PETRI, THOMAS E. (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Appointments

British-American Interparliamentary Group, H5216 [27JN]

Conferee: H.R. 3, Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users, H4136 [26MY]

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

Articles and editorials

Aug. 27, 1832—1st Kindergarten Sprouts; Schurz Wanted the Best Education for Her Daughter, Kathy Maeglin, Madison (WI) Capital Times, H4363 [13JN]

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. 356), H413 [8FE]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 552), H1264 [9MR]

Agriculture: provide producers on a farm with greater flexibility in selecting the crops to be planted on the base acres of the farm (see H.R. 2045), H9556 [2NO]

America's Blood Centers (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 220), H3436 [17MY]

Amo Houghton Bypass: designate a segment of Interstate 86 near Corning, NY (see H.R. 795), H586 [14FE]

Armed Forces: increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H584 [10FE]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H793 [17FE]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 381), H6431 [25JY] (see H. Res. 390), H8920 [18OC]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 1217), H1368 [10MR]

Bicycles: support a national bike month and express appreciation of cyclists and others for promoting bicycle safety and the benefits of cycling (see H. Con. Res. 145), H3055 [5MY]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H984 [3MR]

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), H12051 [16DE]

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

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), H12051 [16DE]

China, People's Republic of: clarify actionability of exchange-rate manipulation under countervailing duty provisions and product-specific safeguard mechanisms of U.S. trade laws (see H.R. 1498), H3769 [23MY]

Clean Air Act: reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (see H.R. 1459), H1777 [5AP] (see H.R. 1493), H1844 [6AP]

Climate: conduct research on abrupt climate change, establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits from such trading, and reduce dependence upon foreign oil (see H.R. 759), H582 [10FE]

Colleges and universities: disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see H.R. 2637), H4073 [25MY]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 1615), H1968 [13AP]

Community Services Block Grant Act: provide for quality improvements (see H.R. 341), H2394 [20AP]

Courts: prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (see H.R. 554), H350 [2FE]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 748), H1025 [8MR]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H798 [17FE]

Curtiss, Glenn H.: tribute (see H. Res. 374), H6432 [25JY]

Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval: support goals (see H. Res. 294), H6329 [21JY]

Dept. of Defense: establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW (see H.R. 3985), H10503 [16NO]

———extend current telecommunications benefit program through the end of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom and apply program to other contingency operations (see H.R. 2366), H3330 [16MY]

———require notice of exceptions to certain requirements to procure items made in the U.S. (see H.R. 1239), H1970 [13AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 808), H3056 [5MY]

Developing countries: make access to safe water and sanitation a specific policy objective of U.S. foreign assistance programs (see H.R. 1973), H9362 [27OC]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H9103 [25OC]

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), H845 [1MR]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend contracts for national dairy market loss payments (see H.R. 859), H718 [16FE]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H11036 [18NO]

———withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 1079), H1970 [13AP]

Federal employees: provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H12050 [16DE]

———require Government credit card bills to be made available to the public (see H.R. 4089), H8985 [19OC]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H3435 [17MY]

Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 47), H988 [7MR]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 1216), H3894 [24MY]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H7862 [13SE]

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]

Help America Vote Act: delay deadlines by which States must comply with election administration requirements (see H.R. 3163), H8644 [29SE]

———require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H524 [9FE]

Hurricanes: establish a national commission to address the rebirth and renewal of neighborhoods and communities affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3749), H8102 [19SE]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 2793), H6936 [27JY]

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]

John H. Bradley Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Appleton, WI: designate (see H.R. 1691), H8089 [15SE]

La Follette, Robert M., Sr.: tribute (see H. Res. 226), H2472 [21AP]

Laos: honor Lao and Hmong veterans and their refugee families upon the anniversary of the end of the Indochina conflict (see H. Res. 317), H5435 (see H. Res. 317), H5480 [29JN]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H942 [2MR]

Marshall, Thurgood: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 657), H8162 [20SE]

Masonic Order (fraternal organization): tribute (see H. Res. 17), H236 [26JA]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H4187 [7JN]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2048), H9047 [24OC]

National Audubon Society: anniversary (see H. Res. 489), H9556 [2NO]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1509 [15MR]

National Campus Safety Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 15), H7862 [13SE]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H6381 [22JY]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 2231), H4074 [25MY]

Native Americans: 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), H1847 [6AP]

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 1591), H11110 [6DE]

Office of Special Inspector General for Hurricane Katrina Recovery: establish (see H.R. 3737), H7860 [13SE]

Parks, Rosa: direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall (see H.R. 4145), H9473 [1NO]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 328), H287 [1FE]

Political campaigns: require disclosure of certain information by persons conducting phone banks during campaigns for Federal office (see H.R. 338), H194 [25JA]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H3435 [17MY]

Roads and highways: extend certain Highway Trust Fund highway, safety, and transit programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (see H.R. 2566), H3892 [24MY] (see H.R. 3104), H5434 (see H.R. 3104), H5478 [29JN] (see H.R. 3330, 3332), H6106 [19JY] (see H.R. 3512, 3514), H7557 [28JY]

Robert M. La Follette, Sr., Post Office Building, Madison, WI: designate (see H.R. 1760), H2470 [21AP]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H287 [1FE]

School Bus Safety Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 498), H11505 [13DE]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1357), H1690 [17MR]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 525), H348 [2FE]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H3435 [17MY]

Somalia: facilitate lasting peace, democracy, and economic recovery (see H.R. 3396), H6327 [21JY]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 521), H348 [2FE]

Taxation: allow a credit for owning certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 652), H411 [8FE]

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H9962 [7NO]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 994), H2150 [19AP]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 2952), H10502 [16NO]

———establish the Supportive Communities Helping Offer Opportunities for Learning Program and allow tax credit for contributions to qualified scholarship granting organizations (see H.R. 2426), H3554 [18MY]

———reduce rates on distilled spirits (see H.R. 1791), H2471 [21AP]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H8388 [27SE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H2473 [21AP]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3), H520 [9FE]

Trucking industry: postpone enforcement of new rules governing rest periods for truck drivers using sleeper berths (see H.R. 3943), H8642 [29SE]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H7743 [7SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Colleges and universities: establish and strengthen post-secondary programs and courses in traditional American history, free institutions, and Western civilization (see H.R. 2858), H4355 [9JN]

Dept. of Justice: provide authority to apprehend, prosecute, and convict individuals committing animal enterprise terror (see H.R. 4239), H9695 [4NO]

Education: allow borrowers consolidating student loans to choose a variable or fixed interest rate (see H.R. 1617), H1969 [13AP]

Federal aid programs: ensure that student loans are delivered as efficiently as possible (see H.R. 1425), H1693 [17MR]

Political campaigns: require disclosure of certain information by persons conducting phone banks during campaigns for Federal office (see H.R. 491), H285 [1FE]

Privacy: prohibit certain video and audio monitoring of employees by their employers (see H.R. 582), H352 [2FE]

Social Security: establish and maintain personal Social Security investment accounts (see H.R. 1800), H2471 [21AP]

Tariff: fixed ratio speed changers for truck-mounted concrete mixers (see H.R. 2198), H3055 [5MY]

Taxation: provide a credit and a deduction for small political contributions (see H.R. 958), H794 [17FE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H589 [15FE], H2745 [3MY], H3697 [23MY], H8359 [27SE], H8811 [17OC], H9045 [24OC]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H9045 [24OC]

Remarks

College Point, NY: tribute to first established U.S. kindergarten (H. Con. Res. 47), H4363 [13JN]

Colleges and universities: establish and strengthen post-secondary programs and courses in traditional American history, free institutions, and Western civilization (H.R. 2858), E1190 [9JN]

Dept. of Justice: provide authority to apprehend, prosecute, and convict individuals committing animal enterprise terror (H.R. 4239), E2276 [4NO]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5382 [29JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3058), conference report, H10939 [18NO]

Drunken driving: allow use of Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures grant funding for Driving While Intoxicated Courts, H1308 [10MR]

Federal Transit Administration: impact of OMB accounting rules on treatment of split-funded programs, H5382 [29JN]

Florida: Miami Intermodal Center, Earlington Heights connector funding, H1045 [9MR]

Hurricanes: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3673), E1799 [8SE]

John H. Bradley Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Appleton, WI: designate (H.R. 1691), H9489 [2NO]

Motor vehicles: exempt commercial motor vehicle operators working in emergency rerail industry from hours of service rules, H7581 [29JY]

Political campaigns: require disclosure of certain information by persons conducting phone banks during campaigns for Federal office (H.R. 338), H201 [26JA]

———require disclosure of certain information by persons conducting phone banks during campaigns for Federal office (H.R. 491), E115 [1FE]

Privacy: prohibit certain video and audio monitoring of employees by their employers (H.R. 582), E152 [2FE]

Roads and highways: extend certain Highway Trust Fund highway, safety, and transit programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (H.R. 2566), H4047, H4050, H4052 [25MY]

———extend certain Highway Trust Fund highway, safety, and transit programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (H.R. 3104), H5557 [30JN]

———extend certain Highway Trust Fund highway, safety, and transit programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (H.R. 3377), technical corrections (H. Con. Res. 212), H6309 [21JY]

———prohibit the sale to, and possession by, unauthorized users of traffic signal preemption transmitters, H1306 [10MR]

Robert M. La Follette, Sr., Post Office Building, Madison, WI: designate (H.R. 1760), H3272 [16MY]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: enforcement of consumer protection provisions, H10939 [18NO]

Social Security: establish and maintain personal Social Security investment accounts (H.R. 1800), E734 [22AP]

Taxation: provide a credit and a deduction for small political contributions (H.R. 958), E292 [18FE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), H1040, H1045, H1049, H1052 [9MR], H1305, H1306, H1308 [10MR], H4050 [25MY]

———Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), conference report, H7573, H7581 [29JY]

———permit States to enact anti-corruption laws restricting political contributions intended to influence awarding of public contracts, H1305 [10MR]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: Metrorail system funding, H1049 [9MR]