Act: funding, H10090 [29OC]

———suspend certain penalties against schools that are not fully funded, H6566 [10JY]

Oludina, Olakunle: Delaware Minority Business Advocate Award recipient, E859 [1MY]

Pensions: change the 30-year treasury bond rate to a composite corporate rate (H.R. 3108), H9302 [8OC]

———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans and promote investment advice (H.R. 1000), H4066, H4071 [14MY]

Pope John Paul II: tribute (H. Res. 400), H9696 [20OC]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), E793 [29AP]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), H480 [13FE]

Roads and highways: Federal-aid highway funding through reductions in Amtrak funding, H7881 [4SE]

Smyrna, DE: tribute to Smyrna High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E864 [5MY]

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: restate, clarify, and revise (H.R. 100), H3700 [7MY]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3929, H3931 [9MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), conference report, H4726 [22MY]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), H4615, H4622 [22MY]

Union Park Automotive Group, Inc.: Delaware Small Business Development Center Network Family Business of the Year Award recipient, E132 [5FE]

Vietnamese Conflict: tribute to POW and call for full accounting of unaccounted members of the Armed Forces (H. Res. 62), H404 [12FE]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (H.R. 1787), E771 [12AP]

Wilmington, DE: tribute to Little League baseball team, E1690 [4SE]

Wilmington Trust Co.: anniversary, E1467 [14JY]

Zackiewicz, Dona: Delaware Women in Business Advocate the Year Award recipient, E858 [1MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H9279 [7OC]

Tributes

Barnett, Allen, E857 [1MY]

Benson, Barbara, E1265 [16JN]

Calagione, Sam, E857 [1MY]

Chandler, William, E791 [29AP]

Gilliam, James H., Jr., E1738 [9SE]

Johnson, Representative Sam, H404 [12FE]

Onusko, Michael, E106 [29JA]

Rickards, Louis A., E1954 [2OC]

Steen, Wayne A., Sr., E1953 [2OC]

Tarrant, Shirley M., E789 [29AP]