FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY P. (a Representative from New Jersey)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 5010, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H6138 [10SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 3464), H4326 [27JN]
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), H1533 [23AP]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H1201 [10AP]
Business and industry: enhance penalties for accounting and auditing improprieties at publicly traded companies (see H.R. 5118), H4767 [16JY]
Canada: condolences relative to military personnel killed by U.S. friendly fire while participating in military training exercises in Afghanistan (see H. Res. 412), H2105 [3MY]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6059 [4SE]
Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 539), H6418 [19SE]
Cyprus: membership in European Union (see H. Con. Res. 164), H37 [23JA]
Diseases: collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (see H.R. 239), H3037 [23MY]
———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), H6374 [18SE]
———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 5031), H6304 [17SE]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (see H. Con. Res. 312), H141 [5FE]
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H3454 [11JN]
EPA: reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control (see H.R. 1116), H284 [12FE]
Fish and fishing: protect certain areas of the seabed by establishing a maximum diameter size limit on rockhopper, roller, and all other groundgear used on bottom trawls (see H.R. 4003), H7303 [8OC]
Frank Sinatra Post Office Building, Hoboken, NJ: designate (see H.R. 3034), H3601 [17JN]
Greece: capture of members of November 17 terrorist group (see H. Con. Res. 479), H7304 [8OC]
———return of the Parthenon Marbles (see H. Con. Res. 436), H6983 [2OC]
Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 355), H3161 [4JN]
Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H6419 [19SE]
Highlands Stewardship Area: establish (see H.R. 5146), H4872 [17JY]
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (see H.R. 3231), H142 [5FE]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H1338 [16AP]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1202 [10AP]
Music and dance: designate the square dance as the national folk dance of the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 15), H2019 [1MY]
National Fragile X Research Day: observance (see H. Res. 398), H5998 [26JY]
New Jersey: status of EPA and Corps of Engineers memorandum of agreement relative to Historic Area Remediation Site ocean sediment polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) levels (see H.R. 5470), H6775 [26SE]
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]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4326 [27JN]
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), H4605 [15JY]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 525), H6303 [17SE]
SMART Research and Development Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 5473), H6775 [26SE]
Surface Transportation Board: direct the continued operation of certain commuter rail passenger operations in emergency situations (see H.R. 5020), H4068 [26JN]
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), H4553 [11JY]
Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1598), H1154 [9AP]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———empower employees to control their retirement accounts through new diversification rights, disclosure requirements, and tax incentives for retirement education (see H.R. 3669), H367 [13FE]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6303 [17SE]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H1156 [9AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 5080), H4424 [9JY]
FEMA: designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue System (see H.R. 3847), H687 [5MR]
Food industry: provide for liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries of pasta (see H.R. 4540), H1484 [18AP]
Foreign trade: provide for the reliquidation of certain entries (see H.R. 4462), H1338 [16AP]
Tariff: 4-hexylresorcinol (see H.R. 4139), H1199 [10AP]
———high-purity rare earth oxides (see H.R. 4138), H1199 [10AP]
———organic pigments and dyes (see H.R. 4137), H1199 [10AP]
———sensitizing dyes (see H.R. 4140), H1199 [10AP]
Transportation: prohibit States from imposing a discriminatory commuter tax on nonresidents (see H.R. 5742), H9023 [14NO]
Lists
Military academy nominees from the 11th Congressional District of New Jersey, E94
Remarks
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H3022 [23MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7217 [8OC]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H1601
Business and industry: enhance penalties for accounting and auditing improprieties at publicly traded companies (H.R. 5118), H4692
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H4692
Capitol Building and Grounds: proposed cutting down of oldest tree due to construction of Capitol Visitors Center, H3701 [19JN]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), consideration (H. Res. 462), H4139 [27JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), H4117 [27JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4725 [16JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), H3528
Essex Fells, NJ: anniversary, E1062
Gunther, Corrine: Zonta Club of Morristown, NJ, Woman of the Year award recipient, E540
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), H2198 [8MY], E770
Lincoln Park, NJ: anniversary, E609
National 4-H Program: anniversary, E1358
New Jersey: tribute to 11th Congressional District high school art competition ``An Artistic Discovery'' participants, E872
———tribute to military academy nominees from the 11th Congressional District, E93
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), H4692
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), H4128 [27JN]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), E176
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4090), E482
Taxation: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (H. Res. 524), H6399 [19SE]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6173 [11SE]
Votes: position on missed, H1429
Remarks in House relative to