PETERSON, COLLIN C. (a Representative from Minnesota)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4548, intelligence services appropriations, H10930 [7DE]

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), H7329 [21SE]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 3069), H1322 [18MR]

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]

———provide crop and livestock disaster assistance to agricultural producers (see H.R. 4705), H6998 [9SE]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5203), H8038 [4OC]

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

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

Armed Forces: clarify requirements relative to predeployment and postdeployment medical exams of certain members (see H.R. 4346), H5151 [25JN]

———eliminate reductions of basic pay for eligibility for basic educational assistance for veterans under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4711), H5536 [12JY]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H7575 [23SE]

———provide compensation to members of the reserve components who suffer discrepancies between their military and nonmilitary compensation as a result of being called to active duty for a certain period (see H.R. 1345), H1484 [24MR]

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

Birds: conduct a pilot program under which States may issue electronic Federal migratory bird hunting stamps (see H.R. 4685), H4926 (see H.R. 4685), H5070 [24JN]

———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]

Budget: extend discretionary spending caps and pay-go for direct spending (see H.R. 3995), H1370 [23MR]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 722, 722), H6756 [7SE]

Business and industry: permit biomedical research corporations to engage in certain equity financings without incurring limitations on net operating loss carryforwards and certain built-in losses (see H.R. 2968), H3440 (see H.R. 2968), H3540 [20MY]

———prohibit business enterprises that lay-off a greater percentage of their U.S. workers than workers in other countries from receiving any Federal assistance (see H.R. 3888), H830 [3MR]

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

Cemeteries and funerals: authorize placement in a national cemetery of memorial markers to commemorate servicemembers or other persons whose remains are interred in an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery (see H.R. 5356), H9184 [9OC]

Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA): renegotiate provisions on access to U.S. sugar markets and prevent inclusion of sugar as an element of negotiations in free trade agreements (see H. Res. 510), H435 [10FE]

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]

———provide States with incentives, flexibility, and funds to develop welfare services that meet needs of children and families and enhance prospects for safe and permanent living arrangements (see H.R. 4856), H9051 [8OC]

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 1567), H3963 [14JN]

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

Corps of Engineers: enhance navigation capacity improvements and ecosystem restoration plan for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway System (see H.R. 4785), H5401 [8JY]

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

———limit jurisdiction of Federal courts in certain cases and promote federalism (see H.R. 3799), H5908 [15JY]

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

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 3476), H3094 [17MY]

———direct the Secretary of a military department to pay a monthly bonus to members whose retirement or separation is suspended as a result of a stop-loss order (see H.R. 4111), H2919 [12MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 1734), H8038 [4OC]

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]

———extend authority to guarantee hybrid adjustable rate mortgages for construction or purchase of homes by veterans (see H.R. 4616), H7864 [29SE]

———provide additional safeguards for benefit recipients who have fiduciaries for receipt and management of benefit payments (see H.R. 4032), H3392 [19MY]

———recalculate retirement annuities for certain health care professionals performing part-time services (see H.R. 972), H575 [24FE]

———reduce backlog of benefit claims (see H.R. 1264), H1322 [18MR]

———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), H128 [27JA]

Director of National Intelligence: establish position as head of entire intelligence community (see H.R. 4104), H2018 [1AP]

Diseases: prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 1916), H3873 [9JN]

———prohibit interference by certain education grant recipients with a student's treatment of his or her diabetes (see H.R. 3178), H700 [26FE]

Ecology and environment: create the Federal crime of eco-terrorism (see H.R. 3307), H3230 [18MY]

Education: provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students (see H.R. 3968), H9051 [8OC]

English language: constitutional amendment to establish as official language of U.S. (see H.J. Res. 94), H3017 [13MY]

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

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to employees whose spouse, son, daughter, or parent is a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in support of a contingency operation (see H.R. 5199), H8859 [7OC]

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]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 2442), H1643 [29MR]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (see H.R. 4107), H3606 [1JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 4169), H3094 [17MY]

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

Feldman, Sandra: tribute (see H. Res. 714), H5654 [13JY]

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]

Firearms: update certain procedures applicable to commerce and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 4048), H3017 [13MY]

Health: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H3964 [14JN]

———provide prostate cancer patients with meaningful access to information on treatment options (see H. Con. Res. 405), H3230 [18MY]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 3658), H701 [26FE]

Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (see H.R. 4156), H3094 [17MY]

Higher Education Act: permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and increase Pell Grant maximum awards (see H.R. 2505), H4647 [21JN]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 4866), H7575 [23SE]

———establish grant program to address the goal of ending chronic homelessness (see H.R. 4057), H7575 [23SE]

Housing: clarify calculation of per-unit costs payable under expiring contributions contracts for tenant-based rental assistance that are renewed (see H.R. 4263), H3017 [13MY]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2671), H10079 [19NO]

———treatment of unaccompanied alien children (see H.R. 3361), H9963 [17NO]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 823), H1740 [30MR] (see H.R. 3802), H3964 [14JN]

Insurance: provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 2256), H4894 [23JN]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H8038 [4OC]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3847), H3964 [14JN]

———promote rural safety and improve rural law enforcement (see H.R. 4276), H3017 [13MY]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H89 [21JA]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H2483 [28AP]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 792), H3440 (see H.R. 792), H3540 [20MY]

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

———extend increase in payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 4902), H8168 [5OC]

———require Medicare Advantage organizations to pay for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at a greater percentage than regular Medicare payment rates (see H.R. 4687), H7945 [30SE]

Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1359), H7864 [29SE]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 3729), H3441 (see H.R. 3729), H3540 [20MY]

Mining and mineral resources: reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 504), H6557 [21JY]

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

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 5024), H6898 [8SE] (see H.R. 5040), H6996 [9SE]

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]

No Child Left Behind Act: modify requirements on adequate yearly progress and assessments to allow more flexibility in measuring progress (see H.R. 3049), H1791 [31MR]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: transfer certain functions to the Dept. of Commerce (see H.R. 3889), H1643 [29MR]

Petroleum: express to OPEC countries, and non-OPEC countries that participate in the cartel, the position of the U.S. in favor of increasing world crude oil supplies to achieve stable crude oil prices (see H. Res. 611), H3230 [18MY]

Political campaigns: repeal disclosure requirement for certain electioneering communication disbursements and prohibit making such disbursements by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 3801), H2733 [10MY]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 4026), H3821 [8JN]

Rural areas: improve safety of rural roads (see H.R. 3743), H516 [11FE]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2262), H575 [24FE]

Ships and vessels: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels into U.S. waters (see H.R. 4101), H3964 [14JN]

Space policy: anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing (see H. Res. 723), H6128 [20JY]

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), H6998 [9SE]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 3103), H575 [24FE]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve (see H.R. 4655), H5471 [9JY]

———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 1859), H7945 [30SE]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 442), H1484 [24MR]

———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 785), H1484 [24MR]

———make improvements to assist young farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 5114), H7945 [30SE]

———permit business concerns owned by venture capital operating companies or pension plans to participate in the Small Business Innovation Research Program (see H.R. 4149), H3441 (see H.R. 4149), H3541 [20MY]

———provide a refundable credit for health insurance costs (see H.R. 4886), H6556 [21JY]

———provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (see H.R. 2978), H1322 [18MR]

———provide an incentive to preserve affordable housing in multifamily housing units which are sold or exchanged (see H.R. 3485), H9745 [16NO]

———provide relief for middle income taxpayers (see H.R. 4997), H6704 [22JY]

———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), H3780 [3JN]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 1155), H2918 [12MY]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2950), H3720 [2JN]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 3111), H4391 (see H.R. 3111), H4507 [17JN]

Tobacco products: terminate Federal tobacco quota and price support programs and compensate tobacco quota holders and active tobacco producers adversely affected by termination of such programs (see H.R. 4033), H1592 [25MR]

Trademarks: clarify that service marks, collective marks, and certification marks are entitled to the same protections, rights, and privileges as trademarks (see H.R. 5194), H7944 [30SE]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 4284), H5793 [14JY]

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), H1370 [23MR]

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

Veterans: extend eligibility of veterans who served in recent hostilities for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for any illness (see H.R. 4438), H3438 (see H.R. 4438), H3538 [20MY]

———increase maximum amount of home loan guarantees available to veterans (see H.R. 1735), H3391 [19MY]

———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]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 677), H752 [2MR]

Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 944), H575 [24FE]

Vietnamese Conflict: express appreciation for service and sacrifice to veterans (see H. Res. 840), H9051 [8OC]

World War II: anniversary of Allied landing at Normandy on D-Day (see H.J. Res. 93), H2658 [5MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

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]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish presumption of service connection for certain diseases and disabilities of veterans who were exposed to carbon tetrachloride (see H.R. 4179), H2199 [20AP]

Drugs: eliminate safe-harbor exception for certain packaged pseudoephedrine products used in manufacturing methamphetamine (see H.R. 3789), H434 [10FE]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend contracts for national dairy market loss payments (see H.R. 3990), H1229 [17MR]

Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act: extend (see H.R. 5180), H7863 [29SE]

NTSB: require investigation of all fatal railroad grade crossing accidents (see H.R. 5268), H8857 [7OC]

Motions

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), H4877 [23JN]

Remarks

Dept. of the Interior: phase out of snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park, H4447 [17JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4568), H4447 [17JN]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), H4829 [23JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), consideration (H. Res. 686), H4773 [23JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), motion to recommit, H4877 [23JN]

———counterterrorism operations funding, H4773, H4877 [23JN]

Montevideo, MN: National Civic League All-America City Award recipient, E1823 [7OC]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8667 [7OC]