REYNOLDS, THOMAS M. (a Representative from New York)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese (see H.R. 4652), H4675 [19JN]

Armed Forces: declare the American GI as the ``Person of the Century'' for the 20th century (see H. Con. Res. 282), H2013 [10AP]

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

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 4049), H6471 [18JY]

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), H1406 [23MR]

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

Dept. of Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H2607 [4MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement (see H.R. 3918), H4485 [14JN]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers (see H.R. 4511), H7003 [25JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6471 [18JY]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 762), H6599 [19JY]

———increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease (see H.R. 2790), H3925 [6JN]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research (see H. Res. 576), H8062 [25SE]

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

EPA: ensure changes to the rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program are subjected to public and congressional review (see H.R. 4922), H7212 [27JY]

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

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reduce the cost of credit (see H.R. 2544), H7723 [18SE]

FDA: restrict authority to issue clinical holds on investigational drugs or to deny patients expanded access to such drugs (see H.R. 3677), H9900 [12OC]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H6719 [20JY]

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]

Health: increase public awareness of the dangers of pediatric cancer (see H. Con. Res. 115), H6355 [17JY]

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]

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), H4817 [21JN]

———promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers and improve collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees (see H.R. 3983), H2411 [2MY]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H2655 [8MY]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H2606 [4MY]

Medicare: revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H1764 [4AP]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 418), H9011 [5OC] (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10257 [18OC]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority and for programs, projects, and activities in the West Bank and Gaza (see H.R. 5522), H10473 [19OC]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (see H.R. 4976), H7128 [26JY]

———withhold diplomatic recognition and prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (see H.R. 5272), H8061 [25SE]

Motor vehicles: require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see H.R. 5164), H7871 [19SE]

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

NIH: expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism research activities (see H.R. 997), H3523 [22MY]

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), H509 [16FE]

OSHA: issue regulations to eliminate or minimize the significant risk of needlestick injury to health care workers (see H.R. 1899), H2012 [10AP]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1102), H6470 [18JY]

Petroleum: support increase in world crude oil supplies (see H. Con. Res. 284), H1077 [15MR]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5956 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H3049 [15MY]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 2250), H2340 [13AP]

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]

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

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

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals, prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers, and provide additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4857), H7212 [27JY]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 5028), H7207 [27JY]

Taxation: incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H9900 [12OC]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H3649 [23MY]

———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), H4592 [15JN]

———recycling and remanufacturing equipment credit (see H.R. 2953), H5843 [11JY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H2411 [2MY]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H511 [16FE]

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see H.R. 1001), H6599 [19JY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H2013 [10AP]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H3172 [16MY]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H3413 [18MY]

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

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

Veterans: 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), H8200 [26SE]

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), H2239 [12AP]

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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 512), H3812 [24MY]

Armed Forces: tribute to Marines who lost their lives in V-22 Osprey aircraft accident in Jacksonville, NC (see H. Res. 673), H12085 [13DE]

Chesapeake Bay: restoration (H.R. 3039), consideration (see H. Res. 470), H2121 [11AP]

Congress: adjournment (S. Con. Res. 125), consideration (see H. Res. 541), H5435 [28JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), consideration (see H. Res. 502), H3049 [15MY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), consideration (see H. Res. 505), H3412 [18MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4475), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 612), H9010 [5OC]

EPA: reauthorize Clean Lakes Program (H.R. 2328), consideration (see H. Res. 468), H2121 [11AP]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 438), H996 [14MR]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 489), H2605 [4MY]

———ensure appropriate understanding and sensitivity in responding to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide issues related to Armenian Genocide (H. Res. 596), consideration (see H. Res. 625), H9766 [11OC]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (see H. Res. 425), H572 (see H. Res. 425), H573 [29FE] (see H. Res. 469), H2121 [11AP] (see H. Res. 482), H2409 [2MY] (see H. Res. 600), H8467 [28SE] (see H. Res. 651), H11194 [25OC]

———same-day consideration of certain resolutions (see H. Res. 488), H2511 [3MY]

Makuch, Barbara: relief (see H.R. 5598), H11446 [27OC]

Makuch, Eugene: relief (see H.R. 5599), H11446 [27OC]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1654), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 574), H7501 [12SE]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 1102), consideration (see H. Res. 557), H6469 [18JY]

Social Security: disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 4817), H5736 [10JY]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (see H. Res. 519), H4034 [7JN]

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4115), consideration (see H. Res. 570), H7279 [6SE]

World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. membership and funding (H.J. Res. 90), consideration (see H. Res. 528), H4674 [19JN]

Letters

Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century: Representatives Dreier and Moakley, Committee on Rules (House), H1003 [15MR]

———Representatives Shuster and Oberstar, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H1003 [15MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H12081 [13DE]

Remarks

Agriculture: strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 512), H3816 [25MY]

Armed Forces: tribute to Marines who lost their lives in V-22 Osprey aircraft accident in Jacksonville, NC (H. Res. 673), H12082 [13DE]

Chesapeake Bay: restoration (H.R. 3039), consideration (H. Res. 470), H2148, H2149 [12AP]

Clarence, NY: anniversary of Clarence Grange No. 892, E516 [6AP]

Congress: adjournment (S. Con. Res. 125), H5652 [29JN]

———adjournment (S. Con. Res. 125), consideration (H. Res. 541), H5652 [29JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), consideration (H. Res. 502), H3068, H3069 [16MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), conference report, E1277 [19JY]

Dept. of the Interior: acquire title to the Hunt House in Waterloo, NY (S. 1910), H6876 [25JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), consideration (H. Res. 505), H3416 [19MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4475), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 612), H9015 [6OC]

Diseases: support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research (H. Res. 576), H8272 [27SE]

EPA: reauthorize Clean Lakes Program (H.R. 2328), consideration (H. Res. 468), H2147, H2148 [12AP]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), conference report, H1010 [15MR]

———reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 438), H1002, H1010 [15MR]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), conference report, H2567 [4MY]

———authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 489), H2572, H2577 [4MY]

———reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), consideration (H. Res. 445), H1203 [22MR]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), H3416 [19MY]

———application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), consideration (H. Res. 542), H5624 [29JN]

House of Representatives: authority of officials during adjournment, H5653 [29JN]

———legislative program, H5653 [29JN]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 425), H609, H610 [1MR]

———allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 651), H11241, H11242 [26OC]

———same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 488), H2567, H2568, H2569, H2571 [4MY]

Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (H.R. 4489), H3574 [23MY]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H857 [9MR]

Iran: condemn arrest and detention of Iranian Jews accused of espionage, H2661 [9MY]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1654), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 574), H7599, H7600 [14SE]

Navy: tactical viability of shipboard electronic warfare systems, E1277 [19JY]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3557), H383 [15FE]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 1102), consideration (H. Res. 557), H6476, H6477 [19JY]

Rochester, NY: tribute to Paralympics participants, E1509 [18SE]

Stark (U.S.S.): effectiveness of radar and defensive weapons systems during missile attack by Iraqi aircraft during the Iran-Iraq war, E1277 [19JY]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 519), H4077, H4085 [8JN]

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4115), consideration (H. Res. 570), H7285, H7286 [7SE]

University of Rochester: anniversary of Medical Center, E1790 [13OC]

World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. membership and funding (H.J. Res. 90), consideration (H. Res. 528), H4787, H4788, H4792 [21JN]

Reports filed

Allow Consideration of Motions To Suspend House Rules and Consider Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 425) (H. Rept. 106-505), H572 [29FE]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 469) (H. Rept. 106-572), H2121 [11AP]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 482) (H. Rept. 106-600), H2409 [2MY]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 600) (H. Rept. 106-910), H8467 [28SE]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 651) (H. Rept. 106-1006), H11193 [25OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 434, Trade and Development Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 489) (H. Rept. 106-607), H2605 [4MY]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1000, Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 438) (H. Rept. 106-523), H996 [14MR]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1654, NASA Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 574) (H. Rept. 106-844), H7501 [12SE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2559, Agricultural Risk Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 512) (H. Rept. 106-640), H3812 [24MY]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4475, Dept. of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 612) (H. Rept. 106-941), H9010 [5OC]

Consideration of H. Res. 596, Armenian Genocide Understanding and Sensitivity in Responding to Human Rights, Ethnic Cleansing, and Genocide Issues: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 625) (H. Rept. 106-972), H9766 [11OC]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 90, Withdraw U.S. Membership and Funding From the World Trade Organization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 528) (H. Rept. 106-682), H4674 [19JN]

Consideration of H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 519) (H. Rept. 106-658), H4034 [7JN]

Consideration of H.R. 1102, Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 557) (H. Rept. 106-760), H6469 [18JY]

Consideration of H.R. 2328, Clean Lakes Program Reauthorization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 468) (H. Rept. 106-571), H2121 [11AP]

Consideration of H.R. 3039, Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 470) (H. Rept. 106-573), H2121 [11AP]

Consideration of H.R. 4115, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 570) (H. Rept. 106-822), H7279 [6SE]

Consideration of H.R. 4425, Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 502) (H. Rept. 106-618), H3049 [15MY]

Consideration of H.R. 4475, Dept. of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 505) (H. Rept. 106-626), H3412 [18MY]

Consideration of S. Con. Res. 125, Congressional Adjournment: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 541) (H. Rept. 106-708), H5435 [28JN]

Same-Day Consideration of Certain Resolutions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 488) (H. Rept. 106-605), H2511 [3MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 574, consideration of conference report on H.R. 1654, NASA appropriations, H7599 [14SE]