FERGUSON, MICHAEL (a Representative from New Jersey)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: condemn the Taliban for requiring Hindus to wear identifying symbols (see H. Con. Res. 145), H2848 [25MY]

Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 1421), H10966 [20DE]

Air pollution: reduce emissions of fossil-fuel-generated carbon dioxide to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions (see H. Res. 117), H3069 [12JN]

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

———prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H6066 [28SE]

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), H4780 [27JY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H650 [6MR]

Bingham, Hiram, IV: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 75), H1060 [21MR]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H5616 [13SE]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 1831), H2182 [15MY]

China, People's Republic of: condemn detention and call for immediate release of U.S. scholars of Chinese ancestry (see H. Res. 160), H3520 [25JN]

———persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 188), H5488 [10SE]

Clean Air Act: eliminate the phase-in period for the reduction of sulfur content in diesel fuel (see H.R. 1891), H3203 [14JN]

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), H8949 [5DE]

———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), H5925 [21SE]

Crime: amend laws relative to false communications about certain criminal violations (see H.R. 3209), H7717 [1NO]

———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]

———establish Federal criminal penalties and civil remedies for certain violent, threatening, obstructive and destructive conduct that is intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with plant or animal enterprises (see H.R. 2795), H6919 [16OC]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1343), H2680 [23MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 2081), H2955 [6JN]

Dept. of Defense: require certain contractors to investigate, assess, and provide fingerprint cards, with respect to individuals who perform work on military installations or facilities (see H.R. 3367), H8843 [4DE]

———review military service records to determine if certain Jewish war veterans should be awarded the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 606), H929 [14MR]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 477), H2334 [17MY]

Dept. of HUD: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (see H.R. 1433), H8421 [27NO]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 28), H1012 [20MR]

Dept. of Labor: establish voluntary protection programs (see H.R. 2235), H6422 [5OC]

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

———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 2285), H3464 [21JN]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H1346 [29MR]

———prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers (see H.R. 1008), H876 [13MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish emergency medical preparedness centers (see H.R. 3253), H8421 [27NO]

———improve allocation of health care resources to different geographic regions in the U.S. (see H.R. 2633, 2634), H4633 [25JY]

Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see H.R. 2629), H4633 [25JY]

———expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1410 [3AP]

———increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease (see H.R. 1254), H5406 [5SE]

Education: increase the technically trained workforce (see H.R. 3130), H8248 [15NO]

———Pell Grant Program funding (see H. Res. 13), H400 [14FE]

———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 28), H221 [7FE]

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

Families and domestic relations: recognize and support crisis pregnancy centers (see H. Res. 302), H8948 [5DE]

FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 482), H6780 [12OC]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 2180), H3201 [14JN]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2180), H3807 [28JN]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H2185 [15MY]

Finger Lakes National Forest: prohibit oil and natural gas drilling (see H.R. 3460), H9239 [11DE]

Firearms: assist State and local governments in conducting community gun buy back programs (see H.R. 278), H1012 [20MR]

———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]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H2713 [24MY]

———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]

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), H1925 [3MY]

Hazardous substances: develop protocols for uniform national responses to public health emergencies involving dangerous biological or chemical agents (see H.R. 3176), H8339 [16NO]

———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), H5406 [5SE]

———establish a Nurse Corps and address the nursing shortage through recruitment and retention strategies (see H.R. 3020), H9078 [6DE]

Homeless: educational assistance for children and youth (see H.R. 825), H622 [1MR]

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

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

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1485), H7852 [6NO]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (see H.R. 3210), H7717 [1NO]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H828 [8MR]

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

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), H2712 [24MY]

Israel: elections (see H. Res. 31), H223 [7FE]

———express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 280), H8842 [4DE]

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

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 2074), H2955 [6JN]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H4009 [12JY]

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

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H1489 [4AP]

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H6380 [4OC]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2185 [15MY]

———improve payments and regulation under the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 3584), H10964 [20DE]

———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), H4863 [30JY]

———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), H1557 [24AP]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see H.R. 3046), H7333 [25OC]

———provide that geographic reclassifications of hospitals from one urban area to another do not result in lower wage indexes (see H.R. 2003), H2710 [24MY]

———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), H8843 [4DE]

———stabilize and improve the Medicare+Choice Program (see H.R. 2980), H10067 [13DE]

Mexico: compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations (see H. Res. 152, 152), H3207 [18JN]

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), H7910 [7NO]

———provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H5406 [5SE]

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), H1345 [29MR]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see H. Res. 116), H1488 (see H. Res. 116), H1499 [4AP]

National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1192), H1661 [26AP]

Natural Gas Act: limit use of eminent domain to acquire certain State-owned property (see H.R. 295), H832 [12MR]

Natural resources: promote the conservation and preservation of working farms, ranches, and private forests (see H.R. 2375), H5456 [6SE]

NIST: establish electronic commerce extension program to ensure that small businesses participate fully in the electronic commerce revolution (see H.R. 524), H325 [13FE]

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

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

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H1925 [3MY]

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), H1191 [27MR]

———provide for the financing of high-speed rail infrastructure (see H.R. 2950), H6380 [4OC]

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

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. 2961), H6055 [25SE] (see H.R. 3073), H6504 [10OC] (see H.R. 3230), H7851 [6NO]

SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (see H.R. 1088), H1061 [21MR]

Sharon, Ariel: commend election as Prime Minister of Israel, encourage end to Middle East violence, and reaffirm U.S. commitment to friendship (see H. Res. 34), H325 [13FE]

Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (see H.R. 327), H955 [15MR]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 97), H827 [8MR]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H828 [8MR]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 2), H324 [13FE]

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

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

———allow a deduction for State tuition program expenses and prohibit exclusion of distributions used for education expenses from gross income (see H.R. 475), H1346 [29MR]

———allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 168), H650 [6MR]

———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), H5339 [2AU]

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

———permanently extend research credit (see H.R. 1329), H1925 [3MY]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 41), H623 [1MR]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see H.R. 318), H1556 [24AP]

———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]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H926 [14MR]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H1410 [3AP]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H877 [13MR]

———treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms (see H.R. 1357), H1661 [26AP]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H650 [6MR]

———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 1037), H1661 [26AP]

Terrorism: 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), H6138 [2OC]

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

U.N.: transfer of evidence to the Israeli Government concerning the abduction of Israeli Defense Force soldiers by Hezbollah forces (see H. Res. 191), H4541 [24JY]

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

Veterans: establish a comprehensive program for the testing and treatment of the hepatitis C virus (see H.R. 639), H394 [14FE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1190 [27MR]

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

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H8565 [28NO]

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

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), H3619 [26JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act: clarify that reductions in compensation by amounts received from collateral sources that charitable contributions are not included in such sources (see H.R. 3376), H8731 [29NO]

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

Education: establishment of a commission on technology and education (see H. Res. 295), H8421 [27NO]

Fannie E. Rippel Foundation: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 156), H3067 [12JN]

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

Kopicki, John R.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 156), H3067 [12JN]

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

Schering-Plough Corp.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 156), H3067 [12JN]

Remarks

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), H5671 [14SE]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H1534 [24AP]

Clan Currie Society: tribute, E2272 [13DE]

D-Day: anniversary, E1003 [5JN]

Duke University: tribute to men's basketball team, E526 [3AP]

Education: establishment of a commission on technology and education (H. Res. 295), H8742 [30NO]

———national policy to improve system, H114 [31JA]

———tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 28), H184 [6FE]

India: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (H. Con. Res. 15), H124 [31JA]

International Children's Day: observance, E1174 [21JN]

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (H.R. 1954), E1452 [26JY]

Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (H. Con. Res. 91), H1678 [1MY]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians, H8751 [4DE]

New Jersey State Law Enforcement Officers Association: tribute (H. Res. 224), H7697, H7698 [1NO]

Provider Appreciation Day: observance, E787 [10MY]

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 (H. Con. Res. 243), H7367 [30OC]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), H8186 [15NO], H8428 [28NO]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), consideration (H. Res. 214), H4912 [31JY]

Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (H.R. 327), H939 [15MR]

Taxation: provide incentives for the recovery of businesses in New York, NY, which were impacted by terrorist attacks, H10138 [13DE]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 2884), H10138 [13DE]

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), H5568 [11SE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5568 [11SE]

University of Notre Dame: tribute to women's basketball team, E529 [3AP]

World War II: preserve certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former prisoners of war used as slave labor (H.R. 1198), E1297 [11JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2953 [6JN]

Special order: granted, H1551 [24AP]

Tributes

Vaghi, Peter J., H10913 [20DE]

Williams, Jason, E526 [3AP]