McHUGH, JOHN M. (a Representative from New York)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act, H2599 [16MY]
———H.R. 4546, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H5607 [25JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5383), H7019 [3OC]
Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 1256), H7894 [10OC]
Alfonse M. D'Amato U.S. Courthouse, Central Islip, NY: designate (see H.R. 4006), H1002 [19MR]
American Zoo and Aquarium Association: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 408), H4425 [9JY]
Animals: establish a national research program on chronic wasting disease (see H.R. 4795), H3860 [24JN]
Armed Forces: assess strengths needed to fight the war on terrorism (see H.R. 5132), H5087 [22JY]
———authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H3161 [4JN]
Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 437), H3514 [12JN]
Business and industry: allow a grace period for payment of bills by consumers whose mail service has been disrupted due to a national emergency (see H.R. 3891), H779 [7MR]
———ensure project labor agreements are permitted in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1360), H2100 [2MY]
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), H1485 [18AP]
Carrier, Willis H.: tribute to anniversary of invention of modern air-conditioning (see H. Con. Res. 413), H3928 [25JN]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7929 [15OC]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule that lowers the Medicaid upper payment limit for non-State owned or operated hospitals (see H.J. Res. 92), H2512 [15MY]
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), H1620 [24AP]
Courts: modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 5064), H5195 [23JY]
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), H2019 [1MY]
———mandatory minimum sentencing for online child molesters (see H.R. 2817), H105 [29JA]
Dept. of Commerce: make grants to States for advertising that promotes travel and tourism (see H.R. 3321), H1284 [11AP]
Dept. of Defense: enforce civilian orders of protection on military installations (see H.R. 5590), H7737 [9OC]
———equitable retirement for military Reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see H.R. 2012), H3928 [25JN]
———prioritize transfer of excess personal property to the Forest Service Federal Excess Personal Property Program in order to be loaned to rural fire departments (see H.R. 5421), H6418 [19SE]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H6374 [18SE]
Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (see H.R. 2941), H1090 [20MR]
Dept. of the Interior: authorize States to establish hunting seasons for double-crested cormorants (see H.R. 3727), H284 [12FE]
———establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are associated with the struggle for women's suffrage (see H.R. 4072), H3161 [4JN]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 4073), H1410 [17AP]
Ecology and environment: provide assistance for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 4894), H3291 [6JN]
Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4582), H1675 [25AP]
Executive Office of the President: ensure that requests or petitions for executive clemency are treated as lobbying contacts (see H.R. 5131), H4765 [16JY]
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), H6060 [4SE]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
Federal employees: improve prevailing rate pay systems for wage grade Federal employees (see H.R. 1262), H3037 [23MY]
———provide that service performed by an air traffic controller who is transferred to a supervisory or staff position continue to be treated as controller service for retirement purposes (see H.R. 4760), H6061 [4SE]
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend relative to firefighter assistance (see H.R. 4548), H5791 [25JY]
Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H285 [12FE]
Foreign trade: respond to serious injury currently being experienced by the U.S. textile and apparel industry (see H.J. Res. 105), H4553 [11JY]
Great Lakes: restore and protect (see H. Res. 361), H1339 [16AP] (see H. Res. 560), H9025 [14NO]
Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 5241), H5993 [26JY]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H1091 [20MR]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H2608 [16MY]
Health care professionals: provide programs to improve nurse retention, the nursing workplace, and the quality of care (see H.R. 4654), H2946 [22MY]
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), H6777 [26SE]
Housing: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see H.R. 3661), H1533 [23AP]
Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (see H.R. 2111), H3037 [23MY]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H561 [26FE]
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), H2512 [15MY]
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), H688 [5MR]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H1484 [18AP]
Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H562 [26FE]
Medicare: coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H833 [12MR]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H687 [5MR]
———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 4000), H2164 [7MY]
———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5411), H8041 [24OC]
———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 2484), H1201 [10AP]
———make the social HMO a permanent option under Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 2953), H2471 [14MY]
———provide fair payments under the hospital outpatient department prospective payment system (see H.R. 5234), H6419 [19SE]
———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 3882), H1620 [24AP]
———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1911), H3601 [17JN]
———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2073), H3601 [17JN]
Medicare/Medicaid: reform Federal survey and certification process for nursing facilities (see H.R. 4030), H1533 [23AP]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H2662 [20MY]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 390), H2101 [2MY]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H285 [12FE]
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 3741), H524 [14FE]
New Windsor, NY: recognize and support efforts to develop the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor (see H. Con. Res. 399), H2472 [14MY]
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), H3928 [25JN]
Peter J. Ganci, Jr., Post Office Building, Farmingdale, NY: designate (see H.R. 5336), H6084 [5SE]
Pornography: constitutional amendment on real and virtual child pornography (see H.J. Res. 106), H4872 [17JY]
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), H6230 [11SE]
Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 5573), H7303 [8OC]
Russia: establish a debt reduction for nonproliferation program (see H.R. 3836), H655 [4MR]
Senior citizens: support programs and activities to prevent perpetrators of fraud from victimizing senior citizens (see H. Res. 443), H3562 [13JN]
Sewage disposal: combined sewer overflow control programs (see H. Con. Res. 403), H3514 [12JN]
Social Security: guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3135), H1410 [17AP]
———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H833 [12MR]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H6303 [17SE]
Taxation: allow a full deduction for meals and lodging in connection with medical care (see H.R. 5228), H5790 [25JY]
———allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 168), H3292 [6JN]
———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), H2945 [22MY]
———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 3713), H230 [8FE]
———ensure that income averaging for farmers does not increase a farmer's liability for the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 658), H201 [6FE]
———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H1284 [11AP]
———improve retirement income by taxing annuities and certain life insurance payments at capital gains rates (see H.R. 3320), H4605 [15JY]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H5791 [25JY]
———increase standard mileage rate for charitable purposes to equal the rate for business purposes (see H.R. 5229), H5790 [25JY]
———provide a credit for employers who allow their employees to participate in volunteer firefighter training (see H.R. 4839), H4350 [8JY]
———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 3889), H834 [12MR]
———repeal provisions that limit the interest deduction on refinanced home mortgage indebtedness to the amount of the indebtedness being refinanced (see H.R. 5339), H8023 [16OC]
———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2023), H6256 [13SE]
———treatment of Federal funds used for relief and revitalization of New York, NY, after terrorist attacks (see H.R. 5624), H7929 [15OC]
———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H3775 [20JN]
———treatment of private activity bonds for water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 2207), H105 [29JA]
———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 4804), H6983 [2OC]
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]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]
U.S. Military Academy: bicentennial (see H.J. Res. 83), H561 [26FE] (see H. Con. Res. 332), H524 [14FE]
U.S.-Ireland Business Summit: recognize historical significance and timeliness (see H. Res. 513), H5997 [26JY]
Unemployment: 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: continuation of dependency and indemnity compensation for the surviving spouse of a veteran if such spouse remarries after a certain age (see H.R. 1108), H3562 [13JN]
Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 1092), H2100 [2MY]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3930), H3038 [23MY]
———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]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 4970), H3774 [20JN]
———reform postal laws relative to transportation of mail (see H.R. 5560), H7171 [7OC]
Remarks
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7244 [8OC]
Army Aviation Heritage Foundation: tribute (H. Con. Res. 465), H7128, H7129 [7OC]
Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (H.J. Res. 6), H7127 [7OC]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2273 [9MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), conference report, H8538 [12NO]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), motion to instruct conferees, H7855, H7856, H7857 [10OC]
———enforce civilian orders of protection on military installations (H.R. 5590), H7919, H7920 [15OC]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5802 [26JY]
———rights of union employees transferring into department, H5802 [26JY]
Henry Bacon (S.S.): tribute to crew (H. Con. Res. 411), H7125, H7127 [7OC]
Medal of Honor: designate an official Medal of Honor flag and provide for presentation to recipients (H.J. Res. 95), H3836 [24JN]
St. Lawrence River: impact of construction and dredging projects, E1709
U.S. Military Academy: bicentennial (S.J. Res. 32), H700, H701, H702, H703 [6MR]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, H7855, H7856, H7857 [10OC]
Votes: position on missed, H6339
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H2098 [2MY], H3719 [19JN], H4870 [17JY], H6249 [12SE]
Tributes
Gilman, Representative, H7138 [7OC]
Shea, John (Jack), E26