WALSH, JAMES T. (a Representative from New York)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4837, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H8851 [7OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: establish regional dairy marketing areas to stabilize the price of milk and support the income of dairy producers (see H.R. 4597), H4286 [16JN]

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]

Armed Forces: 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), H9184 [9OC]

———provide automatic pay increase to any member deployed away from their permanent station or home for an extended period (see H.R. 3862), H699 [26FE]

———require notification to Congress and the public when waivers to certain domestic source requirements are made (see H.R. 3951), H1370 [23MR]

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]

Birds: conduct a pilot program under which States may issue electronic Federal migratory bird hunting stamps (see H.R. 4685), H7575 [23SE]

———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), H2266 [21AP]

Children and youth: make grants to establish antibullying programs (see H.R. 3692), H2728 [6MY]

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), H1739 [30MR]

Corrie, Rachel: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 111), H5151 [25JN]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: establish an electronic nationwide livestock identification system, prevent unauthorized release of information collected under the system, and review responses to livestock disease outbreaks (see H.R. 3787), H433 [10FE]

———Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program funding reform (see H.R. 4446), H3438 (see H.R. 4446), H3538 [20MY]

Dept. of Commerce: delegate to the Under Sec. of Commerce for International Trade the functions relating to trade adjustment assistance for firms (see H.R. 3949), H1484 [24MR]

Dept. of Defense: carry out a program to provide a support system for members of the Armed Forces who incur severe disabilities (see H.R. 5057), H7138 [14SE]

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), H3719 [2JN]

———give grant preference to States that require schools to allow students to self-administer medication for asthma or anaphylaxis (see H.R. 2023), H128 [27JA]

Diseases: eliminate tuberculosis (see H.R. 2068), H244 [28JA]

———prohibit interference by certain education grant recipients with a student's treatment of his or her diabetes (see H.R. 3178), H245 [28JA]

Drunken driving: increase penalties for individuals who operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (see H.R. 2681), H244 [28JA]

Eastman, George: tribute (see H. Res. 673), H4287 [16JN]

Elections: assert that terrorists will never cause the date of a Presidential election to be postponed and that no individual or agency will have the authority to postpone a Presidential election (see H. Res. 728), H6127 [20JY]

FCC: provide for punishment of certain profane broadcasts (see H.R. 3687), H90 [21JA]

———ruling in response to complaints regarding broadcast of program material containing indecent language (see H. Res. 482), H90 [21JA]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 4169), H4392 (see H.R. 4169), H4507 [17JN]

Foreign trade: establish procedures for identifying countries that deny market access for U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 2579), H700 [26FE]

Government: pay for cost of premiums for certain Servicemembers Group Life Insurance coverage (see H.R. 3436), H1370 [23MR]

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

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 1083), H1740 [30MR]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H872 [4MR]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4936), H8168 [5OC]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 3658), H128 [27JA]

Hong Kong: support freedom (see H. Res. 667), H4766 [22JN]

Housing: facilitate self-help housing homeownership opportunities (see H.R. 4363), H4171 [15JN]

———require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum disability standards (see H.R. 2353), H3440 (see H.R. 2353), H3540 [20MY]

Immigration: establish two new categories of nonimmigrant workers (see H.R. 2899), H7945 [30SE]

India: observance of Republic Day (see H. Con. Res. 15), H633 [25FE]

Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 4097), H3392 [19MY]

International Olympic Committee: encourage selection of New York, NY, as the site for the 2012 Olympic games (see H. Con. Res. 475), H6707 [22JY]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 3734), H435 [10FE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7735 [28SE]

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

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

Maxine S. Postal U.S. Post Office, Copiague, NY: designate (see H.R. 3917), H1011 [10MR]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3859), H699 [26FE]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 1811), H6706 [22JY]

Medicare: improve access to diabetes self-management training by designated certified diabetes educators (see H.R. 3194), H2658 [5MY]

———preserve access to cancer care (see H.R. 5144), H7574 [23SE]

Mental health: establish State grant program to end practice of parents giving custody of emotionally disturbed children to State agencies to obtain mental health services (see H.R. 3243), H393 [4FE]

———increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1359), H8859 [7OC]

National Captioning Institute: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 491), H7137 [14SE]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 5040), H6996 [9SE]

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 Guard Challenge Program: rename and revise matching funds requirements for participating States (see H.R. 4217), H2658 [5MY]

National Manufacturing Week: support goals (see H. Res. 516), H701 [26FE]

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

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1173), H2373 [22AP]

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

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), H5151 [25JN]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 1294), H8859 [7OC]

Reagan, Ronald: redesign the twenty dollar bill in commemoration (see H.R. 4563), H3963 [14JN]

———tribute (see H.J. Res. 84), H245 [28JA]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H8168 [5OC]

Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda Post Office, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 4046), H5471 [9JY]

Small business: improve results and accountability of microenterprise development assistance programs (see H.R. 3818), H633 [25FE]

Social Security: authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 2598), H3781 [3JN]

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

———tribute to NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Cornell University for conducting the Mars Exploration Rover mission, and recognition of importance of space exploration (see H. Res. 490), H35 [20JA]

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

———provide assistance for the crisis in the Darfur region and for the development of a comprehensive peace plan (see H.R. 5061), H7443 [22SE]

Tariff: wool products (see H.R. 4287), H2657 [5MY]

Taxation: allow a credit for businesses who employ veterans (see H.R. 5080), H7233 [15SE]

———allow a credit for expenditures to remediate contaminated sites (see H.R. 4480), H3719 [2JN]

———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 584), H244 [28JA]

———clarify that personal service corporations may continue to use the cash method of accounting (see H.R. 2814), H1370 [23MR]

———exclude from unrelated business taxable income the gain or loss on the sale or exchange of certain brownfield sites (see H.R. 3527), H393 [4FE]

———expand work opportunity credit to include trade adjustment assistance as a targeted group (see H.R. 3678), H128 [27JA]

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

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 571), H2199 [20AP]

———provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (see H.R. 2978), H1370 [23MR]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see H.R. 4206), H4647 [21JN]

———reduce estate tax rates and increase exclusion equivalent and establish inflation adjustment for the unified credit, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2682), H128 [27JA]

———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 973), H830 [3MR]

Telecommunications: provide a clear and unambiguous structure for the jurisdictional and regulatory treatment of voice-over-Internet-protocol applications (see H.R. 4129), H2200 [20AP]

Tinnitus Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 381), H1011 [10MR]

U.S. Postal Service Henry Johnson Annex, Albany, NY: designate (see H.R. 480), H6128 [20JY]

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), H927 [9MR]

World War II: commemorate anniversary of Battle of Peleliu, protect Peleliu Battlefield National Historic Landmark sites, and establish commemorative programs honoring Americans who fought there (see H.J. Res. 102), H7443 [22SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 5041), H6996 [9SE]

Irish American Cultural Institute: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 4245), H2483 [28AP]

Le Moyne College: tribute to men's lacrosse team (see H. Con. Res. 446), H3872 [9JN]

Syracuse University: tribute to men's lacrosse team (see H. Con. Res. 447), H3872 [9JN]

Eulogies

Hanley, James M.: by John Mahoney, E132 [10FE]

Lists

Armed Forces members from New York killed in military action in Iraq, E1057 [4JN]

Remarks

Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated appropriations, H10189, H10205 [20NO]

Armed Forces: increase statutory cap on privatization of military housing, H6466 [21JY]

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.: EPA Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award recipient, E1339 [9JY]

———Syracuse, NY, facility recipient of EPA Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award, E1224 [24JN]

Budget: establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), H4993 [24JN]

Camillus, NY: tribute to West Genesee High School boys' lacrosse team, E1079 [9JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4837), H6466 [21JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: high threat grants funding for urban areas security initiative, H4493 [17JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4493 [17JN]

DeWitt, NY: tribute to Jamesville-DeWitt High School boys' basketball team, E487 [31MR]

Employment: impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, H4393 [17JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), conference report, H10189, H10205 [20NO]

Le Moyne College: tribute to men's lacrosse team, E1062 [8JN]

Lockheed Martin Corp.: tribute to Syracuse, NY, plant, E1081 [9JN]

Manlius, NY: tribute to Fayetteville-Manlius High School girls' lacrosse team, E1098 [14JN]

———tribute to Fayetteville-Manlius High School Science Olympiad team, E1001 [2JN], E1031 [4JN]

Marcellus, NY: tribute to Marcellus High School girls' soccer team, E219 [25FE], E2173 [7DE]

Memorial Day: observance, E1057 [4JN]

Ontario Center, NY: tribute to Thomas C. Armstrong Middle School Science Olympaid team, E1061 [8JN]

Rochester, NY: tribute to Aquinas Institute boys' soccer team, E220 [25FE]

Syracuse, NY: anniversary of St. Elias Church, E1080 [9JN]

———anniversary of Temple Adath Yeshurun, E1093 [14JN]

———tribute to Christian Brothers Academy football team, E2153 [6DE]

———tribute to Syracuse All-Star Babe Ruth baseball team, E1662 [21SE]

———tribute to Wolniak brothers for service during World War II, E1338 [9JY]

Syracuse University: tribute to men's lacrosse team, E1062 [8JN]

Taxation: remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), H4393 [17JN]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers, H4393 [17JN]

Tully, NY: tribute to Tully High School boys' cross-country team, E222 [25FE]

Webster, NY: Sports Illustrated (publication) Sportstown for New York award recipient, E892 [18MY]

Weller, Dennis: Associated Builders and Contractors Contractor of the Year Award recipient, E487 [31MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H10071 [19NO]

Reports filed

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5041) (H. Rept. 108-674), H6996 [9SE]

Tributes

Hanley, James M., E132 [10FE]

Houghton, Representative, H10058 [19NO], E2155 [6DE]

Lincoln, Lauren, E581 [21AP]

Quinn, Representative, H10058 [19NO], E2155 [6DE]

Shaw, Kenneth A. and Mary Ann, E221 [25FE]

Young, Representative C.W. Bill, H10205 [20NO]