KING, PETER T. (a Representative from New York)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H454 [15FE]

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

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H342 [10FE] (see H.R. 3573), H4485 [14JN]

Aviation: establish national policy of fair treatment for airline passengers (see H.R. 2200), H7211 [27JY]

Baltic States: recognize anniversary of U.S. nonrecognition policy of the Soviet takeover of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and support democratic and economic reforms (see H. Con. Res. 367), H5655 [29JN]

Bronx, NY: authorize Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical center renovation project (see H.R. 4302), H2338 [13AP]

Children and youth: improve health and safety of children receiving child care outside the home (see H.R. 4750), H5956 [12JY]

China, Republic of: elections (see H. Con. Res. 272), H921 [9MR]

———high-level visits by Taiwanese officials to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 401), H9901 [12OC]

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

Citizenship: confer U.S. citizenship automatically and retroactively to foreign-born children adopted by U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2883), H2512 [3MY]

Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 561), H6718 [20JY]

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

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]

Computers: require schools and libraries to install and use Internet filtering or blocking technology to be eligible to receive or retain universal service assistance (see H.R. 896), H2411 [2MY]

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

Dept. of Energy: study causes of home heating fuel price spikes in the Northeast and create a heating oil reserve (see H.R. 3641), H511 [16FE]

Dept. of HHS: initiate adoption awareness program, establish Adoption Awareness Commission, and promote adoptions through increased public awareness and tax incentives (see H.R. 5574), H11206 [26OC]

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), H4175 [9JN]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H1404 [23MR]

———increase public awareness of multiple sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 271), H1764 [4AP]

———increase public awareness of tuberous sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 337), H8736 [3OC]

Education: tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 409), H90 [31JA]

Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see H.R. 3540), H255 [8FE]

Families and domestic relations: grants to carry out certain activities promoting adoption counseling (see H.R. 2511), H1588 [29MR]

Federal employees: reduce contributions to CSRS and FERS (see H.R. 2631), H2905 [10MY]

Financial institutions: repeal authority of the FDIC and the FRS Board of Governors to impose examination fees on State depository institutions (see H.R. 3900), H921 [9MR]

Fish and fishing: eliminate the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice of shark finning (see H.R. 3535), H2340 [13AP]

Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 2512), H4336 [13JN]

Friedman, Milton: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4672), H4590 [15JN]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H1285 [22MR]

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

Health: prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H5737 [10JY]

Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H7211 [27JY]

Human rights: condemn use of children as soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 209), H4675 [19JN]

INS: reduce backlog in processing of benefit applications and improve infrastructure necessary for effective provision of immigration services (see H.R. 4798), H5654 [29JN]

Insurance: require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 49), H2122 [11AP]

———require that group and individual health insurance plans and Medicare+Choice organizations provide prompt payment of claims (see H.R. 3993), H2607 [4MY]

Iran: encourage respect for religious and ethnic minorities and deter from supporting international terrorism or from furthering its weapons of mass destruction programs (see H.R. 5006), H7206 [27JY]

Israel: commend redeployment from southern Lebanon (see H. Con. Res. 331), H3814 [24MY]

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

Kosovo: condemn detention of Kosovar Albanians held in Serbia and call for their release (see H. Con. Res. 265), H647 [6MR]

Law enforcement officers: ensure confidentiality of personnel records or personal information (see H.R. 3694), H2512 [3MY]

Medicaid: establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H7991 [21SE]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H10809 [24OC]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H2341 [13AP]

Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 5067), H7208 [27JY]

———coverage of medically necessary pancreas transplantation procedures (see H.R. 4495), H5955 [12JY]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H7503 [12SE]

———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H5169 [26JN]

———require Dept. of HHS study on mortality and adverse outcome rates of patients receiving anesthesia services (see H.R. 632), H7002 [25JY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H575 [29FE]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 458), H4036 [7JN]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10037 [17OC]

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

New York: conveyance of Governors Island (see H.R. 5242), H8469 [28SE]

Nicaragua: protect U.S. citizens against expropriations of property by the Nicaraguan Government (see H.R. 4602), H4120 [8JN]

NIH: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 437), H1407 [23MR]

Northern Ireland: peace efforts (see H. Res. 547), H5843 [11JY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H8469 [28SE]

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

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

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]

Poland: anniversary of workers' strikes that led to the creation of the independent trade union Solidarnosc (see H. Con. Res. 416), H9768 [11OC]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H342 [10FE]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H1406 [23MR]

———issue a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for the establishment of the World War II Memorial (see H.R. 4492), H3813 [24MY]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (see H.R. 3301), H2770 [9MY]

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

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6471 [18JY]

———protection of train employees (see H.R. 3091), H90 [31JA]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]

SBA: establish a New Market Venture Capital Program (see H.R. 4530), H3812 [24MY]

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

Small business: establish minimum standards of fair conduct in franchise sales and franchise business relationships (see H.R. 3308), H50 [27JA]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H1477 [28MR]

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 742), H2770 [9MY]

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), H10473 [19OC]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (see H.R. 5417), H9635 [10OC]

Taxation: allow small business employers a credit for certain expenses for long-term training of employees in highly skilled small business trades (see H.R. 1824), H2967 [11MY]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H6052 [13JY]

———incentives for education (see H.R. 254), H3308 [17MY]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H7212 [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), H7871 [19SE]

———recycling and remanufacturing equipment credit (see H.R. 2953), H8200 [26SE]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H3813 [24MY]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H2239 [12AP]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1366), H2340 [13AP]

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]

———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see H.R. 1020), H4174 [9JN]

———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), H1407 [23MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 5268), H10473 [19OC]

Voting: prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (see H.R. 5642), H12021 [6DE]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H3413 [18MY]

World War II: war crimes committed by the Japanese military (see H. Con. Res. 357), H5436 [28JN]

Remarks

China, Republic of: observance of National Day, E1629 [28SE], E1735 [10OC]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6681 [20JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), H3429 [19MY]

Federal contracts: prohibit implementation of proposed contractor responsibility amendments to Federal acquisition regulations, H6681 [20JY]

Keepnews, John A.: induction into Manhasset, NY, St. Mary's High School Hall of Fame, E1421 [7SE]

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]

Long Island Railroad: East Side Access Project funding, H3429 [19MY]

Northern Ireland: peace efforts, H449 [15FE]

———peace efforts (H. Res. 547), H8173 [26SE]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3557), H382 [15FE]

———tribute (H. Con. Res. 317), H2593 [4MY]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (H.R. 3100), H8274 [27SE]

Turkey: tribute to contibutions during the Korean War, E1221 [13JY]

Tributes

McMillan, Robert R., E1934 [25OC]

Moynihan, Senator, H7737 [19SE]

Nelson, Lars-Erik, E2150 [7DE]

Repishti, Sami, E517 [6AP]