MATHESON, JIM (a Representative from Utah)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), H7096 [17JY]

Appointments

Conferee: S. 151, Child Abduction Prevention Act, H2506 [31MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (see H.R. 313), H1396 [26FE]

American Concrete Institute: anniversary (see H. Res. 394), H9813 [21OC]

AMVETS: recognize members for their service to the nation and support the goal of AMVETS National Charter Day (see H. Con. Res. 308), H9812 [21OC]

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), H11701 [20NO]

———exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see H.R. 2998), H8906 [24SE]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2569), H7840 [3SE]

———increase death gratuity and exclude from gross income for tax purposes (see H.R. 3019, 3365), H9982 [28OC]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 742), H2277 [24MR]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H9812 [21OC]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H5175 [10JN]

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see H.R. 1005), H8382 [17SE]

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

Budget: extend discretionary spending caps and pay-go for direct spending (see H.R. 1278), H1901 [13MR]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 322), H7950 [4SE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see H.R. 342), H324 [5FE]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 412), H217 [28JA]

Clean Air Act: amend mass transit projects relative to conformity requirements (see H.R. 673), H9614 [16OC]

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), H3051 [9AP]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H2311 [25MR]

Conservation of energy: improve energy use of transportation and infrastructure facilities (see H.R. 1491), H2471 [27MR]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2727), H6867 [15JY]

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

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]

Credit unions: expand access of Federal credit union members to money order and check cashing services (see H.R. 1492), H3053 [9AP]

Crime: prevent trafficking in child pornography, condemn activities relating to sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, and prevent the use of child pornography to facilitate crimes against children (see H.R. 1161), H1680 [6MR]

———prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (see H.R. 669), H1334 [25FE]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: establish the National Drought Council (see H.R. 2871), H7840 [3SE]

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

———support research on control and suppression of plant species tamarisk in the Colorado River watershed (see H.R. 695), H1396 [26FE]

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), H1952 [18MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: Office for Domestic Preparedness grant programs funding (see H.R. 764), H2312 [25MR]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 1708), H3572 [30AP]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain lands and facilities of the Provo River Project (see H.R. 3391), H10129 [29OC]

———provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (see H.R. 119), H1334 [25FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow payment of certain benefits to begin effective the day in which hospitalization or treatment begins (see H.R. 3344), H11652 [19NO]

———improve patient care and working conditions at the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 1951), H8083 [9SE]

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

Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 192), H1516 [4MR]

Disabled: importance of recruiting and retaining direct support professionals to ensure the proper care of individuals with developmental disabilities (see H. Con. Res. 94), H10237 [30OC]

Discrimination: protect rights and condemn attacks on Arab Americans, American Muslims, South-Asian Americans, and Sikh Americans (see H. Res. 234), H7618 [24JY]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1385), H6264 [26JN]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 247), H9738 [20OC]

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

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

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H5364 [12JN] (see H.R. 57), H392 [11FE]

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

Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 490), H392 [11FE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2394), H7170 [18JY]

Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for licensed funeral directors and embalmers (see H.R. 2065), H3973 [9MY]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 3285), H9376 [8OC]

Federal employees: ensure those activated by National Guard or Reserves receive pay equal to basic pay they would otherwise be receiving (see H.R. 217), H172 [27JA]

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

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), H55 [7JA]

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

Firefighters: establish a scientific basis for new firefighting technology standards and improve coordination of training for and responding to terrorist attacks and other emergencies (see H.R. 545), H1682 [6MR]

Foreign trade: implement importation requirement system for conflict diamonds (see H.R. 1415), H2823 [3AP]

Forest Service: carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive plants (see H.R. 2707), H6603 [10JY]

FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 361), H170 [27JA]

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: revise boundaries (see H.R. 788), H700 [13FE]

Government National Mortgage Association: allow the guarantee of securities backed by Rural Housing Service guaranteed loans (see H.R. 2740), H6868 [15JY]

Government regulations: reform Federal paperwork and regulatory processes (see H.R. 2432), H5266 [11JN]

Hazardous substances: provide assistance for poison prevention and stabilize funding of regional poison control centers (see H.R. 1819), H8083 [9SE]

Health: establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity (see H.R. 716), H3974 [9MY]

———provide for availability of contact lens prescriptions (see H.R. 2221), H4734 [22MY] (see H.R. 3140), H8490 [23SE]

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: incorporate results from the Fed Up Initiative which identifies outdated or burdensome regulations (see H.R. 12), H392 [11FE]

———provide deferments and interest payments for borrowers of student loans who are called to active military duty (see H.R. 1168), H2515 [31MR]

———repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 685), H390 [11FE]

Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 26), H706 [13FE]

India: observance of Republic Day (see H. Con. Res. 15), H171 [27JA]

———permanent membership on the U.N. Security Council (see H. Res. 108), H1956 [18MR]

Infrastructure: invest funds to restore the economy and to enhance security of transportation and environmental facilities (see H.R. 2615), H6261 [26JN]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 1910), H4788 [2JN]

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]

Iraq: tribute to Iraqis who provided U.S. forces information essential for the rescue of Jessica Lynch (see H. Con. Res. 151), H3638 [1MY]

James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 3147), H8490 [23SE]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H11651 [19NO]

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

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), H1514 [4MR]

———eliminate backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and offenders and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (see H.R. 3214), H9378 [8OC]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H4528 [21MY]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H1334 [25FE]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H7085 [17JY]

Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 1811), H10237 [30OC]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 2032), H9377 [8OC]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1288), H3305 [10AP]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 1568), H2702 [2AP]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 33), H392 [11FE]

———provide prescription drug coverage and make improvements in payment for rural providers (see H.R. 2606), H5928 [25JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1125), H4205 [15MY]

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

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1580), H3454 [29AP]

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

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]

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 13), H463 [12FE]

NASA: establish an independent committee to oversee the space shuttle return-to-flight plans (see H.R. 3219), H9982 [28OC]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 1102), H2312 [25MR]

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: long-term health monitoring of firefighters in disaster areas (see H.R. 3431), H10339 [4NO]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1746), H4205 [15MY]

National Invasive Species Council: establish (see H.R. 266), H3974 [9MY]

National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 280), H9131 [1OC]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 898), H1682 [6MR]

———clarify citizenship eligibility for certain members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona (see H.R. 731), H460 [12FE]

No Child Left Behind Act: modify requirements on adequate yearly progress and assessments to allow more flexibility in measuring progress (see H.R. 3049), H9738 [20OC]

———suspend certain amendments that are not fully funded (see H.R. 2366), H7840 [3SE]

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

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 132), H1681 [6MR]

Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 298), H11134 [7NO]

Power resources: establish a balanced energy policy that unlocks the potential of renewable energy and energy efficiency (see H.R. 1343), H1954 [18MR]

Public safety officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 814), H1902 [13MR]

———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), H1517 [4MR]

Railroads: resolve certain labor issues relative to merger of Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road (see H.R. 308), H323 [5FE]

Rehabilitation Act: provide for equitable allotment of funds to States for centers for independent living (see H.R. 2385), H7020 [16JY]

Roads and highways: extend certain Highway Trust Fund highway, safety, and transit programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (see H.R. 3088), H8283 [16SE]

———maintenance funding for public roads used by school buses serving certain Indian reservations (see H.R. 1107), H1641 [5MR]

———provide grants and technical assistance to restore orphan highways (see H.R. 2927), H11146 [10NO]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see H.R. 1900), H8284 [16SE]

SBA: expand and improve assistance provided by small business development centers to Native Americans (see H.R. 1166), H1681 [6MR]

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), H4788 [2JN]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 173), H392 [11FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H2586 [1AP]

SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (see H.R. 803), H2402 [26MR]

States: require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of potentially visually impaired individuals (see H. Con. Res. 56), H2402 [26MR]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H3637 [1MY]

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), H2132 [19MR]

———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), H4738 [22MY]

———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]

———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 1052), H2277 [24MR]

———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 785), H700 [13FE]

———modify taxation of imported archery products (see H.R. 3652), H12918 [8DE]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H8382 [17SE]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H3974 [9MY]

———provide a tax credit for broadband Internet access (see H.R. 768), H1396 [26FE]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 3119), H9132 [1OC]

———restore equity and complete transfer of motor fuel excise taxes on motorboat and small engine fuels into the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund (see H.R. 2839), H9812 [21OC]

———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 1513), H9819 [24OC]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 1155), H5468 [17JN]

Telephones: prohibit the use of text, graphic, or image messaging systems of wireless telephones to transmit unsolicited commercial messages (see H.R. 122), H4011 [13MY]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3550), H11700 [20NO]

———improve consumer protection regulation of the household goods transportation industry (see H.R. 2928), H10978 [6NO]

Utah: ensure continued availability of Utah Test and Training Range to support readiness and training needs of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2909), H7781 [25JY]

Veterans: 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), H4787 [2JN]

———provide individuals who participated in certain Dept. of Defense chemical and biological warfare with health care for illness without requirement for proof of service-connection (see H.R. 2433), H6604 [10JY]

———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 178), H5175 [10JN]

Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 944), H1395 [26FE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a visitor center (see H.R. 1442), H3572 [30AP]

Wooden, John: tribute (see H. Res. 411), H11360 [17NO]

World War II: condemn war crimes committed by Japan and establish liability of Japanese companies to former POW used by such companies as slave labor (see H. Res. 382), H9033 [30SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Owens, Wayne: tribute (see H. Res. 18), H60 [7JA]

Roads and highways: provide the Highway Trust Fund additional funding for Indian reservation roads (see H.R. 2331), H4977 [4JN]

Stockton, John: tribute (see H. Res. 274), H5366 [12JN]

Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve Act: allow available funds to be used for preservation, exploration, and preparation of paleontological resources for display, educational outreach, and related construction (see H.R. 2483), H5408 [16JN]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9463 [15OC]

Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities funding, H6983 [16JY]

Budget: deficit, H9037 [1OC]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children, H2322 [26MR]

———enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (S. 121), H1872 [13MR]

———prevent child abduction (H.R. 1104), consideration (H. Res. 160), H2322 [26MR]

Columbia (space shuttle): tribute to crew (H. Res. 51), H306 [5FE]

Dept. of Commerce: Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, H7369 [23JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), conference report, H11005 [7NO]

Dept. of Energy: high-level radioactive waste cleanup program funding, H11401 [18NO]

———increase renewable energy programs funding through reductions in Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H7136 [18JY]

Dept. of Justice: community oriented policing services program funding, H7358 [23JY]

———Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program funding, H7358 [23JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), H6983 [16JY], H7096 [17JY], E1570 [23JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve and enhance provision of long-term care for veterans and modify authorities relative to administration of personnel (S. 1156), H12156 [21NO]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2799), H7358, H7369 [23JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), H6531 [10JY]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), consideration (H. Res. 351), H7848 [4SE]

Education: funding, H6531 [10JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2754), H7124, H7136 [18JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2754), conference report, H11401 [18NO]

Financial institutions: increase interaccount transfers from business accounts and require the FRS to pay interest on certain reserves (H.R. 758), H2529, H2530, H2532 [1AP]

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), conference report, H12171 [21NO]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), H7553 [24JY]

Health: provide for availability of contact lens prescriptions (H.R. 3140), H11565 [19NO]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H1872 [13MR]

Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, H7848 [4SE]

National Nanotechnology Research and Development Program: establish (H.R. 766), H3720 [7MY]

No Child Left Behind Act: implementation, H8940 [25SE]

Nuclear weapons: development of earth penetrator weapons, H7124 [18JY]

———prohibit funding to develop robust nuclear earth penetrator weapons, H11005 [7NO], H11401 [18NO]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H11430 [18NO]

Public lands: provide a means of resolving claims regarding the continued existence of rights-of-way, H7096 [17JY], E1570 [23JY]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), H493 [13FE]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), motion to instruct conferees, H7324 [22JY], H8932 [25SE]

———increase refundability of child tax credit, clarify eligibility of Armed Forces pay for such credit, and accelerate marriage penalty relief in earned income tax credit, H7324 [22JY], H8932 [25SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H8947 [25SE]

Tributes

Owens, Wayne, H32 [7JA]

Wahlen, George E., H12156 [21NO]

Wallentine, C. Booth, E2534 [8DE]