FRANK, BARNEY (a Representative from Massachusetts)
Amendments
Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), H877 [13MR]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2215, Dept. of Justice appropriations, H172 [6FE]
———H.R. 3763, Corporate and Auditing Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency Act, H4847 [17JY]
Articles and editorials
Affordable Housing Shortage Nears Crisis Proportions, United Voice for Housing (publication), E14
Afghan Targets, Boston (MA) Globe, E1266
America as Nuclear Rogue, New York (NY) Times, H791 [12MR]
Bush's Stealth Policy on N-Arms, Thomas Oliphant, Boston (MA) Globe, H790 [12MR]
Detaining Americans, Washington (DC) Post, E1073
``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' v. the War on Terrorism, Nathaniel Frank, New Republic (publication), H8820 [14NO]
Friends Bid Farewell to Community Leader, Jules Crittenden, Boston (MA) Herald, E1381
Jack H. Backman, Renee Loth, Boston (MA) Globe, E1329
LaFalce Legacy—Three Decades of Leadership for Banks, America's Community Banker (publication), E2049
Losing Latin America, Paul Krugman, New York (NY) Times, H1382 [17AP]
Military Dismisses 6 Gay Arabic Linguists Amid Shortage of Translators, Margie Mason, Associated Press (news service), H8819 [14NO]
Music, Comunidade-Community (publication), E739
NMFS Has Yet Another Reason for Cooperation, New Bedford (MA) Standard Times, E1606
Return of an Ancient Hatred, New York (NY) Times, E652
Twisted Posture, Boston (MA) Globe, H791 [12MR]
U.S. Effort Aimed at Iraqi Officers, Walter Pincus, Washington (DC) Post, H7437 [9OC]
U.S. Seen as Weak Patron of Latin Democracy, Karen DeYoung, Washington (DC) Post, H1383 [17AP]
Why Do We Scapegoat the Schools? Gerald W. Bracey, Washington (DC) Post, E768
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions (see H.R. 2702), H6129 [9SE]
Africa: recognize the importance of inheritance rights of women (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3668 [18JN]
Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 5268), H6130 [9SE]
Animals: ensure use of certain antibiotic drugs in agriculture does not compromise human health by contributing to the development of antibiotic resistance (see H.R. 3804), H1769 [30AP]
———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 3464), H201 [6FE]
Antitrust policy: encourage standards development organizations to develop and promulgate voluntary consensus standards (see H.R. 4849), H3036 [23MY]
Archivist of the U.S.: establish the Holocaust Insurance Registry and require certain disclosures by insurers (see H.R. 2693), H6777 [26SE]
Armed Forces: forgive certain overpayments of retired pay to deceased retired members after death (see H.R. 5287), H8029 [17OC]
———provide that military retired pay, for non-regular service, be paid without regard to age (see H.R. 4676), H5998 [26JY]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H1675 [25AP]
———require congressional authority to authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 109), H6130 [9SE]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H2735 [21MY]
Aviation: expedite naturalization process and provide transitional employment eligibility for certain legal immigrants employed as security screening personnel (see H.R. 3505), H1533 [23AP]
———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2946 [22MY]
Boggs, Lindy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 439), H5087 [22JY]
Business and industry: allow a grace period for payment of bills by consumers whose mail service has been disrupted due to a national emergency (see H.R. 3891), H779 [7MR]
———enhance regulation of public auditors, improve corporate governance and overhaul corporate disclosure made pursuant to the securities laws (see H.R. 3818), H650 [28FE]
———prohibit certain employees and shareholders from obtaining special loans (see H.R. 4084), H4553 [11JY]
———provide for enhanced corporate responsibility under securities laws (see H.R. 4083), H1152 [9AP]
Capital Construction Fund: provide for qualified withdrawals for fishermen leaving the industry and for the rollover to individual retirement plans (see H.R. 3898), H1091 [20MR]
Capital punishment: temporary moratorium until a national commission reviews the justice, fairness, and due process of the administration of the death penalty (see H.R. 1038), H907 [13MR]
Capitol Building and Grounds: display artwork in the Capitol and the House office buildings which represent the contributions of women to American society (see H. Res. 106), H5454 [24JY]
———tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1200 [10AP]
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), H2735 [21MY]
CERCLA: modify provisions on liability associated with a release or threatened release of recycled oil (see H.R. 3788), H561 [26FE]
China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 447), H6130 [9SE]
China, Republic of: ensure that future is resolved peacefully through a democratic mechanism with the express consent of the Taiwanese people and free from outside threats (see H. Con. Res. 221), H6420 [19SE]
Citizenship: accord honorary citizenship to certain alien victims of terrorist attacks against the U.S. and grant citizenship to the alien spouses and children of certain victims of such attacks (see H.R. 5294), H5996 [26JY]
Clothing industry: provide access to information about sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 4768), H3161 [4JN]
Colleges and universities: eliminate termination date on authority for schools with low default rates to make single disbursements of student loans (see H.R. 4639), H3454 [11JN]
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: express sympathy to people who were tragically affected by the eruption of Nyiragongo volcano and support an increase in the amount of U.S. assistance (see H. Con. Res. 304), H367 [13FE]
Congress: authorize printing of a volume of transcripts from the special joint meeting in New York, NY, and a collection of Congressional Record statements relative to the terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 487), H6983 [2OC]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3887), H1155 [9AP]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 18), H3293 [6JN]
Corporations: prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts (see H.R. 4831), H4554 [11JY]
———promote responsibility (see H.R. 5160), H4930 [18JY]
———review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal subsidies (see H.R. 4630), H2018 [1MY]
Corps of Engineers: reform (see H.R. 1310), H781 [7MR]
Correctional institutions: analyze the incidence and effects of prison rape and provide information, resources, recommendations, and funding to protect individuals from such offenses (see H.R. 4943), H9025 [14NO]
Courts: waive certain defenses to legal claims brought by workers participating in the Bracero Program (see H.R. 4918), H3513 [12JN]
CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see H.R. 4607), H1673 [25AP]
Crime: 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), H2164 [7MY]
———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]
Cyprus: membership in European Union (see H. Con. Res. 164), H4932 [18JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: clarify authority to establish performance standards for the reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry processed by establishments receiving inspection services (see H.R. 3956), H906 [13MR]
Dept. of Defense: provide for congressional review of regulations relative to military tribunals (see H.R. 4046), H2019 [1MY]
Dept. of Education: make grants to States to establish antibullying programs (see H.R. 4774), H7895 [10OC]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H6374 [18SE]
Dept. of HHS: award grants to associate degree schools of nursing and professional nursing organizations to improve nursing education (see H.R. 4665), H3454 [11JN]
———award grants to public and private entities to establish or expand teenage pregnancy prevention programs (see H.R. 3581), H562 [26FE]
———expand and intensify research programs concerning elder falls (see H.R. 3695), H8733 [13NO]
———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see H. Con. Res. 385), H3161 [4JN]
Dept. of HUD: permit public housing agencies to transfer unused low-income rental assistance amounts to the HOME Program or for eligible Capital Fund public housing activities (see H.R. 4205), H3161 [4JN]
———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 5499), H6783 [30SE]
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), H4069 [26JN]
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: improve judicial review of administrative decisions (see H.R. 4018), H1533 [23AP]
———maintain health care eligibility for veterans being held as a prisoner in a county or city jail (see H.R. 3772), H1284 [11AP]
———oppose enactment of any proposal establishing a health care deductible for veterans (see H. Con. Res. 359), H1339 [16AP]
———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]
———provide grants to States for programs to financially assist veterans who experience certain emergencies (see H.R. 5112), H4574 [12JY]
———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H6230 [11SE]
———recalculate retirement annuities for certain health care professionals performing part-time services (see H.R. 4972), H3774 [20JN]
———repeal requirement that former POW must have been interred for a specified minimum period of time to be eligible for dental benefits (see H.R. 3826), H1484 [18AP]
———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 3183), H5791 [25JY]
———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), H6420 [19SE]
———suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H562 [26FE]
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), H8045 [28OC]
———importance of recruiting and retaining direct support professionals to ensure the proper care of individuals with developmental disabilities (see H. Con. Res. 477), H8733 [13NO]
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: reauthorize temporary mortgage and rental payments program (see H.R. 5378), H6304 [17SE]
Diseases: collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (see H.R. 239), H6060 [4SE]
———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), H3860 [24JN]
———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 5031), H6061 [4SE]
———increase public awareness of Scleroderma (see H. Con. Res. 320), H227 [7FE]
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]
———provide assistance for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 4894), H3514 [12JN]
Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4582), H1619 [24AP]
———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), H4766 [16JY]
———provide student loan borrowers with a choice of lender for loan consolidation (see H.R. 3273), H1201 [10AP]
———require medically accurate and objective factual information as part of any sex education course (see H.R. 5668), H8022 [16OC]
EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 4611), H3038 [23MY]
ERISA: improve Dept. of Labor enforcement of requirements relating to pension participation, vesting, benefit accrual, and funding (see H.R. 4778), H2661 [20MY]
———provide for improved disclosure, diversification, account access, and accountability under individual account plans (see H.R. 3657), H104 [29JA]
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 393), H2165 [7MY]
Executive Office of the President: ensure that requests or petitions for executive clemency are treated as lobbying contacts (see H.R. 5131), H5453 [24JY]
Families and domestic relations: community-based family resource and support grants appropriations (see H.R. 1391), H561 [26FE]
———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), H2472 [14MY]
FBI: reform (see H.R. 5387), H6302 [17SE]
FCC: 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), H6304 [17SE]
FDA: require labeling containing information applicable to pediatric patients (see H.R. 4730), H3669 [18JN]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
Federal Bureau of Investigation Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 5213), H6304 [17SE]
Federal employees: ensure one-half of leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child shall be leave with pay (see H.R. 3915), H780 [7MR]
———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), H285 [12FE]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 747), H141 [5FE]
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend relative to firefighter assistance (see H.R. 4548), H5791 [25JY]
Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 2163), H6419 [19SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the development of products for rare diseases (see H.R. 4014), H1156 [9AP]
———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 5272), H6560 [24SE]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over certain wetlands (see H.R. 5194), H8546 [12NO]
Financial Accounting Standards Board: develop standards of financial accounting and reporting relative to the treatment of stock options (see H.R. 5147), H4872 [17JY]
Financial institutions: exempt attorneys from privacy provisions of the law repealing restrictions on the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and insurance companies (see H.R. 5457), H6692 [25SE]
Firearms: ensure greater accountability by licensed dealers (see H.R. 4193), H1282 [11AP]
———implement a system of licensing purchasers and a record of sale system (see H.R. 1247), H36 [23JA]
———improve the national instant criminal background check system (see H.R. 4757), H2607 [16MY]
———regulation of transfers at gun shows (see H.R. 4034), H1088 [20MR]
Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (see H.R. 3992), H6559 [24SE]
Food: require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see H.R. 4704), H2355 [9MY]
Food Safety Administration: establish as independent agency to consolidate food safety, labeling, and inspection functions (see H.R. 1671), H1338 [16AP]
Foreign policy: ensure that the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative substantially increases resources available for human development and poverty reduction in countries eligible for assistance (see H.R. 4524), H1483 [18AP]
Foreign trade: respond to serious injury currently being experienced by the U.S. textile and apparel industry (see H.J. Res. 105), H6304 [17SE]
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]
Government regulations: require agencies to take into consideration the impact of newly promulgated rules on the privacy of individuals (see H.R. 4561), H2108 [6MY]
Haiti: end embargo and certain restrictions on humanitarian and development assistance (see H. Con. Res. 382), H3454 [11JN]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H1284 [11AP]
———establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 5241), H6560 [24SE]
———expand, intensify, and coordinate activities relative to research on autoimmune diseases in women (see H.R. 5104), H5453 [24JY]
———provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (see H.R. 3462), H105 [29JA]
———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H105 [29JA]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3469), H1769 [30AP]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 4113), H2662 [20MY]
House Rules: permit Members to characterize Senate actions in the same manner that they may characterize House actions (see H. Res. 531), H6303 [17SE]
Housing: prohibit offering homebuilding purchase contracts containing a mandatory arbitration agreement and other provisions in a single document and prohibit requiring purchasers to consent to mandatory arbitration agreements (see H.R. 2053), H6926 [1OC]
———provide affordable housing for families that are headed by grandparents and other relatives of children (see H.R. 4033), H3454 [11JN]
Houston, Charles H.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 438), H4932 [18JY]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H1675 [25AP]
Immigration: 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]
———change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4575), H3038 [23MY]
———protection of battered immigrant families (see H.R. 3828), H650 [28FE]
———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]
———treatment of spouses and children of Philippine servicemen who served in the U.S. Navy (see H.R. 3906), H937 [18MR]
Indonesia: commemorate independence of East Timor and encourage establishment of diplomatic relations (see H. Con. Res. 405), H2471 [14MY]
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (see H.R. 3231), H1484 [18AP]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H1154 [9AP]
———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 292), H833 [12MR]
Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 3781), H1155 [9AP]
Iraq: adjudication and payment of certain claims against Iraq and priority for veterans filing such claims (see H.R. 4573), H6983 [2OC]
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), H2235 [8MY]
Israel: condemn attempts to boycott Israeli scientific institutions and scholars (see H. Res. 499), H6085 [5SE]
Japan: encourage issuance of an apology for the sexual enslavement of young women during colonial occupation of Asia during World War II (see H. Con. Res. 195), H1091 [20MR]
Jimmie Lee Jackson Post Office Building, Marion, AL: designate (see H.R. 3849), H3514 [12JN]
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), H4605 [15JY]
Law enforcement: establish a national database of firearms ballistics information and require firearms manufacturers to provide ballistics information about new firearms (see H.R. 408), H8035 [21OC]
———prevent and punish counterfeiting and copyright piracy of intellectual property (see H.R. 5057), H6304 [17SE]
———provide additional resources to States to eliminate the backlog of unanalyzed rape kits and ensure timely analysis of rape kits (see H.R. 3961), H2735 [21MY]
———require ballistics testing of all firearms manufactured and all firearms in custody of Federal agencies (see H.R. 5663), H8051 [31OC]
Law enforcement officers: adjust certain U.S. Park Police and Secret Service pension benefits as a result of the conversion to a new salary schedule (see H.R. 1887), H2235 [8MY]
———adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H561 [26FE]
LIHEAP: encourage the release of funds to individuals affected by the terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 300), H562 [26FE]
Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 5526, 5527), H6982 [2OC]
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]
Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (see H.R. 1294), H1154 [9AP]
Medicaid: delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals (see H.R. 3360), H688 [5MR]
———increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H3161 [4JN]
———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1011), H2235 [8MY]
Medicare: coverage for rehabilitation services provided by State vocational rehabilitation agencies to older, blind individuals (see H.R. 2674), H141 [5FE]
———coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 747), H141 [5FE]
———coverage of adult day care services (see H.R. 3585), H1410 [17AP]
———coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see H.R. 3278), H2471 [14MY]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H687 [5MR]
———coverage of paramedic intercept ambulance support services (see H.R. 5511), H8023 [16OC]
———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 1645), H36 [23JA]
———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 4000), H2164 [7MY]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5411), H7738 [9OC]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 3710), H688 [5MR]
———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 3109), H2164 [7MY]
———provide a direct supplemental insurance option (see H.R. 3976), H1769 [30AP]
———provide access to kidney disease health care, management, and end stage renal disease prevention services (see H.R. 4729), H5195 [23JY]
———provide fair payments under the hospital outpatient department prospective payment system (see H.R. 5234), H6419 [19SE]
———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (see H.R. 3236), H785 [11MR]
———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]
———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2073), H737 [6MR]
Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 5078), H6374 [18SE]
———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1338 [16AP]
———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 2380), H284 [12FE]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 4799), H2943 [22MY]
Mining and mineral resources: reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 4078), H2101 [2MY]
Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3784), H561 [26FE]
National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 5047), H6061 [4SE]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H4326 [27JN]
National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 346), H1156 [9AP]
National Epilepsy Month: designate (see H. Res. 484), H5791 [25JY]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see H. Res. 518), H6230 [11SE]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H634 [27FE]
National security: provide for the sharing of homeland security information by Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies with State and local entities (see H.R. 3825), H1155 [9AP] (see H.R. 4598), H1673 [25AP]
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 3741), H3161 [4JN]
New York, NY: establish procedures and sanctions to ensure payment of unpaid parking fines by foreign countries (see H.R. 4699), H6085 [5SE]
———tribute to the New York City public school community during and after the terrorist attacks on World Trade Center and support Federal assistance to New York City public schools (see H. Res. 325), H228 [7FE]
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: identify and register certain Central Americans residing in the U.S. (see H.R. 4037), H2356 [9MY]
———provide certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of status (see H.R. 348), H5997 [26JY]
NIH: establish Office of Rare Diseases (see H.R. 4013), H1201 [10AP]
NRC: ensure that sufficient stockpiles of potassium iodide tablets have been established near nuclear power plants and that appropriate plans for their utilization exist (see H.R. 3279), H688 [5MR]
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish position of Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Small Business (see H.R. 1782), H227 [7FE]
Organ donors: allow leave for individuals who provide living organ donations (see H.R. 4008), H1284 [11AP]
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]
Pensions: prohibit knowing misrepresentations by fiduciaries of 401(k) plans which may induce participants to act contrary to their best interests and protect claims based on such misrepresentations (see H.R. 3623), H142 [5FE]
Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see H.R. 4614), H2472 [14MY]
Presidential Records Act: establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionality based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records (see H.R. 4187), H1282 [11AP]
Public Health Service Act: 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), H3859 [24JN]
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), H7304 [8OC]
Public utilities: establish programs for electric energy conservation and efficiency, renewable energy, and universal and affordable service (see H.R. 3037), H2019 [1MY]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4210), H2356 [9MY]
Reverend James Joseph Reeb Post Office Building, Selma, AL: designate (see H.R. 3850), H3514 [12JN]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H1769 [30AP]
Robeson, Paul L.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 114), H1339 [16AP]
Rowley, Coleen: tribute (see H. Res. 436), H3514 [12JN]
Russia: establish a debt reduction for nonproliferation program (see H.R. 3836), H6983 [2OC]
Sakharov, Andrei D.: confer honorary citizenship posthumously (see H.J. Res. 89), H1619 [24AP]
Saudi Arabia: support reform of education curriculum (see H. Con. Res. 432), H4767 [16JY]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 2608), H1284 [11AP]
SEC: permit certain funds assessed for securities laws violations to be used to compensate employees who are victims of excessive pension fund investments in employers stock (see H.R. 3634), H367 [13FE]
Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2035), H105 [29JA]
———improve the quality of, and provide housing for the elderly (see H.R. 4817), H2944 [22MY]
———modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4553 [11JY]
Sewage disposal: combined sewer overflow control programs (see H. Con. Res. 403), H3162 [4JN]
———sewer overflow control grants appropriations (see H.R. 5183), H6230 [11SE]
Social Security: choice of benefit payment method for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 97), H2100 [2MY]
———choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 853), H6419 [19SE]
———expand dental coverage and community oral health services under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 5191), H5194 [23JY]
———improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3675), H737 [6MR]
———promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (see H.R. 3676), H738 [6MR]
———protect trust funds by ensuring the Government repays its debts to the trust funds (see H.R. 5252), H7303 [8OC]
———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 4780), H4873 [17JY]
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: ensure coverage of National Guard troops mobilized for support services in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4017), H1769 [30AP]
Somerset County, PA: authorize a national memorial to commemorate the heroism of the passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 (see H.R. 3917), H907 [13MR]
SSI: increase incentives for working, saving, and pursuing an education (see H.R. 739), H79 [24JA]
States: address domestic and sexual violence in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs (see H.R. 4655), H3292 [6JN]
Stem Cell Research Board: establish (see H.R. 4011), H1484 [18AP]
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), H2512 [15MY]
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), H1089 [20MR]
———allow expanded penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement plans during periods of unemployment (see H.R. 3489), H907 [13MR]
———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 3713), H562 [26FE]
———clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3324), H1769 [30AP]
———encourage more responsible corporate governance (see H.R. 5088), H5195 [23JY]
———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 4180), H3161 [4JN]
———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H5998 [26JY]
———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 1265), H833 [12MR]
———increase age limit for the child tax credit (see H.R. 5182), H5194 [23JY]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H6693 [25SE]
———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]
———provide incentives to small businesses to provide health insurance to their employees (see H.R. 5174), H6419 [19SE]
———reinstate Superfund and oil spill excise taxes and extend leaking underground storage tank taxes (see H.R. 4060), H1620 [24AP]
———treatment of direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs (see H.R. 5105), H4873 [17JY]
———treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2462), H3292 [6JN]
———treatment of investments in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 2550), H1674 [25AP]
———treatment of swap fund transactions (see H.R. 2406), H737 [6MR]
Terrorism: authorize use of military tribunals in cases arising out of acts of international terrorism committed in the U.S. (see H.R. 4035), H1156 [9AP] (see H.R. 5071), H4424 [9JY]
———detain U.S. citizens or residents that are members of or cooperated with al-Qaeda in terrorist acts against the U.S. (see H.R. 5684), H9025 [14NO]
———make grants to train school nurses as ``first responders'' to a biological or chemical attack (see H.R. 3615), H1688 [29AP]
———provide grants to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, including incidents involving weapons of mass destruction (see H.R. 5441), H8733 [13NO]
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund: tribute (see H. Res. 581), H7930 [15OC]
Tibet: recognize authorities who are currently exiled in Dharamsala, India, as the legitimate representatives of Tibet (see H. Res. 357), H687 [5MR]
Tobacco products: require warning labels on tobacco products (see H.R. 3907), H780 [7MR]
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), H285 [12FE]
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), H367 [13FE]
U.N.: provide for permanent guidelines for voluntary U.S. contributions to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 5293), H6251 [12SE]
———restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 3916), H1156 [9AP]
Unemployment: provide a Federal payment, or reimbursement, to States for special unemployment assistance to individuals participating in qualified worker training programs (see H.R. 4994), H3825 [21JN]
———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 5491), H7929 [15OC]
Urban areas: allow transit systems in urbanized areas that have recently passed certain population limits to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants (see H.R. 5157), H4930 [18JY]
Veterans: improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 3430), H781 [7MR]
———increase pension rates for surviving spouses of veterans of a period of war (see H.R. 4798), H3562 [13JN]
———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
———provide benefits to merchant mariners who served during a period of war (see H.R. 2442), H3562 [13JN]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3792), H1533 [23AP] (see H.R. 3930), H3038 [23MY]
Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]
Williams, Ted: tribute (see H. Res. 482), H4574 [12JY]
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), H1289 [15AP]
World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 1724), H2945 [22MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of the Interior: study the suitability and feasibility of designating certain historic buildings and areas in Taunton, MA, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 5547), H7018 [3OC]
Federal employees: allow the spouse or annuitant to obtain health benefits coverage for self alone (see H.R. 4997), H3825 [21JN]
Immigration: authorize submission of an application for naturalization on behalf of a child by the child's grandparent or legal guardian if the parents are deceased (see H.R. 3846), H687 [5MR]
Insurance: repeal law allowing for the redomestication of mutual insurance companies (see H.R. 4505), H1482 [18AP]
Medicare: use estate tax revenue to finance an outpatient prescription drug program (see H.R. 4136), H1199 [10AP]
Tariff: liquidate or reliquidate certain entries (see H.R. 4165), H1201 [10AP]
Letters
U.S. policy on use of Armed Forces against Iraq: John McLaughlin, CIA, H7438 [9OC]
Proclamations
National Cranberry Month: Dept. of Agriculture, E1830
Questions and answers
U.S. Foreign Policy: Richard Holbrooke, E527
Remarks
Afghanistan: U.S. policy, E527
Appropriations: legislative process, H6380, H6382 [19SE]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 111), H6752, H6763 [26SE]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2972, H2973 [23MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7437 [9OC]
Army: terminate the Crusader artillery system program, H2371 [9MY]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), concur with Senate amendment with an amendment, H8875 [14NO]
———amend laws (H.R. 333), conference report, H8824 [14NO]
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: effective date of soft money ban, H453 [13FE]
Braunwald, Eugene: ROFEH International (nonprofit organization) and New England Chassidic Center honoree, E1648
Budget: allocation of funds, H4749, H4750 [16JY]
Chafetz, Irwin: ROFEH International (nonprofit organization) and New England Chassidic Center honoree, E1648
Civil liberties: prohibit abridgement of first amendment rights under campaign finance reform legislation, H415, H416 [13FE]
Courts: ensure that class actions which are refused certification by a Federal court are remanded to the State court from which it was removed, H877, H878, H879 [13MR]
———expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), H877, H878, H879 [13MR]
Crime: disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments (H.R. 4689), E2061
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2340, H2347, H2371 [9MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), consideration (H. Res. 415), H2252 [9MY]
Dept. of Energy: prohibit research and development of nuclear earth penetrator weapons, H2340 [9MY]
Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (H.R. 2941), H3096 [4JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4749, H4750 [16JY]
Education: national policy to improve system, E768
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism, E652
Gann, Joseph and Rae: ROFEH International (nonprofit organization) and New England Chassidic Center honoree, E1648
Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.: anniversary, E130
House Rules: open versus restrictive rules, H4749 [16JY]
Housing: affordable housing for low-income families, E13
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4628), conference report, H8819 [14NO]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism, H2654, H2658, H2659 [20MY]
Joseph D. Early Post Office Building, Worcester, MA: designate (H.R. 5333), H6409 [19SE]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H2652 [20MY]
National Cranberry Month: observance, E1830
National Homeownership Month: observance (H. Con. Res. 415), H3575 [17JN]
National Marine Fisheries Service: review of scientific data limiting fishing quotas in New England waters, E1605
National security: national missile defense system, H2347 [9MY]
New England Patriots (football team): tribute, E65
Nuclear weapons: national policy, H790 [12MR]
Parliamentary inquiry, H3202 [5JN], H8824, H8874 [14NO]
Point of order, H1344 [17AP], H6759, H6760 [26SE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H235 [12FE], H403, H415, H416, H453 [13FE]
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), motion to instruct conferees, H3467, H3469, H3470 [12JN]
Public debt: ceiling, H2972, H2973 [23MY]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (H. Res. 525)—consideration (H. Res. 527), H6380, H6382 [19SE]
———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), H2486, H2488 [15MY]
ROFEH International (nonprofit organization): tribute, E1648
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H3467 [12JN]
Southeastern Massachusetts Hispanic Recognition Awards Committee, Inc.: tribute to award recipients, E1164
Stern, Joseph: ROFEH International (nonprofit organization) and New England Chassidic Center honoree, E1648
Taxation: make repeal of estate taxes permanent, H2652 [20MY]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (H. Res. 524)—consideration (H. Res. 527), H6380, H6382 [19SE]
———rates, H4750 [16JY]
Terrorism: impact on civil liberties of implementing new law enforcement and surveillance laws directed toward combating terrorism, E1072
Venezuela: U.S. response to political unrest, H1382 [17AP]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H6371 [18SE], H6416 [19SE]
Statements
Tribute to Senator Kennedy: by, S1153 [26FE]
Tributes
Backman, Jack H., E1329
Bolling, Royal, Sr., E1381
Early, Joseph D., H6409 [19SE]
LaFalce, Representative, E2049
Sousa, Heitor, E738
Tinsley, Adrian, E602