MEEHAN, MARTIN T. (a Representative from Massachusetts)
Amendments
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2707, H2759 [17MY]
Articles and editorials
Few Treatment Dollars for Gamblers Who Need Help, Denise Jewell, Lawrence (MA) Eagle Tribune, E1063
Gambling Commission Dealt Dead Man's Hand, Denise Jewell, Lawrence (MA) Eagle Tribune, E1063
Gambling Series Shows Value of Public Service Journalism, William B. Ketter, Lawrence (MA) Eagle Tribune, E1061
Legal Gambling Begets Millions of Neglected Addicts, Denise Jewell, Lawrence (MA) Eagle Tribune, E1061
Probing the Mind To Unlock Gambling Addiction, Denise Jewell, Lawrence (MA) Eagle Tribune, E1064
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 1155), H3909 [13JN]
Anti-Slavery Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 691), H791 [8MR]
Armed Forces: prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H1743 [25AP]
Business and industry: improve competition in the oil and gas industry and strengthen antitrust enforcement with regard to industry mergers (see H.R. 5279), H2101 [3MY]
Cambodian-American Freedom Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 533), H4918 [29JN]
Colleges and universities: expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 761), H225 [8FE]
Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 1615), H155 [1FE]
Commission To Establish a National Museum of the American Latino: establish (see H.R. 2134), H1921 [1MY]
Congress: establish Office of Public Integrity (see H.R. 4799), H388 [16FE]
CPSC: establish a consumer product safety standard for each durable infant or toddler product (see H.R. 4896), H4189 [16JN]
———promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see H.R. 1850), H155 [1FE]
Cuba: bar certain additional restrictions on travel and remittances (see H.R. 2617), H333 [15FE]
Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H4134 [15JN]
Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H450 [28FE]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H1981 [2MY]
———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H1390 [30MR]
Dept. of the Interior: suspend Federal oil and gas royalty relief for production of oil and natural gas occurring in any period in which oil and gas prices exceed certain amounts (see H.R. 4749), H1743 [25AP]
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), H225 [8FE]
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), H1453 [4AP]
Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H3137 [23MY]
———increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see H.R. 5022), H4424 [21JN]
Education: authorize appropriations for basic research and research infrastructure in science and engineering, and for support of graduate fellowships (see H.R. 4596), H3424 [6JN]
———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (see H.R. 2340), H1853 [26AP]
———improve graduation rates by making grants to improve adolescent literacy (see H.R. 547), H225 [8FE]
———provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 2178), H2102 [3MY]
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), H1743 [25AP]
Federal agencies and departments: prohibit assistance to entities for course material development or instruction on human development and sexuality, if such material includes medically inaccurate information (see H.R. 5598), H3907 [13JN]
Federal Election Administration: establish (see H.R. 5676), H4520 [22JN]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 881), H1196 [28MR]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 2719), H26 [31JA]
Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H25 [31JA]
Firearms: ban the manufacture, importation, sale, or purchase of certain armor-piercing, ``cop-killer'' handguns and ammunition (see H.R. 1136), H509 [1MR]
Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 3420), H26 [31JA]
Government: protect scientific integrity in Federal research and policymaking (see H.R. 839), H274 [14FE]
———provide for ethics and lobbying reform (see H.R. 5677), H4520 [22JN]
———require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 4682), H153 [1FE]
Health: 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]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H3016 [22MY]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 2553), H155 [1FE]
Health care professionals: authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students (see H.R. 3569), H790 [8MR]
Higher Education Act: amend (see H.R. 2960), H1742 [25AP]
———permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 1029), H155 [1FE]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 2928), H155 [1FE]
House Rules: protect integrity of the institution of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 659), H24 [31JA]
Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H26 [31JA]
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: amend relative to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (see H.R. 1310), H155 [1FE] (see H.R. 5000), H1197 [28MR]
International economic relations: provide for cancellation of debts owed to international financial institutions by poor countries (see H.R. 1130), H160 [7FE]
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]
King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H156 [1FE]
Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3476), H26 [31JA]
LIHEAP: funding (see H.R. 4793), H388 [16FE]
Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H5047 [11JY]
Medicaid: 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), H4917 [29JN]
Medicare: improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1632), H4220 [19JN]
———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 791), H25 [31JA]
———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see H.R. 5348), H5128 [12JY]
Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (see H.R. 2421), H451 [28FE]
———increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Res. 158), H390 [16FE]
Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2833 (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2891 [18MY]
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), H156 [1FE]
Motor vehicles: require higher standards of automobile fuel efficiency to reduce the amount of oil used for fuel by automobiles in the U.S. by 10 percent beginning in 2016 (see H.R. 3762), H160 [7FE]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 5017), H2833 (see H.R. 5017), H2890 [18MY]
National objectives: ensure that the U.S. leads the world in next generation energy technologies, grow the economy, create high-skill American jobs, eliminate overdependence on foreign oil, and address global warming (see H.R. 2828), H26 [31JA]
National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 222), H5047 [11JY]
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), H566 [2MR]
———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]
Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1131 [16MR]
Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 1591), H155 [1FE]
Nuclear energy: express concern regarding nuclear proliferation with respect to proposed full civilian nuclear cooperation with India (see H. Con. Res. 318), H275 [14FE]
Office of Veterans Identity Protection Claims: establish to reimburse persons for injuries suffered due to unauthorized use, disclosure, or dissemination of stolen identifying information (see H.R. 5520), H3308 (see H.R. 5520), H3360 [25MY]
Outer Continental Shelf: terminate effect of laws prohibiting spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 4318), H2103 [3MY]
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 745), H3909 [13JN]
Patent and Trademark Office: conform certain filing provisions (see H.R. 5120), H1677 [6AP]
Power resources: protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (see H.R. 3936), H868 [9MR]
———restore fairness in the provision of incentives for oil and gas production (see H.R. 5300), H2173 [4MY]
Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 4867), H1197 [28MR]
Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 3601), H226 [8FE]
Simpson-Miller, Portia: tribute (see H. Res. 727), H1744 [25AP]
St. Patrick's Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 364), H1129 [16MR]
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), H2175 [4MY]
Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 414), H274 [14FE]
———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 994), 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), H154 [1FE]
———impose windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas, allow tax credit for purchases of fuel-efficient passenger vehicles, and provide grants for mass transit (see H.R. 2070), H868 [9MR]
———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), H4328 [20JN]
———permit tax-free distribution from governmental retirement plans for payment of health and long-term care insurance premiums for public safety officers (see H.R. 2177), H1059 [15MR]
———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H790 [8MR]
———provide a refundable credit for certain home energy costs (see H.R. 4729), H224 [8FE]
———provide subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualified health pooling arrangements (see H.R. 2073), H645 [7MR]
Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H1853 [26AP]
Voting: protect voting rights and improve the administration of Federal elections (see H.R. 533), H868 [9MR]
Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2705 (see H.R. 9), H2757 [17MY]
Women: strengthen family planning services (see H. Con. Res. 404), H3309 (see H. Con. Res. 404), H3362 [25MY]
World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 2193), H155 [1FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Taxation: extend and expand the deduction for tuition and related expenses for higher education and reduce the maximum interest rate allowable on student loans (see H.R. 5098), H1562 [5AP]
———provide a credit for the purchase of qualified flexible fuel motor vehicles (see H.R. 5703), H4794 [28JN]
Eulogies
Brooks, Kelly Keefe: by Suzanne Galvin Harvey, E743
Emerson, John (Jack): by Barry Balan, E211
Normandin, Jean: by Robert Normandin, E1164
Remarks
Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, H3682 [9JN]
Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling (H.R. 4411), H4996 [11JY]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3682 [9JN]
Gambling: impact on society, E1061
Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities, H31 [1FE]
———provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), H2018 [3MY]
House Rules: eliminate floor privileges and access to Member exercise facilities for registered lobbyists who are former Members or officers of the House (H. Res. 648), H31 [1FE]
Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H3902 [13JN]
Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H4684 [28JN]
Political campaigns: clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code must register as political committees (H.R. 513), H1525 [5AP]
———clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code must register as political committees (H.R. 513), consideration (H. Res. 755), H1510 [5AP]
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), H4073 [15JN]
Statements
Eulogy: Kelly Keefe Brooks, E743
Tributes
Brooks, Kelly Keefe, E743
Emerson, John (Jack), E211
Gionet, Daniel, E1115
King, Coretta Scott, E78
Normandin, Jean, E1163
Raymond, Pierre A., E774
Schiavoni, Nickolas D., E776