NEAL, RICHARD E. (a Representative from Massachusetts)
Amendments
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), H3798 [21JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
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: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 4039), H1088 [20MR]
Armed Forces: extend the deadline for granting posthumous citizenship to members who die while on active-duty service (see H.R. 2623), H36 [23JA]
———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]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H3775 [20JN]
Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and establish a joint congressional task force to assess the education and training needs for Latin American military personnel (see H.R. 1810), H79 [24JA]
Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 6), H688 [5MR]
Boggs, Lindy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 439), H4932 [18JY]
Campanella, Roy: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 127), H4606 [15JY]
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), H3161 [4JN]
Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 1822), H1090 [20MR]
———improve access to books (see H.R. 116), H6559 [24SE]
China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 447), H7172 [7OC]
Connecticut River: implement cultural heritage, conservation, and recreational activities in the watershed area of Connecticut and Massachusetts (see H.R. 4721), H2470 [14MY]
Corporations: prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts (see H.R. 4831), H3036 [23MY]
CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see H.R. 4607), H1673 [25AP]
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), H6303 [17SE]
Dept. of Commerce: make grants to States for advertising that promotes travel and tourism (see H.R. 3321), H932 [14MR]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H7172 [7OC]
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), H5087 [22JY]
Dept. of HUD: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (see H.R. 1433), H687 [5MR]
Dept. of Justice: establish an Office of Children's Services (see H.R. 1904), H634 [27FE]
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), H4324 [27JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve judicial review of administrative decisions (see H.R. 4018), H2356 [9MY]
———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H6304 [17SE]
———suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H141 [5FE]
Disabled: importance of recruiting and retaining direct support professionals to ensure the proper care of individuals with developmental disabilities (see H. Con. Res. 477), H6693 [25SE]
Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 5031), H8035 [21OC]
Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see H.R. 4579), H1619 [24AP]
———provide assistance for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 4894), H4873 [17JY]
Education: establishment of a commission on technology and education (see H. Res. 295), H634 [27FE]
———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H6778 [26SE]
———provide grants for training of realtime court reporters and closed captioners to meet the requirements for closed captioning set forth in the Telecommunications Act (see H.R. 2527), H2356 [9MY]
ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H8732 [13NO]
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), H1484 [18AP]
Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (see H.R. 3992), H5998 [26JY]
Food: require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see H.R. 4704), H7303 [8OC]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 5279), H5995 [26JY]
Greece: capture of members of November 17 terrorist group (see H. Con. Res. 479), H7304 [8OC]
Hazardous substances: protect human health from toxic mold (see H.R. 5040), H4767 [16JY]
Head Start Act: ensure that every eligible child has the tools to learn to read (see H.R. 1201), H3601 [17JN]
Health: provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H1155 [9AP]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H1091 [20MR]
Higher Education Act: establish a scholarship program to encourage and support students who have contributed substantial public services (see H.R. 2487), H1769 [30AP]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H6085 [5SE]
———coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1485), H5997 [26JY]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H5997 [26JY]
Israel: condemn attempts to boycott Israeli scientific institutions and scholars (see H. Res. 499), H6061 [4SE]
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4004), H1002 [19MR]
Joseph D. Early Post Office Building, Worcester, MA: designate (see H.R. 5333), H6059 [4SE]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H1154 [9AP]
Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H1090 [20MR]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H6060 [4SE]
———collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H284 [12FE]
Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 5526, 5527), H6982 [2OC]
Massachusetts: tribute to Air National Guard 102d Fighter Wing for efforts relative to national security in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see H.J. Res. 94), H2944 [22MY]
Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H3161 [4JN]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 3710), H2471 [14MY]
———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), H2356 [9MY]
———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H1003 [19MR]
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]
Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3784), H561 [26FE]
National and Community Service Act: establish the Right of Passage Community Service Program (see H.R. 4803), H3563 [13JN]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H6061 [4SE]
National Guard: end the prohibition against overtime pay for military technicians (see H.R. 512), H6559 [24SE]
———provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions for technicians (see H.R. 513), H6559 [24SE]
National Park Service: establish the 225th Anniversary of the American Revolution Commemorative Program (see H.R. 4786), H2734 [21MY]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H688 [5MR]
OMB: provide that certain adjustments made to align highway spending with revenues have no force or effect (see H.R. 3900), H1091 [20MR]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H1090 [20MR]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and reform block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3625), H367 [13FE]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H1533 [23AP]
Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 5573), H7303 [8OC]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4767 [16JY]
Social Security: improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2164 [7MY]
———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 5541), H7304 [8OC]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H634 [27FE]
Sports: limit antitrust exemption applicable to broadcasting agreements made by professional sports leagues (see H.R. 3257), H1284 [11AP]
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), H8546 [12NO]
Tariff: high-performance loudspeakers (see H.R. 4197), H1484 [18AP]
———high-performance loudspeakers manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 4198), H1484 [18AP]
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), H634 [27FE]
———allow minimum credit against alternative minimum tax where stock acquired pursuant to incentive stock options is sold or exchanged at a loss (see H.R. 5398), H6373 [18SE]
———apply look-thru rules for purposes of the foreign tax credit limitation to dividends from foreign corporations not controlled by a domestic corporation (see H.R. 4810), H3161 [4JN]
———apply the harbor maintenance tax to certain ports that import cargo exceeding a certain amount per year (see H.R. 4835), H3036 [23MY]
———change calculation and simplify administration of the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 3574), H201 [6FE]
———encourage investment in high productivity property (see H.R. 5278), H5995 [26JY]
———encourage more responsible corporate governance (see H.R. 5088), H4497 [10JY]
———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 4180), H1282 [11AP]
———extend credits to assist in the purchase of fishing safety equipment (see H.R. 2419), H3825 [21JN]
———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]
———permit cooperatives to pay dividends on preferred stock without reducing patronage dividends (see H.R. 2280), H4766 [16JY]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H3824 [21JN]
———prevent the continued use of renouncing U.S. citizenship as a device for avoiding U.S. taxes (see H.R. 4880), H3454 [11JN]
———provide incentives to small businesses to provide health insurance to their employees (see H.R. 5174), H5086 [22JY]
———treatment of executive perks and retirement benefits relative to stock options, undisclosed benefits, and deferred compensation (see H.R. 5432), H6558 [24SE]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H2608 [16MY]
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), H524 [14FE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]
U.S.-Ireland Business Summit: recognize historical significance and timeliness (see H. Res. 513), H5997 [26JY]
Ukrainian Congress Committee of America: authorize the establishment of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933 (see H.R. 5289), H6061 [4SE]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 5491), H6776 [26SE]
Veterans: provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1808), H1620 [24AP]
Williams, Ted: tribute (see H. Res. 482), H4574 [12JY]
World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 1724), H6559 [24SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Tariff: industrial coatings formulation chemicals (see H.R. 4395, 4396, 4397, 4398, 4399, 4400), H1336 [16AP]
———N-cyclohexylthiophthalimide (see H.R. 3883), H737 [6MR]
Taxation: prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H737 [6MR]
———revise treatment of derivative transactions entered into by a corporation relative to its stock (see H.R. 5626), H7893 [10OC]
Motions
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), H3809 [21JN]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H689 [6MR]
Remarks
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7413 [9OC]
Brown, Garry: New England Associated Press News Executives Association Sports Writing Award recipient, E2111
Chmura's Bakery: anniversary, E856
Committee on Taxation (Joint): funding relative to release of report on corporations avoiding U.S. income tax by reincorporating in foreign countries, H4881 [18JY]
Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), H869 [13MR]
———treatment of foreign corporations that acquire domestic corporations in corporate repatriation transactions relative to State jurisdiction in class action lawsuits, H869 [13MR]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 5010), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 579), H7801
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5710), H8716
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (H. Con. Res. 312), H160 [6FE]
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), H3536 [13JN]
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), complete congressional action (H. Res. 543), H6939 [2OC]
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), complete congressional action (H. Res. 543)—consideration (H. Res. 547), H6665 [25SE]
———make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), H3800, H3802, H3804 [21JN]
———make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), complete congressional action (H. Res. 544)—consideration (H. Res. 547), H6665 [25SE]
———make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), motion to recommit, H3809, H3810 [21JN]
———make tax benefits permanent, H1441 [18AP]
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5121), consideration (H. Res. 489), H4881 [18JY]
National Park Week: observance, E624
National Safety Month: observance, E626
Pensions: prevent corporations from avoiding qualified plan rules by reincorporating in a foreign country, H3809, H3810 [21JN]
———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), complete action (H. Res. 540)—consideration (H. Res. 547), H6665 [25SE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H406 [13FE]
Public debt: ceiling (S. 2578), H4157 [27JN]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2590
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H2686 [21MY]
Springfield, MA: tribute to Cathedral High School boys' basketball team, H1009 [20MR]
Taxation: accelerate marriage penalty relief and modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (H.R. 4626), H2686, H2688, H2689, H2690 [21MY]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (H.J. Res. 96), consideration (H. Res. 439), H3476 [12JN]
———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), H1441 [18AP]
———increase unified estate tax credit, H3269 [6JN]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3269 [6JN]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (H. Res. 524), H6396 [19SE]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country, H2686, H2688, H2689, H2690 [21MY], H7801
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (H.R. 3884), H2477 [15MY], H2516 [16MY]
———prohibit use of Social Security trust funds to make repeal of marriage taxes permanent, H3536 [13JN]
———provide corporate income tax rate reductions (H.R. 872), H690 [6MR]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, H502 [14FE]
———revise treatment of derivative transactions entered into by a corporation relative to its stock (H.R. 5626), E1829
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H502 [14FE]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H502 [14FE]
YMCA: anniversary, E682
Statements
Tribute to Senator Kennedy: By, S1154 [26FE]
Tributes
George, Alberta Sebolt, E487
Moge, William B., E160
Sullivan, John, E1718