BRADY, ROBERT A. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Alex's Lemonade Stand Days: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 368), H1918 [27AP]
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 384), H1679 [6AP]
Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 5229), H1915 [27AP]
Armed Forces: payment of mental health counselors under TRICARE (see H.R. 1358), H2102 [3MY]
———prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1743 [25AP]
Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission: extend (see H.R. 4586), H1320 [29MR]
China, People's Republic of: expand diplomatic infrastructure and economic competitiveness of U.S. interests (see H.R. 5199), H2175 [4MY]
Coast Guard: require a security plan for a maritime facility be resubmitted for approval upon transfer of ownership or operation of such facility (see H.R. 4880), H571 [6MR]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H2586 [11MY]
CPSC: confirm jurisdiction relative to releasing systems on residential window bars and to establish a consumer product safety standard ensuring such bars include a quick-release mechanism (see H.R. 5339), H5128 [12JY]
Credit: establish requirements on the terms of consumer credit extended to an Armed Forces member or the dependent of a member (see H.R. 97), H4958 [10JY]
Crime: strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H154 [1FE]
Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H4555 [26JN]
Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H274 [14FE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: develop and implement the Responsive Emergency Alert and Dissemination of Information Call (READICall) System (see H.R. 2101), H389 [16FE]
———establish a Directorate of Emergency Management (see H.R. 5351), H4521 [22JN]
———implement Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative and other registered traveler programs (see H.R. 5536), H4958 [10JY]
Dept. of HUD: make funding for the housing choice voucher program more reliable and predictable at the local level (see H.R. 5233), H4680 [27JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: employ additional categories of mental health professionals (see H.R. 5396), H5047 [11JY]
Disasters: protect disaster assistance employee reservists activated by FEMA from demotion or termination in their places of employment (see H.R. 4998), H1129 [16MR]
Diseases: expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 3616), H5047 [11JY]
———increase Federal commitment to supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment (see H. Res. 863), H3909 [13JN]
———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 5225), H3425 [6JN]
Education: ensure Pell Grant eligibility for any student whose parent or guardian died as a result of military service in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 5733), H5047 [11JY]
Election Assistance Commission: make grants to States to restore and replace election administration supplies, materials, and equipment which were damaged as a result of Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (see H.R. 4140), H274 [14FE]
Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 4156), H509 [1MR]
Expedited Funds Availability Act: redress imbalances between faster withdrawals permitted under the Check 21 Act and slower rates for crediting deposits (see H.R. 799), H225 [8FE]
FAA: replace Administrator's arbitrary authority to impose wages and working conditions with neutral binding arbitration in the case of an impasse in labor-management negotiations (see H.R. 4755), H1743 [25AP]
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: improve safety of mines and mining (see H.R. 5432), H3227 [24MY]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 1356), H1196 [28MR]
Firefighters: recognize and honor contributions throughout U.S. history (see H. Res. 764), H1682 [6AP]
Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 4465), H274 [14FE]
France: condemn naming of street in Denis, France, honoring Mumia Abu-Jamal (see H. Con. Res. 407), H3309 (see H. Con. Res. 407), H3362 [25MY]
H. Gordon Payrow Post Office Building, Bethlehem, PA: designate (see H.R. 4786), H388 [16FE]
Health: encourage enactment of compehensive health care reform legislation (see H. Con. Res. 410), H2961 [19MY]
———encourage school-based programs to reduce and prevent childhood obesity, promote increased physical activity, and improve nutritional choices (see H.R. 4860), H1743 [25AP]
———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums (see H.R. 2072), H3424 [6JN]
———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H1742 [25AP]
———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (see H.R. 3034), H4328 [20JN]
Housing: modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the FHA to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers (see H.R. 5121), H3424 [6JN]
Intelligence services: reiterate that certain statutes are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted (see H.R. 5371), H2833 (see H.R. 5371), H2891 [18MY]
Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H790 [8MR]
Iraq: disapprove granting of amnesty to persons known to have attacked, kidnapped, wounded, or killed members of the U.S. Armed Forces or U.S. citizens (see H.J. Res. 90), H5128 [12JY]
John Paul Hammerschmidt Post Office Building, Harrison, AR: designate (see H.R. 4811), H449 [28FE]
King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H156 [1FE]
Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3476), H451 [28FE]
Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 354), H572 [6MR]
Medicare: eliminate adjustments in payments for imaging services (see H.R. 5238), H3425 [6JN]
———prohibit removal of covered drugs from prescription drug plan formularies during the plan year (see H.R. 5102), H1562 [5AP]
———provide for a budget-neutral two-year moratorium on certain physician payment reductions for imaging services (see H.R. 5704), H4794 [28JN]
———waive waiting period for coverage of individuals disabled with distant stage cancer (see H.R. 5615), H4796 [28JN]
Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 401), H3138 [23MY]
Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H1197 [28MR]
Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2048), H1853 [26AP]
National Archives and Records Administration: establish database to preserve servitude, emancipation, and post-Civil War reconstruction records and provide grants to establish similar State and local databases (see H.R. 5216), H1915 [27AP]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: provide funding for the study and prevention of breast cancer in younger women (see H.R. 987), H1059 [15MR]
National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (see H.R. 4954), H972 [14MR]
———request the President, and direct the Dept. of Homeland Security, to provide certain documents in their possession relative to the Dubai Ports World (company) acquisition of certain U.S. commercial port leases (see H. Res. 718), H867 [9MR]
National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H. Res. 779), H1852 [26AP]
Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see H.R. 4597), H4958 [10JY]
Nicodemus, KS: recognize contributions to American history (see H. Res. 884), H4681 [27JN]
Outer Continental Shelf: terminate effect of laws prohibiting spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities (see H.R. 4318), H2102 [3MY]
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 745), H1744 [25AP]
Parks, Gordon R.A.: tribute (see H. Res. 720), H1198 [28MR]
Public Health Service Act: expand and improve traumatic brain injury programs (see H.R. 5738), H4915 [29JN]
Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 1249), H565 [2MR]
Robert Linn Memorial Post Office Building, Beaver, PA: designate (see H.R. 4768), H2102 [3MY]
Saudi Arabia: halt support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, and secure full cooperation in the investigation of terrorist incidents (see H.R. 2037), H4958 [10JY]
Shipping industry: prohibit the entry of ocean shipping containers into the U.S. unless such containers have been scanned and sealed before loading on the vessel for shipment (see H.R. 4899), H790 [8MR]
Sudan: condemn attacks on civilians, call on all parties to abide by the ceasefire agreement, approve peacekeeping forces, and urge the U.S. to help improve security in the Darfur region (see H. Res. 723), H1391 [30MR]
Surface Transportation Assistance Act: clarify that the Buy America provision applies to an entire bridge project (see H.R. 4712), H2586 [11MY]
Taxation: repeal certain oil and gas subsidies and appropriate the proceeds to double certain alternative energy incentives (see H.R. 4623), H1917 [27AP]
Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 3427), H3497 [7JN]
Ukraine: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 1053), H645 [7MR]
Ukrainian American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 769), H25 [31JA]
Veterans: establish a financial assistance program to facilitate provision of supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing (see H.R. 4746), H509 [1MR]
———expand and enhance educational assistance for survivors and dependents (see H.R. 4361), H509 [1MR]
———expand and make permanent the benefit for governmental markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries (see H.R. 5499), H3497 [7JN]
———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 4843), H4520 [22JN]
———provide that World War II merchant mariners who were awarded the Mariners Medal are provided the same eligibility for Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care as Purple Heart recipients (see H.R. 5758), H5046 [11JY]
Veterans' Right To Know Commission: establish (see H.R. 4259), H1453 [4AP]
Voting: permit individuals to use a national write-in absentee ballot to cast votes in elections for Federal office (see H.R. 4141), H274 [14FE]
———protect voting rights and improve the administration of Federal elections (see H.R. 533), H4795 [28JN]
Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2585 [11MY]
Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 4747), H4958 [10JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Armed Forces: enhance protection of credit ratings of active duty military personnel who are activated for service (see H.R. 4984), H1128 [16MR]
National Constitution Center: provide for operation (see H.R. 5492), H3307 (see H.R. 5492), H3359 [25MY]
Remarks
American Red Cross Month: observance, E166
Consular Corps Association of Philadelphia: tribute, E798
Delaware River Power Squadron: anniversary, E163
Philadelphia, PA: anniversary of Porter's Day Care & Educational Center, E951
———anniversary of St. Casimir's Catholic War Veterans of the U.S.A., Inc., Post #652, E394
———tribute to Stoddart-Fleisher Middle School, E798
Philadelphia Gay News (publication): anniversary, E1
Tributes
Berger, Marty, E1212
Bowser, Charles W., E453
Bradley, Patrick J., E167
Green, Ileen, E164
Saidel, Jonathan A., E1047