KOLBE, JIM (a Representative from Arizona)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4818, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H9699 [16NO]

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H2990 [13MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Arizona: facilitate operation, maintenance, and capital improvement of Camp Navajo by the Arizona Army National Guard (see H.R. 3824), H1370 [23MR]

———require release of reversionary interest retained by the U.S. in connection with the conveyance of portions of former Williams AFB, AZ, to Arizona State University and Maricopa County Community College District (see H.R. 4439), H3438 (see H.R. 4439), H3538 [20MY]

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

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

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]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 4204), H2371 [22AP]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 4264), H7735 [28SE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H6756 [7SE]

Education: increase student loan forgiveness to highly-qualified teachers in mathematics, science, and special education, and for reading specialists (see H.R. 4410), H3437 (see H.R. 4410), H3537 [20MY]

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), H5151 [25JN]

GAO: prepare statements for committee reports on congressional legislation on whether new entities, programs, or functions are redundant or could be performed more efficiently by existing entity, program, or function (see H.R. 2743), H393 [4FE]

Hazardous substances: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 1563), H9745 [16NO]

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

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see H.R. 3142), H245 [28JA]

———provide for Federal custody and Federal payment of costs of emergency ambulance and medical services for aliens illegally attempting to enter the U.S. (see H.R. 2848), H7864 [29SE]

Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: extend the 50-percent bonus depreciation (see H.R. 2895), H5150 [25JN]

Johnson, Randy: tribute (see H. Res. 660), H3719 [2JN]

Laos: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 3943), H1071 [11MR]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3859), H7443 [22SE]

Music and dance: designate the square dance as the national folk dance of the U.S. (see H.R. 645), H393 [4FE]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (see H.R. 4343), H4171 [15JN]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend enforcement provisions (see H.R. 4712), H6128 [20JY]

Pima County, AZ: land exchange to consolidate Federal land ownership within the Ironwood Forest National Monument and Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (see H.R. 4943), H6702 [22JY]

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

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

Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 806), H2483 [28AP]

———suspend tax-exempt status of designated foreign terrorist groups (see H.R. 3002), H633 [25FE]

Telecommunications: equitably distribute universal service support throughout rural areas (see H.R. 1582), H633 [25FE]

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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Arizona Trail: designate for study for potential addition to the National Trails System (see H.R. 4240), H2483 [28AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize appropriations for Directorate of Science and Technology and establish a program for use of advanced technology to meet homeland security needs (see H.R. 4141), H2152 [2AP]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (see H.R. 4818), H5653 [13JY]

Fort Bowie National Historic Site: revise boundary (see H.R. 4447), H3438 (see H.R. 4447), H3538 [20MY]

Social Security: allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans and extend the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 3821), H574 [24FE]

Letters

Allocation of foreign aid to Egypt: Colin L. Powell, Sec. of State, H5851 [15JY]

Allocation of foreign aid to Saudi Arabia: William J. Burns, Dept. of State, H5888 [15JY]

Millennium Challenge Corp. funding: Millennium Challenge Corp. Board of Directors, H5856 [15JY]

Remarks

Africa: allocate certain agricultural development funds for small-scale irrigation, crop and livestock diversification, and rural infrastructure, H5885 [15JY]

AID: Child Survival and Health Programs Fund funding, H5872, H5878 [15JY]

———Child Survival and Health Programs Fund funding through reductions in International Development Association funding, H5825 [15JY]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 107), H7781 [29SE]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, H10202 [20NO]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (H.R. 3574), E1443 [21JY]

Caribbean nations: provide humanitarian assistance to countries devastated by hurricanes, H8294 [6OC]

Children and youth: provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (H.R. 4061), H3934 [14JN]

Colombia: limit participation of U.S. personnel in Plan Colombia counterdrug and counterterrorism activities, H5867 [15JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3409 [20MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4613), motion to instruct conferees, H5550 [13JY]

———repeal delay on implementing recommendations on military installation closures and realignments and require a report to Congress on future closures and realignments, H3409 [20MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4526 [18JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4567), consideration (H. Res. 675), H4201 [16JN]

———prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, H4201 [16JN], H4526 [18JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: financial institutions acceptance of foreign consular-issued identification cards, H7158 [14SE]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit funding to extend phase-in period for regulations requiring foreign commercial vehicles to comply with U.S. safety standards, H7341, H7342 [22SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6940 [9SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7158 [14SE], H7341, H7342 [22SE]

Disasters: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5212), H8294 [6OC]

Diseases: tuberculosis drug access funding, H5891 [15JY]

Egypt: allocation of foreign aid, H5850 [15JY]

Ethiopia: prohibit allocation of foreign aid until claims of private property confiscated by the Ethiopian Government are resolved, H5874 [15JY]

Eximbank: prohibit funding to approve loan guarantees to businesses reincorporating overseas, H5877 [15JY]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (H.J. Res. 106), H7908 [30SE]

Federal employees: limit attendance to international conferences outside the U.S., H5858 [15JY]

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]

———Millennium Challenge Corp., and Global HIV/AIDS Initiative funding through reductions in International Development Association funding, H5853 [15JY]

———prohibit allocations to countries refusing to extradite criminal suspects to the U.S. for trial or sentencing, H5880 [15JY]

———prohibit funding for any contract in contravention of the Small Business Act, H5861 [15JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), H5804, H5818, H5825, H5845, H5850, H5852, H5853, H5854, H5855, H5856, H5857, H5858, H5861, H5863, H5867, H5872, H5873, H5874, H5877, H5878, H5880, H5881, H5882, H5885, H5887, H5888, H5889, H5890, H5891 [15JY], H9698 [16NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4818), conference report, H10202 [20NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4818), consideration (H. Res. 715), H5799 [15JY]

Global Environment Facility (organization): funding, H5855 [15JY]

Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (organization): designate certain funding as an emergency requirement, H5845 [15JY]

Health: establish a network of pediatric centers in certain developing countries to provide treatment and care for children with HIV/AIDS, H5818 [15JY]

Iraq: importance of AID and Research Triangle Institute Local Governance Project efforts, H5852 [15JY]

Laos: demining activities funding, H5857 [15JY]

Medicare: impose conditions on Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (H.R. 3722), H3035 [17MY]

———prohibit Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens, H6940 [9SE]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: funding, H5856 [15JY]

Palestinians: allocation of foreign aid in quarterly allotments pending evaluation of use of such funds, H5873 [15JY]

Point of order, H5845 [15JY]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), E1107 [14JN]

Saudi Arabia: allocation of foreign aid, H5887, H5888, H5889 [15JY]

Sudan: allocation of foreign aid, H5550 [13JY]

———condemn attacks against civilians in the Darfur region, H5550 [13JY], H7335 [22SE]

Turkey: prohibit use of U.S. foreign aid funding in contravention of Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, H5890 [15JY]

U.N.: Great Apes Survival Project funding, H5854 [15JY]

———prohibit funding for observation of U.S. elections, H5863 [15JY]

U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 4759), H5711 [14JY]

U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 4842), H6637 [22JY]

Vietnam: promote freedom and democracy (H.R. 1587), H5749 [14JY]

Votes: position on missed, H1393 [24MR], E79 [30JA], E407 [18MR], E851 [14MY], E1251 [25JN], E1593 [10SE]

Reports filed

Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4818) (H. Rept. 108-599), H5653 [13JY]

Tables

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations (H.R. 4818), H5807-H5813 [15JY]