WEINER, ANTHONY D. (a Representative from New York)
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H3055, H3102 [23MY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2798 [18MY]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3684 [9JN]
National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (H.R. 4954), H2145 [4MY]
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4748 [28JN]
Articles and editorials
Carrying a Torch, New York (NY) Daily News, H2848 [18MY]
Liberate Lady Liberty, New York (NY) Daily News, H2848 [18MY]
Liberty Is Open Again to the Masses, but Just to the Hem of Her Robes, Carolyn Curiel, New York (NY) Times, H2848 [18MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy (see H.R. 5151), H2175 [4MY]
Alcoholic beverages: tribute to American craft brewers (see H. Res. 753), H1854 [26AP]
American Jewish Committee: anniversary (see H. Res. 773), H1918 [27AP]
Anti-Slavery Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 691), H389 [16FE]
Aviation: ensure inspection of cargo carried on passenger aircraft (see H.R. 4373), H1681 [6AP]
Cameron, James: tribute (see H. Res. 867), H4008 [14JN]
Captain George A. Wood Post Office Building, Utica, NY: designate (see H.R. 4962), H3643 [8JN]
Crime: prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see H.R. 4662), H23 [31JA]
Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H3643 [8JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: improve access to food stamps by reducing administrative requirements and award grants to certain nonprofit groups to establish a Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program (see H.R. 5158), H1678 [6AP]
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), H3138 [23MY]
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), H226 [8FE]
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), H3643 [8JN] (see H.R. 5588), H4424 [21JN]
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]
Education: tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 657), H24 [31JA]
Energy Policy Act: repeal provisions (see H.R. 4479), H1743 [25AP]
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), H869 [9MR]
FBI: improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 1415), H1680 [6AP]
FDA: determine whether to allow marketing of emergency-contraceptive drug Plan B as a prescription drug for women 15 or younger and a nonprescription drug for women 16 or older (see H.R. 4229), H389 [16FE]
FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 5316), H2337 [9MY]
Gambling: establish a commission to study the proper response to growth in Internet gambling (see H.R. 5474), H3226 [24MY]
Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 4682), H153 [1FE]
Health: provide for expansion of Federal programs to prevent and manage vision loss (see H.R. 2671), H3308 (see H.R. 2671), H3361 [25MY]
Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 5501), H4134 [15JN]
Immigration: provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a U.S. citizen child should not be ordered removed from the U.S. (see H.R. 5035), H1563 [5AP]
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), H160 [7FE]
Interstate Highway System: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H1389 [30MR]
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]
Jacob Fletcher Post Office Building, Babylon, NY: designate (see H.R. 5664), H4423 [21JN]
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]
Long Island Sound Stewardship Initiative: establish (see H.R. 5160), H1679 [6AP]
Macedonia: cease distribution of negative and nationalist propaganda and encourage continued negotiations with the U.N. and Greece to determine a mutually acceptable official name (see H. Res. 521), H156 [1FE]
Medicare: 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), H1741 [25AP]
Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2833 (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2891 [18MY]
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]
National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education: condemn recent vote by British trade union to boycott Israeli academia (see H. Res. 858), H3909 [13JN]
National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (see H.R. 4954), H1321 [29MR]
———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), H646 [7MR]
———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]
National Youth Sports Week: establish (see H. Res. 826), H3497 [7JN]
Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 788), H1980 [2MY]
Ronald Bucca Post Office, Tuckahoe, NY: designate (see H.R. 4995), H1128 [16MR]
School Bus Safety Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 498), H1682 [6AP]
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]
Shipping industry: prohibit the entry of ocean shipping containers into the U.S. unless such containers have been scanned and sealed before loading on the vessel for shipment (see H.R. 4899), H790 [8MR]
Taxation: 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), H565 [2MR]
Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 3427), H3424 [6JN]
Tobacco products: make cigarettes and certain other tobacco products nonmailable (see H.R. 2813), H1742 [25AP]
Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2705 (see H.R. 9), H2757 [17MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of Homeland Security: designate high threat helicopter flight areas and provide special rules for screening passengers and property to be transported on helicopters operating in such areas (see H.R. 4765), H332 [15FE]
———prohibit from limiting amount of certain grant funds that may be used to pay salaries or overtime pay of law enforcement officials engaged in antiterrorism activities (see H.R. 5654), H4327 [20JN]
———provide discretionary grants for use in high-threat, high-density urban areas (see H.R. 5165), H1679 [6AP]
———require that grant recipients submit reports on expenditures as a condition of receipt of homeland security grants (see H.R. 5191), H1741 [25AP]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H3055, H3056, H3102 [23MY]
Brooklyn, NY: anniversary of Floyd Bennett Field, E863
———anniversary of Knights of Columbus Baron De Kalb Council 1073, E629
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations and amending various laws administered by the Coast Guard (H.R. 889), conference report, H4527
Dept. of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service invasive species eradication funding, H3055, H3056 [23MY]
———grant minimum guarantee of cotton and rice production funding to each State, H3102 [23MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: increase State and local formula based grants and high-threat, high density urban area grants funding, H3383 [6JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5441), motion to recommit, H3383 [6JN]
———require that grant recipients submit reports on expenditures as a condition of receipt of homeland security grants, H2146 [4MY]
Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding through reductions in NASA funding, H4748, H4749, H4750, H4751 [28JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2798, H2799, H2847, H2848 [18MY]
EPA: conduct study of pollution in Newton Creek caused by underground oil spills in Brooklyn, NY, H4527
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3684, H3685, H3686 [9JN]
National Park Service: make necessary safety improvements to the Statue of Liberty and fully reopen the Statue to the public, H2798, H2799 [18MY]
———require competitive bidding for contract to provide ferry service to the Statue of Liberty, H2847, H2848 [18MY]
National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (H.R. 4954), H2146 [4MY]
Parliamentary inquiry, H3055 [23MY]
Saudi Arabia: allocation of foreign aid, H3684, H3685, H3686 [9JN]
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4748, H4749, H4750, H4751 [28JN]
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), E1237
Tributes
Dowdell, Patrick K., E1173
Gotlieb, Brian L., E1027
Jacobs, Jane, E612
Whitney, Paula, E447