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
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
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
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
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]