VISCLOSKY, PETER J. (a Representative from Indiana)
Appointments
Conferee: H.J. Res. 2, continuing appropriations, H229 [29JA]
———H.R. 1559, war in Iraq and homeland security supplemental appropriations, H2877 [8AP]
———H.R. 2658, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H8228 [16SE]
———H.R. 2754, energy and water development appropriations, H8879 [24SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: enhance ability of oilseed producers to use oilseed base acres for the production of fruits and vegetables (see H.R. 2181), H8284 [16SE]
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), H9282 [7OC]
———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]
Armenia: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 528), H1467 [27FE]
Birch Bayh Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Indianapolis, IN: designate (see H.R. 1082), H1639 [5MR]
Briggs, Harry and Eliza: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 412), H324 [5FE]
———protect from exploitive child modeling (see H.R. 756), H698 [13FE]
China, People's Republic of: withdraw normal trade relations status (see H.R. 3228), H9213 [2OC]
Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2727), H6867 [15JY]
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]
Crime: prevent trafficking in child pornography, condemn activities relating to sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, and prevent the use of child pornography to facilitate crimes against children (see H.R. 1161), H1680 [6MR]
De Laine, Joseph A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]
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), H11133 [7NO]
Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 1077), H4131 [14MY]
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]
———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 236), H323 [5FE]
Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2881), H7616 [24JY]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 3285), H9376 [8OC]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 962), H1460 [27FE]
Financial institutions: protect customers whose identities are stolen from financial institutions (see H.R. 818), H1812 [12MR]
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), H5468 [17JN]
Francis X. McCloskey Post Office Building, Bloomington, IN: designate (see H.R. 3379), H9981 [28OC]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1821), H3353 [11AP]
Independent Commission on Intelligence About Iraq: establish (see H.R. 2625), H7840 [3SE]
Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer (see H.R. 1886), H6465 [9JY]
———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 1910), H5089 [9JN]
———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), H5089 [9JN]
Iron and steel industry: revocation of certain exclusions from safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H.R. 2877), H7616 [24JY]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 589), H4739 [22MY]
King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7170 [18JY]
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), H12922 [8DE]
Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H11702 [20NO]
Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H10237 [30OC]
Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1214), H3355 [11AP]
Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1288), H5664 [19JN]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 1199), H1744 [11MR]
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]
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 1102), H4739 [22MY]
O'Bannon, Frank: tribute (see H. Res. 365), H8175 [10SE] (see H. Res. 369), H8284 [16SE]
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]
Postal Service: reform funding of Civil Service Retirement System benefits for employees (see H.R. 735), H2132 [19MR]
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), H4739 [22MY]
Railroads: resolve certain labor issues relative to merger of Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road (see H.R. 308), H1334 [25FE]
Roads and highways: increase minimum State allocations provided for use in carrying out certain highway programs (see H.R. 2208), H4734 [22MY]
Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see H.R. 1900), H5815 [24JN]
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: preserve profile on the dime because of his innumerable contributions to and lasting impact on the Nation (see H. Con. Res. 343), H12310 [21NO]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 173), H3304 [10AP]
———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 531), H463 [12FE]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H1467 [27FE]
———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to individuals whose benefits exceed certain levels (see H.R. 2011), H5552 [18JN]
Stewart, Tony: tribute (see H. Res. 128), H1641 [5MR]
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), H9478 [15OC]
Tariff Act: expedite antidumping investigations when imports increase materially from new suppliers after an antidumping order and amend provisions on export prices and constructed export prices (see H.R. 2092), H4877 [3JN]
Taxation: impose a windfall profit tax on crude oil and products thereof (see H.R. 585), H5663 [19JN]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 737), H461 [12FE]
———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H8082 [9SE]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 571), H11392 (see H.R. 571), H11515 [18NO]
———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 beer (see H.R. 1305), H1952 [18MR]
Television: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (see H.R. 2052), H5664 [19JN]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 17), H52 [7JA] (see H.R. 1652), H4788 [2JN]
———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program and improve the unemployment insurance system (see H.R. 3244), H9813 [21OC]
Water: 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]
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. 445), H11391 (see H. Res. 445), H11515 [18NO]
———request investigation of cause of confidential interim report on U.S. steel safeguard measure being widely leaked to the media (see H. Res. 328), H7225 [21JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of Justice: extend authorization for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 1708), H3300 [10AP]
ERISA: joint trusteeship of single-employer pension plans (see H.R. 323), H137 [8JA]
Health care facilities: assure availability of a non-emergency department physician in certain hospitals (see H.R. 2389), H5045 [5JN]
Iron and steel industry: reinstate safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H.R. 3699), H12920 [8DE]
Medicare: reclassify certain counties for purposes of equitable hospital payment rates (see H.R. 2486), H5408 [16JN]
Taxation: 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]
Motions
IRS: protect taxpayers and ensure accountability (H.R. 1528), H5595 [19JN]
Remarks
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H3024
Birch Bayh Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Indianapolis, IN: designate (S. 763), H4809
Burns Harbor, IN: anniversary of Millwright Local 1043, E1865
Corps of Engineers: Delaware River main channel deepening project funding, H7128 [18JY]
———funding, H7126 [18JY]
Crown Point, IN: anniversary of Lions Club, E2039
Dept. of Agriculture: anniversary of the Agricultural Research Service (S.J. Res. 22), H11164
Dept. of Energy: increase renewable energy programs funding through reductions in Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H7134 [18JY]
East Chicago, IN: anniversary of St. Joseph's Carmelite Home for Girls, E1852
Energy and water development: across-the-board funding reduction, H7141 [18JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2754), H7120, H7126, H7128, H7134 [18JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2754), conference report, H11400, H11402 [18NO]
Francis X. McCloskey Post Office Building, Bloomington, IN: designate (H.R. 3379), H10386 [5NO]
Gary, IN: anniversary of Serenity House alcohol and drug treatment facility, E840
———anniversary of St. John the Baptist Church, E1854
———anniversary of Tree of Life Missionary Baptist Church, E1699
Hammond, IN: anniversary of Hammond Public Library, E1697
Indiana: tribute to Indiana Football Hall of Fame inductees, E842
———tribute to Northwest Indiana Alliance Basketball Team, E1739
Indiana State Teacher's Association: tribute to Crystal Apple Award recipients, E841
IRS: protect taxpayers and ensure accountability (H.R. 1528), motion to recommit, H5595 [19JN]
Merrillville, IN: anniversary of Croatian Sons Lodge No. 170, E839
———anniversary of Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, E1700
———tribute to the Polish National Alliance, Silver Bell Club, Lodge 2365, E948
Munster, IN: tribute to World War II veterans, E2139
NAACP: tribute to Gary, IN, chapter Life Membership Banquet honorees, E896
O'Bannon, Frank: tribute (H. Res. 369), H8242 [16SE]
Pastrick, Robert: St. Catherine Hospital of East Chicago, IN, Pillar of the Community Award recipient, E282
Pope John Paul II: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (H. Con. Res. 313), H11476
Portage, IN: tribute to Sheet Metal Workers' International Association Local Union No. 20 awards banquet, E2014
Powers, Donald S.: St. Catherine Hospital of East Chicago, IN, Pillar of the Community Award recipient, E282
Stram, Hank: National Football League Hall of Fame inductee, E1701
Taxation: expand availability of the refundable tax credit for health insurance costs of certain displaced workers, H5595 [19JN]
Tributes
Betjemann, John H., E1273
Buckley, Roy R., E833
Chambers, YJean, E2304
Constantinides, Evagoras, E843
Eberly, Glen L., E898
Evans, Wallace E., E1274
Griffin, John W., E1276
Higgins, Tom, E284
Jones, Gary E., E1171
Moe, Jerry E., E990
Mutka, John, E2464
Nannenga, Gerry L., E1628
Riley, Wallace, E2252
Robinson, Edward, E2426
Samuel, Howard D., E1335
Sanders, Greg, E636
Semancik, Joseph, E836
Sheets, Larry, E1937
Smith, Len, E1069
Thompson, Clark, E41
Willis, Margaret, E2091