PASCRELL, BILL, JR. (a Representative from New Jersey)
Amendments
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3301 [25MY]
Appointments
Committee To Escort Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Into the House Chamber, H453 [1MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H2339 [9MY]
Autism Society of America: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 254), H2339 [9MY]
Cameron, James: tribute (see H. Res. 867), H4008 [14JN]
Campus Fire Safety Month: establish (see H. Res. 295), H3138 [23MY]
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]
Committee on the Library (Joint): obtain a statue of Constantino Brumidi for display in the Capital Visitor Center (see H.R. 5562), H3641 [8JN]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H3424 [6JN]
Credit cards: protect consumers from unfair practices of issuers (see H.R. 3492), H3137 [23MY]
Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 87), H450 [28FE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a Directorate of Emergency Management (see H.R. 5351), H2584 [11MY]
———reform science and technology programs and activities (see H.R. 4941), H971 [14MR]
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), H4009 [14JN]
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: restore Federal aid for the repair, restoration, and replacement of private nonprofit educational facilities that are damaged or destroyed by a major disaster (see H.R. 4517), H3424 [6JN]
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), H3016 [22MY]
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), H332 [15FE]
FBI: improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 1415), H1680 [6AP]
FEMA: establish requirements for appointment of Director (see H.R. 4840), H508 [1MR]
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]
Fry, Varian: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 434), H4681 [27JN]
Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 4682), H153 [1FE]
House Democracy Assistance Commission: welcome members and staff of the parliaments of East Timor, Republic of Georgia, Indonesia, and Macedonia as the first partner parliaments (see H. Res. 758), H1981 [2MY]
Immigration: admission policy relative to L-1 intra-company transferee nonimmigrants (see H.R. 3381), H389 [16FE]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: enhance educational services for persons with autism spectrum disorders and expand loan forgiveness for teachers of autistic children (see H.R. 4059), H2339 [9MY]
Interstate Highway System: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H1389 [30MR]
Investments: regulate over-the-counter trading of energy derivatives (see H.R. 5248), H1916 [27AP]
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]
John Paul Hammerschmidt Post Office Building, Harrison, AR: designate (see H.R. 4811), H449 [28FE]
King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H156 [1FE]
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), H509 [1MR]
Medicare: improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H155 [1FE]
———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H1390 [30MR]
Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (see H.R. 2421), H2339 [9MY]
———increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Res. 158), H2339 [9MY]
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 Campus Safety Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 765), H1562 [5AP]
National High School Mock Trial Championship, Inc.: call on Board of Directors to accommodate students of all religious faiths (see H. Res. 600), H1391 [30MR]
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]
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), H3909 [13JN]
Paris Wine Tasting: anniversary of U.S. winemakers' victory (see H. Con. Res. 399), H2101 [3MY]
Political action committees: prohibit conversion of leadership political action committee funds to personal use (see H.R. 5623), H5047 [11JY]
Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 1249), H5128 [12JY]
Taxation: equalize income exclusion of employer-provided parking and transit benefits and provide a common cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 2390), H389 [16FE]
Terrorism: cooperate with allies on development and implementation of technologies to detect, prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate against acts of terrorism and other high consequence events (see H.R. 4942), H971 [14MR]
Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 3427), H2962 [19MY]
Tisch, Preston R. (Bob): tribute (see H. Res. 605), H1321 [29MR]
Transportation Security Administration: prohibit removal of any item from the current list of items prohibited from being carried aboard a passenger aircraft (see H.R. 4452), H1453 [4AP]
Ukraine: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 1053), H225 [8FE]
Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 515), H389 [16FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of the Interior: study feasibility and suitability of designating the 9-11 Memorial in West Orange, NJ, as unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 4676), H24 [31JA]
Public Health Service Act: expand and improve traumatic brain injury programs (see H.R. 5738), H4915 [29JN]
Taxation: reduce the earned income threshold applicable to the refundable portion of the child tax credit, increase the age limit for such credit, and impose an individual income tax surcharge (see H.R. 5600), H3907 [13JN]
———repeal increase in tax on unearned income of minor children (see H.R. 5473), H3226 [24MY]
———strengthen the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 5601), H3907 [13JN]
Letters
Dept. of Homeland Security Emergency Management Performance Grant program funding: Bruce P. Baughman, National Emergency Management Association, H3311 [25MY]
———Michael D. Selves, International Association of Emergency Managers, H3311 [25MY]
Remarks
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), H1601 [6AP], H2735 [17MY]
Democratic Party: national security policy, H1324 [30MR]
Dept. of Homeland Security: Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants Program funding, H3291
———Emergency Management Performance Grant program funding, H3301, H3311 [25MY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3291
Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields, H3847
Dept. of Transportation: prohibit implementation of proposed rule relative to foreign investment in U.S. airlines, H3946 [14JN]
Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5576), H3847
Economy: impact of tax cuts, H1601 [6AP]
Education: tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 657), H177
Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 73), H4107 [15JN]
Mara, Wellington T.: tribute (H. Res. 517), H1143 [28MR]
Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (H.R. 4681), H2999 [22MY]
National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (H. Con. Res. 99), H2008 [3MY]
National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (H.R. 4954), H2112 [4MY]
New York, NY: anniversary of the Triangle Fire, H1202 [29MR]
Office of National Drug Control Policy: reauthorize (H.R. 2829), H806 [9MR]
Petroleum: set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), H2005 [3MY]
Public Health Service Act: expand and improve traumatic brain injury programs (H.R. 5738), E1321
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, H4734 [28JN]
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4734 [28JN]
Taxation: repeal increase in tax on unearned income of minor children (H.R. 5473), H3233 [25MY]
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), H4107 [15JN]
Thomas Edison National Historical Park: establish as the successor to the Edison National Historic Site in New Jersey (H.R. 1096), H396
Tributes
DiLeo, Don, E424
Dubrow, Evelyn, E1274
Gondola, Joesph M., E22
Maher, M. Brian, E423