ADLER, JOHN H. (a Representative from New Jersey)

Amendments

Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3221), H9681 [17SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2648), H6904 [16JN]

Animals: prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H15503 [16DE]

———prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1326), H15503 [16DE]

Armed Forces: authorize taxpayers to designate a portion of tax payments to a National Military Family Relief Fund to assist families of members who are serving in, or have served in, Iraq or Afghanistan (see H.R. 1175), H12364 [4NO]

———enhance readiness by replacing current ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy concerning homosexuality with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (see H.R. 1283), H9056 [29JY]

———ensure that Reserve members who have served on active duty or performed certain active service receive credit toward early receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see H.R. 208), H486 [22JA]

———express condolences to families and friends of victims of shooting at the combat stress clinic at Camp Liberty, Iraq (see H. Res. 471), H6013 [21MY]

———guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency (see H.R. 1182), H9397 [9SE]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1209), H4840 [27AP]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 816), H1248 [11FE]

———provide pay increase for members of uniformed services (see H.R. 1864), H4396 [1AP]

———recognize significant contributions of the Military Working Dog (MWD) Program (see H. Res. 812), H13069 [17NO]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 1695), H8809 [24JY]

Bishop Ralph E. Brower Post Office Building, Jersey City, NJ: designate (see H.R. 657), H485 [22JA]

Budget: extend discretionary spending caps and pay-as-you-go for direct spending (see H.R. 2116), H6619 [11JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 12), H91 [8JA]

Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see H.R. 2480), H15503 [16DE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H6267 [4JN]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a National Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Program (see H.R. 3650), H13521 [3DE]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 745), H5892 [20MY]

———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H6266 [4JN]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit U.S. Attorneys and assistant U.S. Attorneys from acting as or working for corporate monitors for specified periods after their Federal service (see H.R. 4283), H14826 [11DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: clarify treatment of dividends paid on shares of preferred stock issued by financial institutions which received financial assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 3020), H13267 [18NO]

———provide for additional monitoring and accountability of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 1242), H9442 [10SE]

———repeal authority to extend the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 4171), H13521 [3DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 2254), H13467 [2DE]

———deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 3787), H11166 [8OC]

———establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H5400 [7MY]

———expand the capability to provide for the medical care needs of veterans in southern New Jersey (see H.R. 1416), H3402 [12MR]

———include certain active duty service in the Reserve components as qualifying service for purposes of the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 3554), H9492 [14SE]

———make certain improvements in benefits laws (see H.R. 3949), H12043 [28OC]

———make certain improvements in insurance and health care programs (see H.R. 3219), H8183 [15JY]

———prohibit collection of certain copayments from catastrophically disabled veterans (see H.R. 1335), H4525 [2AP]

———provide a plot allowance for spouses and children of certain veterans buried in State cemeteries (see H.R. 2594), H8100 [14JY]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see H.R. 1016), H2603 [23FE]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 775), H5400 [7MY]

———restore plot allowance eligibility for veterans of any war and restore headstone or marker allowance for eligible persons (see H.R. 4044), H12586 [6NO]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (see H.R. 11), H91 [8JA]

Diseases: improve and enhance research and programs on childhood cancer survivorship (see H.R. 2109), H6415 [9JN]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see H.R. 1740), H4251 [31MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 213), H382 [15JA]

Education: encourage teaching of U.S. Constitution to high school students in their senior year (see H. Res. 686), H9397 [9SE]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 3017), H7447 [25JN]

Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2517), H7250 [24JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1549), H15503 [16DE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (see H.R. 2093), H4733 [23AP]

Filipino American History Month: observance (see H. Res. 780), H11740 [23OC]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H2925 [3MR]

Fish and fishing: extend authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries (see H.R. 1584), H3640 [18MR]

Food: ensure safety (see H.R. 1332), H3528 [17MR]

Foreign policy: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 252), H5401 [7MY]

FRS: reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported (see H.R. 1207), H5308 [6MY]

Gambling: delay compliance date for certain regulations relative to prohibition on funding of unlawful Internet gambling (see H.R. 2266), H8356 [17JY]

———provide for Dept. of the Treasury licensing of Internet gambling, consumer protections, and enforcement of the tax code (see H.R. 2267), H8356 [17JY]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: urge Brazil to comply and return Sean Goldman to David Goldman and review procedures available to obtain the return of abducted children (see H. Res. 125), H1608 [13FE]

Health: establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of health plans and make health coverage more affordable and accessible (see H.R. 2360), H5484 [12MY]

———expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions, and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 463), H194 [13JA]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 873), H3105 [9MR]

———provide for health insurance coverage premium discounts for healthy behavior and improvements toward healthy behavior (see H.R. 3472), H9491 [14SE]

———provide for the licensure of biosimilar and interchangeable biological products (see H.R. 1548), H5485 [12MY]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 1551), H15503 [16DE]

Hillerich & Bradsby Co.: anniversary of production of Louisville Slugger baseball bat (see H. Res. 314), H5793 [19MY]

Hinduism: recognize the holiday of Diwali (see H. Res. 798), H11740 [23OC]

Independence Day: support a national and international celebration commemorating the 250th anniversary of the birth of the U.S., focused on the Greater Philadelphia, PA, Region (see H. Res. 986), H15502 [16DE]

Investments: increase transparency and regulatory requirements for trading certain derivative financial instruments (see H.R. 3300), H8585 [22JY]

Iran: authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector (see H.R. 1327), H3749 [23MR]

———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H5582 [13MY]

Iraq: support religious and ethnic minorities (see H. Res. 944), H13520 [3DE]

Israel: support right of self-defense against terrorism in the Gaza Strip, encourage certain actions by Hamas, protect innocent civilians, and promote the Israeli-Palestinian peace process (see H. Res. 34), H163 [9JA]

Johnson, Jim: tribute (see H. Res. 693), H9671 [16SE]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 1409), H3144 [10MR]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 49), H8496 [21JY]

Madagascar: condemn illegal extraction of natural resources (see H. Res. 839), H11740 [23OC]

Medicaid: allow States to permit certain eligible individuals who have extremely high annual lifelong orphan drug costs to continue on Medicaid notwithstanding increased income (see H.R. 1441), H9281 [31JY]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 1616), H7250 [24JN]

Medicare: continue using current practice expense relative value units for certain cardiology services (see H.R. 4371), H15500 [16DE]

———require continued application of budget neutrality on a national basis in calculation of the urban and rural State hospital wage index floor (see H.R. 2525), H5891 [20MY]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 156), H33 [6JA] (see H.R. 1597), H3749 [23MR] (see H.R. 4255), H14877 [14DE]

Morristown National Historical Park: authorize expansion (see H.R. 118), H7705 [26JN]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2421), H7086 [19JN]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H6904 [16JN]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see H.R. 2245), H8025 [13JY]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see H.R. 2554), H6008 [21MY]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 40), H1249 [11FE] (see H. Res. 178), H1607 [13FE]

National Estuaries Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 710), H9280 [31JY]

National Military Family Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 861), H13069 [17NO]

National Oilheat Research Alliance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3589), H13386 [1DE]

NIH: establish Office of Mitochondrial Medicine (see H.R. 3502), H9278 [31JY]

Nobel Prize: recognition of President Obama for peace (see H. Res. 864), H14744 [10DE]

Oceans: adopt national policies and pursue international agreements to prevent ocean acidification, and study its impacts and effects on marine ecosystems and coastal economies (see H. Res. 989), H15502 [16DE]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1243), H4397 [1AP]

Patricia D. McGinty-Juhl Post Office Building, Harrison, NJ: designate (see H.R. 3539), H9341 [8SE]

Postal Service: allow payment of share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (see H.R. 22), H2980 [4MR]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 1925), H10408 [30SE]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 413), H15503 [16DE]

Radio: provide parity in performance rights to artists for use of their sound recordings (see H.R. 848), H2926 [3MR]

———provide parity in performance rights to artists for use of their sound recordings, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 848), H9208 [30JY]

Read for the Record Day: designate (see H. Res. 741), H9490 [14SE]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1618), H8100 [14JY]

———reduce Federal highway funds available to States that do not enact a law prohibiting an individual from writing, sending, or reading text messages while operating a motor vehicle (see H.R. 3535), H13386 [1DE]

Rosenzveig, Charles H.: tribute (see H. Res. 283), H3835 [24MR]

Safety: express importance of swimming lessons and recognize danger of drowning among minority children (see H. Res. 57), H4064 [26MR]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H2925 [3MR]

Susan G. Komen for the Cure (organization): observe anniversary of Susan G. Komen National Race for the Cure and commend transition to Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure (see H. Con. Res. 109), H6016 [21MY]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for volunteer members of volunteer firefighting and emergency medical service organizations (see H.R. 2601), H6011 [21MY]

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see H.R. 2452), H11458 [15OC]

———allow dealers in real estate to use the installment sales method (see H.R. 3440), H9275 [31JY]

———allow deduction for real property taxes on the principal residences to all individuals whether or not they itemize other deductions (see H.R. 1716), H4026 [25MR]

———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. 1203), H3706 [19MR]

———extend employer wage credit for employees who are active duty members of Armed Forces (see H.R. 4042), H12586 [6NO]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2625), H12588 [6NO]

———extend the standard deduction for real property taxes and adjust such deduction for inflation (see H.R. 2725), H6264 [4JN]

———increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 1552), H5671 [15MY]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1831), H9807 [22SE]

———provide for rollover of gain from divesting certain qualified securities of businesses engaged in Iran or Sudan discouraged activities (see H.R. 3516), H9279 [31JY]

———provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 537), H13386 [1DE]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see H.R. 690), H13466 [2DE]

———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1194), H3056 [5MR]

Tay-Sachs Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 692), H9671 [16SE]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H4688 [22AP]

———restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1521), H6076 [2JN]

Truth in Lending Act: prohibit unfair practices in electronic payment system networks (see H.R. 2382), H6015 [21MY]

U.N.: condemn Human Rights Council report alleging Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity relative to operations in the Gaza Strip (see H. Res. 867), H12198 [2NO]

U.S. Air Force Academy: anniversary of first graduating class (see H. Con. Res. 139), H11168 [8OC]

Veterans: clarify meaning of ``combat with the enemy'' for purposes of service-connection of disabilities (see H.R. 952), H5485 [12MY]

———enhance burial benefits (see H.R. 4045), H12587 [6NO]

———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 333), H5485 [12MY]

———improve and enhance mental health benefits, counseling, and other benefits available to veterans and survivors (see H.R. 2698), H12142 [29OC]

Veterans Day: encourage greater recognition (see H. Res. 89), H526 [26JA]

VFW Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 483), H6013 [21MY]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see H. Res. 234), H3707 [19MR]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2014), H4580 [21AP]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see H.R. 347), H922 [3FE]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2000), H13266 [18NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

al-Megrahi, Abdel Baset: condemn release of convicted terrorist from a prison in Scotland to return home to Libya (see H. Res. 732), H9442 [10SE]

Contracts: use Federal supply schedules for purchase of goods or services from small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans to meet certain contracting goals (see H.R. 2415), H5664 [14MY]

Dept. of HUD: make improvements to FHA mortgage insurance programs (see H.R. 3146), H7945 [9JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make certain improvements in administration of medical facilities (see H.R. 4062), H12971 [7NO]

———prohibit recovery or collection of charges from a third party for hospital care or medical services provided to a veteran for a service-connected disability (see H.R. 1591), H3640 [18MR]

———use Federal supply schedules for purchase of goods or services from small businesses owned and controlled by veterans or service-disabled veterans to meet certain contracting goals (see H.R. 2416), H5664 [14MY]

District of Columbia: authorize Gold Star Mothers National Monument Foundation to establish a national monument (see H.R. 4197), H13519 [3DE]

Economy: provide economic recovery payments to recipients of Social Security, railroad retirement, and veterans disability benefits (see H.R. 746), H777 [28JA]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: exclude certain small health care practices from Red Flag Guidelines (see H.R. 2345), H5483 [12MY]

———provide an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain small businesses (see H.R. 3763), H11165 [8OC]

Federal employees: ensure pay parity for Federal employees serving at Joint Base McGuire/Dix/Lakehurst (see H.R. 2714), H6263 [4JN]

Jim Saxton Post Office Building, Mount Holly, NJ: designate (see H.R. 986), H1247 [11FE]

Medicare: preserve access to urban Medicare-dependent hospitals (see H.R. 2574), H6009 [21MY]

Public buildings: prohibit smoking in or near Federal buildings (see H.R. 4131), H13352 [19NO]

Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) Consortium: encourage institutions of higher education to seek membership (see H. Res. 491), H6075 [2JN]

Letters

FHA Multifamily Loan Limit Adjustment Act: several housing organizations, H9523 [15SE]

21st Century FHA Housing Act: Mortgage Bankers Association, National Association of Home Builders, and National Association of REALTORS, H9522 [15SE]

Lists

New Jersey Armed Forces members killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan, E1246 [21MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H11465 [20OC]

Remarks

Armed Forces: tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, E1246 [21MY]

Business and industry: clarify requirement relative to publicly traded companies establishing internal financial operations controls and obtaining an outside audit to validate soundness, H14724 [10DE]

Colleges and universities: prioritize grants to higher learning institutions that promote activities to increase degree or certificate completion for students who are veterans, H9681, H9682 [17SE]

Credit: increase maximum mortgage loan limits for FHA multi-family housing projects with elevators and for extremely high-cost areas (H.R. 3527), H9522 [15SE]

Delran, NJ: anniversary of VFW Post 3020, E2760 [16NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), H7337 [25JN]

Dept. of HUD: make improvements to FHA mortgage insurance programs (H.R. 3146), H9520, H9521, H9522 [15SE]

Economy: provide economic recovery payments to recipients of Social Security, railroad retirement, and veterans disability benefits, H5635 [14MY]

———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), H14724 [10DE]

———provide stimulus for economic recovery, H42 [7JA]

Education: student loan programs, H9682 [17SE]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: provide an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain small businesses (H.R. 3763), H11467, H11468 [20OC]

Grosso, Gina: National Association of Women Business Owners Beyond the Glass Ceiling Award recipient, E2643 [27OC]

Health: establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of health plans and make health coverage more affordable and accessible (H.R. 2360), H6125 [3JN]

Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3221), H9681, H9682 [17SE]

Jim Saxton Post Office Building, Mount Holly, NJ: designate (H.R. 986), E920 [21AP]

Moorestown, NJ: tribute to Moorestown High School girls' lacrosse team, H6594 [11JN]

Nobel Prize: recognition of George E. Smith for physics, E2531 [14OC]

Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) Consortium: encourage institutions of higher education to seek membership (H. Res. 491), H9830 [23SE]

Votes: position on missed, H8202 [16JY], H9165 [30JY], E1408 [15JN], E2152 [31JY], E2435 [1OC], E2534 [14OC]

Water: develop technologies and practices that treat eutrophic bodies of water, including estuaries, H4702 [23AP]

Water Research and Development Initiative: implement (H.R. 1145), H4702 [23AP]

Tributes

Epworth, Bernie, E1463 [17JN]

Foley, Douglas J., E2947 [10DE]

Gifford, William R., E2765 [16NO]

Mercready, James P., E2964 [10DE]

Pryor, John P., E97 [15JA]

Zweiman, Robert, E2576 [20OC]