KELLY, SUE W. (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), H5734 [19SE], H5853 [20SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3726 [28JN]

Appointments

U.S. Military Academy Board of Visitors, H626 [5MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: provide educational and health care assistance to women and children (see H.R. 3330), H8337 [16NO]

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see H. Con. Res. 102), H5126 [1AU]

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]

———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), H1189 [27MR]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H400 [14FE]

Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H4353 [19JY]

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

Aviation: establish consumer protections for airline passengers and promote carrier competition (see H.R. 1734), H1924 [3MY]

———permit carriers to meet and discuss their schedules in order to reduce flight delays (see H.R. 1407), H1718 [1MY]

———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), H6259 [3OC]

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

———revise banking and bankruptcy insolvency laws relative to termination and netting of financial contracts (see H.R. 3211), H10067 [13DE]

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]

Business and industry: increase civil penalties for violations involving certain actions that exploit popular reaction to a Presidentially declared emergency or disaster (see H.R. 2985), H6135 [2OC]

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), H4009 [12JY]

Charity Accountability Board: establish (see H.R. 3192), H8181 [14NO]

Children and youth: ensure the safety of children placed in child care centers in Federal facilities (see H.R. 251), H108 [30JA]

———establish national policy on youth development (see H.R. 17), H1345 [29MR]

———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), H5704 [14SE]

———provide greater access to child care services for Federal employees (see H.R. 555), H258 [12FE]

Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (see H.R. 25), H877 [13MR]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H8133 [13NO]

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]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H4780 [27JY]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 1111), H1011 [20MR]

Crime: combat the financing of terrorism and other financial crimes (see H.R. 3004), H6259 [3OC]

———life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children (see H.R. 2146), H3149 [13JN]

———mandatory minimum sentencing for online child molesters (see H.R. 2817), H5488 [10SE]

———provide additional punishments for offenders committing fraud aimed at taking advantage of a national emergency (see H.R. 2986), H6136 [2OC]

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

Cyprus: membership in European Union (see H. Con. Res. 164), H4429 [23JY]

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), H828 [8MR]

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

Dept. of HUD: increase mortgage loan limits for multifamily housing mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1629), H2281 [16MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 28), H324 [13FE]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H508 [28FE]

———enhance authority to recruit and retain qualified nurses for the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 3017), H6260 [3OC]

———furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1351), H1490 [4AP]

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

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 511), H222 [7FE]

———payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by nicotine dependence developed during service (see H.R. 879), H648 [6MR]

Diseases: collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (see H.R. 239), H929 [14MR]

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

———increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease (see H.R. 1254), H2890 [5JN]

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

———recognize importance of international tuberculosis control efforts and acknowledge the severe impact on minority populations (see H. Res. 67), H878 [13MR]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 100, 101), H877 [13MR]

———raise awareness, and create educational programs, concerning eating disorders (see H.R. 46), H6137 [2OC]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 1716), H3068 [12JN]

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

EPA: reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control (see H.R. 1116), H1011 [20MR]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: exempt certain communications from the definition of consumer reports (see H.R. 1543), H3151 [13JN]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reform relative to liability for noncompliance (see H.R. 2014), H2846 [25MY]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 746), H441 [27FE]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 689), H397 [14FE]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging cameras (see H.R. 827), H877 [13MR]

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

———safeguard the public from fraud and streamline and facilitate efforts of Federal and State regulators to share antifraud information (see H.R. 1408), H1482 (see H.R. 1408), H1492 [4AP]

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

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

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

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

———prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 755), H1061 [21MR]

———provide debt relief to developing countries with coral reef preservation and management programs (see H.R. 2272), H3464 [21JN]

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), H4949 [31JY]

———support aspirations of the Tibetan people to safeguard their distinct identity (see H.R. 1779), H5340 [2AU]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H7717 [1NO]

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

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

Health: require insurance coverage of bone mass measurements and inform women concerning reproductive and post-menopausal health care choices (see H.R. 1683), H1860 [2MY]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by inproving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H1484 (see H.R. 1436), H1493 [4AP]

Higher Education Act: make certain student loan interest rate formulas permanent (see H.R. 2781), H5336 [2AU]

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

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 45), H507 [28FE]

———provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments for teachers and public safety officers to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions (see H.R. 674), H624 [1MR]

———provide home ownership assistance to public safety officers and teachers (see H.R. 3191), H8421 [27NO]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1187), H1113 [22MR]

Immigration: asylum or deportation regulations relative to gender-related persecution (see H.R. 544), H253 [8FE]

———expand class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status by extending the deadline for a classification petition and a labor certification filing (see H.R. 1242), H1188 [27MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 835), H622 [1MR] (see H.R. 1330), H1406 [3AP]

Insurance: 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), H324 [13FE]

———provide coverage for individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials (see H.R. 967), H956 [15MR]

———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 162), H61 [6JA]

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

———require that group and individual health insurance plans and Medicare+Choice organizations provide prompt payment of claims (see H.R. 287), H254 [8FE]

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), H3150 [13JN]

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

———recognition of Jerusalem as capital (see H.R. 598), H2184 [15MY]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H1661 [26AP]

———ensure confidentiality of personnel records or personal information (see H.R. 199), H1012 [20MR]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H112 [30JA]

Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (see H.R. 1294), H1343 [29MR]

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

Medicare: coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H8248 [15NO]

———coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see H.R. 595), H1116 [22MR]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H3519 [25JN]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 1089), H959 [19MR]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see H.R. 1354), H1408 [3AP]

———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), H4353 [19JY]

———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]

———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), H10067 [13DE]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H5125 [1AU]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 438), H220 [7FE]

Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Con. Res. 91), H1606 [25AP]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 2380), H3803 [28JN]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H4724 [26JY]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 663), H395 [14FE]

National Guard: provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions for technicians (see H.R. 513), H223 [7FE]

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), H3203 [14JN]

———authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to women's health and disease prevention (see H.R. 183), H62 [6JA]

National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 59), H1014 [20MR]

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 116), H2680 [23MY]

Natural resources: promote the conservation and preservation of working farms, ranches, and private forests (see H.R. 2375), H5340 [2AU]

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

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

———tribute to the New York City public school community during and after the terrorist attacks on World Trade Center and support Federal assistance to New York City public schools (see H. Res. 325), H10909 [19DE]

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), H2849 [25MY]

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: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 572), H1410 [3AP]

———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]

———guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 1861), H2279 [16MY]

Project Apollo: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 631), H624 [1MR]

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

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]

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

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

Schools: enhance penalties for threatening to kill, injure, or intimidate an individual, or to cause property damage, by means of fire or an explosive on school property (see H.R. 1314), H1344 [29MR]

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

Securities: issue War Bonds in response to the acts of terrorism perpetrated against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2899), H6380 [4OC]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H2081 [9MY]

———provide emergency relief to small businesses affected by significant increases in the prices of heating oil, natural gas, propane, and kerosene (see H.R. 1010), H876 [13MR]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 373), H400 [14FE]

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

———disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 844), H623 [1MR]

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

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

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H3203 [14JN]

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

Taxation: allow a deduction for State tuition program expenses and prohibit exclusion of distributions used for education expenses from gross income (see H.R. 475), H221 [7FE]

———allow an employer tax credit for the costs of providing certain transportation fringe benefits to employees (see H.R. 906), H739 [7MR]

———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 distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (see H.R. 1987), H5126 [1AU]

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

———allow qualified technological equipment and computer software to be expensed (see H.R. 1411), H1482 (see H.R. 1411), H1492 [4AP]

———allow taxpayers to designate income tax refunds for a Phoenix Fund for Victim Assistance (see H.R. 2902), H5928 [21SE]

———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), H3203 [14JN]

———applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a principal residence by a surviving spouse (see H.R. 161), H61 [6JA]

———clarify application of the excise tax imposed on bows and arrows (see H.R. 2001), H2956 [6JN]

———compute the deduction for depreciation on a neutral cost recovery basis (see H.R. 3042), H6379 [4OC]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 41), H1115 [22MR]

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

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 102), H877 [13MR]

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

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 154), H167 [31JA]

———incentives for education (see H.R. 538), H253 [8FE]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H5339 [2AU]

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

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

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

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 1412), H1861 [2MY]

———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 for health insurance and medical care expenses, establish more options for obtaining quality health care, and expand insurance coverage to the uninsured (see H.R. 2250), H3357 [20JN]

———provide tax relief to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 516), H223 [7FE]

———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 excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H167 [31JA]

———repeal limit on the allowance of a deduction of interest on higher education loans (see H.R. 686), H397 [14FE]

———repeal limitation on the use of foreign tax credits under the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1600), H2142 [10MY]

———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), H828 [8MR]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H224 [7FE]

———treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms (see H.R. 1357), H2281 [16MY]

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

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

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1524), H1498 [4AP]

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

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

———treatment of information technology job training expenses (see H.R. 1769), H2081 [9MY]

———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 1037), H952 [15MR]

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

———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), H6781 [12OC]

Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 988), H875 [13MR]

Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 2118), H8843 [4DE]

Turkey: call for the release of certain Kurdish members of the Parliament from prison, and for the recognition of full cultural and language rights for the Kurdish people (see H. Res. 133), H4635 [25JY]

———claim of sovereignty over islands and islets in the Aegean Sea (see H. Con. Res. 97), H3359 [20JN]

U.N.: restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 1117), H1011 [20MR]

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

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

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

———improve educational assistance programs, expand transition assistance and outreach programs, increase burial benefits, and provide family coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (see H.R. 801), H1013 [20MR]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H3863 [10JY]

———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]

———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 20), H166 [31JA]

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

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H222 [7FE]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H6780 [12OC]

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

Weihenmayer, Erik: tribute for being first blind person to climb Mount Everest and recognition of abilities and potential of disabled individuals (see H. Con. Res. 150), H2957 [6JN]

Women: require U.S. activities in Afghanistan and other Central Asian countries relative to post-conflict peace, reconstruction, and relief comply with basic human rights (see H.R. 3342), H10355 [18DE]

``Women in Congress, 1870-1989'': authorizing printing (see H. Con. Res. 66), H955 [15MR]

World War II: condemn maltreatment of U.S. civilian prisoners captured by the Axis Powers (see H. Res. 102), H1189 [27MR]

———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

Aviation: amend regulations relative to the airport noise and access review program (see H.R. 1288), H1343 [29MR]

Crime: prohibit taking a child hostage to evade arrest (see H.R. 1747), H2021 [8MY]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 2725), H5333 [2AU]

———increase public awareness of inflammatory bowel disease (see H. Con. Res. 189), H4378 [20JY]

———increase public awareness of tuberous sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 25), H254 [8FE]

Financial institutions: increase interaccount transfers from business accounts and require the FRS to pay interest on certain reserves (see H.R. 974), H874 [13MR]

Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (see H.R. 541), H253 [8FE] (see H.R. 749), H441 [27FE]

Health care professionals: establish a Nurse Corps and address the nursing shortage through recruitment and retention strategies (see H.R. 3020), H6378 [4OC]

Insurance: implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 887), H648 [6MR]

———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]

Medicare: reclassify certain counties for purposes of reimbursement (see H.R. 2862), H5455 [6SE]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: add to the list of days on which the flag should be especially displayed (see H.R. 2675), H4862 [30JY]

Redendo, Frank: relief (see H.R. 522), H223 [7FE]

Sansone, Thomas J., Jr.: relief (see H.R. 523), H223 [7FE]

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. 3085), H6700 [11OC]

———make grants and loans to small businesses and agricultural enterprises to enable them to reopen after natural or other disasters (see H.R. 540), H253 [8FE] (see H.R. 748), H441 [27FE]

Small business: analyze potential impacts of rules proposed by certain agencies (see H.R. 542), H253 [8FE] (see H.R. 750), H441 [27FE]

Terrorism: waive certain limitations in the use of emergency highway funds to pay for projects in response to the attack on the World Trade Center (see H.R. 3298), H8247 [15NO]

U.S. Military Academy: convey a small parcel of land to Highland Falls, NY (see H.R. 2124), H3066 [12JN]

Veterans: improve automobile assistance program for disabled veterans (see H.R. 2769), H5335 [2AU]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 668), H396 [14FE]

Remarks

Agriculture: conservation programs funding, H6322 [4OC]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6322, H6368 [4OC]

———prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory livestock, H6368 [4OC]

Back to Health Month: observance, E541 [5AP]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), H528 [1MR]

Crime: combat international money laundering, thwart the financing of terrorism, and protect the U.S. financial system, H7204 [23OC]

———combat the financing of terrorism and other financial crimes (H.R. 3004), H6938 [17OC]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3338), H8532 [28NO]

Dept. of HUD: homeless prevention programs funding through reductions in home ownership downpayment assistance and administrative expenses, H4712 [26JY]

———Public Housing Drug Elimination Program funding through reductions in HOME Investment Partnerships Program and home ownership downpayment assistance, H4732 [27JY]

———remove restriction on use of certain HOME Investment Partnerships Program funds for home ownership downpayment assistance, H4729, H4730 [27JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding, H4843 [30JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4143 [18JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4712 [26JY], H4729, H4730, H4732 [27JY], H4843, H4844, H4846 [30JY]

———section 8 housing vouchers programs and veterans' extended care facilities funding through reductions in home ownership downpayment assistance, H4699 [26JY]

Diseases: increase public awareness of tuberous sclerosis (H. Con. Res. 25), H8767 [4DE]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2621 [23MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Impact Aid Program funding, H2621 [23MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3726, H3727 [28JN]

Financial institutions: increase interaccount transfers from business accounts and require the FRS to pay interest on certain reserves (H.R. 974), H1377 [3AP]

Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY: designate (H.R. 3392), H8806 [4DE]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: observance, H983 [20MR]

Health: expand health care access and choice of coverage through association health plans, H5255, H5256 [2AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5255, H5256 [2AU]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), H8602, H8622 [29NO]

———implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (H.R. 887), E283 [6MR]

New York: provide for temporary emergency unemployment assistance, H8532 [28NO]

NRC: Inspector General funding, H3726, H3727 [28JN]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), H1791 [2MY]

———tax treatment of retirement benefits, H1791 [2MY]

Poughkeepsie, NY: tribute to Our Lady of Lourdes High School girls' basketball team, E395 [20MR]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (H.R. 3487), H10490 [19DE]

Public housing: repeal requirements for residents to engage in community service, H4844 [30JY]

SBA: loan and technical assistance programs funding through reductions in Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State administrative accounts, H4143 [18JY]

SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (H.R. 1088), H3169 [14JN]

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1453 [4AP]

Terrorism: deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 3162), H7204 [23OC]

Veterans Day: maintain observance on November 11 and separate from any other Federal holiday (H. Res. 298), H8810 [4DE]

Water: State water pollution control revolving funds funding, H4846 [30JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1551 [24AP], H1603 [25AP], H6053 [25SE]

Tributes

Christman, Daniel W., H1828 [2MY]