CARDIN, BENJAMIN L. (a Representative from Maryland)
Amendments
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5694 [25JY], H5799 [26JY]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2567 [16MY]
Articles and editorials
Rescue the Uninsured From Sea of Uncertainty, Michael D. Place, Baltimore (MD) Sun, E275
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
American Zoo and Aquarium Association: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 408), H3721 [19JN]
Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H3825 [21JN]
———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 3464), H3928 [25JN]
Boggs, Lindy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 439), H5087 [22JY]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7738 [9OC]
Chesapeake Bay: provide assistance for nutrient removal practices to States in the watershed (see H.R. 4666), H2163 [7MY]
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), H6419 [19SE]
Corporations: promote responsibility (see H.R. 5160), H4930 [18JY]
Cuba: grant waiver to allow Cuban nationals to play professional baseball in the U.S. (see H.R. 26), H4498 [10JY]
Dept. of Defense: establish at least one Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team in each State and at least one such team under the direction of the National Guard Bureau (see H.R. 3154), H688 [5MR]
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), H7738 [9OC]
Diseases: collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (see H.R. 239), H2511 [15MY]
District of Columbia: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 2982), H1410 [17AP]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (see H.R. 4931), H3561 [13JN]
EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 4611), H3297 [10JN]
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 393), H2357 [9MY]
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), H2108 [6MY]
Health: emphasize the importance of bone marrow donation and support National Marrow Donor Program and National Marrow Awareness Month (see H. Res. 563), H6777 [26SE]
———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H1155 [9AP]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H1155 [9AP]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H7172 [7OC]
———condemn the use of torture, and other forms of cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment or punishment in the U.S. and other countries, and express support for victims (see H. Con. Res. 431), H4069 [26JN]
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), H2099 [2MY]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H1483 [18AP]
Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas Morris, Jr. Processing and Distribution Center, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3287), H3514 [12JN]
Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 5526, 5527), H6982 [2OC]
Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 2063), H3859 [24JN]
Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H6777 [26SE]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries by targeting enrollment (see H.R. 5727), H8732 [13NO]
———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), H4553 [11JY]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H655 [4MR]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1675 [25AP]
National Fragile X Research Day: observance (see H. Res. 398), H4554 [11JY]
Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations for supportive services to older individuals who reside in naturally occurring retirement communities (see H.R. 5134), H4766 [16JY]
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe: encourage action against recent escalation of anti-Semitic violence and manifestations of xenophobia and discrimination directed against ethnic and religious minorities (see H. Res. 469), H4325 [27JN]
Pensions: simplify ERISA reporting and disclosure requirements and provide Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp. premium relief (see H.R. 3918), H781 [7MR]
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), H6559 [24SE]
Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see H.R. 5334), H6778 [26SE]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4873 [17JY]
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), H2164 [7MY]
———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4070), H2472 [14MY]
———provide miscellaneous enhancements in benefits for women (see H.R. 4069), H1089 [20MR]
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), H6559 [24SE]
Taxation: allow corporate tax benefits from stock option compensation expenses only to the extent that such expenses are included in a corporation's financial statements (see H.R. 4075), H5998 [26JY]
———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), H2608 [16MY]
———empower employees to control their retirement accounts through new diversification rights, disclosure requirements, and tax incentives for retirement education (see H.R. 3669), H110 [4FE]
———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 4180), H3161 [4JN]
———increase interest rate used in determining funding requirements for defined benefit plans which are not multiemployer plans (see H.R. 3919), H781 [7MR]
———preserve retirement security by accelerating increases in retirement plan contribution limits and by eliminating rules that force depletion of retirement savings (see H.R. 5553), H7018 [3OC]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H4872 [17JY]
———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 5052), H4325 [27JN]
———provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 5658), H8021 [16OC]
———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1434), H561 [26FE]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H6060 [4SE]
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend and expand (see H.R. 5089), H4497 [10JY]
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]
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. 3670), H201 [6FE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H524 [14FE]
Ukraine: ensure a democratic, transparent, and fair parliamentary election process (see H. Res. 339), H367 [13FE]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 5491), H6776 [26SE]
Unitas, Johnny: tribute (see H. Res. 538), H6418 [19SE]
University of Maryland: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 383), H1200 [10AP]
Water: establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to control and eradicate invasive species, educate the public, and restore ecosystems (see H.R. 5395), H6373 [18SE]
———establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (see H.R. 5396), H6373 [18SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish policies for any requirement that veterans be required to split their medications as a cost-saving measures (see H.R. 4836), H3036 [23MY]
Immigration: prevent nonimmigrant aliens, who are delinquent in child support payments, from entering the U.S. (see H.R. 4597), H1673 [25AP]
Medicare: coverage of chronic disease prescription drugs and disease management services (see H.R. 5219), H5790 [25JY]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 3710), H230 [8FE]
———prohibit health care providers from charging membership or extraneous fees as a prerequisite to service to a patient (see H.R. 4752), H2607 [16MY]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and reform block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3625), H78 [24JA]
Tariff: cis, trans-3-(2-chloro-3,3,3 triflouro-1-propenyl)-2,2-dimethyl-cyclopropane carboxylic acid (see H.R. 4094), H1152 [9AP]
———4-pentenoic acid, 3,3-dimethyl-, methyl ester (see H.R. 4097), H1152 [9AP]
———(S)-alpha-hydroxy-3-phenoxybenzeneacetonitrile (see H.R. 4096), H1152 [9AP]
———2-chlorobenzyl chloride (see H.R. 4095), H1152 [9AP]
Remarks
Air Transportation Stabilization Board: delay payments under the Airline Loan Guarantee Program, H2919 [22MY]
Appropriations: legislative process, H6385 [19SE]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2919 [22MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7330 [9OC]
Bush, President: disapproving the action taken under the Trade Act in response to the surge of steel imports (H.J. Res. 84), disposition (H. Res. 414), H2175 [8MY]
Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H4772 [17JY]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), consideration (H. Res. 462), H4138 [27JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5694, H5695 [25JY], H5879
———inclusion of Customs Service, H5694, H5695 [25JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make educational savings incentives provisions permanent (H.R. 5203), H6028
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), H3520 [13JN]
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), complete congressional action (H. Res. 543), H6936 [2OC]
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), complete congressional action (H. Res. 543)—consideration (H. Res. 547), H6664 [25SE]
———make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), H3793, H3794, H3796 [21JN]
———make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), complete congressional action (H. Res. 544)—consideration (H. Res. 547), H6664 [25SE]
———make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), consideration (H. Res. 451), H3787 [21JN]
———make permanent the exclusion of reparations received by Holocaust survivors or their heirs or estates (H.R. 4823), H3091 [4JN]
———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (H.R. 4800), H3093, H3094 [4JN]
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (H. Res. 393), H4385 [9JY]
Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.: anniversary, E210
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, E274
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4628), H5423 [24JY]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), consideration (H. Res. 404), H2076
Lansdowne, MD: anniversary of Lansdowne Volunteer Fire Association #1, Inc., E134
Medicare: coverage of chronic disease prescription drugs and disease management services (H.R. 5219), E1386
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H2919 [22MY]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4271 [27JN]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (H.R. 3710), E123
———revise and improve payments to certain health care service providers, H8799 [14NO]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), H1235 [11AP]
———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), complete action (H. Res. 540)—consideration (H. Res. 547), H6664 [25SE]
———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), complete congressional action (H. Res. 540), H6676 [25SE]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), H4133
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H387 [13FE]
Public debt: ceiling, H2919 [22MY]
Public welfare programs: expand vocational educational opportunities for recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, H2496 [15MY]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2479 [15MY], H2532, H2534, H2535, H2536, H2537, H2538, H2579, H2581, H2583, H2584, H2585, H2586, H2589, H2591 [16MY]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (H. Res. 525), H6385, H6386, H6387 [19SE]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), consideration (H. Res. 422), H2496 [15MY]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), consideration (H. Res. 422), same-day consideration (H. Res. 420), H2485 [15MY]
———reauthorize and reform block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 3625), E23
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H2919 [22MY]
Taxation: increase unified estate tax credit, H3252 [6JN]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3252 [6JN]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, H495 [14FE]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H760 [7MR]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H495 [14FE]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 5063), concur with Senate amendments with an amendment, H8799 [14NO]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6189 [11SE]
U.S. Naval Academy: construction of ethics center and Jewish Chapel funding, H4138 [27JN]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H495 [14FE], H760 [7MR], H8799 [14NO]
Unitas, Johnny: tribute (H. Res. 538), H6861 [1OC]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H6249 [12SE]
Tributes
Brodie, Georgene, E978
Friedman, Kathleen O'Ferrall, E862
Goldfield, June, E758
Grecco, Ernest R., E1115
Heller, Barbara, E996
Koshgarian, David H., E1104
Rosenberg, Henry A., E798
Shaivitz, Gail, E1746
Tschechtelin, James D., E759
Unitas, Johnny, H6248 [12SE]