SIMPSON, MICHAEL K. (a Representative from Idaho)

Appointments

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigative subcommittees, H4300 [2MY]

Conferee: H.R. 3043, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H12348 [31OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: continue and expand upon efforts to ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, and other specialty crops and enhance competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (see H.R. 1600), H2743 [20MR]

———encourage owners and operators of certain privately-held land to make their land available for access by the public under programs administered by States and tribal governments (see H.R. 2473), H8187 [19JY]

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. 718), H4293 [1MY]

———mint coins in commemoration of the U.S. Army Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center (see H.R. 3229), H11777 [18OC]

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see H.R. 790), H2121 [1MR] (see H.R. 1620), H2820 [21MR]

Boise, ID: congratulate for being chosen to host 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games (see H. Res. 380), H4553 [7MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H119 [5JA]

Business and industry: ensure that an employer may require employees to speak English while engaged in work (see H.R. 4464), H15412 [12DE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known as Emancipation Hall (see H.R. 3315), H9653 [2AU]

———require the Architect of the Capitol to permit the acknowledgment of God on flag certificates (see H.R. 3779), H11495 [12OC]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 1398), H3724 [20AP]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide vision care (see H.R. 507), H4553 [7MY]

———provide disadvantaged children with dental services (see H.R. 1781), H3358 [29MR]

Coins: require inscription ``In God We Trust'' to appear on the face of $1 coins honoring each of the Presidents of the U.S. (see H.R. 2510), H5923 [24MY]

Congress: pledge faithful support to members of the Armed Forces serving in harm's way (see H.R. 511), H2957 [22MR]

Congressional Award Program: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 120), H6736 [19JN]

Courts: clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 699), H1472 [12FE]

———prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (see H.R. 2183), H6332 [12JN]

Crime: establish guidelines and incentives for States to establish arsonist registries and require the Dept. of Justice to establish a national arsonist registry and notification program (see H.R. 1759), H5293 [16MY]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 1063), H2401 [9MR]

DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1154), H9468 (see H.R. 1154), H9545 [1AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: tailor rural broadband program to better serve those living in rural areas (see H.R. 2035), H5293 [16MY]

Dept. of Education: suspend implementation of an absolute priority issued relative to Upward Bound program (see H.R. 2700), H8187 [19JY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 1343), H5472 [17MY]

———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see H.R. 1634), H2821 [21MR] (see H.R. 3825), H11547 [15OC]

Dept. of Justice: establish a grant program to facilitate the creation of methamphetamine precursor electronic logbook systems (see H.R. 2747), H8187 [19JY]

———State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding (see H.R. 3494), H10318 [7SE]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 346), H7011 [22JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enter into contracts with community health care providers to improve access to health care for veterans in highly rural areas (see H.R. 315), H123 [5JA]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (see H.R. 4104), H13413 [8NO]

Diseases: establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (see H.R. 2295), H5473 [17MY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1399), H2744 [20MR]

———treat residents as Maryland or Virginia residents for purposes of obtaining hunting licenses (see H.R. 3213), H9469 (see H.R. 3213), H9546 [1AU]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend certain accountability provisions (see H.R. 2946), H7432 [28JN]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H1897 [16FE]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 1125), H10696 [20SE]

FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see H.R. 2905), H7430 [28JN]

Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 73), H1272 [6FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 12), H10757 [24SE]

Floods: express sympathy and pledge support for victims of thunderstorms that caused severe flooding in eastern Kansas (see H. Res. 544), H8822 [27JY]

Government regulations: eliminate effect on constitutionally protected expression of religion by Federal, State, and local officials from threat of litigants seeking damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 725), H2302 [7MR]

Health: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 2580), H6109 [6JN]

———improve oral health care for low-income individuals under the Maternal and Child Health Program and Medicaid and provide a tax credit to dentists for services provided to low-income individuals (see H.R. 2472), H5922 [24MY]

———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. 971), H5054 [15MY]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (see H.R. 493), H571 [16JA]

———understand and comprehensively address inmate oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see H.R. 3187), H8741 [26JY]

———understand and comprehensively address oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see H.R. 3186), H8741 [26JY]

History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2894), H13860 [13NO]

Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail: designate (see H.R. 450), H514 [12JA]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3494), H10318 [7SE]

———extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 1843), H11934 [23OC]

———prohibit issuance of State driver's licenses or other government-issued photo identification to illegal aliens (see H.R. 4176), H13958 [14NO]

———support State and local government actions to discourage illegal immigration and enact legislation to ease the burden on State and local governments for taking such actions (see H. Con. Res. 83), H2243 [6MR]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1076), H4553 [7MY]

Interstate commerce: limit civil actions brought against persons whose only role with regard to a certain product is as a lawful seller of the product (see H.R. 989), H5927 [24MY]

Iran: enhance diplomatic efforts by imposing additional economic sanctions (see H.R. 1400), H3400 [16AP]

Jordan: commend continued commitment to holding elections and broadening political participation (see H. Res. 575), H8742 [26JY]

Law enforcement: provide liability protection to individuals who report suspicious behavior to law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1640), H3477 [17AP]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 244), H12740 [5NO]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 1647), H3477 [17AP]

Medicare: extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 1459), H3018 [23MR]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see H.R. 2860), H7201 [26JN]

———provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 1665), H9276 [31JY]

———provide for a minimum payment rate by Medicare Advantage organizations for services furnished by critical access hospitals and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2159), H9276 [31JY]

———require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims and prohibit inclusion of pharmacy information (see H.R. 1474), H5293 [16MY]

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: ensure proportional representation of rural interests (see H.R. 1730), H3277 [28MR]

Mental health: prohibit use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program (see H.R. 2387), H5471 [17MY]

Mexico: disapprove U.S.-Mexico Social Security totalization agreement (see H. Res. 18), H945 [24JA]

Minidoka Internment National Monument: adjust boundary to include the Nidoto Nai Yoni Memorial (see H.R. 161), H116 [5JA]

Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and promote the domestic development and production of advanced technology vehicles (see H.R. 2927), H10018 [4AU]

National Guard: support (see H. Res. 542), H11172 [2OC]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 866), H1342 [7FE]

Natural gas: end prohibition on production of offshore supplies and dedicate portions of royalties to environmental restoration, renewable energy and carbon sequestration research, and weatherization and energy assistance (see H.R. 2784), H8293 [23JY]

Navy: anniversary of sailing of ``Great White Fleet'' (see H. Con. Res. 261), H14251 [5DE]

Organ donation: clarify that kidney paired donation does not involve the transfer of a human organ for valuable consideration (see H.R. 710), H1472 [12FE]

Patents: reform (see H.R. 1908), H4629 [8MY]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 380), H342 [10JA]

Postal Service: recognize and honor military personnel serving overseas (see H. Res. 784), H13205 [6NO]

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. 25), H3725 [20AP]

Railroads: ensure competition, enable rail customers to obtain reliable rail service, and provide those customers with a reasonable process for challenging rate and service disputes (see H.R. 2125), H4483 [3MY]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3053), H11639 [16OC]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 17), H111 [5JA]

Social Security: exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 736), H1054 [30JA]

———provide that wages and self-employment income earned by individuals who were illegally in the U.S. shall not be credited for coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (see H.R. 332), H672 [17JA]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 82), H1471 [12FE]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 2750), H6661 [18JN]

Taxation: allow a custodial parent a refundable credit for unpaid child support payments and increase tax liability of parent required to pay such unpaid child support (see H.R. 3258), H10757 [24SE]

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 721), H1053 [30JA]

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains and modernize certain provisions applicable to timber real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 1937), H4205 [26AP]

———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. 1110), H4967 [14MY]

———allow reimbursement from flexible spending accounts for certain dental procedures (see H.R. 3109), H8835 (see H.R. 3109), H9053 [30JY]

———eliminate marriage penalty on the deduction for interest on student loans (see H.R. 1556), H2620 [15MR]

———exempt certain farmland from the estate tax (see H.R. 1929), H4914 [10MY]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 2470), H5922 [24MY]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1584), H4914 [10MY]

———extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 197), H2671 [19MR]

———increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 549), H4051 [24AP]

———increase benefits for parents who stay at home with their children (see H.R. 1421), H7656 [11JY]

———index certain assets for purposes of determining gain or loss (see H.R. 1261), H2166 [5MR]

———make certain tax benefits permanent law (see H.R. 2734), H6438 (see H.R. 2734), H6475 [14JN]

———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 2312), H5293 [16MY]

———make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 743), H10434 [17SE]

———modify rules with respect to health savings accounts and medical savings accounts (see H.R. 2639), H8187 [19JY]

———permanently extend the research credit and strengthen the alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 2138), H4629 [8MY]

———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 2287), H5533 [21MY]

———provide for deductibility of medical expenses by individuals (see H.R. 636), H886 [23JA]

———provide permanent relief for sales tax deduction, child credit, repeal of estate tax, and deduction for higher education expenses (see H.R. 411), H1153 [31JA]

———repeal alternative minimum tax on corporations (see H.R. 1365), H2300 [7MR]

———repeal alternative minimum tax on individuals (see H.R. 1366), H2300 [7MR]

———repeal alternative minimum tax on individuals and replace it with an alternative tax individuals may choose (see H.R. 3818), H12456 [1NO]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1586), H3364 [29MR]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 1023), H4553 [7MY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 510), H2121 [1MR]

Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see H.R. 1687), H4294 [1MY]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat forced labor (see H.R. 3887), H12385 [31OC]

Transportation: allow additional transit systems greater flexibility with certain mass transportation projects (see H.R. 734), H1054 [30JA]

Water: allow small public water systems to request exemption from national primary drinking water requirements for a naturally occurring contaminant (see H.R. 2141), H4484 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

BLM: convey parcels of land to Twin Falls, ID (see H.R. 4184), H13959 [14NO]

Boise State University: tribute to football team (see H. Res. 26), H120 [5JA] (see H. Res. 43), H253 [9JA]

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize early repayment of obligations within the A&B Irrigation District (see H.R. 467), H514 [12JA]

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see H.R. 221), H118 [5JA]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain land and improvements to the National Park Service for inclusion in the Minidoka Internment National Monument (see H.R. 1251), H2038 [28FE]

———convey certain land and improvements to the National Park Service for inclusion in the Minidoka Internment National Monument and establish the Minidoka National Historic Site (see H.R. 1573), H2671 [19MR]

———modify boundary of Minidoka Internment National Monument, establish Minidoka National Historic Site, and convey certain Minidoka Project, ID, Gooding Division land and improvements (see H.R. 1612), H2744 [20MR]

Idaho: authorize exchange of certain land (see H.R. 3603), H10625 [19SE]

———promote economic development and recreational use of National Forest System land, designate certain land as the Boulder-White Cloud Management Area, and add land to National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 222), H118 [5JA]

Idaho Admissions Act: grant a parcel of land for use as an agricultural college and proscribe the use of earnings thereof (see H.R. 2732), H6438 (see H.R. 2732), H6475 [14JN] (see H.R. 3006), H7655 [11JY]

Idaho Potato Month: designate (see H. Res. 360), H4292 [1MY]

Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area: rename as the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area (see H.R. 3734), H11171 [2OC]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: earmarks in appropriations legislation directed to projects in Idaho, H9247 [31JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3161), H9247 [31JY], H9616 [2AU]

Appropriations: establish legislative line item veto, H3309 [29MR]

———making supplemental for disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses and Western States for fisheries, wildland firefighting, and rural schools (H.R. 2207), H4874 [10MY]

Armed Forces: oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1844 [16FE]

Boise State University: tribute to football team (H. Res. 43), H541 [16JA]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2012 (H. Con. Res. 99), H3309 [29MR]

China, Republic of: accord membership in WHO and other international organizations, E906 [1MY]

Congress: provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process, H7928 [17JY]

Corps of Engineers: regulatory process for authorizing beach erosion projects for coastal areas, H6682 [19JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service invasive species eradication funding, H9616 [2AU]

Dept. of Defense: earmarks in appropriations legislation directed to projects in Idaho, E1805 [5SE]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2643), H7093, H7109 [26JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3043), H7928 [17JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3074), H8386 [24JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2641), H6677, H6682 [19JN], H7897 [17JY]

Health care professionals: student loan forgiveness for health care professionals within the Indian Health Service, H7109 [26JN]

Idaho: rural water infrastructure funding, H7897 [17JY]

———wastewater treatment facilities funding, H7093 [26JN]

Rexburg, ID: tribute to Madison High School Bel Canto Choir, E559 [15MR]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3093), H8431 [25JY]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize, H4875 [10MY]

Votes: position on missed, H768 [19JA], H4379 [2MY], E613, E614, E616 [23MR], E1128, E1129 [23MY], E1390, E1391 [22JN], E1425 [27JN], E1427, E1433, E1434 [28JN], E1800 [5SE], E2317 [5NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H787 [19JA], H3721 [20AP]

Tributes

Berman, Jedediah, E216 [30JA]

Foard, Ashley A., E2539 [11DE]

Haas, Karen L., E339 [13FE]

McManus, Paige E., E907 [1MY]