NEAL, RICHARD E. (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Appointments

Committee to escort British Prime Minister Gordon Brown into the House Chamber, H2928 [4MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Air France (airline company): express condolences to families of victims of Flight 447 crash (see H. Res. 512), H7087 [19JN]

American Kennel Club: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 160), H7838 [8JY]

Animals: prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H2603 [23FE]

———prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1326), H12141 [29OC]

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

Armed Forces: 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), H9730 [17SE]

———improve diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury in members and former members and expand Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs telehealth and telemental health programs (see H.R. 667), H1607 [13FE]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1209), H3835 [24MR]

———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), H780 [28JA]

Boy Scouts of America Day: designate (see H. Res. 356), H4733 [23AP]

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), H7706 [26JN]

———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), H10070 [29SE]

China: anniversary of persecution of Falun Gong (see H. Res. 605), H7948 [9JY]

———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]

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), H8100 [14JY]

Cuba: lift trade embargo (see H.R. 2272), H5306 [6MY]

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

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 1526), H12044 [28OC]

———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: authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see H.R. 4123), H13352 [19NO]

———establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 745), H2980 [4MR]

———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 3668), H14744 [10DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: award grants to regional biocontainment laboratories for maintaining surge capacity to be used to respond to acts of bioterrorism or outbreaks of infectious diseases (see H.R. 1150), H4583 [21AP]

Dept. of HUD: promote and enhance local building code enforcement administration by establishing a competitive matching grant program (see H.R. 2246), H12588 [6NO]

Dept. of Justice: make annual grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children (see H.R. 1933), H4521 [2AP]

Dept. of Labor: establish the New Economy Grant Program (see H.R. 4290), H15504 [16DE]

Dept. of the Interior: designate certain lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors (see H.R. 980), H5892 [20MY]

———permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties in California (see H.R. 204), H9999 [25SE]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H3145 [10MR]

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), H2875 [26FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), H2602 [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), H14446 [9DE]

Disabled: protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in class action lawsuits on behalf of such resident (see H.R. 1255), H7023 [18JN]

Diseases: establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see H.R. 2112), H13267 [18NO]

———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]

———increase support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Res. 35), H13521 [3DE]

———prevent, treat, and improve care of individuals with diabetes, and reduce health disparities within racial and ethnic minority groups relative to diabetes (see H.R. 1995), H6266 [4JN]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1210), H2873 [26FE]

———reauthorize and enhance programs to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 2941), H7838 [8JY]

Education: encourage teaching of U.S. Constitution to high school students in their senior year (see H. Res. 686), H9207 [30JY]

———recognize roles and contributions of teachers to building and enhancing civic, cultural, and economic well being (see H. Res. 374), H5064 [30AP]

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

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 3017), H9491 [14SE]

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

Fish and Wildlife Act: establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft (see H.R. 3381), H12457 [5NO]

Flatt, Lester: tribute (see H. Res. 583), H7446 [25JN]

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]

Foreign trade: eliminate barriers to exports of U.S. goods and services, restore rights under trade remedy laws, and strengthen enforcement of intellectual property rights and health and safety laws at U.S. borders (see H.R. 496), H323 [14JA]

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

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 621), H5892 [20MY]

Health: provide for the licensure of biosimilar and interchangeable biological products (see H.R. 1548), H3525 [17MR]

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

Health care professionals: increase number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and improve patient access to primary care services (see H.R. 2350), H5483 [12MY]

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]

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

———reform (see H.R. 4321), H14981 [15DE]

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]

Insurance: prohibit gender rating in the group and individual markets for health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2635), H6012 [21MY]

———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), H4130 [30MR]

Irish-American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 254), H3527 [17MR]

Italy: express condolences to the citizens and support for Italian Government in aftermath of devastating earthquake that struck the Abruzzo region (see H. Res. 430), H5713 [18MY]

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]

Marine mammals: establish a research program to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter (see H.R. 556), H6076 [2JN]

McCourt, Frank: tribute (see H. Res. 743), H9731 [17SE]

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

———expedite application and qualification process of low-income individuals obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 2700), H6263 [4JN]

———extend certain laws to provide regulatory stability during the development of facility and patient criteria for long-term care hospitals (see H.R. 2124), H6266 [4JN]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 437), H5666 [14MY]

Minute Man National Historical Park: anniversary (see H. Res. 599), H9671 [16SE]

Mitchell, George J.: support appointment as Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (see H. Res. 130), H1045 [4FE]

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), H13629 (see H.R. 2743), H14372 [8DE]

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

National Job Corps Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 163), H8810 [24JY]

National Men's Health Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 142), H6155 [3JN]

National Military Appreciation Month: support goals and objectives (see H. Con. Res. 84), H5063 [30AP]

National World War I Museum: designate Liberty Memorial as National World War I Memorial (see H.R. 1849), H11458 [15OC]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 31), H163 [9JA]

Navy: tribute to sailors of U.S. Submarine Force (see H. Res. 773), H10458 [1OC]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see H.R. 847), H13354 [19NO]

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

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

Pittsburgh Steelers (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 110), H1046 [4FE]

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), H5712 [18MY]

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), H10070 [29SE]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 1523), H7023 [18JN]

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]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 2499), H9807 [22SE]

Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor: increase appropriations and modify date on which Dept. of the Interior authority terminates (see H.R. 397), H160 [9JA]

Real estate: impose a moratorium on the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (see H.R. 3044), H9342 [8SE]

Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (see H. Res. 441), H7707 [26JN]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (see H.R. 3617), H9806 [22SE]

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

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 2262), H8100 [14JY]

Schools: direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters only if the student's parent provides written request for the release (see H.R. 1091), H4064 [26MR]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H2632 [24FE]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 795), H7705 [26JN]

Summitt, Pat: tribute (see H. Res. 196), H5401 [7MY]

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

Taxation: exclude from gross income discharges of student loans the repayment of which is income contingent or income based (see H.R. 2492), H5791 [19MY]

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

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1132), H9281 [31JY]

———extend the research credit and increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (see H.R. 422), H5485 [12MY]

———modify certain rules applicable to regulated investment companies (see H.R. 4337), H15499 [16DE]

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

———modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (see H.R. 3590), H9729 [17SE]

———prevent the avoidance of tax on income from assets held abroad (see H.R. 3933), H11867 [27OC]

———provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see H.R. 1596), H13629 (see H.R. 1596), H14372 [8DE]

———provide special rules for investments lost in a fraudulent Ponzi-type scheme (see H.R. 1159), H3438 [16MR]

———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see H.R. 510), H5582 [13MY]

———restore, make permanent, and increase amount of exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1423), H6307 [8JN]

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

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]

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), H12288 [3NO]

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: prohibit recommendations from being used to deny health insurance coverage of mammography services and other items or services (see H. Res. 971), H14981 [15DE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3548), H9441 [10SE]

Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp to honor disabled veterans (see H. Con. Res. 114), H4999 [29AP]

White House Conference on Food and Nutrition: convene (see H.R. 1869), H5485 [12MY]

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), H4524 [2AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Medicare: preserve access to ambulance services (see H.R. 2443), H5665 [14MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve awareness and access to colorectal cancer screening tests (see H.R. 3559), H9490 [14SE]

National Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) Month: designate (see H. Res. 536), H6618 [11JN]

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for certain disability benefits in the cases of individuals with disabling burn injuries (see H.R. 723), H602 [27JA]

Taxation: allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see H.R. 2452), H5671 [15MY]

———disallow deduction for excess non-taxed reinsurance premiums relative to U.S. risks paid to affiliates (see H.R. 3424), H9206 [30JY]

———extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 2628), H6012 [21MY]

———permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 1944), H4522 [2AP]

———prevent the alternative minimum tax from effectively repealing the Federal tax exemption for interest on State and local private activity bonds (see H.R. 425), H161 [9JA]

———provide transparency relative to fees and expenses charged to participant-directed defined contribution plans (see H.R. 2779), H6414 [9JN]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 4278), H14743 [10DE]

Women: ensure fairness in the coverage of women in the individual health insurance market (see H.R. 2402), H5581 [13MY]

Motions

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), H14406 [9DE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), H737, H738, H740, H741, H742 [28JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H1557 [13FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), motion to go to conference, H1095 [10FE]

Bishop, Al and Valerie: Friends of St. (organization) Nick Couple of the Year award recipients, E2851 [1DE]

Federal aid programs: restore funds to the Highway Trust Fund, Unemployment Trust Fund, and FHA and Ginnie Mae (Government-sponsored enterprise) mortgage programs (H.R. 3357), H9019, H9020 [29JY]

Government: permit continued financing of Government operations (H.R. 4314), H15421, H15423, H15426, H15427 [16DE]

Hadley, MA: anniversary, E126 [22JA]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12857 [7NO]

Kearney, Martin J. and Eleanor R.: John Boyle O'Reilly Club Irish Couple of the Year award recipients, E670 [16MR]

Medicare: preserve access to ambulance services (H.R. 2443), E1158 [14MY]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), H13300 [19NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve awareness and access to colorectal cancer screening tests (H.R. 3559), E2256 [14SE]

National Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) Month: designate (H. Res. 536), E1380 [11JN]

Point of order, H14405 [9DE]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), H7639 [26JN]

Public debt: ceiling, H15421, H15426, H15427 [16DE]

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for certain disability benefits in the cases of individuals with disabling burn injuries (H.R. 723), E153 [27JA]

Springfield, MA: anniversary of Sisters of St. Joseph, E958 [23AP]

Taxation: allow carryback of certain net operating losses, H12388 [5NO]

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses (H.R. 2452), E1180 [15MY]

———disallow deduction for excess non-taxed reinsurance premiums relative to U.S. risks paid to affiliates (H.R. 3424), E2111 [31JY]

———extend and modify the first-time homebuyer credit, H12388 [5NO]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), H14398, H14399, H14400, H14401, H14402 [9DE]

———provide transparency relative to fees and expenses charged to participant-directed defined contribution plans (H.R. 2779), E1355 [9JN]

———rates, H737, H738, H740, H741, H742 [28JA]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (H.R. 4278), E2963 [10DE]

———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (H.R. 4154), H13484, H13485 [3DE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), Senate amendment, H12388 [5NO]

Women: ensure fairness in the coverage of women in the individual health insurance market (H.R. 2402), E1139 [13MY]

Tributes

Kennedy, Edward M., H10055 [29SE]