LoBIONDO, FRANK A. (a Representative from New Jersey)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: repeal peanut quotas and reduce peanut loan rates (see H.R. 1864), H3720 [11JN]
Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 915), H8265 [30SE]
Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 900), H10768 [12NO]
Armed Forces: award Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal to participants of Operation Joint Endeavor or Operation Joint Guard in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see H.R. 665), H3169 [21MY]
———procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 409), H5177 [11JY]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 55), H8929 [21OC]
Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see H.R. 2005), H5665 [23JY]
Beaches: improve quality of coastal recreation waters (see H.R. 2094), H5826 [25JY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H154 [9JA]
Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H2784 [15MY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H6406 [30JY]
Computers: prohibit gambling on the Internet (see H.R. 2380), H6797 [3SE]
———require Internet access companies to provide screening software to parents to protect children from unsuitable online material (see H.R. 1180), H5132 [10JY]
Congress: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue and a balanced budget (see H.J. Res. 52), H523 [12FE]
———treatment of Members and employees for retirement purposes (see H.R. 1765), H3273 [3JN]
Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis: establish (see H.R. 1704), H4087 [19JN]
Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H587 [13FE]
Correctional institutions: prevent luxurious prison conditions (see H.R. 169), H144 [9JA]
Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H6407 [30JY]
Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.J. Res. 71), H1542 [15AP]
———implement constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.R. 1322), H1541 [15AP]
———increase penalties for certain offenses where the victim is a child (see H.R. 2122), H5020 [9JY]
———penalties for taking a firearm from a Federal law enforcement officer (see H.R. 826), H628 [25FE]
Dept. of Agriculture: regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 1387), H1705 [17AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for ballistic missile defense systems (see H.R. 2786), H9864 [31OC]
———prohibit payment under defense contracts of restructuring costs for mergers or acquisitions (see H.R. 925), H765 [5MR]
Dept. of Energy: abolish (see H.R. 1577), H2445 [8MY]
Dept. of State: prohibit charges or fees for providing passport information (see H.R. 491), H286 [4FE]
Dept. of the Interior: moratorium on oil and gas development on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 3073), H10954 [13NO]
———prohibit issuance of oil and gas leases on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 3074), H10954 [13NO]
Diseases: accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women (see H. Res. 48), H453 [11FE]
———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), H1261 [20MR]
———issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 407), H702 [27FE]
———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H9039 [22OC]
Dover Township, NJ: study cancer rate among children (see H.R. 1080), H4339 [24JN]
Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H10957 [13NO]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6707 [31JY]
Education: development of curriculum designed to educate students about the Irish famine (see H. Con. Res. 12), H1392 [9AP]
EPA: distribution of funds to States for cooperative agreements relative to underground storage tanks (see H.R. 688), H768 [5MR]
FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H4221 [23JN]
FDA: proposal to designate the use of chlorofluorocarbons in metered-dose inhalers as nonessential (see H.R. 2221), H9614 [28OC]
Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H702 [27FE]
Financial institutions: applicability of host State laws to any branch in such State of an out-of-State bank (see H.R. 1306), H2590 [13MY]
———prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal of direct deposited Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2454), H7730 [23SE]
———prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal of direct deposited veterans benefits (see H.R. 2457), H7730 [23SE]
Firearms: applicability of domestic violence-related possession prohibitions to convictions that predate enactment of such prohibitions (see H.R. 26), H5916 [28JY]
Fish and fishing: moratorium on large vessels in Atlantic mackerel or Atlantic herring fisheries (see H.R. 1855), H4913 [8JY]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H588 [13FE]
Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see H.R. 1010), H1795 [23AP]
———reduce Federal paperwork burden (see H.R. 852), H804 [6MR]
Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H1795 [23AP]
Health: expand research relative to environmental and genetic susceptibilities for breast cancer (see H.R. 1413), H4222 [23JN]
———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see H.R. 2198), H6707 [31JY]
———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H345 [5FE]
———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H8054 [26SE]
———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H8833 [9OC]
Homeless: housing programs for veterans (see H.R. 1754), H9502 [23OC]
Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2680 [14MY]
House of Representatives: official mail allowance (see H.R. 2439), H8727 [8OC]
———require written election for any annual pay increase for Members (see H.R. 2783), H10421 [8NO]
Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers (see H.R. 2377), H9502 [23OC]
Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see H.R. 1614), H5022 [9JY]
Independent Commission on Medicare: establish (see H.R. 406), H152 [9JA]
India: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 22), H287 [4FE]
Insurance: 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), H6962 [5SE]
———Federal reinsurance contracts for eligible State insurance programs covering homeowners impacted by natural disasters (see H.R. 219), H3203 [22MY]
———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H1339 [8AP]
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reform (see H. Con. Res. 43), H889 [11MR]
International relations: encourage efforts to reunite families separated during Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 14), H348 [5FE]
Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2709), H9615 [28OC]
IRS: restrict the authority to examine books and witnesses for purposes of tax administration (see H.R. 2563), H10768 [12NO]
———restructure and reform (see H.R. 2676), H9559 [24OC]
Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H1439 [10AP]
Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered during World War II and acknowledgment of such injustices by the President (see H.R. 2090), H6963 [5SE]
Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve at Mullica River-Great Bay: designate (see H.R. 2630), H8633 [7OC]
Larry Doby Post Office, Paterson, NJ: designate (see H.R. 2116), H6798 [3SE]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H3204 [22MY]
———establish a bill of rights (see H.R. 350), H7263 [11SE]
Libya: jurisdictional immunities relative to jurisdiction of U.S. courts for claims arising out of the destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 (see H.R. 3026), H10957 [13NO]
———reject Arab League resolution urging the easing of U.N. sanctions relative to the refusal to surrender individuals wanted in connection with the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 (see H. Res. 246), H8834 [9OC]
Little League Baseball Inc.: extend benefits and privileges available to nongovernmental international organizations (see H. Con. Res. 107), H8929 [21OC]
Local government: provide for greater local input in transportation planning (see H.R. 1799), H3566 [5JN]
Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 437), H1339 [8AP]
Medicaid: repeal criminal penalties for fraudulent disposition of assets (see H.R. 216), H146 [9JA]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see H.R. 2497), H8633 [7OC]
———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H285 [4FE]
———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 418), H590 [13FE]
———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (see H.R. 625), H408 [10FE]
———provide for an increase in update for certain hospitals with a high proportion of Medicare patients (see H.R. 1673), H3274 [3JN]
———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192), H286 [4FE]
———require HMO's to provide out-of-network services to enrollees (see H.R. 459), H243 [21JA]
———require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care facilities (see H.R. 2754), H9614 [28OC]
Members of Congress: adjust basic pay relative to degree of success in deficit reduction (see H.R. 343), H804 [6MR]
———constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2), H154 [9JA]
———deny Federal retirement annuities to Members convicted of felonies (see H.R. 1613), H2679 [14MY]
Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]
National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3274 [3JN]
National Energy Laboratories Reorganization Commission: establish (see H.R. 1295), H1438 [10AP]
National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 437), H1339 [8AP]
Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain individuals (see H.R. 543), H8300 [1OC]
Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 107), H9558 [24OC]
Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H1392 [9AP]
Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see H. Con. Res. 121), H7601 [18SE]
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), H2446 [8MY]
Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1794 [23AP]
Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 146), H8928 [21OC]
———prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 530), H725 [4MR]
———provide enrollment period for Medicare and Medigap relative to certain military retirees and dependents (see H.R. 598), H1262 [20MR]
Space policy: space station program funding (see H.R. 1423), H1794 [23AP]
Stewart, Jimmy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 109), H4913 [8JY]
Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 2456), H8161 [29SE]
———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H156 [9JA]
———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see H.R. 722), H768 [5MR]
———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 18), H1456 [14AP]
———provide a checkoff on Federal income tax returns for a breast and prostate cancer research fund (see H.R. 209), H9502 [23OC]
Telephones: increase the forfeiture penalty for telephone service slamming and require providers of such service to report slamming incidents (see H.R. 2112), H5022 [9JY]
Terrorism: abduction and detainment of Donald Hutchings and four Western Europeans in Jammu and Kashmir, India (see H. Con. Res. 15), H348 [5FE]
Tobacco products: treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 2385), H6963 [5SE]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (see H.R. 2400), H7911 [25SE]
———provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H156 [9JA]
Turkey: anniversary of the burning of Smyrna (see H. Con. Res. 148), H9801 [30OC]
———protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Con. Res. 6), H245 [21JA]
Veterans: authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to establish a memorial dedicated to soldiers who have died in foreign conflicts other than declared wars (see H.R. 1608), H8265 [30SE]
———determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H4136 [21JN]
———extend benefits to merchant mariners who served during a period of war (see H.R. 2946), H10419 [8NO]
Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H7261 [11SE]
Women: comprehensive pension protection (see H.R. 1496), H2157 [1MY]
Year of the Ocean: observance (see H. Con. Res. 131), H7263 [11SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Coastal Heritage Trail Route: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2125), H5021 [9JY]
Medicare: provide prospective payments for inpatient services relative to rehabilitation hospitals and units (see H.R. 585), H345 [5FE]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5684 [24JY]
Amtrak: authorizing appropriations and management reform (H.R. 2247), H9527 [24OC]
———labor protection and contracting regulations, H9527 [24OC]
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2204), H8893 [21OC]
Dept. of Agriculture: Meals on Wheels Program funding, H5684 [24JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), E1393
Dept. of HHS: increase Senior Citizen Meal Program funding through rescissions in certain family planning programs, H7035
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H8007 [26SE]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7035
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2607), H8782 [9OC]
———waive Davis-Bacon Act requirements relative to school construction and repairs, H8782 [9OC]
FAA: authorize research, engineering, and development programs (H.R. 1271), H1947 [29AP]
Fish and fishing: moratorium on large vessels in Atlantic mackerel or Atlantic herring fisheries (H.R. 1855), E1550
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 54), H3742 [12JN]
Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (H.R. 852), H997 [13MR]
Greece: independence anniversary, H1087
Law enforcement: establish matching grant program to help local governments purchase armor vests for officers (H.R. 2829), E2196
LSC: implement system of case information disclosure, H8007 [26SE]
Medicare: provide prospective payments for inpatient services relative to rehabilitation hospitals and units (H.R. 585), E188
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 2), H473 [12FE]
NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1275), H1841 [24AP]
SBA: disaster relief assistance funding, E1951
Ships and vessels: regulations relative to double-hulled oil tankers, E1393
Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 2261), E1951
Small Business Investment Act: amend (H.R. 2261), E1951
Space policy: space station program funding, H1841 [24AP]
Votes: position on missed, E1017
Resignations
Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House), H596 [25FE]
Tributes
Casale, Sam, E2192
Miller, Glenn, E2192