GUTKNECHT, GIL (a Representative from Minnesota)
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H2707, H2759 [17MY], H3093 [23MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), H2470 [10MY]
Telecommunications: promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), H3581 [8JN]
Appointments
Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H2156 [4MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1981 [2MY]
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations (see H.R. 5470), H3226 [24MY]
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), H1917 [27AP]
Borlaug, Norman E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4924), H867 [9MR]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (see H. Con. Res. 373), H1390 [30MR]
Capitol Police: tribute (see H. Res. 756), H1682 [6AP]
CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H1197 [28MR]
Charities: encourage all Americans to increase charitable giving (see H. Con. Res. 337), H225 [8FE]
Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 1393), H645 [7MR]
Clean Air Act: exclude from the definition of renewable fuel any fuel that is imported or derived from any matter that is imported (see H.R. 5398), H2641 [16MY]
Committees of the House: establish a select committee to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to conduct activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to fight the war on terrorism (see H. Res. 116), H791 [8MR]
Courts: simplify and expedite access to Federal courts for parties whose rights and privileges have been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies or other government officials or entities acting under color of State law (see H.R. 4772), H4189 [16JN]
Crime: expand and modernize prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 4777), H387 [16FE]
Dept. of HHS: require the incorporation of counterfeit-resistant technologies into the packaging of prescription drugs (see H.R. 4829), H508 [1MR]
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), H1853 [26AP]
Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H1563 [5AP]
Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H1453 [4AP]
Education: authorize programs relative to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education at the NSF and the Dept. of Energy Office of Science (see H.R. 5358), H4424 [21JN]
Executive departments: reform operations (see H.R. 5112), H1676 [6AP]
Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 88), H3423 [6JN]
Federal agencies and departments: establish a commission to review efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 3282), H4917 [29JN]
———prohibit obligating funds for appropriations earmarks included only in congressional reports (see H.R. 4964), H1059 [15MR]
Federal employees: provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H160 [7FE]
Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 737), H1196 [28MR]
Health care professionals: provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 5134), H1677 [6AP]
Higher Education Act: amend relative to Academic Competitiveness Grants to preserve State authority over secondary school curricula (see H.R. 4810), H1197 [28MR]
House of Representatives: require the Clerk to post on the Internet for public review all travel disclosure reports submitted by Members, officers, and employees of the House (see H. Res. 647), H275 [14FE]
House Rules: prohibit the consideration of conference reports on omnibus appropriation bills (see H. Res. 701), H509 [1MR]
———reform the ethics process (see H.R. 4988), H1128 [16MR]
———repeal rule on the statutory limit on the public debt (see H. Res. 903), H4916 [29JN]
———require that general appropriations bills contain a separate list of all earmarks in the accompanying report and the name of the sponsoring Member of each earmark (see H. Res. 662), H25 [31JA]
Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H3016 [22MY]
Medicare: improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H1679 [6AP]
———require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims (see H.R. 5182), H4328 [20JN]
Members of Congress: strengthen financial disclosures and require precertification of privately-funded travel (see H.R. 4967), H1681 [6AP]
Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H1681 [6AP]
Minnesota: anniversary of National Guard (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1389 [30MR]
National Vigil for Lost Promise: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 422), H3424 [6JN]
Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H869 [9MR]
Office of Veterans Identity Protection Claims: establish to reimburse persons for injuries suffered due to unauthorized use, disclosure, or dissemination of stolen identifying information (see H.R. 5520), H3308 (see H.R. 5520), H3360 [25MY]
Paris Wine Tasting: anniversary of U.S. winemakers' victory (see H. Con. Res. 399), H2101 [3MY]
Patriot Guard Riders (organization): commend the shielding of mourning military families from protesters and preserving the memory of fallen servicemembers at funerals (see H. Res. 731), H1682 [6AP]
Power resources: support the ``25 x 25 Initiative'' which envisions that farm, forestry, and ranch lands will provide at least 25 percent of the energy consumed in the U.S. by the year 2025 (see H. Con. Res. 424), H3496 [7JN]
Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 4963), H1059 [15MR]
Research: authorize the NSF and the Dept. of Energy Office of Science to provide grants to early career researchers to establish innovative research programs and integrate education and research (see H.R. 5356), H4424 [21JN]
———derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (see H.R. 5526), H3724 [9JN]
Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the U.S: designate (see H.R. 2112), H4795 [28JN]
Senior citizens: tribute (see H. Res. 874), H4189 [16JN]
Small business: suspend fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations (see H.R. 5242), H4917 [29JN]
Surface Transportation Board: authorizing appropriations to enhance railroad competition (see H.R. 2047), H4134 [15JN]
Taxation: allow a credit against tax for qualified elementary and secondary education tuition (see H.R. 5230), H2175 [4MY]
———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H1981 [2MY]
———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), H1742 [25AP]
———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 1634), H3424 [6JN]
———increase deduction for purchase of qualified heath care information technology by medical care providers and allow a credit for telecommunications charges paid or incurred by such providers (see H.R. 4641), H4009 [14JN]
———limit development or implementation of a return-free tax system (see H.R. 5114), H1676 [6AP]
———provide tax incentives for the payment of premiums for high deductible health plans (see H.R. 5262), H3497 [7JN]
———repeal certain oil and gas subsidies and appropriate the proceeds to double certain alternative energy incentives (see H.R. 4623), H1917 [27AP]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H4958 [10JY]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4725), H451 [28FE]
Letters
National Uniformity for Food Act: Connie Tipton, International Dairy Foods Association, and Jerry Kozak, National Milk Producers Federation, H742
Remarks
Agriculture: ensure regulatory equity between and among dairy farmers and handlers for sales of packaged fluid milk in federally regulated and non-federally regulated areas (S. 2120), H1153 [28MR]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H3053
Archer Daniels Midland Co.: National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Above and Beyond award recipient, E1217
Armed Forces: prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (H.R. 5037), H2203 [9MY]
Army: eliminate pay inequity in assignment incentive pay system, H2470, H2472 [10MY]
Benson, Steven: Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching recipient, E696
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), H2739
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), consideration (H. Res. 817), H2698 [17MY]
Bureau of Customs and Border Patrol: confiscation and destruction of reimported prescription drugs from Canada, H3289
Clean Air Act: require all gasoline sold for use in motor vehicles to contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (H.R. 4357), H2480 [10MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: Commodity Supplemental Food Program funding, H3053
———Wetlands Reserve Program funding, H3093, H3094 [23MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), H2470, H2472 [10MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3289
Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (H.R. 4200), H2659 [17MY]
FCC: preserve authority to require VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) providers to contribute to the universal service fund and pay appropriate intercarrier compensation fees, H3581 [8JN]
FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), H742
Jones Metal Products, Inc.: National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Above and Beyond award recipient, E1219
Las, Debra: Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching recipient, E698
Mankato, MN: Immanuel St. Joseph's Mayo Health System Hospital recipient of National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve's Above and Beyond award, E1215
Minnesota: anniversary of National Guard (H. Con. Res. 371), H1504 [5AP]
Pensions: protect accrued benefits of participants during conversions of pension plans to cash balance plans, H1618 [6AP]
———reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), motion to instruct conferees, H1618 [6AP]
Power resources: analysis of oil supplies and usage, H2480 [10MY]
———increase the production and use of ethanol, H2480 [10MY]
Stevenson, Julie: Worthington Travelodge Athena Award recipient, E623
Telecommunications: promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), H3581 [8JN]
———promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), consideration (H. Res. 850), H3513 [8JN]
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), H4047 [15JN]
Vogel, Ann: New Ulm, MN, Sertoma Club Service to Mankind Award recipient, E622
Winona State University: tribute to men's basketball team, H1299 [29MR]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H628 [7MR], H1193 [28MR], H1318 [29MR], H2335 [9MY]
Tributes
Gustafson, Jeffery D., E747
Paulson, Nettie, E692
Posivio, Robert G., III, E1103
Puckett, Kirby, H600 [7MR]
Sieling, Norm, E620