KOLBE, JIM (a Representative from Arizona)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4939, supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery, H3030 [23MY]

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H393 [28FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize appropriations to carry out the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program in Arizona, California, and Nevada (see H.R. 5180), H1741 [25AP]

Charities: encourage all Americans to increase charitable giving (see H. Con. Res. 337), H225 [8FE]

China, Republic of: negotiation of a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 346), H1563 [5AP]

Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H2174 [4MY]

Dept. of HHS: require bioterrorism-related grants provided to States and political subdivisions of States to be distributed on the basis of a risk-based formula (see H.R. 5468), H4796 [28JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: require certain additional calculations to be included in the annual financial statement covering accounts and associated activities of the executive branch (see H.R. 5129), H1981 [2MY]

Diseases: provide grants to conduct research toward the development of a vaccine against valley fever (see H.R. 5416), H4680 [27JN]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1595), H1742 [25AP]

Health: establish grant programs to improve the health of residents and for bioterrorism preparedness in the U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 5412), H2705 (see H.R. 5412), H2757 [17MY]

House Democracy Assistance Commission: welcome members and staff of the parliaments of East Timor, Republic of Georgia, Indonesia, and Macedonia as the first partner parliaments (see H. Res. 758), H1452 [4AP]

John Paul Hammerschmidt Post Office Building, Harrison, AR: designate (see H.R. 4811), H449 [28FE]

National Arbor Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 383), H1854 [26AP]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1321 [29MR]

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), H1130 [16MR]

Tariff: ethanol (see H.R. 5170), H1981 [2MY]

Tariff Act: allow U.S. manufacturers that use products subject to countervailing or antidumping duty proceedings or use domestic like products to participate in those proceedings (see H.R. 4217), H160 [7FE]

Ukraine: commend people for conducting free, fair, and transparent elections and their commitment to democracy and reform (see H. Res. 799), H3309 (see H. Res. 799), H3362 [25MY]

Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 4843), H1453 [4AP]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bureau of Reclamation: conduct a feasibility study of the Sierra Vista Subwatershed in Arizona (see H.R. 5460), H3137 [23MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (see H.R. 5522), H3423 [6JN]

Fort Bowie National Historic Site: revise boundary (see H.R. 5651), H4327 [20JN]

Pima County, AZ: land exchange to consolidate Federal land ownership within the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (see H.R. 5016), H1195 [28MR]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1393 [3AP]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1393 [3AP]

Remarks

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

———investigation into sterilization of women in Guatemala, H3530 [8JN]

———Iraq Community Action Program funding, H1016, H1017 [15MR]

Amtrak: funding, H3831 [13JN]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), H999, H1004, H1015, H1016, H1017, H1018, H1020 [15MR], H1097 [16MR]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, H3679, H3682 [9JN]

Capitol Pages: tribute, H3706, H3707 [9JN]

Dept. of State: Colombia drug interdiction aircraft assistance funding, H1018 [15MR]

———Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund funding through reductions in Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding for Colombia, H3654, H3656, H3659, H3660, H3661 [9JN]

———International Disaster and Famine Assistance for Sudan and Global HIV/AIDS Initiative funding through reductions in Egypt Economic Support Fund funding, H3538, H3541, H3546 [8JN]

———provide assistance to Mexico to prevent the production of methamphetamine and prevent diversion of methamphetamine precursors for illicit use, H3653 [9JN]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5576), H3831 [13JN]

Developing countries: make access to safe water and sanitation a specific policy objective of U.S. foreign assistance programs, H3535 [8JN]

Diseases: provide assistance to countries to combat tuberculosis, H3690 [9JN]

El Salvador: prohibit Millennium Challenge Corp., funding to be used for the Northern Transnational Highway, H3688, H3689 [9JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5427), E991 [26MY]

Foreign aid: establish centers for the treatment of obstetric fistula in developing countries, H3528 [8JN]

———limit assistance to countries that prohibit the importation of U.S. beef, H3690 [9JN]

———prohibit assistance to any country which refuses to extradite individuals accused of killing law enforcement officers, H3676 [9JN]

———prohibit assistance to countries refusing to extradite criminal suspects to the U.S. for trial or sentencing, H3677 [9JN]

———prohibit funding to assist any country in enforcing religious laws having the effect of punishing a victim of sexual assault or rape, H3691 [9JN]

———prohibit use of international military education and training program funding in contravention of child soldiers protocol to Convention on the Rights of the Child, H3691 [9JN]

———require recipients of U.S. foreign assistance to certify that the assistance will not be used to intentionally traffic in goods or services that contain counterfeit marks (H.R. 5249), H3679 [9JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: across-the-board funding reduction, H3696 [9JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3518, H3528, H3529, H3530, H3532, H3535, H3538, H3541, H3546 [8JN], H3648, H3651, H3653, H3654, H3656, H3659, H3660, H3661, H3665, H3667, H3669, H3673, H3674, H3675, H3676, H3677, H3679, H3682, H3683, H3684, H3685, H3686, H3688, H3689, H3690, H3691, H3696, H3704 [9JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5522), consideration (H. Res. 851), H3504 [8JN]

Foreign policy: authorize U.S. participation in, and appropriations for, the U.S. contribution to the first replenishment of the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund (H.R. 4916), E651 [27AP]

Gift of Life International, Inc.: Project Iraqi Hearts funding, H3529 [8JN]

Global Environment Facility (organization): funding, H3530 [8JN]

Haiti: allocation of foreign aid, H1015 [15MR]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (H.R. 282), E649 [27AP]

Liberia: allocation of foreign aid, H1097 [16MR]

Mexico: economic assistance funding, H3688 [9JN]

———international narcotics control and law enforcement funding, H3683, H3684 [9JN]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports, H1004 [15MR]

———proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company, H1004 [15MR]

O'Connor, Sandra Day: tribute (H. Res. 357), E271 [2MR]

Saudi Arabia: allocation of foreign aid, H3684, H3685, H3686 [9JN]

Southwest Gas Corp.: prohibit funding for GEDAC heat pump development, E991 [26MY]

Sudan: African Union Mission funding, H1020 [15MR]

Votes: position on missed, E910 [19MY], E937 [23MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2831, H2889 [18MY]

Tribute, H3703 [9JN]

Reports filed

Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5522) (H. Rept. 109-486), H3423 [6JN]

Tables

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3520-H3525 [8JN]

Tributes

Storrs, K. Larry, E25 [31JA]