NETHERCUTT, GEORGE R., JR. (a Representative from Washington)

Amendments

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), H5656 [13JY], H5881 [15JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4613, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H5552 [13JY]

Articles and editorials

Douglas To Attend War Memorial Dedication in D.C., Gabriel Cruden, Colville (WA) Statesman-Examiner, E941 [21MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5203), H8409 [6OC]

American Dental Association: commend Give Kids a Smile program, emphasize need to improve access to dental care for children, and thank dentists for volunteering time to provide needed dental care (see H. Res. 567), H2406 [27AP]

Armed Forces: increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H7945 [30SE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H2200 [20AP]

Aviation: provide for recruiting, training, and deputizing persons for the Federal flight deck officer program (see H.R. 4126), H2374 [22AP]

Bankruptcy: permanently reenact chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see H.R. 5195), H8039 [4OC]

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), H2155 [2AP]

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: transfer functions of certain Customs Patrol Officers operating on the Tohono O'odham Indian reservation to the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (see H.R. 5346), H9049 [8OC]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H3605 [1JN]

Cuba: require congressional renewal of trade and travel restrictions (see H.R. 4457), H3439 (see H.R. 4457), H3539 [20MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: use the Agricultural Research Service to conduct research on the risks of the transfer of prions that cause transmissable spongiform encephalopathies between animal species (see H.R. 4001), H1322 [18MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 4354), H2917 [12MY]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H6756 [7SE]

Dept. of HUD: insure zero-downpayment mortgages for one-unit residences (see H.R. 3755), H2549 [4MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish a national sex offender registration database (see H.R. 3929), H3441 (see H.R. 3929), H3540 [20MY]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: restrict the performance of eye surgery at a facility, or under a contract with the Dept., to only licensed medical doctors and licensed doctors of osteopathy (see H.R. 3473), H7443 [22SE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H3963 [14JN]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 3881), H4766 [22JN] (see H.R. 4090), H1790 [31MR]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 4433), H3785 [4JN]

———uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H7945 [30SE]

Food: require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see H.R. 3684), H2549 [4MY]

Foreign trade: establish procedures for identifying countries that deny market access for U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 2579), H700 [26FE]

Fort Clatsop National Memorial: redesignate as the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park and include in the park sites in Washington and Oregon (see H.R. 3819), H574 [24FE]

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 1083), H2918 [12MY]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 4610), H4928 (see H.R. 4610), H5072 [24JN]

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

Housing: clarify calculation of per-unit costs payable under expiring contributions contracts for tenant-based rental assistance that are renewed (see H.R. 4263), H3392 [19MY]

Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail: designate (see H.R. 4944), H6702 [22JY]

Insurance: extend Federal funding for the establishment and operation of State high risk health insurance pools (see H.R. 5341), H9049 [8OC]

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), H576 [24FE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 391), H1484 [24MR]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H752 [2MR]

Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: clarify exemption for recreational vessel support employees (see H.R. 1329), H7735 [28SE]

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]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3859), H699 [26FE]

Medicare: clarify payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4257), H2491 [30AP]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 1225), H5402 [8JY]

———extend increase in payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 4902), H6700 [22JY]

———improve access to diabetes self-management training by designated certified diabetes educators (see H.R. 3194), H700 [26FE]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 4927), H7138 [14SE]

———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H9051 [8OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: coverage of certain screening procedures for diabetic retinopathy and establish pilot programs to foster such screening (see H.R. 3458), H2484 [28AP]

National Civic League: tribute to All-America City Award recipients (see H. Con. Res. 464), H4893 [23JN]

Seattle Storm (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 857), H9962 [17NO]

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

Suzuki, Ichiro: tribute (see H. Res. 817), H8038 [4OC]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H304 [3FE]

Taxation: permit the deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to be allowed in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 1873), H5793 [14JY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 571), H2918 [12MY]

———provide credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for cost of protecting certain chemicals (see H.R. 4718), H5331 [7JY]

———provide that distributions from certain retirement plans are not included in gross income if used to pay long-term care insurance premiums (see H.R. 4502), H6998 [9SE]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (see H.R. 4520), H4171 [15JN]

———treatment of certain qualified mortgages held by a real estate mortgage investement company or a grantor trust (see H.R. 4113), H2919 [12MY]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 1155), H3016 [13MY]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1310), H434 [10FE]

———update optional methods for computing self-employment net earnings (see H.R. 2747), H2919 [12MY]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (see H.R. 3717), H304 [3FE]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 3111), H3016 [13MY]

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), H1643 [29MR]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 677), H2266 [21AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agreement on Government Support for Civil Aircraft With the European Union: urge withdrawal and file a consultation request with the World Trade Organization on adverse effects on U.S. commercial aviation (see H. Con. Res. 509), H8038 [4OC]

Bank Holding Company Act: clarify application of the credit card bank exception to certain limited purpose credit card banks serving community banks (see H.R. 5031), H6898 [8SE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: expand the risk pools that qualify for high risk pool grants (see H.R. 5157), H7735 [28SE]

Colville National Forest: convey a small parcel of Federal land (see H.R. 5077), H7137 [14SE]

Crime: promote public safety and interstate commerce by establishing Federal criminal penalties and civil remedies for violent and destructive conduct intended to injure or interfere with plant or animal enterprises (see H.R. 4454), H3439 (see H.R. 4454), H3539 [20MY]

Dept. of the Interior: extend authorization to release certain conditions contained in a patent concerning certain land conveyed by the U.S. to Eastern Washington University (see H.R. 4596), H4286 [16JN]

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

Nonprofit organizations: provide assistance to high-risk nonprofit organizations to protect against foreign terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4108), H2018 [1AP]

Skykomish River: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness and a portion of such lands for management as a backcountry wilderness management area (see H.R. 5083), H7233 [15SE]

Social Security: permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for Medicaid expenditures (see H.R. 3840), H632 [25FE]

States: authorize Dept. of Agriculture and CCC to enter into memorandums of understanding with States regarding the collection of approved State commodity assessments from proceeds of marketing assistance loans (see H.R. 4620), H4579 [18JN]

Women: provide for educational activities and research relative to women's pelvic floor health through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIH (see H.R. 4979), H6704 [22JY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H2065 [2AP]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H2817 [12MY]

Remarks

Foreign aid: limit allocations to countries that are parties to the International Criminal Court and have not entered into an agreement concerning the criminal prosecution of certain U.S. personnel, H5881, H5882 [15JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), H5881, H5882 [15JY]

Health: 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), consideration (H. Res. 638), H2825 [12MY]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (H.R. 3858), H8074 [5OC]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8914 [8OC]

Nonprofit organizations: provide assistance to high-risk nonprofit organizations to protect against foreign terrorist attacks (H.R. 4108), H1796 [1AP]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3851 [9JN]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 4281), consideration (H. Res. 638), H2825 [12MY]

Taxation: treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (H.R. 4279), consideration (H. Res. 638), H2825 [12MY]

Votes: position on missed, H6981 [9SE], H7211 [15SE], E445 [24MR], E747 [5MY], E882 [17MY], E1187 [18JN], E1617 [14SE], E1796 [4OC], E1883 [11OC]

Walla Walla County, WA: anniversary, E636 [22AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2367 [22AP]

Tributes

Douglas, Glen, E941 [21MY]