DeGETTE, DIANA (a Representative from Colorado)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy (see H.R. 3719), H88 [21JA]

Armed Forces: enhance and improve benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserves who serve extended periods on active duty (see H.R. 5354), H9184 [9OC]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H7234 [15SE]

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), H2815 [11MY]

Assault weapons: extend ban on production of assault weapons (see H.R. 3831), H4766 [22JN]

Ben Nighthorse Campbell Post Office Building, Durango, CO: designate (see H.R. 5052), H6996 [9SE]

Birds: mint coins celebrating recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle and noting the importance of the designation of the American bald eagle as an endangered species (see H.R. 4116), H3441 (see H.R. 4116), H3541 [20MY]

California: designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers and establish the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest (see H.R. 3325), H1117 [16MR]

———designate certain public lands as wilderness and designate certain segments of the Black Butte River in Mendocino County as a wild or scenic river (see H.R. 1501), H1072 [11MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: revise women's suffrage statue located in the Capitol rotunda to include a likeness of Sojourner Truth (see H.R. 601), H1369 [23MR]

Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4082), H1789 [31MR]

Chemicals: prohibit the manufacture, processing, or distribution in commerce of pentabrominated diphenyl ethers and octabrominated diphenyl ethers (see H.R. 4076), H1739 [30MR]

Classified information: request Executive Office of the President and other executive departments to transmit documents relative to disclosure of identity and employment of Valerie Plame (see H. Res. 499), H128 [27JA]

Climate: conduct scientific research on abrupt climate change, establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits to consumers from such trading, and reduce dependence upon foreign oil (see H.R. 4067), H1739 [30MR]

Colorado: provide for an additional place of holding district court (see H.R. 112), H244 [28JA]

Committee To Investigate Detainee Abuses (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 690), H6707 [22JY]

Communications Act: clarify congressional intent concerning, and codify, certain requirements ensuring that broadcasters afford reasonable opportunity for discussion of conflicting views on issues of public importance (see H.R. 4710), H5331 [7JY]

Corporations: prevent corporate auditors from providing tax shelter services to their audit clients (see H.R. 3599), H1117 [16MR]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 3941), H1070 [11MR]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 4204), H2371 [22AP]

———provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 3425), H927 [9MR]

———provide reliable officers, technology, education, community prosecutors, and training in our neighborhoods (see H.R. 5277), H8858 [7OC]

Dept. of Defense: require emergency contraception to be included on the uniform formulary of pharmaceutical agents of the pharmacy benefits program (see H.R. 4976), H6704 [22JY]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H9963 [17NO]

Donald G. Brotzman Post Office Building, Boulder, CO: designate (see H.R. 5370), H9745 [16NO]

Drugs: establish certain restrictions on drugs containing isotretinoin, including the drug marketed as Accutane (see H.R. 4598), H4286 [16JN]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (see H.R. 3281), H4392 (see H.R. 3281), H4507 [17JN]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H2728 [6MY]

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 560), H1072 [11MR]

Government: restore and strengthen laws that provide for an open and transparent Federal Government (see H.R. 5073), H10080 [19NO]

Health: conduct vaccine awareness campaign, ensure sufficient vaccine supply, prepare for pandemic or epidemic, and encourage vaccine production capacity relative to influenza (see H.R. 3758), H303 [3FE]

———expand access to preventive health care services and education programs that reduce unintended pregnancy, infection with sexually transmitted disease, and number of abortions (see H.R. 4192), H2265 [21AP]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H699 [26FE]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4936), H8409 [6OC]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 4628), H4646 [21JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H4926 (see H.R. 4682), H5070 [24JN]

Immigration: provide for earned adjustment to reward work, reunify families, establish a temporary worker program that protects workers, and strengthen national security (see H.R. 4262), H3606 [1JN]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H2373 [22AP]

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. 332), H927 [9MR]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7138 [14SE]

Latin American Research and Service Agency: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 499), H7574 [23SE]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3847), H927 [9MR]

Leonard C. Burch Post Office Building, Ignacio, CO: designate (see H.R. 5051), H6996 [9SE]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3859), H7945 [30SE]

Medicare: provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs (see H.R. 3672), H576 [24FE]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3459), H8859 [7OC]

National School Lunch Act: phase out reduced price lunches and breakfasts by phasing in an increase in the income eligibility guidelines for free lunches and breakfasts (see H.R. 3441), H3440 (see H.R. 3441), H3540 [20MY]

Public Health Service Act: authorize grants for education, screening, and treatment relative to preventing diabetic foot complications and lower extremity amputations (see H.R. 3203), H1326 [22MR]

SBA: modify the women's business center program (see H.R. 4853), H5982 [19JY]

Social Security: expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 4350), H2917 [12MY]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 4881), H6555 [21JY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for certain distributions from a controlled foreign corporation to encourage personnel and economic investments by companies (see H.R. 1162), H2019 [1AP]

———disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (see H.R. 1555), H4580 [18JN]

———repeal limits on the deduction of interest on education loans (see H.R. 3384), H3720 [2JN]

Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 4820), H5653 [13JY]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3550), H1230 [17MR]

U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement: limit Thailand's access to U.S. automobile market to prevent backdoor access by third-country automobile producers to the U.S. market (see H. Con. Res. 366), H1230 [17MR]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for a one-year open season under that plan (see H.R. 3763), H753 [2MR]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 677), H5908 [15JY]

Voting: establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 1508), H1230 [17MR]

World War II: honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront (see H. Con. Res. 413), H3720 [2JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Gibbons, Pasqualine J.: unfair passing over for promotion to grade of technical sergeant during World War II (see H. Res. 826), H8408 [6OC]

Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge: rename as the Pat Schroeder National Wildlife Refuge (see H.R. 5176), H7863 [29SE]

University of Denver: tribute to men's hockey team (see H. Con. Res. 408), H2265 [21AP]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 114), consideration (H. Res. 866), H10094 [20NO]

Colorado: T-REX Corridor improvement funding, H1817 [1AP]

———tribute to nonprofit organizations, E310 [4MR]

Courts: limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (H.R. 3313), H6603 [22JY]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 1997), H665 [26FE]

———provide additional penalties for certain crimes against women that cause an interruption in the normal course of their pregnancy, H665 [26FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3445 [20MY]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), E1711 [24SE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (H.J. Res. 106), H7912 [30SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 866), H10094 [20NO]

Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform abortions or make referrals regarding abortion services, H10094 [20NO]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4280), H2861 [12MY]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (H.R. 3858), H8073 [5OC]

International Court of Justice: condemn misuse by the U.N. General Assembly and the Court's opinion on the Israeli security fence (H. Res. 713), E1432 [20JY]

Iraq: affirm value of liberation of the Iraqi people and commend service of the U.S. Armed Forces and Coalition forces on anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom (H. Res. 557), E458 [26MR]

———condemn abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, investigate and take corrective action against those involved, and reaffirm support for those serving honorably in Iraq (H. Res. 627), H2691 [6MY]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H1817 [1AP]

University of Denver: tribute to men's hockey team (H. Con. Res. 408), E770 [6MY]

Tributes

Blair, Omar D., E524 [2AP]

Boyd, Jesse L., Jr., E1542 [8SE]

Caldwell, Elvin R., Sr., E768 [6MY]

Clark, Sylvia, E274 [2MR]

Dadiotis, Panagiotis Takis, E1743 [30SE]

Dickman, Delores, E98 [3FE]

Hayes, Keller, E1513 [22JY]

Mendrick, Paul, E1345 [9JY]

Ritter, William, Jr., E1738 [29SE]