FOSSELLA, VITO (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2799), H7248, H7300, H7330 [22JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2800), H7330 [22JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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]

Animals: prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal lands (see H.R. 1472), H6348 [8JY]

Armed Forces: encourage families of active-duty members to display the Blue Star Banner of the Gold Star and request the media to recognize importance of the Blue Star Banner (see H. Con. Res. 109), H2402 [26MR]

———issue commemorative postage stamp in remembrance of victims of peacekeeping mission in Beirut, Lebanon (see H. Res. 45), H1955 [18MR]

———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]

———prohibit discrimination in the rental of housing to members (see H.R. 621), H1902 [13MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 58), H1334 [25FE]

———tribute (see H.J. Res. 27), H1515 [4MR]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H6465 [9JY]

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

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

Basilone, John: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 218), H5366 [12JN]

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), H2823 [3AP]

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

Brumidi, Constantino: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 264), H7785 [25JY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see H.R. 342), H169 [27JA]

Children and youth: 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]

China, Republic of: negotiation of a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 98), H2864 [7AP]

Columbia (space shuttle): 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), H3638 [1MY]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (see H.R. 2214), H6465 [9JY] (see H.R. 2515), H6349 [8JY]

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), H3856 [8MY]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.J. Res. 48), H3303 [10AP]

———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]

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

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 1734), H3302 [10AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: make grants to first responders (see H.R. 3266), H9982 [28OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve allocation of health care resources to different geographic regions in the U.S. (see H.R. 271), H392 [11FE]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 1998), H3760 [7MY]

Diseases: increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 107), H2270 [20MR]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 1916), H7618 [24JY]

———prohibit interference by certain education grant recipients with a student's treatment of his or her diabetes (see H.R. 3178), H8949 [25SE]

District of Columbia: scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 684), H1467 [27FE]

Ecology and environment: condemn actions by the Earth Liberation Front (organization) and ecological terrorists (see H. Con. Res. 126), H7086 [17JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H5364 [12JN] (see H.R. 57), H3452 [29AP]

———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), H1514 [4MR]

Education: establish academies for teachers and students of American history and civics and a national alliance of teachers of American history and civics (see H.R. 1078), H5664 [19JN]

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

Federal aid programs: simplify Federal student financial aid process (see H.R. 2956), H8285 [16SE]

Federal employees: ensure those activated by National Guard or Reserves receive pay equal to basic pay they would otherwise be receiving (see H.R. 217), H1334 [25FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 4), H4788 [2JN]

———provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and other rescue workers (see H.R. 527), H3637 [1MY]

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

FTC: ratify authority for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (see H.R. 3161), H8950 [25SE]

Gerard A. Fiorenza Post Office Building, Massapequa, NY: designate (see H.R. 299), H9478 [15OC]

Greece: return of the Parthenon Marbles (see H. Con. Res. 165), H3762 [7MY] (see H. Con. Res. 175), H3974 [9MY]

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), H2402 [26MR]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5), H1334 [25FE]

Hirschfeld, Al: tribute (see H. Res. 46), H463 [12FE]

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

Housing: combat unfair and deceptive practices in the high-cost mortgage market, establish a consumer mortgage protection board, and establish licensing and minimum standards for mortgage brokers (see H.R. 833), H6464 [9JY]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1749), H9130 [1OC]

Iraq: tribute to Iraqis who provided U.S. forces information essential for the rescue of Jessica Lynch (see H. Con. Res. 151), H3572 [30AP]

Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program: extend (see H.R. 2655), H6604 [10JY]

Israel: recognition of Jerusalem as capital (see H.R. 167), H323 [5FE]

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]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H9130 [1OC]

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

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 589), H320 [5FE]

Korea, Republic of: anniversary of Mutual Defense Treaty with the U.S. and reaffirmation of commitment to friendship and cooperation (see H. Res. 385), H9130 [1OC]

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

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H324 [5FE]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H172 [27JA]

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

Medicare: consolidate and restate Federal laws relative to social health maintenance organization projects, make such projects permanent, and require a study on ways to expand such projects (see H.R. 983), H1517 [4MR]

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

———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 1902), H3634 [1MY]

———revitalize and improve the Medicare+Choice Program (see H.R. 2070), H4010 [13MY]

Middle East: condemn terrorist attacks by Hamas and other terrorist organizations and urge the European Union to classify Hamas as a terrorist organization (see H. Res. 285), H5815 [24JN]

Morocco: express condolences to the families of the victims of terrorist suicide bombing attacks (see H. Res. 242), H5665 [19JN]

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

Nuclear energy: extend indemnification authority for damages from nuclear incidents (see H.R. 330), H138 [8JA]

Organ donation: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors (see H.R. 1251), H3762 [7MY]

Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans and promote investment advice (see H.R. 1000), H1462 [27FE]

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. 919), H5366 [12JN]

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

Roh Moo Hyun: tribute to inauguration as President of the Republic of Korea (see H. Res. 72), H462 [12FE]

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

Safety: establish a permanent grant program to improve public safety communications and the interoperability of emergency communications equipment (see H.R. 3370), H9811 [21OC]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 234), H134 [8JA] (see H.R. 534), H318 [5FE]

Ships and vessels: extend authorization for the ferry boat discretionary program (see H.R. 2704), H10457 [5NO]

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

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 2205), H4978 [4JN]

Social Security: disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 172), H172 [27JA]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 173), H1908 [17MR]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: require compliance with leak detection and prevention standards for underground storage tanks and provide funding for cleanup of sites contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (see H.R. 2733), H6868 [15JY]

Syracuse University: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Con. Res. 142), H3053 [9AP]

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), H5268 [11JN]

Tax Reform Action Commission: establish (see H.R. 3215), H9129 [1OC]

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

———allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H10130 [29OC]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 583), H319 [5FE]

———allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (see H.R. 791), H7787 [25JY]

———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), H1903 [13MR]

———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 496), H244 [29JA]

———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), H3452 [29AP]

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

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 49), H1466 [27FE]

———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 785), H3453 [29AP]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H7787 [25JY]

———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (see H.R. 7), H3760 (see H.R. 7), H3762 [7MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (see H.R. 2), H1681 [6MR]

———remove the requirement of a mandatory beginning date for distributions from individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 315), H323 [5FE]

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

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 423), H9982 [28OC] (see H.R. 434), H9812 [21OC]

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

Telephones: prohibit the use of text, graphic, or image messaging systems of wireless telephones to transmit unsolicited commercial messages (see H.R. 122), H4204 [15MY]

Terrorism: establish a realistic, threat-based allocation of grant funds for first responders (see H.R. 2512), H11159 [14NO]

———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.N. Conference on Disarmament: election of Iraq as chairman (see H. Con. Res. 29), H274 [4FE]

U.N. Human Rights Commission: election of Libya as chairman (see H. Con. Res. 24), H1517 [4MR]

Veterans: establish a comprehensive program for the testing and treatment of the hepatitis C virus (see H.R. 73), H706 [13FE]

———improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 348), H3974 [9MY]

———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (see H.R. 664), H1467 [27FE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H6348 [8JY]

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

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H. Res. 65), H3454 [29AP]

———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]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1787), H3351 [11AP]

World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 476), H243 [29JA]

Year of the Korean War Veteran: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 212), H7086 [17JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 3602), H12307 [21NO]

Claims: extend deadline for victims of terrorist attacks to file claims to receive certain compensation (see H.R. 3116), H8380 [17SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: require State and local governments to provide information on individuals convicted of crimes for use in identifying immigration violations by such individuals (see H.R. 3115), H8380 [17SE]

Federal employees: disability annuities for law enforcement officers, firefighters, and the Capitol Police (see H.R. 3117), H8380 [17SE]

Liberia: U.S. policy (see H. Con. Res. 233), H6263 [26JN]

National security: protect human health and the environment from the release of hazardous substances by terrorists (see H.R. 2901), H7781 [25JY]

New York, NY: reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program (see H.R. 2771), H7085 [17JY]

Saudi Arabia: expedite resolution of all child custody cases in which Saudi Arabian subjects are holding U.S. minors without regard for U.S. law and call for the establishment of a permanent child custody treaty (see H. Con. Res. 263), H7785 [25JY]

———urge cooperation in finding and bringing to justice participants in simultaneous car-bombing attacks (see H. Res. 243), H4368 [20MY]

Taxation: treatment of capital losses by individuals (see H.R. 572), H319 [5FE]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions to any commission, organization, or affiliated agency that is chaired or presided over by a country that has supported terrorism (see H.R. 800), H701 [13FE]

Remarks

Armed Forces: encourage families of active-duty members to display the Blue Star Banner or the Gold Star and request the media to recognize importance of the Blue Star Banner (H. Con. Res. 109), H2541 [1AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2555), H5767 [24JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2799), H7300 [22JY]

FCC: ruling on media ownership rules, H4776 [2JN]

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

HSBC Holdings plc: tribute to employees injured in terrorist attacks in Istanbul, Turkey, E2464 [25NO]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H11416 [18NO]

Public utilities: improve reliability of electric transmission system, H11416 [18NO]

Staten Island, NY: tribute to visit by Vietnam Wall Experience, E1078 [23MY]

Turkey: condemn terrorist attacks in Istanbul (H. Res. 453), E2464 [25NO]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions to any commission, organization, or affiliated agency that is chaired or presided over by a country that has supported terrorism, H7300 [22JY]

———withhold U.S. contributions to any commission, organization, or affiliated agency that is chaired or presided over by a country that has supported terrorism (H.R. 800), H3687 [7MY]

Urban areas: terrorism protection and preparedness funding, H5767 [24JN]

Votes: position on missed, H3956 [9MY], H6902 [16JY], H11665 [20NO], E515 [19MR], E825 [1MY], E1250 [13JN], E1429 [9JY], E1755 [10SE], E2230 [5NO]

Tributes

Evansen, Gustavus, E1090 [2JN]

Handy, Michael J., E1171 [5JN]

Parese, James, E454 [13MR]