REHBERG, DENNIS R. (a Representative from Montana)

Appointments

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigative subcommittees, H1277 [18MR]

Conferee: H.R. 3550, Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users, H3747 [3JN]

Articles and editorials

Plum Creek Honored for Soldier Support, Candace Chase, Kalispell (MT) Daily Inter Lake, E1318 [8JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5203), H8038 [4OC] (see H.R. 5226), H8407 [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), H3441 (see H. Res. 567), H3541 [20MY]

Amtrak: anniversary of Empire Builder rail line (see H. Con. Res. 442), H4766 [22JN]

Animals: exempt certain animal identification information from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (see H.R. 4005), H1322 [18MR]

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), H5654 [13JY]

Budget: reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 3800), H2266 [21AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish an electronic nationwide livestock identification system, prevent unauthorized release of information collected under the system, and review responses to livestock disease outbreaks (see H.R. 3787), H433 [10FE]

———make the dairy forward pricing program permanent (see H.R. 3308), H1370 [23MR]

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), H2154 [2AP]

Dept. of HUD: insure zero-downpayment mortgages for one-unit residences (see H.R. 3755), H3094 [17MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4634), H5536 [12JY]

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]

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

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (see H.R. 4107), H5195 [6JY]

Firefighters: require the temporary reinstatement of contracts for large air tankers that were cancelled by the Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior (see H.R. 4533), H4287 [16JN]

Guam: clarify local judicial structure (see H.R. 2400), H5793 [14JY]

Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail: designate (see H.R. 4944), H7073 [13SE]

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), H633 [25FE]

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), H699 [26FE]

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

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 300), H2549 [4MY]

Marshall Islands: recognize anniversary of adoption of Constitution and as an ally of the U.S. committed to democracy (see H. Con. Res. 410), H2729 [6MY]

———recognize strategic partnership in pursuit of international peace and security (see H. Con. Res. 364), H872 [4MR]

Medicare: clarify payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4257), H6128 [20JY]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H435 [10FE]

Northern Mariana Islands: provide for a nonvoting delegate to the House of Representatives (see H.R. 5135), H7574 [23SE]

Reagan, Ronald: redesign the ten dollar bill in commemoration (see H.R. 4528), H6128 [20JY]

———tribute (see H.J. Res. 84), H35 [20JA]

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

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

Tax Reform Action Commission: establish (see H.R. 3215), H872 [4MR]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H2154 [2AP]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 1818), H3873 [9JN]

———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), H2264 [21AP]

———provide credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for cost of protecting certain chemicals (see H.R. 4718), H6128 [20JY]

———treatment of certain mobile machinery (see H.R. 3246), H575 [24FE]

———treatment of certain qualified mortgages held by a real estate mortgage investement company or a grantor trust (see H.R. 4113), H6706 [22JY]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1310), H2154 [2AP]

———treatment of roof systems (see H.R. 3310), H6128 [20JY]

Tito Puente Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 1701), H5908 [15JY]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 4284), H11057 [7DE]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1787), H1740 [30MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: base counter-cyclical payment rate for 2003 crop year for farming operations located in certain declared disaster areas on rate for partial payments in that year (see H.R. 4583), H4171 [15JN]

———repeal delay in implementation of country of origin labeling requirements for certain agricultural commodities (see H.R. 3732), H127 [27JA]

Corps of Engineers: prohibit release of water from Fort Peck Dam if the water level of Fort Peck Lake is at a certain point below the reservoir's full pool (see H.R. 4315), H2727 [6MY]

Federal Meat Inspection Act: help ensure a healthy food supply (see H.R. 4121), H2019 [1AP]

Helena, MT: extend water contracts between the U.S. and specific irrigation districts (see H.R. 5009), H6755 [7SE]

Montana: adjust boundaries of the Helena, Lolo, and Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forests (see H.R. 5056), H6997 [9SE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H929 [10MR]

Remarks

Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into three circuits, H8058 [5OC]

Dept. of the Interior: phase out of snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park, H4450, H4451 [17JN]

———prohibit funding to kill or assist others in killing bison in Yellowstone National Park, H4438, H4440 [17JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4568), H4438, H4440, H4450, H4451 [17JN]

Helena, MT: extend water contracts between the U.S. and specific irrigation districts (H.R. 5009), E1745 [30SE]

Idaho: establish an additional permanent Federal judgeship (S. 878), H8058 [5OC]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H1233 [18MR], H2298 [22AP], H2552 [5MY]

Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc.: Dept. of Defense National Guard and Reserve Patriot Award recipient, E1318 [8JY]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3858 [9JN]

Taxation: rates, H1487 [25MR]