QUINN, JACK (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5809 [26JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

African Americans: establish a memorial to slavery in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 4964), H3720 [19JN]

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5383), H6927 [1OC]

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

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4545), H1532 [23AP]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 23), H3293 [6JN]

Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 6), H782 [7MR]

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]

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]

Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7895 [10OC]

Dept. of Defense: disclose information on projects that included testing of biological or chemical agents involving potential exposure of Armed Forces members to toxic agents (see H.R. 5060), H4554 [11JY]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H6374 [18SE]

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), H2608 [16MY]

Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (see H.R. 2941), H1090 [20MR]

Dept. of the Interior: 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]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve judicial review of administrative decisions (see H.R. 4018), H2164 [7MY]

———increase amounts available to State approving agencies to evaluate the qualifications of educational institutions to provide courses under department-administered education programs (see H.R. 3731), H781 [7MR]

———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H7172 [7OC]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 5458), H8045 [28OC]

Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see H.R. 2629), H141 [5FE]

———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 5031), H8733 [13NO]

———provide for an awareness program and a study on a rare form of breast cancer (see H.R. 3186), H36 [23JA]

EPA: establish a grant and fee program to encourage and promote the recycling of used computers and to promote the development of a national infrastructure for the recycling of used computers (see H.R. 5158), H5453 [24JY]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 1097), H561 [26FE]

Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H4766 [16JY]

Financial Accounting Standards Board: develop standards of financial accounting and reporting relative to the treatment of stock options (see H.R. 5147), H4872 [17JY]

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), H1410 [17AP]

Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H737 [6MR]

Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (see H.R. 3992), H1002 [19MR]

Foreign policy: impose sanctions on the PLO, or the Palestinian Authority, if the President determines that these entities have not complied with certain commitments (see H.R. 1795), H1674 [25AP]

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

———protection of certain roadless areas, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 4865), H4498 [10JY]

FTC: deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (see H.R. 4551), H2356 [9MY]

Health: provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H105 [29JA]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see H.R. 4446), H1533 [23AP]

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]

Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H6085 [5SE]

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]

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]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 952), H6926 [1OC]

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), H9128 [22NO]

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H3037 [23MY]

———exclude services of certain providers from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (see H.R. 3094), H1484 [18AP]

———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 2484), H3453 [11JN]

———make the social HMO a permanent option under Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 2953), H2356 [9MY]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 3882), H3292 [6JN]

Mental health: provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 4728), H8045 [28OC]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H3860 [24JN]

National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 358), H1156 [9AP]

National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 5047), H6061 [4SE]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H4932 [18JY]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H688 [5MR]

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]

NIH: expand and intensify research regarding Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (see H.R. 3014), H36 [23JA]

NTSB: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4466), H1409 [17AP]

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

Pipelines: improve safey (see H.R. 3609), H932 [14MR]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4326 [27JN]

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), H8023 [16OC]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H3721 [19JN]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 5573), H7303 [8OC]

Sewage disposal: combined sewer overflow control programs (see H. Con. Res. 403), H2471 [14MY]

———sewer overflow control grants appropriations (see H.R. 5183), H5194 [23JY]

Surface Transportation Board: direct the continued operation of certain commuter rail passenger operations in emergency situations (see H.R. 5020), H4068 [26JN]

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), H36 [23JA]

———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), H141 [5FE]

———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]

———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1434), H1283 [11AP]

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), H226 [7FE]

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), H5995 [26JY]

Veterans: revise and improve employment, training, and placement services (see H.R. 4015), H1087 [20MR]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3792), H907 [13MR] (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), H8733 [13NO]

———establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (see H.R. 5396), H6927 [1OC]

Women: reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 633), H3774 [20JN]

Wood: prohibit use of arsenic-treated wood in playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, decks, and other residential purposes (see H.R. 4707), H2355 [9MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Committee on Science (House): majority party appointments (see H. Res. 477), H4497 [10JY]

Ecology and environment: provide assistance for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 4894), H3291 [6JN]

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]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H2475 [15MY]

Remarks

Committee on Science (House): majority party appointments (H. Res. 477), H4472 [10JY]

Congress: tribute to Hoops for Hope charity basketball game, H3933 [26JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5810, H5812, H5854 [26JY]

———require employee representation in planning, development, and implementation of any human resources management system, H5810, H5812 [26JY]

Girl Scouts: anniversary, E387 [19MR]

Railroads: address security personnel concerns at certain railroad stations, H5854 [26JY]

Taxation: expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (H.R. 3100), H7133 [7OC]

U.S. Youth Soccer (organization): tribute to Snickers Region I Championship participants, E1194 [28JN]

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 (H.R. 3986), H961 [19MR]

Tributes

Clement, Representative, E2044 [14NO]

Gilman, Representative, H7140 [7OC]

McNulty, Donald and Ruth, E1192 [28JN]