GUTKNECHT, GIL (a Representative from Minnesota)

Articles and editorials

``I'm Going To Stay Here Always,'' Says a Red Lake Star, Doug Grow, Minneapolis-St. Paul (MN) Star Tribune, H2169 [20AP]

U.S. Blocks Drugs Sent From Canada, John Chase and Christi Parsons, Chicago (IL) Tribune, H1329 [10MR]

You Only Pass This Way Once, Greg Sellnow, Rochester (MN) Post-Bulletin, H5935 [18JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: establish a voluntary program for country of origin labeling of meat (see H.R. 2068), H2975 [4MY]

Albert Harold Quie Post Office, Dennison, MN: designate (see H.R. 3989), H8733 [6OC]

Annan, Kofi: call for resignation as U.N. Secretary General (see H. Res. 277), H3261 [12MY]

Armed Forces: authorize members to assist the Dept. of Homeland Security in performance of border protection functions under certain circumstances (see H.R. 1986), H2736 [28AP]

———support equal access for military recruiters to institutions of higher education (see H. Con. Res. 36), H285 [1FE]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H1622 [16MR]

Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see H.R. 1337), H1621 [16MR]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H8342 [22SE]

Budget: reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 2290), H3197 [11MY]

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]

Children and youth: improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 1355), H1970 [13AP]

———revise the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration program (see H.R. 1505), H2473 [21AP]

Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 698), H5638 [11JY]

Colleges and universities: allow military service academies to include the offering of voluntary, nondenominational prayer as an element of their activities (see H.R. 3430), H8089 [15SE]

Community development: establish a National Enterprise Zone system to promote prosperity in economically depressed areas (see H.R. 2182), H9047 [24OC]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1651), H4297 [8JN]

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

———provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1023 [8MR]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 748), H581 [10FE]

———provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (see H.R. 32), H286 [1FE]

Dept. of Defense: continue exercise of statutory authority to support activities of the Boy Scouts (see H. Con. Res. 6), H142 [20JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: consolidate citizenship and immigration databases into a comprehensive database to improve customer service and enhance national security and public safety (see H.R. 4412), H11034 [18NO]

Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 1219), H6652 [26JY]

———make information on funding provided to non-governmental organizations available to the public (see H.R. 4306), H10156 [10NO]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 34), H72 [4JA]

Dept. of Transportation: include tax treatment of gasohol when computing estimated tax payments attributed to highway users (see H.R. 113), H719 [16FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage reimbursement rate for the beneficiary travel program (see H.R. 4025), H9556 [2NO]

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]

Discovery (space shuttle): tribute to crew (see H. Res. 441), H7949 [14SE]

Diseases: support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H9696 [4NO]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H1780 [5AP]

Drugs: delay implementation of voluntary prescription drug benefit program, extend Medicare prescription drug discount card and transitional assistance programs, and Medicaid coverage of prescription drugs (see H.R. 1382), H8162 [20SE]

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]

Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of the Hurricane Katrina Recovery Chief Financial Officer (see H.R. 3813), H8389 [27SE]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H11328 [8DE]

———withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 1079), H6432 [25JY]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit obligating funds for appropriations earmarks included only in congressional reports (see H.R. 1642), H2100 [14AP]

———require agencies to review all major rules within 10 years after issuance (see H.R. 3143), H5600 [30JN]

Federal aid programs: require legislation that establishes a new Federal program to contain a provision that eliminates one or more current programs of equal or greater cost (see H. Con. Res. 301), H11036 [18NO]

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

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 881), H7564 [28JY]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (see H.R. 420), H584 [10FE]

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), H5603 [30JN]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 148), H1510 [15MR]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H1622 [16MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H4401 [13JN]

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

Government: prohibit the expenditure of funds for the construction or lease of buildings or space until January 1, 2007 (see H.R. 3797), H8087 [15SE]

Health: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5), H6432 [25JY] (see H.R. 534), H584 [10FE]

———provide for collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research and authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (see H.R. 2520), H3767 [23MY]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit or Federal debt reduction (see H.R. 1273), H1970 [13AP]

Immigration: enforce numerical limits placed by Congress (see H.R. 4317), H10161 [14NO]

———enhance border security enforcement and detention facilities (see H.R. 4238), H10146 [9NO]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3137), H8163 [20SE]

———prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign-issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 925), H1779 [5AP]

———reform (see H.R. 3938), H8642 [29SE]

———remove discretion of Dept. of Homeland Security relative to expedited removal and prohibit issuance of residential mortgages to illegal aliens (see H.R. 4032), H10227 [15NO]

———repeal exemption from harboring sanctions for alien volunteers of certain religious organization (see H.R. 4321), H10503 [16NO]

Immigration and Nationality Act: impose mandatory sentencing ranges with respect to aliens who reenter the U.S. after having been removed (see H.R. 3150), H7743 [7SE]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 2355), H3261 [12MY]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see H. Res. 137), H984 [3MR]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 500), H630 [15FE]

Medicare: exclude coverage of drugs prescribed for treatment of impotence (see H.R. 712), H522 [9FE]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 376), H354 [2FE]

Mental health: prohibit use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program (see H.R. 181), H524 [9FE]

———protect children and their parents from being coerced into administering psychotropic medication in order to attend school (see H.R. 1790), H2471 [21AP]

Mexico: disapprove U.S.-Mexico Social Security totalization agreement (see H. Con. Res. 50), H798 [17FE]

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), H5252 [27JN]

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]

Natural gas: reinstate regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act of futures, contracts, swaps, and hybrid instruments and require CFTC review and approval of certain transactions, contracts, and settlements (see H.R. 1638), H3056 [5MY]

NIH: conduct and support research for the derivation and use of human pluripotent stem cells by means that will not create or harm human embryos (see H.R. 3144), H5600 [30JN]

———conduct and support research on animals to develop techniques for the derivation of stem cells from embryos that do not harm the embryos (see H.R. 2574), H4074 [25MY]

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), H11880 [15DE]

Peace Corps: remove as an option for service under the National Call to Service military recruitment program (see H.R. 3709), H8735 [6OC]

Pensions: protect employee benefits in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements that apply to conversion of pension plans to cash balance plans (see H.R. 4052), H8808 [7OC]

Political campaigns: repeal disclosure requirement for certain electioneering communication disbursements and prohibit making such disbursements by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 689), H521 [9FE]

Power resources: expand production and use of renewable fuel and increase energy independence (see H.R. 1608), H5362 [28JN]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 1249), H1847 [6AP]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H6205 [20JY]

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), H7744 [7SE]

Red Lake, MN: express condolences in the aftermath of the recent school shooting at Red Lake High School (see H. Con. Res. 126), H1846 [6AP]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H798 [17FE]

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

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 517), H3262 [12MY]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 525), H1896 [12AP]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H286 [1FE]

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), H7612 [29JY]

Supreme Court: disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property (see H. Res. 340), H5435 (see H. Res. 340), H5480 [29JN]

———encourage finding the use of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools to be consistent with the Constitution (see H. Con. Res. 245), H8249 [21SE]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 414), H720 [16FE]

———clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (see H.R. 3095), H10502 [16NO]

———exclude from gross income a portion of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 819), H1970 [13AP]

———extend incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 2498), H5915 [14JY]

———provide a credit dependent on enactment of State qualified scholarship tax credits and allowed against the Federal income tax for charitable contributions to certain education investment organizations (see H.R. 4400), H11033 [18NO]

———provide tax incentives for the purchase of qualified health insurance (see H.R. 1872), H3114 [10MY]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H72 [4JA]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H1847 [6AP]

———treatment of investments in wind energy facilities (see H.R. 2007), H2736 [28AP]

Treaties and agreements: avoid inclusion in future free trade agreements provisions that would restrict access of U.S. consumers to imported prescription drugs (see H.R. 3583), H7559 [28JY]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see H.R. 2533), H6328 [21JY]

University of Minnesota: tribute to women's ice hockey team (see H. Res. 238), H2550 [26AP]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H3060 [9MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Clean Air Act: require all gasoline sold for use in motor vehicles to contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (see H.R. 4357), H10908 [17NO]

Committee on the Budget (House): majority party appointments (see H. Res. 281), H3435 [17MY]

Crime: authorize appropriations for grants for specialized technical assistance and training to improve investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases (see H.R. 3687), H7742 [7SE]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H6204 [20JY]

NSF: establish a Division of Food and Agricultural Science and authorize funding for the support of fundamental agricultural research of the highest quality (see H.R. 1563), H1894 [12AP]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 328), H194 [25JA]

Power resources: expand production and use of renewable fuel and increase energy independence (see H.R. 3081), H5361 [28JN]

Factsheets

Will Lower Drug Prices Jeopardize Drug Research? Donald Light and Joel Lexchin, American Journal of Bioethics, H5523-H5525 [30JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H4563 [16JN], H5641 [12JY]

Remarks

Albert Harold Quie Post Office, Dennison, MN: designate (H.R. 3989), H9444, H9445, H9446 [1NO]

Armed Forces: 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 (H. Res. 302), E2299 [8NO]

Budget: allocation of funds, H10123 [9NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), H10123 [9NO]

Corps of Engineers: enhance navigation capacity improvements and ecosystem restoration plan for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway System, H5821 [14JY]

Council of Economic Advisers: prohibit funding to produce a President's economic report regarding a certain average cost of developing and introducing a new prescription drug to the market, H5523, H5525 [30JN]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5523, H5525 [30JN]

Drugs: discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, H606 [15FE], H1328 [10MR], H1754 [5AP], H3406 [17MY], H4159 [7JN], H4373 [13JN], H4784 [20JN], H4861 [21JN], H5219 [27JN]

Ewa Beach, HI: tribute to West Oahu Little League Baseball team (H. Res. 429), H8178, H8179 [21SE]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 148), H1797, H1798, H1801 [6AP]

Firefighters: recognize and honor contributions throughout U.S. history (H. Res. 188), H1802, H1805 [6AP]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (H.J. Res. 61), H8107 [20SE], H8180, H8181 [21SE]

Heinz Ahlmeyer, Jr., Post Office Building, Pearl River, NY: designate (H.R. 3548), H9442, H9443 [1NO]

Jacob L. Frazier Post Office Building, St. Charles, IL: designate (H.R. 3767), H8177 [21SE]

Karl Malden Station, Los Angeles, CA: designate (H.R. 3667), H8176 [21SE]

Lillian McKay Post Office Building, Humble, TX: designate (H.R. 2413), H9443, H9444 [1NO]

Mankato, MN: America's Promise—The Alliance for Youth 100 Best Communities for Young People award recipient, E2298 [8NO]

National Weekend of Prayer and Reflection for Darfur, Sudan: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 333), E1499 [15JY]

Pensions: reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), H11767 [15DE]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs, H4861 [21JN]

———importation of prescription drugs (H.R. 328), H1945 [13AP], H3289 [16MY], H4373 [13JN]

Pope John Paul II: tribute (H. Res. 190), H1809 [6AP]

Power resources: expand production and use of renewable fuel and increase energy independence, H8825 [17OC]

Prison Fellowship (organization): tribute, H4567 [16JN]

Red Lake, MN: express condolences in the aftermath of the recent school shooting at Red Lake High School (H. Con. Res. 126), H2169 [20AP]

Schiavo, Terri: relief of parents, Robert and Mary Schindler (S. 686), E534 [5AP]

Votes: position on missed, H9813 [7NO], H9992 [8NO]

Water: provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (H.R. 2864), H5821 [14JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H9960 [7NO]

Special order: granted, H626 [15FE], H1021 [8MR], H1614 [16MR], H1774 [5AP], H1891 [12AP], H2147 [19AP], H2547 [26AP], H2645 [27AP], H2733 [28AP], H2877 [3MY], H2974 [4MY], H3050 [5MY], H3110 [10MY], H3195 [11MY], H3258 [12MY], H3311 [16MY], H3433 [17MY], H3553 [18MY], H3691 [19MY], H4184 [7JN], H4350 [9JN], H4398 [13JN], H4483 [14JN], H4558 [15JN], H4653 [16JN], H4720 [17JN], H4801 [20JN], H4894 [21JN], H4983 [22JN], H5099 [23JN], H5634 [11JY], H5910 [14JY], H6202 [20JY], H6323 [21JY], H6376 [22JY], H7670 [6SE], H7810 [8SE], H7857 [13SE], H8085 [15SE], H8128, H8159 [20SE], H9273 [26OC], H11217 [7DE]

Tributes

Arnold, Wayne, H5935 [18JY]

Bruce, Travis, H1868 [12AP]

Colson, Chuck, H4567 [16JN]

Deeds, Roger W., H11192 [7DE]

Fasnacht, Michael, H5887 [14JY]

Fremling, Calvin R., H3117 [11MY]

Goodnature, Corey J., H6311 [21JY]

Greene, David, H5642 [12JY]

Holmes, Dorothy, H3679 [19MY]

Peterson, M. Susan, H2883 [4MY]