KIND, RON (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Appointments

Conferee: S. 250, Vocational and Technical Education for the Future Act, H5080 [12JY]

Articles and editorials

Dahl Family To Close June 28, Tim Hundt, Vernon County (WI) Broadcaster, H4790 [28JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses as a result of natural disasters and unforseen production costs (see H. Res. 706), H565 [2MR]

Alcoholic beverages: tribute to American craft brewers (see H. Res. 753), H1854 [26AP]

Armed Forces: tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 287), H869 [9MR]

Birds: promote conservation of migratory waterfowl and offset or prevent the loss of wetlands and other habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl (see H.R. 4315), H333 [15FE]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H26 [31JA]

Cameron, James: tribute (see H. Res. 867), H4008 [14JN]

Children and youth: provide for pass through of all child support collected on behalf of families receiving assistance under the temporary assistance for needy families program (see H.R. 5706), H5047 [11JY]

Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H646 [7MR]

Dept. of Energy: establish the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (see H.R. 4435), H1853 [26AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide free credit monitoring and credit reports for veterans and others affected by the theft of veterans' personal data and ensure notification of such thefts (see H.R. 5455), H3309 (see H.R. 5455), H3362 [25MY] (see H.R. 5588), H4680 [27JN]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H2833 (see H.R. 4033), H2890 [18MY]

European Union: recognize continued importance of transatlantic partnership by expressing support for success of the forthcoming U.S.-European Union Summit in Vienna, Austria (see H. Res. 873), H4189 [16JN]

FAA: replace Administrator's arbitrary authority to impose wages and working conditions with neutral binding arbitration in the case of an impasse in labor-management negotiations (see H.R. 4755), H791 [8MR]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 5316), H4917 [29JN]

Fish and fishing: establish a volunteer program and promote community partnerships for the benefit of national fish hatcheries and fisheries program offices (see H.R. 5381), H2585 [11MY]

Foreign trade: extend certain trade preferences to least-developed countries (see H.R. 886), H3424 [6JN]

Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 4682), H153 [1FE]

Great Lakes: establish a collaborative protection program (see H.R. 5100), H1562 [5AP]

———implement recommendations of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service contained in the Great Lakes Fishery Resources Restoration Study (see H.R. 4953), H1453 [4AP]

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 3248), H451 [28FE]

Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 4740), H272 [14FE]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 5312), H3138 [23MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3145), H1681 [6AP]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 2793), H4554 [26JN]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3476), H2641 [16MY]

LIHEAP: funding (see H.R. 4793), H451 [28FE]

Marshall Islands: commend contributions made to U.S. nuclear testing program, acknowledge first detonation of a hydrogen bomb, and commemorate anniversary of the beginning of U.S. nuclear testing program (see H. Res. 692), H1391 [30MR]

Medicaid: improve access to advanced practice nurses and physician assistants (see H.R. 2716), H451 [28FE]

Medicare: extend certain payment methodologies provided for rural health care providers (see H.R. 5118), H1677 [6AP]

———extend initial enrollment period for prescription drug benefits, waive penalties for late enrollment, allow prescription drug plan enrollment changes once a year, and limit drug formulary changes (see H.R. 5116), H1677 [6AP]

———provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services (see H.R. 4824), H3138 [23MY]

———provide for a budget-neutral two-year moratorium on certain physician payment reductions for imaging services (see H.R. 5704), H5128 [12JY]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 401), H3227 [24MY]

Mississippi River: designate route for study of potential addition to the National Scenic Trails System (see H.R. 1796), H1853 [26AP]

Music and dance: recognize the African American Spiritual as a national treasure (see H. Res. 790), H4796 [28JN]

National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 1108), H2962 [19MY]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 781), H1852 [26AP]

National security: support efforts to track terrorist financing under existing law and express concern over disclosure of classified information on methods by which terrorists are traced (see H. Res. 900), H4916 [29JN]

National Youth Sports Week: establish (see H. Res. 826), H2961 [19MY]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1853 [26AP]

North American Wetlands Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5539), H4917 [29JN]

Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5293), H3643 [8JN]

Paris Wine Tasting: anniversary of U.S. winemakers' victory (see H. Con. Res. 399), H2101 [3MY]

Power resources: increase utilization of domestically produced renewable, biobased motor fuels and the manufacture of flexible-fuel vehicles (see H.R. 5372), H2585 [11MY]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 4867), H564 [2MR]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 517), H4554 [26JN]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see H.R. 4993), H1128 [16MR]

Surface Transportation Board: authorizing appropriations to enhance railroad competition (see H.R. 2047), H973 [14MR]

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), H25 [31JA]

———clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (see H.R. 4985), H3309 (see H.R. 4985), H3361 [25MY]

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3159), H868 [9MR]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H25 [31JA]

Ukraine: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 1053), H645 [7MR]

Veterans: improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes (see H.R. 2963), H5047 [11JY]

Vietnam: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 5602), H3908 [13JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of the Interior: promote efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 5340), H2502 [10MY]

Jordan, I. King: tribute (see H. Res. 680), H332 [15FE]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H3060 [23MY]

AID: East Central European Scholarship Program funding, H3532 [8JN]

American Ballet Theatre: tribute (H. Res. 751), H2611 [16MY]

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 4890), H4476 [22JN]

———line-item veto (H.R. 4890), consideration (H. Res. 886), H4436 [22JN]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H3242, H3251 [25MY]

Budget: address enforcement or priorities, consideration (H. Res. 817)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 815), H2685 [17MY]

———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H1585 [6AP], H2699, H2743 [17MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), H1585, H1589 [6AP], H2743 [17MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), consideration (H. Res. 817), H2699 [17MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), consideration (H. Res. 817)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 815), H2685 [17MY]

Coastal Barrier Resources Act: reauthorize (S. 1869), H2604, H2605 [16MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service Organic Transitions Program funding, H3060 [23MY]

Dept. of Education: increase number of teachers qualified to teach advanced placement courses and establish adjunct teaching corps in math, science, and critical foreign languages, H1270 [29MR]

Dept. of the Interior: State Wildlife Grants programs funding, H2842 [18MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2842 [18MY]

Education: student financial aid programs, H1212 [29MR]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3532 [8JN]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1212, H1213, H1270 [29MR]

———amend and extend (H.R. 609), consideration (H. Res. 741), H1207 [29MR]

James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge: expand (S. 1165), H2607 [16MY]

Jordan, I. King: tribute (H. Res. 680), H1146, H1148 [28MR]

La Crosse, WI: anniversary, E336 [9MR]

———anniversary of Boys and Girls Club, E1221 [21JN]

Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge: redesignate as the Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge (H.R. 3682), H2608 [16MY]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 781), H1989, H1991 [3MY]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (H.R. 2231), E886 [19MY]

National MPS Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 85), H1142 [28MR]

Native Americans: authorize the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation to enter into a water rights agreement to meet the needs of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Association, Inc. (H.R. 2978), H2603 [16MY]

Oncology Nursing Society: tribute, E1072 [8JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), H4843, H4868 [29JN]

Parks, Michelle: Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching recipient, H2079 [3MY]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 788), H2609 [16MY]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 5429), H3251 [25MY]

———establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 5429), consideration (H. Res. 835), H3242 [25MY]

Public debt: ceiling, H2685 [17MY]

Public lands: preserve the use and access of pack and saddle stock animals to public lands where there is a historical tradition of such use (H.R. 586), H2602 [16MY]

Taxation: rates, H2685 [17MY]

Terrorism: commend those who have taken part, and declare that the U.S. will prevail, in the Global War on Terror and complete mission to create a sovereign and free Iraq (H. Res. 861), H4154 [16JN]

———commend those who have taken part, and declare that the U.S. will prevail, in the Global War on Terror and complete mission to create a sovereign and free Iraq (H. Res. 861), consideration (H. Res. 868), H4022 [15JN]

Tongass National Forest: prohibit funding for construction and maintenance of roads used for logging, H2842 [18MY]

Viroqua, WI: tribute to Dahl Pharmacy, H4789 [28JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2099 [3MY], H4793 [28JN], H5125 [12JY]

Tributes

Diesing, Trevor J., H5106 [12JY]