FOSSELLA, VITO (a Representative from New York)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Business and industry: impose a temporary moratorium on the elimination of the existing ``pooling of interests'' method of accounting for business mergers and acquisitions (see H.R. 5365), H8799 [4OC]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 5175), H8062 [25SE]

China, Republic of: U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7578 [13SE]

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

Commission To Study the Structure and Reauthorization of the FCC: establish (see H.R. 5570), H11206 [26OC]

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), H6052 [13JY]

Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2341 [13AP]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 4537), H3813 [24MY]

Dept. of Energy: extend public comment period on proposed rules on clothes washers, air conditioners, and heat pumps (see H.R. 5613), H11781 [1NO]

Diseases: increase public awareness of tuberous sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 337), H12532 [15DE]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 399), H7577 [13SE]

FCC: clarify service obligations of noncommercial educational broadcast stations (see H.R. 4201), H2607 [4MY]

———follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H48 [27JA]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H209 [2FE]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H3926 [6JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H3926 [6JN]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1671), H7281 [6SE]

Law enforcement officers: ensure confidentiality of personnel records or personal information (see H.R. 3694), H3173 [16MY]

Medicaid: establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H4336 [13JN]

Medicare: revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H4784 [20JN]

———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 353), H3813 [24MY]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 458), H5436 [28JN]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (see H.R. 4976), H7933 [20SE]

Motor vehicles: require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see H.R. 5164), H7577 [13SE]

New York: conveyance of Governors Island (see H.R. 5242), H8736 [3OC]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1102), H5843 [11JY]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H6052 [13JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H3172 [16MY]

Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (see H.R. 2498), H632 [1MR]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H5085 [23JN]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H757 [8MR]

Research: requirements for disclosures relative to transfers of human fetal tissue (see H.R. 3980), H2239 [12AP]

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5436 [28JN]

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

Selective Service System: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 402), H7651 [14SE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H4174 [9JN]

Taxation: allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 4723), H7652 [14SE]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 1310), H1077 [15MR]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H2340 [13AP]

———prohibit the imposition of access fees on Internet service providers (see H.R. 1291), H2411 [2MY]

———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), H3474 [19MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H1629 [30MR]

———temporarily suspend and permanently repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 4776), H12095 [14DE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H8200 [26SE]

———treatment of unused benefits under cafeteria plans that allow flexible spending accounts for out-of-pocket medical expenses (see H.R. 3034), H5036 [22JN]

Telecommunications: limit FCC authority to review and impose conditions on certain mergers and transactions (see H.R. 4019), H1118 [16MR]

Telephones: regulate interstate commerce in the use of mobile telephones and strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic eavesdropping (see H.R. 3489), H1120 [16MR]

Theodore Roosevelt U.S. Courthouse, Islip, NY: designate (see H.R. 5267), H7996 [22SE]

Veterans: establish a comprehensive program for the testing and treatment of the Hepatitis C virus (see H.R. 5132), H7364 [7SE]

Volunteer firefighters: issue postage stamp in recognition of service (see H. Con. Res. 392), H7365 [7SE]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2512 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Justice: reform process by which the Office of the Pardon Attorney investigates and reviews potential exercises of executive clemency (see H.R. 3626), H340 [10FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Staten Island, NY, metropolitan area (see H.R. 5503), H10472 [19OC]

Federal employees: disability annuities for law enforcement officers, firefighters, and the Capitol Police (see H.R. 5590), H11445 [27OC]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3557), H89 [31JA]

———tribute (see H. Con. Res. 317), H2606 [4MY]

Remarks

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), H5874 [12JY]

Computers: encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), conference report, H4363 [14JN]

Corps of Engineers: Kill Van Kull dredging project funding, H5221 [27JN]

———New York and New Jersey channel deepening projects funding, H11828 [3NO]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5221 [27JN]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (H.R. 3439), H2305 [13AP]

Federal employees: disability annuities for law enforcement officers, firefighters, and the Capitol Police (H.R. 5590), E1996 [28OC]

Law enforcement officers: extend retroactive eligibility dates for educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty (S. 1638), H7812 [19SE]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3557), H381, H384 [15FE], H2590 [4MY]

———tribute (H. Con. Res. 317), H2590, H2592, H2594, H2595 [4MY]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 1102), H6523 [19JY]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H4658 [19JN]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, H4658 [19JN]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H308 [10FE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 519), H4085 [8JN]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), consideration (H. Res. 511), H3835 [25MY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), consideration (H. Res. 473), H2264 [13AP]

Votes: position on missed, H1139 [21MR], H2566, H2567 [4MY], H3536 [23MY], H4793 [21JN], H6926 [25JY], H8755 [4OC], H9841, H9842 [12OC], E710 [11MY], E1210 [11JY], E1596 [26SE]

Water: provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (S. 2796), conference report, H11828 [3NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H12044 [7DE], H12064 [8DE]

Special order: granted, H1474 [28MR], H4672 [19JN], H6466 [18JY]

Tributes

Kelly, John, H6440 [18JY]