DeGETTE, DIANA (a Representative from Colorado)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 1155), H4802 [20JN]

America Recycles Day: support goal and mission (see H. Con. Res. 289), H9696 [4NO]

American Academy of Pediatrics: anniversary (see H. Res. 452), H8162 [20SE]

American Jewish History Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 315), H11654 [14DE]

America's Blood Centers (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 220), H6206 [20JY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 567), H351 [2FE]

Armed Forces: enhance and improve benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserves who serve extended periods on active duty (see H.R. 1565), H1970 [13AP]

———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), H940 [2MR]

———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), H10145 [9NO]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H413 [8FE]

Army: carry out a pilot project on compatible use buffers on real property bordering Fort Carson, CO (see H.R. 632), H410 [8FE]

———close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 1217), H4722 [17JN]

Bankruptcy: exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (see H.R. 2060), H3695 [19MY]

———provide relief relative to disaster-related debts incurred by victims of Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters (see H.R. 3697), H9103 [25OC]

Biotechnology Industry Organization: tribute (see H. Res. 421), H7613 [29JY]

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]

Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1365), H1691 [17MR]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H4723 [17JN]

———establish or expand and operate programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (see H.R. 822), H4896 [21JN]

———provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 1409), H7613 [29JY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1687), H4802 [20JN]

Classified information: request the Executive Office of the President and direct the Dept. of State to transmit documents relative to the White House Iraq Group (see H. Res. 505), H10039 [8NO]

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), H631 [15FE]

———request documents from the President on the anticipated effects of climate change on coastal regions of the U.S. (see H. Res. 515), H9276 [26OC]

Colleges and universities: expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 761), H942 [2MR]

Colorado: provide for an additional place of holding district court (see H.R. 706), H522 [9FE]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 4008), H9556 [2NO]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3326), H7566 [28JY]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 2662), H7743 [7SE]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H942 [2MR]

Davis-Bacon Act: reinstate application of the wage requirements to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3763), H7947 [14SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish and enforce performance standards and sanitation requirements for reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry (see H.R. 3160), H8163 [20SE]

Dept. of Defense: require emergency contraception to be available at all military health care treatment facilities (see H.R. 2635), H8342 [22SE]

Dept. of Education: recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 3334), H10145 [9NO]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H7673 [6SE]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (see H.R. 1704), H10157 [10NO]

Dept. of Transportation: report to Congress on proposed changes to policies that prohibit foreign interests from exercising control over economic and security decisions of U.S. airlines (see H.R. 4542), H12051 [16DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Colorado Springs, CO, area (see H.R. 1159), H5603 [30JN]

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), H3114 [10MY]

Disasters: require Federal, State, and local agencies to comply with public health, environmental, and environmental justice laws and regulations (see H. Res. 477), H8810 [7OC]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H1622 [16MR]

Diseases: address fertility issues facing cancer survivors (see H. Con. Res. 174), H9473 [1NO]

———authorize grants for education, screening, and treatment relative to preventing diabetic foot complications and lower extremity amputations (see H.R. 1719), H3695 [19MY]

———authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 3641), H10227 [15NO]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 312), H354 [2FE]

———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic (see H.R. 4603), H12048 [16DE]

District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (see H.R. 2043), H11035 [18NO]

Ecology and environment: enforce certain enviromental laws, expand the definition of environmental justice, and direct each Federal agency to establish an Environmental Justice Office (see H.R. 1648), H2101 [14AP]

Education: include information on legal rights available to teenage victims of dating violence in domestic violence education programs (see H.R. 2947), H5915 [14JY]

———provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (see H.R. 198), H2150 [19AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 363), H7564 [28JY]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 4156), H11036 [18NO]

EPA: establish a grant and fee program to encourage and promote the recycling of used computers and to promote the development of a national infrastructure for the recycling of used computers (see H.R. 425), H7613 [29JY]

———provide additional authority to the Office of Ombudsman (see H.R. 1043), H940 [2MR]

ERISA: impose a moratorium on terminations of certain plans in cases in which reorganization of contributing sponsors is sought in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings (see H.R. 2327), H4074 [25MY]

———improve disclosure of the funding status of pension plans (see H.R. 2321), H7613 [29JY]

Federal Election Campaign Act: exclude communications over the Internet from the definition of public communication (see H.R. 4194), H10039 [8NO]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (see H.R. 1317), H1508 [15MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 1356), H1690 [17MR]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 3656), H7672 [6SE]

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), H74 [4JA]

Fish and fishing: reauthorize the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basin endangered fish recovery implementation programs (see H.R. 3153), H5600 [30JN]

Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 3563), H7558 [28JY]

Government: protect scientific integrity in Federal research and policymaking (see H.R. 839), H4985 [22JN]

Health: expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 1709), H2149 [19AP]

———protect enrollees in managed care plans and other health coverage (see H.R. 2259), H3196 [11MY]

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

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 2553), H10910 [17NO]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 898), H3894 [24MY]

Health care facilities: allow qualifying children's hospitals to participate in the 340B drug discount program (see H.R. 4036), H8808 [7OC]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H942 [2MR]

Higher Education Act: expand and extend the eligibility of Hispanic-serving institutions for assistance (see H.R. 3203), H8248 [21SE]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 2928), H4560 [15JN]

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 2642), H8163 [20SE]

House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (see H. Res. 131), H1417 [14MR]

Hurricanes: establish an independent commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to Hurricane Katrina and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future (see H.R. 3764), H7948 [14SE]

Immigration: comprehensively reform immigration law and better protect immigrant victims of violence (see H.R. 2092), H10145 [9NO]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 3006), H6652 [26JY]

———provide protection to immigrant victims of violence (see H.R. 3188), H5602 [30JN]

———revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information on H-2B nonimmigrants (see H.R. 793), H2103 [14AP]

Independent Commission on the Investigation of Detainee Abuses: establish (see H.R. 3003), H4895 [21JN]

Independent Commission To Prevent Fraud and Abuse in the Response to Hurricane Katrina: establish (see H.R. 3838), H8919 [18OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 363), H7564 [28JY]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1849), H2549 [26AP]

———reform the medical malpractice insurance business, limit frivolous lawsuits, and enhance patient access to medical care (see H.R. 3359), H6936 [27JY]

Intelligence services: strengthen protections of civil liberties in the exercise of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities (see H.R. 1526), H8846 [17OC]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H3435 [17MY]

Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 70), H9642 [3NO] (see H.J. Res. 73), H11655 [14DE]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 1696), H3114 [10MY]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 556), H11035 [18NO]

Libraries: provide for public library construction and modernization (see H.R. 2292), H3197 [11MY]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H719 [16FE]

Marshall, Thurgood: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 657), H9696 [4NO]

Medicaid: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 215), H6327 [21JY]

———provide temporary disaster relief in response to Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3698), H8919 [18OC]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 910), H8809 [7OC]

———recognize importance of prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers (see H. Con. Res. 231), H9962 [7NO]

Medicare: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 213), H6327 [21JY]

———coverage of, as supplies for the injection of insulin, home needle destruction devices and the disposal of needles and lancets through a sharps-by-mail or similar program (see H.R. 2841), H8847 [17OC]

———extend reasonable cost contracts to expand the area in which plans offered under such contracts may operate and to apply certain provisions of Medicare Advantage program to such plans (see H.R. 4050), H8919 [18OC]

———improve access to diabetes self-management training by designated certified diabetes educators (see H.R. 3612), H7561 [28JY]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H8846 [17OC]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 2869), H4400 [13JN]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H5915 [14JY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H8734 [6OC]

———repeal reduction in payment for therapeutic shoes and inserts for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1416), H10157 [10NO]

Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (see H.R. 2421), H3554 [18MY]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H8162 [20SE]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2429), H7565 [28JY]

Mining and mineral resources: facilitate reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 1266), H1897 [12AP]

———provide a source of funding for the reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 1265), H1897 [12AP]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2048), H5177 [24JN]

———require accurate fuel economy testing procedures (see H.R. 1103), H982 [3MR]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H10157 [10NO]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H942 [2MR]

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. 3323), H7744 [7SE]

Office of Special Inspector General for Hurricane Katrina Recovery: establish (see H.R. 3737), H8919 [18OC]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 311), H354 [2FE]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 266), H3332 [16MY]

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), H9696 [4NO]

Power resources: protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (see H.R. 3936), H8847 [17OC]

Presidential appointments: provide that a Federal public safety position may not be held by any political appointee who does not meet certain minimum requirements (see H.R. 3925), H11504 [13DE]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H2551 [26AP]

———provide consistent enforcement authority by Federal agencies for violations of regulations governing public lands and clarify purpose of fines collected for violations (see H.R. 975), H1025 [8MR]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 983), H1779 [5AP]

———improve reliability of electric transmission system (see H.R. 878), H791 [17FE]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H7564 [28JY]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans while protecting stem cell research (see H.R. 1822), H2548 [26AP]

Social Security: ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1668), H5176 [24JN]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 2071), H2975 [4MY]

———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H412 [8FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H2394 [20AP]

Sudan: impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see H.R. 1424), H7820 [12SE]

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), H4562 [15JN]

Taxation: allow an additional credit for adoption of an older child (see H.R. 4092), H9696 [4NO]

———disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (see H.R. 2625), H4072 [25MY]

———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), H6205 [20JY]

———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax and prevent manipulation of transfer prices by deflection of income to tax havens (see H.R. 1303), H1507 [15MR]

———provide subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualified health pooling arrangements (see H.R. 2073), H2976 [4MY]

———restore estate tax and repeal carryover basis rule and increase estate tax unified credit (see H.R. 1574), H10910 [17NO]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H5362 [28JN]

Tobacco products: deter smuggling into the U.S. (see H.R. 1377), H1691 [17MR]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H9472 [1NO]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1774), H2470 [21AP]

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), H11880 [15DE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3171), H5601 [30JN]

Voting: establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 63), H4984 [22JN]

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

———establish an appropriate day for commemoration of the women suffragists who fought for and won the right of women to vote in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 59), H5914 [14JY]

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

World War II: preserve historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained (see H.R. 1492), H3113 [10MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Colorado: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 4587), H12048 [16DE]

Gibbons, Pasqualine J.: correct the unfair passing over for promotion to grade of technical sergeant during World War II (see H. Res. 204), H1895 [12AP] (see H. Res. 257), H2977 [4MY]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H521 [9FE]

University of Denver: tribute to men's hockey team (see H. Res. 237), H2550 [26AP]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), E504 [17MR]

Congress: counting of electoral votes for President and Vice President, H125 [6JA]

———objection to counting of Ohio electoral votes for President and Vice President, H125 [6JA]

Courts: infringement by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on parental rights in Fields v. Palmdale School District (H. Res. 547), H10316 [16NO]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 748), H2600 [27AP]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: disapprove recommendations (H.J. Res. 65), E2223 [28OC]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2863), E1301 [21JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5158 [24JN]

Disasters: improve preparedness and response plans, E1806 [8SE]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), H6924 [27JY]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 397), E2171 [25OC]

FTC: investigate and assess penalties for price gouging with respect to oil and gas products, H8765 [7OC]

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 (H.R. 5), H6991, H6996 [28JY]

———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 (H.R. 5), motion to recommit, H7011 [28JY]

———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 (H.R. 2520), H3806 [24MY]

———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 (H.R. 2520), Senate amendment, H12067, H12071 [17DE]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3806, H3820, H3824, H3832, H3839 [24MY], H12067 [17DE]

Health care professionals: workforce development and education funding, H5158 [24JN]

Hurricanes: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3673), E1806 [8SE]

Insurance: reform the medical malpractice insurance business, limit frivolous lawsuits, and enhance patient access to medical care, H7011 [28JY]

National History Day (organization): tribute to Colorado competition participants, E1385 [28JN]

Pensions: reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), E2645 [22DE]

Petroleum: expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S. and provide reliable and affordable energy (H.R. 3893), H8765 [7OC]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H6971 [28JY]

———expand production and use of renewable fuel and increase energy independence, H8765 [7OC]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 525), H6500 [26JY]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, H11541 [14DE]

Votes: position on missed, H11541 [14DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3765 [23MY]

Tributes

Gonzales, Rodolfo (Corky), E709 [20AP]

Smith, Albert C., E1710 [29JY]