FLAKE, JEFF (a Representative from Arizona)

Amendments

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (H.R. 1559), H2776 [3AP]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), H8027 [9SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 760), H1396 [26FE]

———require parental notification and intervention for minors seeking an abortion (see H.R. 1489), H4131 [14MY]

Afghanistan: commend women for participation in Government and civil society, encourage inclusion in the economic and political life, and advocate protection of women's rights in Afghanistan Constitution (see H. Res. 393), H10238 [30OC]

Apache County, AZ: approve settlement of water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe (see H.R. 495), H2271 [20MR]

Armed Forces: change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service (see H.R. 1954), H3681 [6MY]

———encourage families of active-duty members to display the Blue Star Banner or the Gold Star and request the media to recognize importance of the Blue Star Banner (see H. Con. Res. 109), H2270 [20MR]

———express appreciation for the support and cooperation from Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar during military operations in Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 211), H5552 [18JN]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 58), H2132 [19MR]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 2776), H7085 [17JY]

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

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H2704 [2AP]

Bob Stump Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Prescott, AZ: designate (see H.R. 2806), H7225 [21JY]

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

———require a balanced Federal budget, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, establish biennial budgets, and impose spending safeguards on the growth of entitlements and discretionary spending (see H.R. 3358), H9811 [21OC]

China, Republic of: endorse and obtain observer status at the World Health Assembly summit in Switzerland (see H.R. 441), H706 [13FE]

———negotiation of a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 98), H4206 [15MY]

Colorado River Indian Reservation: revise boundaries (see H.R. 2941), H7783 [25JY]

Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 384), H7169 [18JY]

Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (see H.R. 1115), H2271 [20MR]

———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]

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

———disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments (see H.R. 881), H1332 [25FE]

Cuba: lift trade embargo (see H.R. 1698, 1698), H3305 [10AP]

Dept. of HHS: promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 2427), H5665 [19JN]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 933), H1395 [26FE]

———ensure that U.S. victims of terrorism overseas receive equal treatment regardless of terrorists' country of origin or residence and these terrorists are pursued with equal vigor (see H.R. 401), H11651 [19NO]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit use of surplus funds to make any investment in securities, other than Government and municipal securities (see H.R. 165), H57 [7JA]

District of Columbia: provide low-income students who attend under-performing schools with scholarships to attend private school of choice (see H.R. 2556), H5815 [24JN]

Djibouti: U.S. policy (see H. Con. Res. 134), H2586 [1AP]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 1612), H2820 [3AP]

Education: clarify existing Federal law relative to the treatment of students privately educated at home under State law (see H.R. 2732), H7840 [3SE]

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. 1652), H6348 [8JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood (see H.R. 1943), H9282 [7OC]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 56), H9282 [7OC]

FCC: end requirements that providers of telecommunications and information services provide such services for schools and libraries at a discounted rate (see H.R. 1252), H2312 [25MR]

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 1227), H1810 [12MR]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1829), H3407 [12AP]

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: clarify that federally licensed dealers may transfer firearms to other federally licensed dealers at places other than business premises specified on license (see H.R. 2906), H7950 [4SE]

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

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1036), H2940 [8AP]

Foreign countries: improve and promote compliance with international intellectual property obligations relative to Cuba (see H.R. 2494), H5467 [17JN]

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), H2312 [25MR]

Foreign trade: provide export control authority (see H.R. 55), H1466 [27FE]

Forest Service: authorize regional foresters to exempt tree-thinning projects from laws that give rise to legal action that delay or prevent such projects (see H.R. 387), H2271 [20MR]

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

Guam: clarify local judicial structure (see H.R. 2400), H5173 [10JN]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1821), H5175 [10JN]

Immigration: establish two new categories of nonimmigrant workers (see H.R. 2899), H7781 [25JY]

———extend and modify reimbursement of State and local funds expended for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 819), H702 [13FE]

———prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 687), H3354 [11AP]

Intelligence services: strengthen protections of civil liberties in the exercise of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities (see H.R. 3352), H9810 [21OC]

Iran: urge compliance with International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions on nuclear weapons program and call for international cooperation with such compliance (see H. Con. Res. 307), H11652 [19NO]

ITC: take certain actions relative to temporary safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H. Con. Res. 23), H244 [29JA]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H11392 (see H.R. 1914), H11515 [18NO]

Kenya: elections (see H. Res. 166), H2515 [31MR] (see H. Res. 177), H5046 [5JN]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: urge passage of U.N. Commission on Human Rights resolution addressing abuses and call on government to respect and protect the human rights of citizens (see H. Res. 109), H1517 [4MR]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 391), H1516 [4MR]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 300), H137 [8JA]

Lupe, Rick: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 237), H6349 [8JY]

Marshall Islands: convey a decommissioned NOAA ship to Utrok Atoll (see H.R. 2584), H11392 (see H.R. 2584), H11516 [18NO]

Masonic Order (fraternal organization): tribute (see H. Res. 125), H1641 [5MR]

Middle East: condemn attacks on U.S. citizens by Palestinian terrorists (see H. Con. Res. 112), H2311 [25MR] (see H. Con. Res. 119), H2473 [27MR]

Mohamad, Mahathir: condemn anti-Semitic remarks by Malaysian Prime Minister (see H. Res. 409), H9983 [28OC]

Morocco: express condolences to the families of the victims of terrorist suicide bombing attacks (see H. Res. 242), H5046 [5JN]

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument: designate the Kris Eggle Memorial Visitors' Center (see H.R. 1577), H3858 [8MY]

Roads and highways: empower State and local authorities with tools to eliminate congestion on the Interstate System (see H.R. 1767), H5175 [10JN]

———increase minimum State allocations provided for use in carrying out certain highway programs (see H.R. 2208), H5714 [23JN]

———permit voluntary compliance with certain laws relating to the rate of wage paid to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway projects (see H.R. 2672), H6463 [9JY]

Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 926), H1394 [26FE]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 234), H134 [8JA] (see H.R. 534), H1334 [25FE]

SEC: require enhanced disclosures of employee stock options and require study on economic impact of broad-based employee stock option plans (see H.R. 1372), H3572 [30AP]

Small business: improve affordability of health insurance coverage for small employers (see H.R. 2851), H7615 [24JY]

Social Security: include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 722), H2312 [25MR]

———provide for personal retirement savings accounts, increase individual control over retirement income, protect surpluses, and reform certain benefits (see H.R. 3055), H8174 [10SE]

Stump, Bob: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 227), H5814 [24JN]

Tax Reform Action Commission: establish (see H.R. 3215), H9129 [1OC]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 583), H1682 [6MR]

———change deadline for filing income tax returns (see H.R. 1725), H3301 [10AP]

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

———constitutional amendment to abolish personal income, estate, and gift taxes and to prohibit the Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens (see H.J. Res. 15), H392 [11FE]

———eliminate double taxation of dividends (see H.R. 50), H53 [7JA]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 49), H53 [7JA]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 235), H4738 [22MY]

———reduce capital gains rates (see H.R. 311), H137 [8JA]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H1334 [25FE]

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

———treatment of gain from the sale of farmland (see H.R. 310), H137 [8JA]

Telecommunications: equitably distribute universal service support throughout rural areas (see H.R. 1582), H3637 [1MY]

U.N.: encourage unconditional removal of economic sanctions against Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 160), H3763 [7MY]

———rescind approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. and take necessary steps to prevent establishment of that Court (see H.R. 1154), H1680 [6MR]

———withhold U.S. contributions to any commission, organization, or affiliated agency that is chaired or presided over by a country that has supported terrorism (see H.R. 800), H701 [13FE]

———withhold U.S. contributions until the U.N. ensures that a member may not be on the Security Council or serve as any agency chair unless the Government has been democratically elected (see H. Con. Res. 116), H4979 [4JN]

U.N. Conference on Disarmament: election of Iraq as chairman (see H. Con. Res. 29), H274 [4FE]

U.N. Human Rights Commission: election of Libya as chairman (see H. Con. Res. 27), H274 [4FE]

UNESCO: U.S. membership (see H. Con. Res. 4), H60 [7JA]

United Kingdom: authorize the negotiation of a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 331), H12312 [21NO]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1396 [26FE]

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

Vietnamese Conflict: tribute to POW and call for full accounting of unaccounted members of the Armed Forces (see H. Res. 62), H463 [12FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Cuba: human rights violations (see H. Res. 164), H2401 [26MR]

———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 2071), H4010 [13MY]

Disasters: legal exemptions for certain National Park Service, Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or BLM activities undertaken in federally declared disaster areas (see H.R. 67), H54 [7JA]

District of Columbia: scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 684), H390 [11FE]

Health: reimburse costs of emergency medical care for aliens paroled into the U.S. for medical reasons (see H.R. 1515), H2514 [31MR]

Immigration: clarify that willful failure to depart from the U.S. by an alien against whom a final order of removal is outstanding is a continuing criminal offense (see H.R. 3218), H9129 [1OC]

———make aliens ineligible to receive visas and ineligible for admission to the U.S. if their entry poses a danger to national security (see H.R. 3345), H9738 [20OC]

———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]

———prohibit Federal agencies from accepting State identification documents issued to nonimmigrant aliens without acceptable identification and that expire after the expiration of the aliens' visas (see H.R. 3461), H10977 [6NO]

Lynch, Jessica: tribute to actions of Iraqi lawyer that enabled rescue by U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Res. 183), H2939 [8AP]

Middle East: prohibit assistance to the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian people until the perpetrators, or suspected perpetrators, of the killings of U.S. citizens in Gaza are surrendered to the U.S. (see H.R. 3460), H10977 [6NO]

Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway programs and mass transit programs (see H.R. 3113), H8380 [17SE]

Letters

Scholarship vouchers to provide school choice in the District of Columbia: Lapria Johnson, H7988 [5SE]

Motions

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), H9180 [2OC]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H8199 [11SE]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), conference report, H12753 [8DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2673), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 473), H12763 [8DE]

Airlines: reimburse airline industry for homeland security costs, H2776 [3AP]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 2), conference report, H660, H661 [13FE]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, H660, H661 [13FE], H12753 [8DE]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, H9102 [1OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (H.R. 1559), H2776, H2789 [3AP]

Arizona: anniversary of Salt River Project, E64 [27JA]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), H2197 [20MR]

Corp. for National and Community Service: National Service Trust funding, H2789 [3AP]

Cuba: condemn human rights violations, encourage release of political prisoners, and support free elections (H. Res. 179), H2891 [8AP]

———lift certain restrictions on remittances to Cuban nationals, H8038 [9SE]

———lift travel restrictions, H8027, H8034, H8035 [9SE]

Dept. of HHS: promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs (H.R. 2427), H7603 [24JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), H6575 [10JY]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), H8027, H8034, H8035, H8038 [9SE]

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), H3606 [1MY]

———reduce first year's funding for assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, H3606 [1MY]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2765), H7969, H7970, H7971, H7988 [5SE]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H7969, H7970, H7971, H7988 [5SE]

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

FTC: ratify authority for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (H.R. 3161), E2128 [24OC]

Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), H1854 [13MR]

Immigration: establish temporary foreign worker program, H6438 [9JY], H6990 [16JY], H7206 [21JY]

———establish two new categories of nonimmigrant workers (H.R. 2899), H7622 [25JY]

———national policy, H6438 [9JY], H6990 [16JY], H7206 [21JY]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H9102 [1OC]

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 (H.R. 3214), H10360 [5NO]

Medicare: earnings test for beneficiaries relative to prescription drug coverage, H9181, H9182, H9184, H9185, H9186 [2OC]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), motion to instruct conferees, H9181, H9182, H9184, H9185, H9186 [2OC]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 2473), H5800 [24JN]

NIH: prohibit funding for certain grants, H6575 [10JY]

Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (H.R. 1828), E2129 [24OC]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), motion to instruct conferees, H6989 [16JY]

———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, H6989 [16JY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, H2197 [20MR]

Votes: position on missed, E1429 [9JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H132 [8JA], H4247 [19MY], H5711 [23JN], H6462 [9JY], H7011 [16JY], H7222 [21JY]

Tributes

Cooney, C.E. (Pep), H8200 [11SE]

Lupe, Rick, H4326 [20MY]