KOLBE, JIM (a Representative from Arizona)

Amendments

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3402), H8474 [28SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5121 [24JN]

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 (H.R. 418), H546 [10FE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1268, supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief, H2520 [26AP]

———H.R. 2360, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, H8406 [28SE]

———H.R. 3057, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H9330 [27OC]

House Democracy Assistance Commission, H3454 [18MY]

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H2081 [14AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions (see H.R. 3746), H7860 [13SE]

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]

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

Arizona: authorize and direct the exchange and conveyance of certain national forest land and other land in southeast Arizona (see H.R. 2618), H4072 [25MY]

———release reversionary interest retained by the U.S. relative to the conveyance of portions of former Williams AFB, AZ, to Arizona State University and Maricopa County Community College District (see H.R. 538), H349 [2FE]

Armed Forces: allow active duty personnel to withdraw an election not to participate in the program of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 3195), H7673 [6SE]

———enhance readiness by replacing current policy concerning homosexuality, referred to as ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'', with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (see H.R. 1059), H1265 [9MR]

———entitle educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for members of the Selected Reserve who aggregate a certain amount of active duty service (see H.R. 772), H7814 [8SE]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H197 [25JA]

———provide for certain servicemembers to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 269), H1896 [12AP]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 685), H521 [9FE]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H1417 [14MR]

Children and youth: ensure that appropriate State social services officers have access to certain Federal databases to carry out checks in cases of child abuse and neglect and cases of missing children (see H.R. 1223), H1368 [10MR]

Colorado River Indian Reservation: revise boundaries (see H.R. 794), H586 [14FE]

Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 2458), H3555 [18MY]

Controlled Substances Act: amend relative to regulation of ephedrine alkaloids (see H.R. 1083), H8513 [28SE]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 2662), H4138 [26MY]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H629 [15FE]

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), H12050 [16DE]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H1780 [5AP]

District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (see H.R. 2043), H11880 [15DE]

———restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H4985 [22JN]

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), H524 [9FE]

Egypt: condemn terrorist bombings in Sharm el-Sheik and express condolences to the families of the victims (see H. Res. 384), H6650 [26JY]

Endangered Species Act: establish limitations on the designation of critical habitat (see H.R. 1837), H5963 [18JY]

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

Federal employees: affirm protection from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and repudiate any assertion to the contrary (see H.R. 3128), H5599 [30JN]

———allow individuals who return to Government service after receiving a refund of retirement contributions to recapture credit for their initial service by repaying such refund (see H.R. 1739), H2394 [20AP]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H1779 [5AP]

Foreign aid: ensure protection of beneficiaries of U.S. humanitarian assistance (see H.R. 912), H792 [17FE]

Hazardous substances: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 2567), H4561 [15JN]

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. 534), H1025 [8MR]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 810), H628 [15FE]

Health care professionals: clarify responsibilities of a pharmacy when a staff pharmacist refuses to fill a valid prescription for a drug on the basis of religious beliefs or moral convictions (see H.R. 1652), H4188 [7JN]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 1471), H5915 [14JY]

Housing: modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program (see H.R. 2803), H6432 [25JY]

Immigration: authorize Federal payment to emergency ambulance and medical services providers for the cost of uncompensated care of aliens aided by the border patrol or other Federal immigration official (see H.R. 2934), H4654 [16JN]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 3006), H4895 [21JN]

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: express appreciation for the contribution of Chinese art and culture and recognize the Festival of China at the Kennedy Center (see H. Con. Res. 265), H9044 [20OC]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 500), H285 [1FE]

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]

Mara, Wellington T.: tribute (see H. Res. 517), H9473 [1NO]

Medicare: clarify payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals (see H.R. 1016), H846 [1MR]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 2014), H2737 [28AP]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H6381 [22JY]

National Campus Safety Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 15), H6329 [21JY]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 874), H1025 [8MR]

Nicaragua: support democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 252), H8986 [19OC]

O'Connor, Sandra Day: tribute (see H. Res. 357), H5916 [14JY]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 276), H8644 [29SE]

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), H9641 [3NO]

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

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 311), H2102 [14AP]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 328), H413 [8FE]

Phoenix, AZ: convey Western Cotton Research Laboratory to the nonprofit organizations that originally provided the real property for the laboratory (see H.R. 400), H1696 [17MR]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H6936 [27JY] (see H.R. 4128), H9436 [31OC]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 525), H848 [1MR]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 1745), H2394 [20AP]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 1286), H1847 [6AP]

———provide grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 3050), H5100 [23JN]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H587 [14FE]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut decision on the right of privacy relative to the use of contraceptives by married couples (see H. Res. 311), H4355 [9JN]

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

Tariff Act: repeal dumping and subsidy offset (see H.R. 1121), H5914 [14JY]

Taxation: 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), H845 [1MR]

———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 196), H236 [26JA]

———exclude from gross income gain from the conversion of property by reason of eminent domain (see H.R. 3268), H6936 [27JY]

———make reduction in individual capital gains tax rates permanent and further reduce and simplify such rates and reduce corporate capital gains rate (see H.R. 1500), H2551 [26AP]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 1736), H9641 [3NO]

———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 that distributions from certain retirement plans are not included in gross income if used to pay long-term care insurance premiums (see H.R. 976), H1025 [8MR]

———regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 1956), H9103 [25OC]

———remove the requirement of a mandatory beginning date for distributions from individual retirement accounts and elective deferrals under qualified cash or deferred arrangements (see H.R. 195), H4187 [7JN]

———repeal alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1186), H5914 [14JY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H3769 [23MY]

———require employer disclosure of their share of taxes for old-age, survivors, and disability insurance and hospital insurance as well as the employee's share of such taxes on W-2 forms (see H.R. 3167), H6205 [20JY]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H1897 [12AP]

———treatment of certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2989), H5604 [30JN]

Ukraine: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 1053), H11504 [13DE]

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), H2102 [14AP]

Water: allow small public water systems to request exemption from national primary drinking water requirements for a naturally occurring contaminant (see H.R. 1315), H3436 [17MY]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 37), H1508 [15MR]

World War II: preserve historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained (see H.R. 1492), H3262 [12MY]

———recognize contributions of the Marine Corps and other units of the Armed Forces on the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima (see H. Res. 119), H797 [17FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Arizona Trail: designate for study for potential addition to the National Trails System (see H.R. 1250), H1370 [10MR]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 557), H350 [2FE]

Dept. of the Interior: cooperate with Mexican border States to conduct a hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, and modeling program for priority transboundary aquifers (see H.R. 469), H284 [1FE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (see H.R. 3057), H5175 [24JN]

Foreign policy: establish an international education policy to foster understanding among nations, promote a terror-free world, further U.S. foreign policy and national security, and enhance U.S. world leadership (see H. Con. Res. 100), H1621 [16MR]

Foreign trade: extend certain trade preferences to least-developed countries (see H.R. 886), H791 [17FE]

Immigration: improve border security (see H.R. 2330), H3260 [12MY]

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

Pima County, AZ: land exchange to consolidate Federal land ownership within the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (see H.R. 3051), H5100 [23JN]

Social Security: allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans and extend the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 440), H283 [1FE]

Conference reports

Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations (H.R. 3057), H9499-H9533 [2NO]

Remarks

Africa: increase disaster assistance and refugee assistance to Sudan and other African countries, H1467 [15MR]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), H4237 [8JN]

AID: Child Survival and Health Account funding to combat malaria through reductions in allocation of foreign aid to Egypt, H5298 [28JN]

———eligibility of religious organizations for tsunami relief funds, H1488 [15MR]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), H1444, H1454, H1467, H1468, H1480, H1484, H1485, H1488, H1490, H1498 [15MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), conference report, H3006 [5MY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), H2074 [14AP]

Capitol Pages: tribute, H4324 [9JN]

Committees of the House: establish a select committee to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to conduct activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to fight the war on terrorism, H1454 [15MR]

Dept. of Education: prohibit funding to implement determination that charter schools operated by for-profit organizations are not eligible for special education or low-income student funding, H5121, H5122 [24JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a program for use of advanced technology and communication to meet homeland security needs along borders, H546 [10FE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2360), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 474), H8690 [6OC]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3402), H8475 [28SE]

———State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding, H8475 [28SE]

———State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding through reductions in NOAA funding, H4465 [14JN]

Dept. of State: Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding for Colombia, H5316 [28JN]

———Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding for Peru, H5292 [28JN]

———Global HIV/AIDS Initiative funding, H5306 [28JN]

———Human Rights and Democracy Fund funding, H5323 [28JN]

———Small Arms/Light Weapons Destruction initiative funding, H5318 [28JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5121, H5122, H5123 [24JN]

Disasters: eliminate supplemental appropriations for tsunami relief, H1480 [15MR]

———Tsunami Recovery and Reconstruction Fund pregnant victims assistance funding, H1468 [15MR]

Diseases: authorize assistance to combat HIV/AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa, H5295, H5296 [28JN]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, H9311 [27OC]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), H6905 [27JY]

Egypt: democracy and education programs funding, H5298 [28JN]

Eximbank: clarify criteria for approving loan applications, H5284 [28JN]

———encourage renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, H5345 [28JN]

———limit funding relative to confirmation of an Inspector General, H5344 [28JN]

———prohibit funding to approve loan guarantees for nuclear powerplant construction in the People's Republic of China, H5336, H5338 [28JN]

Federal employees: limit attendance at foreign conferences, H5343 [28JN]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 10), H4919 [22JN]

Foreign aid: prohibit assistance to countries refusing to extradite criminal suspects to the U.S. for trial or sentencing, H5339, H5340 [28JN]

———prohibit assistance to countries refusing to extradite individuals accused of killing law enforcement officers, H5332 [28JN]

———prohibit use of international military education and training program funding for assistance to Vietnam, H5348 [28JN]

———prohibit use of international military education and training program funding in contravention of child soldiers protocol to Convention on the Rights of the Child, H5349, H5350 [28JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: across-the-board funding reduction, H5348 [28JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3057), H5281, H5284, H5286, H5292, H5293, H5295, H5296, H5298, H5301, H5306, H5316, H5318, H5323, H5332, H5333, H5334, H5335, H5336, H5338, H5339, H5340, H5341, H5342, H5343, H5344, H5345, H5346, H5347, H5348, H5349, H5350 [28JN], H9310 [27OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3057), conference report, H9650 [4NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3057), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 532), H9649 [4NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3057), motion to instruct conferees, H9311 [27OC]

Global Environment Facility (organization): funding, H5286 [28JN]

Haiti: prohibit funding for transfer of certain excess Government property, H5340, H5341 [28JN]

Hariri, Rafik: tribute (H. Res. 91), E298 [18FE]

Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3835 [24MY]

Hurricanes: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3645), E1753 [6SE]

Immigration: improve border security, H8690 [6OC]

———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), H11992 [16DE]

———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), consideration (H. Res. 610), H11675 [15DE]

Iraq: call for immediate withdrawal of Armed Forces (H. Res. 571), H11016 [18NO]

Medicare: prohibit Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens, H5123 [24JN]

Mexico: international narcotics control and law enforcement funding, H5292, H5296 [28JN]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority and for programs, projects, and activities in the West Bank and Gaza, H1498 [15MR]

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 (H.R. 418), H468 [9FE], H546 [10FE]

News media: mischaracterization of congressional funding for Palestinians, E931 [11MY]

Nigeria: allocation of foreign aid, H1490 [15MR]

Phoenix, AZ: convey Western Cotton Research Laboratory to the nonprofit organizations that originally provided the real property for the laboratory, H4237 [8JN]

Pima County, AZ: land exchange to consolidate Federal land ownership within the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (H.R. 3051), E1358 [27JN]

Point of order, H1481 [15MR], H5303, H5342, H5344 [28JN]

Romania: condition allocation of foreign aid on resolution of U.S. adoption cases, H5341, H5342 [28JN]

Saudi Arabia: allocation of foreign aid, H1484, H1485 [15MR], H5333, H5334, H5335 [28JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4465 [14JN], H4506 [15JN]

Social Security: privatization proposals, H931, H932, H933, H934, H935, H937 [2MR], H2140, H2141, H2142 [19AP]

———reform, H931, H932, H933, H934, H935, H937 [2MR], H2140, H2141, H2142 [19AP]

Sudan: authorize all necessary means to stop genocide in Darfur region, H5344 [28JN]

———prohibit funding to return displaced persons from Chad to Sudan, H5346, H5347 [28JN]

Supreme Court: encourage finding the use of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools to be consistent with the Constitution (H. Con. Res. 245), H8421 [28SE]

U.N.: limit U.S. share of assessments for the regular budget, H4506 [15JN]

Votes: position on missed, H10517 [17NO], E1072 [24MY], E1914 [21SE], E2397 [18NO], E2647 [22DE]

World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. approval from the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (H.J. Res. 27), H4306 [9JN]

Zimbabwe: human rights violations, H5293 [28JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H6323 [21JY]

Tribute, H5354 [28JN]

Reports filed

Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3057) (H. Rept. 109-265), H9554 [2NO]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3057) (H. Rept. 109-152), H5175 [24JN]

Tables

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations (H.R. 3057): conference report, H9652-H9667 [4NO]