FITZPATRICK, MICHAEL G. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see H.R. 356), H333 [15FE]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 552), H25 [31JA]

Afghanistan: condemn legal action against citizens who have already converted or plan to convert to other religions (see H. Res. 736), H1196 [28MR]

Alex's Lemonade Stand Days: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 368), H2962 [19MY]

American Jewish Committee: anniversary (see H. Res. 773), H2103 [3MY]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 5229), H1915 [27AP]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 71), H333 [15FE]

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), H1197 [28MR]

Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission: extend (see H.R. 4586), H1320 [29MR]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: make grants to expand the capacity of the mentoring program for at-risk youth (see H.R. 5752), H4957 [10JY]

Campus Fire Safety Month: establish (see H. Res. 295), H2641 [16MY]

Children and youth: provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 864), H868 [9MR]

China, People's Republic of: anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre (see H. Res. 794), H2597 [15MY]

Clean Air Act: require all gasoline sold for use in motor vehicles to contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (see H.R. 4357), H226 [8FE]

Colleges and universities: establish a pilot program to provide grants to eligible institutions to establish pregnant and parenting student services offices (see H.R. 4265), H566 [2MR]

Committee on Financial Services (House): require annual testimony by the SEC, Financial Accounting Standards Board, and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, on efforts to promote transparency in financial reporting (see H.R. 5024), H3788 [12JN]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H1678 [6AP]

Courts: strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 5188), H4190 [16JN]

Crime: protect youth from exploitation by adults using the Internet (see H.R. 5749), H4957 [10JY]

Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H4134 [15JN]

Day of Hearts—Congenital Heart Defect Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 629), H26 [31JA]

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 Education: establish and maintain public website with a database of available scholarships, fellowships, and financial assistance programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (see H.R. 5139), H2503 [10MY]

Dept. of Energy: establish a photovoltaic demonstration program (see H.R. 5594), H4220 [19JN]

Dept. of HHS: encourage dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology (see H.R. 4157), H3909 [13JN]

———establish comprehensive prevention, education, research, and medical management program to reduce liver cirrhosis and liver cancer caused by chronic hepatitis B infection (see H.R. 4550), H226 [8FE]

Dept. of Justice: develop a national strategy to eliminate illegal operations of certain international drug gangs (see H.R. 5291), H2503 [10MY]

———provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (see H.R. 4894), H1681 [6AP]

Dept. of Transportation: report to Congress on proposed changes to policies that prohibit foreign interests from exercising control over economic and security decisions of U.S. airlines (see H.R. 4542), H1681 [6AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide sufficient blind rehabilitation outpatient specialists at medical facilities (see H.R. 3579), H2962 [19MY]

Disabled: exempt persons with disabilities from the prohibition against providing section 8 rental assistance to college students (see H.R. 5117), H3227 [24MY]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H1742 [25AP]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H868 [9MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H4328 [20JN]

Education: tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 657), H24 [31JA]

FAA: modify bargaining requirements for proposed changes to the personnel management system (see H.R. 5449), H3425 [6JN]

———relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 65), H2705 (see H.R. 65), H2758 [17MY]

———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), H390 [16FE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1376), H3424 [6JN]

Federal aid programs: ensure that student loans are delivered as efficiently as possible (see H.R. 1425), H1453 [4AP]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H790 [8MR]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 697), H3909 [13JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 1356), H565 [2MR]

FEMA: permit access to databases to comply with sex offender registry and notification laws (see H.R. 4381), H3497 [7JN]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 737), H1196 [28MR]

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

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: modify requirements for appointment and training of members of Regional Fishery Management Councils (see H.R. 1431), H450 [28FE]

FTC: establish Office of Internet Safety and Public Awareness (see H.R. 4982), H3227 [24MY]

———revise telemarketing rules to prohibit calls from certain political organizations to persons on the ``do-not-call'' registry (see H.R. 4072), H155 [1FE]

Germany: urge immediate action to combat sex trafficking in connection with the 2006 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup (see H. Res. 860), H4424 [21JN]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (see H.R. 4575), H26 [31JA]

H. Gordon Payrow Post Office Building, Bethlehem, PA: designate (see H.R. 4786), H388 [16FE]

Health: improve access to emergency medical services through medical liability reform and additional Medicare payments (see H.R. 3875), H1681 [6AP]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 898), H4328 [20JN]

House of Representatives: clarify that Members are not immune from having their offices searched during an ongoing criminal investigation (see H. Res. 852), H3496 [7JN]

House Rules: require that general appropriations bills contain a separate list of all earmarks in the accompanying report and the name of the sponsoring Member of each earmark (see H. Res. 662), H333 [15FE]

Housing: modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the FHA to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers (see H.R. 5121), H4917 [29JN]

Immigration and Nationality Act: exempt boilermakers from the numerical limitation applicable to nonimmigrants issued a visa or provided status (see H.R. 3644), H1197 [28MR]

Insurance: streamline regulation of nonadmitted insurance and reinsurance (see H.R. 5637), H4219 [19JN]

Iraq: require certain committees of Congress to review and evaluate the activities and progress of the Government of Iraq in securing and stabilizing Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 402), H2962 [19MY]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H. Res. 733), H1130 [16MR]

Law enforcement: ensure that a sex offender or a sexually violent predator is not eligible for parole (see H.R. 4621), H566 [2MR]

Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 354), H3137 [23MY]

Medicare: improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H1679 [6AP]

———provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services (see H.R. 4824), H1321 [29MR]

———provide for a budget-neutral two-year moratorium on certain physician payment reductions for imaging services (see H.R. 5704), H4794 [28JN]

Members of Congress: deny congressional retirement benefits to Members convicted of felonies (see H.R. 4535), H26 [31JA]

Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Res. 158), H1854 [26AP]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H1853 [26AP]

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. 23), H1742 [25AP]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H274 [14FE]

National Arbor Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 383), H1854 [26AP]

National Campus Safety Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 765), H2834 (see H. Res. 765), H2891 [18MY]

National Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 305), H509 [1MR]

National Youth Sports Week: establish (see H. Res. 826), H3497 [7JN]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 745), H3909 [13JN]

Power resources: reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (see H.R. 4409), H274 [14FE]

———reduce dependence on foreign sources of oil by promoting plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and related advanced vehicle technologies (see H.R. 5538), H4220 [19JN]

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

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 1249), H3016 [22MY]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 4867), H564 [2MR]

Robert Linn Memorial Post Office Building, Beaver, PA: designate (see H.R. 4768), H387 [16FE]

SBA: permit business concerns owned by venture capital operating companies to participate in the Small Business Innovation Research Program (see H.R. 2943), H225 [8FE]

Shipping industry: improve codification of U.S. Code title relative to shipping (see H.R. 5413), H3309 (see H.R. 5413), H3362 [25MY]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 615), H154 [1FE]

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), H3138 [23MY]

Tariff: ethanol (see H.R. 5170), H2503 [10MY]

———impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 521), H3424 [6JN]

Taxation: allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 4961), H1681 [6AP]

———allow the amortization of goodwill and certain other intangibles that are acquired from a small business (see H.R. 4960), H3227 [24MY]

———establish Catastrophe Savings Accounts (see H.R. 4836), H1681 [6AP]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the energy credit and the credit for residential energy-efficient property (see H.R. 4300), H333 [15FE]

———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 5206), H1851 [26AP]

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

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3159), H389 [16FE]

———permit tax-free distribution from governmental retirement plans for payment of health and long-term care insurance premiums for public safety officers (see H.R. 2177), H3642 [8JN]

———repeal certain oil and gas subsidies and appropriate the proceeds to double certain alternative energy incentives (see H.R. 4623), H2641 [16MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H2339 [9MY]

Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 3427), H3424 [6JN]

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit removal of any item from the current list of items prohibited from being carried aboard a passenger aircraft (see H.R. 4452), H566 [2MR]

Ukraine: commend people for conducting free, fair, and transparent elections and their commitment to democracy and reform (see H. Res. 799), H2962 [19MY]

Veterans: encourage States to establish programs to award high school diplomas to veterans who left school to serve in the Armed Forces during a time of war (see H. Res. 661), H25 [31JA]

———improve information security (see H.R. 5464), H3309 (see H.R. 5464), H3362 [25MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: require recipients of universal service support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commercial social networking websites and chat rooms (see H.R. 5319), H2338 [9MY]

Crime: provide justice for crime victims' families (see H.R. 4883), H644 [7MR]

France: condemn naming of street in Denis, France, honoring Mumia Abu-Jamal (see H. Con. Res. 407), H2961 [19MY]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (see H.R. 4667), H24 [31JA]

Help America Vote Act: extend deadline by which States which received payments under such Act for the replacement of punch card or lever voting systems must ensure that all such systems are replaced (see H.R. 4666), H24 [31JA]

Taxation: encourage charitable contributions of real property for conservation purposes (see H.R. 5056), H1389 [30MR]

———encourage use of corrosion prevention and mitigation measures in the construction and maintenance of business property (see H.R. 4913), H866 [9MR]

———provide individuals a deduction for certain mass public transportation expenses (see H.R. 5662), H4423 [21JN]

Letters

Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Relief Act: Association for Financial Professionals, Investment Company Institute, and Financial Services Roundtable, H5085 [12JY]

———Jim Kaitz, Association for Financial Professionals, H5084 [12JY]

———John R. Vogt, Bond Market Association, H5084 [12JY]

———Paul S. Stevens, Investment Company Institute, H5084 [12JY]

———Steve Bartlett, Financial Services Roundtable, H5085 [12JY]

Wayne A. Downing receipt of the West Point Society General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Guardian of Liberty Award: William J. Lennox, Jr., U.S. Army, E420 [28MR]

Lists

Pennsylvania 8th Congressional District military academy nominees, E422 [28MR]

Remarks

Alex's Lemonade Stand Days: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 368), H3743 [12JN]

Amtrak: funding, H3833 [13JN]

Children and youth: require recipients of universal service support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commercial social networking websites and chat rooms (H.R. 5319), H2310 [9MY]

Courts: protect children, judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and their family members, and reduce and prevent gang violence (H.R. 4472), H692 [8MR]

Credit: improve ratings quality through competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry (H.R. 2990), H5083, H5092 [12JY]

———improve ratings quality through competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry (H.R. 2990), consideration (H. Res. 906), H5058 [12JY]

Crime: provide justice for crime victims' families, H692 [8MR]

Deon, Pasquale T., Sr.: Justinian Society of Philadelphia, PA, honoree, H3484 [7JN], E1054 [8JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3299 [25MY]

Dept. of Justice: provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (H.R. 4894), H3807 [13JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2854 [18MY]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5576), H3833 [13JN]

Downing, Wayne A.: West Point Society General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Guardian of Liberty Award recipient, E420 [28MR]

Education: tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 657), H177 [8FE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5427), E999 [26MY]

EPA: prohibit funding to implement or enforce the wetlands policy guidance issued in joint memorandum with Corps of Engineers, H2854 [18MY]

FAA: modify bargaining requirements for proposed changes to the personnel management system (H.R. 5449), H3402 [6JN]

FBI: Innocent Images Task Force funding, H4651 [27JN]

Help America Vote Act: extend deadline by which States which received payments under such Act for the replacement of punch card or lever voting systems must ensure that all such systems are replaced (H.R. 4666), H28 [1FE]

Medicare: extend initial enrollment period for prescription drug benefits and waive penalties for late enrollment (H.R. 4399), H1713 [25AP]

National Marfan Awareness Month: observance, E215 [28FE]

National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (H.R. 4954), H2120 [4MY]

Pennsylvania: tribute to military academy nominees from the 8th Congressional District, E421 [28MR]

Quakertown, PA: anniversary of Quakertown Hook and Ladder Co., E1110 [9JN]

Railroads: increase rail transportation security, H3299 [25MY]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4651 [27JN]

Sellers, Joseph: City of Hope Tri-State Labor and Management Council Spirit of Life Award recipient, E1065 [8JN]

Suburban areas: national objectives priority assignments, H2310 [9MY]

Taxation: repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 1898), E998 [26MY]

Votes: position on missed, H3193, H3194, H3195, H3196 [24MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1676 [6AP], H1737 [25AP], H3493 [7JN]

Tributes

Cherry, Steven T., H1565 [6AP]

Coles, Georgiana, H1633 [6AP]