McCARTHY, CAROLYN (a Representative from New York)
Appointments
U.S. Coast Guard Academy Board of Visitors, H2299 [9MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
American Jewish Committee: anniversary (see H. Res. 773), H1981 [2MY]
Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 5229), H1915 [27AP]
Armed Forces: prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H2175 [4MY]
———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H972 [14MR]
Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H26 [31JA]
Cameron, James: tribute (see H. Res. 867), H4008 [14JN]
Captain George A. Wood Post Office Building, Utica, NY: designate (see H.R. 4962), H1197 [28MR]
Children and youth: reauthorize permanently the use of penalty and franked mail in efforts to locate and recover missing children (see H.R. 4416), H1320 [29MR]
China, People's Republic of: clarify actionability of exchange-rate manipulation under countervailing duty provisions and product-specific safeguard mechanisms of U.S. trade laws (see H.R. 1498), H645 [7MR]
Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 1393), H645 [7MR]
Climate: conduct research on abrupt climate change, establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits from such trading, and reduce dependence upon foreign oil (see H.R. 759), H3016 [22MY]
Clinton, William J.: tribute (see H. Res. 901), H4916 [29JN]
Coach John Wooden Post Office Building, Reseda, CA: designate (see H.R. 4646), H160 [7FE]
Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 343), H332 [15FE]
Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by governmental employees (see H.R. 2305), H2833 (see H.R. 2305), H2890 [18MY]
———require facilities holding Federal prisoners under a Federal contract to make certain information available to the public (see H.R. 1806), H2833 (see H.R. 1806), H2890 [18MY]
CPSC: establish a consumer product safety standard for each durable infant or toddler product (see H.R. 4896), H645 [7MR]
Crime: improve prosecution of individuals falsely claiming receipt of military medals, awards, and honors (see H.R. 3352), H389 [16FE]
———prohibit certain computer assisted remote hunting (see H.R. 1558), H450 [28FE]
Cuba: bar certain additional restrictions on travel and remittances (see H.R. 2617), H2174 [4MY]
D. Mallory Stephens Post Office, Patterson, NY: designate (see H.R. 5685), H4554 [26JN]
Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H2174 [4MY]
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 HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H2339 [9MY]
———establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 5624), H4958 [10JY]
———establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 4903), H1453 [4AP]
———provide grants to States to conduct demonstration projects designed to enable Medicaid-eligible individuals to receive support for long-term disability services in the settings of their choice (see H.R. 3063), H333 [15FE]
Dept. of Justice: establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division (see H.R. 5236), H1916 [27AP]
Dept. of Labor: prescribe additional coal mine safety standards and require additional penalties for habitual or flagrant violators (see H.R. 4695), H451 [28FE]
Dept. of Transportation: issue regulations to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside motor vehicles (see H.R. 2230), H645 [7MR]
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. 5588), H4796 [28JN]
———take certain actions to mitigate effects of the breach of data security (see H.R. 5487), H3306 (see H.R. 5487), H3359 [25MY]
Disasters: address needs of individuals with disabilities in emergency planning and relief efforts and increase accessibility of post-disaster replacement housing built with Federal funds (see H.R. 4704), H274 [14FE]
———establish a program to provide reinsurance for State natural catastrophe insurance programs (see H.R. 4366), H226 [8FE]
———establish a program to provide reinsurance for State natural disaster insurance programs (see H.R. 4507), H155 [1FE]
———protect disaster assistance employee reservists activated by FEMA from demotion or termination in their places of employment (see H.R. 4998), H1129 [16MR]
Diseases: authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 3641), H160 [7FE]
———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), H4520 [22JN]
———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 3616), H155 [1FE]
———improve Parkinson's disease research (see H.R. 3550), H868 [9MR]
———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic (see H.R. 4603), H155 [1FE]
———increase Federal commitment to supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment (see H. Res. 863), H4521 [22JN]
———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 5225), H4917 [29JN]
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), H4915 [29JN]
———provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 2178), H2102 [3MY]
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]
Energy Policy Act: repeal provisions (see H.R. 4479), H1743 [25AP]
FAA: modify bargaining requirements for proposed changes to the personnel management system (see H.R. 5449), H3425 [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 (see H.R. 4755), H451 [28FE]
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), H1131 [16MR]
Federal Employees' Compensation Act: cover services provided to injured workers by physician assistants and nurse practitioners (see H.R. 2561), H2706 (see H.R. 2561), H2758 [17MY]
Federal Financial Management Improvement Act: amend to require the head of an Agency to be reconfirmed by the Senate unless the Agency is found to be in compliance with the requirements of such Act (see H.R. 5315), H4521 [22JN]
Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 697), H1453 [4AP]
FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 4493), H646 [7MR]
Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 737), H1196 [28MR]
Finucane, Patrick: urge full and impartial inquiry into murder of human rights lawyer by British-loyalist paramilitaries (see H. Res. 734), H1130 [16MR] (see H. Res. 740), H1196 [28MR]
Firearms: permit access to certain information in the Firearms Trace System (see H.R. 5033), H1743 [25AP]
Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5051), H2175 [4MY]
Foreign Assistance Act: improve voluntary family planning programs in developing countries (see H.R. 4188), H4520 [22JN]
———provide contraceptives in developing countries in order to prevent unintended pregnancies, abortions, and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 4736), H1453 [4AP]
Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 4682), H153 [1FE]
Great Lakes: establish a collaborative protection program (see H.R. 5100), H4328 [20JN]
Haitian-American Heritage Month: establish (see H. Res. 777), H2706 (see H. Res. 777), H2759 [17MY]
Hazardous substances: prohibit discrimination relative to exposure (see H.R. 1807), H225 [8FE]
Health care facilities: provide loans and grants for fire sprinkler retrofitting in nursing facilities (see H.R. 4491), H26 [31JA]
Health care professionals: educate concerning substance use disorders and addiction (see H.R. 1789), H1563 [5AP]
Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified paper record, improve provisional balloting, and impose additional requirements (see H.R. 939), H2102 [3MY]
House Rules: protect integrity of the institution of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 659), H24 [31JA]
———require committees to hold hearings upon issuance of certain reports from an Inspector General or Comptroller General (see H. Res. 841), H4190 [16JN]
Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 5501), H3307 (see H.R. 5501), H3359 [25MY]
Hurricanes: recover, reclaim, restore and reconstruct lives and communities and reunite families devastated by Hurricane Katrina and address issues of poverty exposed by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 4197), H2588 [12MY]
Intellectual property: protect globally (see H. Con. Res. 380), H3425 [6JN]
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (nonprofit organization): anniversary (see H. Res. 844), H3308 (see H. Res. 844), H3361 [25MY]
Investments: regulate over-the-counter trading of energy derivatives (see H.R. 5248), H1916 [27AP]
Iraq: authorize assistance for women and girls (see H.R. 5548), H3496 [7JN]
———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]
Israel: anniversary of Jerusalem reunification (see H. Con. Res. 412), H3138 [23MY]
Jacob Fletcher Post Office Building, Babylon, NY: designate (see H.R. 5664), H4423 [21JN]
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]
Kansas City, MO: designate the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum as America's National Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (see H. Con. Res. 277), H274 [14FE]
King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H156 [1FE]
Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3476), H2641 [16MY]
Law enforcement: authorize a grant program to eliminate the nationwide backlog of DNA analyses and obtain a DNA sample from every person convicted of a qualifying offense (see H.R. 3404), H26 [31JA]
Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H3016 [22MY]
Long Island Sound Stewardship Initiative: establish (see H.R. 5160), H1679 [6AP]
Magen David Adom (organization): congratulate for achieving full membership in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (see H. Con. Res. 435), H4554 [26JN]
Mahoney, Mary E.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 386), H1679 [6AP]
Medicaid: provide for an on-going cost-of-living increase in disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments for States (see H.R. 4606), H155 [1FE]
Medicare: ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H2962 [19MY]
———extend initial enrollment period for prescription drug benefits, waive penalties for late enrollment, allow prescription drug plan enrollment changes once a year, and limit drug formulary changes (see H.R. 5116), H1677 [6AP]
———improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H1744 [25AP]
———permit direct payment for clinical social worker services provided to residents of skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 2736), H2833 (see H.R. 2736), H2890 [18MY]
———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see H.R. 4098), H155 [1FE]
———provide for a budget-neutral two-year moratorium on certain physician payment reductions for imaging services (see H.R. 5704), H4794 [28JN]
———require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims (see H.R. 5182), H4795 [28JN]
———restore certain treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment (see H.R. 5513), H4521 [22JN]
Medicare/Medicaid: assure uninterupted access to necessary medicines under the prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 4685), H153 [1FE]
Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (see H.R. 2421), H451 [28FE]
Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 401), H3227 [24MY]
Mexico: convey sympathy to families of young women murdered in Chihuahua and encourage increased U.S. involvement in bringing an end to these crimes (see H. Con. Res. 90), H973 [14MR]
Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H153 [1FE]
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]
Money: reform certain requirements for reporting cash transactions (see H.R. 5341), H2502 [10MY]
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 Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education: condemn recent vote by British trade union to boycott Israeli academia (see H. Res. 858), H3723 [9JN]
National Clean Beaches Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 760), H2706 (see H. Res. 760), H2759 [17MY]
National Entrepreneurship Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 699), H1744 [25AP]
National High School Mock Trial Championship, Inc.: call on Board of Directors to accommodate students of all religious faiths (see H. Res. 600), H226 [8FE]
National Homeownership Month: observance (see H. Res. 854), H4328 [20JN]
National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 4005), H646 [7MR]
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), H4009 [14JN]
———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]
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), H1563 [5AP]
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]
No Child Left Behind Act: funding (see H.R. 2694), H225 [8FE]
Northern Ireland: reaffirm support for continued implementation of the Good Friday Agreement as the framework for peaceful settlement of the conflict (see H. Res. 744), H1320 [29MR]
Northern Mariana Islands: provide certain requirements for labeling textile fiber products and for duty-free and quota-free treatment of products and implement minimum wage and immigration requirements (see H.R. 5550), H3496 [7JN]
Paris Wine Tasting: anniversary of U.S. winemakers' victory (see H. Con. Res. 399), H2101 [3MY]
Parks, Gordon R.A.: tribute (see H. Res. 720), H1198 [28MR]
Parks, Rosa: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 4343), H566 [2MR]
Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 788), H1980 [2MY]
Power resources: increase utilization of domestically produced renewable, biobased motor fuels and the manufacture of flexible-fuel vehicles (see H.R. 5372), H2962 [19MY]
———restore fairness in the provision of incentives for oil and gas production (see H.R. 5300), H2173 [4MY]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (see H.R. 5250), H1916 [27AP]
———expand and improve traumatic brain injury programs (see H.R. 5738), H4915 [29JN]
Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 4963), H1743 [25AP]
Ronald Bucca Post Office, Tuckahoe, NY: designate (see H.R. 4995), H1128 [16MR]
Ryan White Care Act: prevent any reauthorization from imposing catastrophic losses in funding for States with the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS (see H. Res. 893), H4918 [29JN]
Springsteen, Bruce: anniversary of record album ``Born to Run'' (see H. Res. 628), H26 [31JA]
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), H4134 [15JN]
———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), H389 [16FE]
Taxation: allow a credit to homeowners for Energy Star qualified homes (see H.R. 4856), H2339 [9MY]
———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 5206), H2706 (see H.R. 5206), H2758 [17MY]
———include heavier vehicles and sport utility vehicles in the limitations on the depreciation of certain luxury automobiles and to impose the gas guzzler tax on such vehicles (see H.R. 5579), H4521 [22JN]
———repeal certain oil and gas subsidies and appropriate the proceeds to double certain alternative energy incentives (see H.R. 4623), H226 [8FE]
Terrorism: reduce threat of terrorists acquiring shoulder-fired missiles (see H.R. 5333), H2586 [11MY]
Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 3427), H155 [1FE]
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), H4918 [29JN]
University of Portland: tribute to women's soccer team (see H. Res. 682), H332 [15FE]
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]
Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2705 (see H.R. 9), H2757 [17MY]
Wasserstein, Wendy: tribute (see H. Res. 719), H867 [9MR]
Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 4747), H451 [28FE]
———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), H1197 [28MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of Homeland Security: award competitive grants to units of local government for innovative programs that address expenses incurred in responding to the needs of undocumented immigrants (see H.R. 5217), H1915 [27AP]
Iraq: commend and support Radio Al Mahaba, Iraq's first and only radio station for women (see H. Res. 784), H1916 [27AP]
Medicare: eliminate adjustments in payments for imaging services (see H.R. 5238), H1916 [27AP]
National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 395), H1916 [27AP]
Tariff: hydrated hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (see H.R. 4955), H972 [14MR]
Remarks
AID: Iraqi Radio Al Mahaba funding, H3528 [8JN]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), E532
Dept. of Justice: National Integrated Ballistic Information Network Program funding, H601 [7MR]
Elmont, NY: Elmont Memorial Junior-Senior High School recipient of Education Trust Dispelling the Myth Award, E23
FBI: improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (H.R. 1415), H419 [28FE], H1125 [16MR], H3979 [14JN]
Firearms: business efforts to ban guns on their private property, H241 [14FE]
———economic impact of gun violence on society, H1423 [4AP], H1706 [25AP]
———make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (H.R. 5005), H1294 [29MR]
———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (H.R. 800), H241 [14FE]
———trigger lock law enforcement funding, H4761, H4762 [28JN]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3528 [8JN], H3650
Garcia, Chris J.: MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership Spotlight Award recipient, E703
Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1354 [30MR]
Hurricanes: relief efforts for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H601 [7MR]
International Fund for Ireland: funding, H3650
Medicaid: funding, E532
Minimum wage: level, H4574
Nassau County, NY: tribute to Girl Scouts, E189
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: observance, E91
National Flood Insurance Program: restore financial solvency (H.R. 4973), H4595
NLRB: ruling to strip certain workers of union rights, H4933 [10JY]
Northern Ireland: reaffirm support for continued implementation of the Good Friday Agreement as the framework for peaceful settlement of the conflict (H. Res. 744), H1409 [4AP]
Project GRAD USA (organization): funding, H1354 [30MR]
Robin, Charmaine: MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership Spotlight Award recipient, E703
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4761, H4762 [28JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5672), consideration (H. Res. 890), H4574
Social Security: privatization proposals, H4014 [15JN], H4201 [19JN], H5013 [11JY]
Votes: position on missed, H4587
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H270 [14FE], H446 [28FE], H628 [7MR], H1126 [16MR], H1193 [28MR], H1318 [29MR], H1450 [4AP], H1737 [25AP], H2171 [4MY], H2499 [10MY], H2639 [16MY], H3136 [23MY], H3493 [7JN], H3785 [12JN], H3906 [13JN], H4005 [14JN], H4218 [19JN], H4326 [20JN], H4403 [21JN], H4678 [27JN], H4955 [10JY], H5044 [11JY]
Testimonies
Firearms Corrections and Improvements Act: Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York, NY, H1295 [29MR]
Tributes
Cohen, Hilari, E975
Lichtman, Paul, E142