KENNEDY, PATRICK J. (a Representative from Rhode Island)
Amendments
Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1337 [30MR]
Appointments
Committee To Escort Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Into the House Chamber, H995 [15MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
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 increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H1453 [4AP]
———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 287), H869 [9MR]
Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H26 [31JA]
Cameron, James: tribute (see H. Res. 867), H4008 [14JN]
Campus Fire Safety Month: establish (see H. Res. 295), H2641 [16MY]
Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (see H.R. 4923), H1917 [27AP]
Children and youth: establish or expand and operate programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (see H.R. 822), H5128 [12JY]
———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), H4554 [26JN]
Climate: reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (see H.R. 5642), H4918 [29JN]
Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 128), H2102 [3MY]
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 HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H1851 [26AP]
———develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools (see H.R. 4063), H155 [1FE]
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), H3909 [13JN]
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), H3309 (see H.R. 5455), H3362 [25MY]
Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 1554), H2174 [4MY]
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: ensure State and local emergency preparedness operational plans address the needs of individuals with pets or service animals during a disaster or emergency (see H.R. 3858), H226 [8FE]
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), H2102 [3MY]
———establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H3424 [6JN]
———expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 5390), H4190 [16JN]
———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 3616), H155 [1FE]
Education: expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation (see H.R. 3628), H1742 [25AP]
———provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 2178), H2706 (see H.R. 2178), H2758 [17MY]
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), H1563 [5AP]
Federal employees: ensure that at least one-half of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see H.R. 5148), H2339 [9MY]
Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 4682), H153 [1FE]
Health: encourage enactment of compehensive health care reform legislation (see H. Con. Res. 410), H2961 [19MY]
———expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 1709), H155 [1FE]
Health care professionals: provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 5134), H1677 [6AP]
House Rules: protect integrity of the institution of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 659), H24 [31JA]
Iraq: disapprove granting of amnesty to persons known to have attacked, kidnapped, wounded, or killed members of the U.S. Armed Forces or U.S. citizens (see H.J. Res. 90), H4520 [22JN]
Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3476), H1563 [5AP]
Languages: strengthen national security through expansion and improvement of foreign language study (see H.R. 115), H1059 [15MR]
Law enforcement: provide grants to units of local government and States to hire personnel to monitor the activities of sex offenders (see H.R. 4828), H791 [8MR]
Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H4795 [28JN]
Marshall Islands: commend contributions made to U.S. nuclear testing program, acknowledge first detonation of a hydrogen bomb, and commemorate anniversary of the beginning of U.S. nuclear testing program (see H. Res. 692), H1391 [30MR]
Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 910), H225 [8FE]
Medicare: prohibit removal of covered drugs from prescription drug plan formularies during the plan year (see H.R. 5102), H1562 [5AP]
———remove exclusion of benzodiazepines from required coverage under the prescription drug program (see H.R. 3151), H26 [31JA]
Medicare/Medicaid: eliminate cost-sharing for certain dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 4722), H224 [8FE]
———reimburse States for costs incurred by covering dual eligible populations under the Medicare prescription drug benefit plan (see H.R. 4665), H23 [31JA]
Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2585 [11MY]
Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H1681 [6AP]
National Arbor Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 383), H1854 [26AP]
National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 395), H1916 [27AP]
National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 357), H1198 [28MR]
National Entrepreneurship Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 699), H450 [28FE]
National High School Mock Trial Championship, Inc.: call on Board of Directors to accommodate students of all religious faiths (see H. Res. 600), H1453 [4AP]
National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 4005), H333 [15FE]
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]
NSF: authorize science scholarships for educating mathematics and science teachers (see H.R. 4434), H155 [1FE]
Paris Wine Tasting: anniversary of U.S. winemakers' victory (see H. Con. Res. 399), H2101 [3MY]
Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 788), H1980 [2MY]
Power resources: protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (see H.R. 3936), H2102 [3MY]
Public Health Service Act: expand and improve traumatic brain injury programs (see H.R. 5738), H4915 [29JN]
———provide waivers relating to grants for preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers (see H.R. 5472), H4680 [27JN]
Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 4867), H564 [2MR]
Schools: recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (see H. Con. Res. 355), H1453 [4AP]
Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see H.R. 4993), H1128 [16MR]
Social Security: ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1668), H25 [31JA]
———provide entitlement to dependents' and survivors' benefits under Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program to permanent partnerships (see H.R. 5152), H1678 [6AP]
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), H4958 [10JY]
Taxation: encourage investment in affordable housing (see H.R. 4873), H3424 [6JN]
———extend period of limitation to file claims for refunds on account of disability determinations by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 4727), H224 [8FE]
Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 3427), H155 [1FE]
Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2339 [9MY]
Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 4747), H4134 [15JN]
Remarks
Brain Awareness Week: observance, H1126 [16MR]
Correctional institutions: reduce recidivism of prisoners through improved substance abuse treatment programs, H4635 [27JN]
Courts: protect children, judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and their family members, and reduce and prevent gang violence (H.R. 4472), E404
Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding, H4771 [28JN]
Education: extend student loan forgiveness to include child and adolescent mental health professionals, H1337, H1338 [30MR]
Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1337, H1338 [30MR]
Insurance: prohibit issuance of national security letters to health insurance companies to obtain private medical records, H4766 [28JN]
King, Coretta Scott: tribute (H. Res. 655), E116
Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program, E404
Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5293), H4354 [21JN]
Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits, H4733 [28JN]
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4635 [27JN], H4733, H4766, H4771 [28JN]
Senior citizens: provide mental health screening and treatment services, integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams, H4354 [21JN]
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), H4163
Votes: position on missed, H1112
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H2581 [11MY], H2960 [19MY]
Special order: granted, H1126 [16MR]
Tributes
Church, Raymond C., E665
Miranda, Norman, E242