ANDREWS, ROBERT E. (a Representative from New Jersey)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6138 [2OC], H6270, H6271 [4OC]

Aviation: preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2891), H5929 [21SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), H3520 [25JN], H3577 [26JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6459 [9OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4542 [24JY], H4635 [25JY]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (H.R. 2269), H8205 [15NO]

———reform (H.R. 10), H1795 [2MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1, No Child Left Behind Act, H4130 [18JY]

John Joseph Moakley funeral attendees, H2929 [6JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: provide freedom of choice to military personnel serving overseas (see H.R. 1350), H4352 [19JY]

Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 1421), H1483 (see H.R. 1421), H1493 [4AP]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 1256), H1189 [27MR]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 914), H3713 [27JN]

Animals: improve enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act as it applies to commercial dog breeders (see H.R. 3058, 3058), H10910 [19DE]

———prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H929 [14MR]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 770), H505 [28FE]

Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 320), H162 [31JA]

———increase basic pay (see H.R. 2310), H3807 [28JN] (see H.R. 2494), H4009 [12JY] (see H.R. 2494), H4013 [16JY]

———permit the transfer of entitlement to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1958), H3466 [21JN]

———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H2956 [6JN]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H224 [7FE]

Aviation: enhance the safety and security of the civil air transportation system (see H.R. 3165), H7308 [24OC]

———establish consumer protections for airline passengers and promote carrier competition (see H.R. 1734), H8133 [13NO]

———improve security (see H.R. 2951), H6055 [25SE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 333), H163 [31JA]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H1060 [21MR]

BLS: develop methodology for measuring the cost of living in each State and require GAO study to determine effect on Federal benefits (see H.R. 715), H398 [14FE]

Burma: prohibit importation of any textile or apparel article that is produced, manufactured, or grown in Burma (see H.R. 2211), H3258 [19JN]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing, and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 193), H4013 [16JY]

Business and industry: promote youth entrepreneurship education and training (see H.R. 1617), H1658 [26AP]

Children and youth: ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (see H.R. 1990), H4009 [12JY]

———establish an international infant and child nutrition and education program (see H.R. 1700), H5455 [6SE]

———establish national policy on youth development (see H.R. 17), H650 [6MR]

———improve access to books (see H.R. 116), H112 [30JA]

———increase pay of child care providers and establish a child care provider scholarship program (see H.R. 1650), H4009 [12JY]

———increase the availability and affordability of quality child care and early learning services, and amend the Family and Medical Leave Act (see H.R. 265), H7852 [6NO]

———provide access to early care and education so the families can work and children can receive quality custodial care (see H.R. 3524, 3524), H10908 [19DE]

———provide greater access to child care services for Federal employees (see H.R. 555), H258 [12FE]

———require posting of CPSC safety standards in child care centers and require a Dept. of HHS report with recommendations to promote compliance with such standards (see H.R. 367), H827 [8MR]

China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 188), H4635 [25JY]

China, Republic of: endorse and obtain observer status at the World Health Assembly summit in Switzerland (see H.R. 2739), H8421 [27NO]

———ensure that future is resolved peacefully through a democratic mechanism with the express consent of the Taiwanese people and free from outside threats (see H. Con. Res. 221), H5455 [6SE]

———participation in WHO (see H.R. 428), H219 [7FE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H506 [28FE]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1362), H6137 [2OC]

———protect first amendment rights relative to abortion and reproductive services (see H.R. 185), H112 [30JA]

Clean Air Act: eliminate the phase-in period for the reduction of sulfur content in diesel fuel (see H.R. 1891), H2998 [7JN]

Colleges and universities: disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see H.R. 471), H221 [7FE]

———permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1918), H6056 [25SE]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 2145), H4429 [23JY]

———reduce the costs of Federal student loans to students and their families (see H.R. 1622), H1659 [26AP]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 2573), H4352 [19JY]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H7853 [6NO]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2917, 2917), H8843 [4DE]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 1111, 1111), H9239 [11DE]

Corps of Engineers: reform (see H.R. 1310), H1344 [29MR]

Courts: restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 429), H219 [7FE]

Crime: condemn violence directed at Sikhs in the aftermath of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Res. 255), H6380 [4OC]

———protect school web pages from fraud and related activity (see H.R. 2752), H5334 [2AU]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1343), H1407 [3AP]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 1271), H1294 [28MR]

Customs Service: prohibit use of racial and other discriminatory profiling in connection with searches and detentions of individuals (see H.R. 1996), H2710 [24MY]

Cyprus: membership in European Union (see H. Con. Res. 164), H3259 [19JN]

Dept. of Defense: require certain contractors to investigate, assess, and provide fingerprint cards for individuals who work on military installations or facilities (see H.R. 3367), H8564 [28NO]

———review military service records to determine if certain Jewish war veterans should be awarded the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 606), H828 [8MR]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 477), H221 [7FE] (see H.R. 1620), H2335 [17MY]

———make grants to recruit, train, and hire school-based resource staff (see H.R. 466), H220 [7FE]

———provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (see H.R. 3086), H6700 [11OC]

Dept. of Energy: develop plan for magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment to accelerate scientific understanding and development of fusion as a long term energy source (see H.R. 1781), H2281 [16MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H394 [14FE]

Dept. of HUD: grants to States to supplement assistance for the preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 425), H3150 [13JN]

———increase mortgage loan limits for multifamily housing mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1629), H2998 [7JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 28), H5927 [21SE]

Dept. of Labor: establish voluntary protection programs (see H.R. 2235), H3259 [19JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H2956 [6JN]

Diseases: collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (see H.R. 239), H1346 [29MR]

———eliminate tuberculosis (see H.R. 1167), H1112 [22MR]

———expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H651 [6MR]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (see H.R. 933), H1191 [27MR]

———increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease (see H.R. 1254), H6137 [2OC]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 1168), H1112 [22MR]

District of Columbia: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 2982), H6135 [2OC]

Drug abuse: provide assistance to States to expand and establish treatment programs to provide services to individuals who voluntarily seek treatment (see H.R. 1896), H4724 [26JY]

Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H223 [7FE]

———use of marijuana for medicinal purposes (see H.R. 1344), H1925 [3MY] (see H.R. 2592, 2592), H10910 [19DE]

Education: give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities (see H.R. 490), H1346 [29MR]

———improve quality and raise student achievement by strengthening accountability, raising teaching standards, rewarding success, and providing better information to parents (see H.R. 340), H163 [31JA]

———provide for teacher technology training (see H.R. 573), H955 [15MR]

———provide grants for training of realtime court reporters and closed captioners to meet the requirements for closed captioning set forth in the Telecommunications Act (see H.R. 2527), H4112 [17JY]

———provide grants to establish programs that benefit the educational, health, social service, cultural, and recreational needs of cities and rural and disadvantaged suburban communities (see H.R. 756), H442 [27FE]

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see H.R. 1036), H928 [14MR]

———strengthen involvement of parents in the education of their children (see H.R. 972), H2023 [8MY]

Employment: exclude all employment contracts from certain arbitration provisions (see H.R. 2282), H3464 [21JN]

———minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain employees (see H.R. 2070), H2955 [6JN]

———minimum wage and overtime exemptions for licensed funeral directors and embalmers (see H.R. 648), H395 [14FE]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 2692), H4948 [31JY]

Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (see H.R. 1642), H2387 [21MY]

EPA: reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (see H.R. 1413), H1482 (see H.R. 1413), H1492 [4AP]

ERISA: increase the phase-in limitation for benefit improvements made prior to plan termination (see H.R. 2134), H7852 [6NO]

———provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H1345 [29MR]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: exempt certain communications from the definition of consumer reports (see H.R. 1543), H6137 [2OC]

Families and domestic relations: eliminate any Federal policy on the definition of marriage (see H.R. 270), H1660 [26AP]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 1097), H1489 [4AP]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 721), H828 [8MR]

———require each bidder for a construction contract to identify the subcontractors that the contractor intends to use to prevent the practice known as bid shopping (see H.R. 1859), H2279 [16MY]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H2183 [15MY]

———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 42), H1013 [20MR]

———ensure that those activated by the National Guard or Reserves shall receive pay equal to the basic pay such individual would otherwise be receiving (see H.R. 3337, 3337), H10055 [12DE]

———health benefits coverage for infertility treatment (see H.R. 389), H166 [31JA]

———increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see H.R. 1307), H1925 [3MY]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424, 3424), H9076 [6DE]

Firearms: applicability of domestic violence-related possession prohibitions to convictions that predate enactment of such prohibitions (see H.R. 21), H1346 [29MR]

———prevent handgun violence and illegal commerce in handguns (see H.R. 225), H224 [7FE]

———require criminal background checks for sale, offer for sale, transfer, or exchange of firearms at certain events and provide additional resources for gun crime enforcement (see H.R. 2377), H3803 [28JN]

Firefighters: provide mortgage assistance (see H.R. 3358), H8563 [28NO]

Fish and fishing: conserve Atlantic highly migratory species of fish (see H.R. 1367), H2998 [7JN]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H3466 [21JN]

———encourage displaying of the flag in response to hijacking and crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 225), H5616 [13SE]

Food Stamp Act: improve nutrition assistance for working families and the elderly (see H.R. 2142), H5340 [2AU]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 755), H624 [1MR]

Foreign policy: impose sanctions on the PLO, or the Palestinian Authority, if the President determines that these entities have not complied with certain commitments (see H.R. 1795), H2849 [25MY]

Foreign trade: prohibit importation of diamonds unless the countries exporting the diamonds have in place certain controls to verify the source of the diamonds (see H.R. 918), H740 [7MR]

Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 1494), H2680 [23MY]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 526), H252 [8FE] (see H.R. 2563), H4351 [19JY]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H2712 [24MY]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson: posthumous awarding of Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2078), H3204 [14JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 2078), H3204 [14JN]

Higher Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1162), H1112 [22MR]

———remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (see H.R. 1992), H3260 [19JN]

———repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 786), H506 [28FE]

Homeless: educational assistance for children and youth (see H.R. 623), H955 [15MR]

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 45), H2335 [17MY]

Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate the Richard J. Guadagno Headquarters and Visitors Center (see H.R. 3334), H8337 [16NO]

Immigration: cancellation of removal for certain aliens (see H.R. 1452), H4428 [23JY]

———ensure that aliens studying in the U.S. comply with the terms and conditions applicable to such study (see H.R. 3515, 3515), H10355 [18DE]

———Federal reimbursement for indirect costs of incarcerating illegal aliens and for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 823), H622 [1MR]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 690), H1061 [21MR]

Immigration and Nationality Act: restore certain provisions relative to the definition of aggravated felony (see H.R. 87), H4724 [26JY]

———revise various provisions (see H.R. 500), H3863 [10JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 737), H1295 [28MR]

Indonesia: condemn violence in East Timor and urge the establishment of an international war crimes tribunal for prosecuting crimes against humanity that occurred during that conflict (see H. Con. Res. 60), H832 [12MR]

———provide assistance for democracy efforts in East Timor (see H.R. 675), H650 [6MR]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H1121 [26MR]

———provide coverage for individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials (see H.R. 967), H4541 [24JY]

———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 162), H61 [6JA]

———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. 792), H1013 [20MR]

Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Iran: conviction of Iranian Jews accused of espionage (see H. Con. Res. 29), H628 [5MR]

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H2677 [23MY]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H621 [1MR]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 2074), H3519 [25JN]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H1486 (see H.R. 1475), H1496 [4AP]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H1190 [27MR]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 2063), H3619 [26JN]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H3150 [13JN]

———provide States with the option of covering intensive community mental health treatment (see H.R. 2364), H3802 [28JN]

Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 1490), H1487 (see H.R. 1490), H1496 [4AP]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H2997 [7JN]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2023 [8MY]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see H.R. 1522), H3466 [21JN]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see H.R. 1354), H1408 [3AP]

———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H2387 [21MY]

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 1177), H1717 [1MY]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 3109), H6779 [12OC]

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see H.R. 868), H1346 [29MR]

———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (see H.R. 3236), H7852 [6NO]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1400), H1482 (see H.R. 1400), H1491 [4AP]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1911), H2334 [17MY]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see H.R. 3351), H8420 [27NO]

Mental health: establish regional centers to help States, local governments, and other organizations develop activities and services to assist persons with persistent mental illnesses (see H.R. 2363), H3802 [28JN]

Middle East: encourage Lebanon, Syria, and Iran to call upon Hezbollah to allow representatives of the International Red Cross to visit four abducted Israelis presently held in Lebanon (see H. Res. 99), H1926 [3MY]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 665), H3068 [12JN]

Motor vehicles: increase fuel economy standards for light trucks, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), and the Federal fleet, and increase weight limit of vehicles subject to fuel economy standards (see H.R. 1815), H3260 [19JN]

———prohibit States from requiring a license or fee relative to motor vehicles providing interstate pre-arranged ground transportation service (see H.R. 2546), H4215 [18JY]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349, 2349), H10355 [18DE]

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD (see H.J. Res. 42), H4950 [31JY]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1723), H4541 [24JY]

National security: provide grants to local first responder agencies to combat terrorism and be a part of homeland defense (see H.R. 3435, 3435), H9077 [6DE]

National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1192), H1558 [24AP]

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 116), H5407 [5SE]

Natural Gas Act: limit use of eminent domain to acquire certain State-owned property (see H.R. 295), H110 [30JA]

Natural resources: promote the conservation and preservation of working farms, ranches, and private forests (see H.R. 2375), H5704 [14SE]

New Jersey State Law Enforcement Officers Association: tribute (see H. Res. 224), H5338 [2AU]

New York, NY: anniversary of the Triangle Fire (see H. Con. Res. 81), H1115 [22MR]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Nuclear weapons: provide the President with flexibility to set strategic nuclear delivery system levels to meet national security goals (see H.R. 2013), H2846 [25MY]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish position of Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Small Business (see H.R. 1782), H6137 [2OC]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H955 [15MR]

Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Pat King Post Office Building, Long Branch, NJ: designate (see H.R. 2997), H6136 [2OC]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 572), H444 [27FE]

———reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

Pesticides: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of pesticide use (see H.R. 111), H8133 [13NO]

Pipelines: inclusion of Armenia in all oil and gas pipeline routes built in the South Caucasus region (see H. Con. Res. 162), H4541 [24JY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 380), H2956 [6JN]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H108 [30JA]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H877 [13MR]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1191 [27MR]

Robeson, Paul L.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 143), H2711 [24MY]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: provide comprehensive technical assistance and implement highly effective prevention programs (see H.R. 970), H827 [8MR]

SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3011), H6259 [3OC]

September 11th Victim Compensation Fund: expand to include individuals diagnosed with anthrax (see H.R. 3194), H7852 [6NO]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H4541 [24JY]

Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 2610), H7910 [7NO]

———choice of benefit payment method for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 97), H1190 [27MR]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H395 [14FE]

———disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 844), H2184 [15MY]

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H623 [1MR]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 2630), H5456 [6SE]

———improve benefit computation formula for workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 870), H648 [6MR]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 1464), H1485 (see H.R. 1464), H1495 [4AP]

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1143), H4634 [25JY]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H954 [15MR]

Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Surface Transportation Board: enhance railroad competition and collective bargaining agreements between railroads and their employees (see H.R. 141), H7960 [8NO]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see H.R. 2329), H3711 [27JN]

———allow a deduction for premiums on private mortgage insurance (see H.R. 149), H412 [26FE]

———allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 168), H61 [6JA]

———allow credit for dry and wet cleaning equipment that uses non-hazardous primary process solvents (see H.R. 978), H875 [13MR]

———allow credits for contributions to certain pension plans or individual retirement accounts and to small businesses for qualified pension plan contributions or start-up costs (see H.R. 1498), H1497 [4AP]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 2125), H3713 [27JN]

———allow small business employers a credit for certain expenses for long-term training of employees in highly skilled small business trades (see H.R. 877), H3465 [21JN]

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 951), H3466 [21JN]

———clarify the definition of contribution in aid of construction (see H.R. 582), H323 [13FE]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 41), H1115 [22MR]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H1112 [22MR]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H3068 [12JN]

———provide disaster relief for homeowners (see H.R. 2176), H3201 [14JN]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see H.R. 778), H3806 [28JN]

———repeal alternative minimum tax treatment of incentive stock options to change the taxable event from the exercise of the stock option to the stock sale (see H.R. 2794), H6919 [16OC]

———repeal limits on the deduction for interest on education loans and increase income threshold for the phase out of such deduction (see H.R. 436), H1013 [20MR]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H393 [14FE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1717 [1MY]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see H.R. 990), H4352 [19JY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H5927 [21SE]

———treatment of information technology job training expenses (see H.R. 1769), H2281 [16MY]

Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see H.R. 3310), H8336 [16NO] (see H.R. 3448, 3448), H9239 [11DE]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to assist families of victims of attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2907), H5925 [21SE]

Todd Beamer Post Office Building, Cranbury, NJ: designate (see H.R. 3248), H7909 [7NO]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 85), H112 [30JA]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1613), H1658 [26AP]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 699), H2998 [7JN]

———establish a comprehensive program for the testing and treatment of the hepatitis C virus (see H.R. 639), H3465 [21JN]

———increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1291), H1343 [29MR]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548, 548), H3207 [18JN]

———issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see H. Con. Res. 104), H1487 (see H. Con. Res. 104), H1499 [4AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H2956 [6JN] (see H.R. 303), H1116 [22MR]

———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. 20), H2999 [7JN]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H8181 [14NO]

———protect voting rights (see H.R. 1170), H1112 [22MR]

William J. ``Whitey'' Conrad Air Traffic Control Tower, Newark, NJ: designate (see H.R. 2803), H5337 [2AU]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H1114 [22MR]

———require U.S. activities in Afghanistan and other Central Asian countries relative to post-conflict peace, reconstruction, and relief comply with basic human rights (see H.R. 3342, 3342), H10355 [18DE]

World War II: preserve certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former prisoners of war used as slave labor (see H.R. 1198), H4216 [18JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Air Force: provide for the Air Force Assistant Surgeon General for Dental Services to serve in the grade of major general (see H.R. 2214), H3258 [19JN]

Air pollution: improve indoor air quality in schools and other buildings (see H.R. 3532, 3532), H10909 [19DE]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 24), H623 [1MR]

Armed Forces: expand eligibility for participation by members of the Selected Reserve and their dependents in the TRICARE program (see H.R. 2332), H3711 [27JN]

Budget: require two-thirds vote for legislation changing discretionary spending limits or pay-as-you-go requirements if the budget for the current or immediately preceding year was not in surplus (see H.R. 816), H621 [1MR] (see H.R. 1065), H954 [15MR]

Children and youth: provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in accordance with stricter flammability standards (see H.R. 528), H252 [8FE] (see H.R. 730), H440 [27FE]

Colleges and universities: require institutions of higher education to notify parents concerning missing person reports about their children (see H.R. 401), H218 [7FE]

Consumers: prohibit operators of automatic teller machines that display paid advertising from imposing any fee (see H.R. 1047), H953 [15MR]

Corporations: eliminate Federal subsidies (see H.R. 1888), H2333 [17MY]

Courts: allow persons who bring a product liability action for injuries sustained from a product not in compliance with CPSC standards to recover triple damages (see H.R. 736), H441 [27FE]

———confidentiality of parent-child communications in judicial proceedings (see H.R. 733), H440 [27FE]

———require receipt of normal average wage or salary for Federal jurors during service (see H.R. 732), H440 [27FE]

Cuba: encourage release of political prisoners (see H. Con. Res. 123), H1924 [3MY]

Davis-Bacon Act: require cancellation of contracts with repeat violators and disclosure of certain payroll information (see H.R. 2681), H4948 [31JY]

Dept. of Defense: enhance the ability of States and local governments to participate in certain projects that acquire and improve military housing (see H.R. 813), H621 [1MR]

———establish grant program to assist States and local governments in improving their ability to prevent and respond to domestic terrorism (see H.R. 1547), H1554 [24AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish an office to monitor acts of international terrorism alleged to have been committed by Palestinian individuals or organizations (see H.R. 2098), H2997 [7JN]

Dept. of Transportation: funding for purchase of recycled materials for certain surface transportation programs (see H.R. 530), H253 [8FE]

———make grants for construction projects to prevent public access to tracks and other hazards of fixed guideway systems in residential areas (see H.R. 3485, 3485), H10066 [13DE]

———require use of recycled materials in Federal-aid highway construction projects (see H.R. 529), H252 [8FE]

Drugs: enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (see H.R. 1063), H953 [15MR]

———provide penalties for open air drug markets (see H.R. 417), H219 [7FE]

Education: establish demonstration program to provide comprehensive health assessments for students (see H.R. 1549), H1554 [24AP]

———provide grants to local educational agencies for prekindergarten programs (see H.R. 1649), H1714 [1MY]

Employment: allow employees the right to accept or reject arbitration to resolve an employment controversy (see H.R. 815), H621 [1MR]

———condition minimum wage exemptions for organized camps on compliance with certain safety standards (see H.R. 2679), H4948 [31JY]

———minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain computer professionals (see H.R. 1545), H1554 [24AP]

———protect employee rights (see H.R. 404), H218 [7FE]

ERISA: exempt from preemption, under State tort actions to recover damages, any employee welfare benefit plan providing disability benefits that fails to provide timely benefits (see H.R. 1104), H1010 [20MR] (see H.R. 1422), H1483 (see H.R. 1422), H1493 [4AP]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reform relative to liability for noncompliance (see H.R. 2014), H2846 [25MY]

Families and domestic relations: denial of passports to noncustodial parents relative to nonpayment of child support (see H.R. 407), H218 [7FE]

———recognize time required to save funds for the college education of adopted children (see H.R. 402), H218 [7FE]

———require anticipated child support be held in trust on the sale or refinancing of certain real property of an obligated parent (see H.R. 413), H218 [7FE]

Federal aid programs: public participation in establishing locations of substance abuse treatment group homes (see H.R. 2844), H5454 [6SE]

Federal employees: availability of health coverage for dependent parents (see H.R. 1049), H953 [15MR]

Financial institutions: facilitate transfers between interest-bearing accounts and transactions accounts for small businesses (see H.R. 1048), H953 [15MR]

Firearms: prohibit discharge near any Federal land or facility (see H.R. 731), H440 [27FE]

Foreign trade: protect small businesses from increased tariffs or other retaliatory actions taken by the U.S. during a trade dispute (see H.R. 3313), H8336 [16NO]

Fund for Environmental Priorities: establish and fund with a portion of consumer savings resulting from retail electricity choice (see H.R. 416), H219 [7FE]

Health: promote and facilitate expansion of group health insurance coverage (see H.R. 3563, 3563), H10964 [20DE]

Housing: require energy efficiency certifications for mortgage insurance be conducted by accredited home energy rating system providers (see H.R. 2834), H5405 [5SE]

Immigration: ensure aliens provided with H-1B nonimmigrant status are counted in a fair and accurate manner that takes in account only those aliens who commence employment as a nonimmigrant (see H.R. 2984), H6135 [2OC]

———permit admission of spouses of permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 814), H621 [1MR]

———remove aliens who aid or abet a terrorist organization or an individual who has conducted, is conducting, or is planning to conduct a terrorist activity (see H.R. 2928), H5926 [21SE]

Insurance: coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 1064), H953 [15MR]

———treatment of fertility and impotence in health care coverage under group health plans, health insurance coverage, and health plans under the Federal employees' health benefits program (see H.R. 568), H322 [13FE]

Interstate commerce: prohibit States from imposing restrictions on interstate limousine services (see H.R. 565), H322 [13FE]

Law enforcement: authorize a grant program to eliminate the nationwide backlog of DNA analyses and obtain a DNA sample from every person convicted of a qualifying offense (see H.R. 2680), H4948 [31JY]

———establish a national database of firearms ballistics information and require firearms manufacturers to provide ballistics information about new firearms (see H.R. 408), H218 [7FE]

Medicaid: coverage of disabled children and individuals who became disabled as children without regard to income or assets (see H.R. 567), H322 [13FE]

———require prorating of beneficiary contributions relative to partial coverage for nursing facility services during a month (see H.R. 566), H322 [13FE]

Medicare: coverage of home health services (see H.R. 2071), H2955 [6JN]

———waive late enrollment penalty for certain beneficiaries living abroad and provide a special Medigap open enrollment period which prohibits underwriting (see H.R. 3314), H8337 [16NO]

———waive waiting period for coverage of certain disabled individuals who have no health insurance (see H.R. 569), H322 [13FE]

Members of Congress: increase length of ban on lobbying activities after leaving office (see H.R. 618), H393 [14FE]

Motor vehicles: require automatic door locks and interior-opening trunk locks on passenger cars (see H.R. 2696), H5124 [1AU]

———require automatic door locks on passenger cars (see H.R. 405), H218 [7FE]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: issue standards for the use of motorized skate boards (see H.R. 735), H441 [27FE]

New Jersey: divide into two judicial districts (see H.R. 409), H218 [7FE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend to protect State and local government employees (see H.R. 2218), H3258 [19JN]

Pensions: require plan administrators that provide access to automobile insurance to submit certain information on such insurance to the FTC (see H.R. 403), H218 [7FE]

Pesticides: making supplemental appropriations to ensure inclusion in State source water assessment programs (see H.R. 398), H218 [7FE]

Political campaigns: public financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 2461), H3959 [11JY]

Railroad Retirement Act: eliminate a limitation on benefits (see H.R. 734), H441 [27FE]

Real estate: authorize a homeowner to recover treble damages from the homeowner's mortgage escrow servicer for failure to make timely payments for homeowners insurance, taxes, or other charges (see H.R. 1105), H1010 [20MR]

Refuse disposal: phase out incineration of solid waste (see H.R. 1548), H1554 [24AP]

Schools: establish State revolving funds for school construction (see H.R. 729), H440 [27FE]

———provide grants for the repair, renovation, alteration, and construction of public elementary and secondary school facilities (see H.R. 728), H440 [27FE]

Social Security: level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 2845), H5454 [6SE]

———provide benefits to certain uninsured children living without parents (see H.R. 2698), H5125 [1AU]

———restore children's insurance benefits in the case of children of a certain age who attend postsecondary schools (see H.R. 410), H218 [7FE]

States: authorize grants to fund arrangements between local police and public accommodations for emergency domestic violence shelters (see H.R. 2697), H5124 [1AU]

———peer mediation programs funding (see H.R. 1546), H1554 [24AP]

Taiwan Relations Act: reaffirm U.S. commitment (see H. Con. Res. 67), H1012 [20MR]

Taxation: allow a credit for certain corporations which have substantial employee ownership and encourage stock ownership by employees (see H.R. 1062), H953 [15MR]

———allow credits to radio station owners who donate the license, and other assets of such station, to a nonprofit corporation that supports the fine arts (see H.R. 1050), H953 [15MR]

———allow legally separated individuals to exclude U.S. savings bond income from gross income if used to pay higher education expenses (see H.R. 1107), H1011 [20MR]

———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (see H.R. 13), H25 [3JA]

———expand incentives for the environmental cleanup of certain brownfield sites (see H.R. 3170), H7333 [25OC]

———increase the deduction for host families of foreign exchange and other students (see H.R. 200), H62 [6JA]

———inflation adjustment of the dollar limitation on the exclusion of gain on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 411), H218 [7FE]

———make Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits refundable and allow taxpayers to obtain short-term student loans by using the future refund of such credits as collateral for the loans (see H.R. 414), H218 [7FE]

———provide for employee benefits for work site employees of certain corporations operating on a cooperative basis (see H.R. 3361), H8564 [28NO]

———provide retirement security and pension reform (see H.R. 3445, 3445), H9238 (see H.R. 3446, 3446), H9239 [11DE]

———treatment of gain from the sale of a business closely held by an individual who has attained age 62 (see H.R. 412), H218 [7FE]

———treatment of health care subsidy payments made to employers on behalf of volunteer firefighters (see H.R. 1651), H1715 [1MY]

Tobacco products: require cigarette products to be placed under or behind the counter in retail sales (see H.R. 1046), H953 [15MR]

Turkey: claim of sovereignty over islands and islets in the Aegean Sea (see H. Con. Res. 97), H1487 (see H. Con. Res. 97), H1499 [4AP]

Veterans: exclude certain income from consideration for determining rent paid for federally assisted housing (see H.R. 1106), H1011 [20MR]

———prohibit motor vehicle insurers from treating veterans differently relative to motor vehicles operated during a period of military service (see H.R. 406), H218 [7FE]

Women: ratify equal rights amendment as part of the Constitution upon ratification by certain State legislatures (see H. Res. 98), H1115 [22MR]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6271 [4OC]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), H3757 [28JN]

Amtrak Reform Council: funding, H3577 [26JN]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2216), H3308 [20JN]

Armed Forces: authorize use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 64), H5661 [14SE]

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), conference report, H8307 [16NO]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1205 [28MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), conference report, H2043 [9MY]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), recommit conference report (H. Res. 134), H1954 [8MY]

Catholic-Jewish Commission of Southern New Jersey: tribute to interfaith Agreement of Understanding and Cooperation, E1693 [21SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), H5770 [20SE], H6018 [25SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), motion to recommit, H6040 [25SE]

———computer cybersecurity funding, H6018 [25SE]

———funding, H3308 [20JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), H8544 [28NO]

Dept. of Education: national testing standards, H2525 [22MY]

———pilot program to establish performance agreements with school districts to consolidate certain Federal funds and to allow flexibility in the use of such funds, H2540 [22MY]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), H688 [7MR]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), H3554, H3577 [26JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6505 [10OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3061), motion to instruct conferees, H7917 [8NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4819 [30JY]

Diseases: international tuberculosis control funding through reductions in Asian Development Fund and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency funding, H4483 [24JY]

Education: allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds, H2579 [23MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2411, H2525, H2540 [22MY], H2579, H2585, H2591, H2601, H2613, H2625 [23MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, H10095 [13DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 143), H2308 [17MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 315), H10084 [13DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), motion to go to conference, H4123 [18JY]

———establish demonstration projects to determine the effectiveness of voucher programs to provide school choice, H2601 [23MY]

———funding, H2625 [23MY], H7917 [8NO]

———provide safer schools and a better educational environment, H2613 [23MY]

———voucher program to provide school choice, H2591 [23MY]

Emergency services: firefighting and emergency medical services funding, H4819 [30JY]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses, H6040 [25SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H4483 [24JY]

Health: expand health care access and choice of coverage through association health plans, H5258 [2AU]

———guarantee Federal remedies that hold health plans accountable for medical decisions and limit non-economical and punitive damages, H5269, H5270, H5274 [2AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5203, H5204, H5206, H5207, H5258, H5260, H5261, H5269, H5270, H5274 [2AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), consideration (H. Res. 219), H5190 [2AU]

Higher Education Act: establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders (S. 1762), H10890 [19DE]

———remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (H.R. 1992), H6475 [10OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorize school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who engage in certain dangerous behavior, H2585 [23MY]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations, H3127 [13JN]

Motor vehicles: prohibit States from requiring a license or fee relative to motor vehicles providing interstate pre-arranged ground transportation service (H.R. 2546), H8054 [13NO]

National Day of Awareness for Sturge-Weber Syndrome: observance, E822 [17MY]

NATO: endorse further enlargement to include global strategies against terrorism, H8166 [14NO]

New Jersey: Repaupo Creek tide gate and dike restoration project funding, H3757 [28JN], H6271 [4OC]

New York, NY: allocation of funds relative to terrorist attacks, H8544 [28NO]

———economic impact of terrorist attacks, H8544 [28NO]

Pennsauken, NJ: tribute to Pennsauken High School Jazz Band, E738 [4MY], E1446 [26JY]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (H.R. 2269), H8194, H8196, H8199, H8204, H8209, H8210, H8212, H8213 [15NO]

———reform (H.R. 10), H1780, H1783, H1817 [2MY]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H10858 [19DE]

———provide retirement security and pension reform (H.R. 3446), E2304 [14DE]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts, H5258, H5261 [2AU]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 61), H5548 [11SE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5548 [11SE]

Unemployment: prohibit use of community development funds for any purpose other than wage supplements and health insurance assistance, H8544 [28NO]

Waterways: Federal safety standards for piers, H3554 [26JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3147 [13JN], H8180 [14NO]

Tributes

Quesenberry, Lola, E1208 [26JN]