LoBIONDO, FRANK A. (a Representative from New Jersey)

Amendments

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

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), H3566 [26JN]

Appointments

Conferee: S. 1438, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7097 [17OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: condemn the Taliban for requiring Hindus to wear identifying symbols (see H. Con. Res. 145), H2956 [6JN]

———provide for the removal from power of the Taliban regime (see H.R. 3088), H7718 [1NO]

Agriculture: repeal peanut quotas, reduce peanut loan rates, and require the Dept. of Agriculture to purchase peanuts for nutrition programs (see H.R. 2164), H3150 [13JN]

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

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), H10055 [12DE]

Animals: improve enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act as it applies to commercial dog breeders (see H.R. 3058), H6421 [5OC]

———prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H4634 [25JY]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H112 [30JA]

———tribute to National Guard and Reserve units activated in response to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Res. 287), H8249 [15NO]

Aviation: improve security (see H.R. 3150), H7127 [17OC]

———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]

———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]

———provide economic relief to general aviation entities that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3347), H9078 [6DE]

———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), H7128 [17OC]

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

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H3203 [14JN]

Boy Scouts: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 33), H2680 [23MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 8), H166 [31JA]

———establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H1116 [22MR]

Business and industry: ensure project labor agreements are permitted in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1360), H2184 [15MY]

Capitol Police: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 250), H7128 [17OC]

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), H3261 [19JN]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1699), H1923 [3MY] (see H.R. 3507), H10355 [18DE]

———make changes in laws governing personnel, increase marine safety, and improve operations and policies (see H.R. 2481), H4008 [12JY]

———make changes in laws governing personnel, increase marine safety, renew certain safety advisory groups, and improve operations and policies (see H.R. 1099), H1010 [20MR]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H10356 [18DE]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2917), H6919 [16OC]

Corp of Engineers: shore protection and beach replenishment projects funding (see H. Con. Res. 142), H2679 [23MY]

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

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

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1343), H6056 [25SE]

Cyprus: membership in European Union (see H. Con. Res. 164), H5456 [6SE]

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

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), H1557 [24AP]

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

———review military service records to determine if certain Jewish war veterans should be awarded the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 606), H1061 [21MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H1116 [22MR]

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), H4217 [18JY]

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

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H2334 [17MY]

Diseases: collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (see H.R. 239), H412 [26FE]

———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), H5333 [2AU]

———increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease (see H.R. 1254), H2956 [6JN]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 36), H3261 [19JN]

———provide for an awareness program and a study on a rare form of breast cancer (see H.R. 3186), H7529 [30OC]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H4217 [18JY]

FCC: assign radio spectrum frequencies to public safety agencies (see H.R. 3397), H9240 [11DE]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 721), H1660 [26AP]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H1555 [24AP]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H9240 [11DE]

Firearms: applicability of domestic violence-related possession prohibitions to convictions that predate enactment of such prohibitions (see H.R. 21), H1605 [25AP]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 11), H508 [28FE] (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]

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

Gambling: protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling (see H.R. 641), H395 [14FE]

Government regulations: require peer review of scientific support data (see H.R. 281), H959 [19MR]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H4949 [31JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 737), H441 [27FE] (see H.R. 1330), H1406 [3AP]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H1013 [20MR]

———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 1194), H3960 [11JY]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H1061 [21MR]

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), H1660 [26AP]

Israel: relocate U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 30), H5488 [10SE]

Karekin II: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 139), H2680 [23MY]

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), H5928 [21SE]

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), H112 [30JA]

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), H6702 [11OC]

Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 1490), H2849 [25MY]

———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H5456 [6SE]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H1861 [2MY]

———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), H3260 [19JN]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 3109), H7910 [7NO]

———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), H1013 [20MR]

———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]

———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 902), H2082 [9MY]

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

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see H.R. 3351), H9078 [6DE]

———stabilize and improve the Medicare+Choice Program (see H.R. 2980), H7718 [1NO]

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

———provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H3619 [26JN]

National Day of Remembrance: designate (see H. Con. Res. 230), H5928 [21SE]

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), H2023 [8MY]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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

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

———protection of post offices (see H. Con. Res. 181), H6381 [4OC]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (see H.R. 3487), H10066 [13DE]

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

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. 3230), H8182 [14NO]

Schools: allow display of the words ``God Bless America'' in public schools (see H. Con. Res. 248), H6780 [12OC]

Ships and vessels: improve the recording and discharging of maritime liens and expand the American Merchant Marine Memorial Wall of Honor (see H.R. 1098), H1010 [20MR]

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

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H5927 [21SE]

———ensure solvency (see H. Con. Res. 214), H5456 [6SE]

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

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see H.R. 956), H1013 [20MR] (see H.R. 1470), H1485 (see H.R. 1470), H1495 [4AP]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H2023 [8MY]

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

Taxation: 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), H4541 [24JY]

———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), H5704 [14SE]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H1296 [28MR]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H5927 [21SE]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H111 [30JA]

———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals (see H.R. 738), H877 [13MR]

———provide incentives for health coverage for the uninsured (see H.R. 1181), H1113 [22MR]

———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 relief to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 516), H955 [15MR]

———reduce and simplify income tax rates and eliminate marriage tax penalty (see H.R. 456), H877 [13MR]

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

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

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 192), H1060 [21MR]

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

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H3260 [19JN]

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

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 90), H443 [27FE]

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 525), H508 [28FE]

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

———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), H6702 [11OC]

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

Turkey: claim of sovereignty over islands and islets in the Aegean Sea (see H. Con. Res. 97), H3961 [11JY]

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

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1613), H2335 [17MY]

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

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

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H2142 [10MY] (see H.R. 303), H507 [28FE]

Voting: 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), H224 [7FE]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 668), H1013 [20MR]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Community development: provide and assure continuation of grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities and correct certain inequities in the program (see H.R. 2637), H4634 [25JY]

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

———study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Abel and Mary Nicholson House, Elsinboro Township, NJ, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 793), H506 [28FE]

Frank R. Lautenberg Aviation Security Complex, Atlantic City, NJ: designate at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center (see H.R. 2776), H5335 [2AU]

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), H1487 (see H.R. 1485), H1496 [4AP]

Remarks

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

Chicago, IL: lakefront Coast Guard marine safety station funding, H2973 [7JN]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1699), H2965, H2969, H2970, H2973, H2974 [7JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1699), corrections in engrossment, H2975 [7JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3507), H10406, H10416, H10417, H10418 [19DE]

———funding, H3566 [26JN]

———make changes in laws governing personnel, increase marine safety, renew certain safety advisory groups, and improve operations and policies (H.R. 1099), H1026, H1029, H1030 [21MR]

———port and maritime security and counter-terrorism programs funding, H8536, H8539 [28NO]

———require new vessels be constructed in the U.S. using U.S. iron and steel, H2973 [7JN]

Community development: provide and assure continuation of grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities and correct certain inequities in the program (H.R. 2637), E1427 [25JY]

Corps of Engineers: shore protection and beach replenishment projects funding, H3667 [27JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3338), H8536, H8539 [28NO]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (H.R. 2285), E1173 [21JN]

———study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Abel and Mary Nicholson House, Elsinboro Township, NJ, as a unit of the National Park System (H.R. 793), E260 [1MR]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), H3566 [26JN]

Dunn, Stephen: recipient of Pulitzer Prize for poetry, E814 [16MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3667 [27JN]

Frank R. Lautenberg Aviation Security Complex, Atlantic City, NJ: designate at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center (H.R. 2776), H8057, H8060 [13NO], E1524 [3AU]

Himebaugh, Mark: anniversary of disappearance, H8570 [29NO]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (H.R. 1485), E866 [21MY]

Muskegon, MI: Coast Guard air search and rescue facility funding, H2974 [7JN]

National Coast Guard Museum: establish (H.R. 850), H10417 [19DE]

Ships and vessels: improve the recording and discharging of maritime liens and expand the American Merchant Marine Memorial Wall of Honor (H.R. 1098), H1023, H1025 [21MR]

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), H5524 [11SE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5524 [11SE]

Tributes

Chism, Scott, E490 [29MR]

Ferreby, Chris, E490 [29MR]

Lamonaco, Philip, H10358 [19DE]