WILSON, HEATHER (a Representative from New Mexico)
Appointments
Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H229 [26JA]
Conferee: H.R. 3199, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, H10090 [9NO]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
America's Blood Centers (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 220), H6206 [20JY]
Armed Forces: 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), H583 [10FE]
———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H197 [25JA]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H1779 [5AP]
Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see H.R. 1337), H3199 [11MY]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 3373), H7862 [13SE]
———tribute for demonstration project to assess quality of care of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy (see H. Res. 261), H6108 [19JY]
CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H10501 [16NO]
Colleges and universities: expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 761), H582 [10FE]
Congress: disapprove rule submitted by the Dept. of Agriculture relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) (see H.J. Res. 23), H1417 [14MR]
Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 999), H1510 [15MR]
———postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations (see H.R. 2511), H3894 [24MY]
Dept. of HHS: encourage dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology (see H.R. 4157), H9361 [27OC]
Diseases: anniversary of development of Salk polio vaccine (see H. Res. 208), H1970 [13AP]
———issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 42), H8089 [15SE]
———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (see H. Res. 323), H6329 [21JY]
———support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H7815 [8SE]
Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 13), H2550 [26AP] (see H.R. 314), H7949 [14SE] (see H.R. 3889), H9044 [20OC]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H9696 [4NO]
———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 305), H7743 [7SE]
FCC: expedite and increase assignment of radio spectrum frequencies to public safety agencies (see H.R. 1646), H8342 [22SE]
———reinstate rules for the description of video programming (see H.R. 951), H4722 [17JN]
FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H9361 [27OC]
Federal employees: deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 4546), H11653 [14DE]
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2965), H4721 [17JN]
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), H2648 [27AP]
Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H2550 [26AP]
Fish and fishing: reauthorize the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basin endangered fish recovery implementation programs (see H.R. 3153), H5600 [30JN]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H4401 [13JN]
Hazardous substances: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 2567), H3892 [24MY]
Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 3248), H5740 [12JY]
———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H1622 [16MR]
Health care facilities: extend Federal Tort Claims Act coverage to all federally qualified community health centers (see H.R. 1633), H2100 [14AP]
Housing: modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program (see H.R. 2803), H6328 [21JY]
Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H4985 [22JN]
Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H5362 [28JN]
Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H354 [2FE]
Medicaid: prevent a severe reduction in the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for a State (see H.R. 2258), H8089 [15SE]
———provide full Federal medical assistance percentage for displaced recipients receiving medical assistance outside their State of residence due to a declared public health emergency (see H.R. 3671), H8248 [21SE]
———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H1693 [17MR]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H2473 [21AP]
———provide access to audiologists (see H.R. 415), H2472 [21AP]
———provide incentives linking quality to payment for skilled nursing facilities and establish a Long-Term Care Financing Commission (see H.R. 1381), H1692 [17MR]
———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H5915 [14JY]
———temporarily increase payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 11), H412 [8FE]
Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (see H.R. 2421), H7861 [13SE]
———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H7949 [14SE]
Mexico: convey sympathy to families of young women murdered in Chihuahua and encourage increased U.S. involvement in bringing an end to these crimes (see H. Con. Res. 90), H1622 [16MR]
National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H7862 [13SE]
National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1509 [15MR]
National Hepatitis B Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 250), H3057 [5MY]
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), H8248 [21SE]
Native Americans: clarify issues of criminal jurisdiction within the exterior boundaries of Pueblo lands (see H.R. 600), H352 [2FE]
New Mexico: designate the Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness and take certain land into trust for the Pueblo of Zia (see H.R. 362), H195 [25JA]
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), H2150 [19AP]
Parks, Rosa: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 4343), H11220 [7DE]
Power reources: reduce growth of energy use and limit impact of growing energy use on the economy, environment, and national security through reductions in energy demand (see H.R. 3263), H5963 [18JY]
Public Health Service Act: provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (see H.R. 1313), H2106 [18AP]
Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H5963 [18JY] (see H.R. 4128), H9436 [31OC]
Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H6328 [21JY]
San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H7564 [28JY]
Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 615), H10145 [9NO]
———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H1896 [12AP]
Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H353 [2FE]
Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 765), H3695 [19MY]
———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 414), H2472 [21AP]
———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), H1847 [6AP]
———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 625), H410 [8FE]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H3695 [19MY]
———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H5914 [14JY]
Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (see H.R. 310), H354 [2FE]
Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H3769 [23MY]
———improve benefits for former POW (see H.R. 1598), H2151 [19AP]
Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2876), H4896 [21JN]
Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H4356 [9JN]
World War II: 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]
Yogiji, Habhajan S.K.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 34), H236 [26JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Albuquerque, NM: clear title to certain property associated with the Middle Rio Grande Project relative to development of Biological Park Project (see H.R. 2873), H4400 [13JN]
Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H796 [17FE]
Dept. of Education: provide grants for regional workshops designed to permit educators to share successful strategies for mathematics and science instruction in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4247), H9962 [7NO]
Dept. of HHS: establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection (see H.R. 1290), H1416 [14MR]
———revise minimum allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition From Homelessness (PATH) Program (see H.R. 2826), H4296 [8JN]
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act: increase certain education funding to improve access to the arts (see H.R. 1863), H2550 [26AP]
New Mexico: provide assistance for development of comprehensive State water plans (see H.R. 1711), H2149 [19AP]
Petroleum: prohibit price gouging of gasoline and diesel fuel in areas declared major disasters (see H.R. 3782), H7949 [14SE]
Po'Pay: dedication of statue provided by New Mexico for display in National Statuary Hall (see H. Con. Res. 241), H7861 [13SE] (see H. Con. Res. 242), H7949 [14SE]
Safe Drinking Water Act: assist small communities with achieving or maintaining compliance with drinking water standards (see H.R. 2417), H3435 [17MY]
Taxation: provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 986), H796 [17FE]
Lists
First Congressional District of New Mexico Congressional Certificate of Merit recipients, E1277
Remarks
Albuquerque, NM: clear title to certain property associated with the Middle Rio Grande Project relative to development of Biological Park Project (H.R. 2873), E1217
———tribute to Martial Arts Day, E2234
Armed Forces: role of women in combat and support situations, H3920 [25MY]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), conference report, H2712 [28AP]
China, Republic of: oppose proposed People's Republic of China anti-secession law, E195
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), H3920, H4032 [25MY]
———postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations, H4032 [25MY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5156
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), E1091
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: limit Federal access to library, bookseller, and other personal records for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes, H6236 [21JY]
FTC: investigate and assess penalties for price gouging with respect to oil and gas products, H8769, H8771
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2475), H4844 [21JN]
Iraq: call for immediate withdrawal of Armed Forces (H. Res. 571), H11014 [18NO]
Medicaid: funding, H2712 [28AP]
New Mexico: designate the Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness and take certain land into trust for the Pueblo of Zia (S. 156), H8873 [18OC]
———provide assistance for development of comprehensive State water plans (H.R. 1711), E697
———tribute to Congressional Certificate of Merit recipients from the First Congressional District, E1277
———tribute to New Mexico Hometown Heroes Committee for efforts to locate and mark the gravesites of Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, E2180
Olivas, Alma: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leadership Award recipient, E1218
Petroleum: expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S. and provide reliable and affordable energy (H.R. 3893), H8769, H8771
———protection from liability of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) producers for groundwater contamination, E1490
Po'Pay: dedication of statue provided by New Mexico for display in National Statuary Hall (H. Con. Res. 242), H8170 [21SE]
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), E1490
United Kingdom: condemn terrorist bombings in London and express condolences to the families of the victims (H. Res. 356), H5768 [13JY]
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), H6236 [21JY]
University of New Mexico: tribute to men's and women's basketball teams, E441
———tribute to men's soccer team, E2491
Votes: position on missed, H5165
Yogiji, Habhajan S.K.: tribute (H. Con. Res. 34), E578
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H5099 [23JN]