FATTAH, CHAKA (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4850, District of Columbia appropriations, H8043 [5OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 979), H6756 [7SE]

Anacostia River: restore, protect, and enhance the environmental integrity and social and economic benefits of the Anacostia Watershed in Maryland and the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3622), H576 [24FE]

Armed Forces: allow active duty personnel to withdraw an election not to participate in the program of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4468), H3606 [1JN]

———clarify requirements relative to predeployment and postdeployment medical exams of certain members (see H.R. 4346), H3230 [18MY]

———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), H6899 [8SE]

———provide compensation to members of the reserve components who suffer discrepancies between their military and nonmilitary compensation as a result of being called to active duty for a certain period (see H.R. 1345), H434 [10FE]

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), H3781 [3JN]

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

Benjamin Franklin National Memorial: restore (see H.R. 3753), H303 [3FE]

Birds: mint coins celebrating recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle and noting the importance of the designation of the American bald eagle as an endangered species (see H.R. 4116), H3017 [13MY]

Birmingham, AL: anniversary of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing (see H. Res. 389), H576 [24FE]

Brown, Oliver L.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 4162), H2153 [2AP]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), revise (see H. Con. Res. 401), H1739 (see H. Res. 583), H1740 [30MR]

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

Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4082), H1789 [31MR]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2173), H830 [3MR]

Civil rights: anniversary of murder of civil rights organizers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County, MS (see H. Con. Res. 450), H4171 [15JN] (see H. Con. Res. 457), H4580 [18JN]

———restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (see H.R. 3809), H514 [11FE]

Civil Rights Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 676), H4171 [15JN]

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), H2816 [11MY]

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

Concord, CA: anniversary of explosion at Port Chicago Naval Magazine (see H. Res. 813), H8039 [4OC]

Correctional institutions: award credit toward the service of a sentence to prisoners who participate in designated educational, vocational, treatment, assigned work, or other developmental programs (see H.R. 4752), H7443 [22SE]

Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judges (see H.R. 1428), H5150 [25JN]

Credit cards: prohibit issuers from increasing a consumers interest rate based on credit information unrelated to transactions with the consumer (see H.R. 2724), H8409 [6OC]

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), H1322 [18MR]

Dept. of Defense: request transmission to the House of Representatives any documentation produced in conjuction with investigations of abuse of Iraqi POW by U.S. military personnel or contractors (see H. Res. 640), H2918 [12MY]

Dept. of Education: award grants for support of full-service community schools (see H.R. 4585), H6707 [22JY]

———enter into a partnership with a local educational agency to conduct a model school-to-work program (see H.R. 3660), H2154 [2AP]

———make grants to States to establish screening programs for certain children to prevent reading failure (see H.R. 4261), H3821 [8JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see H.R. 4493), H6707 [22JY]

———establish Office of Correctional Health (see H.R. 1993), H6128 [20JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: make certain Caribbean nationals eligible for temporary protected status under the Immigration and Nationality Act (see H. Res. 810), H9051 [8OC]

———make Haitian nationals eligible for temporary protected status under the Immigration and Nationality Act (see H. Res. 542), H700 [26FE]

Dept. of Justice: require report to Congress on investigation into murder of Emmett Till (see H. Con. Res. 360), H2155 [2AP]

Dept. of Transportation: evaluate devices and technology for reducing the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside motor vehicles (see H.R. 3683), H5402 [8JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow payment of certain benefits to begin effective the day in which hospitalization or treatment begins (see H.R. 3344), H575 [24FE]

———restrict the performance of eye surgery at a facility, or under a contract with the Dept., to only licensed medical doctors and licensed doctors of osteopathy (see H.R. 3473), H831 [3MR]

Diseases: establish comprehensive, integrated, and culturally appropriate HIV prevention strategy emphasizing the needs of women and girls for each country provided assistance to combat HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 4792), H6900 [8SE]

District of Columbia: establish an annual Federal infrastructure support contribution (see H.R. 4269), H4928 (see H.R. 4269), H5072 [24JN]

Education: improve graduation rates by making grants to improve adolescent literacy (see H.R. 3085), H37 [20JA]

———increase student loan forgiveness to highly-qualified teachers in mathematics, science, and special education, and for reading specialists (see H.R. 4410), H3437 (see H.R. 4410), H3537 [20MY]

———provide access and equity in higher education (see H.R. 4102), H3606 [1JN]

Elections: recognize importance of implementing any and all measures necessary to ensure a democratic, transparent, and fair election process for the 2004 Presidential election (see H. Res. 797), H8039 [4OC]

Endangered species: protect the remaining herd of wild and genetically pure American Buffalo (see H.R. 3446), H90 [21JA]

ERISA: improve disclosure of funding status of single-employer pension plans (see H.R. 3005), H9051 [8OC]

Families and domestic relations: improve the lives of working families by providing assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (see H.R. 3780), H6756 [7SE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 1430), H1593 [25MR]

Federal aid programs: support programs to end homelessness in the U.S. (see H.R. 2897), H9050 [8OC]

Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 356), H831 [3MR]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1477), H5402 [8JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 962), H515 [11FE]

Fish and fishing: provide for stewardship of fishery resources (see H.R. 4706), H9963 [17NO]

Food: ensure that consumers receive information about the nutritional content of restaurant foods (see H.R. 3444), H7443 [22SE]

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), H5402 [8JY]

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

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H37 [20JA]

Haiti: expedite and increase emergency disaster assistance funding relative to damage caused by Hurricane Jeanne (see H. Con. Res. 515), H9050 [8OC]

———independence anniversary (see H. Res. 471), H435 [10FE]

———U.S. policy relative to political uprising and humanitarian crisis (see H. Con. Res. 370), H632 [25FE]

Hazardous substances: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 1563), H9963 [17NO]

Health: constitutional amendment on the right to high quality health care (see H.J. Res. 30), H2919 [12MY]

———establish a network of pediatric centers in certain developing countries to provide treatment and care for children with HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 4191), H3821 [8JN]

———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), H5151 [25JN]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4936), H7575 [23SE]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H5909 [15JY]

———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (see H.R. 2157), H1230 [17MR]

Higher Education Act: provide funds for campus mental and behavioral health service centers (see H.R. 3593), H1322 [18MR]

Housing: clarify calculation of per-unit costs payable under expiring contributions contracts for tenant-based rental assistance that are renewed (see H.R. 4263), H3017 [13MY]

Immigration: reunify families, permit earned access to permanent resident status, protect against unfair employment practices, reform the diversity visa program, and adjust status for Haitian and Liberian nationals (see H.R. 4885), H6556 [21JY]

Independent Commission on the 2004 Coup d'Etat in the Republic of Haiti: establish (see H.R. 3919), H1230 [17MR]

Insurance: guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 1205), H2549 [4MY]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 3734), H127 [27JA]

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), H1484 [24MR]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3847), H698 [26FE]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 1930), H3440 (see H.R. 1930), H3540 [20MY]

Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site: visitor center funding (see H. Con. Res. 495), H7442 [22SE]

Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 2032), H2019 [1AP]

Medicare: condition the payment of employer prescription drug subsidies on the maintenance of current prescription drug benefits (see H.R. 4978), H8168 [5OC]

———coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1477), H5402 [8JY]

———prohibit operation of comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program in Pennsylvania (see H.R. 3836), H632 [25FE]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 745), H6706 [22JY]

———provide access to kidney disease health care, management, and end stage renal disease prevention services (see H.R. 3635), H576 [24FE]

———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H7234 [15SE]

Mining and mineral resources: reauthorize collection of reclamation fees, revise abandoned mine reclamation program, promote remining, and authorize Office of Surface Mining to collect black lung excise tax (see H.R. 3778), H1323 [18MR]

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 476), H6556 [21JY]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H700 [26FE]

National Archives and Records Administration: establish a servitude and emancipation archival research clearinghouse (see H.R. 4147), H2152 [2AP]

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

No Child Left Behind Act: suspend certain amendments that are not fully funded (see H.R. 2366), H6899 [8SE]

Pennsylvania State University: anniversary (see H. Res. 703), H5195 [6JY]

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), H1593 [25MR]

POW: request release of documents about the treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H. Res. 689, 699, 700), H5793 [14JY]

Project GRAD USA (organization): authorize (see H.R. 4973), H6703 [22JY]

Public lands: provide a means of resolving claims regarding the continued existence of rights-of-way (see H.R. 1639), H1230 [17MR]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 1294), H7329 [21SE]

Railroads: increase rail transportation security (see H.R. 4476), H5654 [13JY]

Rwanda: remember the victims of genocide and pledge to work to ensure that such an atrocity does not take place again (see H. Con. Res. 406), H2153 [2AP]

Senior citizens: promote elder justice (see H.R. 2490), H2378 [26AP]

———provide mental health screening and treatment services, integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams (see H.R. 4694), H6128 [20JY]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 173), H392 [4FE]

———protect cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 4910), H8859 [7OC]

———provide permanent funding level and permit States to use Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funds to carry out programs relative to the Social Services Block Grant (see H.R. 1858), H7138 [14SE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H36 [20JA]

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

States: streamline enrollment processes for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program through better linkages with programs providing nutrition and related assistance to low-income families (see H.R. 4031), H1592 [25MR]

Sudan: declare genocide in Darfur (see H. Con. Res. 467), H4927 (see H. Con. Res. 467), H5071 [24JN]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H3781 [3JN]

———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), H244 [28JA]

———disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (see H.R. 1555), H9050 [8OC]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain designated beneficiaries of employee's (see H.R. 935), H1072 [11MR]

———increase transparency of corporate tax accounting, liability and strategies, facilitate analysis of financial statements, discourage abusive tax sheltering activities, and restore investor confidence (see H.R. 1556), H9050 [8OC]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H89 [21JA]

———provide a tax credit to businesses whose employees teach at community colleges (see H.R. 4983), H6704 [22JY]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 3111), H8409 [6OC]

Tito Puente Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 1701), H9963 [17NO]

Transportation: provide for security of public transportation systems (see H.R. 4361), H3606 [1JN]

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), H1791 [31MR]

United Negro College Fund, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 792), H7442 [22SE]

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H4928 (see H.R. 2318), H5071 [24JN]

———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]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 677), H5908 [15JY]

Voting: amend criminal code relative to voter intimidation (see H.R. 5246), H8856 [7OC]

———condemn all efforts to suppress and intimidate voters in the U.S. and reaffirm that the right to vote is a fundamental right of all eligible citizens (see H. Res. 793), H7442 [22SE]

———constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 28), H2919 [12MY]

Water: ensure that the District of Columbia and States are provided with a safe, lead free supply of drinking water (see H.R. 4268), H2548 [4MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Education: strengthen and expand the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) to facilitate the transition of low-income high school students into post-secondary education (see H.R. 3948), H1071 [11MR] (see H.R. 3988), H1229 [17MR]

Taxation: require a study on eliminating Federal taxes on individuals and corporations and replacing the Federal tax code with a transaction fee-based system (see H.R. 3759), H303 [3FE]

Remarks

Budget: deficit, H4903 [24JN]

———establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), consideration (H. Res. 692), H4903 [24JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), revising (H. Res. 685), H4917 [24JN]

District of Columbia: across-the-board funding reduction, H6063 [20JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4850), H6053, H6063 [20JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4850), conference report, H8207, H8208 [6OC]

———restore right to keep and bear arms (H.R. 3193), H7766 [29SE]

District of Columbia College Access Act: permanently authorize the public school and private school tuition assistance programs, H8208 [6OC]

Taxation: rates, H4917 [24JN]

———require a study on eliminating Federal taxes on individuals and corporations and replacing the Federal tax code with a transaction fee-based system (H.R. 3759), H256 [3FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H431 [10FE], H10230 [20NO]