WALDEN, GREG (a Representative from Oregon)

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H2648 [27AP]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H2648 [27AP]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H11035 [18NO]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H10226 [15NO]

———tribute to dedication and commitment of employers of the members of the National Guard and other Reserve components who have been mobilized during the Global War on Terrorism (see H. Res. 302), H4142 [26MY]

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

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 698), H10502 [16NO]

Computers: protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (see H.R. 29), H72 [4JA]

Courts: clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2389), H3434 [17MY]

———reorganize the ninth judicial circuit (see H.R. 211), H287 [1FE]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit funding for any study related to the transportation of chemical munitions across State lines (see H.R. 416), H1779 [5AP]

Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (see H.R. 280), H3696 [19MY]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize Western States to select public lands within their borders in lieu of receiving payment for the sale of public lands lying within said States (see H.R. 3463), H6933 [27JY]

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]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 1554), H1970 [13AP]

Diseases: anniversary of development of Salk polio vaccine (see H. Res. 208), H1970 [13AP]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H4073 [25MY]

Drugs: provide an increased penalty for endangering a child while illegally manufacturing a controlled substance (see H.R. 1616), H1969 [13AP]

———provide grants to States to combat methamphetamine abuse (see H.R. 313), H524 [9FE]

———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 13), H71 [4JA] (see H.R. 314), H287 [1FE] (see H.R. 3889), H8341 [22SE]

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

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 305), H3198 [11MY]

Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (see H.R. 3824), H8102 [19SE]

———reform process for designating critical habitat (see H.R. 1299), H1507 [15MR]

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), H11327 [8DE]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H9641 [3NO]

Federal employees: deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 4548), H11653 [14DE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: affirm that a permit is not required in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1749), H2469 [21AP]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H627 [15FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H1510 [15MR]

Forest Service: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 185), H4984 [22JN]

Friends of the Children (organization): funding (see H.R. 1876), H2646 [27AP]

GSA: provide a site for construction of a national health museum (see H.R. 3630), H10157 [10NO]

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 3248), H7815 [8SE]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (see H.R. 3205), H6381 [22JY]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 898), H2738 [28AP]

Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H8342 [22SE]

Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail: designate (see H.R. 383), H9426 [28OC]

Immigration: provide for true enforcement and border security (see H.R. 4313), H10161 [14NO]

Indian Americans: recognize and honor contributions to economic innovation and society (see H. Res. 227), H2472 [21AP]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H7814 [8SE]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see H.R. 4179), H9696 [4NO] (see H. Res. 137), H984 [3MR]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (see H.R. 3132), H7673 [6SE]

———provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (see H.R. 798), H1696 [17MR]

Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 181), H4985 [22JN]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H848 [1MR]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H2472 [21AP]

———provide a demonstration project for chronic disease management (see H.R. 4331), H10226 [15NO]

———require drug utilization review programs to deny coverage of erectile dysfunction drugs for individuals registered (or required to be registered) as sex offenders (see H.R. 2648), H4138 [26MY]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H2739 [28AP]

———clarify payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals (see H.R. 1016), H2738 [28AP]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 1447), H8248 [21SE]

———make improvements to payments to ambulance providers in rural areas (see H.R. 2525), H7743 [7SE]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H4723 [17JN]

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

National Drug Court Month: establish (see H. Res. 246), H7614 [29JY]

National Guard Youth Challenge Program: increase maximum Federal share of costs for State programs (see H.R. 669), H1025 [8MR]

National Medal of Honor Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 297), H10227 [15NO]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 444), H8514 [28SE]

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), H413 [8FE]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H797 [17FE]

———tribute to tribes of the Pacific Northwest and the Treaties of 1855 between these tribes and the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 189), H5100 [23JN]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see H.R. 581), H5638 [11JY] (see H.R. 3323), H6432 [25JY]

Northern Mariana Islands: provide for a nonvoting delegate to the House of Representatives (see H.R. 873), H791 [17FE]

O'Connor, Sandra Day: tribute (see H. Res. 357), H6108 [19JY]

Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations for nutrition services (see H.R. 1792), H8163 [20SE]

Outer Continental Shelf: terminate effect of laws prohibiting spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities (see H.R. 4318), H11504 [13DE]

Parks, Rosa: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 4343), H11220 [7DE]

Petroleum: prohibit price gouging of gasoline and diesel fuel in areas declared major disasters (see H.R. 3782), H8163 [20SE]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 691), H11880 [15DE]

———preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H3894 [24MY]

Real estate: prohibit economic development assistance to States or localities that use eminent domain to obtain property for private commercial development or fail to pay relocation costs to displaced persons (see H.R. 3405), H6936 [27JY]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H5599 [30JN] (see H.R. 4128), H9436 [31OC]

Red Ribbon Week: support goals (see H. Res. 485), H8734 [6OC]

Rotary International: anniversary (see H. Res. 55), H524 [9FE] (see H. Res. 142), H1024 [8MR]

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

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued to finance certain energy projects (see H.R. 2794), H5638 [11JY]

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H8341 [22SE]

———allow employers a tax credit for hiring military service personnel who served in a combat zone or hazardous duty area (see H.R. 1635), H2649 [27AP]

———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), H4400 [13JN]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 2952), H5801 [13JY]

———exclude from gross income the proceeds from certain company-owned life insurance (see H.R. 2251), H4561 [15JN]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (see H.R. 4096), H9042 [20OC]

———extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 3338), H6328 [21JY]

———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H10502 [16NO]

———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 986), H10502 [16NO]

———provide that tax on distilled spirits, wine, and beer are collected quarterly from certain small taxpayers (see H.R. 1520), H4188 [7JN]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H196 [25JA]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H6328 [21JY]

———treatment of certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2989), H8089 [15SE]

Television: provide for the efficacy of television ratings services (see H.R. 3298), H5913 [14JY]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H11035 [18NO]

———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), H10226 [15NO]

———health care funding (see H.R. 515), H348 [2FE]

White House Fellows Program: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 269), H9043 [20OC]

Willamette National Forest: designate a Forest Service trail at Waldo Lake as a national recreation trail in honor of James Weaver (see H.R. 1090), H981 [3MR]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H4896 [21JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize early repayment of obligations within Rogue River Valley Irrigation District or within Medford Irrigation District (see H.R. 3618), H7612 [29JY] (see H.R. 4195), H9472 [1NO]

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), H9554 [2NO]

Forest Service: enter into partnership agreements with entities and local communities to encourage greater cooperation in administration of activities on and near National Forest System lands (see H.R. 3818), H8088 [15SE]

Forests: conduct projects with conservation corps to protect forests (see H.R. 2875), H4485 [14JN]

Medicare: extend and improve protections for sole community hospitals (see H.R. 2961), H4721 [17JN]

———temporarily increase payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 11), H71 [4JA]

Pharmaceuticals: standardize certification of Internet pharmacies and prohibit certain advertising by, and use of certain bank instruments for purchases from, illegal Internet pharmacies (see H.R. 1808), H2471 [21AP]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 517), H348 [2FE]

Remarks

Bend, OR: tribute to Central Oregon Crop Walk, E1921 [21SE]

———tribute to Red Cross Mountain River Chapter Real Heroes honorees, E1130 [26MY]

BLM: prohibit funding for sale or slaughter of free-roaming horses and burros, H3660 [19MY]

Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area: prohibit Indian gambling casino on non-reservation Indian lands, H3632 [19MY]

Dept. of State: Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding for Colombia, H5310 [28JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3632, H3660 [19MY]

Endangered Species Act: compensate landowners who relinquish property for recovery of an endangered species or for certain other purposes, H8579 [29SE]

———provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (H.R. 3824), H8547, H8579 [29SE]

———treatment of private property rights, H8547 [29SE]

Federal aid programs: drug treatment and prevention programs funding, E1065 [23MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3057), H5310 [28JN]

Hines, OR: anniversary, E1470 [12JY]

Hunger: reduce (H.R. 2717), E1921 [21SE]

Lockheed, John A.: Air National Guard Oustanding Airman award recipient, E1649 [27JY]

Medford, OR: Veterans Park Memorial dedication, E1094 [25MY]

Mount Hood, OR: anniversary of Timberline Lodge, E1100 [25MY]

Native Americans: anniversary of treaty between Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and the U.S., E1129 [26MY]

———tribute to tribes of the Pacific Northwest and the Treaties of 1855 between these tribes and the U.S. (H. Con. Res. 189), E1342 [24JN]

Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations for nutrition services (H.R. 1792), E1921 [21SE]

Oregon: tribute to Flight of Friendship (organization), E129 [1FE]

Rotary International: anniversary, E277, E281, E306 [18FE]

Scdoris, Rachael: Nike, Inc., Casey Martin Award recipient, E2255 [3NO]

Taxation: provide a credit for the transportation of food for charitable purposes (H.R. 1954), E1921 [21SE]

Votes: position on missed, H127 [6JA], E519 [20MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5251 [27JN]

Tributes

Adams, Terry R., E2598 [17DE]

Bagge, Johan C., E1345 [24JN]

Bomke, Timothy, E1345 [24JN]

Compton, Lynn (Buck), E849 [3MY]

Day, Vance, E849 [3MY]

Johnson, Barbara, E1705 [29JY]

MacPherson, Earl, E1703 [29JY]

Malarkey, Don, E849 [3MY]

Olson, Kathy, E1256 [17JN]

Sabetti, Brandon, E1344 [24JN]

Saunders, Merle, E1322 [23JN]