LaFALCE, JOHN J. (a Representative from New York)
Amendments
Eximbank: reauthorization (H.R. 1370), H8205 [30SE]
Appointments
Conferee: S. 1026, Eximbank reauthorization, H8397 [6OC]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: control wheat and barley diseases caused by Fusarium Graminearum and related fungi (see H.R. 2168), H5296 [15JY]
———repeal peanut quotas and reduce peanut loan rates (see H.R. 1864), H3720 [11JN]
Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 900), H3169 [21MY]
Albania: promote democracy, economic stability, and resolution of civil war (see H. Con. Res. 153), H7600 [18SE]
Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1129), H1186 [19MR]
———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H8929 [21OC]
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H6406 [30JY]
Census: accuracy of decennial census (see H.R. 776), H587 [13FE]
———include ancestry data on decennial census (see H. Con. Res. 38), H1543 [15AP]
Children and youth: funding for health, nutrition, education, and child care for infants and toddlers (see H. Res. 131), H1891 [24AP]
Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (see H.R. 2365), H7365 [16SE]
Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 1174), H1259 [20MR]
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: ratification (see H. Res. 241), H7729 [23SE]
Computers: regulate use of personal information obtained by interactive computer services (see H.R. 98), H348 [5FE]
———restore freedom of speech to the Internet and protect children from unsuitable online material (see H.R. 774), H950 [12MR]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 96), H2681 [14MY]
Courts: allow suits against the Federal Government for gross negligence when individuals are injured or killed overseas (see H.R. 1334), H9865 [31OC]
Credit: prohibit distribution of negotiable checks or instruments relative to consumer solicitations (see H.R. 2053), H8633 [7OC]
Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (see H.R. 1699), H3169 [21MY]
———provide for telephone access to the FBI database that tracks the movement and whereabouts of sexual offenders (see H.R. 2194), H5486 [17JY]
Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1951), H7199 [10SE]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see H. Res. 224), H8300 [1OC]
———regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 1387), H3865 [17JN]
Dept. of Defense: disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (see H.R. 2631), H10172 [6NO]
Dept. of Education: provide links to databases of information concerning scholarships and fellowships (see H.R. 1440), H3660 [10JN]
Dept. of Justice: clarify authority of the inspector general (see H.R. 2182), H7199 [10SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop plan for allocation of health care resources (see H.R. 1077), H1018 [13MR]
———improve allocation of health care resources (see H.R. 1580), H2875 [16MY]
———make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (see H.R. 2317), H6798 [3SE]
———revise process by which State housing construction grants are administered (see H.R. 1291), H1438 [10AP]
Diseases: coverage of prostate cancer screening and drug treatments under Medicare and Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs and expansion of research and education programs (see H.R. 383), H151 [9JA]
———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H888 [11MR]
———prostate cancer screening benefits (see H.R. 2639), H8929 [21OC]
———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1398), H1706 [17AP]
Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H10957 [13NO]
Drugs: encourage consultation with pharmacists relative to purchase and use of over-the-counter drug products (see H. Res. 151), H3274 [3JN]
———establish matching grant program for local communities that first demonstrate a long-term commitment to reduce youth substance abuse (see H.R. 956), H950 [12MR]
Ecology and environment: assist local governments and encourage State voluntary response programs relative to remediating brownfield sites (see H.R. 1120), H3660 [10JN]
———expand public's right to know about toxic chemical use and release in their communities and disclose toxins in children's consumer products (see H.R. 1636), H2784 [15MY]
———State certification of voluntary cleanup programs for low and medium priority sites (see H.R. 1206), H2680 [14MY]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6707 [31JY]
Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H7730 [23SE]
Education: increase Pell Grant awards (see H.R. 744), H1262 [20MR]
———State adoption of challenging academic standards in core curricula (see H. Res. 299), H9865 [31OC]
Employment: improve quality of Social Security card and criminalize the counterfeiting of work authorization documents (see H.R. 231), H146 [9JA]
———make parental leave for birth parents equitable to adoptive and foster parents (see H.R. 1573), H2875 [16MY]
———provide for retirement savings and security (see H.R. 1130), H1186 [19MR]
English language: encourage status as primary language and recognize importance of multilingualism (see H. Con. Res. 4), H157 [9JA]
EPA: distribution of funds to States for cooperative agreements relative to underground storage tanks (see H.R. 688), H452 [11FE]
———establish loan program to States for cleanup of brownfield sites that have private investment potential (see H.R. 1462), H2680 [14MY]
Eximbank: reauthorization (see H.R. 1370), H1704 [17AP]
Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 989), H2446 [8MY]
———require materials to contain taggants (see H.R. 538), H768 [5MR]
FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H5826 [25JY]
Fair Labor Standards Act: reform provisions relative to child labor (see H.R. 1870), H4836 [26JN]
Families and domestic relations: issues relative to child custody, child abuse, and domestic violence (see H. Con. Res. 182), H9800 [30OC]
Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H1340 [8AP]
Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1989 [29AP]
Financial institutions: applicability of host State laws to any branch in such State of an out-of-State bank (see H.R. 1306), H1439 [10AP]
———clarify consumer liability for unauthorized transactions involving debit cards (see H.R. 2319), H6703 [31JY]
———increase competition in the financial services sector (see H.R. 669), H451 [11FE]
———provide relief for limited purpose banks from certain outdated restrictions that were intended to be temporary (see H.R. 1655), H2874 [16MY]
Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H6798 [3SE]
Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (see H.R. 852), H804 [6MR]
Great Lakes: implementation of strategic plan for restoration of fisheries and other natural resources (see H.R. 1481), H1988 [29AP]
Guam: establish commonwealth (see H.R. 100), H70 [7JA], H142 [9JA]
Health: assure continued health insurance coverage of retired workers (see H.R. 211), H146 [9JA]
———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H345 [5FE]
———require health plans to provide certain coverage for children (see H.R. 1159, 1854), H2157 [1MY], H3798 [12JN]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H143 [9JA]
———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H4647 [25JN]
House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and local government transit programs (see H. Res. 37), H348 [5FE]
———prohibit smoking in rooms and corridors leading to the floor and in the Rayburn room (see H. Res. 247), H8054 [26SE]
House Rules: amend to afford witnesses greater freedom to provide information to committees by eliminating current administrative requirements (see H. Res. 39), H890 [11MR]
Housing: authorize public housing agencies to establish rental amounts that do not discourage assisted families from obtaining employment (see H.R. 1014), H888 [11MR]
———provide rental assistance for victims of domestic violence to enable such victims to relocate (see H.R. 871), H700 [27FE]
Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers (see H.R. 2377), H7281 [15SE]
———asylum or deportation regulations relative to gender-related persecution (see H.R. 825), H628 [25FE]
Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H725 [4MR]
———coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (see H.R. 616), H347 [5FE]
———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H10172 [6NO]
———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 617), H347 [5FE]
———prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 1117), H1111 [18MR]
———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H149 [9JA]
———require insurers to disclose an applicant's medical test results to the applicant and to otherwise restrict the disclosure of such results (see H.R. 2590), H8299 [1OC]
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1609), H3274 [3JN]
International Fund for Ireland: require that disbursements are distributed in compliance with the MacBride Principles (see H.R. 150), H1186 [19MR]
Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered during World War II and acknowledgment of such injustices by the President (see H.R. 2090), H8161 [29SE]
Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 2201), H5487 [17JY]
LSC: eligibility for assistance for victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 1076), H1017 [13MR]
Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 437), H629 [25FE]
Medicaid: expand State health care coverage of low-income children and pregnant women and fund enrollment in health insurance programs for certain children (see H.R. 1491), H2089 [30AP]
———repeal criminal penalties for counseling or assisting an individual with the disposition of assets (see H.R. 2396), H10421 [8NO]
———repeal criminal penalties for fraudulent disposition of assets (see H.R. 216), H804 [6MR]
———waiver of enrollment composition rule relative to certain HMO's (see H.R. 1610), H3720 [11JN]
Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H68 [7JA], H140 [9JA]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H3568 [5JN]
———coverage of paramedic intercept ambulance support services (see H.R. 2153), H5665 [23JY]
———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 417, 418), H245 [21JA], H286 [4FE]
———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (see H.R. 625), H392 [6FE]
———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H283 [4FE]
———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 676), H629 [25FE]
Mining and mineral resources: ensure receipt of a fair return for the extraction of locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 778), H3213 [30MY]
———reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 780), H3213 [30MY]
Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1716), H4087 [19JN]
National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education: establish (see H.R. 1511), H2155 [1MY]
National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 437), H629 [25FE]
Nonprofit organizations: authorize transfer to States of surplus personal property for donation (see H.R. 680), H590 [13FE]
Northern Forest Lands Council: implement recommendations (see H.R. 971), H3660 [10JN]
Oscar Garcia Rivera Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 282), H1289 [21MR]
Political campaigns: constitutional amendment to limit expenditure of money to elect public officials (see H.J. Res. 17), H590 [13FE]
———ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 600), H346 [5FE]
Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 1231), H3568 [5JN]
Public welfare programs: exception to limited SSI and food stamps eligibility for certain aliens (see H.R. 1445), H2351 [7MY]
———extend transition period for legal aliens receiving SSI and food stamps (see H.R. 1418), H2351 [7MY]
Public works: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and restoration of infrastructure (see H.R. 950), H5826 [25JY]
Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 1383), H1795 [23AP]
Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 29), H949 [12MR]
SBA: make Microloan Program permanent (see H.R. 2235), H5777 [24JY]
Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see H.R. 1104), H1289 [21MR]
Sequoia National Forest: increase recreational opportunities and establish National Forest Preserve to protect Giant Sequoia ecosystem (see H.R. 2077), H7604 [22SE]
Ships and vessels: support requirements that vessels operating between U.S. ports be built, owned, and operated by U.S. citizens (see H. Con. Res. 65), H3865 [17JN]
Small Business Act: amend (see H.R. 2261), H5825 [25JY]
Small Business Investment Act: amend (see H.R. 2261), H5825 [25JY]
Small Business Technology Transfer Program: extend (see H.R. 2429), H7008 [8SE]
Social Security: State requirements for work experience and community service programs relative to child support (see H.R. 2463), H7262 [11SE]
Space policy: space station program funding (see H.R. 1423), H1794 [23AP]
Taxation: application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H3169 [21MY]
———establish a credit for the purchase of a principal residence located within an empowerment zone or enterprise community by a first-time homebuyer (see H.R. 2826), H10768 [12NO]
———establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (see H.R. 1437), H2785 [15MY]
———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 195), H1339 [8AP]
———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 18), H524 [12FE]
———repeal percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines (see H.R. 779), H3213 [30MY]
———treatment of advertising expenses for tobacco products (see H.R. 1323), H2157 [1MY]
Ted Weiss U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 548), H670 [26FE]
Television: broadcast of violent programming (see H. Res. 166), H3797 [12JN]
———promote competition in the multichannel video marketplace (see H.R. 2921), H10769 [12NO]
———treatment of voluntary guidelines relative to applicability of antitrust laws (see H.R. 1510), H2155 [1MY]
Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (see H.R. 1263), H1893 [24AP]
———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 2387), H6797 [3SE]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (see H.R. 2400), H7911 [25SE]
Turkey: protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Con. Res. 6), H5916 [28JY]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H2090 [30AP]
Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H4836 [26JN]
Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H7261 [11SE]
Women: increase research and education on the drug DES (see H.R. 1788), H3476 [4JN]
World War II: provide redress for inadequate restitution of assets seized by the U.S. Government which belonged to victims of the Holocaust (see H.R. 2591), H9615 [28OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Aviation: criteria for granting slots to new entrant air carriers at certain high density airports (see H.R. 2405), H6917 [4SE]
Business and industry: establish certain uniform rights, duties, and enforcement procedures relative to franchise agreements (see H.R. 2954), H10420 [8NO]
Canada: limit imports of wool apparel (see H.R. 2432), H7008 [8SE]
Financial institutions: provide consumer protection (see H.R. 1900), H3863 [17JN]
Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 2481, 2955), H7364 [16SE], H10420 [8NO]
———requirements for Canadian border boat landing permits (see H.R. 2505, 2551), H7599 [18SE], H7910 [25SE]
Medicare: multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1018), H888 [11MR]
SBA: establish commission to examine small business credit needs (see H. Con. Res. 85), H3169 [21MY]
———extend certified development company loan guarantee program (see H.R. 1734), H3202 [22MY]
———reauthorize women's business training program (see H.R. 1495), H2090 [30AP]
Small Business Investment Act: amend (see H.R. 1985), H4086 [19JN]
Proposals
Credit Union Growth and Improvement Act, E2299
Remarks
Aviation: criteria for granting slots to new entrant air carriers at certain high density airports (H.R. 2405), E1653
Bittner, James and Margo: New York State Junior Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Young Farmers award recipients, E674
Buffalo, NY: tribute to Buffalo General Hospital School of Nursing, E860
Business and industry: establish certain uniform rights, duties, and enforcement procedures relative to franchise agreements (H.R. 2954), E2281
Canada: limit imports of wool apparel (H.R. 2432), E1683
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4253 [24JN]
———oppose concessional loans by international financial institutions (H.R. 2605), H10161, H10165 [6NO]
Coins: establish circulating commemorative coin program commemorating each State (H.R. 2414), H7620 [23SE]
Colleges and universities: reform methods for calculating graduation rates (H.R. 914), concur with Senate amendments (H. Res. 145), H2546 [13MY]
Dept. of Energy: transfer of Formerly Utilized Site Remedial Action Program to Corps of Engineers, H5742 [24JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 261), H8667 [8OC]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2248), H7453 [17SE]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2203), consideration (H. Res. 194), H5742 [24JY]
Eximbank: prohibit assistance to companies that are at least 50 percent owned by a foreign country or military, H8376 [6OC]
———prohibit assistance to countries with nondemocratic governments, H8379 [6OC]
———reauthorization (H.R. 1370), H8190, H8205, H8206 [30SE], H8376, H8379 [6OC]
———rename to U.S. Export Bank, H8205, H8206 [30SE]
Financial institutions: applicability of host State laws to any branch in such State of an out-of-State bank (H.R. 1306), H3094 [21MY]
———credit union growth and improvement, E2295
———increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R. 669), E260
———provide consumer protection (H.R. 1900), E1234
Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (H.R. 852), H997 [13MR]
Greece: independence anniversary, H1087
Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2042 [30AP]
Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (H.R. 2481), E1765
———arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (H.R. 2955), E2275
———requirements for Canadian border boat landing permits (H.R. 2027), H7625 [23SE]
———requirements for Canadian border boat landing permits (H.R. 2505), E1792
National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education: establish, H2546 [13MY]
National Women's Business Council: tribute, E1887
Niagara County, NY: tribute to Niagara Senior Companion Program, E1672
O'Donnell, Elizabeth: Sporting Goods Manufacturing Association HEROES Award recipient, E782
Parliamentary inquiry, H1146 [19MR]
SBA: extend certified development company loan guarantee program (H.R. 1734), E1047
———loan guarantee programs, E1004
———reauthorize women's business training program (H.R. 1495), E799
Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 2261), H8078, H8079 [29SE]
Small Business Investment Act: amend (H.R. 2261), H8078, H8079 [29SE]
Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board: abolish (H.R. 2343), H7616 [23SE]
Truth in Lending Act: require notice of cancellation rights relative to private mortgage insurance (H.R. 607), H1562 [16AP]
Votes: position on missed, H4169 [23JN], E862
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H3168 [21MY]
Resolutions by organizations
Tribute to James and Margo Bittner: Niagara County, NY, Legislature, E674
Summaries
Certified Development Company Enhancement and Improvement Act (H.R. 1734), E1047
Texts of
H.R. 2248, award Congressional Gold Medal to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, H7454 [17SE]
H.R. 2432, limit imports of wool apparel from Canada, E1683
H.R. 2481, arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems, E1765
Tributes
Gonzalez, Representative, H8581