GREENWOOD, JAMES C. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3763, Corporate and Auditing Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency Act, H4847 [17JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: appropriate State and tribal shares (see H. Con. Res. 425), H3927 [25JN]
Africa: recognize the importance of inheritance rights of women (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3668 [18JN]
Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 1421), H141 [5FE]
Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 1256), H7894 [10OC]
Animals: increase the availability of drugs for minor species and rare diseases in all animals (see H.R. 1956), H3514 [12JN]
———prohibit use of polar bears in circuses (see H.R. 3932), H1769 [30AP]
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), H1154 [9AP]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H3562 [13JN]
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]
Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 912), H2471 [14MY]
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: make improvements and reauthorize programs (see H.R. 5601), H7892 [10OC]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H634 [27FE]
———enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5317), H6059 [4SE]
———prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (see H.R. 3839), H686 [5MR]
———promote personal safety programs for children (see H. Con. Res. 484), H6778 [26SE]
China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 447), H6693 [25SE]
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), H1091 [20MR]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3887), H737 [6MR]
Corp. for National and Community Service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (see H.R. 4854), H3293 [6JN]
Dept. of Commerce: establish and appoint members of a Marine Protected Areas Advisory Committee (see H.R. 5595), H7738 [9OC]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 4073), H2164 [7MY]
———reauthorize microenterprise assistance programs and expand sustainable poverty-focused microenterprise programs by implementing improved poverty measurement methods (see H.R. 4209), H1283 [11AP]
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]
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]
———increase amount of student loan forgiveness available to qualified teachers, with an emphasis on special education teachers (see H.R. 5091), H4552 [11JY]
———increase student loan forgiveness to teachers in mathematics, science, and special education (see H.R. 3957), H1091 [20MR]
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), H1087 [20MR]
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), H5453 [24JY]
Federal employees: adjust certain Federal annuity computations relative to periods of receiving disability payments (see H.R. 5481), H6776 [26SE]
———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H4425 [9JY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the development of products for rare diseases (see H.R. 4014), H1087 [20MR]
Financial Accounting Standards Board: develop standards of financial accounting and reporting relative to the treatment of stock options (see H.R. 5147), H4872 [17JY]
———preserve the integrity of the establishment of accounting standards (see H.R. 5058), H4325 [27JN]
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]
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), H1002 [19MR]
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), H2472 [14MY]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
Fort Presque Isle National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 4681), H2235 [8MY]
Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 5241), H5993 [26JY]
———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (see H.R. 5478), H6776 [26SE]
Herbert Arlene Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 3738), H365 [13FE]
Highlands Stewardship Area: establish (see H.R. 5146), H6983 [2OC]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 4113), H1153 [9AP]
House of Representatives: encourage each State to examine its statutes, practices, and procedures governing appointment and election of new Members in the event of a catastrophe (see H. Res. 559), H6777 [26SE]
Housing: amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (see H.R. 3995), H3601 [17JN]
Immigration and Nationality Act: amend to improve administrative structure for carrying out immigration laws (see H.R. 4108), H1533 [23AP]
Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 3781), H3601 [17JN]
James R. Merry Post Office Building, Linesville, PA: designate (see H.R. 5586), H7737 [9OC] (see H.R. 5707), H8545 [12NO]
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), H3292 [6JN]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 4954), H3721 [19JN]
———improve access to health care and extend solvency of trust fund by reforming the health care liability system (see H.R. 4942), H3561 [13JN]
Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Res. 400), H1770 [30AP]
———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1156 [9AP]
Mink, Patsy T.: honorary renaming of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (see H.J. Res. 113), H6983 [2OC]
Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H6419 [19SE]
Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3784), H561 [26FE]
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H833 [12MR]
NIH: establish Office of Rare Diseases (see H.R. 4013), H1087 [20MR]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (see H.R. 3762), H738 [6MR]
———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]
Privacy: protect and enhance consumer privacy (see H.R. 4678), H2234 [8MY]
Public Health Service Act: establish scholarship and loan repayment programs in veterinarian shortage areas (see H.R. 1943), H1533 [23AP]
———protection of human subjects in research (see H.R. 4697), H2355 [9MY]
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]
———reauthorize Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work-related provisions and Child Care and Development Block Grants (see H.R. 4092), H1152 [9AP]
Rev. Leon Sullivan Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 3739), H365 [13FE]
Robert A. Borski Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 5175), H5791 [25JY] (see H.R. 5280), H6061 [4SE]
Saudi Arabia: support reform of education curriculum (see H. Con. Res. 432), H5998 [26JY]
SMART Research and Development Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 5473), H6775 [26SE]
Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H6060 [4SE]
Taxation: allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 3131), H781 [7MR]
———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 2125), H5195 [23JY]
———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see H.R. 2695), H562 [26FE]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———encourage contributions of capital gain real property for conservation purposes and qualified conservation contributions, and modify rules on estate tax exclusion for certain land (see H.R. 1309), H7303 [8OC]
———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H1338 [16AP]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H1154 [9AP]
———treatment of income from land sold to a government agency or a nonprofit organization for conservation purposes (see H.R. 2290), H7172 [7OC]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]
U.N.: restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 3916), H780 [7MR]
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]
William V. Cibotti Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 3740), H365 [13FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: improve regulation of medical devices (see H.R. 5651), H8021 [16OC]
Health: authorize demonstration projects to increase the supply of organs donated for human transplant (see H.R. 5224), H5790 [25JY]
———improve immunization rates by increasing the distribution of vaccines and improving and clarifying the vaccine injury compensation program (see H.R. 5282), H5995 [26JY]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H1673 [25AP]
Market Integrity Commission: establish to study issues relating to the governance of corporations in interstate and foreign commerce (see H.R. 5050), H4325 [27JN]
Medicare: coverage of certain self-administered intramuscular and subcutaneous drugs (see H.R. 5719), H8731 [13NO]
Victor J. Saracini Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Horsham, PA: designate (see H.R. 5367), H6228 [11SE]
Proclamations
World Population Awareness Week: Mark S. Schweiker, Governor of Pennsylvania, E2022
Remarks
Advance of Bucks County (publication): anniversary, E385
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7235 [8OC], H7732
Care by Celebrating Children Day: observance, E562
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: make improvements and reauthorize programs (H.R. 5601), E1863
Children and youth: prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (H.R. 3839), H1511 [23AP]
Corporations: economic impact of mismanagement, deception, and violations of public trust, H4534, H4539, H4540 [11JY]
Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2215), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 552), H6700 [26SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: improve regulation of medical devices (H.R. 3580), H7162
Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), H6730, H6733 [26SE]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), motion to recommit, H6742 [26SE]
Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act: ensure the preservation of State patient liability protections, H6742 [26SE]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H581 [27FE]
Levittown, PA: anniversary, E1585
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4284 [27JN]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H390 [13FE]
Votes: position on missed, H3951
World Population Awareness Week: observance, E2022