TIERNEY, JOHN F. (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), H7371 [25JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), H9084 [30JY]

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H1024 [4FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: clarify appropriate standard of proof (see H.R. 3721), H11714 [22OC]

American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association: anniversary of Daughters of Penelope (see H. Res. 209), H7086 [19JN]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 3907), H12457 [5NO]

———prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H7705 [26JN]

———prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1326), H5000 [29AP]

Ann-Marie Blute Post Office, Shrewsbury, MA: designate (see H.R. 4017), H12364 [4NO]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H8873 [27JY]

Armed Forces: encourage military departments to maximize opportunities for space-available travel for members in a leave or pass status who are traveling between December 18, 2009, and January 3, 2010 (see H. Con. Res. 220), H14877 [14DE]

———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), H2924 [3MR]

———guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency (see H.R. 1182), H12288 [3NO]

———provide vouchers for postal benefits for personal correspondence and small parcels to members serving or hospitalized overseas, and make such vouchers transferable (see H.R. 707), H601 [27JA]

———reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (see H.R. 840), H4734 [23AP]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 2567), H9342 [8SE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (see H.R. 225), H1607 [13FE]

Borel, Calvin: tribute (see H. Res. 418), H5793 [19MY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a grant program to provide vision care to children (see H.R. 577), H3055 [5MR]

Children and youth: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1064), H1604 [13FE]

———update the national school nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of school meals to conform to current nutrition science (see H.R. 1324), H3053 [5MR]

China: support detained human rights activists Huang Qi and Tan Zuoren relative to investigation of the role poor construction and corruption played in death of children in school collapses during Sichuan earthquake (see H. Res. 877), H12289 [3NO]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 12), H28 [6JA]

Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see H.R. 2480), H9057 [29JY]

Coastal Zone Management Act: establish a Working Waterfront Grant Program (see H.R. 2548), H11713 [22OC]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1751), H7947 [9JY]

Consumers: protect from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 2129), H4839 [27AP]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1020), H4915 [28AP]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 22), H2603 [23FE]

Credit: protect consumers from usury (see H.R. 1640), H3749 [23MR]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (see H.R. 627), H4840 [27AP]

Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (Credit CARD) Act: establish an earlier effective date for various consumer protections (see H.R. 3639), H9961 [24SE]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 874), H4129 [30MR]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 3567), H9548 [15SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by reducing administrative requirements and award grants to establish a Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program (see H.R. 176), H3078 [6MR]

Dept. of Defense: submit a report to Congress outlining the exit strategy for U.S. forces from Afghanistan (see H.R. 2404), H5663 [14MY]

Dept. of Education: make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (see H.R. 2187), H5060 [30AP]

———provide grants to support professional development and extracurricular activities to improve international education and foreign language in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3359), H12457 [5NO]

Dept. of HHS: develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and early childhood education programs, and establish school-based food allergy management grants (see H.R. 1378), H11868 [27OC]

———establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 745), H4397 [1AP]

———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 3668), H11714 [22OC]

Dept. of the Interior: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties in California (see H.R. 204), H6265 [4JN]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H3401 [12MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend certain economic recovery payments that benefit senior citizens (see H.R. 3597), H9900 [23SE] (see H.R. 3810), H11383 [14OC]

———limit compensation to officers and directors of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (see H.R. 857), H1041 [4FE]

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. 734), H3438 [16MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 2254), H9491 [14SE]

———exclude monetary benefits paid to veterans by States and municipalities from consideration as income for pension benefits (see H.R. 3485), H13629 (see H.R. 3485), H14372 [8DE]

———improve outreach programs (see H.R. 32), H10457 [1OC]

———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), H5892 [20MY]

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), H27 [6JA]

Diseases: establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see H.R. 2112), H13069 [17NO]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 1079), H1605 [13FE]

———expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see H.R. 2408), H12141 [29OC]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 3286), H11298 [13OC]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see H.R. 1740), H4061 [26MR]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1210), H3402 [12MR]

———provide for enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 2413), H11458 [15OC]

———reauthorize and enhance programs to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 2941), H7741 [7JY]

Education: improve early education (see H.R. 702), H601 [27JA]

El Salvador: anniversary of shooting of Jesuit priests and others at University of Central America Jose Simeon Canas (see H. Res. 761), H9807 [22SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1102), H1606 [13FE]

———establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see H.R. 1380), H3077 [6MR]

———promote environmental education (see H.R. 2054), H4686 [22AP]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 2460), H9057 [29JY]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 3017), H7249 [24JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see H.R. 912), H1079 [9FE]

FCC: implement recommendations relative to low-power FM radio service (see H.R. 1147), H7706 [26JN]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1256), H2923 [3MR]

Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2517), H5890 [20MY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1549), H3525 [17MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1310), H2979 [4MR]

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), H32 [6JA]

———restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 4375), H15500 [16DE]

Financial Product Safety Commission: establish (see H.R. 1705), H4251 [31MR]

Fish and fishing: extend authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries (see H.R. 1584), H4525 [2AP]

Fish and Wildlife Act: establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft (see H.R. 3381), H9055 [29JY]

Food Safety Administration: establish (see H.R. 875), H2926 [3MR]

Foreign aid: develop and implement a comprehensive national strategy to further promote global development (see H.R. 2139), H8356 [17JY]

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), H3527 [17MR]

Forest Service: protect certain roadless areas (see H.R. 3692), H10455 [1OC]

Franklin, John Hope: tribute (see H. Res. 301), H4251 [31MR] (see H. Res. 320), H4523 [2AP]

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), H8410 [20JY]

Government: ensure efficient performance of agency functions (see H.R. 2736), H6264 [4JN]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: ensure compliance by certain countries and establish procedures for prompt return of children abducted to other countries (see H.R. 3240), H12588 [6NO]

Harvey, Paul: tribute (see H. Res. 223), H3146 [10MR]

Health: 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), H603 [27JA]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H780 [28JA]

———permit Federal funding for syringe exchange programs to reduce transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral hepatitis (see H.R. 179), H7085 [19JN]

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

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 1551), H4130 [30MR]

———support efforts to reduce infant mortality (see H. Res. 260), H6156 [3JN]

Higher Education Act: amend (see H.R. 3221), H8184 [15JY]

Hillerich & Bradsby Co.: anniversary of production of Louisville Slugger baseball bat (see H. Res. 314), H6016 [21MY]

History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star-Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2097), H7947 [9JY]

Honduras: condemn coup d'etat, call for return of duly elected President, suspend nonhumanitarian assistance, ensure fair elections, and support mediation by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias (see H. Res. 630), H9282 [31JY]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 1236), H2874 [26FE]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1024), H1517 [12FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1102), H1606 [13FE]

Insurance: prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions for children in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see H.R. 1619), H3703 [19MR]

———require a minimum loss ratio of 90 percent for health insurance coverage (see H.R. 3681), H10407 [30SE]

———require a minimum loss ratio of 90 percent for health insurance coverage offered through an insurance exchange (see H.R. 2833), H6617 [11JN]

———require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1691), H3834 [24MR]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 1339), H3053 [5MR]

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]

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

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 1616), H6619 [11JN]

———require States to provide hair prostheses for individuals diagnosed with alopecia areata (see H.R. 1142), H3056 [5MR]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1829), H4250 [31MR]

———deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 684), H525 [26JA]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 1708), H4251 [31MR]

———provide continued coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries that have received a kidney transplant and whose coverage would otherwise expire (see H.R. 1458), H8809 [24JY]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see H.R. 574), H3641 [18MR]

———repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 3790), H12365 [4NO]

Middle East: commend efforts to teach the history of both Israelis and Palestinians to students in Israel and the West Bank to foster mutual understanding, respect, and tolerance (see H. Res. 511), H8708 [23JY]

Minute Man National Historical Park: anniversary (see H. Res. 599), H9550 [15SE]

Mitchell, George J.: support appointment as Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (see H. Res. 130), H1160 [10FE]

Mother's Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 388), H5062 [30AP]

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 Day of Service and Remembrance: observance (see H. Res. 718), H9343 [8SE]

National Diabetes Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 914), H13266 [18NO]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 1030), H1518 [12FE]

National Labor Relations Act: apply protections to teaching and research assistants (see H.R. 1461), H3399 [12MR]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 727), H9900 [23SE]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 31), H71 [7JA]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2213), H7837 [8JY]

Nobel Prize: recognition of President Obama for peace (see H. Res. 864), H13002 [16NO]

Nowruz: observance of Iranian New Year (see H. Res. 267), H3705 [19MR]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1243), H4525 [2AP]

Peace Corps: provide continued funding and increase readjustment allowance for returning volunteers (see H.R. 1066), H1604 [13FE]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 1298), H10520 [6OC]

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), H3055 [5MR]

Power resources: prohibit issuance of oil or natural gas leases in any marine national monument or national marine sanctuary or in Georges Bank fishing area (see H.R. 790), H875 [2FE]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 1523), H11516 [20OC]

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), H4521 [2AP]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 413), H7740 [7JY]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance (see H. Res. 299), H4735 [23AP]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 2499), H9962 [24SE]

Radio: provide parity in performance rights to artists for use of their sound recordings (see H.R. 848), H8185 [15JY]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1618), H3703 [19MR]

———inspect highway tunnels (see H.R. 2232), H5095 [4MY]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2365), H9900 [23SE]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H69 [7JA]

Suzuki, Ichiro: tribute (see H. Res. 750), H10000 [25SE]

Taxation: expand the rehabilitation credit for older buildings (see H.R. 3715), H10456 [1OC]

———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. 460), H526 [26JA]

———make equitable the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 891), H1043 [4FE]

———modify rules relative to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees (see H.R. 3408), H9205 [30JY]

———prevent overstatement of benefits payable to non-highly compensated employees under qualified plans (see H.R. 4126), H13352 [19NO]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 571), H7947 [9JY]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 1265), H2923 [3MR]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H13069 [17NO]

Tiller, George: condemn murder, express condolences to family, and reject intolerance and the use of violence as a response to a difference in beliefs (see H. Res. 505), H6265 [4JN]

Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (see H.R. 2935), H9342 [8SE]

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. 3012), H7248 [24JN]

Truth in Lending Act: establish fair and transparent practices related to marketing and provision of overdraft coverage programs at depository institutions (see H.R. 3904), H12045 [28OC]

———extend protections to overdraft protection programs, require consent and enhance information on overdraft protection, and prohibit manipulation to generate overdraft protection fees (see H.R. 1456), H3399 [12MR]

U.S.-Canada Transboundary Resource Sharing Understanding: consider as international agreement for Fishery Conservation and Management Act purposes (see H.R. 4369), H15500 [16DE]

Uganda: develop a strategy to support efforts to protect civilians and eliminate threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and authorize funds for relief, reconstruction, and transitional justice (see H.R. 2478), H7146 [23JN]

Veterans: 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), H7250 [24JN]

Voting: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 2894), H6902 [16JN]

White House Conference on Food and Nutrition: convene (see H.R. 1869), H4688 [22AP]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 61), H8495 [21JY]

———improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 1032), H1518 [12FE]

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act: minimize adverse effects of employment dislocation (see H.R. 3042), H7741 [7JY]

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), H4524 [2AP]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2000), H8009 [10JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Credit cards: establish a national usury rate for consumer accounts under open end consumer credit plans (see H.R. 4300), H14826 [11DE]

Education: establish partnerships to create or enhance educational and skills development pathways to 21st century careers (see H.R. 3398), H9055 [29JY]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H3052 [5MR]

Health: establish demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see H.R. 2816), H6538 [10JN]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 2056), H4687 [22AP]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for military and stabilization activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and pandemic influenza response (H.R. 2346), consideration (H. Res. 434), E1189 [18MY]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), consideration (H. Res. 379), H5010 [30AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), H7374 [25JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), H9084 [30JY]

———national missile defense system funding, H7374 [25JN]

———prohibit funding for Kinetic Energy Interceptor program, H9084 [30JY]

Education: student financial aid programs, H9598 [16SE]

———student loan programs, H9598 [16SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12952 [7NO]

Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3221), H9598 [16SE]

Ipswich, MA: anniversary, E2057 [29JY]

Pakistan: authorize democratic, economic, social development, and security assistance (H.R. 1886), H6577 [11JN]

———establish enforceable benchmarks for the provision of military assistance, E1189 [18MY]

Tributes

Kennedy, Edward M., H10049 [29SE]