114. H.R. 108, to require the Agriculture Department to pay for environmental reviews associated with conveying tracts of land to local school districts under Education Land Grant Act. Yes. Passed 406-8, under suspension of rules. 4/8/03.

198. H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act. Substitute amendment to allow forest thinning projects without environmental reviews within one-half mile of at-risk communities and on land located near municipal water supplies and require other forest thinning activities to be subject to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. No. Failed 184-239. 5/20/03.

199. H.R. 1904. Motion to recommit the bill to the Judiciary Committee with instructions to strike provisions that would speed up judicial review of court decisions that challenge wildlife prevention projects and would require a court considering a request for an injunction against an agency action to give special weight to agency findings that the action is necessary to avoid long-term harm to the ecosystem. No. Failed 176-250. 5/20/03.

200. H.R. 1904. On passage of the bill to reduce the risk of wildfires, diseases and insect infestations by allowing the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to conduct thinning projects of up to 20 million acres of federal forest land with provisions to expedite judicial review of thinning projects and allow certain exemptions from the National Environmental Policy Act. Yes. Passed 256-170. 5/20/03.

354. H.R. 2673, FY 2004 agriculture appropriations. Amendment to strike a provision that prohibits the Agriculture Department from using funds to implement country-of-origin labeling for meat and meat products. No. Failed 193-208. 7/14/03.

355. H.R. 2673. Amendment to provide $800,000 for improved enforcement of the federal animal fighting law. Yes. Passed 222-179. 7/14/03.

356. H.R. 2673. Amendment to reduce the bill’s discretionary spending by 1 percent across the board. No. Failed 68-333. 7/14/03.

357. H.R. 2673. Amendment to prohibit the Agriculture Department from using funds to approve for human consumption meat from downed animals – animals that cannot stand or walk. Yes. Failed 199-202. 7/14/03.

358. H.R. 2673. On passage of the bill to provide $77.5 billion for agriculture, rural development and nutrition programs of the Department of Agriculture and related agencies. Yes. Passed 347-64. 7/14/03.

624. H.R. 2673. Motion to instruct House conferees to insist on the provisions in the House bill that would allow for reimportation of prescription drugs from Canada. Yes. Passed 237-176. 11/18/03.