CAMP, DAVE (a Representative from Michigan)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2830, Pension Protection Act, H739 [8MR]

———H.R. 4297, Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act, H196 [8FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 4890), H1321 [29MR]

Armed Forces: express that all Americans should participate in a moment of silence to reflect upon the service and sacrifice of members of the Armed Forces both at home and abroad (see H. Res. 698), H566 [2MR]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H155 [1FE]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H3909 [13JN]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide follow-up treatment for children identified with a vision disorder (see H.R. 2328), H1853 [26AP]

———improve protections of children and hold States accountable for the orderly and timely placement of children across State lines (see H.R. 5403), H2705 (see H.R. 5403), H2757 [17MY]

China, People's Republic of: condemn unauthorized, inappropriate, and coerced ordination of Catholic bishops (see H. Res. 804), H3227 [24MY]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H4009 [14JN]

Crime: expand and modernize prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 4777), H973 [14MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H1130 [16MR]

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), H2102 [3MY]

Federal agencies and departments: establish a commission to review efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 3282), H4917 [29JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to distribution of the drug dextromethorphan (see H.R. 5280), H3309 (see H.R. 5280), H3362 [25MY]

Foreign aid: prohibit U.S. assistance to develop any rail connections or railway-related connections through certain cities in Azerbaijan, Republic of Georgia, and Turkey that exclude cities in Armenia (see H.R. 3361), H868 [9MR]

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

Health: improve access to emergency medical services through medical liability reform and additional Medicare payments (see H.R. 3875), H2102 [3MY]

———make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1671), H1059 [15MR]

———provide for community projects that will reduce the number of uninsured individuals (see H.R. 5171), H1741 [25AP]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 2793), H790 [8MR]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H4917 [29JN]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H1390 [30MR]

Medicare: amend the application of secondary payer rules to workers' compensation settlement agreements and set-asides under such agreements (see H.R. 5309), H2962 [19MY]

———clarify congressional intent regarding counting of residents in a nonhospital setting (see H.R. 4403), H3497 [7JN]

———improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H1853 [26AP]

———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see H.R. 5246), H2962 [19MY]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H1390 [30MR]

National security: ensure while promoting foreign investment and job creation, reform examination process for such investments, and establish Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (see H.R. 5337), H3138 [23MY]

———improve national security and clarify congressional intent relative to the review process for certain mergers and acquisitions (see H.R. 4813), H566 [2MR]

———require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company (see H.R. 4807), H566 [2MR]

OSHA: update fire protection safety standard to incorporate the current consensus standard for fire protection for styrene cross-linked composites manufacturing (see H.R. 3255), H3227 [24MY]

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), H226 [8FE]

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

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act: ensure that continuation of welfare reforms remains a priority (see H. Con. Res. 438), H4680 [27JN]

Power resources: require that gasoline sold in the U.S. contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (see H.R. 4774), H387 [16FE]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize the safe and stable families program (see H.R. 5640), H4796 [28JN]

Taxation: clarify treatment of self-employment for purposes of the limitation on State taxation of retirement income (see H.R. 4019), H868 [9MR]

———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 5206), H1851 [26AP]

———increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 5638), H4521 [22JN]

———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 5081), H1452 [4AP]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H2102 [3MY]

———provide for deductibility of medical expenses by individuals (see H.R. 4625), H1321 [29MR]

———provide tax incentives for the payment of premiums for high deductible health plans (see H.R. 5262), H1979 [2MY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4725), H451 [28FE]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H225 [8FE]

Poems

``By My Dad's Side,'' Sandra L. Moore, E440 [29MR]

Remarks

Budget: reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), conference report, H2460 [10MY]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), motion to instruct conferees, H188, H189, H190, H191 [8FE], H1284, H1285, H1286, H1287, H1288 [29MR], E531 [6AP]

Children and youth: improve protections of children and hold States accountable for the orderly and timely placement of children across State lines (H.R. 5403), H3154 [24MY]

Economy: impact of tax cuts, H1285, H1287, H1288 [29MR]

Owosso, MI: anniversary of Owosso Masonic Lodge, E819 [12MY]

Pensions: reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), motion to instruct conferees, H724 [8MR]

Taxation: increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 5638), H4460 [22JN]

———provide relief from the alternative minimum tax, H189, H190, H191 [8FE], H1284, H1285, H1286, H1287, H1288 [29MR], H2460 [10MY]

———repeal sunset on reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gain rates, H188, H190, H191 [8FE], H1284, H1285, H1286, H1287, H1288 [29MR], E531 [6AP]

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), H4170 [16JN]

Tributes

Cederberg, Elford A., E700 [3MY]

Ford, Franklin E., E441 [29MR]

Powell, Eldon, E440 [29MR]

Weeks, George, E111 [8FE]