LOWEY, NITA M. (a Representative from New York)

Appointments

Committee To Escort Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Into the House Chamber, H3141 [24MY]

Conferee: H.R. 4939, supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery, H3030 [23MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy (see H.R. 5151), H1678 [6AP]

American Jewish Committee: anniversary (see H. Res. 773), H2339 [9MY]

Armed Forces: prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1743 [25AP]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H1131 [16MR]

Captain George A. Wood Post Office Building, Utica, NY: designate (see H.R. 4962), H4521 [22JN]

Children and youth: reauthorize permanently the use of penalty and franked mail in efforts to locate and recover missing children (see H.R. 4416), H2706 (see H.R. 4416), H2758 [17MY]

Clinton, William J.: tribute (see H. Res. 901), H4916 [29JN]

Coach John Wooden Post Office Building, Reseda, CA: designate (see H.R. 4646), H646 [7MR]

Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 343), H1563 [5AP]

CPSC: establish a consumer product safety standard for each durable infant or toddler product (see H.R. 4896), H4795 [28JN]

D. Mallory Stephens Post Office, Patterson, NY: designate (see H.R. 5685), H4554 [26JN]

Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H4555 [26JN]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H450 [28FE]

Dept. of Energy: establish grants and advisory board for U.S.-Israeli joint ventures on alternative/renewable energy sources and energy efficiency (see H.R. 2730), H4220 [19JN]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H4795 [28JN]

———require bioterrorism-related grants provided to States and political subdivisions of States to be distributed on the basis of a risk-based formula (see H.R. 5468), H3225 [24MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a Directorate of Emergency Management (see H.R. 5351), H2706 (see H.R. 5351), H2758 [17MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: accept sworn affidavit of veterans who served in combat during Korean War or earlier conflict as proof of service connection for certain diseases and injuries (see H.R. 591), H389 [16FE]

———provide free credit monitoring and credit reports for veterans and others affected by the theft of veterans' personal data and ensure notification of such thefts (see H.R. 5455), H3309 (see H.R. 5455), H3362 [25MY] (see H.R. 5588), H4680 [27JN]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: restore Federal aid for the repair, restoration, and replacement of private nonprofit educational facilities that are damaged or destroyed by a major disaster (see H.R. 4517), H4555 [26JN]

Diseases: advance medical research and treatments of pediatric cancers, ensure access to current treatments and information, establish a national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness (see H.R. 4927), H5047 [11JY]

———authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 3641), H868 [9MR]

———establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority or underserved populations (see H.R. 3640), H868 [9MR]

———establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H4917 [29JN]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 3616), H155 [1FE]

Drugs: expand the scope of information required for the data bank on clinical trials for drugs (see H.R. 3196), H973 [14MR]

Election Assistance Commission: make grants to States to restore and replace election administration supplies, materials, and equipment which were damaged as a result of Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (see H.R. 4140), H274 [14FE]

Employment: protect volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel responding to national emergencies from termination or demotion in their places of employment (see H.R. 3949), H333 [15FE]

Energy Policy Act: repeal provisions (see H.R. 4479), H1917 [27AP]

FAA: replace Administrator's arbitrary authority to impose wages and working conditions with neutral binding arbitration in the case of an impasse in labor-management negotiations (see H.R. 4755), H1743 [25AP]

Families and domestic relations: improve the lives of working families by providing assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (see H.R. 1589), H4424 [21JN]

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), H1563 [5AP]

Firefighters: recognize and honor contributions throughout U.S. history (see H. Res. 764), H1682 [6AP]

Foreign Assistance Act: provide contraceptives in developing countries in order to prevent unintended pregnancies, abortions, and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 4736), H1453 [4AP]

Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 4682), H153 [1FE]

Health: establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity and eating disorders (see H.R. 5698), H4794 [28JN]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H2502 [10MY]

———require Federal agencies to support health impact assessments and take other actions to improve health and the environmental quality of communities (see H.R. 5088), H4134 [15JN]

Higher Education Act: reduce interest rates for student and parent borrowers (see H.R. 5150), H4521 [22JN]

Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 5501), H4134 [15JN]

Intelligence services: reiterate that certain statutes are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted (see H.R. 5371), H3138 [23MY]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H4795 [28JN]

Iraq: declare U.S. policy to not maintain a long-term or permanent military presence (see H.R. 3142), H1390 (see H. Con. Res. 197), H1391 [30MR]

Jacob Fletcher Post Office Building, Babylon, NY: designate (see H.R. 5664), H4423 [21JN]

Japan: encourage issuance of an apology for the sexual enslavement of young women during colonial occupation of Asia during World War II (see H. Res. 759), H4555 [26JN]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3476), H1453 [4AP]

Libya: condition Dept. of State recognition of government representatives on fulfillment of financial obligations to Pan Am Flight 103 victims' families and other cases involving victims of terrorism (see H. Res. 838), H4521 [22JN]

Long Island Sound Stewardship Initiative: establish (see H.R. 5160), H1679 [6AP]

Magen David Adom (organization): congratulate for achieving full membership in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (see H. Con. Res. 435), H4554 [26JN]

Medicare: deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 752), H25 [31JA]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H26 [31JA]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H646 [7MR]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2429), H868 [9MR]

Minorities: recognize and take active measures to increase the low presence of minorities and women in upper level positions of management in the financial services industry (see H. Con. Res. 429), H3908 [13JN]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2048), H1320 [29MR]

National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education: condemn recent vote by British trade union to boycott Israeli academia (see H. Res. 858), H4135 [15JN]

National High School Mock Trial Championship, Inc.: call on Board of Directors to accommodate students of all religious faiths (see H. Res. 600), H226 [8FE]

National security: require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company (see H.R. 4807), H449 [28FE]

———support efforts to track terrorist financing under existing law and express concern over disclosure of classified information on methods by which terrorists are traced (see H. Res. 900), H4916 [29JN]

New Windsor, NY: recognize and support effort of New York to develop the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor (see H. Con. Res. 419), H3425 [6JN]

NRC: conduct an independent safety assessment of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, Buchanan, NY (see H.R. 4891), H644 [7MR]

Nuclear energy: require a licensee to notify the State, county, and public in which a facility is located whenever there is an unplanned release of fission products in excess of allowable limits (see H.R. 4825), H3138 [23MY]

Paris Wine Tasting: anniversary of U.S. winemakers' victory (see H. Con. Res. 399), H2101 [3MY]

Power resources: increase the renewable fuel content of gasoline and require Federal agencies to use ethanol and biodiesel in government vehicles (see H.R. 4573), H973 [14MR]

———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (see H.R. 3936), H2102 [3MY]

———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (see H.R. 4409), H1981 [2MY]

———restore fairness in the provision of incentives for oil and gas production (see H.R. 5300), H2173 [4MY]

Public Health Service Act: expand and improve traumatic brain injury programs (see H.R. 5738), H4958 [10JY]

———provide waivers relating to grants for preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers (see H.R. 5472), H3909 [13JN]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 284), H4189 [16JN]

Schneier, Arthur: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4045), H3497 [7JN]

Senior citizens: tribute (see H. Res. 874), H4918 [29JN]

Social Security: expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 2071), H1980 [2MY]

Sudan: condemn attacks on civilians, call on all parties to abide by the ceasefire agreement, approve peacekeeping forces, and urge the U.S. to help improve security in the Darfur region (see H. Res. 723), H4134 [15JN]

Taxation: 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), H389 [16FE]

———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 5081), H1452 [4AP]

———modernize rules governing treatment of qualifying continuing care facilities (see H.R. 4608), H566 [2MR]

———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H1059 [15MR]

Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 3427), H2586 [11MY]

Veterans: recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 4574), H2962 [19MY]

Voting: encourage Louisiana and the Dept. of Justice to establish satellite voting outside of Louisiana for scheduled New Orleans elections (see H. Con. Res. 385), H1679 [6AP]

Wasserstein, Wendy: tribute (see H. Res. 719), H867 [9MR]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 4747), H451 [28FE]

———issue of a semipostal in order to afford a convenient means by which members of the public may contribute towards the acquisition of works of art to honor female pioneers in Government service (see H.R. 5065), H1743 [25AP]

———reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 2861), H5047 [11JY]

Year of Polio Awareness: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 526), H2339 [9MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Medicare: extend employer subsidy payment provisions under the prescription drug program to State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs (see H.R. 4996), H1129 [16MR]

———repeal income-related increase in part B premiums (see H.R. 5147), H1678 [6AP]

Ronald Bucca Post Office, Tuckahoe, NY: designate (see H.R. 4995), H1128 [16MR]

Taxation: expand deductions allowed for education-related expenses and allow an earned tuition credit for qualified tuition and related expenses (see H.R. 5407), H2705 (see H.R. 5407), H2757 [17MY]

U.S. Fire Administration: provide assistance to firefighting task forces (see H.R. 5272), H1980 [2MY]

Women: strengthen family planning services (see H. Con. Res. 404), H2705 (see H. Con. Res. 404), H2757 [17MY]

Motions

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3383 [6JN]

Remarks

AID: Iraq Community Action Program funding, H1016 [15MR]

———Iraqi Radio Al Mahaba funding, H3528 [8JN]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), H992, H1015, H1016, H1018, H1020 [15MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), conference report, E1161 [15JN]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, H3682 [9JN]

Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities funding, H2793 [18MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: Emergency Management Performance Grant program funding, H3312 [25MY]

———increase State and local formula based grants and high-threat, high density urban area grants funding, H3383, H3384 [6JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3312 [25MY], H3382 [6JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5441), motion to recommit, H3383, H3384 [6JN]

———Urban Areas Security Initiative Grant Program allocation for New York, NY, H5104 [12JY]

Dept. of State: Colombia drug interdiction aircraft assistance funding, H1018 [15MR]

———International Disaster and Famine Assistance for Sudan and Global HIV/AIDS Initiative funding through reductions in Egypt Economic Support Fund funding, H3542, H3543 [8JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2793 [18MY]

Developing countries: make access to safe water and sanitation a specific policy objective of U.S. foreign assistance programs, H3536 [8JN]

Foreign aid: establish centers for the treatment of obstetric fistula in developing countries, H3528 [8JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3526, H3528, H3529, H3536, H3542, H3543 [8JN], H3675, H3682 [9JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5522), consideration (H. Res. 851), H3504 [8JN]

Gift of Life International, Inc.: Project Iraqi Hearts funding, H3529 [8JN]

Haiti: allocation of foreign aid, H1015 [15MR], H3675 [9JN]

Mara, Wellington T.: tribute (H. Res. 517), H1144 [28MR]

National security: require homeland security grants for terrorism preparedness and prevention be awarded based on assessment of risk, threat, and vulnerabilities, H5104 [12JY]

Ride for Lorraine (organization): tribute, E1327 [29JN]

Ronald Bucca Post Office, Tuckahoe, NY: designate (H.R. 4995), H1931 [2MY]

Sudan: African Union Mission funding, H1020 [15MR]

———impose sanctions on those responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, support protection of civilians and humanitarian operations, and support peace in the Darfur region (H.R. 3127), H1475 [5AP]

Terrorism: commend those who have taken part, and declare that the U.S. will prevail, in the Global War on Terror and complete mission to create a sovereign and free Iraq (H. Res. 861), H4112 [15JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H5125 [12JY]

Tributes

Kolbe, Representative, H3703 [9JN]

Rosenfield, Allan, E1060 [8JN]