UPTON, FRED (a Representative from Michigan)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 4890), H644 [7MR]

Armed Forces: enhance national defense through empowerment of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and enhancement of National Guard Bureau functions (see H.R. 5200), H4680 [27JN]

———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]

Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission: extend (see H.R. 4586), H1320 [29MR]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H155 [1FE]

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling (see H.R. 4411), H274 [14FE]

Crime: expand and modernize prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 4777), H2502 [10MY]

———prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see H.R. 4943), H972 [14MR]

Day of Hearts—Congenital Heart Defect Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 629), H26 [31JA]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H450 [28FE]

Dept. of Energy: establish a partnership with appropriate industry groups for the creation of a transportation fuel conservation education campaign (see H.R. 5611), H4008 [14JN]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H1851 [26AP] (see H.R. 5573), H3723 [9JN]

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (see H.R. 5574), H3723 [9JN]

Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 5347), H2502 [10MY]

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), H1917 [27AP]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H2502 [10MY]

Employment: protect volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel responding to national emergencies from termination or demotion in their places of employment (see H.R. 3949), H1681 [6AP]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: clarify congressional intent on Federal preemption relative to energy conservation for consumer products (see H.R. 5478), H4424 [21JN]

Federal agencies and departments: establish a commission to review efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 3282), H4680 [27JN]

Federal employees: provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H2586 [11MY]

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

Health: declare adequate pain care research, education, and treatment as national health priorities (see H.R. 1020), H5128 [12JY]

———provide for community projects that will reduce the number of uninsured individuals (see H.R. 5171), H2339 [9MY]

House Rules: 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), H333 [15FE]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1849), H2102 [3MY]

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

Medicare: eliminate prescription drug late enrollment penalty (see H.R. 5399), H2704 (see H.R. 5399), H2757 [17MY]

———improve access to diabetes self-management training by designated certified diabetes educators (see H.R. 3612), H2102 [3MY]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 2014), H3308 (see H.R. 2014), H3361 [25MY]

Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (see H.R. 2421), H1453 [4AP]

Motor vehicles: prohibit importation from the People's Republic of China until tariffs imposed on U.S. vehicles imported into China are equal to duties applied to Chinese vehicles (see H.R. 4808), H1060 [15MR]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 357), H972 [14MR]

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), H3308 (see H.R. 2231), H3361 [25MY]

National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 4005), H566 [2MR]

National Tourism Week: observance (see H. Res. 729), H1198 [28MR]

Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see H.R. 4597), H26 [31JA]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1131 [16MR]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 745), H4521 [22JN]

Petroleum: set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (see H.R. 5254), H1979 [2MY]

Power resources: prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil (see H.R. 5253), H1979 [2MY]

Public Health Service Act: provide liability protections for employees and contractors of health centers who provide services in emergency areas (see H.R. 3962), H451 [28FE]

———provide waivers relating to grants for preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers (see H.R. 5472), H3909 [13JN]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H389 [16FE]

Taxation: allow a credit to qualified small employers who create new jobs (see H.R. 5146), H4424 [21JN]

———applicability of volume cap for private activity bonds to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 1708), H2962 [19MY]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 450), H509 [1MR]

———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 5081), H4328 [20JN]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 4862), H564 [2MR]

———provide tax incentives for the remediation of contaminated sites (see H.R. 4480), H2174 [4MY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4725), H1130 [16MR]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of broadband networks and services (see H.R. 5252), H1921 [1MY]

Telephones: prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (see H.R. 5126), H2339 [9MY]

Tisch, Preston R. (Bob): tribute (see H. Res. 605), H5129 [12JY]

Veterans: provide automatic cost-of-living adjustments in disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and in compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans (see H.R. 5444), H4328 [20JN]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 4560), H3138 [23MY]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H4520 [22JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to distribution of the drug dextromethorphan (see H.R. 5280), H2101 [3MY]

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

St. Joseph, MI: provide for conditional conveyance of any U.S. interests in St. Joseph Memorial Hall (see H.R. 4700), H154 [1FE]

Remarks

Emery, William K.: Berrien County, MI, Health Dept., Friend of Public Health Award recipient, E708 [3MY]

FCC: preserve openness of the Internet, promote fair competition among network and service providers, and support an expedited complaint process, H3577 [8JN]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), H539 [2MR]

International Fire Marshals Association: anniversary, E1000 [26MY]

Kalamazoo, MI: tribute to Army National Guard 415th Civil Affairs Battalion, E265 [2MR]

Michigan: tribute to Southwest Michigan's Regional Methamphetamine Taskforces, H809 [9MR]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: reauthorize (H.R. 2829), H809 [9MR]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (S. 193), H3388, H3390, H3391 [6JN]

———promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), H3559, H3577 [8JN], E1168 [16JN]

———promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), consideration (H. Res. 850), H3508, H3514 [8JN]

Telephones: prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (H.R. 5126), H3386 [6JN]

Tributes

Hayward, Larry R., H977 [15MR]

Lauzon, Donald P., E1384 [12JY]

Potts, Ken, E856 [17MY]

Weeks, George, E110 [8FE]