PETERSON, COLLIN C. (a Representative from Minnesota)

Amendments

Agriculture: encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm and ranch land to voluntarily make their land available for access by the public under programs administered by States (H.R. 3482), H12312 [21NO]

Appointments

Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H4195 [15MY]

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H130 [8JA]

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

———H.R. 2417, intelligence services appropriations, H11440 [18NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Agriculture: ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits and vegetables and other specialty crops by enhancing competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (see H.R. 3242), H9378 [8OC]

———establish a Federal interagency task force to promote benefits, safety, and potential uses of biotechnology (see H.R. 2447), H5365 [12JN]

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

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 307), H137 [8JA]

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]

Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 1532), H3763 [7MY]

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: expand Rest and Recuperation Leave program for members serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to include travel and transportation to the members' permanent station or home (see H. Res. 387), H9130 [1OC]

———grant limited TRICARE program eligibility for members of the Ready Reserve and provide financial support for continuation of health insurance for mobilized members of Reserve components (see H.R. 2176), H9738 [20OC]

———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by establishing an enhanced educational assistance program and by repealing the requirement for reduction in pay for participation in the program (see H.R. 1713), H10457 [5NO]

———increase amount of basic educational assistance for veterans under Montgomery GI Bill and eliminate reduction of basic pay for participation in the program (see H.R. 1212), H10457 [5NO]

———increase basic educational assistance for Selected Reserve members (see H.R. 1374), H10457 [5NO]

———provide for reimbursement of air fare costs incurred by members for domestic travel while on leave from deployment overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (see H.R. 3197), H9282 [7OC]

———provide free mailing privileges for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active duty abroad engaged in armed conflict (see H.R. 2705), H7788 [25JY]

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

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 58), H8016 [5SE] (see H.R. 3474), H12312 [21NO]

———support members engaging in military action in Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 103), H2270 [20MR]

Armenia: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 528), H4204 [15MY]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and establish a joint congressional task force to assess the education and training needs for Latin American military personnel (see H.R. 1258), H2402 [26MR]

Aviation: enhance Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 2077), H4529 [21MY]

———provide liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot organizations flying for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of such organizations (see H.R. 1084), H3453 [29AP]

Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2879), H7616 [24JY]

Bob Stump Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Prescott, AZ: designate (see H.R. 2806), H7455 [23JY]

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

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 412), H2401 [26MR]

———establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2173), H11149 [12NO]

China, People's Republic of: require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (see H.R. 3058), H8906 [24SE]

———withdraw normal trade relations status (see H.R. 3228), H9213 [2OC]

Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 732), H1812 [12MR]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H8491 [23SE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 103), H7950 [4SE]

Computers: reduce unsolicited commercial e-mail and protect children from unsolicited e-mail containing sexually oriented advertisements (see H.R. 1933), H10237 [30OC]

Contracts: require each bidder for a Federal construction contract to identify the subcontractors that the contractor intends to use to prevent the practice known as bid shopping (see H.R. 1348), H4012 [13MY]

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: reaffirm support and commemorate anniversary of Genocide Convention Implementation Act (see H. Res. 193), H3684 [6MY]

Courts: 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), H169 [27JA]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 1997), H4877 [3JN]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: designate a disaster liason to assist State and local employees with responding to a federally declared disaster area (see H.R. 3157), H9738 [20OC]

———organic food standards relative to livestock and dairy production (see H.R. 955), H2939 [8AP]

———provide for a Biofuels Feedstocks Energy Reserve and authorize loans for the production, distribution, development, and storage of biofuels (see H.R. 130), H3304 [10AP]

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), H3637 [1MY]

Dept. of Education: provide student loan forgiveness to graduates who enter into certain public service (see H.R. 1306), H1952 [18MR]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 34), H268 [31JA]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (see H.R. 195), H58 [7JA]

———modify treatment categories for qualification as a rehabilitation hospital for purposes of reimbursement under the Medicare prospective payment system (see H.R. 2246), H5815 [24JN]

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: reimburse State, local, and Indian tribal governments for certain costs relating to the mobilization of Reserves who are first responder personnel of such governments or tribes (see H.R. 1803), H3352 [11AP]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 1708), H10457 [5NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow payment of certain benefits to begin effective the day in which hospitalization or treatment begins (see H.R. 3344), H11393 (see H.R. 3344), H11516 [18NO]

———improve patient care and working conditions at the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 1951), H5552 [18JN]

Diseases: expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 2986), H9478 [15OC]

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

Education: assist local educational agencies in providing financial incentives to attract teachers to rural and high-poverty areas (see H.R. 2811), H7225 [21JY]

———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), H5664 [19JN]

———improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 490), H1334 [25FE]

———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 236), H5174 [10JN]

———support business incubation in academic settings (see H.R. 2314), H7787 [25JY]

———tribute to Lutheran schools, students, parents, teachers, administrators, and congregations for contributions to education (see H. Res. 106), H1333 [25FE] (see H. Res. 106), H1394 [26FE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 932), H1395 [26FE]

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2394), H5088 [9JN]

Endangered Species Act: reform process for designating critical habitat (see H.R. 2933), H7782 [25JY]

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), H5089 [9JN]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H8491 [23SE]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: require consumer reporting agencies to notify consumers when negative information is added to their file (see H.R. 1729), H3301 [10AP]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 56), H4528 [21MY]

FCC: encourage more extensive review and public comment before revising media ownership rules (see H. Res. 218), H4132 [14MY]

———invalidate ruling on media ownership rules (see H.R. 2462), H7020 [16JY]

———require compliance with Government regulations relative to media ownership rules (see H.R. 2212), H4734 [22MY]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H7455 [23JY]

Federal aid programs: require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq (see H.R. 1738), H8175 [10SE]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3426), H10236 [30OC]

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), H1334 [25FE]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1101), H4368 [20MY]

Financial institutions: provide an exemption from certain requirements under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (see H.R. 3681), H12919 [8DE]

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]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 4), H60 [7JA]

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), H1903 [13MR]

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

FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 361), H324 [5FE]

Gagliardi, John: tribute (see H. Res. 438), H11360 [17NO]

Great Lakes: provide for environmental restoration (see H.R. 2720), H9812 [21OC]

Hawaii: express the policy of the U.S. toward Native Hawaiians and provide a process for the reorganization and recognition of the Native Hawaiian government (see H.R. 665), H9478 [15OC]

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 1083), H4528 [21MY]

———establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity (see H.R. 716), H3571 [30AP]

———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), H3683 [6MY]

———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), H7787 [25JY]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5), H317 [5FE]

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

Higher Education Act: permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 2711), H6603 [10JY]

Homeland security: improve (see H.R. 3452), H10977 [6NO]

Housing: combat unfair and deceptive practices in the high-cost mortgage market, establish a consumer mortgage protection board, and establish licensing and minimum standards for mortgage brokers (see H.R. 833), H7787 [25JY]

Immigration: prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 687), H3683 [6MY]

Insurance: extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools (see H.R. 1110), H1678 [6MR]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 1910), H4529 [21MY]

———promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1749), H6465 [9JY]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H3453 [29AP]

———prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 857), H8906 [24SE]

IRS: require abatement of interest on erroneous tax refund checks without regard to the size of the refund (see H.R. 1756), H3303 [10AP]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H7020 [16JY]

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

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1043), H7329 [22JY]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 3619), H12308 [21NO]

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), H3305 [10AP]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H3637 [1MY]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H2939 [8AP]

Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1214), H3453 [29AP]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 2032), H4788 [2JN]

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 1388), H4529 [21MY]

———coverage of certain self-administered intramuscular and subcutaneous drugs (see H.R. 1956), H4740 [22MY]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 1225), H4788 [2JN]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1288), H3637 [1MY]

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

———coverage of respiratory therapists under home health service plans (see H.R. 2905), H8017 [5SE]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 980), H3453 [29AP]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 937), H3571 [30AP]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1422), H3572 [30AP]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 1301), H3637 [1MY]

———promote access to health care services in rural areas (see H.R. 830), H702 [13FE]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural areas (see H.R. 1675), H3572 [30AP]

———provide for expeditious coverage of new medical technology (see H.R. 941), H5552 [18JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 1), H5928 [25JN]

———reform payment method for covered drugs, drug administration services, and chemotherapy support services (see H.R. 1622), H6869 [15JY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1125), H4368 [20MY]

———restore the full market basket percentage increase applied to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services furnished to beneficiaries (see H.R. 1710), H4739 [22MY]

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

———update renal dialysis composite rate (see H.R. 1784), H7949 [4SE]

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]

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

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

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H6868 [15JY]

Music and dance: designate the square dance as the national folk dance of the U.S. (see H.R. 645), H4739 [22MY]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 1102), H1813 [12MR]

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

National emblems: designate the oak tree as the national tree (see H.R. 1775), H3763 [7MY]

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), H3454 [29AP]

National security: establish a task force to assess State and local capabilities in dealing with terrorism and make grants to such jurisdictions to achieve those capabilities (see H.R. 3158), H9615 [16OC]

———improve homeland security, public safety, and citizen activated emergency response capabilities through use of wireless enhanced 911 (E911) services (see H.R. 2898), H8176 [10SE]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 898), H3571 [30AP]

Paul Wellstone Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN: designate (see H.R. 2567), H7329 [22JY]

Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see H.R. 847), H4739 [22MY] (see H.R. 2497), H5665 [19JN]

Postal Service: include postmasters and postmasters organizations in the process for the development and planning of certain policies, schedules, and programs (see H.R. 2249), H4736 [22MY]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to the shortage of medical laboratory personnel (see H.R. 623), H3453 [29AP]

Public safety officers: 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), H4131 [14MY]

Railroads: enhance competition by improving regulation of rates, service, and access to certain information (see H.R. 2924), H8382 [17SE]

Refugees: treatment programs funding for victims of torture (see H.R. 1813), H6604 [10JY]

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

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

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), H6464 [9JY]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 173), H1466 [27FE]

———improve benefit computation formula for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 63), H7019 [16JY]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 206), H7786 [25JY]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 743), H1902 [13MR]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H6264 [26JN]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to individuals whose benefits exceed certain levels (see H.R. 2011), H5552 [18JN]

SouthEast Crescent Authority: establish (see H.R. 141), H3571 [30AP]

Sportsmen: tribute to sportsmen and their contributions to society, traditions and values, and the economic benefits associated with outdoor sporting activities (see H. Res. 362), H8082 [9SE]

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), H9479 [15OC]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H1903 [13MR]

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

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

Taxation: allow a recovery period for depreciation of motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 2900), H9215 [2OC]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 583), H319 [5FE]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 927), H2473 [27MR]

———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), H6264 [26JN]

———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), H172 [27JA]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 1250), H7618 [24JY]

———clarify the exemption from tax for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 1530), H6707 [14JY]

———encourage and accelerate production, sale, and use of new motor vehicles powered by alternative fuels or other advanced motor vehicle technologies (see H.R. 1054), H2271 [20MR]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 235), H9282 [7OC]

———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 737), H10457 [5NO]

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

———promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes (see H.R. 3184), H9813 [21OC]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H3571 [30AP]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H5045 [5JN]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 1279), H1901 [13MR] (see H.R. 3119), H9131 [1OC]

———reduce health insurance costs for family coverage of military reservists called to active duty (see H.R. 1466), H9282 [7OC]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H52 [7JA]

———repeal occupational taxes on manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 786), H2402 [26MR]

———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]

———S corporation reform (see H.R. 1896), H9214 [2OC]

———treatment of amounts contributed to medical savings accounts and unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 2351), H5468 [17JN]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1824), H4739 [22MY]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H2402 [26MR]

———treatment of direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs (see H.R. 149), H4738 [22MY]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1310), H7086 [17JY]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 1304), H1952 [18MR]

———treatment of income from land sold to a government agency or a nonprofit organization for conservation purposes (see H.R. 2964), H8217 [11SE]

———treatment of startup partnerships and S corporations (see H.R. 3225), H9130 [1OC]

Tobacco products: eliminate quotas and price supports, compensate quota holders and producers, establish Tobacco Quality Board, assess user fees, and grant FDA authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 140), H3571 [30AP]

———eliminate quotas and price supports, provide transition assistance for producers, protect markets, quality, and availability, and establish a trust fund to finance such actions (see H.R. 3160), H8904 [24SE]

Treaties and agreements: require that trade and investment agreements that are negotiated by the executive branch with other countries must comply with certain minimum standards (see H. Con. Res. 276), H8175 [10SE]

Trucking industry: hours of service requirements for commercial drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies (see H.R. 871), H7086 [17JY]

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]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1796), H3352 [11AP]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 1653), H3454 [29AP]

———health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H6869 [15JY]

———improve access to health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 2379), H7329 [22JY]

———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), H2472 [27MR]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1334 [25FE]

———permit remarried surviving spouses of veterans to be eligible for burial in a national cemetery (see H.R. 1167), H7329 [22JY]

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

Voting: establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 1508), H8954 [29SE]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 20), H2822 [3AP]

Wildlife: prohibit interstate and foreign commerce of certain wild animals for use as pets (see H.R. 1006), H5366 [12JN]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agricultural Marketing Act: specify model for country-of-origin labeling requirements certification program for producers, ease verification of compliance with requirements, and impose schedule of penalties for violations (see H.R. 3083), H8216 [11SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow quick aid to producers in federally declared disaster areas, provide emergency disaster assistance to certain producers for qualifying crop losses, and continue livestock assistance program (see H.R. 3402), H10129 [29OC]

Indian Health Service: require compensation of certain technical medical employees for time during which they are required to be on-call (see H.R. 2996), H7838 [3SE]

Petroleum: eliminate methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from U.S. fuel supply, expand production and use of renewable fuel, and increase energy independence (see H.R. 837), H703 [13FE]

SBA: prohibit from selling loans under the Disaster Loan Program (see H.R. 2994), H7838 [3SE]

Social Security: continuation of benefit payment through the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 2995), H7838 [3SE]

Taxation: provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 1942), H3636 [1MY]

———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 investments in wind energy facilities (see H.R. 1099), H1640 [5MR]

Television: ensure equity among full-service television broadcasters and provide local programming to communities through cable carriage rights for class A television stations (see H.R. 1626), H2821 [3AP]

Veterans: authorize additional compensation for a service-connected disability rated totally disabling for whom a family member dependent on the veteran for support provides care (see H.R. 2380), H5044 [5JN]

Remarks

Agriculture: country of origin labeling requirements implementation funding, H6645 [14JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), H6645 [14JY]

Animals: prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal lands, H7051 [17JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), H7051 [17JY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2417), H5874 [25JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1328 [25FE]