MASCARA, FRANK (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 929), H766 [5MR]

Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 915), H2590 [13MY]

———require use of child safety restraint systems (see H.R. 754), H585 [13FE]

Albania: promote democracy, economic stability, and resolution of civil war (see H. Con. Res. 153), H7600 [18SE]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 409), H2680 [14MY]

———provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 51), H2091 [30AP]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see H.R. 2005), H4132 [20JN]

Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (see H.R. 609), H347 [5FE]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: implementation of peace agreement, support democratic efforts of countries from former Yugoslavia, and continue efforts to prosecute war criminals (see H. Res. 15), H156 [9JA]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 45), H348 [5FE]

———eliminate certain Federal subsidy programs (see H.R. 1171), H4913 [8JY]

———eliminate certain Federal subsidy programs, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1171), H8265 [30SE]

Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H4836 [26JN]

———require employers which are terminating businesses to offer employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 1946), H5177 [11JY]

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

Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse, Cleveland, OH: designate (see H.R. 643), H393 [6FE]

CERCLA: treatment of certain parties relative to liability (see H.R. 2485), H8633 [7OC]

Clothing industry: legal accountability for sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 23), H4835 [26JN]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H587 [13FE]

Court of Veterans Appeals: rename as Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (see H.R. 1089), H1110 [18MR]

Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H3568 [5JN]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 1003), H887 [11MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see H. Res. 224), H7118 [9SE]

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H1339 [8AP]

———reimbursement to Army Reserve and National Guard members deployed to Europe relative to Operation Joint Guard (see H.R. 2796), H10421 [8NO]

———repayment of student loans by students called to active duty (see H.R. 877), H1019 [13MR]

Dept. of Energy: consolidate Office of Fossil Energy and Office of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (see H.R. 1806), H3567 [5JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize medical facility projects and leases (see H.R. 2571), H8320 [2OC]

———develop plan for allocation of health care resources (see H.R. 1077), H2874 [16MY]

———improve homeless veterans programs (see H.R. 2206), H7365 [16SE]

———improve procedures for resolving claims of employment discrimination (see H.R. 1703), H7263 [11SE]

———improve programs providing counseling and treatment for sexual trauma experienced by veterans (see H.R. 2253), H5777 [24JY]

Diseases: Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 2009), H6918 [4SE]

———ovarian cancer research programs (see H.R. 953), H767 [5MR]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H1456 [14AP]

———prostate cancer screening benefits (see H.R. 2639), H8929 [21OC]

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

Douglas Applegate Post Office, Steubenville, OH: designate (see H.R. 2129), H5665 [23JY]

Ecology and environment: assist local governments and encourage State voluntary response programs relative to remediating brownfield sites (see H.R. 1120), H1185 [19MR]

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

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H285 [4FE]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H4133 [20JN]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H143 [9JA]

Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 2273), H8834 [9OC]

———delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H393 [6FE]

———military uniform requirements for civilian employees of the National Guard (see H.R. 2331), H6703 [31JY]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see H.R. 1166), H5297 [15JY]

Federal Home Loan Banks: authorize and expand community development activities and grants (see H.R. 1555), H2444 [8MY]

Financial institutions: prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal of direct deposited Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2454), H10956 [13NO]

———prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal of direct deposited veterans benefits (see H.R. 2457), H10956 [13NO]

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States (see H.R. 339), H7119 [9SE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H588 [13FE]

Foreign trade: ensure protection of worker rights and environmental standards in any trade agreements (see H.R. 1079), H1612 [16AP]

Government regulations: provide for the debarment or suspension from Federal procurement and nonprocurement activities of persons that violate certain labor and safety laws (see H.R. 1624), H2783 [15MY]

H. John Heinz III, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nursing Care Center, Aspinwall, PA: designate (see H.R. 714), H768 [5MR]

Health: allow patients to receive any medical treatment they want under certain conditions (see H.R. 746), H1262 [20MR]

———establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest (see H.R. 1679), H3069 [20MY]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H4836 [26JN]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H3797 [12JN]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H5487 [17JY]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H6798 [3SE]

Herzog, Chaim: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 73), H2488 [12MY]

Higher Education Act: improve accountability and reform certain programs (see H.R. 2140), H5131 [10JY]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2351 [7MY]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H1611 [16AP]

———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H6962 [5SE]

———require coverage of post-delivery follow-up care for certain mothers and newborns (see H.R. 2854), H10957 [13NO]

———require the provision of information sufficient for homeowners to insure themselves against loss from subsidence resulting from underground coal or clay mines (see H.R. 3062), H10954 [13NO]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1609), H3477 [4JN]

IRS: restrict the authority to examine books and witnesses for purposes of tax administration (see H.R. 2563), H10768 [12NO]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H2091 [30AP]

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: establish matching grant program to help local governments purchase armor vests for officers (see H.R. 2829), H10172 [6NO]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H4087 [19JN]

———exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 339), H7119 [9SE]

———issue postage stamp in commemoration of officers killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 41), H9801 [30OC]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H68 [7JA], H140 [9JA]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H1989 [29AP]

———eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs (see H.R. 1061), H1017 [13MR]

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H283 [4FE]

———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H7730 [23SE]

———provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (see H.R. 475), H3720 [11JN]

———reform (see H.R. 1165), H1259 [20MR]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H1703 [17AP]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H1892 [24AP]

Money: use of tactile currency for the blind and visually impaired (see H. Res. 122), H1706 [17AP]

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

Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H8265 [30SE]

Music and dance: tribute to African-American music (see H. Con. Res. 27), H1340 [8AP]

NAFTA: assess impact, renegotiate certain provisions, and provide for withdrawal (see H.R. 978), H1019 [13MR]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H2253 [6MY]

National Commission on the Long-Term Solvency of the Medicare Program: establish (see H.R. 75), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 10), H2785 [15MY]

NIH: establish a comprehensive plan relative to diabetes (see H.R. 1315), H3170 [21MY]

Nonprofit organizations: authorize transfer to States of surplus personal property for donation (see H.R. 680), H590 [13FE]

Patents: restore term of patent protection and retain confidentiality relative to the publication of patent applications (see H.R. 811), H627 [25FE]

Peter J. McCloskey Postal Facility, Pottsville, PA: designate (see H.R. 2564), H8054 [26SE]

Petroleum: transfer gasoline tax revenues to transportation trust funds (see H.R. 255), H1018 [13MR]

Pittsburgh (U.S.S.): tribute to crew (see H. Con. Res. 128), H6799 [3SE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 600), H346 [5FE]

Postal Service: maintain Postal Uniform Allowance Program (see H. Con. Res. 168), H8633 [7OC]

Privacy: prohibit Federal agencies from making certain individual records available through interactive computer services (see H.R. 1330), H1541 [15AP]

Public buildings: calculation of transactions (see H.R. 623), H1392 [9AP]

Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs (see H.R. 1070), H7263 [11SE]

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), H1392 [9AP]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H803 [6MR]

Roosevelt, Theodore: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2263), H5825 [25JY]

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

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), H3070 [20MY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H348 [5FE]

Small business: provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H725 [4MR]

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

Surplus Government property: transfer certain property to State and local governments for law enforcement and safety purposes (see H.R. 404), H5826 [25JY]

Taxation: disregard certain amounts of capital expenditures in applying limits on certain bonds (see H.R. 840), H668 [26FE]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 1382), H2680 [14MY]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H628 [25FE]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (see H.R. 2400), H7911 [25SE]

———provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H156 [9JA]

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), H5487 [17JY]

———benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H6962 [5SE]

———determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H1186 [19MR]

———expand workstudy opportunities (see H.R. 1877), H3796 [12JN]

———extend Dept. of Veterans Affairs authority to enter into enhanced-use leases for certain property and rename Court of Veterans Appeals and National Cemetery System (see H.R. 1092), H1289 [21MR]

———extend eligibility period for inpatient or outpatient care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (see H.R. 466), H349 [5FE]

———increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (see H.R. 2367), H7365 [16SE]

———limit attorneys' fees in awards of past-due benefits (see H.R. 2572), H8160 [29SE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 44, 65, 303), H589 [13FE], H9865 [31OC]

———revisions of benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (see H.R. 1090), H1262 [20MR]

Voting: guarantee the right of all active duty military personnel, merchant mariners, and their dependents to vote in Federal, State, and local elections (see H.R. 699), H4087 [19JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H5667 [24JY]

Remarks

Dept. of Defense: reduction of number of commissary stores, H1583 [16AP]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained, H4907 [8JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1609 [16AP], H4909 [8JY]

Tributes

Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, H4630 [25JN]

Dzermejko, David F., H5667 [24JY]