FOSSELLA, VITO (a Representative from New York)
Amendments
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3325 [25MY]
Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1264 [29MR]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5020), H1801 [26AP]
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4691 [28JN]
Appointments
Committee To Escort Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Into the House Chamber, H453 [1MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Albania: commend for protecting and saving the lives of the majority of Jews living in Albania during the Holocaust (see H. Res. 495), H160 [7FE]
Alcoholic beverages: tribute to American craft brewers (see H. Res. 753), H1854 [26AP]
American Council of Young Political Leaders: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 430), H4008 [14JN]
American Jewish Committee: anniversary (see H. Res. 773), H3425 [6JN]
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H1980 [2MY]
Campus Fire Safety Month: establish (see H. Res. 295), H333 [15FE]
Captain George A. Wood Post Office Building, Utica, NY: designate (see H.R. 4962), H1197 [28MR]
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), H3138 [23MY]
China, Republic of: negotiation of a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 346), H451 [28FE]
Coast Guard: require a security plan for a maritime facility be resubmitted for approval upon transfer of ownership or operation of such facility (see H.R. 4880), H571 [6MR]
Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 343), H332 [15FE]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H1917 [27AP]
CPSC: issue regulations concerning the safety and labeling of certain furniture and electronic appliances (see H.R. 1861), H1917 [27AP]
Crime: improve prosecution of individuals falsely claiming receipt of military medals, awards, and honors (see H.R. 3352), H2102 [3MY]
———prohibit the sale and disclosure of customer information from telecommunications carriers obtained by false pretenses (see H.R. 4662), H274 [14FE]
———prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see H.R. 4943), H972 [14MR]
D. Mallory Stephens Post Office, Patterson, NY: designate (see H.R. 5685), H4554 [26JN]
Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H225 [8FE]
Dept. of Energy: establish a partnership with appropriate industry groups for the creation of a transportation fuel conservation education campaign (see H.R. 5611), H4134 [15JN]
———establish grant program using funds collected from violations of corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) program to expand infrastructure to increase availabilty of alternative fuels (see H.R. 5534), H3423 [6JN]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H1851 [26AP]
Dept. of Justice: develop a national strategy to eliminate illegal operations of certain international drug gangs (see H.R. 5291), H2586 [11MY]
———provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (see H.R. 4894), H1981 [2MY]
Dept. of the Interior: make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to certain veterans (see H.R. 5452), H3137 [23MY]
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), H225 [8FE]
Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H3016 [22MY]
Education: ensure Pell Grant eligibility for any student whose parent or guardian died as a result of military service in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 5733), H5128 [12JY]
———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 657), H24 [31JA]
Health: strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 898), H450 [28FE]
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), H4521 [22JN]
Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 5501), H3307 (see H.R. 5501), H3359 [25MY]
Hurricanes: commend efforts of faith-based and community organizations in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H. Res. 823), H4796 [28JN]
Insurance: streamline regulation of nonadmitted insurance and reinsurance (see H.R. 5637), H4219 [19JN]
Iran: condemn offer of assistance to Hamas and its call for other Arab nations to do the same and condemn anti-Israeli and anti-American statements of Iranian government officials (see H. Res. 707), H1682 [6AP]
———hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H225 [8FE]
Israel: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 392), H1852 [26AP]
Jacob Fletcher Post Office Building, Babylon, NY: designate (see H.R. 5664), H4423 [21JN]
Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3476), H790 [8MR]
Law enforcement: ensure that a sex offender or a sexually violent predator is not eligible for parole (see H.R. 4621), H1060 [15MR]
———provide meaningful civil remedies for victims of the sexual exploitation of children (see H.R. 4703), H2502 [10MY]
LIHEAP: funding (see H.R. 4793), H451 [28FE]
Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H4917 [29JN]
Long Island Sound Stewardship Initiative: establish (see H.R. 5160), H1679 [6AP]
Major George Quamo Post Office Building, Averill Park, NY: designate (see H.R. 5708), H4795 [28JN]
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 Clean Beaches Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 760), H1981 [2MY]
National security: ensure while promoting foreign investment and job creation, reform examination process for such investments, and establish Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (see H.R. 5337), H2501 [10MY]
———improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (see H.R. 4954), H1853 [26AP]
———improve national security and clarify congressional intent relative to the review process for certain mergers and acquisitions (see H.R. 4813), H449 [28FE]
———provide for the regulation of certain chemical facilities (see H.R. 5695), H4794 [28JN]
Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1321 [29MR]
New Windsor, NY: recognize and support effort of New York to develop the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor (see H. Con. Res. 419), H3308 (see H. Con. Res. 419), H3360 [25MY]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (see H.R. 5250), H3016 [22MY]
Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 4867), H564 [2MR]
Ronald Bucca Post Office, Tuckahoe, NY: designate (see H.R. 4995), H1128 [16MR]
Safety: establish a day to bring awareness to the issue of missing persons (see H. Res. 189), H4796 [28JN]
Sri Lanka: provide temporary duty suspension on certain products (see H.R. 4680), H2102 [3MY]
Tariff: ethanol (see H.R. 5170), H1981 [2MY]
Taxation: allow a business tax credit for contributions to education scholarship organizations (see H.R. 4834), H3724 [9JN]
———equalize income exclusion of employer-provided parking and transit benefits and provide a common cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 2390), H1742 [25AP]
———expand expensing for small business (see H.R. 4790), H973 [14MR]
———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 5206), H2962 [19MY]
———improve and expand education savings accounts (see H.R. 5314), H2833 (see H.R. 5314), H2891 [18MY]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 4862), H564 [2MR]
Telecommunications: promote deployment of broadband networks and services (see H.R. 5252), H1981 [2MY]
Telephones: prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (see H.R. 5126), H2339 [9MY]
Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 3427), H2339 [9MY]
Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H25 [31JA]
U.N. Disarmament Commission: condemn election of Iranian Ambassador to position of Vice-chair (see H. Res. 786), H3497 [7JN]
Veterans: mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H1742 [25AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Aviation: prohibit certain agency actions relative to the use of certain electronic devices onboard airborne commercial airlines (see H.R. 5342), H2502 [10MY]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 5624), H4133 [15JN]
———promulgate regulations on protections for residents of certain facilities relative to the use of restraints and involuntary seclusion (see H. Con. Res. 363), H1129 [16MR]
———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: authorize the Urban Areas Security Initiative Grants Program (see H.R. 5595), H3907 [13JN]
———conduct a study to identify best practices for the communication of information concerning a terrorist threat (see H.R. 5178), H1741 [25AP]
Franklin, Benjamin: commemorate 300th anniversary of birth (see H. Res. 683), H332 [15FE]
Middle East: limit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority unless the President certifies to Congress that the Palestinian Authority is not controlled by a foreign terrorist organization (see H.R. 4668), H24 [31JA]
Taxation: allow a credit against tax for qualified elementary and secondary education tuition (see H.R. 5230), H1915 [27AP]
World Cup: tribute to Italy's men's soccer team (see H. Res. 908), H5047 [11JY]
Remarks
Colleges and universities: create a grant program to provide for fire alarm detection systems in eligible college and university buildings and dormitories, H1264 [29MR]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), H2381
Dept. of Homeland Security: conduct a study to identify best practices for the communication of information concerning a terrorist threat, H1801, H1802 [26AP]
———High Density Urban Area Program funding, H3326 [25MY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3326 [25MY]
———require that grant recipients submit reports on expenditures as a condition of receipt of homeland security grants, H2146 [4MY]
Dept. of Justice: Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program funding, H4692 [28JN]
Dept. of Transportation: rail line relocation projects funding, H3916 [14JN]
Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5576), H3916 [14JN]
Fordham University: anniversary of School of Law (H. Res. 442), E745
Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1264 [29MR]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5020), H1801, H1802 [26AP]
Korea, Republic of: commend Strategic Consultation for Allied Partnership, E294
Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (H.R. 4681), H3011
National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (H.R. 4954), H2146 [4MY]
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4692 [28JN]
Treaties and agreements: free trade agreement between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea, E1201
Votes: position on missed, H239
Tributes
Muir, Robert A., Jr., E1343
Reneau, Steven B., E1383