CAMP, DAVE (a Representative from Michigan)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4200, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H7701 [28SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Aleda E. Lutz Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Saginaw, MI: prohibit closure or realignment of inpatient services (see H.R. 3570), H516 [11FE]

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), H2919 [12MY]

Annan, Kofi A.: call for resignation as Secretary General of the U.N. due to allegations of fraud and mismanagement of the U.N. Oil for Food Program (see H. Res. 869), H10926 [6DE]

Armed Forces: require notification to Congress and the public when waivers to certain domestic source requirements are made (see H.R. 3951), H3230 [18MY]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H393 [4FE]

Business and industry: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (see H.R. 3598), H2019 [1AP]

———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), H393 [4FE]

Children and youth: improve protections of children and hold States accountable for the orderly and timely placement of children across State lines (see H.R. 4504), H3780 [3JN]

———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), H5982 [19JY]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H2154 [2AP]

Computers: provide greater cybersecurity (see H.R. 5068), H7234 [15SE]

Contracts: require certain Federal service contractors to participate in a pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation (see H.R. 4064), H5151 [25JN]

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]

———provide greater fairness in legal fees payable in civil diversity litigation after an offer of settlement (see H.R. 4430), H5471 [9JY]

Crime: provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (see H.R. 4358), H5151 [25JN]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H4170 [15JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4852), H5982 [19JY]

———make grants to first responders (see H.R. 3266), H100 [23JA]

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), H2484 [28AP]

———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), H90 [21JA]

———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, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3473), H3392 [19MY]

Detroit Pistons (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 679), H4647 [21JN]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H3440 (see H.R. 3193), H3540 [20MY]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 3066), H5654 [13JY]

Ford, Gerald R.: tribute (see H. Res. 702), H5402 [8JY]

Foreign trade: prohibit importation, sale for importation, or sale within the U.S. after importation, of articles falsely labeled or advertised as meeting performance or safety standards (see H.R. 4152), H2152 [2AP]

Government: establish a commission to conduct a comprehensive review of Federal agencies and programs, and to recommend the elimination or realignment of duplicative, wasteful, or outdated functions (see H.R. 3213), H2019 [1AP]

Grand Valley State University: tribute to football team (see H. Res. 498), H89 [21JA]

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]

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), H2154 [2AP]

———prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 687), H393 [4FE]

Immigration and Nationality Act: modify treatment of adopted children (see H.R. 4561), H3963 [14JN]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 4662), H6707 [22JY]

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), H2155 [2AP]

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), H3230 [18MY]

Jeffrey, Mildred McWilliams: tribute (see H. Res. 573), H2816 [11MY]

National security: enhance homeland security science and technology (see H.R. 5069), H7234 [15SE]

Native Americans: ensure that any business owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on Indian lands is not considered an employer under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 4680), H7443 [22SE]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 713), H6997 [9SE]

Rotary International: issue commemorative stamp to honor centennial anniversary and efforts to eradicate polio (see H. Con. Res. 375), H7330 [21SE]

Social Security: improve the administration of unemployment taxes and benefits (see H.R. 3463), H927 [9MR]

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

Tariff Act: repeal dumping and subsidy offset (see H.R. 3933), H5150 [25JN]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H434 [10FE]

———allow withdrawals from individual retirement plans without penalty by individuals within natural disaster areas determined by the President occurring in 2004 (see H.R. 5094), H7233 [15SE]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 2509), H7443 [22SE]

———expand work opportunity credit to include trade adjustment assistance as a targeted group (see H.R. 3678), H245 [28JA]

———increase child tax credit (see H.R. 4359), H3015 [13MY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain systems installed in nonresidential buildings (see H.R. 3953), H1071 [11MR]

———provide for employer liability for Social Security taxes on unreported tips paid to an employee after the IRS establishes the amount of tips received (see H.R. 2034), H7138 [14SE]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (see H.R. 4520), H3784 [4JN]

———treatment of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 4849), H7329 [21SE]

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), H393 [4FE]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 3111), H1230 [17MR]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4654), H4892 [23JN]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 3438), H3094 [17MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Commerce: establish position of Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Job Retention and Creation (see H.R. 4089), H1790 [31MR]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study of maritime sites in Michigan (see H.R. 3946), H1071 [11MR]

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

Medicare: improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 4927), H6702 [22JY]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 864), H10079 [19NO]

Remarks

Armed Forces: support members engaging in military action in Iraq, E1928 [11OC]

Children and youth: improve protections of children and hold States accountable for the orderly and timely placement of children across State lines (H.R. 4504), H8098 [5OC]

De Koker, Neil: Marketing & Sales Executives of Detroit Executive Leadership Award recipient, E727 [4MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4551 [18JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (H.R. 1057), H7376, H7380 [22SE]

Economy: evaluation of Bush administration, H4770 [23JN]

Foreign policy: prohibit funding for the importation of products grown or manufactured in Iran, H4551 [18JN]

House of Representatives: anniversary of terrorist attack on chamber, H713 [2MR]

Medicare: improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (H.R. 4927), E1501 [22JY]

Pensions: change the 30-year treasury bond rate to a composite corporate rate (H.R. 3108), conference report, H2127 [2AP]

Point of order, H4550, H4551 [18JN]

St. Francis, MI: tribute to St. Francis High School football team, E252 [26FE]

Taxation: increase child tax credit (H.R. 4359), H3459, H3465, H3468, H3469, H3471, H3472, H3473 [20MY]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), H4406 [17JN]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 830), H8709 [7OC]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers, H4406 [17JN]

———repeal sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act and repeal scheduled reductions in tax benefits provided by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (H.R. 3773), E725 [4MY]

Traverse City, MI: tribute to Boys Scout Troop 35, E1158 [18JN]

Veterans: improve access to health care for rural veterans (H.R. 2379), E349 [11MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H823 [3MR]

Statements

Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act: Executive Office of the President, H7380 [22SE]

Tributes

Dow, Alden B., E546 [20AP]

Hickey, James A., E2086 [20NO]