TIERNEY, JOHN F. (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5658), H4759 [22MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4137, College Opportunity and Affordability Act, H7280 [29JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 1280), H10132 [26SE]

———prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 6598), H8276 [16SE]

———protect farm animals from cruelty and abuse (see H.R. 6202), H5043 [5JN]

Armed Forces: establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 5740), H2150 [9AP]

———tribute to the 28th Infantry Division (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7308 [29JY]

Boston Celtics (basketball team): tribute (see H. Con. Res. 376), H5864 [23JN]

Business and industry: require disclosure of payments to foreign governments for the extraction of natural resources and allow shareholders more appropriately to determine associated risks (see H.R. 6066), H7629 [30JY]

———require employers to keep records on non-employees who perform labor or services for remuneration and provide a special penalty for employers who misclassify employees (see H.R. 6111), H4453 [21MY]

Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see H.R. 2040), H1031 [25FE]

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. 1507), H622 [6FE]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: condemn sexual violence and call on the international community to take immediate actions to respond to the violence (see H. Res. 1227), H7309 [29JY]

Conservation of energy: impose windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas, allow a tax credit for purchases of fuel-efficient passenger vehicles, and provide grants to reduce mass transit fees (see H.R. 6000), H3402 [8MY]

Continental Congress: anniversary of meeting in Nassau Hall, Princeton, NJ (see H. Con. Res. 351), H7059 [23JY]

Credit: ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures and protect underage consumers (see H.R. 1461), H1772 [14MR]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (see H.R. 5244), H811 [7FE]

Credit cards: limit amount of interchange fee imposed on sale of motor vehicle fuel (see H.R. 6620), H7854 [8SE]

———prohibit issuers from taking unfair advantage of college students and their parents (see H.R. 3347), H1772 [14MR]

Dept. of Defense: develop a comprehensive strategy to increase the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault and rape cases in the military (see H. Con. Res. 397), H8478 [18SE]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 4449), H622 [6FE]

———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (see H.R. 3021), H3186 [7MY]

Dept. of Energy: Weatherization Assistance Program funding (see H.R. 6538), H7165 [24JY]

Dept. of Labor: issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (see H.R. 5522), H2554 [22AP]

Dept. of the Interior: establish production incentive fee for lands leased for oil or natural gas on which production is not occurring and use fees for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects (see H.R. 6256), H6177 [26JN]

———prohibit oil or gas leases on certain tracts in the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf until it is determined whether to list the polar bear as a threatened or endangered species (see H.R. 5058), H814 [7FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program emblematic of prominent civil rights leaders and important events advancing civil rights (see H.R. 6701), H7809 [1AU]

Dept. of Transportation: study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation (see H.R. 5734), H7308 [29JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: modernize disability benefits claims processing system to ensure accurate and timely delivery of compensation to veterans and their families and survivors (see H.R. 5892), H3187 [7MY]

———require forgiveness of certain debts of veterans who die from service-connected disabilities incurred on active duty in a combat zone (see H.R. 5155), H3777 [13MY]

Disabled: ensure individuals with disabilities have access to emerging Internet protocol-based communications and video programming technologies (see H.R. 6320), H7308 [29JY]

Diseases: advance medical research and treatments of pediatric cancers, ensure access to current treatments and information, establish a national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness (see H.R. 1553), H1973 [2AP]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 6567), H8128 [15SE]

———increase Federal commitment to supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment (see H. Res. 353), H5730 [19JN]

Drugs: accelerate efforts to develop vaccines for diseases primarily affecting developing countries (see H.R. 1391), H295 [16JA]

Education: establish an adolescent literacy program (see H.R. 2289), H6674 [16JY]

———expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation that increase school readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental and health delays (see H.R. 2343), H5408 [12JN]

———provide grants for expanded learning time schools and programs (see H.R. 3642), H4151 [19MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see H.R. 4926), H4975 [4JN]

———promote environmental education (see H.R. 3036), H5329 [11JN]

———strengthen mentoring programs (see H.R. 2611), H3186 [7MY]

FCC: prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany (see H.R. 6209), H6089 [25JN]

Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 4838), H2070 [8AP]

Fish and fishing: establish a Federal grant program to provide increased health care coverage to and access for uninsured and underinsured workers and families in the commercial fishing industry (see H.R. 5404), H942 [13FE]

Foreign aid: modernize foreign assistance strategy to promote national and global security, democracy, and economic opportunity (see H. Res. 1268), H5328 [11JN]

GSA: reimburse certain jurisdictions for the costs of obtaining paper ballot voting systems for 2008 general elections and for costs incurred in conducting audits or hand counting results (see H.R. 5036), H871 [12FE]

Hazardous substances: ban sodium fluoroacetate (Compound 1080), collect and destroy remaining stocks, compensate for any turned in for destruction, and prohibit Government use of certain predator control devices (see H.R. 4775), H5215 [10JN]

Higher Education Act: repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 5157), H555 [29JA]

Insurance: provide parity under group health plans and insurance coverage in the provision of benefits for prosthetic devices and components and benefits for other medical and surgical services (see H.R. 5615), H7956 [9SE]

Iraq: express the need for a more comprehensive diplomatic initiative by the U.S., Iraq, and the international community (see H. Con. Res. 321), H6728 [17JY]

Lance Corporal Eric Paul Valdepenas Post Office Building, Seekonk, MA: designate (see H.R. 6874), H8048 [11SE]

LIHEAP: funding (see H.R. 6427), H6728 [17JY] (see H.R. 6538), H7165 [24JY]

Medicaid: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations (see H.R. 5613), H1974 [2AP]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3326), H8128 [15SE]

———provide a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 5268), H6674 [16JY]

———require States to provide hair prostheses for individuals diagnosed with alopecia areata (see H.R. 5936), H6674 [16JY]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1552), H10642 [29SE]

———delay phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor (see H.R. 6873), H8276 [16SE]

———extend increased payments for ground ambulance services (see H.R. 2164), H6674 [16JY]

———impose moratorium on use of recovery audit contractors under the Medicare Integrity Program (see H.R. 4105), H6728 [17JY]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1193), H5111 [9JN]

———provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services (see H.R. 552), H6229 [8JY]

———repeal competitive bidding demonstration project for clinical laboratory services (see H.R. 3453), H2070 [8AP]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3014), H8477 [18SE]

Minute Man National Historical Park: expand boundary to include Barrett's Farm (see H.R. 5853), H5045 [5JN]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2268), H4877 [3JN]

Motor vehicles: determine the maximum feasible fuel economy level achievable for cars and light trucks for a year based on certain gasoline price level projections (see H.R. 6643), H7854 [8SE]

National Cancer Institute: make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer (see H.R. 3689), H6407 [10JY]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 6568), H8276 [16SE]

National Labor Relations Act: apply protections to teaching and research assistants (see H.R. 5838), H2485 [17AP]

National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 369), H3187 [7MY]

National Public Health Week: observance (see H. Res. 1081), H2016 [4AP]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5756), H6674 [16JY]

Nuclear weapons: reduce number and accessibility and prevent proliferation, and direct a portion of the resulting savings towards child survival, hunger and universal education (see H. Res. 1045), H6090 [25JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: prohibit preleasing, leasing, and related activities in the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea Planning Areas unless certain conditions are met (see H.R. 6057), H6728 [17JY]

Pension Protection Act: technical corrections relative to ERISA (see H.R. 6143), H6473 [14JY]

Pittsfield, MA: recognize as home to the earliest known reference to the word ``baseball'' and as the birthplace of college baseball (see H. Res. 1050), H1702 [13MR]

Power resources: regulate certain transactions involving energy commodities and strengthen enforcement authorities of FERC under Natural Gas Act and Federal Power Act (see H.R. 6330), H7165 [24JY]

Primary Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 896), H3404 [8MY]

Privacy: strengthen Federal authority to protect individuals from certain acts and practices in the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers (see H.R. 948), H1772 [14MR]

Public utilities: ensure that the mission and functions of regional transmission organizations and independent system operators include keeping energy costs as low as reasonably possible for consumers (see H.R. 5547), H4322 [20MY]

Recycling: encourage State and local governments to establish plastic bag recycling programs (see H. Res. 1161), H6674 [16JY]

Rocky Marciano Post Office Building, Brockton, MA: designate (see H.R. 5528), H1220 [4MR]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 901), H4832 [22MY]

Seeds of Peace (organization): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 337), H3021 [1MY]

Senior citizens: encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the U.S. (see H.R. 6064), H5111 [9JN]

Social Security: provide for treatment of disability rated and certified as total by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs as disability (see H.R. 2943), H4454 [21MY]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 5447), H3408 [12MY]

Sudan: urge international community to provide the U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur region with tactical and utility helicopters (see H. Res. 1245), H7309 [29JY]

Taxation: allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans (see H.R. 5823), H7956 [9SE]

———increase child care credit and credit for establishing workplace child care and provide incentives for students to earn child care-related degrees and to work in child care facilities (see H.R. 2021), H622 [6FE]

———modify rules relative to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees (see H.R. 5804), H2355 [15AP]

———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1742), H2658 [23AP]

Tobacco products: deter smuggling into the U.S. (see H.R. 5689), H2010 [3AP]

Treaties and agreements: review existing trade agreements, renegotiate such agreements based on the reviews, set terms for future agreements, and strengthen congressional trade policymaking (see H.R. 6180), H5045 [5JN]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1801), H7629 [30JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Credit: establish a credit card safety star rating system for the benefit of consumers (see H.R. 6978), H8477 [18SE]

———protect consumers from usury and unreasonable fees (see H.R. 6977), H8476 [18SE]

National Scleroderma Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1232), H4832 [22MY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1541 [12MR]

Remarks

Courts: allow telecommunications companies dealing with civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance to use classified information in defense of claims against them, H1754 [14MR]

———grant retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies in certain civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance, H1754 [14MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5658), H4760, H4761, H4762 [22MY]

———counter-weapons of mass destruction and terrorism funding through reductions in national missile defense system funding, H4760, H4761, H4762 [22MY]

El Dorado, AR: tribute to El Dorado High School recipients of the Murphy Oil Corp., El Dorado Promise scholarship (H. Res. 1155), H3038 [5MY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 3773), Senate amendment, H1754 [14MR]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 4137), H647 [7FE]

———amend and extend (H.R. 4137), conference report, H7665 [31JY]

———extend programs (S. 2929), H3035, H3036 [5MY]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1168), H3036, H3037 [5MY]

Tributes

Kimbell, Jon, E1101 [23MY]

Orfeo, Marian, E1464 [15JY]