WALSH, JAMES T. (a Representative from New York)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4775, supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks, H3472 [12JN]
———H.R. 5011, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H6137 [10SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5383), H8023 [16OC]
Alfonse M. D'Amato U.S. Courthouse, Central Islip, NY: designate (see H.R. 4006), H1002 [19MR]
Anthony, Susan B.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 367), H4873 [17JY]
Boggs, Lindy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 439), H4932 [18JY]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 502), H7895 [10OC]
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]
Chesapeake Bay: provide assistance for nutrient removal practices to States in the watershed (see H.R. 4666), H2163 [7MY]
Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 2573), H2735 [21MY]
Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (see H.R. 3833), H834 [12MR]
Dept. of the Interior: authorize States to establish hunting seasons for double-crested cormorants (see H.R. 3727), H284 [12FE]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 4073), H2164 [7MY]
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]
District of Columbia: scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 5033), H4324 [27JN]
Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4582), H2472 [14MY]
EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 4611), H2662 [20MY]
———prohibit from issuing or renewing certain national pollutant discharge elimination system permits (see H.R. 5554), H7895 [10OC]
Families and domestic relations: importance of prenatal care for women and children (see H. Res. 346), H738 [6MR]
———recognize and support crisis pregnancy centers (see H. Res. 302), H1284 [11AP]
Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H3453 [11JN]
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]
Firefighters: support goals and ideas of a day of tribute to all who have died in the line of duty and recognize the importance of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in assisting family members of fallen firefighters (see H. Con. Res. 476), H6927 [1OC]
FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H5998 [26JY]
Health: provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H2101 [2MY]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H4605 [15JY]
Highlands Stewardship Area: establish (see H.R. 5146), H4872 [17JY]
House of Representatives: constitutional amendment on appointment and election of new Members if a significant number of Members can no longer serve due to a national emergency (see H.J. Res. 67), H79 [24JA]
Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 4841), H3036 [23MY]
Insurance: coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 292), H932 [14MR]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
John A. (Jack) Shea Post Office Building, Lake Placid, NY: designate (see H.R. 3797), H688 [5MR]
Johnson, Henry: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 3890), H2101 [2MY]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H6693 [25SE]
Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H6251 [12SE]
Medicare: coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see H.R. 3278), H2471 [14MY]
———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), H1338 [16AP]
———exclude services of certain providers from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (see H.R. 3094), H932 [14MR]
———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 1089), H2471 [14MY]
———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 2484), H562 [26FE]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), 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), H2101 [2MY]
Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H79 [24JA]
National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 358), H1002 [19MR]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 390), H1770 [30AP]
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), H1484 [18AP]
National Runaway Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 582), H8546 [12NO]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H688 [5MR]
National Take Your Kids To Vote Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 497), H7738 [9OC]
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: 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]
Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5122), H4605 [15JY]
Peace Corps: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5255), H5994 [26JY]
———funding (see H. Con. Res. 341), H737 [6MR]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (see H.R. 3762), H738 [6MR]
Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (see H. Res. 368), H907 [13MR]
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), H4069 [26JN]
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), H6560 [24SE]
Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 5573), H7303 [8OC]
Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 1731), H833 [12MR]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H1090 [20MR]
Sports: tribute to U.S. National Soccer Team (see H. Res. 445), H3928 [25JN]
Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1786), H6419 [19SE]
Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 5360), H6171 [10SE]
———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), H4931 [18JY]
———clarify application of the excise tax imposed on bows and arrows (see H.R. 2001), H1410 [17AP]
———empower employees to control their retirement accounts through new diversification rights, disclosure requirements, and tax incentives for retirement education (see H.R. 3669), H834 [12MR]
———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H907 [13MR]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H6304 [17SE]
———provide for an enhanced deduction for qualified residence interest on acquisition indebtedness for heritage homes (see H.R. 5165), H7019 [3OC]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H6983 [2OC]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H1620 [24AP]
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]
U.S. Consensus Council: establish (see H.R. 3305), H285 [12FE]
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]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H6420 [19SE]
———request that television and radio stations provide a moment of silence or a public service announcement each year (see H. Con. Res. 266), H201 [6FE]
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), 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), H8035 [21OC]
Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]
Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Carrier, Willis H.: tribute to anniversary of invention of modern air-conditioning (see H. Con. Res. 413), H3229 [5JN]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 5605), H7892 [10OC]
Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program: extend (see H.R. 4558), H1532 [23AP]
U.S.-Ireland Business Summit: recognize historical significance and timeliness (see H. Res. 513), H5997 [26JY]
Remarks
Air Transportation Stabilization Board: delay payments under the Airline Loan Guarantee Program, H2921 [22MY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2911, H2921 [22MY], H2951, H2954 [23MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7728
Camillus, NY: tribute to West Genesee High School boys' lacrosse team, E1055
———tribute to West Genesee High School girls' lacrosse team, E1055
Carrier, Willis H.: tribute to anniversary of invention of modern air-conditioning (H. Con. Res. 413), H4590 [15JY]
Cato, NY: tribute to Cato Meridian High School solar-electric car team, E966
Clay, NY: anniversary, E1029
Hall, Representative Tony P.: nomination to be U.S. Representative to the U.N. Agencies for Food and Agriculture, E1402
Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program: extend (H.R. 4558), H4988 [22JY]
Marathon, NY: tribute to Marathon Junior Senior High School girls' field hockey team, E1059
Migon, Susan: New York Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Educator of the Year award recipient, E968
National Adoption Month: observance, E2014
National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 358), H1715 [30AP]
Nedrow, NY: tribute to Onondaga Junior Senior High School football team, E507
Owasco, NY: anniversary, E1027
Public debt: ceiling, H2951 [23MY]
Ronald McDonald House Charities (organization): anniversary of central New York chapter, E1786
Syracuse, NY: tribute to Faith Heritage School boys' basketball team, E552
———tribute to Henninger High School boys' basketball team, E1035
———tribute to Nottingham High School girls' junior varsity crew team, E967
Syracuse University: tribute to men's lacrosse team, E1061
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), H962 [19MR]
World Cup: tribute to U.S. men's soccer team, H3166 [5JN], H3580 [17JN]
———tribute to U.S. men's soccer team (H. Res. 445), H4026
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H4422 [9JY], H6160 [10SE]
Reports filed
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5605) (H. Rept. 107-740), H7892 [10OC]
Tributes
Giarrusso, Robert W., E744
Gilman, Representative, H7140 [7OC]
Ginocchetti, John E., E322
Hall, Representative Tony P., E1402
Homer, Robert L., E149
Lynch, Timothy J., E322
Mital, Vijay, E2043
Richter, Paul J., E1661
Webster, Thomas D., E2030