PEARCE, STEVAN (a Representative from New Mexico)

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]

Armed Forces: change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service (see H.R. 1714), H3408 [12AP] (see H.R. 1954), H4131 [14MY]

———encourage families of active-duty members to display the Blue Star Banner of the Gold Star and request the media to recognize importance of the Blue Star Banner (see H. Con. Res. 109), H2312 [25MR]

———exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see H.R. 2998), H8083 [9SE]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H9819 [24OC]

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

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

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

Cibola National Forest: establish the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust to resolve a land claim on Sandia Mountain between the Sandia Pueblo and the Dept. of the Interior (see H.R. 222), H59 [7JA]

Coal: development of Federal coal resources (see H.R. 794), H1517 [4MR]

Courts: 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), H1955 [18MR]

———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]

———prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (see H.R. 339), H8950 [25SE]

Cruz, Celia: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3109), H11133 [7NO]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 933), H9381 [10OC]

Dept. of the Interior: assist in construction and occupy portion of University of New Mexico Hibben Center for Archaeological Research (see H.R. 3258), H9281 [7OC]

———implement water supply technology and infrastructure programs aimed at increasing and diversifying domestic water resources (see H.R. 2828), H8906 [24SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish standards of access to care for veterans seeking health care from the Dept. (see H.R. 2357), H5468 [17JN] (see H.R. 3094), H8283 [16SE]

Diseases: prohibit interference by certain education grant recipients with a student's treatment of his or her diabetes (see H.R. 3178), H11133 [7NO]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H9215 [2OC]

Ecology and environment: create the Federal crime of eco-terrorism (see H.R. 3307), H9613 [16OC]

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]

———make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 1612), H2820 [3AP]

Education: 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), H5267 [11JN]

Endangered species: manage critical habitats of threatened species and apply resource laws on military installations in a manner compatible with demands of military readiness (see H.R. 1235), H2312 [25MR]

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), H2937 [8AP]

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

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

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), H4368 [20MY]

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), H9214 [2OC]

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

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 4), H1908 [17MR]

Forests: establish institutes to conduct research on the prevention of, and restoration from, wildfires in forest and woodland ecosystems (see H.R. 460), H324 [5FE]

———establish institutes to demonstrate and promote use of adaptive ecosystem management to reduce the risk of wildfires, and restore the health of fire-adapted forest and woodland ecosystems of the interior West (see H.R. 2696), H6602 [10JY]

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

Health: 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), H1394 [26FE]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: provide downpayment assistance (see H.R. 1276), H5664 [19JN]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see H.R. 3142), H9615 [16OC]

———extend and modify reimbursement of State and local funds expended for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 819), H3453 [29AP]

Iraq: establish program to foster private U.S. investment in Iraqi schools and hospitals through adopt-a-school and adopt-a-hospital initiatives (see H. Res. 455), H11651 [19NO]

———treatment of U.S. POW relative to violations of Geneva Convention (see H. Con. Res. 118), H2401 [26MR]

James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 3147), H9282 [7OC]

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), H3641 [5MY]

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), H9378 [8OC]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H392 [11FE]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H11652 [19NO]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H9214 [2OC]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 792), H3453 [29AP]

———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 1377), H3053 [9AP]

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

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1125), H3453 [29AP]

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

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: authorize appropriations for border and transportation security personnel and technology (see H.R. 1096), H1640 [5MR]

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

Native Americans: support the development of Native American Language Survival Schools (see H.R. 2690), H6464 [9JY]

Orville Wright Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3118), H8380 [17SE]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H1516 [4MR]

Privacy: protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (see H.R. 220), H5929 [25JN]

Reagan, Ronald: provide for dime coins to bear likeness (see H.R. 3633), H12309 [21NO]

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]

———identify a route as the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor (see H.R. 523), H274 [4FE]

Robertson, George I.M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3263), H10130 [29OC]

Santiago E. Campos U.S. Courthouse, Santa Fe, NM: designate (see H.R. 2274), H4877 [3JN]

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

———provide a period of quiet reflection at the opening of certain schools on every school day (see H.R. 1202), H1745 [11MR]

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), H8950 [25SE]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 660), H5174 [10JN]

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

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

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

———allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H8284 [16SE]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 583), H2271 [20MR]

———allow businesses to expense qualified security devices (see H.R. 1259), H4255 [19MY]

———allow credit for production of oil and gas from domestic marginal wells and extend credit for alternative fuels (see H.R. 503), H1334 [25FE]

———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), H4876 [3JN]

———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), H1812 [12MR]

———expand bonus depreciation to expensing (see H.R. 771), H699 [13FE]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H11392 (see H.R. 876), H11515 [18NO]

———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 1643), H2821 [3AP]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H5664 [19JN]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 571), H8950 [25SE]

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

———provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (see H.R. 2978), H10340 [4NO]

———provide full funding for payment in lieu of taxes program and protect local jurisdictions against loss of property tax revenues when private lands are acquired by Federal land management agencies (see H.R. 380), H3304 [10AP]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (see H.R. 2), H2277 [24MR]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 3119), H9615 [16OC]

———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), H2311 [25MR]

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

———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 1117), H11392 (see H.R. 1117), H11515 [18NO]

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

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

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

U.N.: 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), H4255 [19MY]

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2475), H5407 [16JN]

———improve access to health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 2379), H6349 [8JY]

———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), H1516 [4MR]

———permit remarried surviving spouses of veterans to be eligible for burial in a national cemetery (see H.R. 1167), H5366 [12JN]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a visitor center (see H.R. 1442), H2940 [8AP]

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

Water: clarify that certain man-made facilities that receive water from Bureau of Reclamation projects are not navigable waters (see H.R. 3400), H10129 [29OC]

Wilbur Wright Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3118), H8380 [17SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Courts: provide that no court or judge shall dismiss any part of the Constitution or Bill of Rights as a legal defense in court (see H.R. 3126), H8381 [17SE]

Dept. of the Interior: limit authority to claim title or other rights to water absent specific direction of law or to abrogate, injure, or otherwise impair any right to the use of any quantity of water (see H.R. 2603), H5928 [25JN]

Ecology and environment: conduct studies in connection with grazing allotments and range and continuing range analysis for National Forest System lands in New Mexico and Arizona (see H.R. 3102), H8283 [16SE]

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]

Fort Bayard, NM: designate historic district as a national historic landmark (see H.R. 2059), H3973 [9MY]

Higher Education Act: eliminate wait out period between grant applications made by eligible Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 2543), H5662 [19JN]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 760), H4929 [4JN]

Armed Forces: support members engaging in military action in Iraq and President Bush for his efforts as Commander in Chief (H. Con. Res. 104), H2240 [20MR]

Birch Bayh Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Indianapolis, IN: designate (S. 763), H5052 [9JN]

Budget: deficit, H2563 [1AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), H2373 [26MR]

Bush, President: evaluation of economic policies, H10449, H10451 [5NO]

Carter, Bob G.: Governor's New Mexico Distinguished Public Service Award recipient, E1883 [24SE]

Dept. of the Interior: acquire the McLoughlin House National Historic Site in Oregon City, OR, and include it as unit of the National Park System (H.R. 733), Senate amendments, H6876, H6877 [16JY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H2563, H2567 [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), H10551 [6NO]

Fort Bayard, NM: designate historic district as a national historic landmark (H.R. 2059), H8415 [23SE]

Fort Frederica National Monument: land exchange (H.R. 1113), H8413, H8415 [23SE]

Iraq: treatment of U.S. POW relative to violations of Geneva Convention (H. Con. Res. 118), H2341 [26MR]

Louisiana Purchase: bicentennial (H. Con. Res. 21), H8412 [23SE]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), H11520 [19NO]

New Mexico: hold certain BLM land in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso (S. 246), H6877, H6878 [16JY]

Sportsmen: tribute to sportsmen and their contributions to society, traditions and values, and the economic benefits associated with outdoor sporting activities (H. Res. 362), H8410 [23SE]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery, H2373 [26MR], H2564, H2567 [1AP]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), conference report, H10449, H10451 [5NO]

Votes: position on missed, H11122 [7NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2398 [26MR]

Tributes

Mason, Hank, E2158 [30OC]

Skeen, Joe, H12885 [8DE]