FOSSELLA, VITO (a Representative from New York)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3210, Terrorism Risk Protection Act, H5962 [26JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Alfonse M. D'Amato U.S. Courthouse, Central Islip, NY: designate (see H.R. 4006), H1002 [19MR]
AMVETS: recognize members for their service to the nation and support the goal of AMVETS National Charter Day (see H. Con. Res. 314), H2662 [20MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7738 [9OC]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H4931 [18JY]
Aviation: recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see H. Con. Res. 401), H3038 [23MY]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 502), H7738 [9OC]
Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (see H.R. 3763), H523 [14FE]
Campanella, Roy: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 127), H1156 [9AP]
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), H1284 [11AP]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see H.R. 4793), H6130 [9SE]
Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (see H.R. 3833), H1155 [9AP]
Congress: make arrangements for special joint meeting in New York, NY, to commemorate anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 449), H5790 [25JY]
Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.J. Res. 91), H2100 [2MY]
Cyprus: membership in European Union (see H. Con. Res. 164), H1091 [20MR]
Dept. of Commerce: make grants to States for advertising that promotes travel and tourism (see H.R. 3321), H688 [5MR]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H4931 [18JY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category (see H.R. 3796), H561 [26FE]
———provide Government markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries that died on or after the day of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 3990), H1201 [10AP]
———suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H907 [13MR]
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]
District of Columbia: scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 5033), H4554 [11JY]
Education: tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 335), H78 [24JA]
FCC: eliminate deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television broadcasting (see H.R. 4560), H1618 [24AP]
———facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (see H.R. 4738), H4606 [15JY]
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), H142 [5FE]
Firefighters: support goals and ideas of a day of tribute to all who have died in the line of duty and recognize the importance of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in assisting family members of fallen firefighters (see H. Con. Res. 476), H6927 [1OC]
Greece: return of the Parthenon Marbles (see H. Con. Res. 436), H4425 [9JY]
Health: provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H7738 [9OC]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H6304 [17SE]
History: recognize historical significance of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 297), H4932 [18JY]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H2101 [2MY]
John A. (Jack) Shea Post Office Building, Lake Placid, NY: designate (see H.R. 3797), H688 [5MR]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H1154 [9AP]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H651 [28FE]
Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4888), H3826 [21JN]
Medicare: make the social HMO a permanent option under Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 2953), H6374 [18SE]
———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), H834 [12MR]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H6419 [19SE]
Navy League of the U.S.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 416), H3453 [11JN]
New Windsor, NY: recognize and support efforts to develop the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor (see H. Con. Res. 399), H4554 [11JY]
Pensions: 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 (see H. Res. 540), H6419 [19SE]
Peter J. Ganci, Jr., Post Office Building, Farmingdale, NY: designate (see H.R. 5336), H6084 [5SE]
Pipelines: improve safey (see H.R. 3609), H3668 [18JN]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4069 [26JN]
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), H7738 [9OC]
Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 82), H141 [5FE]
Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see H.R. 4608), H2356 [9MY]
Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 5573), H7303 [8OC]
SEC: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3764), H523 [14FE]
Social Security: disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 3496), H3292 [6JN]
———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H2471 [14MY]
Taxation: 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), H5997 [26JY]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———exclude Dept. of Defense student loan repayments by members of the uniformed services from taxable gross income (see H.R. 4555), H4931 [18JY]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6303 [17SE]
———provide a nonrefundable tax credit for police officers who purchase armor vests (see H.R. 5026), H4932 [18JY]
———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools and in homeschooling (see H.R. 257), H3514 [12JN]
———remove the requirement of a mandatory beginning date for distributions from individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1368), H6256 [13SE]
———require child support delinquent parents to include their unpaid obligation in gross income, and allow custodial parents a deduction for unpaid child support (see H.R. 5130), H4765 [16JY]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of Federal funds used for relief and revitalization of New York, NY, after terrorist attacks (see H.R. 5624), H8546 [12NO]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 5717), H8731 [13NO]
U.S. Military Academy: bicentennial (see H.J. Res. 83), H634 [27FE]
Unemployment: extend period of availability of unemployment assistance in the case of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3986), H937 [18MR]
———extend the period of availability of assistance under the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act for victims of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 5152), H4872 [17JY]
United Kingdom: express appreciation for loyal support and leadership of Great Britain Prime Minister, Tony Blair in war on terrorism and reaffirm relationship with Great Britain (see H. Res. 549), H6693 [25SE]
Veterans: improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (see H.R. 4904), H4326 [27JN]
———tribute to American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc., the service flag, and the service lapel button (see H. Con. Res. 301), H1202 [10AP]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]
World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 1724), H8732 [13NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced
New York, NY: establish procedures and sanctions to ensure payment of unpaid parking fines by foreign countries (see H.R. 4699), H2355 [9MY]
———provide a temporary waiver from certain transportation planning requirements for certain areas where the planning offices and resources have been destroyed by acts of terrorism (see H.R. 3880), H736 [6MR]
———tribute to workers for their rescue, recovery, and clean-up efforts at the site of the World Trade Center (see H. Res. 424), H2735 [21MY]
———tribute to workers for their rescue, recovery, and clean-up efforts at the site of the World Trade Center and the Fresh Kills Landfill (see H. Res. 492), H4931 [18JY]
Terrorism: provide satisfaction of judgements from frozen assets of terrorists, terrorist organizations, and State sponsors of terrorism (see H.R. 4647), H2099 [2MY]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H6929 [2OC]
Letters
Grant New York, NY, a waiver from transportation planning requirements for certain areas where the planning offices and resources have been destroyed by terrorism: John Bowman, Environmental Defense (organization), H6145 [10SE]
Motions
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), H6107 [9SE], H6133 [10SE]
Remarks
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), E1921
Congress: convene special joint meeting in New York, NY, to commemorate anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 448), H5611 [25JY]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to responders to the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers, and mint coins recognizing the heroic efforts (H.R. 5138), H5024 [22JY]
Courts: compensatory damages for victims of terrorist attacks, H6655 [25SE]
Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1646), conference report, H6655 [25SE]
Diseases: increase public awareness of Scleroderma (H. Con. Res. 320), H6146 [10SE]
District of Columbia: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (H.R. 2982), E1689
FCC: enforcement authority over telephone companies that violate telecommunications laws, H599 [27FE]
Health: improve men's health through fitness and reduction of obesity (H. Res. 438), H3304 [11JN]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H599 [27FE]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), H6107 [9SE]
———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), motion to instruct conferees, H6133, H6136 [10SE]
Meucci, Antonio: tribute (H. Res. 269), H3309, H3311 [11JN]
New York, NY: provide a temporary waiver from certain transportation planning requirements for certain areas where the planning offices and resources have been destroyed by acts of terrorism (H.R. 3880), H6144, H6145 [10SE]
———tribute to workers for their rescue, recovery, and clean-up efforts at the site of the World Trade Center (H. Res. 424), H2804, H2805, H2806 [21MY], E887
———tribute to workers for their rescue, recovery, and clean-up efforts at the site of the World Trade Center and the Fresh Kills Landfill (H. Res. 492), H5035 [22JY]
Staten Island, NY: tribute to Staten Island September 11th Fund, E876
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), E1572
———provide satisfaction of judgements from frozen assets of terrorists, terrorist organizations, and State sponsors of terrorism, H6133, H6136 [10SE]
Votes: position on missed, H2143
Remarks—Special Joint Meeting of Congress
New York, NY: commemorate anniversary of terrorist attacks, H6105 [9SE]
———presentation of plaque to Federal Hall in honor of special joint meeting of Congress to commemorate anniversary of terrorist attacks, H6105 [9SE]