QUINN, JACK (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), H7841 [3SE], H7883 [4SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

African Americans: establish a memorial to slavery in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 196), H58 [7JA]

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2572), H5813 [24JN]

Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 1532), H4131 [14MY]

Animals: prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal lands (see H.R. 1472), H6603 [10JY]

———prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal lands, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1472), H7020 [16JY]

Armed Forces: 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]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 742), H1812 [12MR]

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), H1900 [13MR]

Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 62), H6263 [26JN]

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

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H3763 [7MY]

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

Canada: express appreciation for cooperation and friendship with the U.S. and offer congratulations on Canada Day celebration (see H. Res. 290), H5663 [19JN]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 362), H1902 [13MR]

———improve certain nutritional programs (see H.R. 2626), H7170 [18JY]

———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]

———make grants to establish antibullying programs (see H.R. 3692), H12919 [8DE]

China, People's Republic of: require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (see H.R. 3058), H10457 [5NO]

Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (see H.R. 203), H172 [27JA]

Coast Guard: prohibit a vessel with a ballast water tank from entering the Great Lakes if a certain capacity of the tank contains ballast water (see H.R. 3122), H9132 [1OC]

Contracts: require certain prospective government contractors to employ a certain percentage of their employees in the U.S. (see H.R. 3134), H8381 [17SE]

Courts: modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2028), H4529 [21MY]

Cruz, Celia: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3109), H11702 [20NO]

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

Dept. of Commerce: establish position of Under Sec. of Commerce for Manufacturing (see H.R. 2172), H4529 [21MY]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 34), H268 [31JA]

———transfer title and full responsibility for possession, transportation, and disposal of radioactive waste associated with the West Valley Demonstration Project (see H.R. 576), H319 [5FE]

Dept. of HHS: modify treatment categories for qualification as a rehabilitation hospital for purposes of reimbursement under the Medicare prospective payment system (see H.R. 2246), H9377 [8OC]

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

———provide funds to northern border States to reimburse county and municipal governments for costs associated with certain criminal activities (see H.R. 1238), H2402 [26MR]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 2725), H6867 [15JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve patient care and working conditions at the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 1951), H3641 [5MY]

Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H4876 [3JN]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1385), H3572 [30AP]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 247), H9983 [28OC]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 1916), H9982 [28OC]

———prohibit interference by certain education grant recipients with a student's treatment of his or her diabetes (see H.R. 3178), H9982 [28OC]

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

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]

Edward O'Grady, Waverly Brown, Peter Paige Post Office Building, Nyack, NY: designate (see H.R. 3167), H9131 [1OC]

Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2881), H7616 [24JY]

Employment: protect rights of employees to receive overtime compensation (see H.R. 2665), H6465 [9JY]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: provide benefits to Dept. of Energy contractors exposed to toxic substances, expand coverage to certain individuals, and reform claimant assistance (see H.R. 1758), H11359 [17NO]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H8950 [25SE]

EPA: establish a grant and fee program to encourage and promote the recycling of used computers and to promote the development of a national infrastructure for the recycling of used computers (see H.R. 1165), H1681 [6MR]

FAA: ensure control of air traffic control system functions (see H.R. 1711), H3300 [10AP]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 2442), H6604 [10JY]

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: 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), H55 [7JA]

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

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 1036), H2271 [20MR]

Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (see H.R. 1118), H1678 [6MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 4), H2277 [24MR]

Ford Motor Co.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 100), H1954 [18MR] (see H. Res. 100), H1396 [26FE]

Foreign aid: authorize assistance for individuals with disabilities in foreign countries, including victims of warfare and civil strife (see H.R. 1462), H2470 [27MR]

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

Great Lakes: develop, implement, monitor, and report on a series of indicators of water quality and related environmental factors (see H.R. 2668), H7020 [16JY]

———provide for environmental restoration (see H.R. 2720), H8222 [15SE]

———recognize and affirm efforts of Great Lakes Governors and Premiers to standardize decisions on water withdrawal and urge that management authority remain vested with the Governors and Premiers (see H. Con. Res. 199), H4738 [22MY]

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), H9214 [2OC]

———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), H1394 [26FE]

Health care facilities: establish a health information technology grant program for hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 3035), H10130 [29OC]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1821), H5175 [10JN]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: provide downpayment assistance (see H.R. 1276), H2587 [1AP]

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

Housing: provide affordable housing for families that are headed by grandparents and other relatives of children (see H.R. 2628), H6262 [26JN]

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), H9615 [16OC]

———establish two new categories of nonimmigrant workers (see H.R. 2899), H9282 [7OC]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer (see H.R. 1886), H9214 [2OC]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 1910), H5089 [9JN]

———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (see H.R. 2095), H4130 [14MY]

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

James E. Davis Post Office Building, Brooklyn, NY: designate (see H.R. 3012), H9131 [1OC]

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

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H11651 [19NO]

John G. Dow Post Office Building, Tappan, NY: designate (see H.R. 3166), H9131 [1OC]

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

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), H9129 [1OC]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H243 [29JA]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H392 [11FE]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H10340 [4NO]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H10130 [29OC]

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

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 1225), H3683 [6MY]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1288), H3858 [8MY]

———improve outpatient health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 2333), H5175 [10JN]

———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 1902), H4739 [22MY]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 1301), H1908 [17MR]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural areas (see H.R. 1675), H5175 [10JN]

———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]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1580), H3454 [29AP]

Mental health: provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 1700), H5175 [10JN]

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

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 13), H245 [29JA]

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

National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 371), H170 [27JA]

National Epilepsy Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 194), H10341 [4NO]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 1316), H8083 [9SE]

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), H3454 [29AP]

National Marina Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 323), H7085 [17JY]

National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 280), H8383 [17SE]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 898), H6464 [9JY]

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

New Hampshire: mint coins in commemoration of the Old Man of the Mountain rock formation (see H.R. 2093), H7020 [16JY]

NTSB: establish a program of assistance to families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents (see H.R. 874), H1331 [25FE]

Paderewski, Ignacy J.: tribute and anniversary of the return of his remains to Poland (see H. Res. 58), H4877 [3JN]

Pope John Paul II: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 313), H9981 [28OC]

———tribute (see H. Res. 400), H9688 [17OC]

Postal Service: reform funding of Civil Service Retirement System benefits for employees (see H.R. 735), H1516 [4MR]

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]

Railroads: provide for the financing of high-speed rail infrastructure (see H.R. 2571), H5813 [24JN]

Roads and highways: extend certain Highway Trust Fund highway, safety, and transit programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (see H.R. 3088), H8283 [16SE]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see H.R. 1900), H8382 [17SE]

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

Sewage disposal: combined sewer overflow control programs (see H. Con. Res. 309), H9812 [21OC]

———sewer overflow control grants appropriations (see H.R. 784), H700 [13FE]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 2205), H7170 [18JY]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 97), H4876 [3JN]

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

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 173), H323 [5FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H4739 [22MY]

Sportsmen: tribute to sportsmen and their contributions to society, traditions and values, and the economic benefits associated with outdoor sporting activities (see H. Res. 362), H8383 [17SE]

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), H9479 [15OC]

Surface Transportation Board: direct the continued operation of certain commuter rail passenger operations in emergency situations (see H.R. 2712), H6603 [10JY]

Syracuse University: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Con. Res. 142), H2938 [8AP]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H1680 [6MR]

Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (see H.R. 2392), H5367 [12JN]

———allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H3684 [6MY]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 927), H1903 [13MR]

———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), H6264 [26JN]

———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), H4738 [22MY]

———application of installment sales treatment to property acquired for conservation purposes by a State or local government or certain tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 2830), H8382 [17SE]

———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see H.R. 286), H136 [8JA]

———expand availability of the refundable tax credit for health insurance costs of certain displaced steelworkers and extend the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see H.R. 1999), H3760 [7MY]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H2473 [27MR]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H7086 [17JY]

———provide a tax credit for broadband Internet access (see H.R. 768), H699 [13FE]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1523), H8950 [25SE]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 3119), H9377 [8OC]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (see H.R. 1769), H4529 [21MY]

———repeal occupational taxes on manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 786), H700 [13FE]

———require child support delinquent parents to include their unpaid obligation in gross income and allow custodial parents a deduction for unpaid child support (see H.R. 262), H135 [8JA]

———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 973), H2939 [8AP]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1952 [18MR]

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

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 1155), H4255 [19MY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2096), H7840 [3SE]

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), H5664 [19JN]

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), H2402 [26MR]

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

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3550), H11700 [20NO]

———improve consumer protection regulation of the household goods transportation industry (see H.R. 2928), H10978 [6NO]

Treaties and agreements: require that trade and investment agreements that are negotiated by the executive branch with other countries must comply with certain minimum standards (see H. Con. Res. 276), H8175 [10SE]

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. 591), H320 [5FE]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 2185), H4527 [21MY] (see H.R. 3270), H9375 [8OC]

Veterans: 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]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1642 [5MR]

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

Veterans Health Administration: establish office to oversee research compliance and assurance (see H.R. 1585), H2819 [3AP]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 20), H2311 [25MR]

———establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to control and eradicate invasive species, educate the public, and restore ecosystems (see H.R. 1081), H1639 [5MR]

———establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (see H.R. 1080), H1639 [5MR]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 37), H3305 [10AP]

Women's United Soccer Association: tribute (see H. Res. 373), H9378 [8OC]

World Trade Organization: disapprove report which concluded that U.S. safeguards on imports of certain steel products were in violation of certain agreements and call for reforms in dispute settlement system (see H. Res. 441), H11359 [17NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Ecology and environment: provide assistance to communities for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 1334), H1954 [18MR]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: include certain additional former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort compensation program (see H.R. 3689), H12919 [8DE]

Roads and highways: improve roadway safety for motor vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians and workers in proximity to vehicle traffic (see H.R. 906), H1333 [25FE]

Taxation: expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (see H.R. 840), H703 [13FE]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 162), H57 [7JA]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H4371 [21MY]

Remarks

Amtrak: funding through reductions in Dept. of the Treasury funding, H7883, H7884 [4SE]

Buffalo (NY) Challenger: anniversary, E1575 [23JY]

Dept. of Energy: transfer title and full responsibility for possession, transportation, and disposal of radioactive waste associated with the West Valley Demonstration Project, H3268 [10AP]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), H7881, H7883, H7884 [4SE]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (H.R. 1829), H10475 [6NO]

Hamburg, NY: tribute to Character First (organization), E2260 [6NO]

House of Representatives: results of congressional basketball game against American League of Lobbyists, H8287 [17SE]

Journal: question of approval, H2133 [20MR]

LIHEAP: funding using Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration bonus payments, H3248 [10AP]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: observance, E1845 [18SE]

NTSB: establish a program of assistance to families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents (H.R. 874), H3705, H3707 [7MY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3248, H3268 [10AP]

Roads and highways: Federal-aid highway funding through reductions in Amtrak funding, H7881 [4SE]

———improve roadway safety for motor vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians and workers in proximity to vehicle traffic (H.R. 906), E398 [7MR]

Syracuse University: tribute to men's basketball team (H. Con. Res. 142), H3017 [9AP]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), H4620, H4621 [22MY]

Tributes

Mrowka, Ryan, E981 [15MY]