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

Amendments

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2409 [21AP]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1268, supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief, H2520 [26AP]

———H.R. 2528, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services, H9568 [3NO]

———H.R. 2863, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H11586 [14DE]

———H.R. 3010, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H9992 [8NO], H11183 [7DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide producers on a farm with greater flexibility in selecting the crops to be planted on the base acres of the farm (see H.R. 2045), H4143 [26MY]

Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud: condemn anti-Israel sentiments (see H. Res. 601), H12051 [16DE]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 1451), H1694 [17MR]

American Academy of Pediatrics: anniversary (see H. Res. 452), H8162 [20SE]

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 690), H9641 [3NO]

American Jewish History Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 315), H11654 [14DE]

Amo Houghton Bypass: designate a segment of Interstate 86 near Corning, NY (see H.R. 795), H586 [14FE]

Archbishop Iakovos: tribute (see H. Res. 325), H5916 [14JY]

Armed Forces: increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits (see H.R. 377), H233 [26JA]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H8648 [3OC]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 390), H7566 [28JY]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 1217), H1696 [17MR]

Bankruptcy: exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (see H.R. 2060), H4073 [25MY]

Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 38), H8919 [18OC]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H796 [17FE]

Birds: promote conservation of migratory waterfowl and offset or prevent the loss of wetlands and other habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl (see H.R. 4315), H12051 [16DE]

Capitol Police: increase the mandatory retirement age (see H.R. 1335), H4561 [15JN]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 3373), H6326 [21JY]

Central Asia: encourage countries to accelerate democratic reforms and fulfill human rights obligations (see H. Con. Res. 31), H1780 [5AP]

Children and youth: improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 2423), H4896 [21JN]

China, People's Republic of: require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (see H.R. 3004), H4895 [21JN]

Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (see H.R. 227), H942 [2MR]

Climate: conduct research on abrupt climate change, establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits from such trading, and reduce dependence upon foreign oil (see H.R. 759), H582 [10FE]

Colleges and universities: disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see H.R. 2637), H4073 [25MY]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 1615), H1968 [13AP]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino Community: establish (see H.R. 2134), H9556 [2NO]

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling (see H.R. 4411), H11034 [18NO]

Corporal Jason L. Dunham Post Office, Scio, NY: designate (see H.R. 4515), H11503 [13DE]

Curtiss, Glenn H.: tribute (see H. Res. 374), H6328 [21JY]

Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H11879 [15DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: designate percentage of farmland protection program funds for grants to encourage the purchase of conservation easements by a State agency, county, or other eligible entity (see H.R. 1514), H9362 [27OC]

———Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program funding reform (see H.R. 131), H75 [4JA]

Dept. of Education: promote installation of fire alarm detection systems or other fire prevention technologies in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 4460), H11880 [15DE]

———recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 3334), H8348 [26SE]

Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (see H.R. 280), H3696 [19MY]

Developing countries: make access to safe water and sanitation a specific policy objective of U.S. foreign assistance programs (see H.R. 1973), H3556 [18MY]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H1622 [16MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H1417 [14MR]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H4073 [25MY]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend contracts for national dairy market loss payments (see H.R. 1260), H1370 [10MR]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H8846 [17OC]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 881), H1372 [10MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 1356), H1690 [17MR]

Financial institutions: ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union net worth standards (see H.R. 2317), H4144 [26MY]

———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), H74 [4JA]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H798 [17FE]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: modify requirements for appointment and training of members of Regional Fishery Management Councils (see H.R. 1431), H7564 [28JY]

Gerard A. Fiorenza Post Office Building, Massapequa, NY: designate (see H.R. 3934), H8513 [28SE]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H8249 [21SE]

Great Lakes: authorize appropriations for State restoration programs and activities (see H.R. 792), H2103 [14AP]

Health: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 534), H349 [2FE]

———improve accessibility to immunizations against vaccine-preventable diseases, study Medicare and Medicaid influenza immunization usage, and amend Federal employee immunization services (see H.R. 3598), H7560 [28JY]

———provide for collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research and authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (see H.R. 2520), H3767 [23MY]

Heinz Ahlmeyer, Jr., Post Office Building, Pearl River, NY: designate (see H.R. 3548), H8248 [21SE]

Higher Education Act: permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 1029), H847 [1MR]

Holocaust: observe anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz death camp and honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 19), H287 [1FE]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 1471), H2978 [4MY]

Housing: require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum disability standards (see H.R. 1441), H8644 [29SE]

Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 4516), H11503 [13DE]

Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H8342 [22SE]

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. 884), H1696 [17MR]

———improve border security (see H.R. 2330), H4144 [26MY]

———revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information on H-2B nonimmigrants (see H.R. 793), H1622 [16MR]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 2793), H6205 [20JY]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H524 [9FE]

James T. Molloy Post Office Building, Buffalo, NY: designate (see H.R. 3339), H6106 [19JY]

Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Post Office Building, Patchogue, NY: designate (see H.R. 4101), H9042 [20OC]

Mara, Wellington T.: tribute (see H. Res. 517), H9473 [1NO]

Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H1693 [17MR]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 910), H8342 [22SE]

———recognize importance of prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers (see H. Con. Res. 231), H8163 [20SE]

Medicare: ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H9426 [28OC]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 2014), H3056 [5MY]

———provide access to audiologists (see H.R. 415), H234 [26JA]

———provide for value-based purchasing in payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3617), H8847 [17OC]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H9044 [20OC]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H8248 [21SE]

———temporarily increase payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 11), H1025 [8MR]

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. 823), H6107 [19JY]

———increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1106), H8388 [27SE]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H6381 [22JY]

Monuments and memorials: ensure memorials commemorating the service of U.S. servicemembers may contain religious symbols (see H.R. 2229), H7743 [7SE]

Music and dance: recognize artistic excellence and community value of America's orchestras (see H. Con. Res. 157), H4561 [15JN]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H6326 [21JY]

National Audubon Society: anniversary (see H. Res. 489), H8920 [18OC]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1509 [15MR]

National Captioning Institute: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 38), H285 [1FE]

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 690), H9641 [3NO]

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1428), H3113 [10MY]

National Guard Youth Challenge Program: increase maximum Federal share of costs for State programs (see H.R. 669), H1969 [13AP]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 2231), H7673 [6SE]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H1729 (see H.R. 21), H1735 [20MR]

New York, NY: recognize importance of establishing a national memorial at the World Trade Center site to commemorate and mourn terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 175), H1695 [17MR]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 892), H792 [17FE]

Parks, Rosa: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 4343), H11220 [7DE]

Peace Corps: issuance of special postage stamps (see H.R. 560), H1779 [5AP]

Public Health Service Act: provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (see H.R. 1313), H1508 [15MR]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H1622 [16MR]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 983), H2978 [4MY]

Pulaski, Casimir: confer honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 54), H4486 [14JN]

Romania: improve standard of care of children, resolve pending intercountry adoption cases, and remove barriers to the adoption of orphaned and abandoned children (see H. Res. 578), H11328 [8DE]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H287 [1FE]

Russia: protect intellectual property rights (see H. Con. Res. 230), H9642 [3NO]

Schools: recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (see H. Con. Res. 45), H631 [15FE]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1357), H1690 [17MR]

Securities: issue Hurricane Relief Bonds in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and subsequent flooding and displacement of residents in certain federally designated disaster areas (see H.R. 3935), H8513 [28SE]

Small Business Bill of Rights: establish (see H. Res. 22), H236 [26JA]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H76 [4JA]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H353 [2FE]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 521), H348 [2FE]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 414), H720 [16FE]

———allow employers to claim a work opportunity credit for hiring military personnel returning from service in Iraq or Afghanistan and for hiring their dependents and dependents of deceased personnel (see H.R. 1352), H2648 [27AP]

———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. 994), H3262 [12MY]

———authorize States, localities, the District of Columbia, territories, and possessions of the U.S. to provide certain tax incentives to any person for economic development purposes (see H.R. 2471), H3556 [18MY]

———exclude from gross income gain on the sale or exchange of farmland development rights (see H.R. 658), H1025 [8MR]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 625), H410 [8FE]

———extend and expand the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2868), H4400 [13JN]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the energy credit and the credit for residential energy-efficient property (see H.R. 4300), H10227 [15NO]

———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H3436 [17MY]

———make permanent the 15-year depreciation recovery period for restaurant property improvements and extend to new restaurant construction (see H.R. 920), H1417 [14MR]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 1684, 1685), H2148 [19AP]

———provide a checkoff for a World Trade Center Memorial Fund (see H.R. 1095), H1847 [6AP]

———provide a refundable tax credit to public safety volunteers (see H.R. 934), H5362 [28JN]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain systems installed in nonresidential buildings (see H.R. 1241), H8919 [18OC]

———provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (see H.R. 2034), H3056 [5MY]

———provide for deductibility of medical expenses by individuals (see H.R. 4625), H12167 [17DE]

———provide for the deductibility of medical expenses (see H.R. 66), H2648 [27AP]

———provide incentives for alternative fuels and motor vehicles powered by alternative fuels (see H.R. 1744), H3262 [12MY]

———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (see H.R. 3908), H8644 [29SE]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H196 [25JA]

———repeal the cap on the cover over of tax on distilled spirits to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 273), H3696 [19MY]

———restore, make permanent, and increase amount of exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 897), H7564 [28JY]

———treat expenses for certain meal replacement and dietary supplement products that qualify for FDA-approved health claims as medical care expenses (see H.R. 1545), H2649 [27AP]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H5914 [14JY] (see H.R. 1131), H6381 [22JY]

———treatment of certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2989), H5604 [30JN]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (see H.R. 310), H413 [8FE]

———promote deployment of competitive video services and eliminate redundant and unnecessary regulation (see H.R. 3146), H5741 [12JY]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H7814 [8SE]

Terrorism: establish a realistic, threat-based allocation of grant funds for first responders (see H.R. 228), H1846 [6AP]

Tisch, Preston R. (Bob): tribute (see H. Res. 605), H11881 [15DE]

U.N.: address anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 54), H414 [8FE] (see H. Res. 282), H3435 [17MY]

Ukrainian American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 769), H11327 [8DE]

Urban areas: encourage development and integrated use by public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information to assist in management of community growth (see H.R. 426), H1417 [14MR]

Vincent Palladino Post Office, Staten Island, NY: designate (see H.R. 2183), H3054 [5MY]

World War II: recognize the 60th anniversary of Victory in Japan (V-J) Day and the end of World War II in the Pacific (see H. Res. 360), H7614 [29JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making supplemental appropriations for veterans medical care (see H.R. 3130), H5599 [30JN]

———provide same type of vocational rehabilitation benefits and services for certain children with spina bifida as are currently available to veterans with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2929), H4560 [15JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (see H.R. 2528), H3768 [23MY]

Irish American Cultural Institute: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3638), H7612 [29JY]

Northern Ireland: reaffirm support for continued implementation of the Good Friday Agreement as the framework for peaceful settlement of the conflict (see H. Res. 555), H10226 [15NO]

World Cup: tribute to U.S. men's soccer team (see H. Res. 443), H7949 [14SE]

Conference reports

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction, Quality of Life Functions, and Veterans' Services (H.R. 2528), H10749-H10786 [17NO]

Motions

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 2528), H4113 [26MY]

Iraq: improve congressional oversight of Iraq war and reconstruction efforts, H9567 [3NO]

Remarks

Chemical weapons: authority over the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program, H4099 [26MY]

Daytona Beach, FL: National Guard Reserve Center construction funding, H4098 [26MY]

Dept. of Defense: building security standards, H4094 [26MY]

———Chemical Demilitarization Program funding, H4099 [26MY]

———overhead cover systems to support force protection in Iraq funding, H9563, H9565 [3NO]

———postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations until a strategy is submitted for environmental clean up of previously closed bases, H4100 [26MY]

———release all documentation used for recommendations on closures and realignments of military installations, H4109 [26MY]

Dept. of Energy: establish an annual award for advancements in renewable energy technology, H2410 [21AP], H6968 [28JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), motion to instruct conferees, H6460 [26JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making supplemental appropriations for veterans medical care (H.R. 3130), H5564, H5566, H5569, H5585, H5587, H5588 [30JN]

———pain management research programs funding, H4099 [26MY]

———veterans health care funding through reductions in Base Realignment and Closure Account funding, H4097 [26MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 2528), H4085, H4092, H4094, H4097, H4098, H4099, H4100, H4109, H4111 [26MY], H9562 [3NO]

———making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 2528), conference report, H10915, H10921, H10924 [18NO]

———making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 2528), motion to instruct conferees, H9563, H9565 [3NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5048 [23JN], H5148 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3010), conference report, H10520 [17NO], H11546 [14DE]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5517 [30JN]

Executive departments: prohibit funding in contravention of requirements for frank and complete answers in communications and testimony before Congress, H5517 [30JN]

Fayetteville, NY: tribute to Towpath Quilt Guild, E113 [1FE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3057), consideration (H. Res. 341), H5269 [28JN]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 345), H5564, H5566, H5569 [30JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H11546 [14DE]

James T. Molloy Post Office Building, Buffalo, NY: designate (H.R. 3339), E1668 [29JY]

New York: workers compensation and worker retraining funding for first responders to terrorist attacks upon the U.S., H5048 [23JN]

Northern Ireland: peace efforts, E477 [17MR]

Palmyra, NY: tribute to Palmyra-Macedon High School boys' basketball team, E527 [5AP]

Point of order, H4106 [26MY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2410 [21AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H6968 [28JY]

Sodus, NY: tribute to Sodus High School boys' basketball team, E523 [5AP]

Solvay, NY: anniversary of Solvay Public Library, E1895 [20SE]

St. Patrick's Day: observance, E477 [17MR]

Veterans: health care funding, H5148 [24JN], H5269 [28JN], H6460 [26JY], H10921 [18NO]

———improve treatment of post-deployment mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, for veterans and members of the Armed Forces, H4092 [26MY]

Wayne County, NY: anniversary of Wayne County Fair, E1591 [25JY]

Webster, NY: anniversary, E1913 [21SE]

Young Agency, Inc.: anniversary, E117 [1FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H4720 [17JN], H7857 [13SE]

Reports filed

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction, Quality of Life Functions, and Veterans' Services: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2528) (H. Rept. 109-305), H10908 [17NO]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2528) (H. Rept. 109-95), H3767 [23MY]

Tables

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 2528), H4086-H4089 [26MY], H10915-H10920 [18NO]

Tributes

Boeheim, Jim, E1886 [19SE]

Ferguson, Anne Marie, E233 [15FE]

Green, Robert F., Jr., E529 [5AP]

Pope John Paul II, E597 [8AP]

Young, Robert F., Jr., E317 [1MR]