Legislation

Sponsored — A bill to exclude United States persons from the definition of “foreign power” under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 relating to international terrorism.

Cosponsored — A resolution reiterating the sense of the Senate regarding Anti-Semitism and religious tolerance in Europe.

Cosponsored — Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2002

Sponsored — National Cyber Security Defense Team Authorization Act

Cosponsored — Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2002

Cosponsored — Community Partnership to End Homelessness Act of 2002

Cosponsored — Inflammatory Bowel Disease Act

Cosponsored — Medicare Hospital Outpatient Department Fair Payment Act of 2002

Cosponsored — Rx Flexibility for States Act

Cosponsored — A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the designation of the week beginning May 19, 2002, as “National Medical Services Week”.

Sponsored — Meat and Poultry Products Safety Improvement Act of 2002

Cosponsored — National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of 2002

Cosponsored — Law Enforcement Tribute Act

Cosponsored — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services within the Department of Health and Human Services relating to modification of the medicaid upper payment limit for non-State government owned or operated hospitals published in the Federal Register on January 18, 2002. and submitted to the Senate on March 15, 2002.

Sponsored — A bill to authorize the use of certain funds to compensate New York City public schools for operating and education-related expenses (including expenses relating to the provision of mental health and trauma counseling and other appropriate support services) resulting from the terrorist attack on that city on September 11, 2001.

Cosponsored — A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 100 Federal Plaza in Central Islip, New York, as the “Alfonse M. D’Amato United States Courthouse”.

Cosponsored — National Construction Safety Team Act of 2002

Sponsored — International Cooperation Against Terrorism Act of 2002

Cosponsored — A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain fine animal hair of Kashmir (cashmere) goats.