BERMAN, HOWARD L. (a Representative from California)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 1646, Dept. of State appropriations, H6233 [12SE]
———H.R. 2215, Dept. of Justice appropriations, H172 [6FE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 4039), H1088 [20MR]
Antitrust policy: encourage standards development organizations to develop and promulgate voluntary consensus standards (see H.R. 4849), H3036 [23MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]
Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 6), H651 [28FE]
Baumel, Zachary: anniversary of capture, and calling on Syria and Lebanon to locate and secure return along with other Israeli soldiers missing in action (see H. Con. Res. 417), H3514 [12JN]
Boggs, Lindy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 439), H4932 [18JY]
Business and industry: ensure project labor agreements are permitted in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1360), H1289 [15AP]
California Missions Foundation: support efforts to restore and repair Spanish colonial and mission-era missions in California and to preserve artworks and artifacts of these missions (see H.R. 5699), H8041 [24OC]
Canada: condolences relative to military personnel killed by U.S. friendly fire while participating in military training exercises in Afghanistan (see H. Res. 412), H2105 [3MY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: design and construct monument to commemorate contributions of minority women to women's suffrage and the participation of women in public life (see H. Con. Res. 169), H1091 [20MR]
———tribute to District of Columbia National Guard, National Guard Bureau, and Dept. of Defense for assistance to Capitol Police and Congress after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 378), H1533 [23AP]
———tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1485 [18AP]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7172 [7OC]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule that lowers the Medicaid upper payment limit for non-State owned or operated hospitals (see H.J. Res. 92), H3563 [13JN]
Children and youth: establish a demonstration project to implement evidence-based preventive-screening methods to detect mental illness and suicidal tendencies in school-age youth at selected facilities (see H.R. 5613), H8023 [16OC]
———provide grants to State child welfare systems and authorize loan forgiveness to child welfare workers (see H.R. 1371), H561 [26FE]
China, People's Republic of: human rights violations in Tibet (see H. Res. 410), H4606 [15JY]
Computers: encourage use of web-based enrollment systems in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5233), H5790 [25JY]
———establish penalties for providing false information in the registering of Internet domain names (see H.R. 4640), H2099 [2MY]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3887), H2945 [22MY]
Corporations: review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal subsidies (see H.R. 4630), H2018 [1MY]
Courts: make certain modifications in the judicial discipline procedures (see H.R. 3892), H779 [7MR]
———waive certain defenses to legal claims brought by workers participating in the Bracero Program (see H.R. 4918), H3513 [12JN]
Crime: eliminate the securities fraud exception from the civil remedy for racketeering violations (see H.R. 3644), H231 [8FE]
———make grants to train sexual assault nurse examiners and other personnel handling sexual assault cases, establish minimum standards for forensic evidence collection, and carry out crime scene DNA analysis (see H.R. 2874), H2735 [21MY]
———prosecute persons who alter or destroy evidence in certain investigations or who defraud investors, prohibit certain debts from being discharged in bankruptcy, and protect whistleblowers from retaliation (see H.R. 4098), H1152 [9AP]
Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 5022), H4068 [26JN]
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act: expiration (see H.R. 5616), H7893 [10OC]
Dept. of Defense: disclose information on projects that included testing of biological or chemical agents involving potential exposure of Armed Forces members to toxic agents (see H.R. 5060), H4325 [27JN]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H6061 [4SE]
Dept. of HHS: support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see H. Con. Res. 385), H2512 [15MY]
Dept. of Justice: establish an office to monitor acts of international terrorism alleged to have been committed by Palestinian individuals or organizations (see H.R. 2098), H5087 [22JY]
Dept. of the Interior: implement final rule to phase out snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park (see H.R. 5044), H4351 [8JY]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 4073), H1410 [17AP]
———reauthorize microenterprise assistance programs and expand sustainable poverty-focused microenterprise programs by implementing improved poverty measurement methods (see H.R. 4209), H1283 [11AP]
Disasters: make private, nonprofit medical facilities that serve industry specific clients eligible for hazard mitigation and disaster assistance (see H.R. 5690), H8733 [13NO]
Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see H.R. 4579), H1619 [24AP]
Education: increase the technically trained workforce (see H.R. 3130), H1620 [24AP]
———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H6983 [2OC]
Employment: exclude all employment contracts from certain arbitration provisions (see H.R. 2282), H2945 [22MY]
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 393), H1483 [18AP]
———recognize importance of a trans-Atlantic relationship and reaffirm the need for a continued and meaningful dialogue between the U.S. and Europe (see H. Res. 555), H6927 [1OC]
Families and domestic relations: increase U.S. commitment to the health of the world's mothers and children (see H. Con. Res. 404), H3601 [17JN]
———provide coverage of domestic violence screening and treatment under Maternal and Child Health Program, Medicaid, and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 4032), H3514 [12JN]
FBI: reform (see H.R. 5387), H6302 [17SE]
FDA: require labeling containing information applicable to pediatric patients (see H.R. 4730), H3669 [18JN]
Federal courts: improve operation and administration (see H.R. 4125), H1199 [10AP]
Federal employees: clarify computation of annuities for air traffic controllers relative to law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 4957), H3668 [18JN]
———ensure one-half of leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child shall be leave with pay (see H.R. 3915), H2512 [15MY]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 747), H833 [12MR]
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), H142 [5FE]
Firearms: regulation of transfers at gun shows (see H.R. 4034), H1088 [20MR]
Fish and fishing: recover depleted fish stocks and promote the long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 2570), H1620 [24AP]
Foreign countries: human rights violations against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals (see H. Con. Res. 173), H4326 [27JN]
Foreign policy: commend continued political, economic, cultural, and strategic partnerships and support of war on terrorism by Turkey and Israel (see H. Con. Res. 327), H5195 [23JY]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 5279), H5995 [26JY]
Francis Dayle `Chick' Hearn Post Office, Encino, CA: designate (see H.R. 5340), H6084 [5SE]
Gilman, Representative: tribute for efforts to promote a strong trans-Atlantic dialogue (see H. Res. 555), H6927 [1OC]
Greece: return of the Parthenon Marbles (see H. Con. Res. 436), H4425 [9JY]
Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 355), H1533 [23AP]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H. Con. Res. 99), H562 [26FE]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H6060 [4SE]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Immigration: adjust status of certain Colombian and Peruvian nationals (see H.R. 945), H2235 [8MY]
———assess aliens' immigration status relative to eligibility to serve in the Armed Forces and to be employed in airport security, and permit naturalization through certain active-duty military service (see H.R. 4058), H1088 [20MR]
———cancellation of removal for certain aliens (see H.R. 1452), H1154 [9AP]
———establish nonimmigrant classes for border commuter students (see H.R. 4967), H4873 [17JY]
———improve procedures for processing visas for certain nonimmigrant artists (see H.R. 5618), H7929 [15OC]
———protection of battered immigrant families (see H.R. 3828), H2235 [8MY]
———provide permanent resident status for certain long-term resident workers and college-bound students and modify the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants in order to promote family unification (see H.R. 5600), H7892 [10OC]
———restore fairness to immigration law (see H.R. 3894), H779 [7MR]
Indonesia: condemn bombings in Bali and urge renewed effort to the international war on terrorism (see H. Res. 589), H8546 [12NO]
Iran: condemn continued sponsorship of international terrorism (see H. Res. 434), H3160 [4JN]
———human rights violations (see H. Res. 505), H6374 [18SE]
Iron and steel industry: remedy certain injurious effects of steel imports by protecting benefits of steelworkers and retirees and strengthening the U.S. steel industry (see H.R. 4646), H6304 [17SE]
Israel: condemn attempts to boycott Israeli scientific institutions and scholars (see H. Res. 499), H6230 [11SE]
———express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H1483 [18AP]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H1201 [10AP]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: allow North Koreans to apply for refugee status or asylum in the U.S. (see H.R. 5649), H8051 [31OC]
———treatment of refugees detained in the People's Republic of China and returned to face torture, imprisonment, and execution (see H. Con. Res. 213), H2512 [15MY]
Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 2074), H3229 [5JN]
———provide additional resources to States to eliminate the backlog of unanalyzed rape kits and ensure timely analysis of rape kits (see H.R. 3961), H2945 [22MY]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H1155 [9AP]
Los Angeles National Cemetery: designate the Bob Hope Veterans Chapel (see H.R. 4592), H1770 [30AP]
Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H1484 [18AP]
Medicare: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 747), H833 [12MR]
———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see H.R. 599), H3514 [12JN]
———make the social HMO a permanent option under Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 2953), H3514 [12JN]
———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 3238), H5791 [25JY]
———provide for continuous open enrollment and disenrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 3267), H1155 [9AP]
———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (see H.R. 3236), H907 [13MR]
———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 902), H781 [7MR]
Medicare/Medicaid: require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 4715), H3514 [12JN]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H3161 [4JN]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 4799), H3161 [4JN]
Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3784), H932 [14MR]
Nat King Cole Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 4797), H2943 [22MY]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H3454 [11JN]
National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 346), H1003 [19MR]
National Foundation for the Study of Holocaust Assets: establish (see H.R. 3552), H5791 [25JY]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to women's health and disease prevention (see H.R. 183), H937 [18MR]
Native Americans: clarify citizenship eligibility for certain members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona (see H.R. 2348), H1484 [18AP]
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: identify and register certain Central Americans residing in the U.S. (see H.R. 4037), H1088 [20MR]
Norman Shumway Post Office Building, Stockton, CA: designate (see H.R. 5465), H6692 [25SE]
PLO: impose certain travel and diplomatic sanctions on officials in the U.S., seize assets in the U.S., and require a report on any acts of terrorism until a peace plan is implemented (see H.R. 4693), H3562 [13JN]
Privacy: restore certain standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information (see H.R. 5646), H8021 [16OC]
Refugees: reaffirm U.S. commitment to protecting refugees who are fleeing persecution or torture (see H.R. 4074), H1089 [20MR]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H8733 [13NO]
Ronald C. Packard Post Office Building, Oceanside, CA: designate (see H.R. 4794), H2943 [22MY]
Safety: promote safe and ethical clinical trials of drugs, and other test articles, on people overseas (see H.R. 5249), H5993 [26JY]
Saudi Arabia: support reform of education curriculum (see H. Con. Res. 432), H4325 [27JN]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4767 [16JY]
Social Security: improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2472 [14MY]
———improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3675), H140 [5FE]
———modify calculation of the child support automation penalty and provide for reinvestment of any such penalty (see H.R. 4857), H4326 [27JN]
———protect trust funds by ensuring the Government repays its debts to the trust funds (see H.R. 5252), H7303 [8OC]
———provide miscellaneous enhancements in benefits for women (see H.R. 4069), H2472 [14MY]
———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 4780), H4873 [17JY]
Steinbeck, John: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 336), H634 [27FE]
Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see H.R. 4483), H1770 [30AP]
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), H6419 [19SE]
———clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3324), H367 [13FE]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H5998 [26JY]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H3669 [18JN]
———reinstate Superfund and oil spill excise taxes and extend leaking underground storage tank taxes (see H.R. 4060), H1089 [20MR]
———treatment of executive perks and retirement benefits relative to stock options, undisclosed benefits, and deferred compensation (see H.R. 5432), H6783 [30SE]
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend and expand (see H.R. 5089), H6926 [1OC]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 5264), H5994 [26JY]
Transportation: provide that individuals who are eligible to join the Armed Forces are also eligible to be security screening personnel (see H.R. 3690), H932 [14MR]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H524 [14FE]
Turkey: commend cooperation in the war against terrorism, economic reforms, and economic partnership meetings (see H. Con. Res. 437), H4425 [9JY]
U.N.: provide for permanent guidelines for voluntary U.S. contributions to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 5293), H5996 [26JY]
———restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 3916), H2945 [22MY]
Ukrainian Congress Committee of America: authorize the establishment of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933 (see H.R. 5289), H6061 [4SE]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 5491), H7172 [7OC]
Veterans: improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (see H.R. 4904), H6419 [19SE]
Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]
Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]
Women: increase financial and programmatic contributions to advancing the status of women and girls in low-income countries around the world (see H.R. 4114), H2662 [20MY]
———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 633), H3774 [20JN]
World War II: provide additional compensation to Armed Forces members and U.S. civilian employees who performed slave labor for Japan (see H.R. 2835), H1674 [25AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Computers: limit liability of copyright owners for protecting their works on peer-to-peer networks (see H.R. 5211), H5789 [25JY]
Remarks
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7246, H7247, H7282, H7286 [8OC], H7771 [10OC]
———authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), consideration (H. Res. 574), H7184 [8OC]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H1602
Computers: limit liability of copyright owners for protecting their works on peer-to-peer networks (H.R. 5211), E1395
———suspend Library of Congress determination relative to rates and terms for webcasting (H.R. 5469), H7047 [7OC]
———suspend Library of Congress determination relative to rates and terms for webcasting (H.R. 5469), Senate amendment, H8996
Courts: ensure that class actions which are refused certification by a Federal court are remanded to the State court from which it was removed, H878 [13MR]
———expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), H878 [13MR]
Daniel Pearl Music Day: observance, E1826
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5864 [26JY]
———inclusion of Dept. of State Bureau of Consular Affairs visa office, H5864 [26JY]
Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.: anniversary, E212
Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), H6739
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion: tribute to first rabbinic ordination, E711
International relations: enhance U.S. public diplomacy and reorganize U.S. international broadcasting (H.R. 3969), H5047 [22JY]
Linney, Doug: Friends of the River (organization) Mark Dubois Award recipient, E1631
Middle East: hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians, H1397, H1398 [17AP]
Mink, Patsy T.: tribute (H. Res. 566), H6901
Silbert, Lynne: Wellness Community of West Los Angeles Human Spirit Award recipient, E531
Traficant, Representative: expulsion from the House of Representatives (H. Res. 495), H5384, H5391 [24JY]
———expulsion from the House of Representatives (H. Res. 495), motion to postpone, H5377, H5379, H5382 [24JY]
U.S. Olympic Committee: correct technical error in codification of U.S. Code relative to trademark protections (S. 1888), H124 [5FE]
Volpert, Marcia F.: Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles, CA, ``Fammy'' Award recipient, E225
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H139 [5FE]
Subpoena Notices
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, H609 [27FE]
Tributes
Bernson, Hal, E1896
Broadous-Duncan, Alicia, E2108
Higuchi, Day, E1113
Koszdin, Jack, E900
Mercer, Georgia, E900
Nathanson, Marc, E1647
Nava, Carlos, E835
Ramirez, Guadalupe S., E997
Reza, Alex, E1292