COSTELLO, JERRY F. (a Representative from Illinois)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see H.R. 5099), H2175 [4MY]
Armed Forces: prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H1197 [28MR]
Colleges and universities: provide with a right of action against entities that improperly regulate intercollegiate sports activities (see H.R. 5289), H2173 [4MY]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H3643 [8JN]
Congressman Owen Lovejoy Post Office Building, Princeton, IL: designate (see H.R. 5426), H2961 [19MY]
Crime: prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see H.R. 4709), H868 [9MR]
Dept. of Commerce: transmit to the House of Representatives a copy of a workforce globalization final draft report produced by the Technology Administration (see H. Res. 717), H867 [9MR]
Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H565 [2MR]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H1851 [26AP]
Dept. of Labor: prescribe additional coal mine safety standards and require additional penalties for habitual or flagrant violators (see H.R. 4695), H226 [8FE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), H3643 [8JN]
Disasters: establish a unified national hazard alert system (see H.R. 5556), H4555 [26JN]
Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H2833 (see H.R. 4033), H2890 [18MY]
———support bone marrow failure disease research (see H. Con. Res. 179), H2339 [9MY]
District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see H.R. 398), H225 [8FE]
Drugs: encourage the President to convene an international conference to develop more effective means to deal with growing threat of methamphetamine and synthetic drug precursor chemicals (see H. Res. 566), H333 [15FE]
Dunham, Katherine: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 414), H3137 [23MY]
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), H155 [1FE]
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), H332 [15FE]
FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 5316), H2337 [9MY]
Gambling: establish a commission to study the proper response to growth in Internet gambling (see H.R. 5474), H3226 [24MY]
Gene Vance Post Office Building, Clinton, IL: designate (see H.R. 4805), H449 [28FE]
Government: designate certain functions as inherently governmental (see H.R. 5204), H3138 [23MY]
House Rules: protect integrity of the institution of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 659), H24 [31JA]
Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1849), H3642 [8JN]
———promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 2793), H1742 [25AP]
Interstate Highway System: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H1389 [30MR]
John Paul Hammerschmidt Post Office Building, Harrison, AR: designate (see H.R. 4811), H449 [28FE]
Joshua A. Terando Princeton Post Office Building, Morris, IL: designate (see H.R. 5428), H2961 [19MY]
King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H156 [1FE]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: provide for expeditious disclosure of records relevant to life and assassination (see H.R. 2554), H1853 [26AP]
Lane Evans Post Office Building, Rock Island, IL: designate (see H.R. 5086), H1452 [4AP]
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), H509 [1MR]
LIHEAP: funding (see H.R. 4793), H451 [28FE]
Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H4009 [14JN]
———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H1320 [29MR]
Medicare: extend certain payment methodologies provided for rural health care providers (see H.R. 5118), H1677 [6AP]
———prohibit removal of covered drugs from prescription drug plan formularies during the plan year (see H.R. 5102), H1562 [5AP]
———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H509 [1MR]
Mining and mineral resources: establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (see H.R. 5389), H2640 [16MY]
NASA: commemorate anniversary of the first flight of the Space Transportation System and honor individuals involved with the space program (see H. Con. Res. 366), H1320 [29MR]
National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 681), H510 [1MR]
National Methamphetamine Prevention Week: establish (see H. Res. 556), H1453 [4AP]
National Public Works Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 837), H3226 [24MY]
Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1681 [6AP]
Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 788), H1980 [2MY]
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), H226 [8FE]
Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 4963), H3788 [12JN]
School Bus Safety Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 498), H509 [1MR]
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 517), H4554 [26JN]
Taxation: extend the excise tax credits for certain liquid fuel derived from coal (see H.R. 5453), H3137 [23MY]
———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3159), H868 [9MR]
———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H274 [14FE]
Taylor, Charles E.: tribute (see H. Res. 726), H973 [14MR]
Trade Act: authorize trade readjustment allowances to adversely affected workers who are subject to a lockout (see H.R. 5515), H3307 (see H.R. 5515), H3360 [25MY]
Transportation: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5076), H1451 [4AP]
Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H25 [31JA]
Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2705 (see H.R. 9), H2757 [17MY]
Women: 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), H155 [1FE]
World Water Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 658), H646 [7MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
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 (H.R. 4755), consideration (see H. Res. 814), H2588 [12MY]
Land Between the Rivers National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 5724), H4915 [29JN]
Remarks
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, E598
Belleville, IL: anniversary of Signal Hill Fire Dept., E372
Brookyln, IL: anniversary, E1305
Dept. of Labor: prescribe additional coal mine safety standards and require additional penalties for habitual or flagrant violators (H.R. 4695), H185
Dept. of Transportation: prohibit implementation of proposed rule relative to foreign investment in U.S. airlines, H3945 [14JN]
Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5576), H3945 [14JN]
Dupo, IL: anniversary of VFW Post 6368, E783
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Awareness Month: observance, E803
FAA: modify bargaining requirements for proposed changes to the personnel management system (H.R. 5449), H3395, H3397, H3400 [6JN]
———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 (H.R. 4755), H3395 [6JN]
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: improve safety of mines and mining (S. 2803), E1070
Holocaust: remembrance, E660
Mining and mineral resources: establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies (H.R. 5389), E1070
Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 788), E879
Perry County, IL: anniversary of Perry County Fair, E1136
Polish American War Veterans (organization): anniversary, E592
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), H4167
West Virginia: express condolences to victims of Sago Coal Mine and Aracoma Alma Mine disasters and recognize rescue crews for their outstanding efforts in the aftermath of the tragedies (H. Con. Res. 331), H185
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H3721 [9JN]
Tributes
Carp, Joel M., E913
Dunham, Katherine, E1163
Rouse, John H., E607
Van Oss, Robert J., E1032