MALONEY, CAROLYN B. (a Representative from New York)
Articles and editorials
Rolling Along—Lobbying Campaign Could Determine Fate of a Hyped Scooter—It Is Illegal on Most Sidewalks, but Maker Has Influence—Will the Segway Sell? David Armstrong and Jerry Guidera, Wall Street Journal, H1174 [10AP]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Africa: recognize the importance of inheritance rights of women (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3668 [18JN]
Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 2908), H6060 [4SE]
Alfonse M. D'Amato U.S. Courthouse, Central Islip, NY: designate (see H.R. 4006), H1002 [19MR]
Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4590), H1672 [25AP]
Animals: ensure use of certain antibiotic drugs in agriculture does not compromise human health by contributing to the development of antibiotic resistance (see H.R. 3804), H1769 [30AP]
———improve enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act as it applies to commercial dog breeders (see H.R. 3058), H562 [26FE]
———prohibit use of polar bears in circuses (see H.R. 3932), H832 [12MR]
Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H907 [13MR]
Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 6), H1156 [9AP]
Baumel, Zachary: anniversary of capture, and calling on Syria and Lebanon to locate and secure return along with other Israeli soldiers missing in action (see H. Con. Res. 417), H3514 [12JN]
Bureau of the Census: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 339), H737 [6MR]
Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 437), H3292 [6JN]
Business and industry: allow a grace period for payment of bills by consumers whose mail service has been disrupted due to a national emergency (see H.R. 3891), H779 [7MR]
———enhance regulation of public auditors, improve corporate governance and overhaul corporate disclosure made pursuant to the securities laws (see H.R. 3818), H650 [28FE]
———provide for enhanced corporate responsibility under securities laws (see H.R. 4083), H1152 [9AP]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7738 [9OC]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see H.R. 4793), H3562 [13JN]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule that lowers the Medicaid upper payment limit for non-State owned or operated hospitals (see H.J. Res. 92), H2471 [14MY]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6059 [4SE]
———ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (see H.R. 1990), H4605 [15JY]
China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 447), H7172 [7OC]
Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 2573), H6777 [26SE]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to responders to the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers, and mint coins recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5138), H4766 [16JY]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3887), H1338 [16AP]
Courts: establish domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women (see H.R. 4091), H3562 [13JN]
Crime: provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 4089), H3562 [13JN]
Dept. of Defense: clothing regulations imposed on female personnel stationed in Saudi Arabia (see H.R. 4714), H2469 [14MY]
Dept. of HHS: support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see H. Con. Res. 385), H2165 [7MY]
Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 5499), H7738 [9OC]
Dept. of Justice: establish a national DNA database for sex offenders and those who commit violent crimes against children (see H.R. 5262), H5994 [26JY]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study of the suitability and feasibility of establishing a Presidential National Historic Site in Hope, AR (see H.R. 3815), H634 [27FE]
———implement final rule to phase out snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park (see H.R. 5044), H4324 [27JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H6983 [2OC]
———recalculate retirement annuities for certain health care professionals performing part-time services (see H.R. 4972), H3774 [20JN]
———suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H907 [13MR]
Diplomats: provide full and complete protection to certain citizens of the U.S. living abroad (see H. Con. Res. 516), H8732 [13NO]
Diseases: combat cancer (see H.R. 4596), H1673 [25AP]
Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H5997 [26JY]
Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see H.R. 4579), H1619 [24AP]
Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4582), H3454 [11JN]
———increase the technically trained workforce (see H.R. 3130), H1003 [19MR]
———provide grants for training of realtime court reporters and closed captioners to meet the requirements for closed captioning set forth in the Telecommunications Act (see H.R. 2527), H1284 [11AP]
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 393), H1483 [18AP]
Executive Office of the President: ensure that requests or petitions for executive clemency are treated as lobbying contacts (see H.R. 5131), H4765 [16JY]
FAA: maintain flight restrictions over major sporting events and other major open assemblies of people (see H.R. 5456), H7019 [3OC]
Fair Credit Reporting Act: ensure that the statute of limitations for actions on identity theft doesn't start until the consumer discovers the problem (see H.R. 3368), H142 [5FE]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: clarify relative to rules of civil procedure (see H.R. 3533), H3562 [13JN]
Families and domestic relations: increase U.S. commitment to the health of the world's mothers and children (see H. Con. Res. 404), H3775 [20JN]
———provide coverage of domestic violence screening and treatment under Maternal and Child Health Program, Medicaid, and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 4032), H7172 [7OC]
FDA: require labeling containing information applicable to pediatric patients (see H.R. 4730), H3669 [18JN]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
Federal employees: ensure that those activated by the National Guard or Reserves shall receive pay equal to the basic pay such individual would otherwise be receiving (see H.R. 3337), H36 [23JA]
———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H3453 [11JN]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 1862), H6559 (see H.R. 5272), H6560 [24SE]
Financial institutions: exempt attorneys from privacy provisions of the law repealing restrictions on the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and insurance companies (see H.R. 5457), H6692 [25SE]
Firearms: improve the national instant criminal background check system (see H.R. 4757), H4069 [26JN]
Fish and fishing: recover depleted fish stocks and promote the long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 2570), H4872 [17JY]
Foreign policy: ensure that the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative substantially increases resources available for human development and poverty reduction in countries eligible for assistance (see H.R. 4524), H5195 [23JY]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 5279), H5995 [26JY]
Government: enhance citizen access to information and services through use of Internet-based information technology (see H.R. 2458), H6777 [26SE]
———ensure confidentiality of statistical information and permit limited sharing of records among designated agencies for statistical purposes (see H.R. 5215), H5789 [25JY]
———reduce improper payments by Federal agencies (see H.R. 4878), H4350 [8JY]
Governors Island National Monument: ratify (see H.R. 4759), H2607 [16MY]
Greece: capture of members of November 17 terrorist group (see H. Con. Res. 479), H6559 [24SE]
———return of the Parthenon Marbles (see H. Con. Res. 436), H4425 [9JY]
Health: emphasize the importance of bone marrow donation and support National Marrow Donor Program and National Marrow Awareness Month (see H. Res. 563), H6777 [26SE]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H. Con. Res. 99), H2019 [1MY]
———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H562 [26FE]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H142 [5FE]
Health care professionals: provide programs to improve nurse retention, the nursing workplace, and the quality of care (see H.R. 4654), H2356 [9MY]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 4113), H3601 [17JN]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H6230 [11SE]
Immigration: refuse U.S. admission to the extended family of international child abductors (see H.R. 5715), H8731 [13NO]
International Women's Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 344), H781 [7MR]
Iron and steel industry: remedy certain injurious effects of steel imports by protecting benefits of steelworkers and retirees and strengthening the U.S. steel industry (see H.R. 4646), H2235 [8MY]
Israel: condemn attempts to boycott Israeli scientific institutions and scholars (see H. Res. 499), H6061 [4SE]
———express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H2101 [2MY]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
John A. (Jack) Shea Post Office Building, Lake Placid, NY: designate (see H.R. 3797), H688 [5MR]
Law enforcement: assess backlog in DNA analysis of rape kit samples and improve investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases with DNA evidence (see H.R. 5394), H6303 [17SE]
———provide grants to States to establish sexual assault response team programs (see H.R. 5514), H6926 [1OC]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H651 [28FE]
Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 5526, 5527), H6982 [2OC]
Los Angeles National Cemetery: designate the Bob Hope Veterans Chapel (see H.R. 4592), H2472 [14MY]
Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4888), H3291 [6JN]
Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (see H.R. 1294), H5453 [24JY]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H6303 [17SE]
———improve access to advanced practice nurses (see H.R. 3594), H285 [12FE]
———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H6085 [5SE]
Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 1490), H6060 [4SE]
———coverage for rehabilitation services provided by State vocational rehabilitation agencies to older, blind individuals (see H.R. 2674), H367 [13FE]
———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 898), H1769 [30AP]
———coverage of paramedic intercept ambulance support services (see H.R. 5511), H8023 [16OC]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 3710), H5087 [22JY]
———make the social HMO a permanent option under Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 2953), H1484 [18AP]
———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 3238), H562 [26FE]
Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Res. 400), H1674 [25AP]
———provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 4728), H2470 [14MY]
———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1338 [16AP]
Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 3624), H1201 [10AP]
National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 3814), H834 [12MR]
National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 5047), H6693 [25SE]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H3038 [23MY]
National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 418), H3562 [13JN]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 390), H2108 [6MY]
National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 346), H1003 [19MR]
National Foundation for the Study of Holocaust Assets: establish (see H.R. 3552), H6172 [10SE]
National Fragile X Research Day: observance (see H. Res. 398), H2235 [8MY]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H1155 [9AP]
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 3741), H2164 [7MY]
National Weather Service: provide overtime pay for forecasters performing essential services during severe weather events and limit Sunday premium pay to hours of service actually performed (see H.R. 2868), H737 [6MR]
New Windsor, NY: recognize and support efforts to develop the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor (see H. Con. Res. 399), H6983 [2OC]
New York: recognize effects of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and express the commitment of the House of Representatives to rebuild (see H. Res. 338), H104 [29JA]
New York, NY: compensate public schools for operating and education-related expenses, including mental health and counseling services, resulting from terrorist attack (see H.R. 4663), H2105 [3MY]
———tribute to Harlem Little League All-Stars baseball team (see H. Con. Res. 468), H6420 [19SE]
———tribute to workers for their rescue, recovery, and clean-up efforts at the site of the World Trade Center and the Fresh Kills Landfill (see H. Res. 492), H4931 [18JY]
NIH: uterine fibroid research funding (see H.R. 1672), H1003 [19MR]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Jimmy Carter for peace (see H. Res. 588), H7929 [15OC]
Nuclear weapons: encourage end to the threat of nuclear destruction (see H.J. Res. 97), H3514 [12JN]
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight: provide funding in the same manner as other financial institutions' regulatory agencies (see H.R. 5696), H8035 [21OC]
OMB: establish a Federal Chief Information Officer (see H.R. 2458), H6777 [26SE]
Peter J. Ganci, Jr., Post Office Building, Farmingdale, NY: designate (see H.R. 5336), H6084 [5SE]
PLO: impose certain travel and diplomatic sanctions on officials in the U.S., seize assets in the U.S., and require a report on any acts of terrorism until a peace plan is implemented (see H.R. 4693), H3825 [21JN]
Presidential Records Act: establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionality based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records (see H.R. 4187), H1282 [11AP]
Public Health Service Act: amend to provide services for the prevention of family violence (see H.R. 4916), H7172 [7OC]
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 (see H.R. 5334), H7895 [10OC]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3113), H201 [6FE]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H6559 [24SE]
Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 5573), H7303 [8OC]
Rowley, Coleen: tribute (see H. Res. 436), H3292 [6JN]
SEC: permit certain funds assessed for securities laws violations to be used to compensate employees who are victims of excessive pension fund investments in employers stock (see H.R. 3634), H524 [14FE]
Social Security: improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2356 [9MY]
———improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3675), H140 [5FE]
———protect trust funds by ensuring the Government repays its debts to the trust funds (see H.R. 5252), H7303 [8OC]
———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H833 [12MR]
———treatment of monthly survivor benefits and lump sum death benefits relative to receipt of compensation by victims of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 5330), H6230 [11SE]
Somerset County, PA: authorize a national memorial to commemorate the heroism of the passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 (see H.R. 3917), H3775 [20JN]
Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see H.R. 4483), H2735 [21MY]
Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1598), H1674 [25AP]
———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. 2125), H3453 [11JN]
———allow personal exemptions against the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 596), H4766 [16JY]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H3292 [6JN]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see H.R. 1596), H3037 [23MY]
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend and expand (see H.R. 5089), H4497 [10JY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
———compensate victims of bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa on the same basis as compensation is provided to victims of attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3375), H367 [13FE]
Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 5717), H8731 [13NO]
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund: tribute (see H. Res. 581), H7894 [10OC]
Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 5264), H5994 [26JY]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (see H.R. 3670), H2945 [22MY]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H524 [14FE]
Turkey: reopening of Orthodox Theological School of Halki in order to promote religious freedom (see H. Con. Res. 345), H833 [12MR]
Ukrainian Congress Committee of America: authorize the establishment of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933 (see H.R. 5289), H6061 [4SE]
Unemployment: extend period of availability of unemployment assistance in the case of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3986), H937 [18MR]
———extend the period of availability of assistance under the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act for victims of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 5152), H4872 [17JY]
———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 5491), H8023 [16OC]
Veterans: improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 3430), H1155 [9AP]
———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 1232), H2945 [22MY]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5998 [26JY]
Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 1092), H5194 [23JY]
Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (see H.R. 3193), H6060 [4SE]
Water: establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to control and eradicate invasive species, educate the public, and restore ecosystems (see H.R. 5395), H6373 [18SE]
———establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (see H.R. 5396), H6373 [18SE]
Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]
Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]
Women: ratify equal rights amendment as part of the Constitution upon ratification by certain State legislatures (see H. Res. 98), H2357 [9MY]
———recognize the importance of sports in fostering leadership ability and success (see H. Res. 485), H4605 [15JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Children's Development Commission (Kiddie Mac): establish (see H.R. 5291), H5995 [26JY]
Citizenship: accord honorary citizenship to certain alien victims of terrorist attacks against the U.S. and grant citizenship to the alien spouses and children of certain victims of such attacks (see H.R. 5294), H5996 [26JY]
Dept. of Education: provide grants to local educational agencies for disaster relief (see H.R. 5676), H8022 [16OC]
Dept. of HUD: insure mortgages for acquisition, construction, or substantial rehabilitation of child care and development facilities (see H.R. 5291), H5995 [26JY]
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: reauthorize temporary mortgage and rental payments program (see H.R. 5378), H6250 [12SE]
Disasters: modify terms of the community disaster loan program (see H.R. 5523), H6982 [2OC]
Federal contracts: improve Federal agency oversight and assistance and strengthen accountability of the governmentwide debarment and suspension system (see H.R. 5292), H5996 [26JY]
Federal employees: ensure one-half of leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child shall be leave with pay (see H.R. 3915), H780 [7MR]
Greece: recognize and appreciate significance, heroism, and sacrifice of the people of Crete during World War II and commend the PanCretan Association of America (see H. Res. 592), H8023 [16OC]
Power resources: provide regulatory oversight over energy trading markets (see H.R. 3914), H780 [7MR]
States: address domestic and sexual violence in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs (see H.R. 4655), H2100 [2MY]
Stem Cell Research Board: establish (see H.R. 4011), H1087 [20MR]
Taxation: treatment of Federal funds used for relief and revitalization of New York, NY, after terrorist attacks (see H.R. 5624), H7893 [10OC]
Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks or other major disasters affecting homeland security (see H.R. 5164), H4931 [18JY]
U.N.: provide for permanent guidelines for voluntary U.S. contributions to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 5293), H5996 [26JY]
———restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 3916), H780 [7MR]
Letters
Clothing regulations imposed on female Armed Forces personnel stationed in Saudi Arabia: several Representatives, H2425 [14MY]
Women's Educational Equity Act funding in honor of Patsy T. Mink: several Members of Congress, H6898 [1OC]
Lists
Greek Independence Day Parade, New York, NY, Board of Directors, H978 [19MR]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 4965), H5360 [24JY]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 4965), consideration (H. Res. 498), H5351 [24JY]
Agency for Immigration Affairs: simplify information technology procurement procedures, H1663 [25AP]
Air pollution: tribute to Clean Air Communities Project Partners, E1784
AKTINA Productions Inc.: tribute, E350
Alfonse M. D'Amato U.S. Courthouse, Central Islip, NY: designate (H.R. 4006), H2120
Amtrak: funding, H4038
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), E937
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), conference report, H5229
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7389 [9OC]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H1595
Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities funding through reductions in Dept. of the Interior funding, H4807 [17JY]
Berenson, Lori H.: call for release from Peruvian prison, E1443
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, E1878
Bureau of the Census: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 339), H816
Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H1585 [24AP]
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, H5321 [24JY], H5461, H5464 [25JY]
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), motion to instruct conferees, H4844 [17JY]
Butler, Denis: Greater Astoria Historical Society naming as honorary Mayor of Long Island City, E1996
Catholic Home Bureau: tribute, E1637
Children's Development Commission (Kiddie Mac): establish (H.R. 5291), E1427
Clergy: ensure that chaplains killed in the line of duty receive public safety officer death benefits (H.R. 3297), E1036
Coins: clarify the sources of silver for bullion coins (H.R. 4846), H3912 [25JN]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to responders to the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers, and mint coins recognizing the heroic efforts (H.R. 5138), H5025 [22JY]
Crime: establish that certain sexual crimes against children are predicate crimes for the interception of communications (H.R. 1877), H2678 [21MY]
———treatment of crimes involving the transportation of persons and sex tourism (H.R. 4477), H3886
Cyprus: anniversary of Turkish occupation, H4920 [18JY], E1287
———independence anniversary, E1762
———membership in European Union (H. Con. Res. 164), E1762
Dept. of Defense: clothing regulations imposed on female personnel stationed in Saudi Arabia (H.R. 4714), H2425 [14MY]
Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (H.R. 1620), E488
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (H.R. 1784), H6267
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5807, H5808
———establish (H.R. 5005), consideration (H. Res. 502), H5631
———establish (H.R. 5710), E2105
———rights of union employees transferring into department, H5807, H5808
Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (H.R. 2941), H3098
———insure mortgages for acquisition, construction, or substantial rehabilitation of child care and development facilities (H.R. 5291), E1427
Dept. of Justice: first responders funding, E937
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4748 [16JY], H4807 [17JY]
Dept. of the Treasury: produce certain security documents at the request of foreign governments or States or any political subdivision thereof, on a reimbursable basis (H.R. 2509), H959 [19MR]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), consideration (H. Res. 488), H4915
Digital Tech Corps Act: prohibit access to trade secrets or any nonpublic information by private sector executives and establish a Federal information technology training program, H1174 [10AP]
Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (H.R. 2629), E731
———combat cancer (H.R. 4596), E1878
Donaghy, James and Colleen: Catholic Home Bureau Child of Peace Award recipient, E1637
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent the exclusion of reparations received by Holocaust survivors or their heirs or estates (H.R. 4823), H3092
———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (H.R. 4800), H3094
Ethnic groups: recognize the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and commend the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (H. Res. 377), E500
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (H. Res. 393), H4387
Eximbank: extend authority (S. 2019), H956 [19MR]
———extend authority (S. 2248), H1707 [30AP]
———reauthorize (H.R. 2871), H1783 [1MY]
———reauthorize (S. 1372), conference report, H3175 [5JN]
Federal contracts: improve Federal agency oversight and assistance and strengthen accountability of the governmentwide debarment and suspension system (H.R. 5292), E1439
Federal employees: establish an exchange program between the Government and the private sector to improve information technology management (H.R. 3925), H1174 [10AP]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing prescription drug coverage, H4915
Financial institutions: exempt attorneys from privacy provisions of the law repealing restrictions on the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and insurance companies (H.R. 5457), H6686
———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 3717), H2797 [21MY]
Foreign aid: authorize economic and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan and military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign countries (H.R. 3994), H2756 [21MY]
Gramercy Neighborhood Associates, Inc.: anniversary, E1
Greater Astoria Historical Society: tribute, E1996
Greek Americans: tribute to individuals involved in rescue efforts surrounding the attack on the World Trade Center, E901
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: observance, H978 [19MR], E901
Holocaust: remembrance, E488
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), H1663 [25AP]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), conference report, H8804 [14NO]
———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), motion to instruct conferees, E1590
———require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (H.R. 1809), E1878
IRS: protect taxpayers and ensure accountability (H.R. 3991), E490
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), H2086 [2MY]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (H.R. 5427), E1787
John J. Harvey (vessel): tribute, E99
Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (H.R. 1624), E1878
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4045
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (H. Res. 465), H4173 [27JN]
———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (H.R. 1354), E1878
Mink, Patsy T.: tribute (H. Res. 566), H6897 [1OC]
Monuments and memorials: New York historical forts preservation funding, H4748 [16JY]
Napolitano, George: Holy Name Society Immaculate Conception Parish Man of the Year award recipient, E791
Native American Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal, H3615 [18JN]
New Alternatives for Children, Inc.: anniversary, E1658
New York, NY: allocation of funds relative to terrorist attacks, H5229
———anniversary of Turtle Bay Association, E1792
———anniversary of YMCA, E942
———Hospital for Special Surgery receipient of New York State Hospital Patient Safety Award, E651
———tribute to 23d Street Association honorees, E2000
———tribute to Long Island City YMCA, E1915
———tribute to Lower East Side People's Federal Credit Union, E593
———tribute to Uniformed Fire Officers Association, E523
———tribute to workers for their rescue, recovery, and clean-up efforts at the site of the World Trade Center (H. Res. 424), H2804, H2805 [21MY]
Notskas, Chrysi Kleopa: Panpaphian Association of America Member of the Year recipient, E95
Onorato, George: Kiwanis Club of Astoria/Long Island City Public Service Award recipient, E787
Pappas, Peter J.: Panpaphian Association of America Evagoras Pallikarides Award of Merit recipient, E95
Perno, George and Linda: Kiwanis Club of Astoria/Long Island City Kiwanians of the Year award recipients, E788
Pistilli, Jospeh: Kiwanis Club of Astoria/Long Island City Community Service Award recipient, E806
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H374, H407 [13FE]
———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), consideration (H. Res. 344), H262 [12FE]
Population Council: anniversary, E941
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (H.R. 3487), E1451
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2538 [16MY]
Search and Care (nonprofit organization): anniversary, E103
SEC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3764), H3906 [25JN]
Sioux Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3250), H3615 [18JN]
Social Security: provide miscellaneous enhancements in benefits for women (H.R. 4069), H2422
Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery, H506
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H765
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H506
Terrorism: allow offering of indemnity to companies that sell anti-terrorism technology and services to Federal, State, and local governments, H5833 [26JY]
———anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6198
———provide satisfaction of judgements from frozen assets of terrorists, terrorist organizations, and State sponsors of terrorism, E1590
Unemployment: extend period of availability of unemployment assistance in the case of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 3986), H962 [19MR]
———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H506
Votes: position on missed, E123
Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), conference report, H7847 [10OC]
Western Queens Gazette (publication): anniversary, E1007
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (H.J. Res. 40), E731
———require peace, reconstruction, and relief activities in Afghanistan and other Central Asian countries comply with basic human rights, H2756 [21MY]
World War II: anniversary of the Battle of Crete, H2806 [21MY]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1000 [19MR], H1617 [24AP], H2732 [21MY], H4065 [26JN], H4495 [10JY], H4929 [18JY], H6923 [1OC]
Statements
It Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better: Peter L. Gorman, Uniformed Fire Officers Association of New York, E115
Tributes
Catsimatidis, Margo, E789
Emerman, Anne, E1005
Farrell, John J., E135
Ferraro, Geraldine, E731
Gilman, Representative, E1785
Goodman, Roy M., E655
Green, Bill, H7950 [16OC]
Gund, Agnes, E946
Hughes, Owen, E1005
Kaplan, Ann, E1666
Nunziato, Lucy, E710
Snyder, Harold, E653
Stern, Robert H., E412
Wackstein, Nancy, E1620