ISRAEL, STEVE (a Representative from New York)

Addresses

Tribute to Raheen Tyson Heighter: by, E207 [24FE]

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3422 [20MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy (see H.R. 3719), H2658 [5MY]

Airport Noise Curfew Commission: establish (see H.R. 5109), H7328 [21SE]

American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin: tribute (see H. Res. 579), H1593 [25MR]

Anthony I. Lombardi Memorial Post Office Building, Nanuet, NY: designate (see H.R. 4618), H4579 [18JN]

Archie Spigner Post Office Building, St. Albans, NY: designate (see H.R. 4632), H4646 [21JN]

Argentina: anniversary of terrorist attack on Jewish Cultural Center in Buenos Aires (see H. Con. Res. 469), H5655 [13JY]

Armed Forces: clarify requirements relative to predeployment and postdeployment medical exams of certain members (see H.R. 4346), H3094 [17MY]

———entitle educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for members of the Selected Reserve who aggregate a certain amount of active duty service (see H.R. 4367), H8859 [7OC]

———establish separate campaign medals to recognize service by members in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H.R. 3104), H244 [28JA]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H6997 [9SE]

———recognize and honor military unit family support volunteers for their dedicated service to the U.S., the Armed Forces, and members of the Armed Forces and their families (see H. Con. Res. 486), H6755 [7SE]

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), H1011 [10MR]

Assault weapons: extend ban on production of assault weapons (see H.R. 3831), H4766 [22JN]

Aviation: establish programs to protect commercial aircraft from man-portable air defense systems (see H.R. 4056), H1739 [30MR]

———improve security (see H.R. 4312), H2727 [6MY]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H304 [3FE]

Barber Conable Post Office Building, Batavia, NY: designate (see H.R. 3690), H128 [27JA]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H831 [3MR]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: establish (see H. Res. 570), H6900 [8SE]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2173), H2491 [30AP]

———promote greater public awareness of effective runaway youth prevention programs and the need for safe and productive alternatives, resources, and supports for youth in high-risk situations (see H. Res. 805), H7735 [28SE]

———reauthorize and improve certain nutritional programs (see H.R. 3416), H830 [3MR]

Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 732), H1011 [10MR]

Climate: conduct scientific research on abrupt climate change, establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits to consumers from such trading, and reduce dependence upon foreign oil (see H.R. 4067), H7864 [29SE]

Clinton, William J.: tribute (see H. Res. 717), H5793 [14JY]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H244 [28JA]

Committee To Investigate Detainee Abuses (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 690), H5196 [6JY]

Computers: protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (see H.R. 2929), H5150 [25JN]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 21), H3720 [2JN]

Coordinated Environmental Health Network: establish (see H.R. 5335), H9049 [8OC]

Corporations: require corporations to publish what they pay to foreign governments (see H.R. 4125), H2019 [1AP]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 3941), H1070 [11MR]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 4204), H2371 [22AP]

———provide reliable officers, technology, education, community prosecutors, and training in our neighborhoods (see H.R. 5277), H8858 [7OC]

Cruz, Celia: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3109), H244 [28JA]

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 3476), H245 [28JA]

Dept. of Education: making supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 4769), H5793 [14JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection (see H.R. 3539), H5150 [25JN]

———establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 1734), H6706 [22JY]

———establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 4354), H5536 [12JY]

———give grant preference to States that require schools to allow students to self-administer medication for asthma or anaphylaxis (see H.R. 2023), H5195 [6JY]

Dept. of HUD: insure zero-downpayment mortgages for one-unit residences (see H.R. 3755), H2491 [30AP]

———provide assistance for privately owned low- and moderate-income housing with expiring Federal subsidies to prevent displacement of low- and moderate-income tenants (see H.R. 4679), H4926 (see H.R. 4679), H5070 [24JN]

Dept. of State: establish an Office To Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism and require annual reports on acts of anti-Semitism around the world (see H.R. 4230), H2658 [5MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4772), H5330 [7JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: exclude monetary benefits paid to veterans by States and municipalities from consideration as income for purposes of pension benefits (see H.R. 3947), H1071 [11MR]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 4595), H5402 [8JY]

Education: provide access and equity in higher education (see H.R. 4102), H6899 [8SE]

Electric power: promote reliability of the electric transmission grid through the Cross-Sound Cable project (see H.R. 4349), H2917 [12MY]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 3881), H2816 [11MY]

———protect rights of employees to receive overtime compensation (see H.R. 2665), H2199 [20AP]

EPA: authorize use of funds for nonpoint source management programs for projects and activities relative to development and implementation of phase II of storm water program (see H.R. 3528), H245 [28JA]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H4894 [23JN]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 2442), H2728 [6MY]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1477), H8168 [5OC]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 4169), H10079 [19NO]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 578), H1593 [25MR]

Flag—U.S.: request that the flag flown over the Capitol should be lowered to half-mast one day each month in honor of U.S. citizens killed in military action (see H. Con. Res. 400), H3230 [18MY]

Food: require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see H.R. 3684), H633 [25FE]

Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 5312), H9048 [8OC]

Guam: anniversary of liberation (see H. Res. 737), H6998 [9SE]

Health: address shortage of influenza vaccine (see H.R. 5409), H10078 [19NO]

———expand access to preventive health care services and education programs that reduce unintended pregnancy, infection with sexually transmitted disease, and number of abortions (see H.R. 4192), H2265 [21AP]

———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums (see H.R. 4357), H5793 [14JY]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4936), H9051 [8OC]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 4628), H7138 [14SE]

———provide for a program of screenings and education relative to children with sudden cardiac arrhythmia syndromes (see H.R. 4335), H2815 [11MY]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 4610), H7073 [13SE]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H5536 [12JY]

———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (see H.R. 2157), H2549 [4MY]

Health care professionals: promote careers in nursing and diversity in the nursing workforce (see H.R. 920), H3963 [14JN]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 2239), H927 [9MR]

Higher Education Act: permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and increase Pell Grant maximum awards (see H.R. 2505), H9963 [17NO]

———repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 685), H2266 [21AP]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 2527), H3720 [2JN]

Housing: clarify calculation of per-unit costs payable under expiring contributions contracts for tenant-based rental assistance that are renewed (see H.R. 4263), H2548 [4MY]

Immigration: restrict issuance of visas to Saudi Arabian citizens until certification that Saudi Arabia does not discriminate in the issuance of visas on the basis of religious affiliation or heritage (see H.R. 3934), H1011 [10MR]

Insurance: coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 4154), H8168 [5OC]

———coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 4097), H6756 [7SE]

———implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 295), H8859 [7OC]

———prohibit discrimination in life insurance based on a person's previous lawful travel experiences (see H.R. 3927), H1010 [10MR]

———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), H2019 [1AP]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 5193), H10233 [20NO]

———urge compliance with International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions on nuclear weapons program and call for international cooperation with such compliance (see H. Con. Res. 307), H633 [25FE] (see H. Con. Res. 332), H576 [24FE]

Israel: condemn U.N. General Assembly for requesting the International Court of Justice to rule on legality of the security fence (see H. Con. Res. 390), H1791 [31MR]

———support construction of security fence and condemn U.N. General Assembly for requesting the International Court of Justice to rule on legality of the security fence (see H. Con. Res. 371), H699 [26FE]

Jewish Museum: anniversary (see H. Res. 582), H1643 [29MR]

Languages: strengthen national security through expansion and improvement of foreign language study (see H.R. 3676), H393 [4FE]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3847), H2019 [1AP]

Lieutenant John F. Finn Post Office, Albany, NY: designate (see H.R. 5053), H7443 [22SE]

Long Island Sound Stewardship Initiative: establish (see H.R. 4876), H6127 [20JY]

Marshall, Thurgood: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4178), H2549 [4MY]

Medicaid: extend State fiscal relief (see H.R. 4961), H9051 [8OC]

———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H4928 (see H.R. 2959), H5071 [24JN]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3859), H6997 [9SE]

Medicare: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1477), H8168 [5OC]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 5048), H8168 [5OC]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 3767), H5908 [15JY]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H304 [3FE]

———prohibit operation of comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program in New York (see H.R. 3842), H632 [25FE]

———provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs (see H.R. 3672), H6997 [9SE]

———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H5151 [25JN]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 3729), H1740 [30MR]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 4256), H2491 [30AP]

National Celiac Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 435), H3720 [2JN]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 5024), H6898 [8SE]

National Guard: credit certain service performed in counties declared disasters in response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as Federal active duty for purposes of military retirement credit (see H.R. 4378), H3229 [18MY]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: provide funding for the study and prevention of breast cancer in younger woman (see H.R. 1657), H5195 [6JY]

National School Lunch Act: phase out reduced price lunches and breakfasts by phasing in an increase in the income eligibility guidelines for free lunches and breakfasts (see H.R. 3441), H831 [3MR]

New York, NY: reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program (see H.R. 2771), H1791 [31MR]

Older Americans Act: amend to provide information and outreach for the prevention of osteoporosis (see H.R. 3803), H3230 [18MY]

Perry B. Duryea, Jr., Post Office, Montauk, NY: designate (see H.R. 4427), H3438 (see H.R. 4427), H3537 [20MY]

Petroleum: allow export or other provision of oil to Israel (see H.R. 4235), H2550 [4MY]

Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see H.R. 847), H2483 [28AP]

Political parties: express gratitude to Boston, MA, and New York, NY, for hosting national political conventions (see H. Res. 765), H7073 [13SE]

Presidents of the U.S.: establish a program to award grants to improve and maintain sites honoring Presidents of the U.S. (see H.R. 3903), H871 [4MR]

Public housing: provide additional exemptions from the community service requirement for a resident of a public housing project (see H.R. 4737), H5149 [25JN]

———provide that public housing project residents who perform community service shall receive priority consideration for participation in certain economic self-sufficiency programs (see H.R. 4738), H5149 [25JN]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 4026), H3094 [17MY]

Randall, Tony: tribute (see H. Res. 650), H4894 [23JN]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: tribute (see H.J. Res. 87), H304 [3FE]

Safety: establish a permanent grant program to improve public safety communications and the interoperability of emergency communications equipment (see H.R. 3370), H830 [3MR]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H5471 [9JY]

Sergeant Riayan A. Tejada Post Office, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 4046), H5072 [24JN]

Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda Post Office, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 4046), H4928 [24JN]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 4881), H6555 [21JY]

Sudan: declare genocide in Darfur (see H. Con. Res. 467), H6128 [20JY]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Con. Res. 414), H2548 [4MY] (see H. Res. 508), H2406 [27AP]

Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (see H.R. 4207), H2919 [12MY]

———allow a business credit for qualified expenditures for medical professional malpractice insurance (see H.R. 4124), H2019 [1AP]

———allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H244 [28JA]

———deny deduction for the portion of employer-provided vacation flights in excess of the amount of such flights which is treated as employee compensation (see H.R. 4352), H2917 [12MY]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 2133), H927 [9MR]

———prevent alternative minimum tax from effectively repealing Federal tax exemption for interest on State and local private activity bonds (see H.R. 4157), H2153 [2AP]

———provide relief for middle income taxpayers (see H.R. 4997), H6704 [22JY]

———provide subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualfied health pooling arrangements (see H.R. 4356), H2918 [12MY]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (see H.R. 1769), H830 [3MR]

U.N.: provide a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund for the prevention, remedy, and repair of obstetric fistula (see H.R. 3810), H515 [11FE]

U.S. Postal Service Henry Johnson Annex, Albany, NY: designate (see H.R. 480), H5983 [19JY]

U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement: limit Thailand's access to U.S. automobile market to prevent backdoor access by third-country automobile producers to the U.S. market (see H. Con. Res. 366), H2374 [22AP]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for a one-year open season under that plan (see H.R. 3763), H391 [4FE]

———permit eligible veterans to receive direct access to chiropractic care (see H.R. 4051), H5331 [7JY]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 677), H7138 [14SE]

Women: ratify equal rights amendment as part of the Constitution upon ratification by certain State legislatures (see H. Res. 38), H633 [25FE]

———reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 3350), H3821 [8JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: tribute to individuals that have donated prepaid telephone cards to members participating in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 525), H10079 [19NO]

FAA: issue order on secondary cockpit barriers (see H.R. 4801), H5470 [9JY]

Maxine S. Postal U.S. Post Office, Copiague, NY: designate (see H.R. 3917), H926 [9MR]

Medicaid: extend Federal-State cost-sharing program to assist low-income Medicare beneficiaries with health care costs (see H.R. 5189), H7944 [30SE]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 808), H7864 [29SE]

National security: provide for a certificate recognizing employees of defense companies for contributions during the Cold War (see H.R. 5112), H7329 [21SE]

SEC: require disclosures by public companies of payments to foreign governments for natural resources exploration, development, and extractions rights (see H.R. 3955), H1071 [11MR]

Tariff: rattan webbing (see H.R. 5367), H9745 [16NO]

Taxation: increase exemption amounts for individuals under the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 4288), H2657 [5MY]

Biographies

Fletcher, Jacob S., E2007 [16NO]

Eulogies

Lynch, Matthew: by Bill Lynch, E2023 [18NO]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1793 [1AP]

Poems

``Normandy,'' Benedict P. Panzarella, E1084 [9JN]

Prayers

``Freedom Is Not for Free,'' Reuven Mann, E1119 [15JN]

Remarks

Armed Forces: modernization training and leadership program curriculum funding, H9007 [8OC]

———prevent the sale of abusive insurance and investment products to military personnel (H.R. 5011), H8108 [5OC]

———support members engaging in military action in Iraq, H5966 [19JY]

Aviation: establish programs to protect commercial aircraft from man-portable air defense systems (H.R. 4056), H6506 [21JY]

Bergman, Marion: Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Dr. Jacob Dranitzke Award recipient, E2078 [20NO]

Bruckenthal, Patricia: tribute to birth of child, E2156 [6DE]

Brumidi, Constantino: tribute (H. Con. Res. 264), E191 [24FE]

Budget: reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H7401 [22SE]

Civil War—U.S.: establish a commission to commemorate sesquicentennial (H.R. 2449), H7354 [22SE]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations and amending various laws administered by the Coast Guard (H.R. 2443), conference report, H6472 [21JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3263 [19MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), conference report, H9007 [8OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6978 [9SE]

Dix Hills, NY: tribute to Half Hollow Hills East High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E865 [14MY]

Education: funding, H6978 [9SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4614), H5094 [25JN]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (H.J. Res. 106), H7916 [30SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), H5887 [15JY]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H1794 [1AP], H5966 [19JY]

Lake Ronkonkoma, NY: anniversary of Ronkonkoma Fire Dept., E1116 [15JN]

Maxine S. Postal U.S. Post Office, Copiague, NY: designate (H.R. 3917), H1602 [29MR]

Medicaid: extend Federal-State cost-sharing program to assist low-income Medicare beneficiaries with health care costs (S. 2618), H10054 [19NO]

Memorial Day: observance (H. Con. Res. 424), H3252 [19MY]

National World War II Memorial: celebrate completion and recognize veterans who served during World War II and persons who supported the war effort on the homefront, E972 [1JN]

New York: Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point Reformulation Study funding, H5094 [25JN]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3801 [8JN]

Saudi Arabia: allocation of foreign aid, H5887 [15JY]

Sudan: declare genocide in Darfur (H. Con. Res. 467), E1508 [22JY]

Suffolk County, NY: tribute to Civil Air Patrol, Squadron 7 award recipients, E570 [20AP]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), motion to instruct conferees, H7401 [22SE]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (H.R. 4227), H2581 [5MY]

———permanently extend the increased standard deduction and certain income tax rate bracket expansions for married taxpayers filing joint returns (H.R. 4181), H2441 [28AP]

Votes: position on missed, E95 [3FE]

World War II: anniversary of Allied landing at Normandy on D-Day (S.J. Res. 28), E1084 [9JN]

———tribute to Women Airforce Service Pilots, E1608 [13SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H3013 [13MY], H4890 [23JN]

Tributes

Bruckenthal, Nathan B., H2552 [5MY], H6472 [21JY], E1746 [30SE]

Darby, Joseph, H9007 [8OC]

Fletcher, Jacob S., E361 [11MR], E2007 [16NO]

Lynch, Matthew, E2023 [18NO]

Morgo, Jim, E1759 [30SE]

Rudofsky, Gayle, E1586 [10SE]

Strumph, Stephen W., E968 [1JN]