CAMP, DAVE (a Representative from Michigan)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act, H5809 [14JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: require parental notification and intervention for minors seeking an abortion (see H.R. 2971), H7814 [8SE]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 2804), H4295 [8JN]

America's Blood Centers (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 220), H7566 [28JY]

Amo Houghton Bypass: designate a segment of Interstate 86 near Corning, NY (see H.R. 795), H798 [17FE]

Birds: promote conservation of migratory waterfowl and offset or prevent the loss of wetlands and other habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl (see H.R. 4315), H11655 [14DE]

Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see H.R. 1337), H3199 [11MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 58), H5801 [13JY]

———reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 2290), H4985 [22JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance by Committee on the Library (Joint) of a bust of Sojourner Truth and display of the bust in the Capitol rotunda (see H.R. 4510), H11880 [15DE]

Children and youth: revise the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 1505), H3113 [10MY]

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see H.R. 2470), H12050 [16DE]

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. 97), H1265 [9MR]

———provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1372 [10MR]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 748), H1372 [10MR]

———provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (see H.R. 32), H72 [4JA]

Dallas, TX: eliminate certain restrictions on air transportation to and from Love Field (see H.R. 2646), H4723 [17JN]

———eliminate certain restrictions on air transportation to and from Love Field, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2646), H4803 [20JN]

Dept. of HHS: encourage dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology (see H.R. 4157), H9361 [27OC]

Dept. of the Interior: modify a certain land grant patent (see H.R. 3606), H9436 [31OC]

Dept. of Transportation: issue regulations to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside motor vehicles (see H.R. 2230), H4656 [16JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct a pilot program to improve access to health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 1741), H2881 [3MY]

Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (see H.R. 4200), H11036 [18NO]

Diseases: support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H8342 [22SE]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 13), H1850 [8AP] (see H.R. 3889), H9044 [20OC]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H790 [17FE]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H942 [2MR]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H9361 [27OC]

Federal Credit Union Act: clarify definition of net worth under certain circumstances for purposes of corrective action authority of the National Credit Union Administration Board (see H.R. 1042), H3769 [23MY]

Federal employees: provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H3436 [17MY]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2965), H4721 [17JN]

Financial institutions: ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union net worth standards (see H.R. 2317), H4401 [13JN]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 1243), H11035 [18NO]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H1372 [10MR]

Gagetown Veterans Memorial Post Office, Gagetown, MI: designate (see H.R. 3368), H8514 [28SE]

Great Lakes: authorize appropriations for State restoration programs and activities (see H.R. 792), H586 [14FE]

———improve program coordination (see H.R. 2129), H3052 [5MY]

———recognize and affirm efforts of Great Lakes Governors and Premiers to standardize decisions on water withdrawal and urge that management authority remain vested with the Governors and Premiers (see H. Con. Res. 140), H2648 [27AP]

GSA: provide a site for construction of a national health museum (see H.R. 3630), H9047 [24OC]

Health: provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H8809 [7OC]

House of Representatives: constitutional amendment on basing apportionment on number of persons in each State who are U.S. citizens (see H.J. Res. 53), H4656 [16JN]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3137), H8919 [18OC]

Insurance: recognize the need to move the Nation's current health care delivery system toward a defined contribution system (see H. Res. 215), H9473 [1NO]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H4486 [14JN]

Iron and steel industry: urge the Dept. of Commerce and ITC to consider the impact of steel antidumping or countervailing duties on steel-consuming manufacturers and the economy when conducting sunset reviews (see H. Res. 84), H984 [3MR]

Klebnikov, Paul: condemn murder of U.S. journalist in Russia and the murder of other members of the media (see H. Res. 499), H9963 [7NO]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 500), H7743 [7SE]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 556), H631 [15FE]

Lebanon: urge withdrawal of all Syrian troops, support free and fair democratic elections, and develop democratic institutions to foster sovereign democratic rule (see H. Res. 273), H3436 [17MY]

Mackinaw (vessel): convey Coast Guard cutter, upon decommissioning, to the City and County of Cheboygan, MI, for purposes of a museum (see H.R. 1448), H4073 [25MY]

Medicare: coverage of screening ultrasound for abdominal aortic aneurysms (see H.R. 827), H1970 [13AP]

———provide for value-based purchasing in payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3617), H7611 [29JY]

———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see H.R. 872), H5963 [18JY]

Mental health: prohibit use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program (see H.R. 181), H848 [1MR]

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. 23), H6432 [25JY]

National security: improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers (see H.R. 418), H235 [26JA]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 16), H630 [15FE]

———regulate Indian tribal governments under the same rules and procedures that apply to other governmental employers relative to establishment and maintenance of employee benefit plans (see H.R. 331), H8734 [6OC]

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 1591), H7814 [8SE]

Oscar G. Johnson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, Iron Mountain, MI: designate (see H.R. 4386), H10909 [17NO]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 240), H136 [6JA]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 691), H8919 [18OC]

———preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H9426 [28OC]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H5915 [14JY] (see H.R. 4128), H9426 [28OC]

Rosa Parks Federal Building, Detroit, MI: designate (see H.R. 2967), H4721 [17JN]

Securities: issue Hurricane Relief Bonds in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and subsequent flooding and displacement of residents in certain federally designated disaster areas (see H.R. 3935), H8513 [28SE]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H9276 [26OC]

Solid waste: authorize States to restrict receipt of foreign municipal solid waste (see H.R. 593), H352 [2FE]

———authorize States to restrict receipt of foreign municipal solid waste and implement the Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada (see H.R. 2491), H5435 (see H.R. 2491), H5480 [29JN]

———limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 274), H719 [16FE]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H984 [3MR]

States: authorize organization and service of a militia to help prevent individuals from unlawfully crossing an international border and entering the U.S. anywhere other than a port of entry (see H.R. 3622), H8810 [7OC]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 521), H7645 [2SE]

Tariff Act: allow U.S. manufacturers that use products subject to countervailing or antidumping duty proceedings or use domestic like products to participate in those proceedings (see H.R. 4217), H9640 [3NO]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 3098), H9277 [26OC]

———authorize States, localities, the District of Columbia, territories, and possessions of the U.S. to provide certain tax incentives to any person for economic development purposes (see H.R. 2471), H3556 [18MY]

———exclude from gross income the proceeds from certain company-owned life insurance (see H.R. 2251), H3196 [11MY]

———expand incentives for education (see H.R. 1380), H2739 [28AP]

———extend incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 2498), H6432 [25JY]

———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H628 [15FE]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 1736), H2393 [20AP]

———permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 1417), H1897 [12AP]

———permit tax-free distribution from governmental retirement plans for payment of health and long-term care insurance premiums for public safety officers (see H.R. 2177), H3054 [5MY]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H2739 [28AP]

———provide for the proper tax treatment of certain disaster mitigation payments (see H.R. 1134), H988 [7MR]

———provide tax incentives for the purchase of qualified health insurance (see H.R. 1872), H2646 [27AP]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H2646 [27AP]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (see H.R. 310), H354 [2FE]

———promote deployment of competitive video services and eliminate redundant and unnecessary regulation (see H.R. 3146), H7565 [28JY]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H3199 [11MY]

University of Michigan: tribute to women's softball team (see H. Res. 366), H6206 [20JY]

Water: establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to control and eradicate invasive species, educate the public, and restore ecosystems (see H.R. 1592), H7814 [8SE]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H7949 [14SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: provide for certain servicemembers to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 269), H137 [6JA]

Dept. of Commerce: establish position of Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Job Retention and Creation (see H.R. 449), H283 [1FE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study of maritime sites in Michigan (see H.R. 3532), H7557 [28JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 268), H137 [6JA]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit or Federal debt reduction (see H.R. 267), H137 [6JA]

Medicare: improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H1507 [15MR]

———provide continued coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries that have received an organ transplant and whose coverage would otherwise expire (see H.R. 2051), H2879 [3MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: reform Federal survey and certification process for nursing facilities (see H.R. 3437), H6649 [26JY]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 544), H10145 [9NO]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish Chief Trade Prosecutor to ensure compliance with trade agreements and to protect U.S. manufacturers against unfair trade practices (see H.R. 4186), H9472 [1NO]

Sewage disposal: authorize appropriations for sewer overflow control grants (see H.R. 624), H410 [8FE]

Social Security: allow a period in which members of the clergy may revoke their exemption from coverage (see H.R. 451), H283 [1FE]

Tariff: hydraulic control units (see H.R. 1877), H2646 [27AP]

———shield asy-steering gear (see H.R. 1878), H2646 [27AP]

Taxation: expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 625), H410 [8FE]

———increase and extend temporary expensing for equipment used in refining of liquid fuels (see H.R. 3680), H7741 [7SE]

———provide incentives for the production of motor vehicles powered by alternative fuels (see H.R. 626), H410 [8FE]

———restore, make permanent, and increase amount of exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 897), H792 [17FE]

———treatment of certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2989), H4801 [20JN]

———treatment of tax attributes in connection with a discharge of indebtedness in a bankruptcy case of a company having asbestos-related claims against it (see H.R. 3533), H7557 [28JY]

———treatment of unrelated business taxable income (see H.R. 1879), H2646 [27AP]

Remarks

Americans Write (organization): tribute, E1249 [15JN]

Budget: reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), H11242, H11245, H11252, H11256, H11261 [8DE]

Pensions: reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), H11760, H11762, H11764, H11765 [15DE]

———reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), motion to recommit, H11797 [15DE]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H6957 [28JY]

Social Security: privatization proposals, H505 [9FE]

———reform, H505 [9FE]

Taxation: extend alternative minimum tax relief, H11252 [8DE]

———provide tax benefits for the Gulf Opportunity Zone and certain areas affected by Hurricanes Rita and Wilma (H.R. 4440), H11242 [8DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H788 [17FE]

Tributes

Bessert, James W., E1956 [27SE]

Carlson, Robert J., E398 [9MR]

Dingell, Representative, E2525 [14DE]

Fowler, Tillie K., E390 [9MR]

Kergin, Michael F., H759 [17FE]

Lehman, Kathryn, E904 [5MY]