SWEENEY, JOHN E. (a Representative from New York)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5383), H8051 [31OC]
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]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]
Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 548), H6559 [24SE]
Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 6), H651 [28FE]
Boggs, Lindy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 439), H4606 [15JY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
Business and industry: ensure project labor agreements are permitted in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1360), H1090 [20MR]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7895 [10OC]
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), H2735 [21MY]
Children and youth: prevent child abduction (see H.R. 5422), H6927 [1OC]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1343), H1769 [30AP]
Customs Service: tribute to World Trade Center offices for efforts during and in the aftermath of terrorist attack (see H. Res. 385), H1200 [10AP]
Dept. of Commerce: make grants to States for advertising that promotes travel and tourism (see H.R. 3321), H1338 [16AP]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H8041 [24OC]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: exclude monetary benefits paid to veterans by States and municipalities from consideration as income for purposes of pension benefits (see H.R. 3771), H3721 [19JN]
Diseases: expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 4963), H6374 [18SE]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 2692), H1484 [18AP]
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 393), H1770 [30AP]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H1484 [18AP]
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]
Greece: capture of members of November 17 terrorist group (see H. Con. Res. 479), H6927 [1OC]
Higher Education Act: incorporate results from the Fed Up Initiative which identifies outdated or burdensome regulations (see H.R. 4866), H3928 [25JN]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H6419 [19SE]
———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H2100 [2MY]
———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 792), H3720 [19JN]
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), H3669 [18JN]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H2101 [2MY]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Johnson, Henry: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 3890), H1091 [20MR]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H634 [27FE]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H1484 [18AP]
———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 3569), H562 [26FE]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H3292 [6JN]
Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H1769 [30AP]
———provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H4605 [15JY]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1723), H2235 [8MY]
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), H4931 [18JY]
———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), H5087 [22JY]
OMB: provide that certain adjustments made to align highway spending with revenues have no force or effect (see H.R. 3900), H780 [7MR]
Peace Corps: promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (see H.R. 4979), H9025 [14NO]
Pensions: prevent the wearing away of an employee's accrued benefit under a defined plan by reducing future accruals under the plan (see H.R. 4181), H1282 [11AP]
Peter J. Ganci, Jr., Post Office Building, Farmingdale, NY: designate (see H.R. 5336), H6084 [5SE]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4326 [27JN]
PLO: impose certain travel and diplomatic sanctions on officials in the U.S., seize assets in the U.S., and require a report on any acts of terrorism until a peace plan is implemented (see H.R. 4693), H4605 [15JY]
Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 82), H141 [5FE]
Secret Service: tribute to New York, NY, field office for efforts during and in the aftermath of terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (see H. Res. 384), H1200 [10AP]
Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H4498 [10JY]
Social Security: disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 3496), H3601 [17JN]
———extend rural Advanced Life Support intercept services to other areas (see H.R. 3715), H1155 [9AP]
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), H1770 [30AP]
Taxation: constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———eliminate double taxation of dividends (see H.R. 5323), H6560 [24SE]
———encourage and accelerate the nationwide production, retail sale, and consumer use of new motor vehicles that are powered by alternative fuels or other advanced motor vehicle technologies (see H.R. 1864), H2019 [1MY]
———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in response to terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4152), H1284 [11AP]
———extend work opportunity tax credit relative to hiring of workers in rural areas (see H.R. 3773), H688 [5MR]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H5998 [26JY]
———provide a credit for employers who allow their employees to participate in volunteer firefighter training (see H.R. 4839), H3775 [20JN]
———repeal alternative minimum tax treatment of incentive stock options to change the taxable event from the exercise of the stock option to the stock sale (see H.R. 1487), H3229 [5JN]
———repeal the inclusion in gross income of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 2254), H1003 [19MR]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of Federal funds used for relief and revitalization of New York, NY, after terrorist attacks (see H.R. 5624), H8023 [16OC]
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), H524 [14FE]
Turkey: reopening of Orthodox Theological School of Halki in order to promote religious freedom (see H. Con. Res. 345), H2472 [14MY]
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]
Urban areas: allow transit systems in urbanized areas that have recently passed certain population limits to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants (see H.R. 5157), H5998 [26JY]
Veterans: improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 3430), H3230 [5JN]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3792), H1201 [10AP] (see H.R. 3930), H3038 [23MY]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H1770 [30AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Controlled Substances Act: amend relative to placing of certain substances on the schedules of controlled substances (see H.R. 5564), H7171 [7OC]
FERC: extension of deadline for commencement of construction of hydroelectric projects in New York (see H.R. 3754), H366 [13FE]
———reinstate and transfer a hydroelectric license under the Federal Power Act to permit the redevelopment of a hydroelectric project located in New York (see H.R. 3753), H366 [13FE] (see H.R. 5563), H7171 [7OC]
John A. (Jack) Shea Post Office Building, Lake Placid, NY: designate (see H.R. 3797), H561 [26FE]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 390), H1688 [29AP]
National Missing Persons Day: observance (see H. Res. 381), H1153 [9AP]
New York, NY: compensate public schools for operating and education-related expenses, including mental health and counseling services, resulting from terrorist attack (see H.R. 4663), H2105 [3MY]
Shea, John (Jack): tribute (see H. Res. 340), H104 [29JA]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H1159 [10AP]
Remarks
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7238 [8OC]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H1595 [24AP]
Beaudoin, John B.: Lansingburgh, NY, Boys and Girls Club Frank W. Kennedy Memorial Award recipient, E1524
Clifton Park, NJ: tribute to Shenendehowa High School graduates, E894
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5811 [26JY]
———require employee representation in planning, development, and implementation of any human resources management system, H5811 [26JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5243 [23JY]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: observance, H980
Livingston, Molly: Epilepsy Foundation of Northeastern New York, Inc., Winning Kid designee, E6
Luciano, Anthony A.: Hudson Falls, NY, Italian-American Civic Club Recognition Award recipient, E1585
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (H. Con. Res. 390), E758
New York: tribute to National Guard 105th Infantry Regiment, E1137
NTSB: public hearings on investigation of Emery (shipping company) plane crash, E622
Shea, John (Jack): tribute (H. Res. 340), H171 [6FE]
Smith, Donald: West Fort Ann, NY, Volunteer Fire Co., Firefighter of the Year award recipient, E618
Telescope Casual Furniture, Inc.: anniversary, E1489
Tibbits Cadets (organization): anniversary, E1028
Votes: correction, H2381
———position on missed, H3948
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H2467 [14MY]
Special order: granted, H76 [24JA], H1408 [17AP]
Tributes
Clark, Richard, E1937
Duncan, Rosemary, E1987
Dyson, John, E656
Golub, Lewis, E1487
Jordan, Harold, E3
Shea, John (Jack), H51