McCARTHY, CAROLYN (a Representative from New York)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

African Americans: official apology for those who suffered as slaves (see H. Con. Res. 96), H4836 [26JN]

Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 915), H3476 [4JN]

———require use of child safety restraint systems (see H.R. 754), H8265 [30SE]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 409), H2091 [30AP]

Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H4086 [19JN]

Balanced Budget Act: disapproval of line-item veto of certain Medicaid provisions (see H.R. 2436), H7730 [23SE]

Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H6707 [31JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H6799 [3SE]

Civil rights: prohibit use of involuntary arbitration to settle claims of employment discrimination (see H.R. 983), H9614 [28OC]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 16), H6963 [5SE]

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: ratification (see H. Res. 241), H7729 [23SE]

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H2785 [15MY]

Courts: photographing, recording, and broadcasting of court proceedings (see H.R. 1280), H1438 [10AP]

———provide procedures for future adjustments of salaries of Federal judges (see H.R. 875), H4836 [26JN]

Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H6918 [4SE]

Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (see H.R. 3081), H10955 [13NO]

———require opening of campus security crime logs at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 715), H5487 [17JY]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1951), H7601 [18SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 1387), H1705 [17AP]

Dept. of Defense: improve the Defense Loan and Technical Assistance Program (see H.R. 974), H803 [6MR]

Dept. of Education: provide links to databases of information concerning scholarships and fellowships (see H.R. 1440), H1890 [24AP]

Dept. of Labor: establish programs to educate the public on retirement savings (see H.R. 1377), H1705 [17AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve allocation of health care resources (see H.R. 1580), H3569 [5JN]

———revise process by which State housing construction grants are administered (see H.R. 1291), H1438 [10AP]

Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 1219), H1707 [17AP]

———issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 407), H2590 [13MY]

———Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 2009), H10956 [13NO]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H2254 [6MY]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1391 [9AP]

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H9730 [29OC]

Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see H.R. 2351), H7601 [18SE]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6918 [4SE]

Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H6706 [31JY]

Education: improve access to and affordability of higher education (see H.R. 1435), H1890 [24AP]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1858), H3659 [10JN]

EPA: reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control (see H.R. 536), H2445 [8MY]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H5132 [10JY]

Families and domestic relations: child abuse and neglect prevention (see H.R. 1823), H8633 [7OC]

FEC: require reports on certain election expenditures (see H.R. 1705), H3720 [11JN]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1262 [20MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H7365 [16SE]

Financial institutions: prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal of direct deposited Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2454), H10768 [12NO]

———prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal of direct deposited veterans benefits (see H.R. 2457), H10768 [12NO]

Firearms: ban the manufacture, importation, and sale of ammunition that can penetrate police body armor (see H.R. 1250), H1339 [8AP]

———improve safety of handguns (see H.R. 1047), H949 [12MR]

———permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of a felony (see H.R. 1228), H1338 [8AP]

———prevent handgun violence and illegal commerce (see H.R. 12), H1112 [18MR]

———prohibit possession by nonpermanent resident aliens (see H.R. 949), H767 [5MR]

———require check for restraining orders before the transfer of a handgun by a firearms dealer (see H.R. 2774), H10768 [12NO]

———standards for certain foreign and domestically-produced handguns (see H.R. 492), H1018 [13MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H1040 [17MR]

Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (see H.R. 852), H804 [6MR]

Health: establish certain requirements for managed care plans (see H.R. 2606), H8320 [2OC]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H1707 [17AP]

———require health plans to provide certain coverage for children (see H.R. 1159), H1392 [9AP]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H245 [21JA]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H6918 [4SE]

———revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (see H.R. 1289), H2157 [1MY]

House of Representatives: prohibit smoking in rooms and corridors leading to the floor and in the Rayburn room (see H. Res. 247), H8054 [26SE]

House Rules: permit disabled employees with the privilege of the House floor to use supporting services on the floor (see H. Res. 135), H1988 [29AP]

Immigration: clarify and provide additional relief and procedural rights for certain aliens who would otherwise be ineligible for such procedural rights (see H.R. 2302), H7730 [23SE]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H8833 [9OC]

———coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (see H.R. 616), H347 [5FE]

———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H3169 [21MY]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H1339 [8AP]

———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 2409), H7528 [17SE]

———treatment of prescription drugs (see H.R. 1525), H4087 [19JN]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1609), H2679 [14MY]

———reform (see H. Con. Res. 43), H1543 [15AP]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2930), H10418 [8NO]

Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered during World War II and acknowledgment of such injustices by the President (see H.R. 2090), H4834 [26JN]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H3660 [10JN]

Long Island Sound: improve water quality (see H.R. 455), H242 [21JA]

———prohibit dumping of dredged material (see H.R. 55), H5916 [28JY]

Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 2201), H5487 [17JY]

Medicaid: repeal criminal penalties for counseling or assisting an individual with the disposition of assets (see H.R. 2396), H10421 [8NO]

———repeal criminal penalties for fraudulent disposition of assets (see H.R. 216), H3476 [4JN]

———waiver of enrollment composition rule relative to certain HMO's (see H.R. 1610), H3720 [11JN]

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H10956 [13NO]

———require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care facilities (see H.R. 2754), H9614 [28OC]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]

New York: waiver of certain health care provider tax provisions under Medicaid (see H.R. 2437), H7730 [23SE]

NIH: expand programs to research osteoporosis and related bone diseases (see H.R. 2697), H10172 [6NO]

Northern Ireland: sectarian violence relative to marches at Portadown (see H. Res. 182), H5021 [9JY]

Olympic games: holding of the 2004 summer games in Cape Town, South Africa (see H. Con. Res. 89), H4087 [19JN]

Oscar Garcia Rivera Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 282), H3865 [17JN]

Passports: record place of birth as Jerusalem, Israel, on certain U.S. passports (see H.R. 1298), H4836 [26JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 600, 2183, 2777; H. Res. 236), H346 [5FE], H5485 [17JY], H7600 [18SE], H9800 [30OC]

Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs (see H.R. 1070), H2446 [8MY]

Public safety officers: provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 2088), H8727 [8OC]

Public welfare programs: exception to limited SSI and food stamps eligibility for certain aliens (see H.R. 1445), H1891 [24AP]

———extend transition period for legal aliens receiving SSI and food stamps (see H.R. 1418), H1794 [23AP]

Railroads: modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower annuity (see H. Con. Res. 52), H4914 [8JY]

Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see H. Con. Res. 121), H7601 [18SE]

SBA: reauthorize women's business training program (see H.R. 1495), H2090 [30AP]

Schools: assist local communities in renewal of public schools (see H.R. 1436), H1890 [24AP]

———establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see H.R. 1104), H1111 [18MR]

Sewering, Hans J.: investigate and prosecute Nazi war criminal (see H. Con. Res. 19), H7528 [17SE]

Shabazz, Betty: tribute (see H. Res. 183), H6407 [30JY]

Ships and vessels: support requirements that vessels operating between U.S. ports be built, owned, and operated by U.S. citizens (see H. Con. Res. 65), H5826 [25JY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1261 [20MR]

Small business: provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H2784 [15MY]

Stewart, Jimmy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 109), H4913 [8JY]

Taxation: provide a checkoff on Federal income tax returns for a breast and prostate cancer research fund (see H.R. 209), H1892 [24AP]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H669 [26FE]

———treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private foundations (see H.R. 519), H4339 [24JN]

Tobacco products: treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 2387), H7528 [17SE]

21st Century Scholars Program: establish (see H.R. 777), H1340 [8AP]

United Kingdom: limit the sale or export of plastic bullets (see H.R. 1075), H7830 [24SE]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H9800 [30OC]

Veterans: authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to establish a memorial dedicated to soldiers who have died in foreign conflicts other than declared wars (see H.R. 1608), H8265 [30SE]

———benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H4647 [25JN]

———determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H3568 [5JN]

———increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (see H.R. 2367), H7601 [18SE]

Water pollution: estuary conservation and management programs funding (see H.R. 2374), H10956 [13NO]

Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H7261 [11SE]

Women: celebrate and continue accomplishments of Title IX provisions relative to equity in women's educational and athletic opportunities (see H. Con. Res. 103), H4339 [24JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Education: improve teacher quality (see H.R. 2698), H9038 [22OC]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), H1209 [20MR]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5378 [16JY]

Arms Export Control Act: amend relative to prohibition on imports of certain firearms and ammunition (H.R. 1570), H7471 [17SE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4701 [26JN]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), H2329 [7MY]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 143), H2317 [7MY]

Dept. of Education: website expansion funding, H7180 [10SE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2378), H7471, H7471 [17SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7180 [10SE]

Education: national policy to improve system, H291 [5FE], H414 [11FE]

Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), H1150 [19MR]

Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (H.R. 852), H996 [13MR]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance, E1769 [16SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 5), H2537 [13MY]

INS: deportation of Irish nationals to Northern Ireland, H2597 [14MY]

Israel: condemn terrorist bombing in Jerusalem (H. Con. Res. 146), H6953 [5SE]

———terrorist bombing in Jerusalem market, E1612 [1AU]

Long Island Ladies of the Court (basketball team): tribute, E1339 [27JN]

Members of Congress: limit terms, H458 [12FE]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, E2162 [31OC]

Point of order, H7471 [17SE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H7125 [10SE]

Taxation: child tax credit, H4701 [26JN]

Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund: revoke tax-exempt status of pension operation, H4701 [26JN]

Veterans Day: observance, E2345 [13NO]

Votes: position on missed, H9630 [29OC]

WHLI-Radio (Garden City, NY): anniversary, E1430 [15JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1332 [8AP], H9557 [24OC]

Tributes

Capps, Walter H., H9786 [30OC]

Kelly, Ronald T., E1794 [18SE]

Lehner, Daniel A., E1204 [12JN]

Modica, Deborah Stevens, E2182 [4NO]