McCARTHY, CAROLYN (a Representative from New York)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 2519), H5661 [19JN]

American Jewish History Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 106), H9132 [1OC]

AMVETS: recognize members for their service to the nation and support the goal of AMVETS National Charter Day (see H. Con. Res. 308), H9812 [21OC]

Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 1532), H2585 [1AP]

Animals: prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal lands (see H.R. 1472), H6465 [9JY]

Archivist of the U.S.: establish the Holocaust Insurance Registry and require certain disclosures by insurers (see H.R. 1210), H1745 [11MR]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 770), H699 [13FE]

Armed Forces: exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see H.R. 2998), H9215 [2OC]

———expand Rest and Recuperation Leave program for members serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to include travel and transportation to the members' permanent station or home (see H. Res. 387), H9130 [1OC]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2569), H5929 [25JN]

———issue postage stamp in commemoration of those who distinguished themselves by their service in the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard (see H. Con. Res. 37), H462 [12FE]

———make the Transition Assistance Program for persons separating from active duty mandatory and furnish information about homelessness (see H.R. 1906), H3684 [6MY]

———pay one-time bonus to members who served or serve in a combat zone in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom (see H.R. 3051), H9377 [8OC]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 742), H9478 [15OC]

———require colleges and universities to preserve educational status and financial aid of military personnel called to active duty (see H.R. 1323), H2823 [3AP]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 58), H1334 [25FE] (see H.R. 3474), H12312 [21NO]

———tribute (see H.J. Res. 12), H138 [8JA]

Armenia: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 528), H2864 [7AP]

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. 1258), H3571 [30AP]

Aviation: improve air cargo security (see H.R. 2455), H9478 [15OC]

———improve training requirements for and require certification of cabin crew members (see H.R. 1889), H3638 [1MY]

Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 62), H12312 [21NO]

Ben R. Gerow Post Office Building, Liberty, NY: designate (see H.R. 3234), H9213 [2OC]

Birmingham, AL: anniversary of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing (see H. Res. 389), H10458 [5NO]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H4739 [22MY]

Brian C. Hickey Post Office Building, Bethpage, NY: designate (see H.R. 2452), H7840 [3SE]

Briggs, Harry and Eliza: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Canada: express appreciation for cooperation and friendship with the U.S. and offer congratulations on Canada Day celebration (see H. Res. 290), H5929 [25JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: revise women's suffrage statue located in the Capitol rotunda to include a likeness of Sojourner Truth (see H.R. 601), H5663 [19JN]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 412), H1954 [18MR]

———establish Child Care Provider Development and Retention Grant Program, Child Care Provider Scholarship Program, and child care provider health benefits program (see H.R. 2377), H5044 [5JN]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to recognize U.S. efforts to reunite missing children with their families and to honor the victims of abduction and murder (see H. Con. Res. 185), H4529 [21MY] (see H. Con. Res. 192), H4737 [22MY]

———provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (see H.R. 936), H7454 [23JY]

———reauthorize and improve certain nutritional programs (see H.R. 3416), H10236 [30OC]

———tribute to Operation Respect, Inc., and Peter Yarrow for anti-bullying, compassion, and tolerance programs (see H. Res. 161), H2311 [25MR]

China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 304), H10978 [6NO]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1688), H3051 [9AP]

Colleges and universities: address the rising cost of tuition by strengthening the compact between the States, Federal Government, and institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3519), H11650 [19NO]

———disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see H.R. 2683), H6464 [9JY]

———expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 2238), H5714 [23JN]

———improve access through experiential education (see H.R. 3408), H10235 [30OC]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H2311 [25MR]

———award Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to crew (see H. Res. 49), H392 [11FE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 103), H8906 [24SE]

Computers: establish a program to transfer surplus computers of Federal agencies to schools and nonprofit community-based educational organizations (see H.R. 2694), H8017 [5SE]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2727), H10457 [5NO]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 21), H5409 [16JN]

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: reaffirm support and commemorate anniversary of Genocide Convention Implementation Act (see H. Res. 193), H3304 [10AP]

Credit: prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (see H.R. 2622), H6262 [26JN]

Crime: establish methods for preventing identity theft and protect consumers' sensitive, private health-related information (see H.R. 2633), H6262 [26JN]

———prevent any adult who, as a juvenile, committed an offense that would be a crime of violence if committed by an adult, from possessing a firearm (see H.R. 3411), H10235 [30OC]

———prevent identity fraud (see H.R. 2035), H5815 [24JN]

Daniel Patrick Moynihan Global Affairs Institute: support (see H.R. 3032), H8016 [5SE]

De Laine, Joseph A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: recall of meat and poultry that is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise unsafe (see H.R. 2273), H4737 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense: prioritize transfer of excess personal property to the Forest Service Federal Excess Personal Property Program in order to be loaned to rural fire departments (see H.R. 1311), H3637 [1MY]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 34), H52 [7JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: Office for Domestic Preparedness grant programs funding (see H.R. 764), H2312 [25MR]

Dept. of HUD: pilot program to assist law enforcement officers purchasing homes in locally-designated at-risk areas (see H.R. 729), H460 [12FE]

———reauthorize the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (see H.R. 1981), H3682 [6MY]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations for State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 1519), H3454 [29AP]

———ensure that U.S. victims of terrorism overseas receive equal treatment regardless of terrorists' country of origin or residence and these terrorists are pursued with equal vigor (see H.R. 401), H1954 [18MR]

———extend authorization for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 1708), H3454 [29AP]

Dept. of Transportation: issue regulations requiring turbojet aircraft of air carriers to be equipped with missile defense systems (see H.R. 580), H4876 [3JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve allocation of health care resources to different geographic regions in the U.S. (see H.R. 270), H135 [8JA]

———improve patient care and working conditions at the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 1951), H4740 [22MY]

———place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category (see H.R. 2816), H7329 [22JY]

———recalculate retirement annuities for certain health care professionals performing part-time services (see H.R. 972), H4205 [15MY]

———reduce backlog of benefit claims (see H.R. 1264), H9214 [2OC]

———require congressional notification prior to implementation of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative (see H.R. 2808), H7225 [21JY]

Developing countries: establish Millennium Challenge Account to increase support for certain countries, assess impact and effectiveness of U.S. economic assistance, and authorize expansion of the Peace Corps (see H.R. 2441), H6265 [26JN]

Diseases: Depts. of HHS and Education asthma programs funding and authority (see H.R. 2018), H3761 [7MY]

———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H3304 [10AP]

———increase public awareness of scleroderma (see H. Con. Res. 30), H11149 [12NO]

———prohibit interference by certain education grant recipients with a student's treatment of his or her diabetes (see H.R. 3178), H9282 [7OC]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage of screening for breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer (see H.R. 3362), H12922 [8DE]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see H.R. 1285), H11651 [19NO]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H1514 [4MR]

Education: increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 1751), H3303 [10AP]

———oppose any changes to Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (see H. Res. 137), H1746 [11MR]

———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 236), H134 [8JA]

Edward O'Grady, Waverly Brown, Peter Paige Post Office Building, Nyack, NY: designate (see H.R. 3167), H8905 [24SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 932), H1395 [26FE]

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2107), H4130 [14MY]

———prohibit federally subsidized discrimination in supplemental educational services (see H.R. 3582), H12307 [21NO]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 3285), H9376 [8OC]

———protect rights of employees to receive overtime compensation (see H.R. 2665), H6869 [15JY]

ERISA: improve disclosure of funding status of single-employer pension plans (see H.R. 3005), H9478 [15OC]

———provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H4012 [13MY]

Families and domestic relations: improve collection of child support arrears in interstate cases (see H.R. 2300), H4787 [2JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities, routine medical needs, and assistance to elderly relatives (see H.R. 956), H11392 (see H.R. 956), H11515 [18NO]

———allow leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 1430), H11392 (see H.R. 1430), H11515 [18NO]

FCC: treat private land use rules as State or local regulations for purposes of certain Federal regulations (see H.R. 1478), H2471 [27MR]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3426), H10236 [30OC]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 2442), H8491 [23SE]

———ensure those activated by National Guard or Reserves receive pay equal to basic pay they would otherwise be receiving (see H.R. 217), H323 [5FE]

———increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see H.R. 577), H1955 [18MR]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 11), H51 [7JA]

Financial institutions: facilitate check truncation, foster innovation in the check collection system, and improve the overall efficiency of payment systems (see H.R. 1474), H2471 [27MR]

———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H172 [27JA]

———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 522), H274 [4FE]

Finger Lakes National Forest: prohibit oil and natural gas drilling (see H.R. 752), H462 [12FE]

Firearms: ensure greater accountability by licensed dealers (see H.R. 1540), H2585 [1AP]

———prevent handgun violence and illegal commerce in handguns (see H.R. 221), H2270 [20MR]

———require all semiautomatic firearms be equipped with chamber load indicators and/or magazine disconnect mechanisms (see H.R. 821), H702 [13FE]

Firefighters: provide death and disability benefits to certain contracted aerial firefighters who suffer death or disability in the line of duty (see H.R. 977), H2822 [3AP]

———provide mortgage assistance (see H.R. 2961), H7784 [25JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 4), H2312 [25MR]

———provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and other rescue workers (see H.R. 527), H2271 [20MR]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations (see H.R. 1157), H4255 [19MY]

Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 2369), H5044 [5JN]

Frank, Anne: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 273), H5665 [19JN]

Freedom of Information Act: reinstate requirement that firearms dealers comply by providing information about firearms purchasers (see H.R. 2275), H4737 [22MY]

FTC: issue new rules preventing telemarketing firms from calling during certain hours (see H.R. 1330), H1953 [18MR]

Great Lakes: provide for environmental restoration (see H.R. 2720), H9214 [2OC]

Hazardous substances: provide assistance for poison prevention and stabilize funding of regional poison control centers (see H.R. 1819), H7840 [3SE]

Health: establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity (see H.R. 716), H460 [12FE]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts on transplantation, make transplantation a standard therapy, and provide Medicare coverage of certain transplantations (see H.R. 1068), H5468 [17JN]

———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (see H.R. 2157), H4529 [21MY]

———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (see H.R. 918), H7787 [25JY]

———tribute to community organization of public access defibrillation programs (see H. Con. Res. 250), H11360 [17NO]

Health care professionals: promote careers in nursing and diversity in the nursing workforce (see H.R. 920), H8016 [5SE]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1821), H3353 [11AP]

Higher Education Act: amend (see H.R. 3180), H8949 [25SE]

———incorporate results from the Fed Up Initiative which identifies outdated or burdensome regulations (see H.R. 12), H51 [7JA]

———provide deferments and interest payments for borrowers of student loans who are called to active military duty (see H.R. 1168), H1689 [10MR]

Hire a Veteran Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 252), H7950 [4SE]

Hope, Bob: tribute (see H. Res. 357), H8016 [5SE]

Housing: expand homeownership in States having high housing costs (see H.R. 3507), H11391 (see H.R. 3507), H11514 [18NO]

Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 2528), H6604 [10JY]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1800), H3352 [11AP]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see H.R. 3142), H9812 [21OC]

Independent Commission on Intelligence About Iraq: establish (see H.R. 2625), H9130 [1OC]

Insurance: allow States to require certain disclosures regarding Holocaust-era insurance policies of insurers and establish a Federal cause of action for claims for payment of such insurance policies (see H.R. 1905), H3975 [9MY]

———coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer (see H.R. 1886), H3570 [30AP]

———coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1448), H2401 [26MR]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 1910), H3634 [1MY]

———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 2256), H5408 [16JN]

———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. 296), H7949 [4SE]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H3453 [29AP]

Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program: extend (see H.R. 2655), H6263 [26JN]

Israel: condemn terrorism inflicted on Israel since the Aqaba Summit and express solidarity in fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 294), H5929 [25JN]

ITC: take certain actions relative to temporary safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1642 [5MR]

James E. Davis Post Office Building, Brooklyn, NY: designate (see H.R. 3012), H8906 [24SE]

James J. Peters Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY: designate (see H.R. 2786), H7085 [17JY] (see H.R. 3383), H9981 [28OC]

John G. Dow Post Office Building, Tappan, NY: designate (see H.R. 3166), H8905 [24SE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: extend authority for construction of a memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1209), H3355 [11AP]

———mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 589), H320 [5FE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7170 [18JY]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1043), H1465 [27FE]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 3619), H12308 [21NO]

Law enforcement: eliminate backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and offenders and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (see H.R. 3214), H9378 [8OC]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H392 [11FE]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H463 [12FE]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H11393 (see H.R. 3277), H11516 [18NO]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H9982 [28OC]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 328), H5714 [23JN]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 816), H701 [13FE]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1214), H2823 [3AP]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 2032), H10130 [29OC]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 792), H2271 [20MR]

———coverage of diabetic foot sore apparatus as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1295), H4205 [15MY]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1288), H3762 [7MY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 1568), H2702 [2AP]

———coverage of screening and diagnostic mammography services (see H.R. 817), H702 [13FE]

———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 1902), H4206 [15MY]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1422), H7787 [25JY]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 745), H7949 [4SE]

———provide access to audiologists (see H.R. 2821), H8017 [5SE]

———provide access to audiologists, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2821), H9813 [21OC]

———provide for equitable reimbursement rates to Medicare+Choice organizations (see H.R. 368), H245 [29JA]

———provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs (see H.R. 3672), H12918 [8DE]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (see H.R. 810), H2515 [31MR]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1400), H2269 [20MR]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1125), H1747 [11MR]

———restore the full market basket percentage increase applied to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services furnished to beneficiaries (see H.R. 1710), H3454 [29AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve payments to certain health care service providers (see H.R. 3549), H12312 [21NO]

———require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 3355), H11703 [20NO]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 953), H1459 [27FE]

Middle East: condemn attacks on U.S. citizens by Palestinian terrorists (see H. Con. Res. 119), H5469 [17JN]

Minorities: increase participation in international service (see H.R. 3152), H9132 [1OC]

Mohamad, Mahathir: condemn anti-Semitic remarks by Malaysian Prime Minister (see H. Res. 409), H9983 [28OC]

Monuments and memorials: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 911), H8082 [9SE]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 1102), H1640 [5MR]

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. 1746), H3302 [10AP]

———develop research centers focusing on women's health and disease prevention, and conduct and coordinate a research program on hormone disruption (see H.R. 852), H8905 [24SE]

———provide funding for the study and prevention of breast cancer in younger woman (see H.R. 1657), H9812 [21OC]

National Labor Relations Act: establish efficient system to enable employees to form or become members of labor organizations (see H.R. 3078), H8216 [11SE]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 2193), H6265 [26JN]

———establish a task force to assess State and local capabilities in dealing with terrorism and make grants to such jurisdictions to achieve those capabilities (see H.R. 3158), H8904 [24SE]

———provide for homeland security block grants (see H.R. 1007), H4978 [4JN]

National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 280), H9131 [1OC]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 898), H6869 [15JY]

New England Fishery Management Council: include New York as a member (see H.R. 2679), H7788 [25JY]

New Freedom Commission on Mental Health: adopt and implement goals and recommendations to help ensure affordable, accessible, and high quality mental health care (see H. Con. Res. 292), H9615 [16OC]

New York: restrict dumping of dredged material in Long Island Sound (see H.R. 3409), H10235 [30OC]

New York, NY: reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program (see H.R. 2771), H9384 [14OC]

NIH: breast cancer early detection and mortality rate reduction research funding (see H.R. 1241), H1811 [12MR]

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: reauthorize Matching Grant Program for School Security (see H.R. 2685), H6464 [9JY]

Organ donation: allow leave for individuals who provide living organ donations (see H.R. 1381), H2823 [3AP]

Patsy Takemoto Mink Post Office Building, Paia, HI: designate (see H.R. 2030), H3856 [8MY]

Pearson, Levi: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Pensions: protect employee benefits in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements that apply to conversion of pension plans to cash balance plans (see H.R. 1677), H2938 [8AP]

———provide special funding requirements for certain pension plans maintained by commercial passenger air carriers (see H.R. 2719), H9214 [2OC]

Postal Service: extend procedures for closing or consolidation of post offices to the relocation or construction of post offices (see H.R. 3432), H10339 [4NO]

———reform funding of Civil Service Retirement System benefits for employees (see H.R. 735), H1955 [18MR]

POW: eligibility of surviving spouses of certain former POW to receive dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 886), H1332 [25FE]

Public Health Service Act: authorize grants for education, screening, and treatment relative to preventing diabetic foot complications and lower extremity amputations (see H.R. 3203), H9032 [30SE]

Public housing: protect rights of tenants who are evicted as a result of criminal activity through no fault of their own (see H.R. 1429), H3053 [9AP]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1105), H1641 [5MR]

Public safety officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 814), H701 [13FE]

———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. 919), H1394 [26FE]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see H.R. 1900), H8284 [16SE]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 2404), H5173 [10JN]

Saudi Arabia: halt support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, and secure full cooperation in the investigation of terrorist incidents (see H.R. 3643), H12309 [21NO]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2262), H4736 [22MY]

———promote elder justice (see H.R. 2490), H5467 [17JN]

Sewage disposal: ensure that sewage treatment plants monitor for and report discharges of raw sewage (see H.R. 2215), H4734 [22MY]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 887), H1332 [25FE]

———disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 172), H57 [7JA]

———provide permanent funding level and permit States to use Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funds to carry out programs relative to the Social Services Block Grant (see H.R. 1858), H5089 [9JN]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H2132 [19MR]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to individuals whose benefits exceed certain levels (see H.R. 2011), H3761 [7MY]

States: require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of potentially visually impaired individuals (see H. Con. Res. 56), H3454 [29AP]

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. 1828), H3407 [12AP]

Taxation: accelerate elimination of the marriage penalty (see H.R. 759), H698 [13FE]

———accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (see H.R. 2325), H4976 [4JN]

———allow a deduction for certain distributions from a controlled foreign corporation to encourage personnel and economic investments by companies (see H.R. 1162), H1681 [6MR]

———allow a refundable tax credit for health insurance costs for COBRA continuation coverage (see H.R. 2891), H7840 [3SE]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 943), H1395 [26FE] (see H.R. 3103), H8283 [16SE]

———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. 1231), H2132 [19MR]

———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 584), H320 [5FE]

———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. 284), H3762 [7MY]

———employer credit for hiring new employees (see H.R. 3608), H12308 [21NO]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 570), H6348 [8JY]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 463), H2402 [26MR]

———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 737), H1396 [26FE]

———provide a checkoff for a Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund (see H.R. 1692), H8175 [10SE]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H3053 [9AP]

———provide a refundable credit to small businesses for the costs of qualified health insurance (see H.R. 3607), H12308 [21NO]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1634), H3572 [30AP]

———reduce health insurance costs for family coverage of military reservists called to active duty (see H.R. 1466), H2470 [27MR]

———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 973), H9214 [2OC]

———treatment of certain losses arising from, and grants made as a result of terrorist attacks on New York, NY (see H.R. 3556), H11701 [20NO]

———treatment of Federal funds used for relief and revitalization of New York, NY, after terrorist attacks (see H.R. 1620), H2820 [3AP]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2096), H9687 [17OC]

Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see H.R. 970), H1461 [27FE]

Terrorism: provide grants to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, including incidents involving weapons of mass destruction (see H.R. 1389), H2269 [20MR]

Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Queens, NY: designate (see H.R. 1318), H1953 [18MR]

U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps: anniversary (see H. Res. 313), H6348 [8JY]

U.S.-Adriatic Charter: ratification (see H. Con. Res. 209), H5268 [11JN]

Unemployment: establish an emergency program to provide immediate education assistance for unemployed workers (see H.R. 3276), H9375 [8OC]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 17), H52 [7JA] (see H.R. 1652), H3053 [9AP]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1796), H3352 [11AP]

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H4976 [4JN]

———improve automobile assistance program for disabled veterans (see H.R. 294), H1642 [5MR]

———improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 348), H8284 [16SE]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (see H.R. 548), H318 [5FE]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2823), H8017 [5SE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1334 [25FE]

———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1935), H3636 [1MY]

———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 178), H4011 [13MY]

———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 1592), H9687 [17OC]

Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 944), H1395 [26FE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a visitor center (see H.R. 1442), H3572 [30AP]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 20), H1908 [17MR]

Wildlife: prohibit interstate and foreign commerce of certain wild animals for use as pets (see H.R. 1006), H2586 [1AP]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 37), H1811 [12MR]

———establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 3438), H10339 [4NO]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see H.R. 3420), H10236 [30OC]

———recognize survivors of cervical cancer and the importance of good cervical health, preventing human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, and of detecting cervical cancer during its earliest stages (see H. Con. Res. 348), H12920 [8DE]

World War II: condemn war crimes committed by Japan and establish liability of Japanese companies to former POW used by such companies as slave labor (see H. Res. 382), H9033 [30SE]

———provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 476), H3974 [9MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 2038), H3856 [8MY]

Children and youth: construction and renovation of child care facilities (see H.R. 895), H1332 [25FE]

Dept. of Education: provide student loan forgiveness to surviving spouses of the victims of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 893), H1332 [25FE]

Diseases: require increased activities regarding Diamond-Blackfan anemia (see H.R. 2456), H5365 [12JN]

Education: expand loan forgiveness and loan cancellation programs for teachers and nurses (see H.R. 934), H1395 [26FE]

ERISA: ensure employees are not improperly disqualified from pension and welfare benefits based on status misclassification or reclassification (see H.R. 1397), H2269 [20MR]

Firearms: improve the national instant criminal background check system (see H.R. 3237), H9213 [2OC]

———support Million Mom March (organization) campaign against gun violence and institute and support policies that will reduce the number of lives lost to gun violence (see H. Con. Res. 204), H4876 [3JN]

Health: treatment of women with bleeding disorders (see H. Con. Res. 314), H10130 [29OC]

Medicare: reductions in prescription drug prices for beneficiaries and women with breast cancer (see H.R. 896), H1332 [25FE]

NIH: expand and intensify research regarding Diamond-Blackfan anemia (see H.R. 894), H1332 [25FE]

Pharmaceuticals: eligibility of certain applicants for approval of a generic drug for a competition-free period (see H.R. 828), H702 [13FE]

Motions

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), H5636 [19JN]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), conference report, H12841 [8DE]

Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated appropriations, H12841 [8DE]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9542 [16OC]

Armed Forces: tribute (H.J. Res. 27), H1600 [5MR]

Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (H.R. 2038), E906 [9MY]

ATF: clarify Freedom of Information Act exemptions relative to sharing of critical information, H12841 [8DE]

———require Federal firearm licensees to make a physical inventory of their firearms, H12841 [8DE]

Baldwin, NY: tribute to Meadow Elementary School, E277 [25FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), H2108 [19MR], H2260 [20MR]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children, E529 [20MR]

———prevent child abduction (H.R. 1104), E529 [20MR]

Columbia (space shuttle): tribute to crew (H. Res. 51), E174 [7FE]

Dept. of HHS: promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs (H.R. 2427), E1621 [25JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2799), consideration (H. Res. 326), H7245 [22JY]

East Meadow, NY: tribute to McVey Elementary School, E2091 [20OC]

Education: expand loan forgiveness and loan cancellation programs for teachers and nurses (H.R. 934), E870 [6MY]

———status of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs, H353 [11FE], E324 [27FE]

Elmont, NY: tribute to Gotham Avenue School, E775 [12AP]

Firearms: ensure greater accountability by licensed dealers, H7245 [22JY]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (H.R. 1036), H2971 [9AP]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: observance, E561 [25MR]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), E1624 [25JY]

Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), H1862 [13MR]

Hempstead, NY: tribute to Franklin Elementary School, E2531 [8DE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: allow school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who violate a student code of conduct, H3476 [30AP]

———reauthorize (H.R. 1350), H3476 [30AP]

Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program: extend (H.R. 2655), H9230 [7OC]

Israel: condemn terrorism inflicted on Israel since the Aqaba Summit and express solidarity in fight against terrorism (H. Res. 294), H5865 [25JN]

Levittown, NY: tribute to Jewish War Veterans East Meadow—Post No. 709 honorees, E690 [7AP]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 463), H12235 [21NO]

Mineola, NY: tribute to Randi's Cleaners (business), E1847 [22SE]

National Former POW Recognition Day: observance, E716 [10AP]

National Nurses Week: observance, E870 [6MY]

National Visiting Nurse Association Week: establish (H. Con. Res. 54), E381 [6MR]

Oceanside, NY: tribute to Oceanside High School, E560 [25MR]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 534), H1433 [27FE]

———prohibit the cloning of humans while protecting stem cell research, H1433 [27FE]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), H5617, H5633 [19JN]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), motion to recommit, H5636 [19JN]

Small Business Week: observance, E1847 [22SE]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3939 [9MY]

———rates, H2260 [20MR]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, H8195 [10SE]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), H4622 [22MY]

University of Portland: tribute to women's soccer team (H. Res. 41), H353 [11FE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (H.R. 303), H9094 [1OC]

Votes: position on missed, H7953 [5SE]

West Hempstead, NY: tribute to West Hempstead High School, E1784 [15SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2129 [19MR], H8197 [10SE]

Tables

Recombinant DNA products approved by FDA, H14334 [27FE]

Tributes

Adams, Laurence C., E999 [21MY]

Anumolu, Rao S., E1362 [26JN]

Carriere, Carlo, E8 [8JA]

Cohen, Stuart, E1391 [27JN]

Haves, Morty, E183 [11FE]

Howell, Robert G., E1710 [5SE]

Kay, Rita C., E1989 [7OC], E2027 [10OC]

Krasinski, Vincent, E7 [8JA]

Lloyd, Edward G., E688 [7AP]

Newburger, May W., E1783 [15SE], E1858 [23SE]

Toca, Leo, E687 [7AP]

Tuggle, Reginald, E1783 [15SE]

Zweifach, Richard M., E1000 [21MY]