PEARCE, STEVAN (a Representative from New Mexico)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see H.R. 4420), H7575 [23SE]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 3069), H4391 (see H.R. 3069), H4507 [17JN]

Armed Forces: ensure access to Senior ROTC units and military recruiters at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3966), H1074 [12MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H37 [20JA]

Aviation: clarify importance of utilizing biometric technology to improve aviation and airport security (see H.R. 4914), H6701 [22JY]

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), H2266 [21AP]

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see H.R. 1005), H1116 [16MR]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H576 [24FE]

CCC: support development of a domestic casein and milk protein concentrate industry (see H.R. 4223), H2405 [27AP]

Children and youth: ensure access to food and nutrition assistance, improve children's nutritional health, and simplify and restore integrity of child nutrition programs (see H.R. 3873), H752 [2MR]

Courts: ensure judicial decisions on the meaning of U.S. laws are not based on foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements unless they inform an understanding of the original meaning of the laws (see H. Res. 568), H1229 [17MR]

———limit jurisdiction of Federal courts in certain cases and promote federalism (see H.R. 3799), H1323 [18MR]

———provide greater fairness in legal fees payable in civil diversity litigation after an offer of settlement (see H.R. 4430), H3438 (see H.R. 4430), H3538 [20MY]

Crime: protect children from criminal recidivists (see H.R. 4150), H2152 [2AP]

Dept. of Defense: specify additional selection criteria for upcoming rounds of military base closures and realignments (see H.R. 4246), H2550 [4MY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a water supply enhancement demonstration program that includes desalination (see H.R. 4835), H5793 [14JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enter into contracts with community health care providers to improve access to health care for veterans in highly rural areas (see H.R. 3777), H392 [4FE]

Endangered Species Act: reform process for designating critical habitat (see H.R. 2933), H5793 [14JY]

FAA: repeal local participation in Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 3721), H88 [21JA]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 106), H7864 [29SE]

FCC: provide for punishment of certain profane broadcasts (see H.R. 3687), H90 [21JA]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H1593 [25MR]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (see H.R. 4571), H4170 [15JN]

Help America Vote Act: require voting systems to provide a verifiable paper record of each vote cast and ensure the security of electronic data (see H.R. 4187), H2265 [21AP]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 3734), H127 [27JA]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 391), H872 [4MR]

Lincoln National Forest: land exchange (see H.R. 4806), H5654 [13JY]

NASA: tribute to Hubble Space Telescope for extraordinary contributions to scientific research and education and reconsideration of future service missions (see H. Res. 550), H3017 [13MY]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 3807), H514 [11FE]

Native Americans: clarify issues of criminal jurisdiction within the exterior boundaries of Pueblo lands (see H.R. 5198), H7944 [30SE]

———enter into an agreement or contract with Indian tribes meeting certain criteria to carry out projects to protect Indian forest land (see H.R. 3846), H698 [26FE]

Nguyen Van Ly, Thaddeus: call for release by Vietnam (see H. Con. Res. 378), H2406 [27AP]

NSF: establish a National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (see H.R. 3980), H2266 [21AP]

———provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (see H.R. 2801), H5908 [15JY]

Public lands: preserve the use and access of pack and saddle stock animals to public lands where there is a historical tradition of such use (see H.R. 2966), H2658 [5MY]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 713), H244 [28JA]

Reagan, Ronald: redesign the ten dollar bill in commemoration (see H.R. 4528), H4287 [16JN]

Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 2045), H244 [28JA]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 4281), H2816 [11MY]

Social Security: permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for Medicaid expenditures (see H.R. 4692), H4926 (see H.R. 4692), H5070 [24JN]

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

Taxation: allow employers a tax credit for increasing employment (see H.R. 4307), H2727 [6MY]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1310), H3719 [2JN]

U.S. Air Force Academy: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 386), H1116 [16MR]

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), H391 [4FE]

Vietnamese Conflict: express appreciation for service and sacrifice to veterans (see H. Res. 840), H8859 [7OC]

Water: allow small public water systems to request exemption from national primary drinking water requirements for a naturally occurring contaminant (see H.R. 4717), H5149 [25JN]

Women: recognize survivors of cervical cancer and the importance of good cervical health, preventing human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, and of detecting cervical cancer during its earliest stages (see H. Con. Res. 348), H90 [21JA]

World War II: honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront (see H. Con. Res. 413), H3094 [17MY]

Yogiji, Habhajan S.K.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 521), H9745 [16NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Aviation: assurance required of owners and operators of airports relative to long-term leases for construction of hangars (see H.R. 4337), H2815 [11MY]

BLM: transfer jurisdiction over certain public lands to the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 4242), H2483 [28AP]

Help America Vote Act: apply same requirements to voters who register by mail to certain other voters who do not register in person and increase penalties for repeated fraudulent registration violations (see H.R. 5171), H7863 [29SE]

Holloman AFB, NM: land exchange to remove private lands from safety zone for munitions storage bunkers (see H.R. 4808), H5470 [9JY]

Public lands: reduce the royalty required to be paid for potassium and potassium compounds produced from sylvite on Federal lands (see H.R. 4984), H6704 [22JY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H2731 [10MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H703 [1MR], H2731 [10MY]

Remarks

Afghanistan: political reform, H4269 [16JN]

Arizona: adjust Central Arizona Project, ratify Gila River Indian Community water rights settlement, and reauthorize and amend Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act (S. 437), H9819 [17NO]

Armed Forces: support members engaging in military action in Iraq, H2781 [11MY], H3007 [13MY]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq, H3504 [20MY]

Artesia, NM: tribute to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for training pilots on the use guns in the cockpit, H7256 [21SE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1458 [24MR]

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize participation in funding and implementation of a balanced, long-term groundwater remediation program in California (H.R. 4459), H7257 [21SE]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, H2884 [12MY]

Constitution—U.S.: tribute, H2707 [6MY]

Courts: limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (H.R. 3313), H7825, H7827, H7828, H7830, H7831 [29SE]

———limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (H.R. 3313), consideration (H. Res. 734), H6565, H6566, H6567, H6569 [22JY]

———prevent frivolous lawsuits, H7221 [15SE]

———prevent frivolous lawsuits and reform class action lawsuit procedures, H2143 [2AP], H2186 [20AP]

Dept. of the Interior: participate in design, planning, and construction of the Riverside-Corona Feeder in cooperation with the Western Municipal Water District of Riverside, CA (H.R. 3334), H7261 [21SE]

———study suitability and feasibility of designating Castle Nugent Farms as a unit of the National Park System (H.R. 2663), H7258, H7259 [21SE]

Economy: importance of job creation, H2141 [2AP]

———national objectives priority assignments, H2139, H2141, H2143 [2AP], H2182, H2186, H2187 [20AP], H5141 [25JN]

Education: national policy to improve system, H2138 [2AP]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (H.J. Res. 106), H7901, H7917 [30SE]

Foreign countries: human rights violations, H3005 [13MY]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H1470, H1471, H1472, H1475 [24MR], H2707 [6MY], H3005, H3007 [13MY], H3573 [1JN], H6990 [9SE]

Forest Service: carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive plants (H.R. 2707), H520, H523 [24FE]

———establish management priorities to protect old-growth timber, improve the health of young managed stands, increase the volume of commercial timber, and provide economic opportunities to local communities, H7189-H7191 [14SE], H7217 [15SE]

Health: improve access to health care services by reducing the burden the liability system places in the delivery of emergency, trauma, and obstetrical services, H2538 [4MY]

Holloman AFB, NM: land exchange to remove private lands from safety zone for munitions storage bunkers (H.R. 4808), H7669 [28SE]

Idaho: establish an additional permanent Federal judgeship (S. 878), H8050 [5OC]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H3573 [1JN], H5901, H5902, H5904, H5905 [15JY]

Iraq: alleged maltreatment and abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, H2884 [12MY]

———assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H1065 [11MR], H1470, H1471, H1472, H1475 [24MR], H3006, H3007 [13MY]

———U.N. Oil for Food Program, H5615, H5617 [13JY]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (H.R. 3734), H7375 [22SE]

Kerry, Senator: characterization of remarks relative to foreign policy issues, H8142 [5OC]

McAuliffe, Terry: remarks relative to President Bush personal military history, H278 [3FE]

Medicare: inclusion of health savings accounts, H992 [10MR]

———prescription drug discount card program implementation, H2535 [4MY], H2781 [11MY]

———reform, H1067 [11MR]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H1111, H1113 [16MR], H2535, H2538, H2540 [4MY]

Memorial Day: observance, H3504 [20MY]

Middle East: Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives, H3573 [1JN]

Mining and mineral resources: results of survey ranking countries for mineral investments, H1728 [30MR]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: evaluation of findings, H6692, H6694, H6696, H6697 [22JY]

National Day of Prayer: observance, H2707 [6MY]

National Guard: tribute, H1064 [11MR]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8701 [7OC]

New Mexico: ensure the Elephant Butte Irrigation District receives the proceeds from the Bureau of Reclamation sale of certain lands in the vicinity of the Elephant Butte Reservoir and the Caballo Reservoir (S. 1791), H8349 [6OC]

No Child Left Behind Act: funding, H1063, H1069 [11MR]

Orange County (CA) Register: tribute to articles on violence against women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, H5324 [7JY]

Pharmaceuticals: reductions in prescription drug prices, H2540 [4MY]

Power resources: economic impact of increasing oil and natural gas prices, H1723, H1726 [30MR], H2141 [2AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H2187 [20AP]

———impact of a national energy policy on job creation, H1723, H1726 [30MR]

———national energy policy, H2138, H2141 [2AP], H4271 [16JN]

Public lands: preserve the use and access of pack and saddle stock animals to public lands where there is a historical tradition of such use (H.R. 2966), H7259, H7260 [21SE]

Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act: conveyance of certain lands in California to facilitate the construction of the transcontinental railway (H.R. 1658), H7263 [21SE]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3853 [9JN]

Taxation: permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (H.R. 235), H7587 [28SE]

———rates, H1066 [11MR], H1458 [24MR], H2182 [20AP]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, H6989, H6990 [9SE]

———U.S. policy, H1467 [24MR]

Votes: position on missed, H3625 [2JN]

Western Reserve Heritage Area: suitability and feasibility study (H.R. 3257), H7262 [21SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H297 [3FE], H925 [9MR], H1482 [24MR], H1787 [31MR], H2481 [28AP], H2725 [6MY], H2812 [11MY], H3079 [17MY], H3602 [1JN], H4281 [16JN], H5328 [7JY], H5400 [8JY], H5652 [13JY], H6895 [8SE], H7232 [15SE], H8163 [5OC], H9720 [16NO]