QUINN, JACK (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (see H.R. 2402), H4217 [18JY]

Armed Forces: extend the deadline for granting posthumous citizenship to members who die while on active-duty service (see H.R. 2623), H5616 [13SE]

———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H2570 [22MY]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and establish a joint congressional task force to assess the education and training needs for Latin American military personnel (see H.R. 1810), H8564 [28NO]

Aviation: permit carriers to meet and discuss their schedules in order to reduce flight delays (see H.R. 1407), H1482 (see H.R. 1407), H1492 [4AP]

———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), H6380 [4OC]

Basilone, John: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 4), H167 [31JA]

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

Business and industry: ensure project labor agreements are permitted in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1360), H1408 [3AP]

———expand the Manufacturing Extension Program to bring new technologies to small and medium-sized businesses (see H.R. 1417), H1483 (see H.R. 1417), H1492 [4AP]

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]

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see H.R. 3479), H10910 [19DE]

Children and youth: establish national policy on youth development (see H.R. 17), H25 [3JA]

———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), H5928 [21SE]

China, People's Republic of: condemn detention and call for immediate release of U.S. scholars of Chinese ancestry (see H. Res. 160), H3261 [19JN]

Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (see H.R. 25), H650 [6MR]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H7960 [8NO]

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), H7852 [6NO]

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

Dept. of Defense: field current weapons that provide alternatives to landmines, join the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines, and expand support for mine victims (see H.R. 948), H826 [8MR]

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

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

Dept. of HUD: grants to States to supplement assistance for the preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 425), H219 [7FE]

———provide grant renewal under the programs for permanent supportive housing and shelter-plus-care for homeless persons (see H.R. 888), H648 [6MR]

Dept. of the Interior: establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site (see H.R. 400), H1116 [22MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H412 [26FE]

———furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1351), H1408 [3AP]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H398 [14FE]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 2725), H6056 [25SE]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 36), H399 [14FE]

Drugs: discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries (see H. Res. 26), H3961 [11JY]

Education: establishment of a commission on technology and education (see H. Res. 295), H10356 [18DE]

Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act: revise eligibility and other requirements for loan guarantees (see H.R. 3559), H10963 [20DE]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 721), H3960 [11JY]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H5339 [2AU]

Firefighters: authorize grants to States or communities to assist fire departments in meeting staffing standards (see H.R. 3185), H7529 [30OC]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H876 [13MR]

———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), H3067 [12JN]

Foreign aid: authorize assistance for individuals with disabilities in foreign countries, including victims of landmines, civil strife, and warfare (see H.R. 3169), H7333 [25OC]

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see H.R. 1988), H3358 [20JN]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H8339 [16NO]

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

Government regulations: require peer review of scientific support data (see H.R. 281), H741 [7MR]

Great Lakes: prohibit oil and gas drilling (see H.R. 1032), H928 [14MR]

Great Lakes Basin: affirm authority (see H. Con. Res. 148), H4863 [30JY]

Hazardous substances: require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to reduce mercury emissions (see H.R. 2729), H5333 [2AU]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H10910 [19DE]

———help solve the nursing shortage in hospitals and continuing care settings (see H.R. 1897), H10910 [19DE]

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (see H.R. 936), H825 [8MR]

Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: ensure enforcement to prevent needless suffering of animals (see H. Con. Res. 175), H6066 [28SE]

Immigration: 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. 1242), H1188 [27MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1330), H1406 [3AP]

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), H2022 [8MY]

———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 162), H2571 [22MY]

———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (see H.R. 580), H1660 [26AP]

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

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H253 [8FE]

———require that group and individual health insurance plans and Medicare+Choice organizations provide prompt payment of claims (see H.R. 287), H929 [14MR]

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

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

———respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions (see H. Res. 16), H28 [3JA]

Israel: recognition of Jerusalem as capital (see H.R. 598), H1925 [3MY]

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

Lamb, Brian: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1565), H1861 [2MY]

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

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), H6702 [11OC]

LIHEAP: encourage the release of funds to individuals affected by the terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 300), H8732 [29NO]

Local government: require adoption of a health standard establishing a legal presumption that heart, lung, and respiratory disease are occupational diseases for public safety officers (see H.R. 709), H8842 [4DE]

Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H8948 [5DE]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H2679 [23MY]

Medicare: coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H6137 [2OC]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2890 [5JN]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see H.R. 975), H10910 [19DE]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see H.R. 1354), H10910 [19DE]

———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]

———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), H8564 [28NO]

———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), H2148 [14MY]

———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), H10355 [18DE]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H10910 [19DE]

Metacomet-Monadnock-Sunapee-Mattabesett Trail: designate for study for potential addition to the National Trails System (see H.R. 1814), H7960 [8NO]

Mexico: compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations (see H. Res. 152), H2711 [24MY]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H6137 [2OC]

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), H2281 [16MY]

Natural resources: promote the conservation and preservation of working farms, ranches, and private forests (see H.R. 2375), H3802 [28JN]

New York: conveyance of Governors Island (see H.R. 1334), H2082 [9MY]

New York, NY: tribute to firefighters killed in the line of duty during hardware store fire (see H. Res. 172), H3466 [21JN]

Niagara River National Heritage Area: feasibility study (see H.R. 2609), H5340 [2AU]

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

NTSB: establish a program of assistance to families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents (see H.R. 554), H258 [12FE]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H1489 [4AP]

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), H7909 [7NO]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

Privacy: regulate use of personal information obtained by interactive computer services (see H.R. 89), H112 [30JA]

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]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1059 [21MR]

———provide for the financing of high-speed rail infrastructure (see H.R. 2950), H6055 [25SE]

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

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 7), H166 [31JA]

Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 2815), H5337 [2AU]

Rural areas: provide job creation and assistance (H.R. 2400) (see H.R. 2400), H4217 [18JY]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H2281 [16MY]

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), H7718 [1NO]

———choice of benefit payment method for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 97), H27 [3JA]

———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), H623 [1MR]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H400 [14FE]

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

———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), H1558 [24AP]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H8949 [5DE]

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

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1786), H5488 [10SE]

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

———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see H.R. 2695), H5407 [5SE]

———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), H5339 [2AU]

———encourage patronage of the hospitality, restaurant, and entertainment industries of New York, NY (see H.R. 2940), H5972 [24SE]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (see H.R. 3100), H6701 [11OC]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H954 [15MR]

———provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (see H.R. 1819), H2141 [10MY]

———provide incentives to businesses that rebuild and invest in lower Manhattan (see H.R. 3373), H8731 [29NO]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2884), H5615 [13SE]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting the income tax rate brackets, standard deduction amounts, and earned income tax credit and allow nonrefundable credits against certain tax liability (see H.R. 6), H952 [15MR]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1344 [29MR]

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

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H6056 [25SE]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H2142 [10MY]

———treatment of loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1401), H2680 [23MY]

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

Terrorism: 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]

———improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 525), H252 [8FE]

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

———issue commemorative postage stamp to provide financial assistance to families of public safety officers killed or disabled due to terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2905), H5971 [24SE]

Trade Act: amend (see H.R. 518), H400 [14FE]

Ukrainian American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 818), H2680 [23MY]

Veterans: authorize certain disabled veterans and their dependents to use Dept. of Defense commissary stores and post and base exchanges (see H.R. 439), H3805 [28JN]

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

———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. 303), H1717 [1MY]

———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1808), H2141 [10MY]

Veterans Day: maintain observance on November 11 and separate from any other Federal holiday (see H. Res. 298), H8731 [29NO]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H1346 [29MR]

Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (see H.R. 1875), H4724 [26JY] (see H.R. 3193), H7591 [31OC]

Voting: require States to find convincing evidence of fraud before rejecting ballots submitted by absent military voters and direct the Dept. of Defense to develop an electronic voting plan for such voters (see H.R. 311), H325 [13FE]

World Trade Organization: oppose changes that weaken existing antidumping and safeguard laws during upcoming negotiations (see H. Con. Res. 256), H7529 [30OC]

———preserve ability of the U.S. to rigorously enforce its trade laws and ensure that U.S. exports are not subject to abusive use of trade laws by other countries (see H. Con. Res. 262), H7852 [6NO]

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), H1717 [1MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Aviation: require screening of passengers and property on flights be carried out by FAA employees (see H.R. 2913), H5925 [21SE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H928 [14MR]

Ecology and environment: assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 2064), H2888 [5JN]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (see H.R. 546), H253 [8FE] (see H.R. 2111), H2997 [7JN]

Pearl Harbor Day: treat December 7 in the same manner as Veterans Day for all purposes relative to Federal employment (see H.R. 157), H60 [6JA]

Small businesses: promote business incubator activities (see H.R. 1418), H1483 (see H.R. 1418), H1492 [4AP]

Sphinx (U.S.S.): convey to the Dunkirk Historical Lighthouse and Veterans Park Museum for use as a military museum (see H.R. 2455), H3862 [10JY]

Taxation: encourage the development and deployment of innovative and efficient energy technologies (see H.R. 1945), H2570 [22MY]

Voting: establish uniform poll closing time for Presidential elections (see H.R. 1666), H1715 [1MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H227 [8FE]

Remarks

Buffalo, NY: anniversary of Kalina Singing Society, E627 [25AP]

Dept. of the Interior: weatherization assistance, energy conservation, and payment in lieu of taxes programs funding through reductions in fossil energy research and development program, H3400 [21JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3400 [21JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6643 [11OC]

Every Person Influences Children (EPIC) (organization): tribute, E1467 [30JY]

Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY: designate (H.R. 3392), E2223 [7DE]

Iron and steel industry: respond to the surge of steel imports, E1421 [25JY]

John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse, Boston, MA: designate (H.R. 559), H336 [14FE]

Law enforcement officers: honor and recognize officers killed in the line of duty and daily risks and sacrifices of officers (H. Res. 116), E814 [16MY]

LIHEAP: funding, H6643 [11OC]

Moakley, John Joseph: tribute (H. Res. 157), H2929 [6JN]

NTSB: establish a program of assistance to families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents (H.R. 554), H330, H331 [14FE]

Pearl Harbor Day: treat December 7 in the same manner as Veterans Day for all purposes relative to Federal employment (H.R. 157), E934 [24MY]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), H9160, H9164 [11DE], E799 [15MY]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (H.R. 1140), H4961 [31JY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H4961 [31JY]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 2), E214 [27FE]

Taxation: provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (H.R. 1727), E819 [17MY]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), E2277 [13DE]

United Nations World Food Day: observance, H6265 [4OC]

Votes: position on missed, E1469 [30JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H8419 [27NO]

Tributes

Chism, Scott, E513 [3AP]

Ferreby, Chris, E513 [3AP]

Hasek, Dominik, E496 [29MR]

Smith, Bennett W., Sr., E262 [1MR]

Solomon, Gerald B.H., E1991 [2NO]

Sullivan, Jerry, H227 [8FE]

Thompson, Joseph, E2253 [11DE]