QUINN, JACK (a Representative from New York)

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]

Assault weapons: extend ban on production of assault weapons (see H.R. 3831), H632 [25FE]

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]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 722), H5908 [15JY]

Business and industry: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (see H.R. 3598), H1322 [18MR]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program funding reform (see H.R. 4446), H5909 [15JY]

Dept. of Commerce: make noninterest bearing loans to State and local governments solely for the purpose of funding capital projects (see H.R. 4371), H3093 [17MY]

Dept. of Labor: provide coverage under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program for atomic weapons facilities employees during periods of residual contamination (see H.R. 3864), H699 [26FE]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 1998), H3016 [13MY]

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

Eastman, George: tribute (see H. Res. 673), H3963 [14JN]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 931), H575 [24FE]

FAA: repeal local participation in Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 3721), H88 [21JA]

FCC: ruling in response to complaints regarding broadcast of program material containing indecent language (see H. Res. 482), H516 [11FE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 4433), H7575 [23SE]

———uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H1230 [17MR]

Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Res. 581), H1643 [29MR]

———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 2260), H633 [25FE]

Firearms: regulation of transfers at gun shows (see H.R. 3832), H632 [25FE]

Gerard A. Fiorenza Post Office Building, Massapequa, NY: designate (see H.R. 299), H3780 [3JN]

Great Lakes Protection and Restoration Committee: establish (see H.R. 4416), H4766 [22JN]

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

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

Immigration: waive visa processing fees for nonimmigrant visitors who are nationals of countries providing combat troops in Afghanistan and Iraq (see H.R. 4834), H5793 [14JY]

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

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H927 [9MR]

Iran: urge compliance with International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions on nuclear weapons program and call for international cooperation with such compliance (see H. Con. Res. 332), H1594 [25MR]

Iron and steel industry: maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see H.R. 4730), H5331 [7JY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7945 [30SE]

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), H434 [10FE]

Lamb, Brian: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4014), H1369 [23MR]

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 public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1214), H36 [20JA]

Medicare: repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H7945 [30SE]

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]

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), H753 [2MR]

New York, NY: reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program (see H.R. 2771), H707 [1MR]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 641), H7330 [21SE]

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]

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), H2374 [22AP]

Railroads: increase rail transportation security (see H.R. 4604), H4391 (see H.R. 4604), H4506 [17JN]

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

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), H4287 [16JN]

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

Taxation: allow employers a tax credit for increasing employment (see H.R. 4307), H2727 [6MY]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2950), H3720 [2JN]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (see H.R. 3717), H435 [10FE]

U.S. Postal Service Henry Johnson Annex, Albany, NY: designate (see H.R. 480), H6756 [7SE]

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), H574 [24FE]

Ukraine: authorize the establishment of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933 (see H.R. 4450), H3439 (see H.R. 4450), H3538 [20MY]

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]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see H. Res. 485), H3821 [8JN]

World War II: anniversary of Battle of the Bulge (see H.J. Res. 110), H9746 [16NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Employment: ensure equal pay for equal work performed by public sector and private sector employees within each State and locality in which such employees work (see H. Res. 865), H10079 [19NO]

Remarks

Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities funding, H4219 [16JN]

Brosart, Violet: Chapel of Four Chaplains Award recipient, E87 [3FE]

Buffalo, NY: tribute to FBI and Task Force Personnel for investigation of terrorist cell known as the Lackawanna Six, E1396 [16JY]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding through reductions in Bureau of the Census funding, H5274 [7JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4568), H4219 [16JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5274 [7JY]

House of Representatives: results of congressional basketball game against American League of Lobbyists, H7213 [15SE]

Jacob, Helen G.: Chapel of Four Chaplains Award recipient, E88 [3FE]

Johnson, Charles W., III: tribute (H. Res. 651), H3400 [20MY]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: observance, E1602 [13SE]

Taxation: expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data and treat certain census tracts with low population as low-income communities for purposes of new markets tax credit (H.R. 4193), H3031 [17MY]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H1800 [1AP]

Votes: position on missed, E1642 [15SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5400 [8JY], H5534 [12JY], H5905 [15JY], H5978 [19JY]

Tribute, H10058 [19NO], E2012 [17NO], E2104 [20NO], E2155, E2164 [6DE], E2167, E2169, E2177, E2193 [7DE]

Tributes

Brosart, Violet, E138 [10FE]

Hunt, C. Stuart, E2027 [18NO]

Miller, Van, E108 [4FE]