BRADY, ROBERT A. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Alfonse M. D'Amato U.S. Courthouse, Central Islip, NY: designate (see H.R. 4006), H1002 [19MR]
Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4590), H1672 [25AP]
Animals: prohibit use of polar bears in circuses (see H.R. 3932), H832 [12MR]
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), H907 [13MR]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H3928 [25JN]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H4326 [27JN]
Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 437), H3292 [6JN]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1339 [16AP]
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), H3860 [24JN]
Children and youth: increase the availability and quality of child care for disabled children (see H.R. 2787), H285 [12FE]
Clothing industry: provide access to information about sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 4768), H2607 [16MY]
Construction industries: tribute to companies who donated labor, funds, and supplies to rebuild the Pentagon's roof (see H. Con. Res. 424), H3859 [24JN]
Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 1051), H781 [7MR]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3887), H1338 [16AP]
Dept. of HHS: award grants to associate degree schools of nursing and professional nursing organizations to improve nursing education (see H.R. 4665), H4425 [9JY]
———establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 1784), H110 [4FE]
———make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment efforts under State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4764), H4326 [27JN]
———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see H. Con. Res. 385), H2946 [22MY]
Dept. of Justice: establish a national DNA database for sex offenders and those who commit violent crimes against children (see H.R. 5262), H5994 [26JY]
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), H4324 [27JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: recalculate retirement annuities for certain health care professionals performing part-time services (see H.R. 4972), H4069 [26JN]
Developing countries: reauthorize microenterprise assistance programs and expand sustainable poverty-focused microenterprise programs by implementing improved poverty measurement methods (see H.R. 4209), H1283 [11AP]
Diseases: expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 4963), H4069 [26JN]
———provide compassionate payments to individuals who contracted HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion (see H.R. 5299), H5996 [26JY]
Education: provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H6129 [9SE]
ERISA: improve Dept. of Labor enforcement of requirements relating to participation, vesting, benefit accrual, and funding (see H.R. 4778), H2946 [22MY]
Families and domestic relations: importance of prenatal care for women and children (see H. Res. 346), H285 [12FE]
———importance of prenatal care for women and children, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H. Res. 346), H2512 [15MY]
Federal employees: increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see H.R. 1307), H785 [11MR]
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H4574 [12JY]
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), H1091 [20MR]
Fish and fishing: recover depleted fish stocks and promote the long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 2570), H1620 [24AP]
Fort Presque Isle National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 4681), H2235 [8MY]
FTC: deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (see H.R. 4551), H1688 [29AP]
Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 355), H1533 [23AP]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H4498 [10JY]
———establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 5241), H5993 [26JY]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1003 [19MR]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H142 [5FE]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3469), H1769 [30AP]
Health care facilities: increase availability of language-assistance services for patients of migrant health centers (see H.R. 4134), H1199 [10AP]
Health care professionals: provide programs to improve nurse retention, the nursing workplace, and the quality of care (see H.R. 4654), H2356 [9MY]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Insurance: coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 292), H833 [12MR]
———modify antitrust exemption for medical malpractice insurance, address current health care provider issues, and reform medical malpractice litigation process and insurance market (see H.R. 5253), H6172 [10SE]
———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (see H.R. 580), H833 [12MR]
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), H2735 [21MY]
James R. Merry Post Office Building, Linesville, PA: designate (see H.R. 5586), H7737 [9OC] (see H.R. 5707), H8545 [12NO]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H5087 [22JY]
Law enforcement: provide additional resources to States to eliminate the backlog of unanalyzed rape kits and ensure timely analysis of rape kits (see H.R. 3961), H2356 [9MY]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H561 [26FE]
Medicaid: allow States to expand coverage to uninsured, poor adults (see H.R. 2789), H4498 [10JY]
———increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H285 [12FE]
———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H8732 [13NO]
———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H1091 [20MR]
Medicare: provide coverage for kidney disease education services (see H.R. 3770), H932 [14MR]
———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 3882), H1155 [9AP]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H1201 [10AP]
Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Res. 400), H1674 [25AP]
———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1156 [9AP]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 4799), H3514 [12JN]
Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H907 [13MR]
Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3784), H932 [14MR]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 390), H2108 [6MY]
NATO: recommend integration of Slovak Republic (see H. Res. 253), H2735 [21MY]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Jimmy Carter for peace (see H. Res. 588), H7929 [15OC]
Office of Technology Assessment: reestablish (see H.R. 2148), H284 [12FE]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H1090 [20MR]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (see H.R. 2173), H1533 [23AP]
Puente, Ernesto A., Jr. (Tito): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 396), H4606 [15JY]
Puerto Rico: permit dependents of Federal employees enrolled in Dept. of Defense schools to continue such enrollment until graduation from secondary school (see H.R. 3233), H1155 [9AP]
Robert A. Borski Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 5175), H5086 [22JY] (see H.R. 5280), H5995 [26JY]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4767 [16JY]
Small business: reduce Federal paperwork requirements (see H.R. 4710), H2472 [14MY]
SMART Research and Development Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 5473), H6775 [26SE]
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), H737 [6MR] (see H.R. 3729), H284 [12FE]
———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. 1470), H367 [13FE]
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), H5791 [25JY]
Taxation: prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H5087 [22JY]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H4326 [27JN]
Tito Puente Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 3945), H4605 [15JY]
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), H105 [29JA] (see H.R. 3670), H285 [12FE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]
Victor J. Saracini Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Horsham, PA: designate (see H.R. 5367), H6228 [11SE]
Voting: secure the Federal voting rights of persons who have been released from incarceration (see H.R. 5510), H6926 [1OC]
Wood: prohibit use of arsenic-treated wood in playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, decks, and other residential purposes (see H.R. 4707), H2355 [9MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Herbert Arlene Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 3738), H365 [13FE]
Rev. Leon Sullivan Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 3739), H365 [13FE]
William V. Cibotti Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 3740), H365 [13FE]
Remarks
Delaware County, PA: tribute to Community Action Agency of Delaware County, E1113
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2278
———Title XI Vessel Loan Guarantee Program funding, H2278
Fisher, Bouie: Philadelphia, PA, Laborers' Local Union 332 Outstanding Community Leader award recipient, E1816
Herbert Arlene Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (H.R. 3738), H3314 [11JN]
Rafferty, Joseph: Philadelphia, PA, Laborers' Local Union 332 Outstanding Labor Leader award recipient, E1815
Rev. Leon Sullivan Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (H.R. 3739), H3315 [11JN]
Votes: position on missed, E820
William V. Cibotti Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (H.R. 3740), H3316 [11JN]
Tributes
Brackeen, S. Amos, 2d, E1057
Coryell, Ed, E991
Harris, Catherine, E1961
Hunter, Richard and Mary, E542
Jones, Maria L. Brooks (Mom), E1962
Kelly, Thomas J., E2116
Koson, Louis and Josephine, E1662
Neely, David P., E1648