ABERCROMBIE, NEIL (a Representative from Hawaii)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4546, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H5607 [25JY]
Patsy T. Mink funeral attendees, H7006 [3OC]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4590), H1672 [25AP]
Animals: ensure use of certain antibiotic drugs in agriculture does not compromise human health by contributing to the development of antibiotic resistance (see H.R. 3804), H1769 [30AP]
———increase the availability of drugs for minor species and rare diseases in all animals (see H.R. 1956), H4425 [9JY]
———prohibit use of polar bears in circuses (see H.R. 3932), H832 [12MR]
Archivist of the U.S.: establish the Holocaust Insurance Registry and require certain disclosures by insurers (see H.R. 2693), H6777 [26SE]
Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H4574 [12JY]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H2356 [9MY]
———revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (see H.R. 1983), H1338 [16AP]
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 408), H2019 [1MY]
Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2578), H6374 [18SE]
Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 6), H651 [28FE]
Beaches: assure that recreation benefits are accorded the same weight as hurricane, storm damage, and environmental restoration benefits (see H.R. 3842), H3292 [6JN]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard, National Guard Bureau, and Dept. of Defense for assistance to Capitol Police and Congress after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 378), H1533 [23AP]
———tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1200 [10AP]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7895 [10OC]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H634 [27FE]
China, People's Republic of: human rights violations in Tibet (see H. Res. 410), H4498 [10JY]
———persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 447), H7172 [7OC]
Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 3681), H1484 [18AP]
Civil War: posthumously proclaim soldiers of Asian descent who fought in the Civil War to be honorary U.S. citizens (see H.J. Res. 125), H9024 [14NO]
Colleges and universities: authorize grants for institutions of higher education serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans (see H.R. 4825), H2944 [22MY]
Computers: amend copyright laws relative to royalty fees for webcasting (see H.R. 5285), H6061 [4SE]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3887), H1155 [9AP]
Corporations: prohibit from making loans to their officers, directors, and principal shareholders (see H.R. 5048), H4325 [27JN]
Corps of Engineers: make beneficial use of dredged material for shoreline protection and restoration (see H.R. 5137), H5087 [22JY]
Crime: eliminate the securities fraud exception from the civil remedy for racketeering violations (see H.R. 3644), H524 [14FE]
———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), H3514 [12JN]
Cuba: grant waiver to allow Cuban nationals to play professional baseball in the U.S. (see H.R. 26), H4498 [10JY]
———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 5022), H4068 [26JN]
Democracy: strengthen democratic institutions and promote good governance overseas by contributing to the development of professional legislative staff (see H.R. 4973), H3774 [20JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: eliminate quota and price support programs for tobacco, compensate quota holders and producers for lost value, and establish an advisory board to assess characteristics of domestic and imported tobacco (see H.R. 3940), H2356 [9MY]
Dept. of Commerce: establish and appoint members of a Marine Protected Areas Advisory Committee (see H.R. 5595), H7738 [9OC]
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), H4325 [27JN]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H7895 [10OC]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct study on the inclusion of Eagledale Ferry Dock in the National Park System (see H.R. 3747), H366 [13FE]
———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 the Treasury: establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 4005), H1002 [19MR]
Dept. of Transportation: require consideration of sulfur or carbon emissions reductions and make renewable fuel projects eligible under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (see H.R. 2088), H562 [26FE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow for substitution of parties in claims for benefits when the applicant for such benefits dies while the claim is pending (see H.R. 3733), H834 [12MR]
———improve judicial review of administrative decisions (see H.R. 4018), H3161 [4JN]
———provide Government markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries that died on or after the day of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 3990), H1201 [10AP]
Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see H.R. 2629), H1155 [9AP]
———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 5031), H6061 [4SE]
District of Columbia: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 2982), H1410 [17AP]
Domestic violence: encourage States and localities to implement gun confiscation policies, reform stalking laws, create integrated domestic violence courts, and hire additional personnel for entering protection orders (see H.R. 3595), H3562 [13JN]
Ecology and environment: provide assistance for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 4894), H3514 [12JN]
Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4582), H1619 [24AP]
———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H6983 [2OC]
ERISA: provide for improved disclosure, diversification, account access, and accountability under individual account plans (see H.R. 3657), H562 [26FE]
———require certain pension plan administrators to provide reports to fully and accurately disclose the financial health of the plan sponsor and promote diversification of investment of their plan assets (see H.R. 3642), H285 [12FE]
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 393), H2662 [20MY]
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), H2472 [14MY]
FCC: treat private land use rules as State or local regulations for purposes of certain Federal regulations (see H.R. 4720), H6229 [11SE]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
Federal Bureau of Audits: establish (see H.R. 3795), H4931 [18JY]
Federal employees: ensure one-half of leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child shall be leave with pay (see H.R. 3915), H780 [7MR]
———ensure that those activated by the National Guard or Reserves shall receive pay equal to the basic pay such individual would otherwise be receiving (see H.R. 3337), H2945 [22MY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 5272), H6926 [1OC]
Firearms: ensure greater accountability by licensed dealers (see H.R. 4193), H1282 [11AP]
Firefighters: authorize grants to States or communities to assist fire departments in meeting staffing standards (see H.R. 3185), H655 [4MR]
Fish and fishing: protect certain areas of the seabed by establishing a maximum diameter size limit on rockhopper, roller, and all other groundgear used on bottom trawls (see H.R. 4003), H1091 [20MR]
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), H8024 [16OC]
Haiti: end embargo and certain restrictions on humanitarian and development assistance (see H. Con. Res. 382), H3454 [11JN]
Hampton, Lionel: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 363), H1090 [20MR]
Hawaii: remove restrictions on land exchanges between the National Park Service and the Dept. of Hawaiian Home Lands (see H.R. 4724), H5791 [25JY]
Health: develop the field of health promotion and disease prevention and develop strategies to integrate health and lifestyle improvement programs into national policy (see H. Res. 115), H7304 [8OC]
———establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 5241), H6560 [24SE]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1620 [24AP]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H562 [26FE]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3469), H1674 [25AP]
Health care facilities: establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority and other populations served by health centers (see H.R. 3336), H562 [26FE]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
History: recognize historical significance of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 297), H6085 [5SE]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 4113), H3601 [17JN]
Housing: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see H.R. 3661), H834 [12MR]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H1091 [20MR]
Immigration: assess aliens' immigration status relative to eligibility to serve in the Armed Forces and to be employed in airport security, and permit naturalization through certain active-duty military service (see H.R. 4058), H1088 [20MR]
———protection of battered immigrant families (see H.R. 3828), H2235 [8MY]
———restore fairness to immigration law (see H.R. 3894), H779 [7MR]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H6085 [5SE]
Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 3781), H3928 [25JN]
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]
Israel: condemn attempts to boycott Israeli scientific institutions and scholars (see H. Res. 499), H6061 [4SE]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Kazakhstan: human rights violations and noncompliance with Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe commitments on democratization (see H. Con. Res. 422), H6983 [2OC]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: treatment of refugees detained in the People's Republic of China and returned to face torture, imprisonment, and execution (see H. Con. Res. 213), H2662 [20MY]
Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 2074), H141 [5FE]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H2164 [7MY]
———increase amount paid to families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 1744), H367 [13FE]
Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance payment percentage for nursing facilities with a high proportion of Medicaid patients (see H.R. 3565), H142 [5FE]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 3363), H8023 [16OC]
———clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 1490), H8545 [12NO]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5411), H8041 [24OC]
———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (see H.R. 3236), H5998 [26JY]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H2235 [8MY]
———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2073), H1338 [16AP]
Mental health: establish regional centers to help States, local governments, and other organizations develop activities and services to assist persons with persistent mental illnesses (see H.R. 2363), H655 [4MR]
———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1202 [10AP]
Mink, Patsy T.: honorary renaming of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (see H.J. Res. 113), H6983 [2OC]
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H36 [23JA]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H2735 [21MY]
National Epilepsy Month: designate (see H. Res. 484), H4605 [15JY]
National Park Service: snowmobile regulations (see H.R. 1465), H1769 [30AP]
National Weather Service: provide overtime pay for forecasters performing essential services during severe weather events and limit Sunday premium pay to hours of service actually performed (see H.R. 2868), H2945 [22MY]
Office of Technology Assessment: reestablish (see H.R. 2148), H1154 [9AP]
Pensions: provide additional fiduciary protections for participants and beneficiaries under employee stock ownership plans relative to lockdowns placed on plan assets (see H.R. 3509), H562 [26FE]
Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (see H. Res. 368), H907 [13MR]
Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see H.R. 4614), H6693 [25SE]
Political campaigns: permit Presidential candidates who achieve a certain level of support in national public opinion polls to participate in debates (see H. Con. Res. 263), H907 [13MR]
Privacy: restore certain standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information (see H.R. 5646), H8546 [12NO]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (see H.R. 2173), H8733 [13NO]
———establish scholarship and loan repayment programs in veterinarian shortage areas (see H.R. 1943), H3514 [12JN]
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]
Refugees: eliminate sexual exploitation (see H. Con. Res. 349), H3826 [21JN]
SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3230), H737 [6MR]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4767 [16JY]
Sioux Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3250), H1201 [10AP]
Social Security: credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 4743), H4350 [8JY]
———improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2472 [14MY]
———improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3675), H140 [5FE]
———provide miscellaneous enhancements in benefits for women (see H.R. 4069), H1410 [17AP]
———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 4780), H6172 [10SE]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H2101 [2MY]
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: ensure coverage of National Guard troops mobilized for support services in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4017), H5195 [23JY]
Taxation: allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 3131), H1674 [25AP]
———allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 168), H4069 [26JN]
———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1598), H1674 [25AP]
———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), H2608 [16MY]
———empower employees to control their retirement accounts through new diversification rights, disclosure requirements, and tax incentives for retirement education (see H.R. 3669), H562 [26FE]
———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (see H.R. 13), H2471 [14MY]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H3775 [20JN]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H5453 [24JY]
———provide a refundable credit for education and training of developmentally disabled children (see H.R. 2339), H141 [5FE]
———provide protections for participants in cash or deferred arrangements under section 401(k) relative to the acquisition and holding of employer securities (see H.R. 3463), H105 [29JA]
———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 2350), H3775 [20JN]
———treatment of deposits and similar amounts received by a tour operator for a tour arranged by such operator (see H.R. 2618), H1090 [20MR]
———treatment of income from land sold to a government agency or a nonprofit organization for conservation purposes (see H.R. 2290), H1155 [9AP]
———treatment of private activity bonds for water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 2207), H651 [28FE]
Tibet: recognize authorities who are currently exiled in Dharamsala, India, as the legitimate representatives of Tibet (see H. Res. 357), H687 [5MR]
Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 5264), H5994 [26JY]
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. 3359), H105 [29JA] (see H.R. 3670), H142 [5FE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H655 [4MR]
U.N.: restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 3916), H1156 [9AP]
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), H7304 [8OC]
Veterans: improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (see H.R. 4904), H3826 [21JN]
———verify military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II to determine benefits eligibility (see H.R. 491), H105 [29JA]
Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (see H.R. 3193), H6060 [4SE]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3930), H4350 [8JY]
Women: determine the health risks of dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in tampons and similar products and collect and analyze data on toxic shock syndrome (see H.R. 360), H1154 [9AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Hawaii: congressional consent to certain amendments enacted by the State legislature to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act (see H.J. Res. 115), H6983 [2OC]
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park: revise boundaries (see H.R. 5570), H7303 [8OC]
Mink, Patsy T.: tribute (see H. Res. 566), H6926 [1OC]
Remarks
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7726
Arms control: U.S.-Russian nuclear weapons reduction agreement, H2337 [9MY]
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance, E925
Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (H.R. 2578), H7036
Aviation: impact of Executive order allowing privatization of certain air traffic controller functions, E1055
Ching, Richard: Junior Achievement Inc., National Elementary School Volunteer of the Year award recipient, E1375
Compact of Free Association: compensation to Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands for increased migration, H4818 [17JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2280
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), motion to recommit, H5871 [26JY]
———establish Joint Interagency Homeland Security Task Force, H5871 [26JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4818 [17JY]
Hampton, Lionel: tribute (S. Con. Res. 101), H1297 [16AP]
Immigration: restrict visas to nonimmigrants from countries that are state sponsors of terrorism, E750
Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders (H.R. 3525), E750
Mink, Patsy T.: honorary renaming of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (H.J. Res. 113), H7148
———tribute (H. Res. 566), H6886, H6890, H6893, H6898 [1OC]
Native Americans: protection of sacred sites on Federal lands, E592
Parliamentary inquiry, H3810 [21JN]
Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (H. Res. 368), H950 [19MR]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H419 [13FE]
———reduce cost of political advertising on television, H419 [13FE]
Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park: expand boundaries (H.R. 1906), H3572
Votes: position on missed, H700
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H3071 [24MY]
Statements
Tribute to Patsy T. Mink: Cristina Caballero, Dialogue on Diversity (organization), E2110
———Daphne Kwok, Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies, E2110
———Irene Natividad, E2110
———Jacqueline Woods, American Association of University Women, E2109
———Marcia Greenberger and Nancy Duff Campbell, National Women's Law Center (organization), E2110
Tributes