McHENRY, PATRICK T. (a Representative from North Carolina)

Amendments

Securities: provide for registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded securities (H.R. 2930), H7301 [3NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex or race (see H.R. 3541), H8075 [1DE]

———prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (see H.R. 3), H393 [20JA]

American Legion: provide for an additional power under its Federal charter to provide guidance and leadership to individual departments and posts, but not control of activities of such entities (see H.R. 2369), H6344 [21SE]

Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station, Bisbee, AZ: designate (see H.R. 2668), H5660 [27JY]

Buckles, Frank W.: authorize ceremony in the rotunda of the Capitol to honor the last surviving veteran of World War I (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1391 [28FE]

Budget: balance through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending (see H.R. 1848), H4330 [16JN]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H40 [5JA]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (see H.R. 2560), H5150 [18JY]

———reduce spending (see H.R. 2041), H4673 [6JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H6627 [5OC]

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see H. Res. 61), H601 [9FE]

CFTC: improve consideration of costs and benefits of regulations and orders (see H.R. 1840), H3218 [11MY]

Civilian Property Realignment Commission: establish (see H.R. 1734), H3344 [23MY]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1588), H5489 [25JY]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H134 [7JA]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 735), H2328 [5AP]

Council on Environmental Quality: report to Congress annually on the number of permits for which applications have been submitted and that have not been issued because an environmental impact statement is pending (see H.R. 1049), H1768 [11MR]

Courts: restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at fertilization (see H.R. 212), H133 [7JA]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 2299), H6043 [9SE]

Dept. of Education: allow States to enter into performance agreements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 2514), H5018 [13JY]

———reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 471), H1580 [4MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H4187 [14JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering application for veterans status of an individual who performed service in the merchant marines during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H2935 [2MY]

Dept. of Justice: decision to not defend the Defense of Marriage Act (see H. Con. Res. 25), H1621 [8MR]

Dept. of the Interior: establish an environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 49), H1797 [14MR]

———take immediate action to streamline the shallow and deepwater oil and natural gas drilling permitting process (see H. Res. 140), H1575 [3MR]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H684 [10FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: terminate the Home Affordable Modification Program (see H.R. 430), H469 [25JA]

Depts. of Homeland Security and the Treasury: provide authority to more aggressively enforce trade laws relative to textile or apparel articles (see H.R. 2754), H5884 [1AU]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 645), H3410 [24MY]

Drugs: ban the sale of certain synthetic drugs (see H.R. 1571), H2909 [15AP]

Economy: spur economic growth and create jobs (see H.R. 3400), H10017 [20DE]

EPA: provide additional time to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators (see H.R. 2250), H5375 [21JY]

Executive Office of the President: define advisors often characterized as ``czars'' and prohibit funding for any associated salaries and expenses (see H.R. 59), H203 [12JA]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment on parental rights (see H.J. Res. 3), H138 [7JA]

FDA: give greatest weight in making critical policy decisions to readily available hard science data, including evidence from the natural, physical, and computing sciences (see H. Res. 98), H2605 [12AP]

———provide incentives for the development of qualified infectious disease products (see H.R. 2182), H9946 [19DE]

Federal agencies and departments: increase transparency of performance results (see H.R. 3262), H7161 [27OC]

———prohibit deduction of labor organization dues from the pay of Federal employees (see H.R. 2145), H4042 [7JN]

———provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 10), H393 [20JA]

Federal employees: reduce size of the Federal workforce through attrition (see H.R. 3029), H7161 [27OC]

———require use of coach-class air travel in the U.S. except in limited circumstances (see H.R. 61), H138 [7JA]

———require use of coach-class air travel in the U.S. except in limited circumstances, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 61), H256 [18JA]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: submit quarterly reports to Congress during the conservatorship of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac (see H.R. 31), H2039 [29MR]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 3461), H8126 [2DE]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 822), H2934 [2MY]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 58), H3220 [11MY]

Foreign countries: take action against certain judgment-evading foreign states and state-owned corporations of such states (see H.R. 1798), H5019 [13JY]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 639), H680 [10FE]

FRS: replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a five person commission (see H.R. 1121), H1905 [16MR]

Government: require accountability and transparency in Federal spending (see H.R. 2146), H4366 [21JN]

Government regulations: provide for regulatory impact analyses for certain rules and for consideration of the least burdensome regulatory alternative (see H.R. 2964), H6232 [15SE]

Government-sponsored enterprises: establish a term for conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and provide conditions for continued operations, wind down, and dissolution of such enterprises (see H.R. 1182), H3646 (see H.R. 1182), H3684 [25MY]

GSA: transfer administrative jurisdiction, custody, and control of a building in the District of Columbia to the National Gallery of Art and relocate the FTC from such building (see H.R. 690), H1040 (see H.R. 690), H1071 [16FE]

Health: prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services and require identification of the license of health care professionals (see H.R. 451), H7134 [26OC]

———repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees (see H.R. 1744), H4038 [3JN]

———repeal mandate that new employees of certain employers be automatically enrolled in the employer's health benefits plan (see H.R. 2206), H4326 [16JN]

———require formal rulemaking process for rules relating to health care reform (see H.R. 1432), H3758 [26MY]

Holder, Attorney General: express no confidence due to lack of monitoring and actions during investigation into whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels (see H. Res. 490), H9432 [15DE]

Housing: clarify treatment of homeowner warranties under current law (see H.R. 2446), H8262 [7DE]

IMF: repeal authority to provide certain loans to the IMF, repeal increase in the U.S. quota in that Fund, and certain other authorities, and rescind related appropriations (see H.R. 2313), H8322 [9DE]

Immigration: reform by securing borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program (see H.R. 2000), H3753 [26MY]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 371), H5019 [13JY]

Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H4530 [23JN]

Labor unions: protect State requirements for a secret ballot election of labor organizations (see H.R. 1047), H1768 [11MR]

Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 1093), H3281 [12MY]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 21), H1390 [28FE]

Medicare: ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 3269), H7831 [17NO]

———exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 905), H2412 [6AP]

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and oppose a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state (see H. Res. 268), H4530 [23JN]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see H.R. 1112), H1905 [16MR]

National Baseball Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 2527), H5084 [14JY]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 420), H6978 [14OC]

National Mediation Board: apply the same procedures, including voting standards, to direct decertification of a labor organization as is applied to elections to certify a representative (see H.R. 3538), H8075 [1DE]

NLRB: repeal rule requiring employers to post notices relative to the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 2833), H6183 [14SE] (see H.R. 2854), H6098 [12SE]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (see H.R. 3523), H8320 [8DE]

OMB: direct Federal agencies to postpone implementation of major rules (see H. Res. 402), H6232 [15SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow waiver of certain requirements when the requirement would result in a significant decrease in access to coverage or significant increase in premiums or other costs (see H.R. 984), H1727 [10MR]

———repeal certain limitations on health care benefits (see H.R. 605), H2917 [15AP]

———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 452), H5087 [14JY]

Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (see H.R. 872), H2039 [29MR]

Political campaigns: prohibit executive agencies from requiring the disclosure of political contributions by an entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract (see H.R. 1906), H3344 [23MY] (see H.R. 2008), H3754 [26MY]

Power resources: expand domestic fossil fuel production, develop more nuclear power, and expand renewable electricity (see H.R. 909), H1573 [3MR]

Public welfare programs: provide information on total spending on means-tested welfare programs, provide additional work requirements, and provide overall spending limit on means-tested welfare programs (see H.R. 1167), H8728 [12DE]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H. Res. 40), H513 [26JA]

SEC: change threshold number of shareholders for required registration (see H.R. 2167), H4279 [15JN]

———improve consideration of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders (see H.R. 2308), H4526 [23JN]

———require companies and banks to disclose sanctionable investments and activities in Iran (see H.R. 740), H2857 [14AP]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (see H.R. 3606), H8317 [8DE]

———make certain internal control reporting and assessment requirements optional for certain smaller companies (see H.R. 2941), H6231 [15SE]

———provide additional exemptions from internal control auditing requirements for smaller and newer public companies (see H.R. 3213), H6976 [14OC]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see H.R. 4), H200 [12JA] (see H.R. 144), H38 [5JA]

Social Security: exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 787), H1177 (see H.R. 787), H1197 [17FE]

States: provide special standing for State government officials to challenge proposed regulations issued in conjunction with the implementation of Federal laws (see H.R. 455), H506 [26JA]

Surplus Government property: direct Federal agencies to donate excess and surplus Federal electronic equipment to educational recipients (see H.R. 3345), H7330 [3NO]

Tariff Act: increase dollar amount requirements for articles and merchandise under administrative exemptions and entry under regulations provisions (see H.R. 1653), H7161 [27OC]

Taxation: allow a temporary dividends received deduction for certain taxable years (see H.R. 1834), H8076 [1DE]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H7714 [16NO]

———improve access to health care by expanding health savings accounts (see H.R. 2010), H3754 [26MY]

———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 3087), H6551 [4OC]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1964), H3408 [24MY]

———provide for reporting and disclosure by State and local public employee retirement pension plans (see H.R. 567), H598 [9FE]

———reduce the corporate income tax rate and change to a more territorial method of taxing corporations (see H.R. 937), H1797 [14MR]

———repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1259), H3806 [31MY]

———repeal estate tax and retain stepped-up basis at death (see H.R. 143), H3806 [31MY]

———repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 436), H3111 [5MY]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1002), H2109 [30MR]

Terrorism: award Congressional Gold Medals in honor of the men and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 3421), H8188 [6DE]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see H.R. 1639), H5661 [27JY]

Transportation: limit claims relative to decisions to issue permits, licenses, and approvals for highway and public transportation capital projects (see H.R. 2426), H5240 [19JY]

Twain, Mark: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2453), H9432 [15DE]

U.N.: prohibit funding for the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) (see H.R. 2059), H6273 [20SE]

———promote transparency, accountability, and reform (see H.R. 2829), H5931 [30AU]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 2447), H6922 [13OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of the Treasury: provide the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program with oversight of the Small Business Lending Fund (see H.R. 1387), H2409 [6AP]

———terminate authority to provide new assistance under the Home Affordable Modification Program while preserving assistance that was already offered (see H.R. 839), H1390 [28FE]

Securities: provide for registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded securities (see H.R. 2930), H6181 [14SE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of the Treasury: provide the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program with oversight of the Small Business Lending Fund (H.R. 1387), H2411 [6AP]

———terminate authority to provide new assistance under the Home Affordable Modification Program while preserving assistance that was already offered (H.R. 839), H1392 [28FE]

Securities: provide for registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded securities (H.R. 2930), H6182 [14SE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H1145 [17FE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H3379 [24MY]

———reform entitlement programs, H3378 [24MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H3379 [24MY]

CCC: Brazil Cotton Institute funding, H2000 [29MR]

Committees of the House: direct certain standing committees to inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed regulations and orders from Federal agencies (H. Res. 72), H707 [11FE]

———instruct certain committees to report legislation replacing health care reform legislation (H. Res. 9), H367 [20JA]

Dept. of Defense: National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR) sponsorship funding, H1145 [17FE]

Dept. of HHS: convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations (H.R. 1216), H3378, H3379 [24MY]

Dept. of HUD: rescind funding for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and terminate the program (H.R. 861), consideration (H. Res. 170), H1856 [16MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: continue Home Affordable Modification Program for members of the Armed Forces and Gold Star recipients, H2021 [29MR]

———detail flaws of the Home Affordable Modification Program and delineate savings incurred upon termination, H2004 [29MR]

———detail Home Affordable Modification Program funding disbursement and number of permanent and active modifications, H2007, H2008 [29MR]

———provide list of trial and permanent modifications under the Home Affordable Modification Program by State as well as delinquent mortgages across the country that will be at risk if the program is terminated, H2015 [29MR]

———require mortgage lenders participating in Home Affordable Modification Program to report monthly on mortgage modifications, H2014 [29MR]

———study effectiveness of the Home Affordable Modification Program and create a replacement program based upon study findings to assist homeowners, H2010 [29MR]

———study effectiveness of the Home Affordable Modification Program and offer recommendations for a replacement loan modification program, H2013 [29MR]

———terminate authority to provide new assistance under the Home Affordable Modification Program while preserving assistance that was already offered (H.R. 839), H1995, H1999, H2000, H2001, H2004, H2007, H2008, H2010, H2013, H2014, H2015 [29MR]

———terminate authority to provide new assistance under the Home Affordable Modification Program while preserving assistance that was already offered (H.R. 839), consideration (H. Res. 170), H1856 [16MR]

———terminate authority to provide new assistance under the Home Affordable Modification Program while preserving assistance that was already offered (H.R. 839), motion to recommit, H2021 [29MR]

Economy: impact of Government regulations, H707 [11FE]

———importance of job creation, H8149 [6DE]

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res. 479), H8149 [6DE]

Medicare: reform, H3379 [24MY]

Securities: adjust for inflation the aggregate annual amounts of investments, H7302 [3NO]

———index individual investment cap to inflation, H7303 [3NO]

———preserve State rights to enforce securities laws with respect to fraud, deceit, or unlawful conduct, H7306, H7307, H7308 [3NO]

———prohibit persons doing business with Iran from using registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded securities, H7310 [3NO]

———provide for registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded securities (H.R. 2930), H7295, H7296, H7297, H7298, H7299, H7300, H7302, H7303, H7304, H7305, H7306, H7307, H7308 [3NO]

———provide for registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded securities (H.R. 2930), motion to recommit, H7310 [3NO]

———require crowdfunding intermediaries to disclose methods of compensation to potential investors, H7304 [3NO]

———require investment firms establish link to SEC-maintained website providing investment warnings and safety tips for Internet investing, H7305, H7306 [3NO]

Senate: legislative program, H3436 [25MY]

Votes: position on missed, H3735 [26MY], H4702 [7JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House): issue apology for behavior toward Elizabeth Warren during hearing on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, H3420, H3423 [25MY]

Statements

Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act Markup (2009): by, Committee on Financial Services (House), H5307 [21JY]

Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act: Executive Office of the President, H7296 [3NO]

Tributes

Carney, Chris, H10000 [20DE]

Cernuto, Jennifer R., H6137 [13SE]