DINGELL, JOHN D. (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), H4253 [15JN]

Appointments

Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, H2902 [15AP]

Articles and editorials

Congress Needs a Fresh, Bipartisan Start, E1631 [14SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alcoholic beverages: support State based alcohol regulation (see H.R. 1161), H3062 [4MY]

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), H6415 [22SE]

Aviation: ensure air passengers have access to necessary services while on a grounded air carrier and are not unnecessarily held on a grounded air carrier before or after a flight (see H.R. 729), H923 [15FE]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 36), H202 [12JA]

Business and industry: establish a pilot program to facilitate education and training programs in the field of advanced manufacturing (see H.R. 1716), H3060 [4MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: accept a statue of Gerald R. Ford from the people of Michigan for placement (see H. Con. Res. 27), H1619 [8MR]

———designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H5897 [5AU]

Children and youth: create and encourage the creation of jobs for youth (see H.R. 1901), H4279 [15JN]

China: express that defense systems, including the helicopter fleet used to transport the President, should not be procured, directly or indirectly, from an entity controlled, directed, or influenced by China (see H. Res. 106), H1251 (see H. Res. 106), H1362 [18FE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1519), H2664 [13AP]

———prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 1397), H2410 [6AP]

Corps of Engineers: study feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins (see H.R. 892), H1573 [3MR]

CPSC: provide with greater authority and discretion in enforcing consumer product safety laws (see H.R. 2715), H5882 [1AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: exclude value of vehicles used for household transportation, or to obtain or continue employment, from resource limitation for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility (see H.R. 3233), H6976 [14OC]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a Make It in America Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1912), H4279 [15JN]

———establish Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Fund (see H.R. 502), H509 [26JA]

Dept. of Education: make grants to support early college high schools and other dual enrollment programs (see H.R. 925), H1574 [3MR]

Dept. of Energy: provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies (see H.R. 1367), H2327 [5AP]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (see H.R. 1852), H3759 [26MY]

———reform and modernize the Office of Refugee Resettlement (see H.R. 1475), H2602 [12AP]

Dept. of Transportation: ensure that projects that assist the establishment of aerotropolis transportation systems are eligible for certain grants (see H.R. 1371), H5897 [5AU]

———establish a grant program to assist the development of aerotropolis transportation systems (see H.R. 1395), H5897 [5AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: presume service connection for illnesses associated with water contaminants at Camp Lejeune, NC, and provide health care to those affected by such contamination (see H.R. 1742), H3107 [5MY]

Diseases: extend Postal Service authority to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research (see H.R. 466), H2917 [15AP]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 645), H2917 [15AP]

Economy: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (see H.R. 3743), H10014 [20DE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (see H.R. 12), H7134 [26OC]

Egypt: express solidarity with Egyptian people, condemn use of violence against protesters, express gratitude toward Egyptian military for restraint, and support transition to a representative government (see H. Res. 88), H1253 (see H. Res. 88), H1364 [18FE]

Elizabeth L. Kinnunen Post Office Building, Munising, MI: designate (see H.R. 3378), H8320 [8DE]

Executive Office of the President: require preparation of a quadrennial National Manufacturing Strategy (see H.R. 1366), H2326 [5AP]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (see H.R. 2644), H5782 [29JY]

Federal employees: provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3485), H7890 [18NO]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 822), H2917 [15AP]

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]

Forest Service: protect certain roadless areas (see H.R. 3465), H7829 [17NO]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 104), H9432 [15DE]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H3281 [12MY]

House of Representatives: establish battery recharging stations for privately owned vehicles in House parking areas at no net cost to Federal Government (see H.R. 1402), H2410 [6AP]

———reestablish Page Program (see H. Res. 397), H6139 [13SE]

Insurance: 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. 111), H37 [5JA]

Jordan, Barbara: tribute (see H. Res. 90), H724 [11FE]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 2563), H5125 [15JY]

Labor unions: recognize importance in ensuring a strong middle class by advocating for equitable wages, humane work conditions, improved benefits, and increased civic engagement by workers (see H. Res. 452), H7207 [1NO]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3618), H8318 [8DE]

———reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 1093), H2216 [31MR]

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

Medicare: require drug manufacturers to provide rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the prescription drug benefit program (see H.R. 2190), H4277 [15JN]

Memphis, TN: recognize struggle of 1968 sanitation workers strike to voice grievances and reach a workplace rights agreement and contributions of strike participants (see H. Res. 198), H2266 [1AP]

National Park Service: acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program (see H.R. 2489), H8187 [6DE]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 89), H7891 [18NO]

National Principals Month: designate (see H. Res. 415), H6456 [23SE]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 27), H1252 (see H.R. 27), H1364 [18FE]

NIST: reduce the cost share requirement for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program (see H.R. 3138), H6672 [6OC]

North American Wetlands Conservation Act: extend authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects (see H.R. 1960), H3408 [24MY]

Pipelines: enhance safety and environmental protection in pipeline transportation and enhance reliability in the transportation of U.S. energy products by pipeline (see H.R. 2937), H6230 [15SE]

Postal Service: amend methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System (see H.R. 1351), H5127 [15JY]

Power resources: establish a program to provide for workforce training and education at community colleges in sustainable energy (see H.R. 1881), H3344 [23MY]

Public debt: increase statutory limit (see H.R. 2663), H5660 [27JY]

Public Health Service: appoint doctors of chiropractic to regular and reserved corps (see H.R. 664), H8262 [7DE]

Salem, MA: recognize as birthplace of the National Guard (see H.R. 1339), H9928 [16DE]

Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 998), H8187 [6DE]

Taxation: create jobs through infrastructure investment (see H.R. 992), H1770 [11MR]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (see H.R. 2644), H5782 [29JY]

———increase manufacturer limitation on the number of new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles eligible for credit (see H.R. 500), H508 [26JA]

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

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 2669), H5660 [27JY]

Transportation: provide flexibility in use of Federal funding for certain transit functions to local entities (see H.R. 3200), H6920 [13OC]

Treaties and agreements: enhance reciprocal market access for U.S. domestic producers in the negotiating process of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements (see H.R. 1749), H3107 [5MY]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3346), H7330 [3NO]

Water: require use of American iron, steel, and manufactured goods in the construction, alteration, and repair of public water systems and treatment works (see H.R. 1684), H2998 [3MY]

Wildlife refuges: issue a Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 2236), H7009 [24OC]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 69), H4457 [22JN]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 2447), H6782 [11OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Drugs: improve safety (see H.R. 1483), H2603 [12AP]

House of Representatives: notify President of election of the Speaker and Clerk (see H. Res. 4), H41 [5JA]

Navy: encourage naming of a littoral combat ship U.S.S. Ypsilanti (see H. Con. Res. 48), H3061 [4MY]

Telecommunications: strengthen public safety by establishing a national wireless communications network for emergency responders (see H.R. 2482), H4850 [11JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Drugs: improve safety (H.R. 1483), H2604 [12AP]

Telecommunications: strengthen public safety by establishing a national wireless communications network for emergency responders (H.R. 2482), H4851 [11JY]

Oaths of office

Boehner, Representative: Speaker of the House, H6 [5JA]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), H4253, H4255 [15JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2112), conference report, E2100 [18NO]

Appropriations: making continuing, H6310 [21SE], H6397 [22SE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), H2789 [14AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H978 [16FE], H2789 [14AP], E239 [16FE]

Armed Forces: limit authority to detain U.S. citizens under authorizations for use of military force, H8934 [14DE]

Budget: cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, H5861 [1AU]

———reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels (H. Res. 38), H454 [25JA]

Capitol Building and Grounds: accept a statue of Gerald R. Ford from the people of Michigan for placement (H. Con. Res. 27), H1777 [14MR]

Chaffin, H. Douglas: Michigan Bankers Association Banker of the Year award recipient, E277 [18FE]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), H7374 [4NO]

Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select): establish, H5861 [1AU]

Committee on the Budget (House): authority of Chairman to determine Federal spending levels for fiscal year, H454 [25JA]

Committees of the House: instruct certain committees to report legislation replacing health care reform legislation (H. Res. 9), consideration (H. Res. 26), H113 [7JA]

CPSC: provide with greater authority and discretion in enforcing consumer product safety laws (H.R. 2715), H5828 [1AU]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), conference report, H8934 [14DE]

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), H3367 [24MY]

Dept. of HUD: rescind funding for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and terminate the program (H.R. 861), H1873 [16MR]

———rescind unobligated funding for FHA Refinance Program and terminate the program, H5327 [21JY]

———rescind unobligated funding for FHA Refinance Program and terminate the program (H.R. 830), H1686 [10MR]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), E1102 [15JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations, E2100 [18NO]

Economy: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H8817 [13DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), Senate amendments, H9976 [20DE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs, H6167 [14SE]

Education Sciences Reform Act: technical amendment (S. 365), H5861 [1AU]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), E1335 [15JY]

EPA: delay implementation of rules on maximum achievable control technology and cross-State air pollution produced by powerplants, E1700 [23SE]

———establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard for coarse particulate matter and limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust in certain areas (H.R. 1633), H8275 [8DE]

———require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions (H.R. 2401), E1700 [23SE]

FAA: authorize appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 658), H2141 [31MR]

FBI: National Instant Criminal Background Check System funding, E239 [16FE]

FDA: food safety activities funding, H4253, H4255 [15JN]

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), H8218 [7DE]

FEMA: Disaster Relief Fund funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program funding, H6310 [21SE], H6397 [22SE]

———Disaster Relief Fund funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program funding, H6397 [22SE]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1315), H5327 [21JY]

Foreign trade: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program and certain trade preference programs, E1837 [12OC]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend (H.R. 2832), Senate amendment, E1837 [12OC]

Haddad, Ronald: Governing (publication) Public Official of the Year award recipient, E2083 [17NO]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H276 [19JA]

———repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 26), H113 [7JA]

House of Representatives: impact of partisanship, H5941 [7SE]

———notify President of election of the Speaker and Clerk (H. Res. 4), H7 [5JA]

Markey, Representative: tribute to casting 20,000th vote, H2803 [14AP]

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and oppose a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state (H. Res. 268), E1277 [8JY]

National objectives: economic recovery, H5941 [7SE]

National Public Radio: prohibit Federal funding and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content (H.R. 1076), H1959 [17MR]

NLRB: clarify membership criteria for collective bargaining units and timing of elections of labor organizations (H.R. 3094), H7970 [30NO]

———prohibit from ordering any employer to close, relocate, or transfer employment under any circumstance (H.R. 2587), H6210 [15SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 2), H276 [19JA]

———repeal (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 26), H113 [7JA]

———repeal mandatory funding for school-based health center construction (H.R. 1214), H2971 [3MY]

———repeal mandatory funding provided to States to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 1213), H2961 [3MY]

———repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (H.R. 1217), H2639 [13AP]

Pipelines: enhance safety and environmental protection in pipeline transportation and enhance reliability in the transportation of U.S. energy products by pipeline (H.R. 2845), H8337 [12DE]

Public debt: disapprove the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (H.J. Res. 77), H6167 [14SE]

Rahall, Representative: tribute to casting 20,000th vote, H2387 [6AP]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations, E2100 [18NO]

SEC: authorize exemption of a certain class of securities from the Securities Act (H.R. 1070), H7232 [2NO]

———eliminate prohibition against general solicitation as a requirement for certain registration exemptions (H.R. 2940), E2000 [3NO]

Securities: provide for registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded securities (H.R. 2930), E2000 [3NO]

Ships and vessels: regulate discharges from commercial vessels, H7374 [4NO]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (H.R. 4), H1548 [3MR]

Small Business Act: extend programs (H.R. 2608), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 405), H6310 [21SE]

———extend programs (H.R. 2608), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 412), H6397 [22SE]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (H.R. 2608), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 405), H6310 [21SE]

———extend programs (H.R. 2608), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 412), H6397 [22SE]

Taxation: modify calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs, H7660 [16NO]

———modify calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs (H.R. 2576), E1952 [27OC]

———prohibit tax increase on middle class, H1548 [3MR]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements to payments made to corporations, payments for property and other gross proceeds, and rental property expense payments, H1548 [3MR]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), E1952 [27OC]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), Senate amendment, H7660 [16NO]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 359), H490 [26JA]

Telecommunications: strengthen public safety by establishing a national wireless communications network for emergency responders (H.R. 2482), E1283 [11JY]

Tucson, AZ: condemn shootings at ``Congress on Your Corner'' event, express condolences to friends and families of victims, commend first responders, and honor service of Representative Giffords (H. Res. 32), H168 [12JA]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3078), E1841 [12OC]

U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3080), E1841 [12OC]

U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3079), E1841 [12OC]

Veterans: reduce unemployment by ensuring training and transition assistance and providing incentives to employers for hiring veterans, H7660 [16NO]

Ypsilanti, MI: anniversary of Messias Temple Church, E2104 [18NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H4769, H4770 [8JY]

Tributes

Grayson, Harry S., E2104 [18NO]

Mentel, Floreine, E149 [8FE]

Riley, Steven D., E1746 [3OC]

Wolpe, Howard, H7151 [27OC]