LaFALCE, JOHN J. (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H1574 [24AP]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (H.R. 1701), H6332 [18SE]

Appointments

Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H2591 [16MY]

Conferee: H.R. 4, Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act, H3472 [12JN]

———H.R. 2646, Farm Security Act, H777 [7MR]

———H.R. 3210, Terrorism Risk Protection Act, H5962 [26JY]

———H.R. 3763, Corporate and Auditing Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency Act, H4847 [17JY]

———S. 1372, Eximbank reauthorization, H1985 [1MY]

Articles and editorials

Great Monsignor, E.J. Dionne, Jr., Washington (DC) Post, E881 [22MY]

LaFalce Legacy—Three Decades of Leadership for Banks, E2049 [15NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alfonse M. D'Amato U.S. Courthouse, Central Islip, NY: designate (see H.R. 4006), H1002 [19MR]

Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 6), H3454 [11JN]

Business and industry: enhance regulation of public auditors, improve corporate governance and overhaul corporate disclosure made pursuant to the securities laws (H.R. 3818), consideration (see H. Res. 479), H4497 [10JY]

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]

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling (see H.R. 556), H366 [13FE]

Corporations: promote responsibility (see H.R. 5160), H4930 [18JY]

Crime: 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]

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), H4351 [8JY]

Ecology and environment: provide assistance for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 4894), H3775 [20JN]

Education: provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H8051 [31OC]

ERISA: provide for improved disclosure, diversification, account access, and accountability under individual account plans (see H.R. 3657), H104 [29JA]

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), H4767 [16JY]

Federal contracts: require each bidder for a construction contract to identify the subcontractors that the contractor intends to use to prevent the practice known as bid shopping (see H.R. 1859), H2511 [15MY]

Federal employees: 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]

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]

———negotiations with Mexico and Canada relative to the North American Development Bank and the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission (see H. Res. 355), H687 [5MR]

Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H3292 [6JN]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts and information on transplantation, and move transplantation from an experimental procedure to a standard therapy (see H.R. 5462), H6692 [25SE]

Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H8042 [24OC]

Immigration: restore fairness to immigration law (see H.R. 3894), H779 [7MR]

Insurance: repeal law allowing for the redomestication of mutual insurance companies (see H.R. 4505), H1482 [18AP]

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), H2099 [2MY]

John A. (Jack) Shea Post Office Building, Lake Placid, NY: designate (see H.R. 3797), H688 [5MR]

Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H3668 [18JN]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 339), H3160 [4JN]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]

———make more competitive and efficient, extend solvency, provide a prescription drug benefit, improve quality of care, and make Medigap insurance more affordable (see H.R. 803), 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), H2164 [7MY]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1400), H2608 [16MY]

———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), H688 [5MR]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H2945 [22MY]

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3784), H932 [14MR]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H524 [14FE]

NATO: recommend integration of Slovak Republic (see H. Res. 253), H2735 [21MY]

New Windsor, NY: recognize and support efforts to develop the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor (see H. Con. Res. 399), H6983 [2OC]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Jimmy Carter for peace (see H. Res. 588), H8024 [16OC]

Paderewski, Ignacy J.: tribute and anniversary of the return of his remains to Poland (see H. Res. 564), H6927 [1OC]

Peter J. Ganci, Jr., Post Office Building, Farmingdale, NY: designate (see H.R. 5336), H6084 [5SE]

Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see H.R. 4614), H3514 [12JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1637), H2735 [21MY]

Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 1861), H1769 [30AP]

Public Health Service Act: amend to provide services for the prevention of family violence (see H.R. 4916), H4767 [16JY]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H5195 [23JY]

Rowley, Coleen: tribute (see H. Res. 436), H3514 [12JN]

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]

Securities: repeal certain laws that limit private securities actions (see H.R. 3829), H651 [28FE]

Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4553 [11JY]

Social Security: disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 3496), H3230 [5JN]

———improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2472 [14MY]

———improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3675), H737 [6MR] (see H.R. 3729), H284 [12FE]

———protect trust funds by ensuring the Government repays its debts to the trust funds (see H.R. 5252), H7303 [8OC]

———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H833 [12MR]

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), H2164 [7MY]

———impose excise tax on sales of stock by corporate insiders occurring when the company prevents employees from selling stock in pension plans and ensure more accurate reporting of corporate liabilities (see H.R. 3622), H78 [24JA]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]

Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 5717), H8731 [13NO]

Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 5264), H5994 [26JY]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H524 [14FE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H4350 [8JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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]

———improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (see H.R. 5070), H4424 [9JY]

———provide for enhanced corporate responsibility under securities laws (see H.R. 4083), H1152 [9AP]

Credit unions: expand membership, services for financially underserved communities, investment opportunities, and enhance member protections in certain credit union conversions (see H.R. 5621), H7893 [10OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish an Office of the National Insurers (see H.R. 3766), H523 [14FE]

Government National Mortgage Association: repeal increase in guarantee fee for mortgage-backed securities (see H.R. 3926), H832 [12MR]

Housing: make the residential mortgage process more understandable, fair, and competitive (see H.R. 4818), H2944 [22MY]

Immigration: reaffirm historic treatment of part-time commuter students from Canada and Mexico as temporary visitors for purposes of entry into the U.S. (see H.R. 5288), H5995 [26JY]

Senior citizens: improve the quality of, and provide housing for the elderly (see H.R. 4817), H2944 [22MY]

Truth in Lending Act: adjust the exempt transactions amount for inflation (see H.R. 5507), H6925 [1OC]

Biographies

Professional, E2092-E2102 [19NO]

Motions

Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H1589 [24AP]

Remarks

Alfonse M. D'Amato U.S. Courthouse, Central Islip, NY: designate (H.R. 4006), H2118 [7MY]

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), conference report, H5973 [26JY]

Business and industry: enhance penalties for accounting and auditing improprieties at publicly traded companies (H.R. 5118), H4686, H4687, H4689, H4691 [16JY]

———enhance regulation of public auditors, improve corporate governance and overhaul corporate disclosure made pursuant to the securities laws (H.R. 3818), H4478, H4482, H4485 [10JY], E238 [28FE]

———protect corporate whistleblowers, enhance criminal penalties, extend statute of limitations, and require retention of audit review documents, H4839, H4840 [17JY]

———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H1546, H1551, H1553, H1573, H1574, H1583, H1586, H1588 [24AP]

———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, H5462, H5473, H5474 [25JY]

———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), consideration (H. Res. 395), H1543 [24AP]

———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), motion to instruct conferees, H4839, H4840, H4841 [17JY]

———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), motion to recommit, H1590 [24AP]

———provide for enhanced corporate responsibility under securities laws, H1590 [24AP]

———provide for enhanced corporate responsibility under securities laws (H.R. 4083), E460 [9AP]

Canada: condolences relative to military personnel killed by U.S. friendly fire while participating in military training exercises in Afghanistan (H. Res. 412), H2128 [7MY]

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling (H.R. 556), H6842, H6845, H6846, H6848 [1OC]

Consumers: make ownership cost limitations in New York, Ohio, and Nebraska law the minimum standard of protection for rental-purchase agreements, and establish a national standard on cash prices, H6322, H6333 [18SE]

———prohibit preemption of State laws that regulate rental-purchase agreements as a form of consumer credit, H6322, H6326 [18SE]

———require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (H.R. 1701), H6322, H6326, H6333 [18SE]

Credit unions: expand membership, services for financially underserved communities, investment opportunities, and enhance member protections in certain credit union conversions (H.R. 5621), E1841 [11OC]

Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (H.R. 2941), H3097 [4JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish an Office of the National Insurers (H.R. 3766), E181 [15FE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), consideration (H. Res. 488), H4915 [18JY]

Enron Corp.: economic collapse, H1546 [24AP]

Eximbank: assess potential human rights impact of certain projects, H1983 [1MY]

———extend authority (H.R. 4782), H2787 [21MY]

———extend authority (S. 2019), H954, H955 [19MR]

———extend authority (S. 2248), H1707, H1710 [30AP]

———prohibit assistance to companies who lay off a greater percentage of U.S. workers than those in foreign countries, H1981 [1MY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 2871), H1777, H1791, H1981, H1983 [1MY]

———reauthorize (S. 1372), conference report, H3172, H3180 [5JN]

———set principles, process, and standards for administering the Tied Aid Credit Fund, H1791 [1MY]

Federal Bureau of Audits: establish to conduct audits of financial statements submitted by reporting issuers, H1573 [24AP]

Financial institutions: First Accounts grants program funding, H4915 [18JY]

———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 3717), H2796 [21MY]

Foreign aid: authorize U.S. participation in, and replenishment of, certain international development funds and set forth additional policies toward certain international development banks and funds (H.R. 2604), H1990 [1MY]

Global Crossing Holdings, Ltd.: economic collapse, H1546 [24AP]

Government National Mortgage Association: repeal increase in guarantee fee for mortgage-backed securities (H.R. 3926), E340 [13MR]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, E1174 [28JN]

Housing: make the residential mortgage process more understandable, fair, and competitive (H.R. 4818), E897 [23MY]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), conference report, H8802, H8803, H8805, H8807 [14NO]

———protect ownership rights of policyholders in mutual life insurance companies, E560 [17AP]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2553 [16MY]

SEC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3764), H3905, H3907, H3908 [25JN]

———tribute, E2147 [16DE]

Senior citizens: improve the quality of, and provide housing for the elderly (H.R. 4817), E895 [23MY]

Taxation: expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (H.R. 3100), H7132 [7OC]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, H5973 [26JY]

Truth in Lending Act: adjust the exempt transactions amount for inflation (H.R. 5507), E1793 [8OC]

Vietnam: make normal trade relations status contingent upon free emigration policies (H.J. Res. 101), H5106 [23JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H4870 [17JY]

Tribute, H9028 [19NO], E2049 [15NO], E2092 [19NO]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S10653 [17OC]

Reports

SEC Accomplishments, E2147 [16DE]

Statements

Tribute to George G. Higgins: John J. Sweeney, AFL-CIO, E881 [22MY]

———U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, E880 [22MY]

Summaries

Comprehensive Investor Protection Act (H.R. 3818), E238 [28FE]

Tributes

Anderson, John B., H5066 [22JY]

Higgins, George G., E880 [22MY]

Szotynska, Katarzyna, E2025 [14NO]