RAMSTAD, JIM (a Representative from Minnesota)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: ensure fair treatment of members discharged early due to being the only surviving child in a family in which an immediate family member was killed, MIA, or disabled in the line of duty (see H.R. 5825), H2442 [16AP]

———establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 5740), H2948 [30AP]

———issue ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of those who have been awarded the Purple Heart (see H.R. 2303), H871 [12FE]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 1439), H4061 [15MY]

Baytown, TX: anniversary (see H. Res. 934), H815 [7FE]

Bipartisan Earmark Reform Commission: establish (see H.R. 5755), H2223 [10AP]

Borderline Personality Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1005), H1446 [10MR]

Boy Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 5872), H2552 [22AP]

Brooke, Edward W., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1000), H871 [12FE]

Capitol Police: tribute (see H. Res. 645), H6578 [15JY]

Celebrate Safe Communities Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 411), H8049 [11SE]

Children and youth: establish as a national priority the prevention of mental disorders and substance abuse among children, youth, and young adults, and the promotion of mental health and wellness (see H. Res. 1217), H5046 [5JN]

China, People's Republic of: make proper disclosures with the SEC regarding the selective default status of certain bonds (see H. Res. 1179), H4454 [21MY]

Civil rights: authorize a Library of Congress/National Museum of African American History and Culture project to collect video and audio recordings of testimonials of civil rights movement participants (see H.R. 998), H5044 [5JN]

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 302), H1446 [10MR]

Courts: enhance retirement benefits of administrative law judges (see H.R. 6706), H10132 [26SE]

Crime: ensure sex offenders who travel between States must register with appropriate State and local authorities (see H.R. 5475), H1002 [19FE]

Dept. of Defense: provide benefits under the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program for certain periods before the implementation of the program (see H.R. 6723), H7786 [31JY]

———take steps to appoint doctors of chiropractic as commissioned officers in the Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 294), H1342 [5MR]

Dept. of HHS: conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases (see H.R. 3334), H7853 [8SE]

———establish a Multiple Sclerosis National Surveillance System (see H.R. 5874), H3778 [13MY]

———increase planning and funding for health promotion programs (see H.R. 5835), H9085 [23SE]

———reauthorize and extend the fetal alcohol syndrome prevention and services program (see H.R. 6215), H5110 [9JN]

———temporarily delay application of proposed changes to the Departmental Appeals Board (see H.R. 5763), H2223 [10AP]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 6045), H3776 [13MY]

———making supplemental appropriations for Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (Byrne/JAG Grant Program) (see H.R. 5180), H1155 [27FE]

———provide grants for organizations to find missing adults (see H.R. 423), H4877 [3JN]

———reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program (see H.R. 6503), H7308 [29JY]

Dept. of the Interior: designate certain public lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors (see H.R. 1975), H1418 [6MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a pain care initiative in health care facilities (see H.R. 6122), H4453 [21MY]

Diseases: advance medical research and treatments of pediatric cancers, ensure access to current treatments and information, establish a national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness (see H.R. 1553), H349 [17JA]

———establish a National Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Registry and authorize research on acquired bone marrow failure diseases (see H.R. 6884), H8049 [11SE]

———increase Federal commitment to supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment (see H. Res. 353), H5329 [11JN]

Education: recognize roles and contributions of teachers to building and enhancing civic, cultural, and economic well being (see H. Res. 1130), H2552 [22AP]

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. 1643), H2224 [10AP]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 769), H479 [28JA]

Financial institutions: allow Federal home loan banks to invest surplus funds in student loan securities and make advances for student loan financing (see H.R. 5723), H2659 [23AP]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1079), H2444 [16AP]

Four Immortal Chaplains Day: designate (see H. Res. 1319), H7630 [30JY]

Gerald R. Ford Post Office Building, Rancho Mirage, CA: designate (see H.R. 6085), H5045 [5JN]

Germany: anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass (see H. Res. 1435), H8127 [15SE]

Hamas: condemn as a foreign terrorist organization responsible for the murders of U.S. citizens (see H. Res. 1110), H2442 [16AP]

Health: encourage use of electronic health records and provide a secure framework in which such records are made available for a national information technology infrastructure (see H.R. 2991), H3403 [8MY]

———enhance adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information technology system to improve health care quality, reduce medical errors, and increase efficiency of care (see H.R. 6179), H4973 [4JN]

———establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, and accessible (see H.R. 6210), H5110 [9JN]

Higher Education Act: require institutions of higher education to disclose their emergency response and evacuation procedures (see H.R. 5735), H2149 [9AP]

Investments: establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 1514), H3108 [6MY]

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha'is (see H. Res. 1008), H1974 [2AP]

———respond to threat posed to international peace, stability in the Middle East, and the vital national security interests of the U.S. by Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and regional hegemony (see H. Con. Res. 362), H5215 [10JN]

Law enforcement officers: issue commemorative postage stamp for officers killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 356), H4833 [22MY]

Long-Term Care Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 431), H10133 [26SE]

Mayor William `Bill' Sandberg Post Office Building, North St. Paul, MN: designate (see H.R. 6229), H5214 [10JN]

Medicaid: disapprove rule on optional State plan case management services (see H.J. Res. 78), H1701 [13MR]

———extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations (see H.R. 5613), H2071 [8AP]

———extend the MinnesotaCare Medicaid demonstration project (see H.R. 6848), H7955 [9SE]

———permit States to exclude earned income in determining eligibility for medical assistance for individuals with extremely high prescription drug costs (see H.R. 5748), H3020 [1MY]

———temporarily delay application of proposed changes to payment rules for case management and targeted case management services (see H.R. 5173), H555 [29JA]

Medicare: amend special needs plans and the alignment of Medicare and Medicaid for dually eligible individuals (see H.R. 6365), H6088 [25JN]

———delay phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor (see H.R. 6873), H8048 [11SE]

———ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 6826), H7808 [1AU]

———provide coverage of remote patient management services for chronic health care conditions (see H.R. 5765), H2223 [10AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: reduce cost-sharing for certain dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 5604), H1700 [13MR]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 6983), H8577 [22SE]

Middle East: condemn media broadcasts inciting violence against Americans and the U.S. and designate certain television channels and satellite providers as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (see H. Res. 1308), H6176 [26JN]

Minnesota: anniversary of statehood (see H. Res. 923), H295 [16JA]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2268), H3186 [7MY]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1106), H2761 [24AP]

National Campus Safety Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1288), H5729 [19JN]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 299), H5111 [9JN]

National Dysphagia Awareness Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 195), H4878 [3JN]

National Health Information Technology Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 367), H4976 [4JN]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: require disclosure of information on the fair market value and safety of damaged motor vehicles (see H.R. 1029), H8276 [16SE]

National Information and Referral Services Day: designate (see H. Res. 985), H3778 [13MY]

National Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1392), H7854 [8SE]

National Mentoring Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 908), H25 [15JA]

National Night Out: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1324), H6229 [8JY]

National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 369), H3187 [7MY]

National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1328), H9975 [25SE]

National Scleroderma Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1232), H6230 [8JY]

National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 393), H7854 [8SE]

National Teacher Day: establish (see H. Res. 952), H557 [29JA]

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: include certain nongovernmental and volunteer firefighters, ground and air ambulance crew members, and first responders for certain benefits (see H.R. 3822), H1702 [13MR]

Organ donation: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors and their families (see H.R. 6950), H8475 [18SE]

Palestinians: condemn ongoing rocket attacks on Israeli civilians (see H. Res. 951), H1222 [4MR]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H2355 [15AP]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1132), H2659 [23AP]

Pension Protection Act: exempt longstanding nonfunctionally-integrated supporting organizations from certain holding and payout requirements (see H.R. 6227), H5214 [10JN]

Public Radio Recognition Month: designate (see H. Res. 1002), H1974 [2AP]

Race Day in America: designate (see H. Res. 931), H559 [29JA]

Recycling: require certain metal recyclers to keep records of their transactions in order to deter theft and interstate fencing of stolen copper (see H.R. 6831), H7808 [1AU]

Refugees: condemn human rights violations of religious minorities in Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf and acknowledge impact of Arab-Israeli conflict on Middle East refugee situation (see H. Res. 185), H480 [28JA]

Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 5235), H6342 [9JY]

School Social Work Week: designate (see H. Res. 978), H1032 [25FE]

Social Security: extend moratorium on implementation of a rule on Federal-State financial partnership under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program and finalization of graduate medical education rule (see H.R. 3533), H1702 [13MR]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 82), H3885 [14MY]

Standing Bear (Ponca Native American Chief): tribute (see H. Res. 1043), H1618 [12MR]

Syria: strengthen sanctions, enhance multilateral commitment to address threatening policies, and establish a program to support a transition to a democratically-elected government (see H.R. 2332), H3403 [8MY]

Tariff: digital-to-analog converter boxes (see H.R. 5635), H7956 [9SE]

Taxation: allow a continuous levy on payments to Medicaid providers and suppliers (see H.R. 5764), H2223 [10AP]

———enhance charitable giving and improve disclosure and tax administration (see H.R. 7083), H9972 [25SE]

———establish a program of Lifelong Learning Accounts, which are worker-owned savings accounts to be used for worker education and training (see H.R. 6036), H3776 [13MY]

———exclude from gross income discharges of student loans the repayment of which is income contingent or income based (see H.R. 7098), H9973 [25SE]

———extend look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations (see H.R. 3735), H558 [29JA]

———improve access to health care through expanded health savings accounts (see H.R. 3234), H3777 [13MY]

———make certain tax benefits permanent law (see H.R. 2734), H25 [15JA]

———modify treatment of qualified restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of the depreciation deduction (see H.R. 3622), H1155 [27FE]

———permit the IRS to set the standard mileage rate deduction for charitable use of an automobile and exclude charitable mileage reimbursements from gross income (see H.R. 6854), H8018 [10SE]

———provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see H.R. 6407), H6175 [26JN]

———provide for an increase in the standard mileage rates to reflect the increase in the cost of highway fuels (see H.R. 6368), H6230 [8JY]

———provide that elderly and disabled individuals receiving in-home care under certain government programs are not liable for employment taxes for the care providers (see H.R. 5703), H2854 [29AP]

———require employers to notify their employees of availability of the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 6371), H6177 [26JN]

———treat certain amounts paid for exercise equipment and physical fitness programs as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 245), H4453 [21MY]

U.N.: condemn glorification of terrorism and the continuing anti-Israel and anti-Semitic rhetoric (see H. Res. 939), H456 [23JA]

U.S. Public Service Academy: establish (see H.R. 1671), H7808 [1AU]

White House Conference on Children and Youth: convene (see H.R. 5461), H993 [14FE]

Winona State University: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 1133), H2553 [22AP]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 1014), H5215 [10JN]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1801), H10642 [29SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Tariff: catalytic converter mats of ceramic fibers (see H.R. 4981), H24 [15JA]

———cathode-ray tubes (see H.R. 4976), H24 [15JA]

———infrared absorbing dye (see H.R. 4977), H24 [15JA]

———perfluorobutane sulfonyl fluoride (see H.R. 4975), H24 [15JA]

———perfluorocarbons (see H.R. 4974), H24 [15JA]

———specialty monomer (see H.R. 4978), H24 [15JA]

———THV (see H.R. 4980), H24 [15JA]

———ultraviolet dye (see H.R. 4979), H24 [15JA]

Taxation: allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for State judicial debts that are past due (see H.R. 6172), H4877 [3JN]

———disclose certain prisoner tax return information to prison officials (see H.R. 7082), H9972 [25SE]

———provide an exemption from Federal motor fuels excise tax for ground emergency and non-emergency ambulance services (see H.R. 6243), H5327 [11JN]

Letters

Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act: Brian Canfield, American Counseling Association, E361 [12MR]

———E. Clarke Ross, Children and Adults With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders (organization), E361 [12MR]

———Federation of American Hospitals, E361 [12MR]

———Marc Lerro, Eating Disorders Coalition, E361 [12MR]

———Nicholas T. Motu, Hazelden Foundation, E360 [12MR]

Remarks

Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (H.R. 3195), H6071 [25JN]

Bloomington, MN: anniversary, E827 [6MY]

China, Republic of: negotiation of a free trade agreement (H. Con. Res. 137), E2148 [28SE]

———observance of National Day, E2098, E2148 [28SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2638), earmark declaration, E1979 [25SE]

Dyer, Irvin: National Anti-Drug Agency of Romania National Excellence Award recipient, E81 [28JA]

Economy: proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, H10406 [29SE], H10790, H10794 [3OC]

Hammer Residences (organization): tribute, E1723 [8SE]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans, H10790 [3OC]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), H1297 [5MR]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), Senate amendments, H10790, H10794 [3OC]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 6983), H8619, H8621, H8624 [23SE]

Minneapolis, MN: anniversary of the I-35 bridge collapse, E1683 [1AU]

Monuments and memorials: address concerns over United Flight 93 memorial design, E611 [15AP]

Outer Continental Shelf: lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, H8246 [16SE]

Pension Protection Act: technical corrections (H.R. 6382), H6250, H6252 [9JY]

Power resources: reduce oil dependency, expand access to Federal resources, revise relationship between energy industry and consumers, end tax subsidies, and facilitate energy efficiency (H.R. 6899), H8246 [16SE]

Taxation: disclose certain prisoner tax return information to prison officials (H.R. 7082), H10199 [27SE]

———enhance charitable giving and improve disclosure and tax administration (H.R. 7083), H10197 [27SE]

———provide earnings assistance and tax relief to members of the uniformed services, volunteer firefighters, and Peace Corps volunteers (H.R. 3997), Senate amendment, H10406 [29SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, E2097 [28SE]

Statements

Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act: David Wellstone, H8619 [23SE]

United Flight 93 Memorial Design: Tom Burnett, Sr., E611 [15AP]

Tributes

Cohen, Philip Q., E373 [12MR]

Crosby, John, H6233 [9JY]

Jeske, Margo Wels, E426 [14MR]

Obershaw, Barb, E49 [18JA]