NEAL, RICHARD E. (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Amendments

Taxation: extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (H.R. 4227), H2570 [5MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

African Growth and Opportunity Act: extend and modify certain trade benefits (see H.R. 4103), H2018 [1AP]

Armed Forces: ensure that soldiers wounded in a combat zone continue to receive special pay allowances and tax benefits associated with combat pay (see H.R. 5296), H10926 [6DE]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H7234 [15SE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H1117 [16MR]

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

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]

Boston Red Sox (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 854), H9745 [16NO]

California: designate certain public lands as wilderness and designate certain segments of the Black Butte River in Mendocino County as a wild or scenic river (see H.R. 1501), H4928 (see H.R. 1501), H5071 [24JN]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: require repayment of appropriated funds that are illegaly disbursed for political purposes (see H.R. 4458), H3439 (see H.R. 4458), H3539 [20MY]

CERCLA: modify provisions on liability associated with a release or threatened release of recycled oil (see H.R. 3543), H2019 [1AP]

Children and youth: reauthorize and improve certain nutritional programs (see H.R. 3416), H1117 [16MR]

———recognize importance of distribution of food in schools to hungry or malnourished children around the world (see H. Con. Res. 422), H3392 [19MY]

———tribute to Students United With Parents and Educators To Resolve Bullying (SUPERB) (organization) and Jeremy and Sharon Ring for anti-bullying programs (see H. Res. 363), H3821 [8JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1688), H1116 [16MR]

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), H2658 [5MY]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1684), H2154 [2AP]

Corporations: make expatriated corporations that do business with, or own foreign subsidiaries that do business with, state sponsors of terrorism, or terrorist organizations, ineligible for Federal contracts (see H.R. 4394), H3390 [19MY]

Corrie, Rachel: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 111), H1117 [16MR]

CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see H.R. 4155), H2152 [2AP]

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]

Dept. of Defense: direct the Secretary of a military department to pay a monthly bonus to members whose retirement or separation is suspended as a result of a stop-loss order (see H.R. 4111), H2018 [1AP]

Dept. of Education: make grants to States to establish antiharassment programs (see H.R. 4313), H2816 [11MY]

———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. 3988), H4928 (see H.R. 3988), H5072 [24JN]

Dept. of Labor: declare operation of power driven amusement park rides a hazardous occupation for purposes of certain child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (see H.R. 4190), H2919 [12MY]

Dept. of State: expand au pair exchange visitor programs to include the provision of in-home independent living services for adults with disabilities (see H.R. 3998), H1594 [25MR]

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), H5331 [7JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reduce backlog of benefit claims (see H.R. 1264), H2154 [2AP]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 4595), H4286 [16JN]

Education: provide access and equity in higher education (see H.R. 4102), H6997 [9SE]

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

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 2442), H3440 (see H.R. 2442), H3540 [20MY]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (see H.R. 4107), H3017 [13MY]

Financial institutions: commemorate anniversary of Citizens Savings Bank and Trust Co., and honor the contributions of minority-owned banks (see H. Con. Res. 394), H1594 [25MR]

———ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union capital standards (see H.R. 3579), H701 [26FE]

———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), H515 [11FE]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 3716), H3230 [18MY]

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), H3016 [13MY]

Hazardous substances: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 1563), H9745 [16NO]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H. Con. Res. 99), H633 [25FE]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 4610), H6756 [7SE]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H6557 [21JY]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 2239), H2549 [4MY]

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: 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), H1011 [10MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3802), H927 [9MR]

Intelligence services: strengthen protections of civil liberties in the exercise of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities (see H.R. 3352), H4766 [22JN]

Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: extend the 50-percent bonus depreciation (see H.R. 4128), H2151 [2AP]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7138 [14SE]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1043), H752 [2MR]

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), H90 [21JA]

Languages: strengthen national security through expansion and improvement of foreign language study (see H.R. 3676), H3016 [13MY]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 1930), H434 [10FE]

Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 4937, 4938), H6702 [22JY]

Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for, and conservation of, the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (see H. Res. 727), H5983 [19JY]

Massachusetts: Federal recognition of Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (see H.R. 4933), H6702 [22JY]

Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1214), H1230 [17MR]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 792), H4928 (see H.R. 792), H5071 [24JN]

———impose minimum nurse staffing in participating hospitals (see H.R. 3656), H753 [2MR]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 4927), H6702 [22JY]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1422), H5402 [8JY]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H831 [3MR]

———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H9745 [16NO]

Melanoma Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 492), H8409 [6OC]

Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 492), H8409 [6OC]

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), H2919 [12MY]

Middle East: recognize importance of fighting terrorism and embracing efforts to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace (see H. Res. 479), H2491 [30AP]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 5043), H6996 [9SE]

NASA: tribute to Hubble Space Telescope for extraordinary contributions to scientific research and education and reconsideration of future service missions (see H. Res. 550), H2266 [21AP]

National Commission on Digestive Diseases: establish (see H.R. 3756), H5654 [13JY]

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

National Park Service: report on the sustainability of the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor and the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Commission (see H.R. 5014), H6755 [7SE]

National parks and recreation areas: eliminate annual operating deficit and maintenance backlog (see H.R. 5358), H9184 [9OC]

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), H1117 [16MR]

New England Patriots (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 512), H303 [3FE]

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

Portugal: tribute to friendship, leadership, and support of the U.S. in the effort to combat international terrorism (see H. Res. 688), H4894 [23JN]

Public safety officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 814), H10079 [19NO]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 4026), H4928 (see H.R. 4026), H5072 [24JN]

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

Schools: recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (see H. Con. Res. 380), H1323 [18MR]

Sensible, Multilateral American Response to Terrorism (SMART) Security Platform for the 21st Century: call for adoption (see H. Con. Res. 392), H3017 [13MY]

Social Security: protect cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 4910), H6701 [22JY]

Sudan: condemn attacks against civilians in the Darfur region (see H. Con. Res. 403), H2729 [6MY]

———declare genocide in Darfur (see H. Con. Res. 467), H6557 [21JY]

Taxation: allow issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to finance certain surface transportation facilities (see H.R. 3857), H699 [26FE]

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 5378), H9962 [17NO]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1824), H89 [21JA]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 2265), H2199 [20AP]

———treatment of certain qualified mortgages held by a real estate mortgage investement company or a grantor trust (see H.R. 4113), H4287 [16JN]

Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 4820), H5653 [13JY]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3550), H90 [21JA]

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), H1230 [17MR]

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]

———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]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 3438), H516 [11FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Taxation: 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]

Letters

Tribute to Sung Eun Kim: by, E322 [9MR]

Motions

Taxation: remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), H7749 [29SE]

Remarks

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1434, H1435 [24MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 649), H3240 [19MY]

Casey, Ed: Quaboag Highlander Pipe Band Heart O'Gold Award recipient, E110 [4FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4526, H4530 [18JN]

———prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, H4526, H4530 [18JN]

eco/Springfield, LLC: OSHA Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program participant, E978 [2JN]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H3240 [19MY]

Northampton, MA: anniversary, E804 [11MY]

Phelan, Patrick: Gatorade National High School Boys Soccer Player of the Year award recipient, E231 [25FE]

Public debt: ceiling (S. 2986), H9976 [18NO]

Smith College: tribute to first all-female graduating class of Picker Engineering School, E354 [11MR]

Springfield, MA: anniversary of Melha Shrine Circus, E270 [2MR]

Sutton, MA: anniversary, E1644 [15SE]

Taxation: extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation, H2430, H2435 [28AP]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (H.R. 4227), H2576, H2578, H2579, H2580, H2582, H2583 [5MY]

———permanently extend certain income tax rate brackets (H.R. 4275), H2937 [13MY]

———permanently extend the increased standard deduction and certain income tax rate bracket expansions for married taxpayers filing joint returns (H.R. 4181), H2430, H2433, H2434, H2435 [28AP]

———prevent alternative minimum tax from effectively repealing Federal tax exemption for interest on State and local private activity bonds (H.R. 4157), E524 [2AP]

———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (H.R. 737), H1375 [24MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, H3240 [19MY]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), conference report, H8715 [7OC]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), motion to instruct conferees, H7750, H7751 [29SE]

———repeal alternative minimum tax, H1434, H1435 [24MR]

———simplify certain tax rules for individuals (H.R. 4841), H6486, H6487 [21JY]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (H.R. 4279), H2846 [12MY]

Tyco International, Ltd.: avoidance of U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country, H1375 [24MR]

U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 4842), H6637 [22JY]

Tributes

Conlin, Frederick S., Jr., E1163, E1176 [18JN]

Pava, Jeremy and Ann, E197 [24FE]