LoBIONDO, FRANK A. (a Representative from New Jersey)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H8406 [27SE]

Armed Forces: maintain programs and procedures for accounting of military personnel unaccounted for from previous and future conflicts (see H. Con. Res. 311), H2339 [13AP]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H48 [27JA] (see H.R. 3573), H511 [16FE]

Beaches: assure that recreation benefits are accorded the same weight as hurricane, storm damage, and environmental restoration benefits (see H.R. 4639), H4220 [12JN]

Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 3235), H647 [6MR]

Clean Air Act: prohibit the use of certain fuel additives including methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline (see H.R. 1367), H50 [27JA]

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]

Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen (see H. Con. Res. 441), H12022 [6DE]

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), H6600 [19JY]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H4035 [7JN]

———ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H4036 [7JN]

Courts: divide New Jersey into two judicial districts (see H.R. 3835), H647 [6MR]

Dept. of Defense: terminate the practice of euthanizing military working dogs at the end of their working life and facilitate the adoption of such dogs (see H.R. 5314), H9505 [6OC]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 4539), H7366 [7SE]

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), H373 [14FE]

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

———draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see H. Con. Res. 273), H1078 [15MR]

———require an inventory of documents and devices containing restricted data at national security laboratories and improve security procedures for access to vaults containing such data (see H.R. 4737), H5737 [10JY]

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), H3926 [6JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H6599 [19JY]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6719 [20JY]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 762), H9505 [6OC]

———issue special postage stamps to fund diabetes research (see H.R. 1472), H1629 [30MR]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research (see H. Res. 576), H7723 [18SE]

Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see H.R. 960), H7373 [11SE]

———expand public's right to know about toxic chemical use and release in their communities and disclose toxins in children's consumer products (see H.R. 1657), H10473 [19OC]

———study health effects of ingesting methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), research methods for removal from water supplies, and require public water systems to monitor for its presence (see H.R. 3536), H90 [31JA]

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

Egypt: limit assistance under the Foreign Military Financing Program (see H.R. 4233), H2412 [2MY]

Families and domestic relations: issue special postage stamps to fund domestic violence programs (see H.R. 4659), H7281 [6SE]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H1120 [16MR]

FDA: restrict authority to issue clinical holds on investigational drugs or to deny patients expanded access to such drugs (see H.R. 3677), H5241 [27JN]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2551), H9011 [5OC]

Firearms: applicability of domestic violence-related possession prohibitions to convictions that predate enactment of such prohibitions (see H.R. 59), H5656 [29JN]

Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (see H.R. 3822), H998 [14MR]

Gambling: establish panel to investigate illegal gambling on college sports and to recommend effective countermeasures (see H.R. 3800), H4485 [14JN]

Health: increase public awareness of the dangers of pediatric cancer (see H. Con. Res. 115), H7723 [18SE]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H9505 [6OC]

Health Care Financing Administration: consider current systems that provide better, more cost-effective emergency transport before promulgating any final rule on emergency medical services (see H. Con. Res. 320), H2770 [9MY]

Immigration: 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), H6052 [13JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5180), H8201 [26SE]

Insurance: make the same health insurance options afforded to executive and judicial branch employees available to Federal annuitants, legislative branch employees, and Armed Forces members and retirees (see H.R. 4277), H6052 [13JY]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 116), H4035 [7JN]

Interstate commerce: prohibit States from imposing restrictions on interstate limousine services (see H.R. 1689), H8736 [3OC]

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), H165 [1FE]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1671), H7652 [14SE]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1164 [21MR]

———ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 3896), H5656 [29JN]

———ensure confidentiality of personnel records or personal information (see H.R. 3694), H2341 [13AP]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H5737 [10JY]

Lighthouses: establish a national historic lighthouse preservation program (see H.R. 4613), H4120 [8JN]

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

———coverage of screening mammography, pap smears, and pelvic exams (see H.R. 4330), H5084 [23JN]

———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1388), H2967 [11MY]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H8200 [26SE]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H2341 [13AP]

———prevent sudden disruption of beneficiary enrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 141), H4035 [7JN]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 4684), H7281 [6SE]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H1285 [22MR]

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H4122 [8JN]

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

———U.S. policy on U.N. Security Council resolution condemning current level of violence between the Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Res. 623), H9767 [11OC]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H342 [10FE]

National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 4442), H5436 [28JN]

New Jersey: designate the Historic Area Remediation Site as a marine protected area (see H.R. 5118), H7652 [14SE]

———dumping of dredged material in the Historic Area Remediation Site (see H.R. 3549), H49 [27JA] (see H.R. 3652), H1406 [23MR]

———redesignate the Historic Area Remediation Site as the Albert Gore, Jr., Mud Dump Site (see H.R. 3548), H49 [27JA]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H8201 [26SE]

———waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3518), H90 [31JA]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H509 [16FE]

Panama Canal: negotiate new agreement relative to the presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 233), H575 [29FE]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H2607 [4MY]

———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), H5436 [28JN]

———require door delivery of mail sent to persons residing in senior communities (see H.R. 3202), H1413 [27MR]

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), H7281 [6SE]

Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H10257 [18OC]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H2411 [2MY]

Public utilities: establish programs for electric energy conservation and efficiency, renewable energy, and universal and affordable service (see H.R. 2569), H3869 [25MY]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H7281 [6SE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6719 [20JY]

Social Security: restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see H.R. 4481), H6471 [18JY]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 860), H7281 [6SE]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit to individuals who donate their organs at death (see H.R. 4048), H3173 [16MY]

———allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials (see H.R. 4025), H8200 [26SE]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 1310), H6719 [20JY]

———allow the empowerment zone employment credit for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities and increase funding for such zones and communities (see H.R. 4463), H3171 [16MY]

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

———exclude reparations received by Holocaust survivors (see H.R. 390), H6470 [18JY]

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

———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]

———remove mandatory withdrawal requirements for individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 252), H2340 [13AP]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H2967 [11MY]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H342 [10FE]

———temporarily suspend and permanently repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 4776), H5435 [28JN]

———treatment of volunteer firefighter savings account contributions (see H.R. 1870), H7281 [6SE]

Terrorism: modify the enforcement of certain anti-terrorism judgments (see H.R. 3485), H3926 [6JN]

Ukrainian-American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3463), H7281 [6SE]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1732), H3523 [22MY]

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), H7281 [6SE] (see H.R. 4791), H7578 [13SE]

———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), H5843 [11JY]

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: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 2720), H7211 [27JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of the Interior: study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Abel and Mary Nicholson House, Elsinboro Township, NJ, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 5399), H9011 [5OC]

Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse, Newark, NJ: designate (see H.R. 4975), H7128 [26JY]

Letters

Delaware River channel deepening project: by, S8279 [8SE]

Remarks

Coast Guard: reimburse certain costs incurred for clean-up of former facilities at Cape May, NJ, and authorize transfer of funds and authority for demolition and removal of a structure in Traverse City, MI (H.R. 5637), H11937 [4DE]

Dept. of the Interior: study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Abel and Mary Nicholson House, Elsinboro Township, NJ, as a unit of the National Park System (H.R. 5399), E1729 [10OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4852 [21JN]

Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse, Newark, NJ: designate (H.R. 4975), H7756 [19SE]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (H.R. 4033), H6933, H6936 [25JY], E1345 [27JY]

———clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (S. 2413), E2000 [28OC]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (H.R. 782), H10606 [24OC]

Space policy: space station program funding, H4852 [21JN]

Taxation: provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (H.R. 4923), H6836 [25JY]

U.S. Submarine Force: anniversary, E553 [13AP]

Votes: position on missed, H3093 [16MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H3170 [16MY]

Tributes

Elliot, John R., E1344 [27JY]

Horbach, C. Frederick, H4929 [22JN]

Schue, Charles A., III, E1305 [24JY]