GRUCCI, FELIX (a Representative from New York)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3775 [20JN]
Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 1421), H6419 [19SE]
Alfonse M. D'Amato U.S. Courthouse, Central Islip, NY: designate (see H.R. 4006), H1002 [19MR]
Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 5268), H6304 [17SE]
Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H6303 [17SE]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]
———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H3161 [4JN]
Aviation: provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (see H.R. 2946), H79 [24JA]
———provide liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot organizations flying for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of such organizations (see H.R. 5518), H8733 [13NO]
Beaches: assure that recreation benefits are accorded the same weight as hurricane, storm damage, and environmental restoration benefits (see H.R. 3842), H1284 [11AP]
Business and industry: ensure project labor agreements are permitted in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1360), H284 [12FE]
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (see H.R. 3763), H834 [12MR]
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), H1200 [10AP]
Carrier, Willis H.: tribute to anniversary of invention of modern air-conditioning (see H. Con. Res. 413), H4351 [8JY]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7929 [15OC]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5317), H6059 [4SE] (see H.R. 5326), H6130 [9SE]
———establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 5648), H8733 [13NO]
———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 1822), H1090 [20MR]
———protect from exploitive child modeling (see H.R. 4667), H7895 [10OC]
———protect from violence (see H.R. 5397), H8023 [16OC]
———provide access to early care and education so the families can work and children can receive quality custodial care (see H.R. 3524), H937 [18MR]
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), H6559 [24SE]
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]
Computers: provide greater cybersecurity (see H.R. 3482), H227 [7FE]
Construction industries: tribute to companies who donated labor, funds, and supplies to rebuild the Pentagon's roof (see H. Con. Res. 424), H3859 [24JN]
Crime: life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children (see H.R. 2146), H833 [12MR]
———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), H7894 [10OC]
Dept. of Commerce: make grants to States for advertising that promotes travel and tourism (see H.R. 3321), H688 [5MR]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H5994 [26JY]
Dept. of HHS: support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see H. Con. Res. 385), H2662 [20MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]
Dept. of the Treasury: include certain parts of the Constitution in the redesign of Federal reserve notes (see H.R. 1021), H6171 [10SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H7172 [7OC]
Disasters: establish investigative teams to assess building performance and emergency procedures in the wake of any building failure resulting in or having the potential for substantial loss of life (see H.R. 4687), H2354 [9MY]
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]
———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 5031), H7738 [9OC]
Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H4766 [16JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (see H. Con. Res. 312), H141 [5FE]
Education: tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 335), H105 [29JA]
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 393), H1770 [30AP]
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), H1156 [9AP]
Federal criminal investigators: authorize the carrying of firearms and responding to acts of terrorism and expand the definition of available relative to law enforcement availability pay (see H.R. 3409), H6251 [12SE]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H2164 [7MY]
Firefighters: support goals and ideas of a day of tribute to all who have died in the line of duty and recognize importance of National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in assisting family members (see H. Con. Res. 476), H6778 [26SE]
FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H5998 [26JY]
Greece: capture of members of November 17 terrorist group (see H. Con. Res. 479), H7304 [8OC]
Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see H.R. 4691), H4498 [10JY]
———provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (see H.R. 3462), H2471 [14MY]
———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H2471 [14MY]
Health care facilities: establish a health information technology grant program and a Medical Information Technology Advisory Board (see H.R. 3292), H833 [12MR]
Health care professionals: provide programs to improve nurse retention, the nursing workplace, and the quality of care (see H.R. 4654), H2356 [9MY]
Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see H.R. 4446), H1337 [16AP]
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), H6927 [1OC]
Housing: amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (see H.R. 3995), H1002 [19MR]
Immigration and Nationality Act: amend relative to loss of nationality for treason or terrorism against the U.S. (see H.R. 5440), H6558 [24SE]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H1154 [9AP]
Intelligent Transportation Systems Caucus: recognize goals and objectives (see H. Res. 369), H907 [13MR]
Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 3781), H1620 [24AP]
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), H2735 [21MY]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H1675 [25AP]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
John A. (Jack) Shea Post Office Building, Lake Placid, NY: designate (see H.R. 3797), H3297 [10JN]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H561 [26FE]
———exclude availability pay for criminal investigators from the limitation on premium pay and modify levels of special pay for Federal officers in certain cities (see H.R. 4763), H7738 [9OC]
Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1011), H937 [18MR]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H2471 [14MY]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 3626), H3037 [23MY] (see H.R. 3684), H1674 [25AP]
———determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 3388), H4605 [15JY]
———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see H.R. 599), H1154 [9AP]
———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 1089), H2945 [22MY]
———improve payments and regulation under the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 3584), H3292 [6JN]
———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), H2735 [21MY]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H2472 [14MY]
———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]
Mental health: provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 4728), H7929 [15OC]
———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1156 [9AP]
Meucci, Antonio: tribute (see H. Res. 269), H2472 [14MY]
Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 3624), H227 [7FE]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H285 [12FE]
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 3741), H2164 [7MY]
New Windsor, NY: recognize and support efforts to develop the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor (see H. Con. Res. 399), H6983 [2OC]
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 (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 and the Fresh Kills Landfill (see H. Res. 492), H4931 [18JY]
NSF: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4664), H2512 [15MY]
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]
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), H6419 [19SE]
Public Health Service Act: amend to provide services for the prevention of family violence (see H.R. 4916), H8546 [12NO]
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), H7895 [10OC]
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]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H7894 [10OC]
Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 5573), H7303 [8OC]
SBA: establish a pilot program in consultation with regional technology consultants to make direct loans to technology-related small business concerns (see H.R. 3791), H561 [26FE]
Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 3805), H633 [27FE]
Small business: issue postage stamp in commemoration of small business concerns (see H. Con. Res. 480), H6559 [24SE]
Social Security: guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 832), H3668 [18JN] (see H.R. 3135), H4553 [11JY]
———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1143), H1410 [17AP]
———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4070), H2472 [14MY]
———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H367 [13FE]
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), H1620 [24AP]
Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 4604), H5453 [24JY]
———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 3713), H230 [8FE]
———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), H1674 [25AP]
———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), H6303 [17SE]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H781 [7MR]
———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H3037 [23MY]
———increase the deduction for host families of foreign exchange and other students (see H.R. 200), H227 [7FE]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6303 [17SE]
———reduce capital gains rates and allow exclusion of dividends for individuals (see H.R. 5466), H8023 [16OC]
———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), H5998 [26JY]
———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1434), H6983 [2OC]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H6419 [19SE]
———treatment of income from land sold to a government agency or a nonprofit organization for conservation purposes (see H.R. 2290), H1201 [10AP]
———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 4790), H8023 [16OC]
Terrorism: make grants to train school nurses as ``first responders'' to a biological or chemical attack (see H.R. 3615), H562 [26FE]
Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 5717), H8731 [13NO]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]
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]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H1532 [23AP] (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3792), H1201 [10AP] (see H.R. 3930), H3038 [23MY]
Water Resources Development Act: limit the non-Federal share of the cost of shore protection projects (see H.R. 3749), H366 [13FE]
Women: recognize the importance of sports in fostering leadership ability and success (see H. Res. 485), H4605 [15JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
AMVETS: recognize members for their service to the nation and support the goal of AMVETS National Charter Day (see H. Con. Res. 314), H141 [5FE]
Taxation: provide a credit for employers who allow their employees to participate in volunteer firefighter training (see H.R. 4839), H3036 [23MY]
Letters
Corps of Engineers compliance with Water Resources Development Act relative to Fire Island Interim Project: by, E1593
Remarks
AMVETS: recognize members for their service to the nation and support the goal of AMVETS National Charter Day (H. Con. Res. 314), H2631, H2632 [20MY]
Aprile, Lois: Smithtown, NY, Rotary Club Peter J. Biegon Award recipient, E1065
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7236 [8OC]
———U.S. policy on use against Iraq, H6686 [25SE]
Brennan, Denise: Smithtown, NY, Rotary Club Peter J. Biegon Award recipient, E1065
Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H1552 [24AP]
Cioffi, Nadine: New York State Health Facilities Association Group Volunteer of the Year award recipient, E1066
Companaro, Rocco: Long Island, NY, Federation of Labor honoree, E629
Disasters: establish investigative teams to assess building performance and emergency procedures in the wake of any building failure resulting in or having the potential for substantial loss of life (H.R. 4687), H4559 [12JY]
———establish investigative teams to assess building performance and emergency procedures in the wake of any building failure resulting in or having the potential for substantial loss of life (H.R. 4687), Senate amendment, H6282 [17SE]
Firefighters: support goals and ideas of a day of tribute to all who have died in the line of duty and recognize importance of National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in assisting family members (H. Con. Res. 476), H6912
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), motion to instruct conferees, H6135 [10SE]
Lindsay, Bill: Long Island, NY, Federation of Labor honoree, E633
Loos, Marlene: National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Officer of the Month honoree, H2144 [7MY]
McCarthy, Representative Carolyn: Long Island, NY, Federation of Labor honoree, E635
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H3438, H3439, H3440 [11JN]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4278 [27JN]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3389), H3689
NSF: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4664), H3189 [5JN]
Plum Island Research Center: support binding arbitration for employees relative to conflict resolution, H6074, H6075 [5SE]
Taxation: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (H. Res. 524), H6396 [19SE]
Terrorism: provide satisfaction of judgements from frozen assets of terrorists, terrorist organizations, and State sponsors of terrorism, H6135 [10SE]
Votes: correction, H1516 [23AP]
———position on missed, H3736 [20JN], H6216
Westhampton Beach, NY: tribute to 106th Rescue Wing of the New York Air National Guard, H2668 [21MY]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1332 [16AP], H4065 [26JN], H6083 [5SE], H6691 [25SE]
Tributes
Gabreski, Francis (Gabby), H125 [5FE]
Germosen, Scott, H41 [24JA]