FOLEY, MARK (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4691 [26JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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]

———require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1605), H3203 [14JN]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 23), H8421 [27NO]

Archivist of the U.S.: establish the Holocaust Insurance Registry and require certain disclosures by insurers (see H.R. 2693), H5124 [1AU]

Armed Forces: annual determination of the basic benefit rate for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1280), H1661 [26AP]

———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 320), H1410 [3AP]

———increase basic pay (see H.R. 2310), H4949 [31JY]

———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H3466 [21JN]

———provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 51), H1295 [28MR]

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

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

Aviation: 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]

———provide economic relief to general aviation small businesses that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3007), H10910 [19DE]

———require background checks for individuals enrolled in flight schools (see H.R. 2932), H6505 [10OC]

Babbitt, Dina: release of paintings by the Auschwitz-Birkenau state museum in Poland (see H. Con. Res. 118), H1716 [1MY]

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

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H2998 [7JN]

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]

Children and youth: 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]

———recognize importance and support goals and ideas of National Youth Day (see H. Res. 124), H3069 [12JN]

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

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1699), H2712 [24MY]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 65), H4950 [31JY]

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), H7718 [1NO]

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

Crime: 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]

———human rights violations (see H. Res. 91), H1191 [27MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 98), H1012 [20MR]

Dept. of Defense: review military service records to determine if certain Jewish war veterans should be awarded the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 606), H955 [15MR]

———use of facilities as polling places for Federal, State, and local elections (see H.R. 2006), H2710 [24MY]

Dept. of Labor: impose limitations on the wage that an employer is required to pay an H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker (see H.R. 2457), H4010 [12JY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study on the inclusion of Virginia Key Beach, FL, in the National Park System (see H.R. 2109), H10966 [20DE]

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

Dept. of the Treasury: report on tax incentives to encourage non-Armed Forces members to participate in an honor guard for veterans' funerals (see H.R. 208), H1346 [29MR]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H1116 [22MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (see H.R. 811), H959 [19MR]

———clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H650 [6MR]

———enhance outreach programs to more fully inform surviving spouses and dependents of available benefits and provide dedicated staff to assist in obtaining those benefits (see H.R. 336), H1346 [29MR]

———establish presumption of service connection for certain diseases and disabilities of veterans who were exposed to carbon tetrachloride (see H.R. 514), H1410 [3AP]

———establish presumption of service connection for cold weather injuries received during military operations (see H.R. 764), H1489 [4AP]

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

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 511), H2281 [16MY]

———recognize for purposes of employing physicians, board certifications from the American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc. (see H. Res. 75), H2680 [23MY]

———revise effective date for award of disability compensation for persons disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation (see H.R. 290), H1410 [3AP]

———suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H6056 [25SE]

———suspend authority to increase the copayment amount in effect for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for the treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2671), H5126 [1AU]

Disasters: authorize disaster assistance for recovery from earthquakes in India and El Salvador (see H.R. 1760), H2021 [8MY]

Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see H.R. 2629), H7723 [5NO]

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

District of Columbia: retrocession to Maryland (see H.R. 810), H621 [1MR]

Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H3067 [12JN]

Earnhardt, Dale: tribute (see H. Res. 57), H442 [27FE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H7127 [17OC]

Education: allow home school students who are eligible for enrollment in the overseas defense dependents' education system to use auxiliary services of system schools (see H.R. 830), H4216 [18JY]

———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]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (see H.R. 1479), H1486 (see H.R. 1479), H1496 [4AP]

Federal aid programs: deny Federal public benefits to individuals who were participants in Nazi persecution (see H.R. 1910), H2712 [24MY]

Financial institutions: ensure continued stability of the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 1293), H1490 [4AP]

———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), H9076 [6DE]

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

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 11), H956 [15MR] (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]

Florida: prohibit offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 1631), H1659 [26AP]

Food Stamp Act: improve nutrition assistance for working families and the elderly (see H.R. 2142), H3067 [12JN]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H8133 [13NO]

Government: nullify effects of certain Executive Orders (see H.R. 19), H6422 [5OC]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: urge all contracting States to recommend the production of practice guides (see H. Con. Res. 69), H1012 [20MR]

Harbors: repeal harbor maintenance tax and authorize appropriations for activities formerly funded with Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund revenues (see H.R. 2737), H5334 [2AU]

Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 31), H324 [13FE]

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

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H2335 [17MY]

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (see H.R. 936), H2023 [8MY]

Immigration: adjust status of certain Colombian and Peruvian nationals (see H.R. 945), H826 [8MR]

———allow the Dept. of State and INS electronic access to certain FBI criminal records to determine whether or not a visa applicant or applicant for admission has a criminal record (see H.R. 2965), H6260 [3OC]

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

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 1542), H1861 [2MY]

INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (see H.R. 3231), H8249 [15NO]

Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H1498 [4AP]

———coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 37), H399 [14FE]

———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), H1295 [28MR]

———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 162), H3150 [13JN]

———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), H506 [28FE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H5488 [10SE]

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

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

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

Joseph W. Westmoreland Post Office Building, Jay, FL: designate (see H.R. 2240), H3619 [26JN]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H5339 [2AU]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H2849 [25MY]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H650 [6MR]

Marjory Williams Scrivens Post Office, Miami, FL: designate (see H.R. 364), H443 [27FE]

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), H8948 [5DE]

Medicare: apply the bloodborne pathogens standard to hospitals not subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act (see H.R. 2933), H5926 [21SE]

———coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H621 [1MR]

———coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see H.R. 3278), H8339 [16NO]

———coverage of inpatient hospital services in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 1656), H1715 [1MY]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H1659 [26AP]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 1202), H1296 [28MR]

———delay the deadline for Medicare+Choice organizations to report plan information, including information on adjusted community rates (see H.R. 1993), H2710 [24MY]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 3569), H10964 [20DE]

———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 2484), H4008 [12JY]

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (see H.R. 2058), H2888 [5JN]

———provide adequate coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for certain kidney transplant patients (see H.R. 1839), H10067 [13DE]

———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), H648 [6MR]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (see H.R. 2768), H5335 [2AU] (see H.R. 3391), H8842 [4DE]

———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), H8732 [29NO]

———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2073), H5340 [2AU]

Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force: establish (see H.R. 67), H1295 [28MR]

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), H1115 [22MR]

Military Selective Service Act: repeal (see H.R. 1597), H2680 [23MY]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see H.R. 1388), H1718 [1MY]

National Guard: end the prohibition against overtime pay for military technicians (see H.R. 512), H1410 [3AP]

———provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions for technicians (see H.R. 513), H1410 [3AP]

National Homeland Security Agency: establish (see H.R. 1158), H6380 [4OC]

Native Americans: tribute to veterans (see H. Con. Res. 166), H4114 [17JY]

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

Nuclear energy: improve security at U.S. nuclear facilities (see H. Con. Res. 267), H8182 [14NO]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H2022 [8MY]

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

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 572), H322 [13FE]

———provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see H.R. 2269), H3464 [21JN]

———reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 380), H165 [31JA]

Privacy: protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (see H.R. 220), H650 [6MR]

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), H6781 [12OC]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize supplemental grant for population increases in certain States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 1930), H2569 [22MY]

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

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]

Ronald W. Reagan Post Office Building, Melbourne, FL: designate (see H.R. 395), H218 [7FE]

Schools: allow certain grants to be used to establish and maintain school safety hotlines (see H.R. 899), H1013 [20MR]

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

———provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in public schools (see H.R. 630), H394 [14FE]

SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (see H.R. 1088), H959 [19MR]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: increase amount paid to survivors of certain members of the Armed Forces who died in the performance of duty (see H.R. 1015), H1116 [22MR]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H3863 [10JY]

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

———create personal guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, restore long-term solvency, and make certain benefit improvements (see H.R. 3497), H10066 [13DE]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H222 [7FE]

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H1489 [4AP]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 1731), H4780 [27JY]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2036), H2847 [25MY]

———ensure solvency (see H. Con. Res. 214), H5338 [2AU]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 634), H394 [14FE]

———modify reporting requirements (see H.R. 930), H740 [7MR]

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H2679 [23MY]

———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), H1059 [21MR]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 2), H252 [8FE]

———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]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see H.R. 2329), H4010 [12JY]

———allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 322), H224 [7FE]

———allow a refundable credit to military retirees for Medicare coverage (see H.R. 81), H955 [15MR]

———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (see H.R. 1275), H1294 [28MR]

———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 3131), H6918 [16OC]

———allow advanced applied technology equipment to be expensed and reduce the depreciation recovery periods for certain other property (see H.R. 2485), H4008 [12JY]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1598), H1657 [26AP]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 824), H1717 [1MY]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H1605 [25AP]

———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), H6380 [4OC]

———allow income tax refund (see H.R. 1227), H1188 [27MR]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the military reserves and a comparable credit to self-employed military reserve participants (see H.R. 394), H218 [7FE]

———allow taxpayers to include citrus canker tree replacement payments as income or gain (see H.R. 2824), H5338 [2AU]

———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), H6380 [4OC]

———clarify application of the excise tax imposed on bows and arrows (see H.R. 2001), H2710 [24MY]

———clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3324), H8337 [16NO]

———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]

———deduction for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 1702), H1923 [3MY]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty relative to income limits for Individual Retirement Account deductions (see H.R. 1611), H2142 [10MY]

———encourage the development of a cost effective commercial space transportation industry (see H.R. 2177), H3201 [14JN]

———ensure that income averaging for farmers does not increase a farmer's liability for the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 658), H395 [14FE]

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

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see H.R. 586), H2022 [8MY]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H1410 [3AP]

———expand nontaxable exchange period within which commercial citrus trees destroyed under public order due to canker may be replaced (see H.R. 2823), H5338 [2AU]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H3258 [19JN]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 1182), H1717 [1MY]

———extend filing period for credits or refunds (see H.R. 1336), H1407 [3AP]

———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 1265), H1294 [28MR]

———extend the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 1238), H1411 [3AP]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from biomass (see H.R. 1657), H1715 [1MY]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources to include landfill gas (see H.R. 1863), H2280 [16MY]

———first-time homebuyers tax credit (see H.R. 1773), H5928 [21SE]

———foster innovation and technological advancement in the development of the Internet and electronic commerce, and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (see H.R. 1410), H1482 (see H.R. 1410), H1492 [4AP]

———improve electric reliability, enhance transmission infrastructure, and facilitate access to the electric transmission grid (see H.R. 1459), H1861 [2MY]

———incentives for education (see H.R. 549), H253 [8FE]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet and promotion of employer and employee participation in telework arrangements (see H.R. 2597), H4428 [23JY]

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

———include compensation for compulsory or involuntary commercial plant conversions as income or gain (see H.R. 2822), H5337 [2AU]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H25 [3JA]

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

———permit cooperatives to pay dividends on preferred stock without reducing patronage dividends (see H.R. 2280), H5927 [21SE]

———promote, protect, and clarify status of professional employer organizations (see H.R. 2807), H6380 [4OC]

———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see H.R. 1316), H3203 [14JN]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1030), H928 [14MR]

———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 1727), H2023 [8MY]

———provide credit for medical research relative to developing vaccines against widespread diseases and assure such vaccines are affordable and widely distributed (see H.R. 1504), H1497 [4AP]

———provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited tax holiday (see H.R. 3301), H8248 [15NO]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see H.R. 778), H3519 [25JN]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 1412), H1482 (see H.R. 1412), H1492 [4AP]

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

———provide tax-exempt status for organizations created by a State to provide property and casualty insurance coverage for property (see H.R. 1789), H2082 [9MY]

———provide that ancestors or lineal descendants of members of the Armed Forces shall be taken into account in determining tax-exempt status of veterans' organizations (see H.R. 1754), H5928 [21SE]

———rates (see H.R. 3), H650 [6MR]

———recycling and remanufacturing equipment credit (see H.R. 1304), H3068 [12JN]

———reduce individual capital gains rates (see H.R. 1342), H1661 [26AP]

———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]

———reduce the per dose tax on vaccines (see H.R. 921), H4541 [24JY]

———repeal alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 437), H1660 [26AP]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 330), H163 [31JA]

———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), H64 [6JA]

———repeal limitation on the use of foreign tax credits under the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1600), H1658 [26AP]

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see H.R. 1024), H1191 [27MR]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H877 [13MR] (see H.R. 192), H955 [15MR]

———treat certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance as an involuntary conversion (see H.R. 2374), H7529 [30OC]

———treat spaceports like airports under exempt facility bond rules (see H.R. 1931), H2569 [22MY]

———treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms (see H.R. 1357), H1408 [3AP]

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

———treatment of Alaska Native settlement trusts (see H.R. 1692), H1860 [2MY]

———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1434), H1484 (see H.R. 1434), H1493 [4AP]

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

———treatment of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 984), H875 [13MR]

———treatment of bonds issued to acquire renewable resources on land subject to conservation easement (see H.R. 1711), H2185 [15MY]

———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 1438), H2387 [21MY]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 2350), H3712 [27JN]

———treatment of certain foreign base company shipping income (see H.R. 3312), H8336 [16NO]

———treatment of crops destroyed by casualty (see H.R. 2354), H3801 [28JN]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H622 [1MR]

———treatment of depreciation of computer equipment (see H.R. 1895, 1895), H3207 [18JN]

———treatment of depreciation of computers and other technological equipment, software, and certain auction-acquired telecommunications licenses (see H.R. 2981), H6135 [2OC]

———treatment of distributions from publicly traded partnerships (see H.R. 1463), H1485 (see H.R. 1463), H1495 [4AP]

———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 1483), H1486 (see H.R. 1483), H1496 [4AP]

———treatment of expenses in connection with services as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 968), H1013 [20MR]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H1295 [28MR]

———treatment of income from land sold to a government agency or a nonprofit organization for conservation purposes (see H.R. 2290), H6380 [4OC]

———treatment of individuals employed in the entertainment industry (see H.R. 3573), H10964 [20DE]

———treatment of investments in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 2550), H5340 [2AU]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see H.R. 661), H395 [14FE]

———treatment of prepayments for natural gas (see H.R. 1986), H2709 [24MY]

———treatment of sale of certain animals associated with educational programs (see H.R. 1599), H5928 [21SE]

———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 1037), H1489 [4AP]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the Armed Forces while on official extended duty (see H.R. 356), H955 [15MR]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see H.R. 1596), H1657 [26AP]

———treatment of unearned income of children attributable to personal injury awards (see H.R. 2229), H4113 [17JY]

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 525), H1664 [27AP] (see H. Res. 52), H399 [14FE]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see H.R. 3448), H9239 [11DE]

Ukrainian American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 818), H621 [1MR]

Urban areas: encourage development and integrated use by public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information to assist in management of community growth (see H.R. 2426), H9239 [11DE]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 440), H1488 [4AP]

———authorize certain disabled veterans and their dependents to use Dept. of Defense commissary stores and post and base exchanges (see H.R. 439), H1488 [4AP]

———change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 699), H955 [15MR]

———establish a comprehensive program for the testing and treatment of the hepatitis C virus (see H.R. 639), H1557 [24AP]

———expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with respect to radiation-exposed veterans (see H.R. 134), H1410 [3AP]

———increase maximum amount of home loan guarantees available to veterans (see H.R. 442), H1488 [4AP]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H253 [8FE]

———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), H223 (see H.R. 303), H224 [7FE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H959 [19MR]

Voting: establish a grant program to assist State and local governments with improving the administration of elections through activities which may include the modernization of voting procedures and equipment (see H.R. 354), H164 [31JA]

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

———guarantee the right of military personnel to vote when serving away from home and extend voter registration and absentee ballot protections for such personnel to State and local elections (see H.R. 1377), H5339 [2AU]

———prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (see H.R. 159), H1190 [27MR]

———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), H224 [7FE]

Walsh, John: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 911), H739 [7MR]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 668), H2889 [5JN]

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), H1114 [22MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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), H739 [7MR]

Citizenship: constitutional amendment to restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 59), H4779 [27JY]

Committee on Small Business (House): majority party appointments (see H. Res. 70), H507 [28FE]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): majority party appointments (see H. Res. 257), H6505 [10OC]

Committees of the House: majority party appointments (see H. Res. 158), H2976 [7JN] (see H. Res. 184), H3805 [28JN]

Dept. of Commerce: make grants to States for advertising that promotes travel and tourism (see H.R. 3321), H8337 [16NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a new veterans benefits office in Florida (see H.R. 1450), H1484 (see H.R. 1450), H1494 [4AP]

Disasters: creation of protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from future catastrophic events (see H.R. 785), H506 [28FE]

Health: prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care workers who report unsafe conditions and practices (see H.R. 2340), H3712 [27JN]

Immigration: prevent admission, require removal, and authorize investigation of aliens who commit acts of torture or genocide abroad (see H.R. 1449), H1484 (see H.R. 1449), H1494 [4AP]

Insurance: require foreign insurance companies to disclose dealings with Holocaust victims, submit requests on claims by such individuals, and prohibit business dealings with companies failing to comply with requests (see H.R. 3408), H8948 [5DE]

Medicare: coverage of hearing aids and related hearing services (see H.R. 2934), H5926 [21SE]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 2632), H4633 [25JY]

———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), H1555 [24AP]

———treatment of certain physician pathology services (see H.R. 1451), H1484 (see H.R. 1451), H1494 [4AP]

National 4-H Council: centennial of 4-H Youth Development Program (see H. Res. 112), H1409 [3AP]

Taxation: allow income tax refund (see H.R. 1208), H1121 [26MR]

———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), H648 [6MR]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 876), H648 [6MR]

———inclusion of estimated income-contingent costs to determine depreciation of property, including films, under the income forecast method (see H.R. 1272), H1294 [28MR]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 88), H27 [3JA]

———modify the at-risk rules for publicly traded nonrecourse debt (see H.R. 1752), H2021 [8MY]

———provide a credit for higher education loan interest payments (see H.R. 1072), H954 [15MR]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 826), H622 [1MR]

———provide credits for modifications to inter-city buses required under the Americans With Disabilities Act (see H.R. 915), H739 [7MR]

———reduce holding period for certain capital gains rates (see H.R. 1235), H1188 [27MR]

———treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 1555), H1555 [24AP]

Essays

Eternal Flame of America: Dino Laudati, H5932 [24SE]

Letters

Comparison of responses to Dale Earnhardt's death and soldiers killed in Army Black Hawk helicopter accident in Hawaii: Jennifer Liedel, H856 [13MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H5179 [2AU], H8951 [6DE]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6337 [4OC]

———price supports for sugar, H6337 [4OC]

American Heart Month: observance, H327 [14FE]

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), H5655 [14SE]

———military response to terrorist attacks, H8135 [14NO]

Army: tribute to soldiers killed in Black Hawk helicopter accident in Hawaii, H855 [13MR]

Aviation: Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, H7310 [25OC], H7532 [31OC], H7594, H7675 [1NO], H8163 [14NO], H8184 [15NO]

———improve security (H.R. 3150), H7310 [25OC], H7532 [31OC], H7594, H7675 [1NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), H8163 [14NO], H8184 [15NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), conference report, H8308 [16NO]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), consideration (H. Res. 244), same-day consideration (H. Res. 242), H5877 [21SE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H468 [28FE]

Bush, President: State of the Union Message, H468 [28FE]

California: energy crisis, H3524 [26JN]

Capitol Pages: tribute, H2979 [7JN]

Charities: tribute to entertainment industry fundraising efforts in response to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, E1990 [2NO]

Committee on Small Business (House): majority party appointments (H. Res. 70), H468 [28FE]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): majority party appointments (H. Res. 257), H6487 [10OC]

Committees of the House: majority party appointments (H. Res. 158), H2976 [7JN]

———majority party appointments (H. Res. 184), H3788 [28JN]

Dept. of Defense: antiterrorism initiatives funding, H6027 [25SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), H6027 [25SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), E2185 [30NO]

Dept. of Education: urge continuation of safety patrol visits to U.S. Capitol, H6264 [4OC]

Dept. of Justice: Save-A-Friend National Hotline Program funding, E2151 [28NO]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3424 [21JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: benefit claims processing funding through reductions in NSF funding, H4691, H4693 [26JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4137 [18JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4685, H4691, H4693 [26JY]

———veterans health care, public housing, homeless shelters, EPA enforcement, and Corp. for National and Community Service funding through reductions in tax cut, H4685 [26JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), consideration (H. Res. 180), H3643 [27JN]

EPA: implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, H3006 [12JN]

Ethiopia: human rights violations, H2330 [17MY]

Florida: prohibit offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf, H3006 [12JN]

Fort Pierce, FL: anniversary of Exchange Club CASTLE (Child Abuse Training and Life Enrichment) Program, E451 [27MR]

4-H Youth Development Program: centennial (H. Res. 112), H1689 [1MY]

Gulf of Mexico: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities in certain areas, H3424 [21JN]

Hazardous substances: investigation of anthrax bacteria outbreak, H6488 [10OC], H6922 [17OC], H7219 [24OC]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5182 [2AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), consideration (H. Res. 219), H5189 [2AU]

House of Representatives: authority of officials during adjournment, H3788 [28JN]

India: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (H. Con. Res. 15), H123 [31JA]

IRS: taxpayer refund, H4545 [25JY]

Journal: question of approval, H8423 [28NO]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (H.R. 2632), H6413 [5OC]

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (H.R. 2058), E1017 [5JN]

Moakley, John Joseph: tribute (H. Res. 157), H2915 [6JN]

National security: national missile defense system, H6027 [25SE]

Navy: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution bioluminescence program funding, E2185 [30NO]

Northern Ireland: peace efforts, H946 [15MR]

Pahokee, FL: city marina dredging project funding, H4137 [18JY]

Palm Beach County, FL: tribute to increased blood donations in response to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5932 [24SE]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (H.R. 2269), H8197 [15NO]

Power resources: national energy policy, H3621 [27JN]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (H.R. 3487), E2399 [20DE]

Pulaski Day: observance, E1777 [2OC]

Social Security: permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 1143), H3264 [20JN]

Taxation: extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (H.R. 876), E314 [8MR]

———inclusion of estimated income-contingent costs to determine depreciation of property, including films, under the income forecast method (H.R. 1272), E478 [28MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H8171 [14NO], H8184 [15NO], H8424 [28NO], H8742 [30NO], H8845 [5DE], H10057 [13DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration (H. Res. 270), H7229 [24OC]

———rates (H.R. 3), H904 [14MR]

———rates (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 83), H749 [8MR]

———rates (H.R. 1836), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 153), H2827 [25MY]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting rate brackets, standard deductions, and the earned income tax credit and increase child credits (H.R. 6), H1311 [29MR]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5593 [13SE], H5633 [14SE], H5932 [24SE]

———deter and punish terrorist acts, H6922 [17OC]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5980 [25SE], H6166 [3OC]

Veterans: health care funding, H4374 [20JY]

Votes: position on missed, H3972 [12JY], E1598 [6SE]

World AIDS Day: observance, H8569 [29NO], H8743 [30NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H504 [28FE], H619 [1MR], H874 [13MR], H925 [14MR], H948 [15MR], H3064 [12JN], H5701 [14SE], H5923 [21SE], H6258 [3OC], H6376 [4OC], H6503 [10OC], H8180 [14NO], H8246 [15NO], H8744 [30NO], H8947 [5DE]

Statements

Condemn and Respond to Hijacking and Crashing of Commercial Aircraft Into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA: Beth Horner, H5932 [24SE]

Tributes

Davis, Clive, E902 [23MY]

Ross, Al, E1732 [25SE]