DICKS, NORMAN D. (a Representative from Washington)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), H7410 [25JN], H7463 [26JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2996, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, H11826 [27OC]

Articles and editorials

California Water Plan Aims To Save Puget Sound Orcas, Les Blumenthal, McClatchy Newspapers (news service), E1723 [10JY]

Does the Stimulus Package Really Include $300,000 for a Sculpture Garden? St. Petersburg (FL) Times, H632 [28JA]

Our Good Friend, Ed Stimpson, Ted Van Dyk, Crosscut.com (Internet site), H14809 [11DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: issue a Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 1454), H5063 [30AP]

———prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H603 [27JA]

Armed Forces: enhance readiness by replacing current ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy concerning homosexuality with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (see H.R. 1283), H3105 [9MR]

———guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency (see H.R. 1182), H9738 [21SE]

———mint coins in commemoration of Army Five-Star Generals and alumni of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (see H.R. 1177), H13354 [19NO]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1209), H3835 [24MR]

———require the use of only human-based methods for training members in the treatment of severe combat and chemical and biological injuries (see H.R. 4269), H14743 [10DE]

———tribute to meritorious service of aviators shot down over, or otherwise forced to land in, hostile territory yet evaded enemy capture or were captured but subsequently escaped (see H. Res. 925), H13353 [19NO]

Budget: reinstitute and update the pay-as-you-go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration (see H.R. 2920), H8009 [10JY]

Chicago, IL: encourage selection by the International Olympic Committee to host 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games (see H. Res. 538), H6904 [16JN]

Children and youth: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1064), H7250 [24JN]

China: authorize assistance to small- and medium-sized U.S. businesses to promote exports (see H.R. 2310), H6155 [3JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 12), H28 [6JA]

Clean Air Act: modify definition of the term ``renewable biomass'' (see H.R. 2364), H5484 [12MY]

Construction industries: recognize importance and sustainability of U.S. hardwoods industry and urge such products be given full consideration in programs for constructing environmentally preferable buildings (see H. Res. 81), H485 [22JA]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1744), H5582 [13MY]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1020), H6972 [17JN]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 22), H37 [6JA]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 874), H6014 [21MY]

Deep Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 231), H9343 [8SE]

Dept. of Defense: establish Veterans to Work program (see H.R. 4058), H13355 [19NO]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 1526), H7741 [7JY]

———establish discretionary school construction grant program for local educational agencies affected by base closures and realignments (see H.R. 2593), H11111 [7OC]

———establish the Grants for College Access and Completion Program (see H.R. 3259), H13467 [2DE]

———reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 2280), H5306 [6MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 745), H5485 [12MY]

———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see H.R. 1362), H5400 [7MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: conduct a survey to determine the level of compliance with national consensus standards and any barriers to achieving compliance with such standards (see H.R. 1499), H3706 [19MR]

———prohibit expenditure of funds for the National Applications Office (see H.R. 2703), H6263 [4JN]

Dept. of the Interior: continue stocking fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area (see H.R. 2430), H5665 [14MY]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H5667 [14MY]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (see H.R. 11), H27 [6JA]

Diseases: expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 1079), H1605 [13FE]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see H.R. 1740), H4061 [26MR]

Ecology and environment: establish an integrated Federal program to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources in response to the threats of climate change and ocean acidification (see H.R. 2192), H5060 [30AP]

Education: encourage teaching of U.S. Constitution to high school students in their senior year (see H. Res. 686), H9207 [30JY]

Employment: authorize a capitalization of self-sustainable social services grant program to provide workforce development opportunities and training to people with barriers to employment (see H.R. 4299), H14826 [11DE]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 3017), H9807 [22SE]

Executive departments: congressional disapproval of rule submitted by the Depts. of the Interior and Commerce relative to interagency cooperation under the Endangered Species Act (see H.J. Res. 18), H381 [15JA]

Father's Day: observance (see H. Res. 539), H6743 [12JN]

FCC: prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany (see H.R. 1084), H1605 [13FE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1256), H3642 [18MR]

Federal Accounting Oversight Board: establish (see H.R. 1349), H4525 [2AP]

Filipino American History Month: observance (see H. Res. 780), H11740 [23OC]

Fire prevention: provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (see H.R. 1404), H3144 [10MR]

Fish and fishing: conserve U.S. fish and aquatic communities through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation and improve the quality of life for the people of the U.S. (see H.R. 2565), H11111 [7OC]

Fish and Wildlife Act: establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft (see H.R. 3381), H9055 [29JY]

Georgia: express condolences to families of victims of storms and floods, honor emergency responders, and support FEMA efforts to respond to needs of those affected by floods (see H. Res. 765), H9899 [23SE]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 621), H6076 [2JN]

Health: expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions, and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 463), H194 [13JA]

———national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system (see H.R. 1200), H2835 [25FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H6807 [15JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 873), H3706 [19MR]

History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star-Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2097), H7146 [23JN]

Honduras: condemn coup d'etat, call for return of duly elected President, suspend nonhumanitarian assistance, ensure fair elections, and support mediation by Costa Rican President, Oscar Arias (see H. Res. 630), H8410 [20JY]

Immigration: require reports on the effectiveness and impacts of the implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (see H.R. 2670), H6075 [2JN]

Insurance: require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1691), H3834 [24MR]

John `Bud' Hawk Post Office, Rollingbay, WA: designate (see H.R. 955), H1157 [10FE]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 1409), H3144 [10MR]

Lakewood, WA: express condolences to families of slain police officers (see H. Res. 939), H13386 [1DE]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 49), H1519 [12FE]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 1616), H6807 [15JN]

Medicare: improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 902), H1043 [4FE]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see H.R. 2245), H8100 [14JY]

National Aerospace Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 167), H8409 [20JY]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 349), H5064 [30AP]

National DVT Screening Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 231), H9343 [8SE]

National Estuaries Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 710), H9280 [31JY]

National Guard: anniversary (see H. Res. 940), H13386 [1DE]

National Guard Youth Challenge Program: exclude certain non-defense funds from the matching requirements (see H.R. 207), H4063 [26MR]

National Military Family Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 861), H13069 [17NO]

National Trails System Act: provide for a study of the Cascadia Marine Trail (see H.R. 1641), H3704 [19MR]

Native Americans: improve prosecution of, and response to, crimes in Indian country (see H.R. 1924), H14827 [11DE]

———modify certain Indian land leases in Washington (State) (see H.R. 4401), H15501 [16DE]

———provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 31), H1159 [10FE]

———settle claims of the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation concerning contributions to production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam (see H.R. 3097), H7704 [26JN]

Navy: tribute to official U.S. naval history museums (see H. Res. 984), H15502 [16DE]

New York Yankees (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 893), H12456 [5NO]

NOAA: establish Salmon Stronghold Partnership program (see H.R. 2055), H4687 [22AP]

Nobel Prize: recognition of President Obama for peace (see H. Res. 864), H13002 [16NO]

Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1672), H3748 [23MR]

Nuclear weapons: support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see H. Res. 790), H11112 [7OC]

Oceans: adopt national policies and pursue international agreements to prevent ocean acidification, and study its impacts and effects on marine ecosystems and coastal economies (see H. Res. 989), H15502 [16DE]

Olympic Day: observance (see H. Res. 538), H6904 [16JN]

Oregon: anniversary of statehood (see H. Res. 170), H4130 [30MR]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1243), H4397 [1AP]

Pharmaceuticals: provide for disposal of controlled substances by ultimate users and care takers through State take-back disposal programs and prohibit drug label recommendations on disposal by flushing (see H.R. 1191), H2834 [25FE]

Postal Service: allow payment of share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (see H.R. 22), H4026 [25MR]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 1925), H4521 [2AP]

Public Lands Corps Act: provide service-learning opportunities on public lands, restore natural, cultural, historic, archeological, recreational, and scenic resources, train new land managers, and promote public service (see H.R. 1612), H8009 [10JY]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 413), H3641 [18MR]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 2499), H6156 [3JN]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorize provision of technical assistance to small public water systems (see H.R. 2206), H5061 [30AP]

Ships and vessels: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels (see H.R. 3888), H11580 [21OC]

———promote secure ferry transportation (see H.R. 2172), H4998 [29AP]

SSI: disregard, for purposes of eligibility, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 2866), H6805 [15JN]

Suzuki, Ichiro: tribute (see H. Res. 750), H9730 [17SE]

Taxation: extend and expand benefits for businesses operating in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or renewal communities (see H.R. 1677), H5892 [20MY]

———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see H.R. 564), H4251 [31MR]

———impose a tax on transactions in oil futures and options and deposit the revenues from the tax into the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 3379), H9055 [29JY]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see H.R. 16), H28 [6JA]

———make permanent the rate reduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 2543), H6008 [21MY]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1547), H3525 [17MR]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see H.R. 690), H10070 [29SE]

———repeal certain shipping investment withdrawal rules and provide an incentive to reinvest foreign shipping earnings in the U.S. (see H.R. 2542), H7250 [24JN]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H13001 [16NO]

Transportation Security Administration: enhance personnel system (see H.R. 1881), H5667 [14MY]

Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (see H.R. 2935), H8495 [21JY]

U.S. Air Force Academy: anniversary of first graduating class (see H. Con. Res. 139), H10070 [29SE]

U.S. Military Academy: Forbes (publication) America's Best College honoree (see H. Res. 747), H11384 [14OC]

U.S. Public Service Academy: establish (see H.R. 2102), H6076 [2JN]

University of Washington: tribute to women's softball team (see H. Res. 517), H6306 [8JN]

Washington (State): anniversary of Pig War crisis on San Juan Island (see H. Res. 652), H8302 [16JY]

———honor citizen-soldiers, including the 81st Brigade Combat Team (Heavy) of the Washington Army National Guard and Air National Guard (see H. Res. 627), H8008 [10JY]

Water Protection and Reinvestment Fund: establish (see H.R. 3202), H8099 [14JY]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2014), H6155 [3JN]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see H.R. 347), H603 [27JA]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2000), H8303 [16JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 2996), H7144 [23JN]

National Climate Service: establish (see H.R. 2306), H5397 [7MY]

Native Americans: transfer certain land to the U.S. to be held in trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe (see H.R. 1061), H1604 [13FE]

Navy: tribute to sailors of U.S. Submarine Force for completion of 1000 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) deterrent patrols (see H. Con. Res. 129), H5891 [20MY]

Puget Sound: provide assistance for programs and activities to protect water quality (see H.R. 4029), H12456 [5NO]

Conference reports

Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2996), H11871-H11983 [28OC]

Motions

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2996), H11756 [26OC]

House of Representatives: recommit to fiscal restraint, return to an open and transparent appropriations process, and require Committee on Rules (House) to report out open rules for general appropriations, H7399 [25JN]

Remarks

Air Force: assessment of contracting system used to award the KC-X military air refueling tanker contract, H14844 [14DE]

———urge Dept. of Defense to factor in subsidies to Airbus S.A.S. when considering cost estimates for military air refueling tankers proposals, H13271 [19NO]

Appropriations: legislative process, H7393, H7411 [25JN], H8983 [29JY]

———making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), consideration (H. Res. 184), H2653, H2654 [25FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), H561 [27JA], H632 [28JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), H5629 [14MY]

BLM: prohibit funding for construction of a wildfire facility in Carson City, NV, H7427 [25JN]

Boeing Co.: tribute to maiden flight of Boeing 787 Dreamliner from Paine Field Airport, Everett, WA, H14945 [15DE]

Border Patrol: ensure agents have necessary access to public lands and remove certain restrictions in order to allow optimum enforcement of immigration and drug smuggling laws, H12062 [29OC]

Canton, NY: prohibit funding for Village Park Historic Preservation project of the Traditional Arts, H7432 [25JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 12), H134 [9JA]

Council on Environmental Quality: prohibit funding for certain positions, H8238, H8239 [16JY]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), Senate amendment, H5838 [20MY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3326), H9086, H9117, H9118 [30JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), consideration (H. Res. 685), H8983 [29JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 976), H15000, H15001 [16DE]

———prohibit funding for earmarks to for-profit entities, H9117 [30JY]

———prohibit funding for Rapid Deployable Shelter project, H9118 [30JY]

———prohibit funding for Reduced Manning Situational Awareness program, H9086 [30JY]

Dept. of Energy: ensure contracts are competitively awarded, H9086 [30JY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H7428, H7429 [25JN]

———making appropriations, H2653 [25FE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), H7402, H7404, H7405, H7407, H7408, H7409, H7410, H7411, H7413, H7420, H7427, H7428, H7429, H7430, H7431, H7432, H7433, H7434, H7435, H7436 [25JN], H7470 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), conference report, H12057, H12061, H12062, H12065 [29OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), consideration (H. Res. 578), H7393, H7396 [25JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 876), H12053, H12054 [29OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2996), motion to instruct conferees, H11756, H11757, H11759 [26OC]

———require appropriations legislation conference report to be available in an electronic form for a certain period prior to approval, H11756 [26OC]

Ecology and environment: establish an integrated Federal program to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources in response to the threats of climate change and ocean acidification (H.R. 2192), E1029 [30AP]

EPA: funding reduction, H7430 [25JN]

———Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding, H7408 [25JN]

———national and State-level grant and loan programs to promote the reduction of diesel emissions funding, H7409 [25JN]

———prohibit funding for local climate change grants, H7396 [25JN]

———prohibit implementation of rule requiring mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from manure management systems, H11756, H11757, H11759 [26OC]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 3170), H8238, H8239 [16JY]

Firearms: preserve rights granted under second amendment to the Constitution in national parks and national wildlife refuge areas, H5838 [20MY]

Forest Service: drug enforcement activities funding, H7420 [25JN]

Fort Payne, AL: prohibit funding for Fort Payne Coal and Iron Building rehabilitation, H7436 [25JN]

Hartshorne, OK: reestablish Jones Academy as part of the BIA school system, H7405 [25JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12900 [7NO]

Highlands Conservation Act: funding, H7413 [25JN]

House Rules: prohibit earmarks to for-profit entities, H15000, H15001 [16DE]

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore: prohibit funding for Good Fellow Lodge restoration project, H7431 [25JN]

Lakewood, WA: moment of silence to honor slain police officers, H13372 [1DE]

Manhattan, KS: Konza waterline extension project funding, H7404 [25JN]

Medicare: improve fairness and reduce regional inequities in reimbursement payments to providers, H12900 [7NO]

Meyer, Russ: National Aviation Hall of Fame inductee (H. Res. 719), H11341 [14OC]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H632 [28JA]

National Mall: restoration funding, H561 [27JA]

National Park Service: improve cemetery maintenance standards, H7407 [25JN]

Native Americans: programs funding, H12061 [29OC]

Navy: tribute to sailors of U.S. Submarine Force for completion of 1000 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) deterrent patrols (H. Con. Res. 129), H13394 [2DE]

Navy League of the U.S.: tribute to Bremerton-Olympic Peninsula Council, E1204 [19MY]

NOAA: implementation of report entitled ``Biological Opinion and Conference Opinion on the Long-Term Operations of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project'', E1723 [10JY]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), H7657 [26JN]

Public lands: national heritage areas funding, H7405 [25JN]

Puget Sound: provide assistance for programs and activities to protect water quality (H.R. 4029), E2729 [5NO]

San Francisco, CA: prohibit funding for Angel Island Immigration Station hospital rehabilitation, H7434, H7435 [25JN]

Tarrytown, NY: prohibit funding for Tarrytown Music Hall restoration project, H7433 [25JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H13625 [8DE]

Reports filed

Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2996) (H. Rept. 111-316), H12043 [28OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2996) (H. Rept. 111-180), H7144 [23JN]

Tributes

Owens, Jim, H6830 [16JN]

Stimpson, Ed, H14809 [11DE]