FATTAH, CHAKA (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 3931), H26 [31JA]
Alex's Lemonade Stand Days: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 368), H1744 [25AP]
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 384), H1679 [6AP]
Animals: establish a competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research (see H.R. 2206), H450 [28FE]
Arab League: disapprove decision to hold summit in Khartoum, Sudan, and call on all involved parties and the world community to work to end genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan (see H. Res. 675), H1981 [2MY]
Armed Forces: prohibit use of funds for deployment to Iraq (see H.R. 4232), H1981 [2MY]
———require pre- and post-deployment mental health screening for military personnel (see H.R. 1639), H1681 [6AP]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H1980 [2MY]
Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission: extend (see H.R. 4586), H1320 [29MR]
Bono: Time (publication) Person of the Year award recipient (see H. Res. 638), H451 [28FE]
Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H26 [31JA]
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 336), H2103 [3MY]
Cameron, James: tribute (see H. Res. 867), H4008 [14JN]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: conduct minority health programs (see H.R. 161), H868 [9MR]
Children and youth: improve outcomes for vulnerable children by investing in families, improving accountability in the child welfare system, and finding safe, stable, and permanent homes for foster children (see H.R. 3576), H1742 [25AP]
———reauthorize permanently the use of penalty and franked mail in efforts to locate and recover missing children (see H.R. 4416), H1681 [6AP]
———repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see H.R. 4794), H1743 [25AP]
Committee on Administration Predetermination To Go to War and Manipulation of Intelligence (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 635), H1918 [27AP]
Community development: increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (see H.R. 2683), H1059 [15MR]
Computers: establish a program to transfer surplus computers of Federal agencies to schools and nonprofit community-based educational organizations (see H.R. 2521), H451 [28FE]
Congress: require poverty impact statements for certain legislation (see H.R. 4600), H1743 [25AP]
Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 1994), H1853 [26AP]
———require enhanced disclosure regarding the consequences of making only minimum required payments in the repayment of credit card debt (see H.R. 3852), H1981 [2MY]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 67), H3309 (see H. Res. 67), H3362 [25MY]
Crime: strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H154 [1FE]
Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H4555 [26JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see H.R. 2669), H155 [1FE]
Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H645 [7MR]
Dept. of Education: authorize grants to States and local educational agencies to establish teacher mentoring programs (see H.R. 4773), H1981 [2MY]
———make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 559), H1980 [2MY]
Dept. of Energy: establish the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (see H.R. 4435), H566 [2MR]
Dept. of HHS: develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools (see H.R. 4063), H1130 [16MR]
———establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection (see H.R. 1290), H160 [7FE]
———establish a health information technology grant program (see H.R. 2234), H1681 [6AP]
———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]
———establish health empowerment zone programs in communities that disproportionately experience disparities in health status and health care (see H.R. 56), H973 [14MR]
Dept. of HUD: provide grants to States, local governments, and nonprofit organizations for education programs on predatory lending and establish a toll-free number for complaints (see H.R. 200), H160 [7FE]
Dept. of the Interior: establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are associated with the struggle for women's suffrage (see H.R. 3779), H1917 [27AP]
Disasters: protect disaster assistance employee reservists activated by FEMA from demotion or termination in their places of employment (see H.R. 4998), H1129 [16MR]
Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H2833 (see H.R. 1227), H2890 [18MY]
Diseases: establish comprehensive and integrated HIV prevention strategy emphasizing the needs of women and girls in countries for which assistance is provided to combat HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 5674), H4918 [29JN]
———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 3616), H155 [1FE]
———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 1262), H160 [7FE]
———increase activities carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIH relative to diabetes in minority populations (see H.R. 159), H868 [9MR]
District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (see H.R. 5388), H2640 [16MY]
Drugs: impose requirements on Internet pharmacies, require manufacturers to implement chain-of-custody procedures, and restrict exemption on importation of controlled substances for personal use (see H.R. 4769), H1743 [25AP]
———provide an affirmative defense for medical use of marijuana in Federal criminal trials occuring in States with medical marijuana use laws (see H.R. 4272), H226 [8FE]
Education: provide funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys (see H.R. 198), H160 [7FE]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 390), H565 [2MR]
Employment: establish a living wage and a policy providing jobs for everyone in the U.S. and its territories (see H.R. 1050), H4917 [29JN]
Energy Policy Act: repeal provisions (see H.R. 4479), H1563 [5AP]
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), H1681 [6AP]
Families and domestic relations: provide for mandatory revocation of passports of individuals whose arrears in child support payments have reached a certain level (see H.R. 4956), H1917 [27AP]
FCC: reinstate rules for the description of video programming (see H.R. 951), H1059 [15MR]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish recall authority for drugs and increase criminal penalties for sale or trade of knowingly adulterated or misbranded prescription drugs (see H.R. 2345), H274 [14FE]
Food: extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (see H.R. 5563), H3641 [8JN]
Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 4465), H274 [14FE]
Garvey, Marcus: pardon (see H. Con. Res. 57), H1917 [27AP]
Gates, Bill and Melinda: Time (publication) Person of the Year award recipients (see H. Res. 638), H451 [28FE]
Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 4682), H153 [1FE]
Guyana: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 792), H2834 (see H. Res. 792), H2891 [18MY]
H. Gordon Payrow Post Office Building, Bethlehem, PA: designate (see H.R. 4786), H388 [16FE]
Haiti: duty-free treatment of certain apparel articles relative to certification of market, political, and social reforms (see H.R. 4211), H2102 [3MY]
———urge multilateral financial institutions to immediately cancel debts under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (see H. Res. 888), H4918 [29JN]
Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act: amend (see H.R. 3658), H2102 [3MY]
Haitian-American Heritage Month: establish (see H. Res. 777), H3138 [23MY]
Health: encourage enactment of compehensive health care reform legislation (see H. Con. Res. 410), H2961 [19MY]
———establish a network of pediatric centers in certain developing countries to provide treatment and care for children with HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 164), H868 [9MR]
———establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 3248), H868 [9MR]
———improve access to emergency medical services through medical liability reform and additional Medicare payments (see H.R. 3875), H1681 [6AP]
———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums (see H.R. 2072), H274 [14FE]
———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), H868 [9MR]
———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H1680 [6AP]
———provide for expansion of Federal programs to prevent and manage vision loss (see H.R. 2671), H225 [8FE]
Health care professionals: clarify responsibilities of a pharmacy when a staff pharmacist refuses to fill a valid prescription for a drug on the basis of religious beliefs or moral convictions (see H.R. 1652), H1563 [5AP]
Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H25 [31JA]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 2928), H1742 [25AP]
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]
Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 2793), H645 [7MR]
Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H333 [15FE]
Iran: require the President to obtain congressional authorization before initiating any military action against Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H. Con. Res. 391), H2103 [3MY]
Iraq: declare U.S. policy to not maintain a long-term or permanent military presence (see H. Con. Res. 197), H3425 [6JN]
Japan: encourage issuance of an apology for the sexual enslavement of young women during colonial occupation of Asia during World War II (see H. Con. Res. 68), H274 [14FE] (see H. Res. 759), H1854 [26AP]
King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H156 [1FE]
Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3476), H509 [1MR]
Languages: strengthen national security through expansion and improvement of foreign language study (see H.R. 115), H450 [28FE]
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), H572 [6MR]
Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H4917 [29JN]
Macedonia: cease distribution of negative and nationalist propaganda and encourage continued negotiations with the U.N. and Greece to determine a mutually acceptable official name (see H. Res. 521), H156 [1FE]
Mahoney, Mary E.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 386), H1679 [6AP]
Medicaid: improve access to advanced practice nurses and physician assistants (see H.R. 2716), H160 [7FE]
———provide for an on-going cost-of-living increase in disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments for States (see H.R. 4606), H160 [7FE]
———provide for fair treatment of services furnished to Native Americans (see H.R. 4447), H226 [8FE]
———provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 1264), H1390 [30MR]
———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 910), H25 [31JA]
———require staff working with developmentally disabled individuals to call emergency services in the event of a life-threatening situation (see H.R. 1649), H645 [7MR]
Medicare: assure equitable payment for physicians services (see H.R. 4520), H274 [14FE]
———continue Medicaid prescription drug coverage to dual-eligible beneficiaries for a certain period while allowing part D benefits to be implemented as scheduled (see H.R. 1144), H25 [31JA]
———coverage of more frequent hemodialysis treatments (see H.R. 3096), H1917 [27AP]
———extend initial enrollment period for prescription drug benefits, waive penalties for late enrollment, allow prescription drug plan enrollment changes during the first year of enrollment, and limit drug formulary changes (see H.R. 5263), H1979 [2MY]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1632), H225 [8FE]
———improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H1853 [26AP]
———make a technical correction in the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services (see H.R. 3795), H155 [1FE]
———provide additional funding for State health insurance counseling programs (see H.R. 4737), H1917 [27AP]
———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see H.R. 872), H154 [1FE]
Medicare/Medicaid: assure uninterupted access to necessary medicines under the prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 4685), H646 [7MR]
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), H4958 [10JY]
Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H1453 [4AP]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2429), H26 [31JA]
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]
Music and dance: recognize the African American Spiritual as a national treasure (see H. Res. 790), H5047 [11JY]
NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 335), H224 [8FE]
NASCAR-Historically Black Colleges and Universities Consortium: tribute (see H. Res. 677), H273 [14FE]
National Archives and Records Administration: establish database to preserve servitude, emancipation, and post-Civil War reconstruction records and provide grants to establish similar State and local databases (see H.R. 5216), H1915 [27AP]
National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 1108), H1680 [6AP]
National objectives: end homelessness (see H.R. 4347), H26 [31JA]
National Passport Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 327), H1391 [30MR]
Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see H.R. 4597), H4917 [29JN]
Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1681 [6AP]
NSF: authorize science scholarships for educating mathematics and science teachers (see H.R. 4434), H566 [2MR]
Pakistan: eligibility of nationals for temporary protected status (see H.R. 4073), H160 [7FE]
Pesticides: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of pesticide use (see H.R. 110), H450 [28FE]
Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 1249), H565 [2MR]
Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 4867), H564 [2MR]
———self-determination (see H.R. 4963), H1743 [25AP]
Robert Linn Memorial Post Office Building, Beaver, PA: designate (see H.R. 4768), H2102 [3MY]
Shipping industry: prohibit the entry of ocean shipping containers into the U.S. unless such containers have been scanned and sealed before loading on the vessel for shipment (see H.R. 4899), H1563 [5AP]
Social Security: encourage large employers to make premium payments for their employees, spouses and dependents who are covered under the Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 3917), H1917 [27AP]
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), H1744 [25AP]
———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 (see H.R. 3127), H333 [15FE]
Taxation: allow bonds guaranteed by Federal home loan banks to be treated as tax exempt bonds (see H.R. 5177), H3724 [9JN]
———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 450), H1680 [6AP]
———establish a Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund to receive tax payments of taxpayers conscientiously opposed to war, ensure that such revenue is used for non-military purposes, and improve revenue collection (see H.R. 2631), H3226 [24MY]
———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 625), H565 [2MR]
———extend deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses and expand such deduction for certain science, technology, engineering, and math professionals who become certified teachers (see H.R. 4622), H2102 [3MY]
———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H274 [14FE]
———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 986), H1980 [2MY]
———repeal certain oil and gas subsidies and appropriate the proceeds to double certain alternative energy incentives (see H.R. 4623), H646 [7MR]
———repeal certain tax breaks and invest those monies in programs to assist the working poor and alleviate poverty (see H. Con. Res. 282), H156 [1FE]
Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 3427), H3724 [9JN]
U.N.: call for a commission that will build an abolitionists movement to end slavery, human trafficking, and exploitation around the world (see H. Res. 490), H156 [1FE]
U.S. Health Service: establish (see H.R. 3000), H155 [1FE]
Ukraine: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 1053), H645 [7MR]
Veterans: expand and enhance educational assistance for survivors and dependents (see H.R. 4361), H226 [8FE]
Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H1979 [2MY]
Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H3642 [8JN]
———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), H225 [8FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Children and youth: recognize and celebrate students who overcome immeasurable adversity to excel academically (see H. Res. 798), H2174 [4MY]
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 377), H1452 [4AP]
Letters
Safe Blood for Africa Initiative: John Bruton, European Union, H3651 [9JN]
———Kofi Annan, U.N., H3651 [9JN]
———Tony Blair, Prime Minister of Great Britain, H3651 [9JN]
Remarks
Families and domestic relations: improve foster care through subsidized guardianship, E1370
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3650 [9JN]
Franklin Institute: tribute to award recipients, E982
Philadelphia, PA: tribute to West Philadelphia High School's Academy of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering Tour de Sol team, E1228
Safe Blood for Africa Initiative: support, H3650 [9JN]
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), H4144 [16JN]
Voting Rights Act: amend (H.R. 9), H5055 [12JY]
Tributes
Hopkins, Bernard, E1193
King, Coretta Scott, E102
Oliver, Frank L., E173