QUINN, JACK (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6471 [18JY], H6652 [20JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4205, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7134 [27JY]

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]

Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 4268), H2336 [13AP]

———permit certain members of the Individual Ready Reserve to participate in the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Program (see H.R. 4376), H2605 [4MY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H48 [27JA] (see H.R. 3573), H219 [7FE]

Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 56), H575 [29FE]

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]

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]

CPSC: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 3032), H6599 [19JY]

Credit cards: prevent issuers from taking advantage of traditional college students and protect parents of such students (see H.R. 3142), H5955 [12JY]

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), H632 [1MR]

Dept. of HUD: provide grant renewal under the programs for permanent supportive housing and shelter-plus-care for homeless persons (see H.R. 3613), H511 [16FE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study on the preservation and public use of sites in Auburn, NY, associated with Harriet Ross Tubman (see H.R. 3712), H7366 [7SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H1764 [4AP]

———ensure compensation rates for the service-connected loss of a breast due to a mastectomy are comparable to rates for the loss of use of a creative organ (see H.R. 3998), H2341 [13AP]

———establish presumption of service connection for a stroke or heart attack incurred or aggravated while performing inactive duty training (see H.R. 3816), H631 [1MR]

———establish presumption of service connection for certain chronic symptoms of Persian Gulf Conflict veterans (see H.R. 2697), H1077 [15MR]

———provide cost-of-living adjustment for service-connected disability benefits and enhance programs providing compensation and life insurance benefits for veterans (see H.R. 4850), H6051 [13JY]

———provide long-term nursing care at public expense to veterans with extensive service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 1432), H1629 [30MR]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6354 [17JY]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H2967 [11MY]

EPA: require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy (see H.R. 828), H3813 [24MY]

Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor: establish (see H.R. 5375), H8735 [3OC]

Federal employees: reduce contributions to CSRS and FERS (see H.R. 2631), H1852 [5AP]

Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 2512), H6599 [19JY]

Government: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H4675 [19JN]

Health: increase public awareness of the dangers of pediatric cancer (see H. Con. Res. 115), H575 [29FE]

Health care facilities: require Federal authorities to provide information in medical records, seized from a medical practice to that practice, in order to continue patient care (see H.R. 4689), H4591 [15JN]

Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 4489), H3412 [18MY]

———establish a system of registries for temporary agricultural workers and streamline the procedures for the admission, and extension of stay, for nonimmigrant agricultural workers (see H.R. 4548), H5241 [27JN]

Insurance: implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 3224), H997 [14MR]

———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (see H.R. 4563), H3868 [25MY]

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]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H575 [29FE]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H2771 [9MY]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H510 [16FE]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H4121 [8JN]

Medicare: coverage of glaucoma detection services (see H.R. 2620), H7211 [27JY]

———coverage of screening mammography, pap smears, and pelvic exams (see H.R. 4330), H5737 [10JY]

———eliminate reduction in payment amounts to home health agencies and provide for an interest-free grace period for repayment of overpayments (see H.R. 2618), H7281 [6SE]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H4337 [13JN]

———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H7128 [26JY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H219 [7FE]

———revise interim payment system to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 2492), H7652 [14SE]

Montgomery, G.V. (Sonny): name an honorary room in the House of Representatives wing of the Capitol (see H. Res. 491), H3050 [15MY]

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

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

New York: conveyance of Governors Island (see H.R. 5242), H8799 [4OC]

Nutrition: establish a national folic acid education program to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 2538), H209 [2FE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H7992 [21SE]

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), H8735 [3OC]

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), H998 [14MR]

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), H2337 [13AP]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (see H.R. 3301), H922 [9MR]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H5657 [29JN]

Radioactive substances: set contamination content standards in metals industry, prohibit release of contaminated scrap metal by Dept. of Energy facilities, and document contamination of imported scrap metals (see H.R. 4566), H4175 [9JN]

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

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

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5241 [27JN]

Schools: provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in public schools (see H.R. 4506), H8469 [28SE]

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), H6052 [13JY]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7723 [18SE]

Social Security: provide targeted payment relief for hospitals that serve primarily Medicare and Medicaid patients that have been disproportionately impacted by certain payment reductions (see H.R. 4624), H6599 [19JY]

Taxation: allow credit to businesses who employ military reservists and a comparable credit to self-employed military reservists, and restore deductions for services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 3915), H9900 [12OC]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 3249), H4174 [9JN]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H4592 [15JN]

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

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H7578 [13SE]

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

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H3869 [25MY]

———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), H5737 [10JY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H3309 [17MY]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H3649 [23MY]

———treatment of contributions of computers to schools and public libraries (see H.R. 2308), H757 [8MR]

———treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain electrical output facilities (see H.R. 721), H3869 [25MY]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]

Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 4131), H1628 [30MR]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H1958 [6AP]

———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see H.R. 4791), H5654 [29JN]

———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), H8468 [28SE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see H.R. 3293), H165 [1FE]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H5084 [23JN]

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

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H4220 [12JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

ERISA: adjust the guaranteed monthly multiemployer plan benefits (see H.R. 5665), H12094 [14DE]

Veterans: require certain employment centers use measurable performance outcomes to improve employment and training services provided to veterans and disabled veterans (see H.R. 4765), H5240 [27JN]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H4929 [22JN], H11197 [26OC]

Remarks

Buffalo, NY: courthouse construction funding, H6652 [20JY]

———setting for theatrical release of ``Full Monte'', H5032 [22JN]

Caulfield, Thomas J. (Sarge): Western New York Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, E1816 [17OC]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (H.R. 4292), E1706 [6OC]

Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen, E1900 [25OC]

Congress: congressional basketball team defeat of American League of Lobbyists basketball team, H7506 [13SE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4576), consideration (H. Res. 514), H3965 [7JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6652 [20JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide cost-of-living adjustment for service-connected disability benefits and enhance programs providing compensation and life insurance benefits for veterans (H.R. 4850), H6784 [25JY]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (H.R. 4864), H6788 [25JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4367 [14JN]

East Aurora, NY: anniversary of Vidler's 5 & 10 Store, E1070 [21JN]

Education: support teachers (H. Res. 492), H2732 [9MY]

Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor: establish (H.R. 5375), E2000 [28OC]

Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (H.R. 4489), H3575 [23MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4055), E638 [4MY]

Korean War: anniversary (H.J. Res. 86), H731 [8MR]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (H.R. 4386), H2697 [9MY]

Minimum wage: level, E331 [16MR]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3557), H385 [15FE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (H.R. 4844), H7343 [7SE]

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

Veterans: enhance education benefits programs (S. 1402), H3555 [23MY]

———require employers to give employees who are members of reserve components leave of absence to participate in an honor guard for veterans' funerals (H.R. 284), H8633 [3OC]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (H.R. 3293), H2665 [9MY]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (H.R. 1248), E1634 [29SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1403 [23MR]

Tributes

Amrozowicz, Stanley J. (Chip), E1426 [7SE]

Gilmartin, Thomas, E332 [16MR]

Moynihan, Senator, H7735 [19SE]

Paczesny, Edmunette, E517 [6AP]

Quinn, Jack and Norma, H2553 [4MY], E635 [4MY]

Walsh, Sheila M., E1265 [19JY]