KANJORSKI, PAUL E. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3210, Terrorism Risk Protection Act, H5962 [26JY]
———H.R. 3763, Corporate and Auditing Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency Act, H4847 [17JY]
Articles and editorials
Merli Held Position So His Unit Could Escape, David Falchek, Scranton (PA) Times-Tribune, E1054
WWII Hero Gino Merli Dies, David Falchek, Scranton (PA) Times-Tribune, E1053
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: appropriate State and tribal shares (see H. Con. Res. 425), H3927 [25JN]
Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5383), H7895 [10OC]
Animals: establish a national research program on chronic wasting disease (see H.R. 4795), H3161 [4JN]
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), H2356 [9MY]
Bankruptcy: increase the aggregate amount of claims of employees for compensation and benefits relative to payment priorities (see H.R. 5178), H5086 [22JY]
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]
Business and industry: enhance regulation of public auditors, improve corporate governance and overhaul corporate disclosure made pursuant to the securities laws (see H.R. 3818), H650 [28FE]
———provide for enhanced corporate responsibility under securities laws (see H.R. 4083), H1152 [9AP]
Carter, Jimmy and Rosalynn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 399), H105 [29JA]
Children's Development Commission (Kiddie Mac): establish (see H.R. 5291), H5995 [26JY]
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), H2945 [22MY]
Contracts: require Federal agencies to follow certain procedures relative to the bundling of procurement contract requirements (see H.R. 1324), H2100 [2MY]
Corporations: prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts (see H.R. 4831), H3036 [23MY]
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), H907 [13MR]
Dept. of HUD: insure mortgages for acquisition, construction, or substantial rehabilitation of child care and development facilities (see H.R. 5291), H5995 [26JY]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study of the suitability and feasibility of establishing a Presidential National Historic Site in Hope, AR (see H.R. 3815), H634 [27FE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H6419 [19SE]
Education: provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H6304 [17SE]
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: provide benefits to Dept. of Energy contractors exposed to toxic substances, expand coverage to certain individuals, and reform claimant assistance (see H.R. 5493), H6776 [26SE]
EPA: provide additional authority to the Office of Ombudsman (see H.R. 1431), H8023 [16OC]
Executive Office of the President: ensure that requests or petitions for executive clemency are treated as lobbying contacts (see H.R. 5131), H4765 [16JY]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: clarify relative to rules of civil procedure (see H.R. 3533), H3037 [23MY]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H1155 [9AP]
Federal employees: clarify computation of annuities for air traffic controllers relative to law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 4957), H3668 [18JN]
———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), H3161 [4JN]
———increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see H.R. 1307), H3229 [5JN]
———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H5791 [25JY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 1862), H6559 [24SE]
Fort Presque Isle National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 4681), H2235 [8MY]
FTC: deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (see H.R. 4551), H1688 [29AP]
Government: expand types of Federal agencies that are required to prepare audited financial statements (see H.R. 4685), H2235 [8MY]
Health: improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums and COBRA coverage premiums (see H.R. 1255), H6060 [4SE]
———provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (see H.R. 3462), H2945 [22MY]
Herbert Arlene Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 3738), H365 [13FE]
Insurance: modify antitrust exemption for medical malpractice insurance, address current health care provider issues, and reform medical malpractice litigation process and insurance market (see H.R. 5253), H6926 [1OC]
———require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide prompt payment for health benefits claims (see H.R. 4983), H6251 [12SE]
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]
James R. Merry Post Office Building, Linesville, PA: designate (see H.R. 5586), H7895 [10OC] (see H.R. 5707), H8545 [12NO]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H4605 [15JY]
Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H7894 [10OC]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 2484), H1674 [25AP]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H1769 [30AP]
———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2073), H3928 [25JN]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H2164 [7MY]
Mining and mineral resources: reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 4078), H2735 [21MY]
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H4425 [9JY]
NATO: recommend integration of Slovak Republic (see H. Res. 253), H2735 [21MY]
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight: provide funding in the same manner as other financial institutions' regulatory agencies (see H.R. 5696), H8035 [21OC]
Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H2471 [14MY]
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. 5280), H6419 [19SE]
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), H4605 [15JY]
SMART Research and Development Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 5473), H6775 [26SE]
Social Security: improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2164 [7MY]
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), H3161 [4JN]
Surface Transportation Board: improve passenger rail and other fixed guideway transportation by allowing improved access to freight track and rights-of-way in return for reasonable compensation to freight railroads (see H.R. 2654), H1090 [20MR]
Taxation: 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), H5998 [26JY]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H2945 [22MY]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H3824 [21JN]
———provide a credit and a deduction for small political contributions (see H.R. 4980), H3774 [20JN]
Television: reinstate authority of the FCC and local franchising authorities to regulate cable television rates (see H.R. 1842), H4872 [17JY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
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 Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]
Victor J. Saracini Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Horsham, PA: designate (see H.R. 5367), H6228 [11SE]
William V. Cibotti Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 3740), H365 [13FE]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H907 [13MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Armed Forces: liability for claims of military personnel for damages for certain injuries (see H.R. 4510), H1482 [18AP]
Bieda, Charmaine: relief (see H.R. 3668), H105 [29JA]
Dept. of HUD: guarantee loans to homeowners with properties contaminated by leaking underground storage tanks and assist such homeowners in moving from such properties on a temporary or permanent basis (see H.R. 5572), H7303 [8OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), H6171 [10SE]
OMB: reduce preexisting balances on the pay-go scorecard to zero and extend statutory budget disciplines (see H.R. 5672), H8022 [16OC]
Remarks
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: appropriate State and tribal shares (H. Con. Res. 425), H6878
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7326 [9OC]
Bianco, Anthony A.: Luzerne County, PA, Italian American Association Person of the Year award recipient, E1836
Business and industry: enhance regulation of public auditors, improve corporate governance and overhaul corporate disclosure made pursuant to the securities laws (H.R. 3818), H4482 [10JY]
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H1545, H1584 [24AP]
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, H5463 [25JY]
Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (H.R. 2941), H3097
Enron Corp.: economic collapse, H1545 [24AP]
Higher Education Act: establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders (S. 1762), H46 [24JA]
Hines, Mary E.: Northeast Pennsylvania Arthritis Foundation Community Leader of the Year award recipient, E1882
Hurricanes: anniversary of Hurricane Agnes, E1125
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), conference report, H8803 [14NO]
Kirby, Allan P., Jr.: Greater Wyoming Valley Area Salvation Army ``OTHERS'' Award recipient, E1352
Kluger, Allan M. and Sue Kline: Wilkes-Barre Society of Fellows Anti-Defamation League Distinguished Community Service Award recipients, E748
Magee Rieter Automotive Systems (business): General Motors Corp., Supplier of the Year Award recipient, E1535
Paisley, James: Luzerne County, PA, Italian American Association Outstanding Italian American award recipient, E1839
Pennsylvania: anniversary of Columbia Montour Home Health Services, E1877
———Wyoming Valley Levee Raising Project completion, E1125
Walzer, Martin: Danville, PA, American Red Cross Chapter Robert N. Pursel Distinguished Community Achievement Award recipient, E2017
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H2659 [20MY], H7169 [7OC], H7301 [8OC]
Special order: granted, H4870 [17JY]
Tributes
Gelb, Ernest R., E701
Glogowski, Walter, E1881
Gorham, Joseph L., E1879
Grimes, John F., E666
Harry, Ed, E1884
Keirans, Mary Ann, E1975
Merli, Gino J., E1053
Orsulak, Joseph P., E231
Sinco, Michael E., Sr., E836