DONNELLY, BRIAN J. (a Representative from Massachusetts)
Amendments offered by, to
Financial institutions: recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 6), H9087 [4NO]
Analyses
Tax Laws' Employee Leasing Rules (H.R. 3602), E3492
Appointments
Committee To Attend Funeral of Silvio O. Conte, H1043 [20FE]
Articles and editorials
Gaffney Fears He'll Die of AIDS Before U.S. Pays, Helen Rojas, Quincy (MA) Patriot Ledger, E3293
16th Birthday Party Gathers Food for the Hungry, Olive Laing, Braintree (MA) Forum (publication), E1253
What Silvio Conte Taught Me About Congress and Life, Thomas R. Barker, Roll Call, H1238
Woman Giving Birth Rejected by Hospital, E3362
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Baltic States: provide special temporary protected status for certain nationals (see H.R. 637, H696 [24JA])
Cadigan, James L.: award Medal of Honor (see H. Con. Res. 203, H6675 [17SE])
Disabled: treatment of individuals under certain Federal programs (see H.R. 3126, H6192 [31JY])
Health: insurance plan coverage for employees of failed depository institutions (see H.R. 3230, H6382 [2AU])
Heath care facilities: tax exemption for emergency medical service (see H.R. 1374, H1668 [12MR])
Housing: elderly families (see H.R. 3425, H6940 [26SE])
Medicare: exempt skilled nursing facilities from certain requirements relative to advance directives (see H.R. 566, H604 [18JA])
———monthly premium rate based on actuarial rate (see H.R. 2413, H3370 [21MY])
———repeal increase in base composite rate used to determine the amount of payment for dialysis services (see H.R. 564, H604 [18JA])
Savings and loan associations: recapture certain losses (see H.R. 561, H604 [18JA])
Social Security: graduated exemption from public pension offset (see H.R. 1791, H2259 [16AP])
Tariff: clomiphene citrate (see H.R. 1859, H2373 [17AP])
Taxation: abatement or waiver of interest on certain tax deficiencies (see H.R. 2047, H2535 [24AP])
———allow deduction for sewer and water service fees (see H.R. 1552, H2014 [21MR])
———capital gains (see H.R. 3875, H10930 [22NO])
———clarify amounts paid to acquire certain intangible items are treated as being paid for goodwill (see H.R. 563, H604 [18JA])
———deductions for removal of architectural barriers to the disabled and senior citizens in principal residences (see H.R. 603, H683 [23JA])
———depreciation recomputations relative to income forecast method (see H.R. 3775, H10268 [14NO])
———employee leasing rules (see H.R. 3602, H8187 [22OC])
———employment tax status of certain fishermen (see H.R. 2048, H2535 [24AP])
———exclude income from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund (see H.R. 3013, H5817 [24JY])
———increase distance requirements applicable to the deduction for moving expenses (see H.R. 562, H604 [18JA])
———recomputations of depreciation determined under the income forecast method (see H.R. 2748, H5048 [25JN])
Television: regulation of service tiers provided by cable systems (see H.R. 2547, H4015 [5JN])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Africa: protection of human rights and economic development in the Horn of Africa (see H.R. 1454, H2087 [22MR])
Agriculture: protection for veal calves (see H.R. 252, H3370 [21MY])
Air Force Association: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia area (see H.R. 3627, H10842 [21NO])
Animal Rights Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 254, H3036 [14MY]; H.J. Res. 301, H5514 [16JY])
Animals: development of ophthalmic testing procedures that do not require the use of animal test subjects (see H. Con. Res. 65, H3495 [22MY])
Armed Forces: allow claims for damages from certain negligent medical care (see H.R. 3407, H7649 [8OC])
Arts and humanities: recognition of ``An Artistic Discovery,'' the congressional high school art competition (see H. Res. 201, H5744 [23JY])
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 167, H1341 [4MR])
Basketball Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 372, H10366 [18NO])
Bicentennial of the District of Columbia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 356, H11893 [26NO])
Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H2261 [16AP])
Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 299, H6139 [30JY])
Children: avoid prolonged foster care for abandoned babies where adoption is available (see H.R. 2362, H3149 [15MY])
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 2188, H3150 [15MY]; H.R. 2212, H3371 [21MY]; H.J. Res. 263, H3739 [30MY])
Coins: mint in commemoration of James Madison (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])
———mint in commemoration of the Bill of Rights (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])
Colleges and universities: Knight Foundation proposals for reforming athletics system (see H. Con. Res. 119, H2565 [25AP])
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 12, H697 [24JA])
Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H5651 [18JY])
Copyrights: protection of industrial designs (see H.R. 1790, H2259 [16AP])
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H6540 [12SE])
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H6195 [31JY])
Dept. of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund: availability for community-based crime control and drug abuse prevention programs (see H.R. 2774, H5979 [29JY])
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1282 [27FE])
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H2470 [23AP])
Executive departments: congressional question period for members of the President's cabinet (see H. Res. 155, H3160 [16MY])
Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of Federal Management (see H.R. 2750, H6457 [11SE])
Federal Aviation Act: amend relative to bankruptcy transportation plans (see H.R. 66, H3036 [14MY])
Federal employees: interim geographic pay increase for certain workers (see H.R. 1944, H2393 [18AP])
———restore the 3-year basis recovery rule relative to certain annuities for income tax purposes (see H.R. 576, H1417 [5MR])
———tribute for contributions to Persian Gulf Conflict (see H. Con. Res. 147, H6388 [2AU])
Fire fighters: tax credit for volunteers (see H.R. 1232, H1414 [5MR])
Firearms: waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see H.R. 7, H53 [3JA])
Foreign trade: tariff treatment of products from countries relative to their contributions to Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 317, H3036 [14MY])
Forests: protection of remaining ancient forests on public lands (see H.R. 842, H10931 [22NO])
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 201, H6387 [2AU])
Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10543 [19NO])
Guam, Commonwealth of: establish (see H.R. 98, H5910 [25JY])
Hazardous substances: lead-based paint abatement (see H.R. 2922, H7649 [8OC])
Hunting and trapping: eliminate the use of steel jaw leghold traps on animals (see H.R. 1354, H4867 [20JN])
Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2538 [24AP])
Insurance: life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 134, H4016 [5JN])
Irish-American Heritage Month: establish (see H.J. Res. 350, H8121 [21OC])
IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 4, H53 [3JA])
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 260, H7551 [7OC])
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H2137 [10AP])
Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H4438 [12JN])
Kuwait: involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (see H. Res. 106, H2017 [21MR])
Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 5, H488 [12JA])
Marine mammals: detrimental impact due to purse seine fishing for tuna (see H.R. 261, H3709 [29MY])
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority: authorize use of a residual waste treatment facility located outside Massachusetts (see H.R. 2053, H2565 [25AP])
Medicare: coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 1213, H1325 [28FE])
———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 2292, H2952 [9MY])
———deadlines for claim submission (see H.R. 1467, H1848 [19MR])
———waive the coinsurance requirement and prohibit balance billing for screening mammography services (see H.R. 2007, H2468 [23AP])
Medicare/medicaid: cost-sharing availability between programs (see H.R. 3473, H7313 [2OC])
Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 2, H196 [10JA])
———multinational diplomatic solution to conflict with Iraq (see H.J. Res. 48, H84 [4JA])
Motor vehicles: corporate fuel economy standards (see H.R. 446, H3709 [29MY])
———liability and insurance policies of rental car companies (see H.R. 1293, H5211 [26JN])
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H8495 [24OC])
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H2565 [25AP])
National Convenience Store Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 294, H5819 [24JY])
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 232, H2536 [24AP])
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H2263 [16AP])
National DARE Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 217, H2686 [1MY])
National Down's Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228, H7801 [10OC])
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 125, H992 [6FE])
National Forest System Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 226, H4945 [24JN])
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, H2109 [9AP])
National Girls and Women in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 30, H782 [29JA])
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H5267 [27JN])
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H2376 [17AP])
National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291, H7981 [16OC])
National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H6799 [24SE])
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 215, H5818 [24JY])
National Parks Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276, H6194 [31JY])
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H2903 [8MY])
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H6195 [31JY])
National School Breakfast Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 98, H1281 [27FE])
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 219, H2539 [24AP])
National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 181, H5212 [26JN])
National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141, H1850 [19MR])
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103, H2375 [17AP])
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212, H6458 [11SE])
National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293, H5818 [24JY])
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H6458 [11SE])
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 205, H2399 [22AP])
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 51, H2783 [6MY])
Osteoporosis: research programs for and related bone disorders (see H.R. 1212, H1325 [28FE])
Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 91, H2538 [24AP])
Petroleum: opposition to an import fee on crude oil and refined products (see H. Res. 10, H506 [14JA])
———reinstate the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil (see H.R. 295, H825 [30JA])
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 227, H6139 [30JY])
Postal Service: mail delivery standards (see H.R. 676, H2783 [6MY])
Public Pension Equity Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 1348, H1473 [7MR])
Public welfare programs: unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3040, H5909 [25JY])
Raye, Martha: support awarding of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 100, H4438 [12JN])
Recycling: treatment of newsprint (see H.R. 873, H989 [6FE])
———treatment of scrap tires (see H.R. 871, H989 [6FE])
———treatment of spent lead-acid batteries (see H.R. 870, H989 [6FE])
———treatment of used oil (see H.R. 872, H989 [6FE])
Refugee Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 323, H8496 [24OC])
Refuse disposal: reduce use of toxic chemicals (see H.R. 2880, H11891 [26NO])
———requirements for solid waste and hazardous waste incinerators (see H.R. 3253, H9144 [4NO])
Research: superconducting supercollider funding (see H.R. 2485, H3709 [29MY])
Revere Beach: feasibility of inclusion in the National Parks System (see H.R. 2109, H2564 [25AP])
SBA: purchase of eligible securities by qualified commercial or mutual savings banks (see H.R. 3419, H6878 [25SE])
Ships and vessels: equity of revenue availability and regulation of gambling (see H.R. 3282, H6879 [25SE])
———remedy injury to shipbuilding and repair industry (see H.R. 2709, H4866 [20JN])
Silvio O. Conte Federal Building, Pittsfield, MA: designate (see H.R. 2818, H5266 [27JN])
Social Security: assure minimum payment adjustments for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 1544, H2470 [23AP])
———overpayments made to certain Uniformed Services treatment facilities (see H.R. 2856, H5340 [10JY])
Solid waste: refund value for certain beverage containers and resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (see H.R. 997, H2686 [1MY])
Soviet Union: denial of foreign trade credits and economic assistance (see H.R. 601, H782 [29JA])
———military action against Baltic States (see H. Res. 32, H685 [23JA])
———most-favored-nation status relative to independence of Baltic States (see H.R. 559, H604 [18JA])
———revoke U.S. taxpayer subsidies relative to military action in Baltic States (see H.J. Res. 80, H605 [18JA])
Sports: authorize minting of coins commemorating 1994 World Cup and provide a financial legacy to youth and amateur soccer (see H.R. 2801, H5515 [16JY])
Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 1385, H6385 [2AU])
Taxation: clarify treatment of certain Federal financial assistance provided to savings and loan institutions (see H.R. 1135, H1278 [27FE])
———credit for a portion of the employees' share of Social Security taxes (see H.R. 3730, H9579 [7NO])
———deductions for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 2012, H2468 [23AP])
———liability for certain employment taxes (see H.R. 3109, H12063 [3JA])
———long-term care insurance policies which do not meet Federal standards (see H.R. 3830, H10722 [20NO])
———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H2769 [2MY])
———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H1136 [21FE])
———refundable credit in lieu of deductions for children and increased earned income credit (see H.R. 2242, H3806 [3JN])
———simplify the application of earned income credit (see H.R. 3828, H10722 [20NO])
———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H2769 [2MY])
———treatment of certain governmental pensions relative to certain Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2086, H3280 [20MY])
———treatment of employment performed by certain educational institution employees (see H.R. 516, H386 [11JA])
———treatment of oil and hazardous substance cleanup costs (see H.R. 1726, H3371 [21MY])
Trucking: regulation of commercial motor vehicle weights and combination lengths (see H.R. 2515, H4867 [20JN])
Ukraine: recognize independence (see H. Con. Res. 212, H8577 [28OC])
Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, H3370 [21MY])
———award Purple Heart to former prisoners of war of World War I, World War II, and the Korean war for injuries received during captivity (see H.R. 2248, H5211 [26JN])
———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H53 [3JA])
———enhance the dignity and personal freedom of patients in medical centers and nursing homes (see H.R. 3198, H8335 [23OC])
———furnish outpatient medical services for any POW disabilities (see H.R. 1598, H6456 [11SE])
———permit acceptance of military retirement pay concurrently with disability compensation (see H.R. 3164, H9493 [6NO])
Volunteer workers: immunity from civil liability for certain individuals working for nonprofit organizations and governmental entities (see H.R. 911, H2086 [22MR])
Wildlife refuges: limit killing of wildlife (see H.R. 330, H3160 [16MY])
World AIDS Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 376, H10843 [21NO])
World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 261, H6387 [2AU])
World War II: establish in the District of Columbia a memorial to veterans (see H.R. 1624, H4187 [7JN])
———issue 50th anniversary commemorative coin (see H.R. 1623, H4186 [7JN])
Year of Reconciliation Between American Indians and Non-Indians: designate (see H.J. Res. 358, H10932 [22NO])
Descriptions
Abatement or waiver of interest on certain tax deficiencies (H.R. 2047), E1421
Clarification of employment status of certain fisherman, E1430
Elderly housing programs (H.R. 3425), E3179
Exempt skilled nursing facilities under medicare from certain requirements relative to advance directives (H.R. 566), E228
Health insurance coverage for employees of failed depository institutions (H.R. 3230), E2901
Recomputations of depreciation determined under the income forecast method (H.R. 2748), E2349
Special temporary protected status for certain national of Baltic States (H.R. 637), E289
Tax deduction on sewer and water fees (H.R. 1552), E1075
Tax depreciation determined under the income forecast method (H.R. 2748), E3870 [15NO]
Tax treatment of amounts paid to acquire certain intangible items treated as being paid for goodwill (H.R. 563), E218
Tax treatment to increase distance requirements applicable to the deduction for moving expenses (H.R. 562), E222
Tax treatment to recapture certain losses from tax benefits for savings and loans associations (H.R. 561), E225
Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund exclusion (H.R. 3013), E2676
Explanations
Public pension offset, E1257
Remarks by, on
Armed Forces: allow claims for damages from certain negligent medical care (H.R. 3407), E3293
Baltic States: provide special temporary protected status for certain nationals (H.R. 637), E289
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 263), E2515 [11JY]
Conte, Silvio O.: tribute (H. Res. 76), H1038 [20FE]
Disabled: treatment of individuals under certain Federal programs (H.R. 3126), E2814
Financial institutions: continuation of employee health benefits when a bank is taken over or sold by the FDIC, H9084 [4NO]
———continuation of employee health benefits when a bank is taken over or sold by the FDIC, H9084, H9087, H9088 [4NO]
———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 6), H9084, H9087, H9088 [4NO]
Foreign aid: improve and authorize appropriations for military assistance programs (H.R. 2508), H4795
Foreign trade: negotiation of trade agreements (H. Res. 146), H3594 [23MY]
Health: insurance plan coverage for employees of failed depository institutions (H.R. 3230), E2901
Health care facilities: tax exemption for emergency medical service (H.R. 1374), E896
———treatment of the poor by nonprofit hospitals, E3362
Housing: elderly families (H.R. 3425), E3178
Ireland, Republic of: anniversary of Easter uprising, H2507 [24AP]
Medicare: exempt skilled nursing facilities from certain requirements relative to advance directives (H.R. 566), E227
———monthly premium rate based on actuarial rate (H.R. 2413), E1881
———repeal increase in base composite rate used to determine the amount of payment for dialysis services (H.R. 564), E229
Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H230 [11JA]
Parliamentary inquiry, H9083, H9085 [4NO]
Quincy, MA: observance of Winnie the Welder Day, E1125
Revenue Reconciliation Act: technical corrections (H.R. 1555), H11328 [26NO]
Savings and loan associations: recapture certain losses (H.R. 561), E225
Social Security: graduated exemption from public pension offset (H.R. 1791), E1257
Soviet Union: military action against Baltic States, H644 [23JA]
Special order: granted, H2534 [24AP]
Tariff: clomiphene citrate (H.R. 1859), E1328
Taxation: abatement or waiver of interest on certain tax deficiencies (H.R. 2047), E1420
———allow deduction for sewer and water service fees (H.R. 1552), E1075
———capital gains (H.R. 3875), H10851 [22NO]
———clarify amounts paid to acquire certain intangible items are treated as being paid for goodwill (H.R. 563), E218
———deductions for removal of architectural barriers to the disabled and senior citizens in principal residences (H.R. 603), E274
———employee leasing rules (H.R. 3602), E3491
———employment tax status of certain fishermen (H.R. 2048), E1430
———exclude income from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund (H.R. 3013), E2676
———increase distance requirements applicable to the deduction for moving expenses (H.R. 562), E222
———recomputations of depreciation determined under the income forecast method (H.R. 2748), E2349
Television: regulation of service tiers provided by cable systems (H.R. 2547), E2067
Unemployment: emergency compensation (H.R. 3201), H6341 [2AU]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H47 [3JA], H603 [18JA], H682 [23JA], H696 [24JA], H1020 [19FE], H1667 [12MR], H2258 [16AP], H2371 [17AP], H2534 [24AP], H3369 [21MY], H5047 [25JN], H5907 [25JY], H6673 [17SE], H7550 [7OC], H7799 [10OC], H9040 [1NO]
Studies
Prospective Study of Advanced Directives for Life-Sustaining Care: New England Journal of Medicine, E2731
Summaries
Capital Gains Tax (H.R. 3875), H10851 [22NO]
Health Care Facilities' Tax Exemption for Emergency Medical Service (H.R. 1374), E896 [12MR]
Treatment of Disabled Individual Under Certain Programs (H.R. 3126), E2814
Texts of
H.R. 2547, regulation of service tiers provided by cable systems, E2067
H.R. 2748, recomputations of taxable depreciation under the income forecast method, E2350
Tributes
Anderson, Neil P., E85
Cleggett, Erin, E1253
Conte, Silvio O., H1238
Gaffney, Martin, E3293
Tollo, Salvatore E., E528
Trudeau, Norman J., E1424