CAPUANO, MICHAEL E. (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H3650 [23MY]

Computers: networking and information technology research and development funding (H.R. 2086), H219 [7FE], H343 [10FE], H373 [14FE], H406 [15FE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4784 [20JN], H5155 [26JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5956 [12JY]

Articles and editorials

Promoting Peace in Sri Lanka, Shri Srithilliampalam, Boston (MA) Globe, E47 [1FE]

Pushing Peace in Sri Lanka, Boston (MA) Globe, E708 [11MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: repeal peanut quotas, reduce peanut loan rates, and require the Dept. of Agriculture to purchase peanuts for nutrition programs (see H.R. 2571), H632 [1MR]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H1406 [23MR]

American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]

American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association: tribute to individuals who are being awarded the Medal for Military Service (see H. Con. Res. 283), H1077 [15MR]

Armed Forces: annual determination of the basic benefit rate for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4334), H2967 [11MY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H575 [29FE]

BLS: develop methodology for measuring the cost of living in each State and require GAO study to determine effect on Federal benefits (see H.R. 5437), H9634 [10OC]

Bob Jones University: condemn discriminatory practices (see H. Con. Res. 261), H631 [1MR] (see H. Res. 428), H574 [29FE]

Burma: recognize anniversary of free and fair elections and improve democratic and human rights (see H. Con. Res. 328), H3172 [16MY]

Capital punishment: reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (see H.R. 4167), H7366 [7SE]

———temporary moratorium to ensure that defendants have adequate counsel and to allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 4162), H4336 [13JN]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H2337 [13AP]

Children and youth: increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care and improve support services for families with young children (see H.R. 4206), H3926 [6JN]

———require lead poisoning screening for enrollees in certain Federal programs (see H.R. 1996), H373 [14FE]

China, Republic of: participation in the World Health Organization (see H.R. 4004), H3869 [25MY]

———U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7578 [13SE]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see H.R. 701), H510 [16FE]

Community development: enhance availability of capital and credit for citizens and communities and ensure that community reinvestment keeps pace as financial service providers become affiliated (see H.R. 4893), H6599 [19JY]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Act: revise and extend programs to provide access to health care and support services to individuals and families with HIV and AIDS (see H.R. 4807), H6777 [24JY]

Consumers: protect from the adverse consequences of incomplete and inaccurate consumer credit reports (see H.R. 4644), H5956 [12JY]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H2606 [4MY]

———ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H573 [29FE]

———require wages paid under Federal contracts to be above local poverty line (see H.R. 4353), H2410 [2MY]

Correctional institutions: improve conditions for female inmates (see H.R. 3920), H997 [14MR]

Courts: allow suits against the Federal Government for gross negligence when individuals are injured or killed overseas (see H.R. 1371), H4035 [7JN]

Crime: prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 4311), H4784 [20JN]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H3172 [16MY]

Customs Service: prohibit import of diamonds from certain conflict regions in Africa (see H.R. 5147), H8736 [3OC]

Dept. of Commerce: establish an Office of Community Economic Adjustment to coordinate the Federal response in regions and communities experiencing economic distress (see H.R. 4711), H4816 [21JN]

Dept. of Defense: make certain improvements to the military health care system (see H.R. 3655), H2341 [13AP]

Dept. of Energy: create an oil reserve for use when fuel oil prices rise sharply because of anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather (see H.R. 3608), H278 [9FE]

———draw down and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see H.R. 3543), H49 [27JA]

———draw down and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to cases of severe emergency supply interruptions on a State or regional level (see H.R. 3644), H511 [16FE]

———require report on readiness of heating oil and propane industries to respond to rises in prices due to anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather (see H.R. 3662), H511 [16FE]

Dept. of HUD: evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards at public elementary schools and licensed child day-care facilities (see H.R. 5261), H8617 [2OC]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H6600 [19JY]

Dept. of State: provide appropriate training and materials to all executive branch employees involved in responding to issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide (see H. Res. 398), H1852 [5AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H1163 [21MR]

Diseases: address problems associated with polycystic kidney disease (see H. Res. 537), H7212 [27JY]

———collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (see H.R. 5204), H7870 [19SE]

———recognize the severity of colon cancer and the need for education in prevention and early detection (see H. Con. Res. 133), H4337 [13JN]

Domestic policy: establish a living wage, develop job opportunities, convert military programs to social programs, produce a capital budget, reduce poverty and violence, and redistribute wealth and power (see H.R. 1050), H3172 [16MY]

Education: ensure fairness and accuracy of student standardized tests and require the use of additional student performance measures for evaluations (see H.R. 4333), H4174 [9JN]

———ensure recruitment and training of math and science teachers at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3702), H572 [29FE]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H4592 [15JN]

———importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 266), H2512 [3MY]

———modernize public schools, reduce class size, increase access to technology, enhance school safety, improve teacher quality, and strengthen accountability for academic results (see H.R. 4346), H7366 [7SE]

———provide greater access to high quality distance education programs (see H.R. 3542), H342 [10FE]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding (see H.R. 3705), H1477 [28MR]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 318), H2771 [9MY]

Families and domestic relations: limit the effects of domestic violence on the lives of children (see H.R. 3315), H90 [31JA]

FDA: facilitate the importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs (see H.R. 1885), H4783 [20JN]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4207), H2412 [2MY]

Federal employees: ensure one-half of leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child shall be leave with pay (see H.R. 4567), H5085 [23JN]

Financial institutions: establish a program to promote access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals (see H.R. 4490), H3412 [18MY]

———prohibit federally insured institutions from engaging in high-cost payday loans and expand protections for consumers in connection with the making of such loans by uninsured entities (see H.R. 3823), H641 [2MR]

———strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (see H.R. 4380), H2967 [11MY]

Firearms: ban manufacture of handguns that cannot be personalized, require report on commercial feasibility of personalizing firearms, and provide grants to improve firearms safety (see H.R. 2025), H574 [29FE]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H922 [9MR]

———prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 4211), H4121 [8JN]

Foreign countries: human rights violations against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals (see H. Con. Res. 259), H7503 [12SE]

Foreign policy: encourage foreign countries to investigate and prosecute crimes committed in the name of family honor and to provide relief for victims (see H. Con. Res. 362), H5436 [28JN]

Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see H.R. 5331), H8468 [28SE]

FRS: reduce interest rates (see H. Res. 536), H5240 [27JN]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H1413 [27MR]

Gonzalez, Henry B.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 445), H12095 [14DE]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see H. Con. Res. 293), H1405 [23MR]

Health: development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3891), H3049 [15MY]

———establish demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see H.R. 4412), H2770 [9MY]

———increase assistance to developing nations with high levels of infectious disease and premature death (see H.R. 3826), H3926 [6JN]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H2967 [11MY]

———promote awareness, research, and treatment of latex allergies (see H. Con. Res. 387), H7210 [27JY]

House of Representatives: direct the posting of all lobbying registrations and reports, filed with the Clerk, on the official public Internet site (see H. Res. 462), H1852 [5AP]

Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (see H.R. 3244), H50 [27JA]

———condemn use of children as soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 348), H4035 [7JN]

Immigration: adjust status of certain Colombian and Peruvian nationals (see H.R. 2741), H7211 [27JY]

———exempt certain elderly persons from certain naturalization requirements and permit certain other elderly persons to take the history and government examination in a language of their choice (see H.R. 2899), H255 [8FE]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 3650), H373 [14FE]

———restore fairness to immigration law (see H.R. 4966), H7212 [27JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: use of local funds to provide additional funding for Elementary and Secondary Education Act programs (see H.R. 5096), H9635 [10OC]

Indonesia: prohibit military assistance relative to free elections and human rights conditions in East Timor (see H.R. 4357), H3050 [15MY]

———provide assistance for democracy efforts in East Timor (see H.R. 5253), H7990 [21SE]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H511 [16FE]

Iran: emancipation of the Bahai community (see H. Con. Res. 257), H573 [29FE]

Iron and steel industry: provide relief from injury caused by steel imports and request the ITC to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment (see H. Res. 635), H10036 [17OC]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H2411 [2MY]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H2411 [2MY]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H1589 [29MR]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H758 [8MR]

Medicare: coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 3840), H5036 [22JN]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4770), H5240 [27JN]

———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H2512 [3MY]

———payments made under the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 4727), H6600 [19JY]

———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H7211 [27JY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H931 [13MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: restrict use and require recording and reporting of information on use of physical and chemical restraints and seclusion in mental health facilities (see H.R. 1313), H165 [1FE]

Mental health: recognize the importance of mental health awareness, mental disorders, and early detection of mental illnesses (see H. Con. Res. 243), H342 [10FE]

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H4592 [15JN]

Mexico: adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of the conflict and to protect human rights in Chiapas (see H. Con. Res. 238), H50 [27JA]

———political repression of foreign observers (see H. Con. Res. 350), H4120 [8JN]

Mitchell, George J.: urge the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Northern Ireland peace efforts (see H. Con. Res. 242), H49 [27JA]

National Health Center Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 381), H7128 [26JY]

National Health Service Corps: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5116), H7280 [6SE]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 3433), H7365 [7SE]

National Labor Relations Act: treatment of employers and performers in the live performing arts (see H.R. 5185), H7651 [14SE]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7365 [7SE]

National School Lunch Act: ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program (see H.R. 3614), H632 [1MR]

———revise eligibility of private organizations under the child and adult care food program (see H.R. 2907), H9505 [6OC]

NIH: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 437), H1120 [16MR]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H7003 [25JY]

Petroleum: ensure that petroleum importers, refiners, and wholesalers accumulate minimally adequate supplies of home heating oil to meet reasonably foreseeable needs in the Northeast (see H.R. 3807), H631 [1MR]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H2411 [2MY]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H5656 [29JN]

Power resources: ensure the energy self-sufficiency of the U.S. (see H.R. 5585), H11813 [2NO]

———permit draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities and provide tax credits for certain energy efficiency improvements (see H.R. 4043), H1163 [21MR]

Product safety: promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (see H.R. 4281), H5084 [23JN]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (see H.R. 3301), H2411 [2MY]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H757 [8MR]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H7003 [25JY]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: provide comprehensive technical assistance and implement highly effective prevention programs (see H.R. 3413), H997 [14MR]

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H8062 [25SE]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H341 [10FE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5324), H8406 [27SE]

States: permit the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4707), H8469 [28SE]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (see H.R. 5417), H9504 [6OC]

Taxation: allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H1958 [6AP]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H4592 [15JN]

———exclude from gross income payments made under Dept. of Defense programs for the repayment of student loans of members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 3663), H1589 [29MR]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1476 [28MR]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see H.R. 3546), H49 [27JA]

———provide tax credits to promote home ownership among low-income individuals (see H.R. 5084), H7209 [27JY]

———provide that ancestors or lineal descendants of members of the Armed Forces shall be taken into account in determining tax-exempt status of veterans' organizations (see H.R. 4434), H5085 [23JN]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H509 [16FE]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see H.R. 4168), H1762 [4AP]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H3649 [23MY]

Turkey: call for the release of certain Kurdish members of the Parliament from prison, and for the recognition of full cultural and language rights for the Kurdish people (see H. Res. 461), H4220 [12JN]

———claim of sovereignty over islands and islets in the Aegean Sea (see H. Con. Res. 340), H4175 [9JN]

———withdraw armed forces from Cyprus and negotiate for the reunification of Cyprus (see H. Con. Res. 370), H7212 [27JY]

U.N.: encourage the establishment of a Rapid Deployment Police and Security Force (see H.R. 4453), H7212 [27JY]

Ukrainian-American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3463), H5084 [23JN]

Utah: transfer certain oil shale reserves to the Ute Indian Tribe and protect the Colorado River by remediating Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT (see H.R. 4165), H1762 [4AP]

Veterans: increase size of the estate an incompetent veteran may have without being subject to suspension of benefits while under institutional care by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 4935), H7871 [19SE]

———mint coins in commemoration and use proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of such coins to fund the transport of veterans to and from Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospitals (see H.R. 5397), H9010 [5OC]

———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 58), H7872 [19SE]

———require employers to give employees who are members of reserve components leave of absence to participate in an honor guard for veterans' funerals (see H.R. 284), H7723 [18SE]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H8062 [25SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Coast Guard: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H6354 [17JY]

Research: recoupment of a portion of the Federal investment in research and development supporting the production and sale of pharmaceutical, biologic, or genetic products (see H.R. 4705), H4816 [21JN]

Remarks

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H2177 [12AP]

Boston, MA: anniversary of Symphony Hall, E1786 [13OC]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3682 [24MY]

Coast Guard: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 372), H6899 [25JY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2947 [11MY]

Computers: networking and information technology research and development funding (H.R. 2086), H406 [15FE]

Cyprus: anniversary of Turkish occupation, H6363 [18JY]

Dept. of Energy: draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, H8414 [28SE]

Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (S. 1452), H10689 [24OC]

Dept. of State: provide appropriate training and materials to all executive branch employees involved in responding to issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide (H. Res. 398), H2177 [12AP]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5155, H5156 [26JN], E1135 [28JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 598), H8414 [28SE]

FCC: require a study on the growing number of telephone area codes, H5155, H5156 [26JN], E1135 [28JN]

Foreign policy: ensure appropriate understanding and sensitivity in responding to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide issues related to Armenian Genocide (H. Res. 596), E1919 [25OC]

House of Representatives: leave of absence request, E2172 [11DE]

Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), H1911, H1914 [6AP]

———strike increase in median household income relative to housing assistance eligibility through community development block grant funds, H1911, H1914 [6AP]

Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (H.R. 3244), conference report, E1729 [10OC]

Italian-American Heritage Month: observance (H. Res. 347), H10568 [24OC]

Korean War: anniversary (H.J. Res. 86), H733 [8MR]

Medicare: coverage of vision rehabilitation services (H.R. 2870), E1144 [29JN]

NIH: biomedical research funding (H. Res. 437), H7084 [26JY]

NSF: increase research and development funding through offsets in Dept. of Energy funding, H406 [15FE]

Petroleum: Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve funding, H8414 [28SE]

Research: recoupment of a portion of the Federal investment in research and development supporting the production and sale of pharmaceutical, biologic, or genetic products (H.R. 4705), E1090 [23JN]

Sri Lanka: human rights violations, E47 [1FE], E708 [11MY]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: reauthorize, H8414 [28SE]

Taxation: condition repeal of tax increase on Social Security benefits on solvency of Social Security and Medicare, H7167, H7173 [27JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4139, H4155 [9JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 519), H4079 [8JN]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), H7167, H7168, H7173 [27JY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), consideration (H. Res. 564), H7140 [27JY]

Teacher Appreciation Week: observance, E704 [11MY]

University of Massachusetts: tribute to Massachusetts Biologic Laboratory, E2239 [2JA]

Votes: position on missed, H3030 [15MY], H3495 [22MY], E835 [25MY], E1047 [19JN]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women, E1729 [10OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H3647 [23MY]