MEEKS, GREGORY W. (a Representative from New York)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: provide assistance for relief and reconstruction (see H.R. 3427), H9077 [6DE]

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see H. Con. Res. 102), H3204 [14JN]

AID: clarify process of providing education and related services to foreign law enforcement and military personnel to prevent and control HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (see H.R. 2104), H3260 [19JN]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 1256), H1661 [26AP]

Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 2908), H5925 [21SE]

American Airlines, Inc.: tribute to victims of flight 587 air disaster (see H. Con. Res. 272), H8338 [16NO]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H5339 [2AU]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 770), H741 [7MR]

Armed Forces: 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), H112 [30JA]

———revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (see H.R. 1983), H3466 [21JN]

Aviation: permit carriers to meet and discuss their schedules in order to reduce flight delays (see H.R. 1407), H3068 [12JN]

———preempt State laws requiring approval prior to the construction or operation of certain airport development projects (see H.R. 2107), H3864 [10JY]

———provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (see H.R. 2946), H6138 [2OC] (see H.R. 2955), H6458 [9OC]

BIA: issue school construction funding bonds (see H.R. 2152), H4541 [24JY]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H2849 [25MY]

``Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989'': authorizing printing (see H. Con. Res. 43), H442 [27FE]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 912), H739 [7MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: design and construct monument to commemorate contributions of minority women to women's suffrage and the participation of women in public life (see H. Con. Res. 169), H3357 [20JN]

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see H.R. 3479), H10065 [13DE]

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), H443 [27FE]

———give highest priority to providing assistance, services, and benefits to children who lost parents or guardians in terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 228), H5704 [14SE]

———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 1822), H4113 [17JY]

———improve access to books (see H.R. 116), H4009 [12JY]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (see H.R. 2097), H2997 [7JN]

———mental health services (see H.R. 75), H5339 [2AU]

———provide vouchers for the purchase of educational books for children participating in the WIC program (see H.R. 1849), H4216 [18JY]

China, Republic of: participation in WHO (see H.R. 428), H1190 [27MR]

Chisholm, Shirley: tribute (see H. Res. 97), H1411 [3AP]

Civil liberties: protect day laborers from unfair labor practices (see H.R. 2755), H5407 [5SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H1346 [29MR]

Colleges and universities: increase funding and decrease matching requirement for historically black colleges and universities (see H.R. 1606), H1658 [26AP]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 2145), H3359 [20JN]

Congo: support transition to democracy (see H. Con. Res. 16), H1661 [26AP]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H7719 [1NO]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to officers, emergency personnel, and governmental employees who responded to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (see H.R. 3054), H10055 [12DE]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H3863 [10JY]

Copyrights: exempt certain performances or displays used for distance learning from copyright infringement provisions and allow the making of a single copy of such performances or displays (see H.R. 2100), H3358 [20JN]

Courts: applicability of certain titles of the Civil Rights Act to the judicial branch of the Federal Government (see H.R. 1290), H5339 [2AU]

———permit expungement of records of certain nonviolent criminal offenses (see H.R. 696), H2956 [6JN]

Crime: amend laws relative to bail bond forfeitures (see H.R. 2734), H5334 [2AU] (see H.R. 2929), H5926 [21SE]

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

Cuba: make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines, and goods and services intended for children, lift travel restrictions, and provide scholarships for certain Cuban nationals (see H.R. 2138), H5340 [2AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve agricultural credit programs (see H.R. 2653), H4723 [26JY]

Dept. of Education: provide student loan forgiveness to surviving spouses of the victims of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 3163), H7217 [23OC]

Dept. of HUD: increase mortgage loan limits for multifamily housing mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1629), H5704 [14SE]

Dept. of the Interior: study the suitability and feasibility of designating the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, in Greensboro, NC, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 2008), H3203 [14JN]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H2142 [10MY]

———give certain workers who lost jobs as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, priority in hiring for aviation-related security positions (see H.R. 3067), H7592 [31OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow the sworn affidavit of a veteran who served in combat during the Korean War or an earlier conflict to be accepted as proof of service connection for certain diseases and injuries (see H.R. 843), H3260 [19JN]

———clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H3805 [28JN]

———dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 1136), H3466 [21JN]

———eligibility of retired members of the Armed Forces for priority health care on the same basis as former POWs (see H.R. 2711), H5407 [5SE]

———improve presumptive compensation benefits for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 1406), H2023 [8MY]

Discrimination: protect rights and condemn attacks on Arab Americans, American Muslims, and South Asian Americans relative to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 227), H5704 [14SE]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 2725), H5333 [2AU]

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

———provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (see H.R. 1193), H6137 [2OC]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Education Technology Corps (see H.R. 1149), H5704 [14SE]

Drugs: concentrate Federal resources on the prosecution of major drug offenses (see H.R. 1978), H2679 [23MY]

Education: authorize recruitment and retention incentive programs, student loan forgiveness, and professional development programs for teachers in rural areas (see H.R. 2102), H4010 [12JY]

———establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter, and remain, in the field of teaching at public schools (see H.R. 839), H4009 [12JY]

———expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs (see H.R. 2765), H5488 [10SE]

———improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 611), H877 [13MR]

———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 687), H3150 [13JN]

———increase student financial aid programs funding (see H.R. 2476), H3960 [11JY]

———provide for teacher technology training (see H.R. 573), H444 [27FE]

———provide grants to local agencies to assist schools in obtaining computer software for multilingual education (see H.R. 1217), H1187 [27MR]

———require States to equalize education funding throughout the State (see H.R. 1234), H1558 [24AP]

Employment: ensure improved access to employment opportunities for low-income people (see H.R. 2243), H4113 [17JY]

———exclude all employment contracts from certain arbitration provisions (see H.R. 2282), H5406 [5SE]

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

———prohibit forced overtime hours of licensed health care employees (see H.R. 1289), H2680 [23MY]

———require U.S. nationals that employ individuals in a foreign country to provide full transparency and disclosure in all their operations (see H.R. 460), H4863 [30JY]

Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (see H.R. 1642), H2142 [10MY]

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

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: exempt mortgage servicers from certain requirements relative to Federal mortgage loans secured by a first lien (see H.R. 163), H61 [6JA]

Families and domestic relations: importance of responsible fatherhood (see H. Res. 167), H3202 [14JN]

———provide grants to States to encourage media campaigns to promote responsible fatherhood skills (see H.R. 1300), H1344 [29MR]

FBI: permit access to National Instant Criminal Background Check System records in law enforcement investigations (see H.R. 3494), H10066 [13DE]

Federal aid programs: establish low-income gasoline assistance program (see H.R. 2427), H3805 [28JN]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 721), H398 [14FE]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H4353 [19JY]

———improve prevailing rate pay systems for wage grade Federal employees (see H.R. 1262), H2184 [15MY]

———include legislative branch employees in the program under which Federal agencies may agree to repay student loans of their employees (see H.R. 2555), H4863 [30JY]

———increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see H.R. 1307), H4009 [12JY]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of glaucoma detection services (see H.R. 2379), H4114 [17JY]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 2163), H4353 [19JY]

Financial institutions: ensure continued stability of the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 1293), H1925 [3MY]

Flag—U.S.: 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]

Florida: prohibit offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 1631), H1926 [3MY]

Food: educate the public on the use of biotechnology in producing food and support additional scientific research into potential economic and environmental risks and benefits (see H.R. 115), H1556 [24AP]

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

Foreign Assistance Act: improve immunization injection safety in disease control programs (see H.R. 2453), H4863 [30JY]

Foreign policy: ensure that U.S. trade and economic development policies respect and support the rights of African farmers (see H. Con. Res. 260), H7910 [7NO]

Foreign trade: export controls on certain high-speed computers (see H.R. 1553), H2281 [16MY]

———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]

———revise the limitations on trade readjustment allowances under the trade adjustment assistance program for workers (see H.R. 2613), H6380 [4OC]

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), H4863 [30JY]

Gambling: protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling (see H.R. 641), H828 [8MR]

Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY: designate (see H.R. 3392), H8842 [4DE]

Head Start Act: ensure that every eligible child has the tools to learn to read (see H.R. 1201), H5455 [6SE]

Health: improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums and COBRA coverage premiums (see H.R. 1255), H4863 [30JY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 526), H2679 [23MY]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H9077 [6DE]

———require managed care organizations to contract with providers in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 2743), H5334 [2AU]

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

———help solve the nursing shortage in hospitals and continuing care settings (see H.R. 1897), H2849 [25MY]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson: posthumous awarding of Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2078), H2955 [6JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 2078), H2955 [6JN]

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

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

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (see H.R. 936), H1664 [27AP]

Housing: ensure that communities receiving community development block grants use such funds to benefit low- and moderate-income families (see H.R. 1191), H1114 [22MR]

Immigration: adjust status of certain Montserrat nationals (see H.R. 1726), H3863 [10JY]

———ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien (see H.R. 1266), H1605 [25AP]

———expand class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status by extending the deadline for a classification petition and a labor certification filing (see H.R. 1195), H1605 [25AP] (see H.R. 1242), H1558 [24AP]

India: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (see H. Con. Res. 13, 15), H111 [30JA]

———welcome Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee upon U.S. visit and affirm support in campaign against international terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 264), H7909 [7NO]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 659), H828 [8MR]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 1542), H1554 [24AP]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H324 [13FE]

———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 162), H8564 [28NO]

———require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (see H.R. 1809), H2141 [10MY]

———require that group and individual health insurance plans and Medicare+Choice organizations provide prompt payment of claims (see H.R. 287), H3519 [25JN]

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

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

Iraq: provide citizens access to U.S. food and medicines (see H.R. 742), H2184 [15MY]

JET Magazine: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 274), H8338 [16NO]

Judiciary: provide for automatic annual increases in judicial salaries (see H.R. 570), H4009 [12JY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr. and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2723), H5333 [2AU]

Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H2711 [24MY]

———ensure ability to effectively investigate and prosecute illegal gun sales and protect the privacy of the American people (see H.R. 2778), H5407 [5SE]

———prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 2074), H3619 [26JN]

———provide for the sharing of certain foreign intelligence information with local law enforcement personnel (see H.R. 3285), H8249 [15NO]

———require Federal law enforcement agencies to expunge voidable arrest records and provide incentive funds to States that have systems for expunging such records (see H.R. 1154), H1060 [21MR]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H7592 [31OC]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 1806), H2141 [10MY]

LIHEAP: encourage the release of funds to individuals affected by the terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 300), H10067 [13DE]

Medicaid: delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals (see H.R. 3360), H9078 [6DE]

———increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H9078 [6DE]

Medicare: exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (see H.R. 2294), H5340 [2AU]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see H.R. 1522), H2281 [16MY]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see H.R. 1354), H2142 [10MY]

———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), H2185 [15MY]

———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), H3806 [28JN]

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

———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 902), H4863 [30JY]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 2380), H5340 [2AU]

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]

Military Selective Service Act: repeal (see H.R. 1597), H5455 [6SE]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 665), H396 [14FE] (see H.R. 2812), H5407 [5SE]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H10966 [20DE]

———use of safety belts and restraint systems by children (see H.R. 597), H5455 [6SE]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H5406 [5SE]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 663), H5406 [5SE]

National Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 179), H3805 [28JN]

National security: develop local emergency response plans that provide a defined and unified response to terrorist attacks and other catastrophes (see H.R. 3161), H7217 [23OC]

Native Americans: clarify citizenship eligibility for certain members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona (see H.R. 2348), H5456 [6SE]

New York, NY: tribute to firefighters killed in the line of duty during hardware store fire (see H. Res. 172), H3259 [19JN]

———tribute to the New York City public school community during and after the terrorist attacks on World Trade Center and support Federal assistance to New York City public schools (see H. Res. 325), H10909 [19DE]

NIH: uterine fibroid research funding (see H.R. 1672), H1859 [2MY]

North American Slavery Memorial Council: establish (see H.R. 762), H442 [27FE]

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

NSF: demonstration project to encourage interest in the fields of mathematics, science, and information technology (see H.R. 1660), H1715 [1MY]

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

Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H8732 [29NO]

Postal Service: preservation of six day mail delivery (see H. Res. 154), H3807 [28JN]

———tribute (see H. Con. Res. 257), H7853 [6NO]

Power resources: ensure the energy self-sufficiency of the U.S. (see H.R. 1830), H4780 [27JY]

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor: award to officers killed, injured, or involved in rescue efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 243), H6421 [5OC]

Public safety officers: provide benefits to those who die or become disabled as a result of certain injuries (see H.R. 3063), H8421 [27NO]

Public welfare programs: authorize State use of funds provided under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to support infant safe haven programs (see H.R. 2018), H4863 [30JY]

———expand the purpose of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to include poverty reduction (see H.R. 2166), H3150 [13JN]

Queens, NY: temporarily limit the number of airline flights at LaGuardia Airport (see H.R. 757), H442 [27FE]

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

Ramadan: recognize Islamic holy month and commend Muslims for their faith (see H. Res. 280), H8421 [27NO]

Raymond M. Downey Post Office Building, Deer Park, NY: designate (see H.R. 3379), H10055 [12DE]

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

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. 3073), H6504 [10OC]

———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, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3073), H6781 [12OC]

Schools: develop and implement comprehensive school safety plans (see H.R. 1216), H4014 [16JY]

———establish a grant program to promote emotional and social development and school readiness (see H.R. 2636), H4633 [25JY]

———prohibit the sale of foods with minimal nutritional value in schools participating in Federal meal programs (see H.R. 2129), H3066 [12JN]

September 11th Victim Compensation Fund: expand to include individuals diagnosed with anthrax (see H.R. 3194), H7719 [1NO]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: make certain improvements (see H.R. 2222), H4113 [17JY]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H1923 [3MY]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H4009 [12JY]

———disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 844), H623 [1MR]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H1605 [25AP]

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

States: adopt and enforce standards that prohibit the use of racial profiling in the enforcement of laws regulating the use of Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1907), H2333 [17MY]

———authorize prohibition or imposition of certain limitations on the receipt of foreign municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1927), H5126 [1AU]

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

———allow an employer tax credit for the costs of providing certain transportation fringe benefits to employees (see H.R. 906), H1295 [28MR]

———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), H4113 [17JY]

———allow investments by certain retirement plans in principal residences of children and grandchildren of participants who are first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 2308), H5456 [6SE]

———allow refundable credit for rent in excess of certain amount of income (see H.R. 2338), H3711 [27JN]

———allow taxpayers to designate income tax refunds for a Phoenix Fund for Victim Assistance (see H.R. 2902), H5736 [19SE]

———allow taxpayers to designate income tax refunds for use in medical research conducted through the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 1673), H4113 [17JY]

———disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (see H.R. 2520), H4950 [31JY]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H1116 [22MR]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H4014 [16JY]

———extend and expand the enhanced deduction for charitable contributions of computers to provide public access to computers (see H.R. 2281), H3464 [21JN]

———extend the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 1238), H5339 [2AU]

———first-time homebuyers tax credit (see H.R. 1773), H4949 [31JY]

———incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources (see H.R. 2108), H3260 [19JN]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H109 [30JA]

———provide incentives for the recovery of businesses in New York, NY, which were impacted by terrorist attacks (see H.R. 3402), H9078 [6DE]

———provide individual income tax rate reductions, relief to families with children, marriage penalty relief, and eliminate the estate tax for certain decedents (see H.R. 1398), H2184 [15MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H167 [31JA]

———repeal limit on the allowance of a deduction of interest on higher education loans (see H.R. 686), H2022 [8MY]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H2571 [22MY]

———treatment of computers and Internet access provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 1835), H2183 [15MY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H5339 [2AU]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 90), H112 [30JA]

Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (see H.R. 3255), H7959 [8NO]

———compensate victims of bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa on the same basis as compensation is provided to victims of attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3375), H10910 [19DE]

———expedite payment of certain benefits for public safety officers killed or injured due to terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2882), H5615 [13SE]

———tribute 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. Con. Res. 232), H8732 [29NO]

Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 988), H875 [13MR]

Treaties and agreements: implement the agreement establishing a U.S.-Jordan free trade area (see H.R. 1484), H1486 (see H.R. 1484), H1496 [4AP]

U.N.: enhance capability to rapidly respond to emerging crises (see H.R. 938), H5455 [6SE]

———establish permanent security force (see H. Res. 194), H4013 [16JY]

———U.S. participation in World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance (see H. Res. 211), H4780 [27JY]

U.S. Commission on Election Law Reform: establish (see H.R. 49), H2890 [5JN]

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

Veterans: increase burial benefits paid for plot allowances and pay States for plot allowances for veterans eligible for burial in a national cemetery who are buried in cemeteries of such States (see H.R. 2123), H4010 [12JY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H5488 [10SE]

———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1808), H4216 [18JY]

———repeal manifestation period for a presumption of service-connection for respiratory cancers occurring in Vietnam veterans (see H.R. 1587), H3619 [26JN]

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

———require States to give notice and opportunity for review prior to removing individuals from list of eligible voters in Federal elections for crime convictions (see H.R. 1971), H2713 [24MY]

Voting Rights Act: congressional commitment (see H. Res. 139), H2185 [15MY]

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

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), H1346 [29MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Jamaica: condemn civil unrest (see H. Con. Res. 198), H4634 [25JY]

Remarks

Aviation: Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, H7596 [1NO]

———improve security (H.R. 3150), H7596 [1NO]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), H5906 [21SE]

———provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures, H5906 [21SE]

``Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989'': authorizing printing (H. Con. Res. 43), H481 [28FE]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1246 [28MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), motion to instruct conferees, H1513 [24AP]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3338), H8536 [28NO]

Dept. of HUD: Public Housing Drug Elimination Program funding through reductions in HOME Investment Partnerships Program and home ownership downpayment assistance, H4738 [27JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4738 [27JY]

Education: funding, H1513 [24AP]

New York: provide for temporary emergency unemployment assistance, H8536 [28NO]

SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (H.R. 1088), H3171 [14JN]

Taxation: rates (H.R. 1836), E922 [24MY]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting rate brackets, standard deductions, and the earned income tax credit and increase child credits (H.R. 6), H1306 [29MR]

Terrorism: economic impact of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5906 [21SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H8180 [14NO]