GUTKNECHT, GIL (a Representative from Minnesota)

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Pharmaceutical Market Access Act (H.R. 2427): TREA Senior Citizens League, H9466 [15OC]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act, H10469 [6NO]

Articles and editorials

Health on the Border—Elderly Americans Head North and South To Find Drugs They Can Afford, Susan Brink, U.S. News & World Report (publication), H5347 [12JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: collect and assess scientific evidence regarding prescription drugs frequently used by Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries (see H.R. 2161), H4740 [22MY]

Agriculture: establish a task force to promote the benefits, safety, and potential uses of agricultural biotechnology (see H.R. 3472), H10977 [6NO]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to honor U.S. farm women (see H. Res. 42), H9615 [16OC]

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]

American Jewish History Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 106), H9132 [1OC]

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: 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]

———exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see H.R. 2998), H9131 [1OC]

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

———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 693), H1334 [25FE]

Armenia: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 528), H3354 [11AP]

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

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H3763 [7MY]

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

Budget: 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]

Children and youth: establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects (see H.R. 2444), H5364 [12JN]

———establish programs to promote increased consumption of milk in schools and to improve the nutrition and health of children (see H.R. 3250), H9281 [7OC]

Colleges and universities: allow military service academies to include the offering of voluntary, nondenominational prayer as an element of their activities (see H.R. 2999), H8491 [23SE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 103), H9131 [1OC]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 996), H4978 [4JN]

Courts: limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (see H.R. 3313), H9613 [16OC]

———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), H9813 [21OC]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 1755), H4205 [15MY]

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

Cruz, Celia: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3109), H11702 [20NO]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: make the dairy forward pricing program permanent (see H.R. 3308), H9613 [16OC]

Dept. of HUD: pilot program to assist law enforcement officers purchasing homes in locally-designated at-risk areas (see H.R. 729), H1746 [11MR]

Dept. of the Interior: promote efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 961), H1460 [27FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 709), H3974 [9MY]

———establish standards of access to care for veterans seeking health care from the Dept. (see H.R. 3094), H8283 [16SE]

Drugs: collect and assess scientific evidence regarding prescription drugs frequently used in federally funded health programs (see H.R. 2356), H5043 [5JN]

———distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 2232), H5268 [11JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H5364 [12JN] (see H.R. 57), H1396 [26FE]

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

Education: clarify existing Federal law relative to the treatment of students privately educated at home under State law (see H.R. 2732), H6868 [15JY]

———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), H5366 [12JN]

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

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H2312 [25MR]

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

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 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 2491), H5467 [17JN]

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), H706 [13FE]

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

Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (see H.R. 1118), H4368 [20MY]

———provide death and disability benefits to certain contracted aerial firefighters who suffer death or disability in the line of duty (see H.R. 977), H2822 [3AP]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 4), H3975 [9MY]

Foreign trade: establish procedures for identifying countries that deny market access for U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 2579), H5813 [24JN]

Gagliardi, John: tribute (see H. Res. 438), H11146 [10NO]

Gehrig, Lou: recognize contributions in the fight against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H. Res. 278), H5408 [16JN]

General Education Provisions Act: clarify definition of a student relative to family educational and privacy rights (see H.R. 516), H268 [31JA]

Grand Excursion of 1854: support anniversary celebrations (see H. Con. Res. 44), H705 [13FE]

Great Lakes: provide for environmental restoration (see H.R. 2720), H10130 [29OC]

Health: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts on transplantation, make transplantation a standard therapy, and provide Medicare coverage of certain transplantations (see H.R. 1068), H2271 [20MR]

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

Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act: extend the deadlines for application and payment of fees (see H.R. 2759), H9131 [1OC]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2671), H7020 [16JY]

———prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 687), H4011 [13MY]

———simplify the process for admitting temporary alien agricultural workers and increase access to such workers (see H.R. 3604), H12307 [21NO]

Iran: democracy efforts (see H. Res. 59), H323 [5FE]

Iraq: provide for recovery, restitution, and protection of cultural heritage (see H.R. 2009), H3975 [9MY]

———tribute to Iraqis who provided U.S. forces information essential for the rescue of Jessica Lynch (see H. Con. Res. 151), H3858 [8MY]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H5468 [17JN]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 391), H4978 [4JN]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H706 [13FE]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H11702 [20NO]

Mississippi River: designate route for study of potential addition to the National Scenic Trails System (see H.R. 897), H1332 [25FE]

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

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

National Nanotechnology Research and Development Program: establish (see H.R. 766), H699 [13FE]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 1349), H2131 [19MR]

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

Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see H.R. 847), H2939 [8AP] (see H.R. 2497), H6349 [8JY]

POW: payment of claims from the Persian Gulf Conflict (see H.R. 2224), H9131 [1OC]

———provide special compensation for former POWs (see H.R. 850), H2473 [27MR]

Public safety officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 814), H2271 [20MR]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 713), H11651 [19NO]

Roads and highways: empower State and local authorities with tools to eliminate congestion on the Interstate System (see H.R. 1767), H3975 [9MY]

Robertson, George I.M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3263), H9982 [28OC]

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), H5665 [19JN]

Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 926), H1682 [6MR]

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

Sec. of the Navy: redesignate as the Sec. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 1741), H3302 [10AP]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 660), H5408 [16JN]

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), H3762 [7MY]

States: improve temporary Federal fiscal assistance programs (see H.R. 3415), H10236 [30OC]

Tariff: natural cork (see H.R. 1833), H3408 [12AP]

Taxation: accelerate elimination of the marriage penalty (see H.R. 759), H1517 [4MR]

———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]

———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), H1335 [25FE]

———allow tax credit for contributions for the benefit of elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 282), H1902 [13MR]

———allow tax credit for contributions to charitable organizations which provide scholarships for children to attend elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 2347), H5043 [5JN]

———apply an excise tax to excessive attorneys' fees for legal judgments, settlements, or agreements that operate as a tax (see H.R. 1926), H4529 [21MY]

———clarify the exemption from tax for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 1530), H9478 [15OC]

———encourage investing of foreign earnings within the U.S. for productive business purposes (see H.R. 767), H3974 [9MY]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 570), H319 [5FE]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 235), H134 [8JA]

———prohibit treatment of certain games of chance as an unrelated trade or business expense (see H.R. 3073), H8175 [10SE]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 3119), H9131 [1OC]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H2401 [26MR]

———restore estate tax and repeal carryover basis rule, increase estate and gift tax unified credit, and reduce rate of estate and gifts taxes to the generally applicable capital gains rates (see H.R. 2610), H6261 [26JN]

———treatment of amounts contributed to medical savings accounts and unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 2351), H5175 [10JN]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H2473 [27MR]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1310), H8017 [5SE]

———treatment of investments in wind energy facilities (see H.R. 1099), H5929 [25JN]

———treatment of sale of certain animals associated with educational programs (see H.R. 1754), H3858 [8MY]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 1177), H4876 [3JN]

Telecommunications: equitably distribute universal service support throughout rural areas (see H.R. 1582), H3763 [7MY]

———protect privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communication services (see H.R. 3558), H12922 [8DE]

University of Minnesota: tribute to men's ice hockey team (see H. Res. 217), H3636 [1MY]

University of Minnesota Duluth: tribute to women's hockey team (see H. Res. 171), H2703 [2AP]

Veterans: improve access to health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 2379), H7086 [17JY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H2311 [25MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a visitor center (see H.R. 1442), H4205 [15MY]

———study eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names and alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 2540), H9130 [1OC]

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

Women: tribute to pregnancy resource centers (see H. Res. 233), H4011 [13MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HHS: promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 2427), H5266 [11JN]

Minnesota: encourage the use of medical savings accounts by certain current and retired public employees (see H.R. 1670), H2938 [8AP]

Letters

Religious organizations' campaign opposing drug reimportation reform legislation due to increased accessibility to abortion drug known as RU-486: Representatives Pitts and Chris Smith, H6997 [16JY]

———Tom Coburn, H6997 [16JY]

Motions

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 1), H118 [8JA]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H11163 [17NO]

Remarks

Apalachicola National Forest: convey certain small parcels of land to resolve boundary discrepancies involving the Mount Trial Primitive Baptist Church of Wakulla County, FL (H.R. 3217), H11166, H11167 [17NO]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 13), H183 [28JA]

Armed Forces: support members engaging in military action in Iraq, H3344 [11AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: anniversary of the Agricultural Research Service (S.J. Res. 22), H11163, H11164 [17NO]

———conduct a loan repayment program regarding the provision of veterinary services in shortage situations (H.R. 1367), H11164, H11165, H11166 [17NO]

———designate a disaster liaison to assist State and local employees with responding to a federally declared disaster area (H.R. 3157), H11167 [17NO]

Dept. of HHS: promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs, H11511, H11512 [18NO]

———promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs (H.R. 2427), H5247 [11JN], H5454, H5455, H5456, H5457, H5458 [17JN], H6583, H6593, H6594, H6595 [10JY], H6684 [14JY], H6858, H6859, H6860, H6861, H6862, H6863, H6864 [15JY], H6996 [16JY], H7202 [21JY], H7600, H7606 [24JY], H9465 [15OC]

———promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs (H.R. 2427), consideration (H. Res. 335), H7537 [24JY]

Dept. of the Interior: promote efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (H.R. 961), H2292 [25MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), H7065 [17JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit funding to assist in overturning district court ruling on IBM Corp., cash balance pension conversion, H8042, H8043 [9SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), H8042, H8043 [9SE]

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), H3599 [1MY]

———strengthen accountability and reporting requirements relative to assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, H3599 [1MY]

Drugs: discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, H4095 [14MY], H4343, H4344, H4345, H4346, H4347, H4348, H4349 [20MY], H4845 [3JN], H4953 [4JN], H5056, H5057 [9JN], H5157 [10JN], H5346, H5360, H5361, H5362 [12JN], H5454, H5455, H5456, H5457, H5458 [17JN], H6434 [9JY], H6858, H6859, H6860, H6861, H6862, H6863, H6864 [15JY], H9257 [7OC]

———investigate alleged pharmaceutical industry support of religious organizations' campaign opposing drug reimportation reform legislation due to increased accessibility to abortion drug known as RU-486, H6684 [14JY], H6996 [16JY]

FDA: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals, H2313 [26MR]

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, H12162 [21NO]

Forest Service: prohibit funding to finalize or implement revisions to National Forest Management Act planning regulations, H7065 [17JY]

Lynch, Jessica: tribute to rescue by U.S. Armed Forces in Iraq, H3344 [11AP]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), H9972 [28OC], H10316 [4NO], H11193, H11196 [17NO], H11511, H11512 [18NO]

Minnesota: encourage the use of medical savings accounts by certain current and retired public employees (H.R. 1670), H2867 [8AP]

———tribute to 135th Infantry, H5904 [25JN]

Missouri: resolve boundary conflicts in Barry and Stone Counties caused by conflicting Corps of Engineers and Forest Service surveys (H.R. 2304), H11169, H11170 [17NO]

National Auctioneers Day: observance, H3622 [1MY]

Pharmaceuticals: reductions in prescription drug prices, H2915 [8AP], H3661 [6MY], H3834 [8MY], H3998 [13MY], H4095 [14MY], H4175 [15MY], H4766, H4767, H4770 [2JN], H5039 [5JN], H5056, H5057 [9JN], H5157 [10JN], H5346, H5360, H5361, H5362 [12JN], H5447, H5454, H5455, H5456, H5457, H5458 [17JN], H9254, H9257 [7OC], H11196-H11198 [17NO]

———safety of imported prescription drugs, H9254 [7OC]

Point of order, H117 [8JA]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 443), H11384 [18NO]

———renewable fuel standard, H11384 [18NO]

Rochester, MN: tribute to Rochester A's American Legion baseball team, H8196 [10SE]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3834 [8MY]

Terrorism: provide grants to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, including incidents involving weapons of mass destruction, H183 [28JA]

TREA Senior Citizens League: tribute, H9465 [15OC]

U.S.-Japan Maritime Youth Exchange Program: tribute, E1553 [22JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H10973 [6NO]

Special order: granted, H2936 [8AP], H3049 [9AP], H3349 [11AP], H3632 [1MY], H3680 [6MY], H3759 [7MY], H4008 [13MY], H4201 [15MY], H4247 [19MY], H4781 [2JN], H5086 [9JN], H5264 [11JN], H5465 [17JN], H5711 [23JN], H6345 [8JY], H6704 [14JY], H7084 [17JY], H7168 [18JY], H8077 [9SE], H9279 [7OC], H9374 [8OC], H9737 [20OC], H9978 [28OC], H10336 [4NO], H10455 [5NO], H11357 [17NO], H11698 [20NO]

Tributes

Combest, Representative, H4230 [19MY]