RAMSTAD, JIM (a Representative from Minnesota)

Amendments

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6945 [9SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

African Growth and Opportunity Act: extend and modify certain trade benefits (see H.R. 4103), H2658 [5MY]

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 (see H.R. 3482), H1322 [18MR]

Armed Forces: increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H6997 [9SE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H2549 [4MY]

Aviation: provide for recruiting, training, and deputizing persons for the Federal flight deck officer program (see H.R. 4126), H3017 [13MY]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H304 [3FE]

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]

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and ITC: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4418), H3437 (see H.R. 4418), H3537 [20MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit each State to provide a statue of an individual representing that State for display in the Capitol Visitor Center (see H.R. 5038), H6996 [9SE]

Children and youth: protect from exploitive child modeling (see H.R. 756), H9745 [16NO]

———provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 4061), H2549 [4MY]

College of St. Benedict/St. John's University: tribute to football team (see H. Res. 493), H36 [20JA]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H2154 [2AP]

Contracts: require certain Federal service contractors to participate in a pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation (see H.R. 4064), H2919 [12MY]

Crime: foster local collaborations to ensure effective and efficient use of resources within the criminal and juvenile justice systems in dealing with mentally ill offenders (see H.R. 2387), H3605 [1JN]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H4170 [15JN]

Dept. of Justice: authorize export of certain narcotic drugs and nonnarcotic controlled substances to a country for subsequent export from that country to another country, if certain conditions are met (see H.R. 4882), H9745 [16NO]

———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (see H.R. 4676), H6756 [7SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4634), H6707 [22JY]

Dept. of Transportation: include tax treatment of gasohol when computing estimated tax payments attributed to highway users (see H.R. 5170), H7863 [29SE]

Disabled: improve access to assistive technologies (see H.R. 4278), H3441 (see H.R. 4278), H3541 [20MY]

Diseases: enhance research, training, and health information dissemination on urologic diseases (see H.R. 1002), H3821 [8JN]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 4595), H4766 [22JN]

———increase public awareness of scleroderma (see H. Con. Res. 30), H2484 [28AP]

Drugs: lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices (see H.R. 3634), H4647 [21JN]

Elections: assert that terrorists will never cause the date of a Presidential election to be postponed and that no individual or agency will have the authority to postpone a Presidential election (see H. Res. 728), H6127 [20JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2394), H872 [4MR]

FCC: provide for punishment of certain profane broadcasts (see H.R. 3687), H872 [4MR]

———ruling in response to complaints regarding broadcast of program material containing indecent language (see H. Res. 482), H90 [21JA]

FDA: conduct oversight of any entity engaged in the recovery, testing, or handling of human tissue or human tissue-based products (see H.R. 4151), H2152 [2AP]

———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 4433), H6756 [7SE]

———uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H1740 [30MR]

Financial institutions: exempt attorneys from privacy provisions of the law repealing restrictions on the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and insurance companies (see H.R. 781), H2918 [12MY]

Health: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H927 [9MR]

———provide for a national health information infrastructure and data and communication standards for health information system interoperability (see H.R. 2915), H2199 [20AP]

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

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 3658), H128 [27JA]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 4866), H6127 [20JY]

———establish grant program to address the goal of ending chronic homelessness (see H.R. 4057), H5195 [6JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3802), H701 [26FE]

Iran: condemn development of means to produce nuclear weapons (see H. Con. Res. 398), H2550 [4MY]

———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), H576 [24FE]

Israel: support construction of security fence and condemn U.N. General Assembly for requesting the International Court of Justice to rule on legality of the security fence (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1370 [23MR]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7735 [28SE]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 300), H1229 [17MR]

Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 461), H6900 [8SE]

McDermott, Ignatius: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3148), H4391 (see H.R. 3148), H4507 [17JN]

Medicaid: permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1406), H5402 [8JY]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 1811), H4580 [18JN]

Medicare: permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H2266 [21AP]

———provide coverage of screening ultrasound for abdominal aortic aneurysms (see H.R. 4626), H7138 [14SE]

———provide payments to ambulance suppliers for the full cost of furnishing such services and to rural ambulance providers and suppliers for cost of serving areas with low population density (see H.R. 5415), H10079 [19NO]

Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1359), H36 [20JA]

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), H304 [3FE]

Motor vehicles: improve safety and enforcement relative to operation while under the influence of, or having used, drugs (see H.R. 3922), H926 [9MR]

———research and prevent drug impaired driving (see H.R. 4159), H2153 [2AP]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 5040), H6996 [9SE]

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), H3873 [9JN]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (see H.R. 10), H8408 [6OC]

NCAA: affirm commitment to discouraging alcohol use among underage students by ending alcohol advertising during radio and television broadcasts of sporting events (see H. Res. 575), H2155 [2AP]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 622), H2729 [6MY]

Reagan, Ronald: redesign the ten dollar bill in commemoration (see H.R. 4528), H4766 [22JN]

Roads and highways: empower State and local authorities with tools to eliminate congestion on the Interstate System (see H.R. 1767), H633 [25FE]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 4776), H6900 [8SE]

Schools: review determinations on whether schools and local educational agencies made adequate yearly progress taking into consideration subsequent regulations and guidance applicable to those determinations (see H.R. 4605), H6707 [22JY]

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

Sudan: condemn attacks against civilians in the Darfur region (see H. Con. Res. 403), H2406 [27AP]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums for high deductible health plans required relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 3901), H871 [4MR]

———allow issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to finance certain surface transportation facilities (see H.R. 3857), H699 [26FE]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 2509), H3821 [8JN]

———clarify that personal service corporations may continue to use the cash method of accounting (see H.R. 2814), H927 [9MR]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (see H.R. 4227), H2549 [4MY]

———permanently extend certain income tax rate brackets (see H.R. 4275), H2656 [5MY]

———permanently extend the increased standard deduction and certain income tax rate bracket expansions for married taxpayers filing joint returns (see H.R. 4181), H2406 [27AP]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain improvements to retail space (see H.R. 3561), H90 [21JA]

———provide capital gains tax treatment for certain self-created musical works (see H.R. 3776), H2019 [1AP]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (see H.R. 4520), H3784 [4JN]

———repeal sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act and repeal scheduled reductions in tax benefits provided by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (see H.R. 3773), H1011 [10MR]

———treatment of certain qualified mortgages held by a real estate mortgage investement company or a grantor trust (see H.R. 4113), H6128 [20JY]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 4488), H3719 [2JN]

———treatment of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 4849), H7443 [22SE]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 4279), H2728 [6MY]

———waive early withdrawal penalty for distributions from qualified retirement plans to individuals called to active duty for an extended period (see H.R. 1779), H2199 [20AP]

U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps: anniversary (see H. Res. 313), H6128 [20JY]

University of Minnesota: tribute to women's ice hockey team (see H. Res. 630), H2728 [6MY]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see H. Res. 485), H6707 [22JY]

World War II: anniversary of Battle of the Bulge (see H.J. Res. 110), H9746 [16NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: reimburse members who participated in the Rest and Recuperation Leave program for travel expenses incurred before the program was expanded to include domestic travel (see H.R. 3731), H127 [27JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: ensure that the total amount of certain funds awarded to a State for fiscal year 2004 is not less than the total awarded in fiscal year 2003 (see H.R. 4314), H2727 [6MY]

Ritos, Konstantinos; relief (see H.R. 4566), H3963 [14JN]

Tariff Act: repeal dumping and subsidy offset (see H.R. 3933), H1011 [10MR]

Remarks

Armed Forces: reimburse members who participated in the Rest and Recuperation Leave program for travel expenses incurred before the program was expanded to include domestic travel (S. 2057), H1689 [30MR]

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and ITC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4418), H5680 [14JY]

Dept. of HHS: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Access to Recovery grant program funding, H6945, H6946 [9SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6945, H6946 [9SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7201 [15SE]

IRS: prohibit use of funds to enter contracts with private collection companies to collect IRS debt, H7201 [15SE]

Oncology Nursing Society: tribute, E757 [5MY]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3846 [9JN]

Setter, Wade: Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program Law Enforcement Executive of the Year award recipient, E1429 [20JY]

Taxation: simplify certain tax rules for individuals (H.R. 4841), H6489 [21JY]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (H.R. 4279), H2840 [12MY]

University of Minnesota: tribute to women's ice hockey team (H. Res. 630), H4654 [22JN]

WCCO-Radio (Minneapolis, MN): anniversary, E1452 [21JY]