WALSH, JAMES T. (a Representative from New York)

Appointments

Committee To Escort Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern Into the House Chamber, H2860 [30AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alaska: anniversary of statehood (see H. Res. 127), H871 [12FE]

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: anniversary (see H. Res. 1088), H6343 [9JY]

AmeriCorps Week: observance (see H. Res. 1173), H3110 [6MY]

Apple Crunch: support goals and ideals of healthy food choice event (see H. Res. 1143), H3405 [8MY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for war on terror, international affairs, and national defense matters (see H.R. 6026), H3776 [13MY]

Armed Forces: mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the U.S. Army and direct proceeds from sales of such coins to the establishment of the National Museum of the U.S. Army (see H.R. 5714), H6825 [22JY]

———recognize exceptional sacrifice of Army National Guard 69th Infantry Regiment in support of Global War on Terrorism (see H. Res. 991), H1222 [4MR]

Army: expand retroactive eligibility of the Army Combat Action Badge to include members who participated in combat during which they engaged the enemy on or after December 7, 1941 (see H.R. 2267), H25 [15JA]

Borderline Personality Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1005), H1446 [10MR]

Boston Celtics (basketball team): tribute (see H. Con. Res. 376), H6728 [17JY]

Boy Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 5872), H2552 [22AP]

Capitol Police: tribute (see H. Res. 645), H6578 [15JY]

Caroline O'Day Post Office Building, Rye, NY: designate (see H.R. 6265), H5407 [12JN]

Carter Center, Inc.: prohibit assistance (see H.R. 5816), H2760 [24AP]

Charles L. Brieant, Jr., Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, White Plains, NY: designate (see H.R. 6340), H5796 [20JN]

Children and youth: establish kinship navigator programs and kinship guardianship assistance payments for children (see H.R. 2188), H6177 [26JN]

———require schools and libraries that receive discounted Internet access services to educate minors about safe online behavior (see H.R. 6145), H7058 [23JY]

China, People's Republic of: condemn violence against Tibetan protesters and use of Internet censorship and surveillance, urge compliance with criminal law, and provide information and access to all persons detained (see H. Res. 1075), H2011 [3AP]

Cpl. John P. Sigsbee Post Office, Waterville, NY: designate (see H.R. 5975), H3108 [6MY]

Dept. of HHS: provide for national collection of data on stillbirths in a standardized manner (see H.R. 5979), H6577 [15JY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish an environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 6107), H4878 [3JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: enter into agreement with the Free File Alliance to provide free electronic filing of individual income tax returns (see H.R. 3457), H4832 [22MY]

Diseases: provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 5265), H3020 [1MY]

Education: recognize roles and contributions of teachers to building and enhancing civic, cultural, and economic well being (see H. Res. 1130), H2552 [22AP]

Egypt: protect human rights and freedoms of religion, speech, and the press, prevent imposition of restrictions on peaceful activism, and call for release of Ayman Nour and other political prisoners (see H. Res. 1303), H7630 [30JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 3257), H5111 [9JN]

———establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see H.R. 4926), H4454 [21MY]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: modify conditions for release of products from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Account (see H.R. 6473), H6577 [15JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: remediate sediment contamination in areas of concern (see H.R. 6460), H6577 [15JY]

FHA: revise requirements for seller-financed downpayments for certain insured mortgages for single-family housing and authorize risk-based insurance premiums for certain mortgagors under such mortgages (see H.R. 6694), H8578 [22SE]

Financial institutions: advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth and modify credit union regulatory standards and burdens (see H.R. 5519), H1974 [2AP]

Fish and fishing: extend authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries (see H.R. 5425), H2151 [9AP]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 1229), H622 [6FE]

Fort Presque Isle National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 6730), H7786 [31JY]

FTC: revise ``do-not-call'' registry regulations to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls (see H.R. 248), H25 [15JA]

Gallatin Report on Roads and Canals: anniversary (see H. Res. 936), H456 [23JA]

Geraldine Ferraro Post Office Building, Long Island City, NY: designate (see H.R. 7286), H10844 [19NO]

Glacier National Park: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of establishment (see H.R. 5733), H5215 [10JN]

Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact: grant congressional consent and approval (see H.R. 6577), H7789 [31JY]

Health: establish a pathway for the licensure of biosimilar biological products (see H.R. 5629), H2948 [30AP]

———improve pain care research, education, access, and outreach (see H.R. 2994), H6407 [10JY]

———prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services and require the identification of the license of certain health care providers (see H.R. 2260), H6342 [9JY]

———provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations (see H.R. 1237), H813 [7FE]

Howe, Gordie: tribute (see H. Res. 1064), H8579 [22SE]

Immigration: provide for a certain initial period of admission for aliens employed as dairy workers and sheepherders (see H.R. 6885), H8049 [11SE]

Insurance: require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 1655), H3186 [7MY]

Iran: respond to threat posed to international peace, stability in the Middle East, and the vital national security interests of the U.S. by Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and regional hegemony (see H. Con. Res. 362), H7630 [30JY]

Iraq: require future funding for reconstruction be paid for by the Iraqi government (see H. Res. 1108), H4062 [15MY]

Kenneth Peter Zebrowski Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 6199), H6825 [22JY]

Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 4900), H2948 [30AP]

Lincoln, Abraham: observe anniversary of birth and recognize the role the Declaration of Independence played in belief development (see H. Con. Res. 281), H814 [7FE]

Martin Van Buren National Historic Site: adjust boundary (see H.R. 3063), H2948 [30AP]

Medicaid: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations (see H.R. 5613), H2071 [8AP]

———impose moratorium on implementation of a regulation related to the outpatient clinic and hospital facility services definition and upper payment limit (see H.R. 7219), H10641 [29SE]

———provide a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 5268), H7058 [23JY]

———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. 1279), H295 [16JA]

Medicare: impose moratorium on use of recovery audit contractors under the Medicare Integrity Program (see H.R. 4105), H4151 [19MY]

———repeal competitive bidding demonstration project for clinical laboratory services (see H.R. 3453), H5111 [9JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: preserve access to health care (see H.R. 7241), H10828 [3OC]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2268), H3020 [1MY]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1113), H2761 [24AP]

NASA: anniversary (see H. Res. 1315), H6231 [8JY]

National Apple Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1143), H3405 [8MY]

National Arbor Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1114), H2761 [24AP]

National Archives and Records Administration: make grants to States for the preservation and dissemination of historical records (see H.R. 6056), H5329 [11JN]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1106), H2761 [24AP]

National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 352), H4060 [15MY]

National GEAR UP Day: designate (see H. Res. 1311), H6343 [9JY]

National Golf Day: designate (see H. Res. 1115), H2443 [16AP]

National Heat Stroke Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 296), H4833 [22MY]

National Runaway Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1375), H9086 [23SE]

NATO: support Membership Action Plan with Georgia and Ukraine (see H. Res. 997), H1890 [1AP]

New York: designate four counties as high-intensity drug trafficking areas (see H.R. 6801), H10867 [9DE]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see H.R. 6594), H7854 [8SE] (see H.R. 7174), H10299 [27SE]

Olympic games: prohibit Federal officials and employees from attending the 2008 Summer Games opening ceremonies due to human rights violations by and certain international policies of China (see H.R. 5668), H1888 [1AP]

———urge President Bush to not attend the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Games until China uses its influence with Sudan relative to genocide, peacekeeping forces, and arms sales (see H. Res. 1093), H2444 [16AP]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H2070 [8AP]

Peace Corps: provide continued funding and increase readjustment allowance for returning volunteers (see H.R. 5535), H1341 [5MR]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1132), H2659 [23AP]

Petraeus, David H.: tribute (see H. Res. 1427), H8277 [16SE]

Pope Benedict XVI: U.S. visit (see H. Res. 838), H390 [22JA]

Power resources: provide a comprehensive plan for greater energy independence (see H.R. 6709), H7809 [1AU]

Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 5235), H6342 [9JY]

Roosevelt, Theodore: observe anniversary of Conference of Governors on the conservation of natural resources and recognize the need for a similar undertaking today (see H. Res. 935), H456 [23JA]

———tribute (see H. Res. 1352), H7166 [24JY]

Sergeant Paul Saylor Post Office Building, Bremen, GA: designate (see H.R. 6092), H5045 [5JN]

Stan Lundine Post Office Building, Jamestown, NY: designate (see H.R. 6226), H5214 [10JN]

Surveyors: recognize contribution to society (see H. Con. Res. 223), H6577 [15JY]

Taxation: allow a credit for recycling or remanufacturing equipment (see H.R. 5659), H1821 [31MR]

———allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans (see H.R. 5823), H4151 [19MY]

———extend relief from the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 5031), H348 [17JA]

———permanently extend the research credit and strengthen the alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 2138), H390 [22JA]

———provide a refundable credit against income tax to assist individuals with high residential energy costs (see H.R. 6321), H6230 [8JY]

———provide a standard deduction for business use of a home (see H.R. 6214), H5215 [10JN]

———provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see H.R. 6407), H6408 [10JY]

———provide for tax-favored retirement health savings accounts (see H.R. 6288), H5481 [17JN]

———provide for the limited continuation of clean energy production incentives and incentives to improve energy efficiency (see H.R. 5984), H5408 [12JN]

U.N.: condemn efforts of Human Rights Committee and Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women to pressure Ireland to reduce or eliminate constitutionally established abortion restrictions (see H. Res. 1482), H10643 [29SE]

U.S. Commission on Rebuilding America for the 21st Century: establish (see H.R. 5976), H3404 [8MY]

U.S. Sentencing Commission: make certain changes in sentencing guidelines as they affect certain human trafficking offenses (see H.R. 5652), H6674 [16JY]

Ukraine: anniversary of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933 (see H. Res. 1314), H6578 [15JY]

University of Nebraska at Omaha: anniversary (see H. Res. 1372), H7309 [29JY]

University of Tennessee: tribute to women's basketball team (see H. Res. 1151), H5730 [19JN]

Veterans: revise eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service (see H.R. 4052), H4454 [21MY]

Water pollution: address certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of a recreational vessel (see H.R. 5949), H5045 [5JN]

Motions

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), H3063 [6MY]

House of Representatives: adjournment, H3060 [6MY], H3152 [7MY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing, H9228, H9304 [24SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other domestic needs, and imposing certain Iraq policy restrictions (H.R. 2642), Senate amendment, H3939 [15MY]

Boeheim, Jim: tribute for participation in Olympic games, E2297 [20NO]

Camillus, NY: anniversary of Maxwell Memorial Library, E972 [20MY]

———tribute to West Genesee High School boys' lacrosse team, E1303 [20JN]

———tribute to West Genesee High School girls' lacrosse team, E1308 [20JN]

Congressional Cemetery: anniversary (H. Res. 698), H1200 [4MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3001), earmark declaration, E1951-E1953 [25SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5658), earmark declaration, E1396 [8JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2638), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1488), H9228 [24SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2638), earmark declaration, E2321 [20NO]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2638), Senate amendment, H9304 [24SE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 6599), earmark declaration, E1591 [29JY], E1594 [30JY]

Di Lauro Bakery Inc.: anniversary, E465 [1AP]

Disabled: enhance early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (H.R. 1198), H2027 [8AP]

Jamesville, NY: tribute to Jamesville-Dewitt High School boys' basketball team, E594 [14AP]

Red Creek, NY: tribute to Red Creek High School boys' soccer team, E35 [17JA]

Rochester, NY: tribute to Eastridge High School cheerleadering team, E306 [5MR]

Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle: anniversary, E34 [17JA]

Society for the Preservation and Appreciation for Motorized Fire Apparatus in America (SPAAMFAA): anniversary, E1650 [1AU]

Syracuse, NY: anniversary of Coleman's Authentic Irish Pub, E174 [13FE]

———anniversary of Syracuse Salvation Army, E591 [14AP]

Syracuse University: tribute to men's lacrosse team, E1149 [5JN]

Votes: position on missed, E2192 [30SE]

Webster, NY: tribute to Webster Thomas High School hockey team, E495 [3AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H9299, H9300 [24SE], E2180 [30SE]

Tributes

Ahern, Bertie, E775 [30AP]

Bell, Gloria K., E678 [22AP]

Champlin, Joseph, E172 [13FE]

Colvin, Don, E36 [17JA]

Hackett, Lawrence J., Jr., E492 [3AP]

Hall, Kevin, E750 [29AP]

Livingston, Anna R., E349 [11MR]

Magnarelli, Armond J., E171 [13FE]

McNulty, Representative, E1882 [24SE]

Mower, Eric, E844 [7MY]

Pirro, Nicholas J., E33 [17JA]

Price, Mike, E1403 [8JY]