TIERNEY, JOHN F. (a Representative from Massachusetts)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), H2532 [11MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3338 [25MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Animals: prohibit certain interstate conduct relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1688), H4220 [19JN]
Armed Forces: reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (see H.R. 5212), H4521 [22JN]
Bono: Time (publication) Person of the Year award recipient (see H. Res. 638), H451 [28FE]
Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H451 [28FE]
Committee on Administration Predetermination To Go to War and Manipulation of Intelligence (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 635), H390 [16FE]
CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 4023), H451 [28FE]
Credit cards: protect consumers from unfair practices of issuers (see H.R. 3492), H26 [31JA]
Crime: provide an additional penalty for public officials who abuse their office in furtherance of a felony (see H.R. 5542), H4220 [19JN]
Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H4134 [15JN]
Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H450 [28FE]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H3309 (see H.R. 5201), H3361 [25MY]
Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H3309 (see H.R. 4033), H3361 [25MY]
———increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see H.R. 5022), H5128 [12JY]
Energy Policy Act: repeal provisions (see H.R. 4479), H451 [28FE]
Executive Office of the President: include a line item regarding the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board in the budget (see H.R. 4966), H1059 [15MR]
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), H1563 [5AP]
FCC: expedite and increase assignment of radio spectrum frequencies to public safety agencies (see H.R. 1646), H225 [8FE]
FDA: determine whether to allow marketing of emergency-contraceptive drug Plan B as a prescription drug for women 15 or younger and a nonprescription drug for women 16 or older (see H.R. 4229), H389 [16FE]
Fishery Conservation and Management Act: amend (see H.R. 4940), H874 [13MR]
———reauthorize (see H.R. 5018), H2962 [19MY]
Foreign aid: prohibit U.S. assistance to develop any rail connections or railway-related connections through certain cities in Azerbaijan, Republic of Georgia, and Turkey that exclude cities in Armenia (see H.R. 3361), H3724 [9JN]
Foreign Assistance Act: provide contraceptives in developing countries in order to prevent unintended pregnancies, abortions, and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 4736), H1981 [2MY]
Foreign trade: extend certain trade preferences to least-developed countries (see H.R. 886), H25 [31JA]
FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting fraudulent advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 5052), H3497 [7JN]
Gates, Bill and Melinda: Time (publication) Person of the Year award recipients (see H. Res. 638), H451 [28FE]
Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 4682), H153 [1FE]
Health: encourage enactment of compehensive health care reform legislation (see H. Con. Res. 410), H2961 [19MY]
Higher Education Act: reduce interest rates for student and parent borrowers (see H.R. 5150), H1678 [6AP]
House Rules: protect integrity of the institution of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 659), H24 [31JA]
Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 5501), H4134 [15JN]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: enhance educational services for persons with autism spectrum disorders and expand loan forgiveness for teachers of autistic children (see H.R. 4059), H3424 [6JN]
Investments: regulate over-the-counter trading of energy derivatives (see H.R. 5248), H1916 [27AP]
Law enforcement: provide meaningful civil remedies for victims of the sexual exploitation of children (see H.R. 4703), H160 [7FE]
Medicare: deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 752), H1853 [26AP]
———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H274 [14FE]
———replace the prescription drug benefit with a revised and simplified program for all beneficiaries (see H.R. 4697), H154 [1FE]
Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2833 (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2891 [18MY]
Motor vehicles: require higher standards of automobile fuel efficiency to reduce the amount of oil used for fuel by automobiles in the U.S. by 10 percent beginning in 2016 (see H.R. 3762), H4680 [27JN]
National security: support efforts to track terrorist financing under existing law and express concern over disclosure of classified information on methods by which terrorists are traced (see H. Res. 900), H4916 [29JN]
Paris Wine Tasting: anniversary of U.S. winemakers' victory (see H. Con. Res. 399), H2101 [3MY]
Poverty: affirm commitment and leadership of the U.S. to improve the lives of the world's people living in extreme poverty and conditions of misery (see H. Con. Res. 172), H26 [31JA]
Taxation: expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 1634), H565 [2MR]
Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H225 [8FE]
Remarks
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), H1099 [16MR]
———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), consideration (H. Res. 725), H984, H985 [15MR]
Committees of the House: establish select committee to investigate awarding and carrying out of contracts relative to the war on terrorism and hurricane relief, H984, H985 [15MR], H1099 [16MR]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), H2532 [11MY]
———national missile defense system funding, H2532 [11MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3338 [25MY]
Education: strengthen the compact between States, Federal Government, and institutions of higher learning to address the rising cost of college tuition, E611
———student financial aid programs, E611
Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), consideration (H. Res. 741), E611
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5020), H1792 [26AP]
Minimum wage: level, H4324 [20JN]
National Security Agency: Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants, H1792 [26AP]
Natural gas: establish a rational process for the siting of liquefied natural gas facilities off the Northeast U.S. coast, H3338 [25MY]
Peabody, MA: anniversary of St. Vasilios Greek Orthodox Church, E233
Pensions: ensure that restrictions on funding of benefits for workers and retirees apply to chief executive officers and corporate officers, H2074 [3MY]
———protect accrued benefits of participants during conversions of pension plans to cash balance plans, H1618 [6AP]
———reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), motion to instruct conferees, H724 [8MR], H1618 [6AP], H2074 [3MY]
Terrorism: commend those who have taken part, and declare that the U.S. will prevail, in the Global War on Terror and complete mission to create a sovereign and free Iraq (H. Res. 861), H4046 [15JN]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1676 [6AP]
Reports
``F'' for Missile Defense—How Seven Government Reports in Two Months Illustrate the Need for Missile Defense To Change Its Ways: Victoria Samson, Center for Defense Information, H2533-H2536 [11MY]