KENNEDY, PATRICK J. (a Representative from Rhode Island)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2500, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, H5959 [24SE]

———H.R. 3061, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H7942 [8NO]

John Joseph Moakley funeral attendees, H2929 [6JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 1421), H2680 [23MY]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 1256), H1189 [27MR]

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

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), H2956 [6JN]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 770), H505 [28FE]

Armed Forces: eliminate requirement that covered beneficiaries obtain nonavailability-of-health-care statements relative to obstetrics and gynecological care for pregnancies (see H.R. 1511), H3806 [28JN]

———establish employment and tuition assistance program for military spouses (see H.R. 2413), H3804 [28JN]

———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 320), H162 [31JA]

———increase basic pay (see H.R. 244), H258 [12FE] (see H.R. 2310), H3807 [28JN]

———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H3151 [13JN]

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

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), H2388 [21MY]

Aviation: ensure fair resolution of labor integration issues relative to airline mergers (see H.R. 2989), H7718 [1NO]

———ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 1363), H2335 [17MY]

———improve security (see H.R. 3110), H7333 [25OC]

———provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (see H.R. 2946), H6138 [2OC] (see H.R. 2955), H6055 [25SE]

BIA: issue school construction funding bonds (see H.R. 2152), H3961 [11JY]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H1060 [21MR]

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize construction of the Jicarilla Apache Nation Municipal Water Delivery Systems in New Mexico (see H.R. 3223), H7718 [1NO]

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of the rotunda for a ceremony to present Congressional Gold Medals to the original Navajo Code Talkers (see H. Con. Res. 174), H3618 [26JN]

Chavez, Cesar E.: commemorate birthday (see H. Con. Res. 3), H2388 [21MY] (see H. Res. 105), H1295 [28MR]

Children and youth: ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (see H.R. 1990), H2710 [24MY]

———establish an international infant and child nutrition and education program (see H.R. 1700), H2890 [5JN]

———establish national policy on youth development (see H.R. 17), H443 [27FE]

———increase pay of child care providers and establish a child care provider scholarship program (see H.R. 1650), H2185 [15MY]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (see H.R. 2097), H6056 [25SE]

———meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth (see H.R. 2198), H3202 [14JN]

———mental health services (see H.R. 75), H5971 [24SE]

———promote financial education (see H.R. 61), H1717 [1MY]

———provide grants to State child welfare systems and authorize loan forgiveness to child welfare workers (see H.R. 1371), H1409 [3AP]

China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 188), H5488 [10SE]

China, Republic of: ensure that future is resolved peacefully through a democratic mechanism with the express consent of the Taiwanese people and free from outside threats (see H. Con. Res. 221), H5455 [6SE]

———participation in WHO (see H.R. 428), H741 [7MR]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 197), H5928 [21SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H506 [28FE]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 2573), H4429 [23JY]

Computers: establish an Internet site on Federal financial assistance (see H.R. 782), H7852 [6NO]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H10055 [12DE]

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), H9078 [6DE]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 1111), H5736 [19SE]

Courts: applicability of certain titles of the Civil Rights Act to the judicial branch of the Federal Government (see H.R. 1290), H1343 [29MR]

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]

Cyprus: membership in European Union (see H. Con. Res. 164), H3259 [19JN]

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), H878 [13MR]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 576), H624 [1MR] (see H.R. 1173), H1191 [27MR]

———review military service records to determine if certain Jewish war veterans should be awarded the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 606), H1557 [24AP]

Dept. of Education: make additional grants under the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program (see H.R. 419), H444 [27FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H394 [14FE]

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]

———increase mortgage loan limits for multifamily housing mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1629), H2680 [23MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 28), H223 [7FE]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 457), H444 [27FE]

Dept. of the Interior: maintain moratoria on new oil and natural gas leasing activity on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H. Con. Res. 136), H2280 [16MY]

———provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (see H.R. 1462), H1485 (see H.R. 1462), H1495 [4AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H1410 [3AP]

———ensure that senior citizen veterans shall be eligible for pension benefits without regard to disability (see H.R. 3087), H10055 [12DE]

———extend the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (see H.R. 1929), H2387 [21MY]

———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 1435), H10910 [19DE]

———suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H7852 [6NO]

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

———increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease (see H.R. 1254), H6422 [5OC]

———ovarian cancer research programs (see H.R. 326), H3465 [21JN]

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

Education: improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 611), H1295 [28MR]

———improve quality and raise student achievement by strengthening accountability, raising teaching standards, rewarding success, and providing better information to parents (see H.R. 340), H163 [31JA]

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see H.R. 1036), H2849 [25MY]

Election Administration Commission: establish (see H.R. 263), H109 [30JA] (see H.R. 775), H505 [28FE]

Electric power: promote energy independence and self-sufficiency through net metering by certain small electric energy generation systems (see H.R. 954), H1717 [1MY]

———stabilize the dysfunctional wholesale power market in the western U.S. (see H.R. 1468), H2281 [16MY]

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

———prohibit forced overtime hours of licensed health care employees (see H.R. 1902), H2333 [17MY]

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

———revise drinking water standards for arsenic and provide grants to small public drinking water systems to assist in meeting these standards (see H.R. 1252), H1490 [4AP]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H5339 [2AU]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: ensure that the statute of limitations for actions on identity theft doesn't start until the consumer discovers the problem (see H.R. 3368), H8843 [4DE]

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

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 1097), H4541 [24JY]

FEC: issue voluntary standards to promote voting system accessibility and effectiveness and make grants to assist States in complying with such standards and carrying out other voting accessibility promotion activities (see H.R. 1151), H1059 [21MR]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 721), H3519 [25JN]

Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 42), H1013 [20MR]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 2163), H3150 [13JN]

Firearms: ban importation and transfer of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1922), H2387 [21MY]

———ban manufacture of handguns that cannot be personalized, require report on commercial feasibility of personalizing firearms, and provide grants to improve firearms safety (see H.R. 693), H828 [8MR]

———implement a system of licensing purchasers and a record of sale system (see H.R. 1247), H1189 [27MR]

———prevent handgun violence and illegal commerce in handguns (see H.R. 225), H224 [7FE]

———require all semiautomatic firearms be equipped with chamber load indicators and/or magazine disconnect mechanisms (see H.R. 2773), H5335 [2AU] (see H.R. 3207), H7717 [1NO]

———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), H5406 [5SE]

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

Food Security Act: expand conservation reserve (see H.R. 1082), H954 [15MR]

Food Stamp Act: improve nutrition assistance for working families and the elderly (see H.R. 2142), H4353 [19JY]

Foreign policy: support aspirations of the Tibetan people to safeguard their distinct identity (see H.R. 1779), H2712 [24MY]

Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 1494), H10910 [19DE]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H10355 [18DE]

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

Health: assure coverage of emergency services under group health plans and health insurance (see H.R. 1674), H2023 [8MY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 526), H400 [14FE]

———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), H2083 [9MY]

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

Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act: extend the deadlines for application and payment of fees (see H.R. 2690), H8843 [4DE]

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

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

Immigration: adjust status of certain Colombian and Peruvian nationals (see H.R. 945), H2956 [6JN]

———cancellation of removal for certain aliens (see H.R. 1452), H1484 (see H.R. 1452), H1494 [4AP]

———ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien (see H.R. 1266), H4113 [17JY]

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

Indian Health Service: elevate position of Director to Assistant Sec. of HHS for Indian Health (see H.R. 293), H443 [27FE]

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

———use of local funds to provide additional funding for Elementary and Secondary Education Act programs (see H.R. 714), H444 [27FE]

Indonesia: condemn violence in East Timor and urge the establishment of an international war crimes tribunal for prosecuting crimes against humanity that occurred during that conflict (see H. Con. Res. 60), H832 [12MR]

———provide assistance for democracy efforts in East Timor (see H.R. 675), H396 [14FE]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H1121 [26MR]

———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 162), H325 [13FE]

———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), H1557 [24AP]

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

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

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

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H956 [15MR]

King, Martin Luther, Jr. and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2723), H8248 [15NO]

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), H8564 [28NO]

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

Medicaid: clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (see H.R. 1383), H1409 [3AP]

———increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H10910 [19DE]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H323 [13FE]

———provide States with the option of covering intensive community mental health treatment (see H.R. 2364), H4635 [25JY]

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H1557 [24AP]

———coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see H.R. 595), H323 [13FE]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H7127 [17OC]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2571 [22MY]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 1202), H1490 [4AP]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see H.R. 599), H1295 [28MR]

———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), H4634 [25JY]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see H.R. 1522), H1498 [4AP]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see H.R. 1354), H7592 [31OC]

———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), H3466 [21JN]

———payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education programs in critical need specialty areas (see H.R. 1928), H3466 [21JN]

———provide adequate coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for certain kidney transplant patients (see H.R. 1839), H2388 [21MY]

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

———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see H.R. 3602), H10965 [20DE]

———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), H8420 [27NO]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 2380), H5616 [13SE]

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

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H3712 [27JN]

National Coast Guard Museum: establish (see H.R. 850), H3806 [28JN]

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), H5125 [1AU]

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

National Sea Grant College Program Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1071), H4863 [30JY]

———reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H9078 [6DE]

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

Native Americans: clarify citizenship eligibility for certain members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona (see H.R. 2348), H4114 [17JY]

———establish programs to improve energy development on Indian lands (see H.R. 2412), H3804 [28JN]

———improve effectiveness of the Indian Loan Guarantee and Insurance Program (see H.R. 3407), H8948 [5DE]

———improve services and facilities of Federal Indian health programs and encourage maximum participation of Indians in such programs (see H.R. 1662), H1715 [1MY]

———protect sacred sites located within the Valley of the Chiefs, MT (see H.R. 2085), H2955 [6JN]

———support the development of Native American Language Survival Schools (see H.R. 1337), H1407 [3AP]

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

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

Northern Mariana Islands: labeling, minimum wage, tariff, and immigration requirements relative to textile industry (see H.R. 2661), H4724 [26JY]

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]

Peru: congratulate President-elect Alejandro Toledo on his election, congratulate the people for the return of democracy, and express sympathy for earthquake victims (see H. Res. 181), H3807 [28JN]

Pipelines: require periodic inspections and improve safety (see H.R. 144), H60 [6JA]

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), H1556 [24AP]

Public Health Service: promote organ donation (see H.R. 624), H650 [6MR]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (see H.R. 2173), H5456 [6SE]

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), H6379 [4OC]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1489 [4AP]

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

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: provide comprehensive technical assistance and implement highly effective prevention programs (see H.R. 970), H827 [8MR]

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. 3011), H6259 [3OC]

Shriver, Sargent: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2949), H7910 [7NO]

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), H8564 [28NO]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H1410 [3AP]

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

———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), H2956 [6JN]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H1411 [3AP]

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), H5340 [2AU]

———allow a temporary deduction for the cost of airline tickets and other personal travel expenses (see H.R. 3079), H6920 [16OC]

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

———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), H2142 [10MY]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H1112 [22MR]

———exclusion from gross income for family-to-family sale of farm businesses (see H.R. 1179), H1113 [22MR]

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

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 876), H3068 [12JN]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H9239 [11DE]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 41), H1295 [28MR]

———provide a higher purchase price limitation applicable to mortgage subsidy bonds based on median family income (see H.R. 43), H443 [27FE]

———repeal limits on the deduction for interest on education loans and increase income threshold for the phase out of such deduction (see H.R. 436), H2998 [7JN]

———restore complete deductibility for business meals and entertainment and the deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse during business travel (see H.R. 1211), H8842 [4DE]

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

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H2082 [9MY]

———treatment of deposits and similar amounts received by a tour operator for a tour arranged by such operator (see H.R. 2618), H5340 [2AU]

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

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see H.R. 1596), H2712 [24MY]

Television: reinstate authority of the FCC and local franchising authorities to regulate cable television rates (see H.R. 1842), H2335 [17MY]

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 525), H1410 [3AP]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see H.R. 3310), H8421 [27NO]

———making emergency appropriations for disaster and antiterrorism initiatives surrounding the crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3393), H9078 [6DE]

———prevent, prepare for, and respond to threats (see H.R. 3555), H10963 [20DE]

———tribute to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 232), H8732 [29NO]

Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 2118), H7718 [1NO]

Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (see H.R. 3359), H10055 [12DE]

Turkey: claim of sovereignty over islands and islets in the Aegean Sea (see H. Con. Res. 97), H4950 [31JY]

U.N.: restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 1117), H1411 [3AP]

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

Veterans: 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), H827 [8MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H400 [14FE]

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

———establish a program to provide funds to State and local governments to replace punch card voting systems (see H.R. 775), H505 [28FE]

———protect voting rights (see H.R. 1170), H5406 [5SE]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 668), H3068 [12JN]

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

World War II: allow certain individuals of Japanese ancestry who were brought forcibly to the U.S. from Latin America and were interned in the U.S. to be provided restitution (see H.R. 619), H624 [1MR]

———preserve certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former prisoners of war used as slave labor (see H.R. 1198), H6458 [9OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Alphonse F. Auclair Post Office Building, Woonsocket, RI: designate (see H.R. 669), H396 [14FE]

Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 358), H164 [31JA]

Bruce F. Cotta Post Office Building, Newport, RI: designate (see H.R. 670), H396 [14FE]

Firearms: assist State and local governments in conducting community gun buy back programs (see H.R. 278), H109 [30JA]

———expand Dept. of the Treasury regulation of manufacture, distribution, and sale of weapons and ammunition (see H.R. 671), H396 [14FE]

Law enforcement officers: increase amount paid to families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 1744), H1928 [7MY]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 357), H164 [31JA] (see H.R. 1806), H2141 [10MY]

Medicare: prevent sudden disruption of beneficiary enrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 279), H109 [30JA]

Mental health: establish State and local grants to provide services in response to public health emergencies and disasters resulting from terrorism (see H.R. 3413), H8948 [5DE]

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

Taxation: provide tax and other incentives to maintain a vibrant travel and tourism industry, to keep working people working, and to stimulate economic growth (see H.R. 3140), H6919 [16OC]

Washington, George: commemorate significance of the letter sent to the Touro Synagogue in Newport, RI (see H. Con. Res. 62), H928 [14MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H3210 [19JN]

Remarks

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H1522 [24AP]

Aviation: improve security (H.R. 3150), H7672 [1NO]

Budget: allocation of funds, H771 [8MR], H1157 [27MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1157 [27MR], H1206 [28MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), conference report, H1949 [8MY]

Cyprus: Turkish occupation, E1462 [27JY]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1646), H2118, H2123 [10MY], H2235 [16MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3395 [21JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4082 [17JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6650 [11OC]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H771 [8MR]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2534 [22MY]

———promote emotional and social development of pre-school age children, H2534 [22MY]

———require a comparison between achievement levels and State annual achievement objectives of certain student subgroups, H2534 [22MY]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: observance, H982 [20MR]

Hazardous substances: investigation of anthrax bacteria outbreak, H6944 [17OC]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H6944 [17OC]

House Rules: same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 131), H1949 [8MY]

Howard, Jeannine: Junior Achievement Inc., National Elementary School Classroom Volunteer of the Year award recipient, E1207 [26JN]

Indian Health Service: Loan Repayment Program funding, H3395 [21JN]

Indonesia: provide assistance for democracy efforts in East Timor, H2235 [16MY]

International law: protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party, H2118, H2123 [10MY]

John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse, Boston, MA: designate (H.R. 559), H342 [14FE]

Moakley, John Joseph: tribute (H. Res. 157), H2928 [6JN]

Public Health Service: promote organ donation (H.R. 624), H675 [7MR]

Taxation: rates, H1157 [27MR]

———rates (H.R. 3), H771 [8MR]

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), H5549 [11SE]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), E2305 [14DE]

Turkey: human rights violations, E1462 [27JY]

Votes: position on missed, H2298 [17MY], H2611 [23MY], H3828 [10JY], E606 [24AP]

Testimonies

Mental Health Research Funding: Lydia Lewis, National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association, E596-E598 [24AP]

Tributes

Escobar, Joseph A., H3210 [19JN]

Hyman, Steven E., E2223 [7DE], E2249 [11DE]