TOOMEY, PATRICK J. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2859), H7650 [25JY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 975), H2046 [19MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), H2189 [20MR]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), H6466 [9JY], H6573, H6574, H6604 [10JY]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (H.R. 1829), H10341 [4NO], H10488 [6NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 760), H698 [13FE]

———require parental notification and intervention for minors seeking an abortion (see H.R. 1489), H4131 [14MY]

Armed Forces: exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see H.R. 2998), H9377 [8OC]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H11702 [20NO]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 975), H1461 [27FE]

Blackwell, Lucien E.: tribute (see H. Res. 169), H2586 [1AP]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H2823 [3AP]

Budget: require a balanced Federal budget, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, establish biennial budgets, and impose spending safeguards on the growth of entitlements and discretionary spending (see H.R. 3358), H9811 [21OC]

Children and youth: establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects (see H.R. 2444), H5364 [12JN]

China, People's Republic of: urge fair resolution of claims of U.S. citizens who hold defaulted Chinese Government bonds (see H. Con. Res. 60), H5367 [12JN]

Citizenship: codify oath of allegiance (see H.R. 3191), H9377 [8OC]

Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 384), H12921 [8DE]

Courts: establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of personal injury claims arising out of asbestos exposure (see H.R. 1114), H1955 [18MR]

———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2028), H3856 [8MY]

———prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (see H.R. 339), H9377 [8OC]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 1755), H3303 [10AP]

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 1997), H3760 [7MY]

Cruz, Celia: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3109), H9478 [15OC]

Dept. of HHS: promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 2427), H5815 [24JN]

Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (see H.R. 239), H134 [8JA]

Dept. of Justice: 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), H324 [5FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in southeastern Pennsylvania (see H.R. 1516), H5664 [19JN]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1385), H4529 [21MY]

District of Columbia: provide low-income students who attend under-performing schools with scholarships to attend private school of choice (see H.R. 2556), H7455 [23JY]

———restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H8949 [25SE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H5364 [12JN] (see H.R. 57), H53 [7JA]

———make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 1612), H2820 [3AP]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H11392 (see H.R. 1057), H11515 [18NO]

Education: clarify existing Federal law relative to the treatment of students privately educated at home under State law (see H.R. 2732), H6868 [15JY]

Employment: provide compensatory time for private sector employees (see H.R. 1119), H2473 [27MR]

Fair Labor Standards Act: permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood (see H.R. 1943), H8382 [17SE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 56), H7788 [25JY]

FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 486), H2311 [25MR]

———withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 3453), H10977 [6NO]

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 1227), H1810 [12MR]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1829), H3407 [12AP]

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]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 990), H7787 [25JY]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 1036), H1464 [27FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 4), H60 [7JA]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H12921 [8DE]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 46), H3052 [9AP]

Government: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 2269), H8950 [25SE]

Health: 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), H6264 [26JN]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5), H392 [11FE]

Homeland security: improve (see H.R. 3452), H10977 [6NO]

House Rules: establish a discretionary spending ledger and a mandatory spending ledger (see H. Res. 133), H1681 [6MR]

———limit service on the Committee on Appropriations (House) (see H. Res. 343), H7785 [25JY]

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 197), H6604 [10JY]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 2575), H5813 [24JN]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2671), H9130 [1OC]

———prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 687), H5468 [17JN]

India: observance of Republic Day (see H. Con. Res. 15), H171 [27JA]

Insurance: 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), H3974 [9MY]

Iraq: treatment of U.S. POW relative to violations of Geneva Convention (see H. Con. Res. 118), H2401 [26MR]

James R. Merry Post Office Building, Linesville, PA: designate (see H.R. 981), H1461 [27FE]

Kirk, Russell A.: anniversary of book ``The Conservative Mind—From Burke to Eliot'' (see H. Res. 408), H9812 [21OC]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 391), H171 [27JA]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 300), H5468 [17JN]

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: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H1334 [25FE]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H9377 [8OC]

Medicaid: permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1406), H2269 [20MR]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 792), H4528 [21MY]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 1225), H2271 [20MR]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program (see H.R. 2578), H5813 [24JN]

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

Middle East: condemn attacks on U.S. citizens by Palestinian terrorists (see H. Con. Res. 119), H2823 [3AP]

Monuments and memorials: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 911), H8175 [10SE]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H6868 [15JY]

National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Network: establish to prepare, store, and distribute human umbilical cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and to support peer-reviewed research (see H.R. 2852), H7615 [24JY]

National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 280), H9132 [1OC]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 1349), H2131 [19MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: increase membership to improve efficiency (see H.R. 2729), H9131 [1OC]

———provide for adjudicative flexibility relative to employer filing of notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by OSHA (see H.R. 2728), H9131 [1OC]

OSHA: provide for an independent review of citations (see H.R. 2730), H9131 [1OC]

———provide for the award of attorney's fees and costs to small employers when they prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of OSHA citations (see H.R. 2731), H9131 [1OC]

Postal Service: include postmasters and postmasters organizations in the process for the development and planning of certain policies, schedules, and programs (see H.R. 2249), H5367 [12JN]

Reagan, Ronald: provide for dime coins to bear likeness (see H.R. 3633), H12309 [21NO]

Roads and highways: empower State and local authorities with tools to eliminate congestion on the Interstate System (see H.R. 1767), H6264 [26JN]

———permit voluntary compliance with certain laws relating to the rate of wage paid to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway projects (see H.R. 2672), H6463 [9JY]

Robert A. Borski Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 2328), H4977 [4JN]

Ryan, Matthew J.: tribute (see H. Res. 178), H2822 [3AP]

Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 926), H1394 [26FE]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 534), H318 [5FE]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 660), H389 [11FE]

SMART Research and Development Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 2026), H3761 [7MY]

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

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 2311), H4876 [3JN]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 722), H460 [12FE]

———provide for personal retirement savings accounts, increase individual control over retirement income, protect surpluses, and reform certain benefits (see H.R. 3055), H8174 [10SE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H4131 [14MY]

Supreme Court: base decisions on U.S. Constitution and laws, not laws of any foreign country, international law, or agreement not made under U.S. authority (see H. Res. 446), H11391 (see H. Res. 446), H11515 [18NO]

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), H5664 [19JN]

Taxation: accelerate elimination of the marriage penalty (see H.R. 759), H4787 [2JN]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 927), H2312 [25MR]

———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), H5366 [12JN]

———allow tax credit for contributions to charitable organizations which provide scholarships for children to attend elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 2347), H9130 [1OC]

———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]

———change deadline for filing income tax returns (see H.R. 1725), H3301 [10AP]

———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 50), H3304 [10AP]

———expand depreciation benefits available to small businesses for new business investment and equipment (see H.R. 179), H1954 [18MR]

———expand the expense treatment for small businesses and provide a shorter recovery period for depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 1126), H1955 [18MR]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 49), H2515 [31MR]

———increase expensing limits of small businesses for new business investment and equipment (see H.R. 224), H1954 [18MR]

———increase the bonus depreciation (see H.R. 223), H3637 [1MY]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 235), H2401 [26MR]

———permit the deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to be allowed in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 1873), H5175 [10JN]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 571), H5663 [19JN]

———provide for employer liability for Social Security taxes on unreported tips paid to an employee after the IRS establishes the amount of tips received (see H.R. 2034), H5268 [11JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (see H.R. 459), H3857 [8MY]

———reduce capital gains rates (see H.R. 311), H137 [8JA]

———reduce capital gains rates and index the basis of certain assets (see H.R. 44), H53 [7JA]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (see H.R. 1769), H3858 [8MY]

———repeal occupational taxes on manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 786), H3053 [9AP]

———treatment of amounts contributed to medical savings accounts and unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 2351), H5043 [5JN]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H7086 [17JY]

———treatment of capital gains, interest and dividends, and repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 1780), H3351 [11AP]

———treatment of certain mobile machinery (see H.R. 3246), H9213 [2OC]

———treatment of commercial aviation fuel during hostilities with Iraq (see H.R. 1380), H2268 [20MR]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2950), H9377 [8OC]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2096), H11652 [19NO]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 1177), H1743 [11MR]

U.N.: convene war crimes tribunal to punish human rights abuses by Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi officials (see H. Res. 118), H1466 [27FE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H9687 [17OC]

Victor J. Saracini Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Horsham, PA: designate (see H.R. 1128), H1679 [6MR]

Vietnamese Conflict: tribute to POW and call for full accounting of unaccounted members of the Armed Forces (see H. Res. 62), H463 [12FE]

Women: tribute to pregnancy resource centers (see H. Res. 233), H12923 [8DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bankruptcy: revise banking and bankruptcy insolvency laws relative to termination and netting of financial contracts (see H.R. 2120), H4203 [15MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make individual income tax rate reductions permanent (see H.R. 861), H704 [13FE]

Financial institutions: repeal prohibition on payment of interest on demand deposits (see H.R. 859), H704 [13FE]

Health: limit medical malpractice claims (see H.R. 321), H137 [8JA]

Medicare: facilitate use of private contracts (see H.R. 3535), H11650 [19NO]

Social Security: protect beneficiaries against any reduction in benefits (see H.R. 862), H704 [13FE]

Taxation: expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 1818), H3353 [11AP]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 860), H704 [13FE]

———treatment of bonds originally issued to finance governmental facilities used for essential governmental functions (see H.R. 1076), H1515 [4MR]

Thomas, Gladwin: relief (see H.R. 2798), H7169 [18JY]

Thomas, Gracekutty: relief (see H.R. 2798), H7169 [18JY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 3), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 383), H9140 [2OC]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2859), H7651, H7652, H7653 [25JY]

———making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief through across-the-board funding reductions in discretionary spending programs, H7651, H7652, H7653 [25JY]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, H9102 [1OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 975), H2046, H2051 [19MR]

———treatment of financial contracts such as derivative transactions to include banks and credit unions, H2051 [19MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), H2189, H2195, H2197, H2199, H2200, H2201, H2202 [20MR]

Dept. of HHS: promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs (H.R. 2427), consideration (H. Res. 335), H7535 [24JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), H6574, H6576 [10JY]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2765), H7988 [5SE]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H7988 [5SE]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (H.R. 1829), H10488 [6NO]

———prohibit bidding on any Federal contracts that are reserved for small business, H10488 [6NO]

FEMA: funding, H7651, H7653 [25JY]

Financial institutions: increase interaccount transfers from business accounts and require the FRS to pay interest on certain reserves (H.R. 758), H2531 [1AP]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H9102 [1OC]

NIH: prohibit funding for certain grants, H6574, H6576 [10JY]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 534), consideration (H. Res. 105), H1403 [27FE]

———prohibit the cloning of humans while protecting stem cell research, H1403 [27FE]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery, H2195, H2199, H2200, H2202 [20MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2512 [31MR], H4246 [19MY], H5086 [9JN], H5171 [10JN], H5405 [16JN], H5710 [23JN]

Tributes

Biolsi, Richard, E37 [8JA]

Iasiello, Tony, E1248 [13JN]