CAPUANO, MICHAEL E. (a Representative from Massachusetts)
Amendments
Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H1564 [24AP]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Airports: conduct a study to assess and reduce the adverse environmental impacts of ground and flight operations (see H.R. 3886), H7018 [3OC]
Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 4039), H1088 [20MR]
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), H284 [12FE]
———provide that military retired pay, for non-regular service, be paid without regard to age (see H.R. 4676), H6374 [18SE]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H6085 [5SE]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H2735 [21MY]
Arts and humanities: application of antitrust laws to certain negotiations of freelance writers and artists for the sale of their written and graphic material to publishers (see H.R. 4643), H4605 [15JY]
Aviation: assist employees separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions, security measures, or a military conflict with Iraq (see H.R. 5678), H8022 [16OC]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 502), H7738 [9OC]
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]
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: provide access to early care and education so the families can work and children can receive quality custodial care (see H.R. 3524), H1091 [20MR]
China, People's Republic of: human rights violations in Tibet (see H. Res. 410), H4498 [10JY]
Civil War: posthumously proclaim soldiers of Asian descent who fought in the Civil War to be honorary U.S. citizens (see H.J. Res. 125), H9024 [14NO]
Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1918), H6171 [10SE]
Community development: increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (see H.R. 3974), H3514 [12JN]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3887), H1620 [24AP]
Corporations: prohibit from making loans to their officers, directors, and principal shareholders (see H.R. 5048), H4325 [27JN]
CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see H.R. 4607), H1673 [25AP]
Crime: provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 4089), H8023 [16OC]
———require purchases of firearms, ammunition, and explosives be made in person and keep records on the means of purchase (see H.R. 4101), H1153 [9AP]
Cuba: grant waiver to allow Cuban nationals to play professional baseball in the U.S. (see H.R. 26), H4498 [10JY]
Davis, Benjamin O., Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 487), H6061 [4SE]
Dept. of Defense: provide for congressional review of regulations relative to military tribunals (see H.R. 4046), H1156 [9AP]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H5994 [26JY]
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), H2101 [2MY]
Dept. of Justice: establish an Office of Children's Services (see H.R. 1904), H937 [18MR]
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 the Treasury: establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 4005), H1002 [19MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H7303 [8OC]
———recalculate retirement annuities for certain health care professionals performing part-time services (see H.R. 4972), H3860 [24JN]
———rescind memorandum in which directors of health service networks are directed to ensure that no marketing activities to enroll new veterans occur within their networks (see H.R. 5359), H7304 [8OC]
———suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H1533 [23AP]
Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 5458), H8023 [16OC]
Diseases: increase activities carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIH relative to diabetes in minority populations (see H.R. 2232), H4350 [8JY]
Drugs: use of marijuana for medicinal purposes (see H.R. 2592), H785 [11MR]
Eddy, Mary Baker: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 458), H5997 [26JY]
Education: provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H6983 [2OC]
———provide grants for training of realtime court reporters and closed captioners to meet the requirements for closed captioning set forth in the Telecommunications Act (see H.R. 2527), H781 [7MR]
EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 4611), H2662 [20MY]
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 393), H1483 [18AP]
Families and domestic relations: 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), H3928 [25JN]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
Federal employees: ensure that those activated by the National Guard or Reserves shall receive pay equal to the basic pay such individual would otherwise be receiving (see H.R. 3337), H6229 [11SE]
———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H4425 [9JY]
Firearms: ensure greater accountability by licensed dealers (see H.R. 4193), H1282 [11AP]
———improve the national instant criminal background check system (see H.R. 4757), H2607 [16MY]
Firefighters: provide mortgage assistance (see H.R. 3358), H1155 [9AP]
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]
FTC: deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (see H.R. 4551), H1688 [29AP]
Greece: capture of members of November 17 terrorist group (see H. Con. Res. 479), H6559 [24SE]
Haiti: end embargo and certain restrictions on humanitarian and development assistance (see H. Con. Res. 382), H6061 [4SE]
Health: expand, intensify, and coordinate activities relative to research on autoimmune diseases in women (see H.R. 5104), H4552 [11JY]
———provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (see H.R. 3462), H2101 [2MY]
———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H1155 [9AP]
———require insurance coverage of bone mass measurements and inform women concerning reproductive and post-menopausal health care choices (see H.R. 1683), H1003 [19MR]
Health care professionals: help solve the nursing shortage in hospitals and continuing care settings (see H.R. 1897), H2735 [21MY]
———provide programs to improve nurse retention, the nursing workplace, and the quality of care (see H.R. 4654), H2608 [16MY]
Houston, Charles H.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 438), H5195 [23JY]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H6230 [11SE]
Indonesia: commemorate independence of East Timor and encourage establishment of diplomatic relations (see H. Con. Res. 405), H2735 [21MY]
International law: protect due process rights of U.S. citizens before foreign tribunals and the International Criminal Court (see H.R. 2699), H7894 [10OC]
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), H3775 [20JN]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Joseph D. Early Post Office Building, Worcester, MA: designate (see H.R. 5333), H6059 [4SE]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H4326 [27JN]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H2164 [7MY]
———collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H1003 [19MR]
Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Society, Inc.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 458), H5997 [26JY]
Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H3161 [4JN]
Medicare: coverage of certain chiropractic examination procedures (see H.R. 2284), H5998 [26JY]
———coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see H.R. 3278), H6693 [25SE]
———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 1202), H36 [23JA]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———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), H524 [14FE]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H2735 [21MY]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1338 [16AP]
Meucci, Antonio: tribute (see H. Res. 269), H2357 [9MY]
Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3784), H688 [5MR]
National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 5047), H4425 [9JY]
National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 418), H3562 [13JN]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 390), H2101 [2MY]
National Epilepsy Month: designate (see H. Res. 484), H4605 [15JY]
National Park Service: establish the 225th Anniversary of the American Revolution Commemorative Program (see H.R. 4786), H2734 [21MY]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H1155 [9AP]
Native Americans: encourage teaching of the role in U.S. history and culture and leading of community service projects that further such education (see H. Res. 190), H6061 [4SE]
NATO: recommend integration of Slovak Republic (see H. Res. 253), H2735 [21MY]
Navy League of the U.S.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 416), H3453 [11JN]
Noise pollution: prohibit operation of civil subsonic turbojets in certain metropolitan areas (see H.R. 299), H366 [13FE]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H1003 [19MR]
Privacy: restore certain standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information (see H.R. 5646), H8021 [16OC]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (see H.R. 2173), H3229 [5JN]
———amend to provide services for the prevention of family violence (see H.R. 4916), H3928 [25JN]
———establish Nationwide Health Tracking Network (see H.R. 4061), H1089 [20MR]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3113), H1003 [19MR]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H1284 [11AP]
Schools: provide private schools parity with public schools in obtaining criminal background checks of employees, volunteers, and applicants (see H.R. 5257), H5994 [26JY]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H5791 [25JY]
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]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H2735 [21MY]
Taxation: expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H4574 [12JY]
———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 1265), H833 [12MR]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H737 [6MR]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H3824 [21JN]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund: tribute (see H. Res. 581), H8029 [17OC]
Tibet: recognize authorities who are currently exiled in Dharamsala, India, as the legitimate representatives of Tibet (see H. Res. 357), H687 [5MR]
Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 5264), H5994 [26JY]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]
Turkey: express appreciation for participation in military response to terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 265), H228 [7FE]
U.N.: restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 3916), H1289 [15AP]
Veterans: provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1808), H1769 [30AP]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H6927 [1OC]
Williams, Ted: tribute (see H. Res. 482), H4574 [12JY]
World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 1724), H8023 [16OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
CERCLA: modify provisions on liability associated with a release or threatened release of recycled oil (see H.R. 3788), H561 [26FE]
Dept. of HHS: award grants to associate degree schools of nursing and professional nursing organizations to improve nursing education (see H.R. 4665), H2163 [7MY]
Housing: provide affordable housing for families that are headed by grandparents and other relatives of children (see H.R. 4033), H1088 [20MR]
Israel: condemn attempts to boycott Israeli scientific institutions and scholars (see H. Res. 499), H5453 [24JY]
Massachusetts: tribute to Air National Guard 102d Fighter Wing for efforts relative to national security in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see H.J. Res. 94), H2944 [22MY]
Medicare: ensure reimbursement for certain FDA-approved cancer drug therapies administered in hospital outpatient settings (see H.R. 5218), H5789 [25JY]
Taxation: apply the harbor maintenance tax to certain ports that import cargo exceeding a certain amount per year (see H.R. 4835), H3036 [23MY]
Remarks
Afghanistan: tribute to childrens' return to school, E1266
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7380 [9OC], H7767
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H1601
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: support (H. Con. Res. 502), E1830
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), H1048 [20MR]
Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H1564 [24AP]
Corporate and Auditing Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency Act: ensure that one member of the public regulatory agency be a person who has never been licensed to practice public accounting, H1564 [24AP]
Dept. of HHS: award grants to associate degree schools of nursing and professional nursing organizations to improve nursing education (H.R. 4665), E729
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (H. Res. 393), E1226
Greenwood, Samuel N.: Villanova University Hall of Fame inductee, E1990
Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (H.R. 3450), H6807
Hispanic Heritage Month: observance, E1720
Housing: provide affordable housing for families that are headed by grandparents and other relatives of children (H.R. 4033), E408
Iceland: human rights violations, E1215
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Con. Res. 280), E779
———express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), E779
Massachusetts: tribute to Air National Guard 102d Fighter Wing for efforts relative to national security in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (H.J. Res. 94), E901
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), E1226
National Burn Awareness Week: observance, E155
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, E1892
National Hospital Week: observance, E848
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1048 [20MR]
Somerville, MA: anniversary of Somerville High School, E1791
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6200
Votes: position on missed, H6240
Whitehead Institute: anniversary, E663
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H101 [29JA], H225 [7FE]
Resignations
Committee on the Budget (House), H4336 [8JY]
Statements
Tribute to Senator Kennedy: by, S1153 [26FE]
Tributes
Considine, Anne, E429
Honan, Brian, E1539
O'Ree, William, E240