ANDREWS, ROBERT E. (a Representative from New Jersey)

Addresses

Rutgers School of Law, Class Day Speech: John Beckerman, E1128 [16JN]

Amendments

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H777 [14FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3626 [25MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1540, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H8208 [7DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alcoholic beverages: support State based alcohol regulation (see H.R. 1161), H2040 [29MR]

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), H6182 [14SE]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 835), H8135 [5DE]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 2256), H5782 [29JY]

———prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1513), H2664 [13AP]

———prohibit shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption (see H.R. 2966), H8125 [2DE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H7830 [17NO]

Arlington National Cemetery: provide a memorial marker on Chaplains Hill to honor the memory of Jewish chaplains who died while on active duty in the Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 12), H1908 [16MR]

Armed Forces: improve prevention and response to sexual assaults (see H.R. 3435), H7713 [16NO]

———require the use of only human-based methods for training members in the treatment of severe combat injuries (see H.R. 1417), H2533 [7AP]

Business and industry: require employers to keep records on non-employees who perform labor or services for remuneration and provide a special penalty for employers who misclassify employees (see H.R. 3178), H6919 [13OC]

Buy American Act: improve transparency and accountability in the waiver process requirement for certain transportation provisions (see H.R. 3647), H8880 [13DE]

———require consideration of the impacts of a public interest waiver requirement on domestic manufacturing employment for certain transportation provisions (see H.R. 3645), H8879 [13DE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H5399 [22JY]

Children and youth: promote minimum State requirements for prevention and treatment of concussions caused by participation in school sports (see H.R. 469), H507 [26JA]

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]

Clothing industry: provide preferential duty treatment to certain apparel articles of the Philippines (see H.R. 2387), H6988 [21OC]

Colleges and universities: require institutions that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (see H.R. 1048), H7134 [26OC]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and study the impact of dams on endangered salmon and steelhead (see H.R. 2111), H4034 [3JN]

Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select): express that any legislative language approved should not reduce benefits for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid recipients (see H. Con. Res. 72), H8188 [6DE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H2040 [29MR]

Congress: prohibit securities and commodities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress and require additional reporting of securities transaction by Members and employees (see H.R. 1148), H8319 [8DE]

Congressional Research Service: provide with the authority to obtain information directly from Federal agencies (see H.R. 2571), H7209 [1NO]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 20), H3282 [12MY]

Credit: adjust certain home loans and forgive certain student loans (see H. Res. 365), H5923 [19AU]

———prohibit creditors from discriminating on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit (see H.R. 1488), H2603 [12AP]

———require lender or servicer of a home mortgage, upon a request by the homeowner for a short sale, to make a prompt decision whether to allow the sale (see H.R. 1498), H2603 [12AP]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 1116), H7208 [1NO]

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 Education: authorize State and local educational agencies to carry out teacher exchanges (see H.R. 863), H1797 [14MR]

———establish an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 1704), H3281 [12MY]

———prohibit from overreaching into academic affairs and financial aid program eligibility (see H.R. 2117), H4366 [21JN]

Dept. of HHS: include problem and pathological gambling in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration programs and establish grant program to address consequences of problem gambling (see H.R. 2334), H7830 [17NO]

———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1195), H2328 [5AP]

———provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory increases in insurance premium rates (see H.R. 416), H468 [25JA]

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

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), H3646 (see H.R. 1288), H3684 [25MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish guidelines to prevent and address occurrences of bullying, provide grants to States for related programs, and reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (see H.R. 83), H7332 [3NO]

Dept. of Labor: establish Youth Corps programs and provide for wider dissemination of the Youth Corps model (see H.R. 711), H922 [15FE]

Dept. of Peace: establish (see H.R. 808), H5734 [28JY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the Delaware River Basin region (see H.R. 2325), H4526 [23JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 812), H5374 [21JY]

———conduct cost-benefit analyses for the provision of departmental medical care in certain geographic areas served by multiple departmental medical facilities (see H.R. 1298), H2214 [31MR]

———designate one U.S. city each year as an ``American World War II City'' (see H.R. 2717), H7830 [17NO]

Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 3357), H7330 [3NO]

Diseases: promote increased awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of atrial fibrillation to address the high morbidity and mortality rates and to prevent avoidable associated hospitalizations (see H. Res. 295), H4460 [22JN]

———provide grants to schools for the development of asthma management plans and the purchase of asthma medications and devices for emergency use (see H.R. 1692), H3112 [5MY]

District of Columbia: authorize Gold Star Mothers National Monument Foundation to establish a national monument (see H.R. 1980), H5286 [20JY]

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]

Education: assist States in establishing a universal prekindergarten program (see H.R. 555), H550 [8FE]

———increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth (see H.R. 2226), H7830 [17NO]

———provide for high-quality academic tutoring for low-income students (see H.R. 3498), H7890 [18NO]

———require additional disclosures and protections for students and cosigners relative to student loans (see H.R. 3240), H7579 [14NO]

EPA: provide grants to eligible State consortia to establish and carry out municipal sustainability certification programs (see H.R. 3424), H7626 [15NO]

ERISA: provide protection for company-provided retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H2265 [1AP]

Executive Office of the President: establish the National Office for Cyberspace (see H.R. 1136), H1906 [16MR]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (see H.R. 2644), H5897 [5AU]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend grant programs (see H.R. 2269), H4455 [22JN]

Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty: establish (see H.R. 3300), H7333 [3NO]

Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1418), H2935 [2MY]

Financial literacy: require financial literacy and economic education counseling for student borrowers (see H.R. 2535), H5085 [14JY]

Fish and fishing: extend authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries (see H.R. 3061), H6456 [23SE]

Flag—U.S.: provide for the flying of the flag at half-staff in the event of the death of a first responder in the line of duty (see H.R. 1330), H7715 [16NO]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 639), H924 [15FE]

———require foreign manufacturers of products imported into the U.S. to establish registered agents in the U.S. who are authorized to accept service of process against such manufacturers (see H.R. 3646), H8880 [13DE]

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

Gambling: establish a program for State licensing of Internet poker (see H.R. 2366), H4795 [8JY]

GSA: convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to house a National Women's History Museum (see H.R. 1269), H4673 [6JY]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 44), H34 [5JA]

Hawaii: express the policy of the U.S. toward Native Hawaiians and provide a process for the reorganization and recognition of the Native Hawaiian government (see H.R. 1250), H2216 [31MR]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H3305 [13MY]

Housing: enable Federal and State chartered banks and thrifts to meet the credit needs of homebuilders, and provide liquidity and ensure stable credit for meeting the need for new homes (see H.R. 1755), H6978 [14OC]

Immigration: permanently authorize EB-5 regional center program (see H.R. 2972), H6626 [5OC]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 1206), H2667 [13AP]

Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H3759 [26MY]

Johnson-Brown, Hazel W.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 88), H7713 [16NO]

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]

Medicaid: require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 1219), H2536 [7AP]

Medicare: apply additional health information technology (HITECH) payment provisions to hospitals in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 1273), H2106 [30MR]

———clarify application of secondary payer rules (see H.R. 1063), H5932 [30AU]

———provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 2140), H6098 [12SE]

———provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 876), H2667 [13AP]

———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]

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), H3759 [26MY]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see H.R. 1112), H2917 [15AP]

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

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: prevent drunken driving injuries and fatalities (see H.R. 2324), H5286 [20JY]

National Oilheat Research Alliance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1756), H3305 [13MY]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 89), H8728 [12DE]

Native Americans: improve education (see H.R. 3569), H8967 [14DE]

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

NOAA: establish a Working Waterfront Grant Program (see H.R. 3109), H6624 [5OC]

Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 854), H2535 [7AP]

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), H2536 [7AP]

———ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H2293 [4AP]

———reform (see H.R. 1262), H3987 [2JN]

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

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. 1916), H5399 [22JY]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1574), H3162 [10MY]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1648), H4038 [3JN]

———end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 998), H4329 [16JN]

———improve high schools and raise graduation rates while ensuring rigorous standards and develop and implement effective school models for struggling students and dropouts (see H.R. 778), H1177 (see H.R. 778), H1196 [17FE]

Securities Investor Protection Corp.: provide insurance coverage for certain indirect investors caught in Ponzi schemes (see H.R. 1987), H4076 [13JN]

Sergeant Matthew J. Fenton Post Office, Little Ferry, NJ: designate (see H.R. 789), H4187 [14JN]

Social Security: revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington's disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington's disease (see H.R. 718), H4750 [7JY]

Taiwan: strengthen and clarify commercial, cultural, and other relations between the U.S. and Taiwan (see H.R. 2918), H6180 [14SE]

Taxation: allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040S without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see H.R. 1058), H3062 [4MY]

———encourage natural gas vehicle investments and job creation (see H.R. 1380), H2536 [7AP]

———exempt certain shipping from harbor maintenance tax (see H.R. 1533), H6233 [15SE]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (see H.R. 2644), H5897 [5AU]

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

———prevent further restriction of Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Res. 25), H2412 [6AP]

———reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 1675), H2933 [2MY]

———repeal certain shipping investment withdrawal rules and provide an incentive to reinvest foreign shipping earnings in the U.S. (see H.R. 1031), H5781 [29JY]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see H.R. 1689), H2998 [3MY]

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

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), H8262 [7DE]

Transportation: provide States certain authority to adopt air pollution reduction requirements for motor carriers providing services at port facilities (see H.R. 572), H1040 (see H.R. 572), H1071 [16FE]

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), H6626 [5OC]

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

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

Veterans: authorize veterans' treatment courts and encourage services for veterans through drug courts (see H.R. 3721), H9926 [16DE]

———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), H1620 [8MR]

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]

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

———remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 47), H1619 [8MR]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 2447), H6674 [6OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: revise eligibility for receipt of certain compensation, eliminate certain Survivor Benefit Plan reductions, and enhance active-duty Reserve members' ability to receive credit for such service (see H.R. 1979), H3644 (see H.R. 1979), H3682 [25MY]

ERISA: ensure health care coverage value and transparency for dental benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 1809), H3159 [10MY]

Lyusin, Dmitry E.: relief (see H.R. 3093), H6551 [4OC]

National Animal Rescue Day: designate (see H. Res. 220), H2604 [12AP]

National Guard: eliminate inequities in the treatment of technicians and reduce retirement eligibility age for non-regular service (see H.R. 1169), H1983 [17MR]

Small business: recognize small employer benefit arrangements as employers (see H.R. 3249), H7007 [24OC]

Taiwan: express concerns relative to impact of China on freedom, security, and stability (see H. Con. Res. 39), H2665 [13AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Armed Forces: revise eligibility for receipt of certain compensation, eliminate certain Survivor Benefit Plan reductions, and enhance active-duty Reserve members' ability to receive credit for such service (H.R. 1979), H3645, H3683 [25MY]

ERISA: ensure health care coverage value and transparency for dental benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1809), H3160 [10MY]

Lyusin, Dmitry E.: relief (H.R. 3093), H6551 [4OC]

National Guard: eliminate inequities in the treatment of technicians and reduce retirement eligibility age for non-regular service (H.R. 1169), H1986 [17MR]

Small business: recognize small employer benefit arrangements as employers (H.R. 3249), H7008 [24OC]

Motions

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H321 [19JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 2), H321 [19JA]

Taxation: repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), H7149 [27OC]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (H.R. 3), H3029 [4MY]

———prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 237), H3019 [4MY]

Appropriations: deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (H.R. 1255), H2243, H2245 [1AP]

———deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (H.R. 1255), consideration (H. Res. 194), H2229 [1AP]

———making continuing, H6309 [21SE], H6393 [22SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 44), H1421 [1MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 44), consideration (H. Res. 115), H1412 [1MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 48), H1857 [16MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 48), consideration (H. Res. 167), H1809 [15MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), consideration (H. Res. 206), H2420, H2421 [7AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), consideration (H. Res. 218), H2622 [13AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to Planned Parenthood funding (H. Con. Res. 36), consideration (H. Res. 218), H2622 [13AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to health care reform funding (H. Con. Res. 35), consideration (H. Res. 218), H2622 [13AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H857 [15FE], H1019, H1031 [16FE], H1108, H1154 [17FE], H1203, H1208, H1216, H1217, H1286, H1309, H1345 [18FE], H1412 [1MR], H1809 [15MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 92), H811 [15FE]

Armed Forces: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, H3667 [25MY]

———direct the President, pursuant to the War Powers Resolution, to remove the U.S. Armed Forces from Libya (H. Con. Res. 51), consideration (H. Res. 294), H3993 [3JN]

———ensure rules of engagement for members in any hostile fire area fully protect their right to bear arms and defend themselves from hostile actions, H3629 [25MY]

———extend whistleblower protections to members that report potentially dangerous ideologically based threats or actions of another member against U.S. interests or security, H3605 [25MY]

———limit authority to detain U.S. citizens under authorizations for use of military force, H8924 [14DE]

———prohibit expansion of Presidential authorization for use of military force to include associated forces, H3662 [25MY]

———prohibit funding for deployment of ground troops in Libya (H. Res. 292), consideration (H. Res. 294), H3993 [3JN]

———restrict use of funds in support of NATO mission in Libya (H.R. 2278), H4559 [24JN]

Broadway Theatre of Pitman (organization): New Jersey Association of Community Theater Perry Awards recipient, E144 [8FE]

Brooklawn, NJ: anniversary of Brooklawn Volunteer Fire Co., E1158 [22JN]

———tribute to Brooklawn 9/11 Memorial and Monument of the Delaware Valley, E1602 [12SE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H693 [11FE], H3379 [24MY], H5254 [20JY]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), H7794 [17NO]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, H5702, H5705, H5706 [28JY], H5753 [29JY], H5833, H5857 [1AU]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), H5192, H5218 [19JY]

———cut and cap Federal spending and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2693), H5802 [30JY]

———deficit, H7794 [17NO]

———reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels (H. Res. 38), H449 [25JA]

———reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels (H. Res. 38), consideration (H. Res. 43), H408, H409 [24JA]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H2879 [15AP], H3379 [24MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), consideration (H. Res. 223), H2681 [14AP]

Camden, NJ: tribute to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints groundbreaking ceremony, E1663 [20SE]

———tribute to Parada San Juan Bautista, E1465 [1AU]

Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), H5702, H5705, H5706 [28JY]

———establish (S. 627), consideration (H. Res. 383), H5753 [29JY]

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), H693, H709 [11FE]

———direct certain standing committees to inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed regulations and orders from Federal agencies (H. Res. 72), consideration (H. Res. 73), H616, H617 [10FE]

———instruct certain committees to report legislation replacing health care reform legislation (H. Res. 9), H363 [20JA]

———instruct certain committees to report legislation replacing health care reform legislation (H. Res. 9), consideration (H. Res. 26), H115 [7JA]

Contracts: Government contracts that require project labor agreements funding, H1309 [18FE]

Davis-Bacon Act: wage rate requirement administration funding, H1345 [18FE]

Dept. of Defense: allow transfer of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and other locations to the U.S. for prosecution in Federal courts under certain conditions, H3643 [25MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3394, H3395 [24MY], H3605, H3607, H3626, H3629, H3643, H3652, H3662, H3665, H3667, H3678 [25MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), conference report, H8924 [14DE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), consideration (H. Res. 276), H3426 [25MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 493), H8919 [14DE]

———clarify that definition of ``sunken military craft'' will only include vessels, warships, or naval auxiliaries on military, noncommercial service when sunk, H3652 [25MY]

———create a pilot program to offer opportunity scholarships to special needs dependent children of active-duty members of the military, H3607 [25MY]

———F-35 Joint Strike Fighter competitive engine program funding, H857 [15FE]

———F-136 engine program funding, H3395 [24MY]

———ground-based midcourse defense system funding, H3678 [25MY]

———reduce number of civilian employees, H3665 [25MY]

———temporarily suspend implementation and enforcement of workforce management and sourcing policies pursuant to the efficiency initiative, H3626 [25MY]

Dept. of Education: District of Columbia public and charter schools funding, H2076 [30MR]

———prohibit funding to implement gainful employment rule applicable to certain proprietary or for-profit colleges, H1154 [17FE]

———reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 471), H2076 [30MR]

———reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 471), consideration (H. Res. 186), H2055 [30MR]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit funding to implement any regulation or Executive order requiring Federal contractors to disclose political contributions, H5052 [14JY]

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), H3379 [24MY]

———State health insurance exchange regulations or guidelines development funding, H1286 [18FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2017), H3952 [2JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2017), consideration (H. Res. 287), H3826 [1JN]

Dept. of HUD: rescind funding for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and terminate the program (H.R. 861), consideration (H. Res. 170), H1857 [16MR]

———rescind unobligated funding for FHA Refinance Program and terminate the program (H.R. 830), consideration (H. Res. 150), H1638 [9MR]

———rescind unobligated funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and terminate the program (H.R. 836), consideration (H. Res. 151), H1632, H1633 [9MR]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2584), H5460 [25JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: 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), H1857 [16MR]

Economy: express sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H. Res. 501), consideration (H. Res. 502), H9954 [20DE]

———impact of Government regulations, H693, H709 [11FE]

———importance of job creation, H1632, H1633, H1638 [9MR], H1857 [16MR], H5254 [20JY], H5985 [8SE], H8149 [6DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H8919 [14DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration (H. Res. 491), H8752 [13DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 502), H9954 [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 (H.R. 12), H6394 [22SE]

Education: reinstatement of laid off teachers funding, H6394 [22SE]

Education Sciences Reform Act: technical amendment (S. 365), H5857 [1AU]

———technical amendment (S. 365), consideration (H. Res. 384), H5833 [1AU]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H5052 [14JY]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 2553), consideration (H. Res. 357), H5254 [20JY]

FBI: funding, H408 [24JA]

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), H8213 [7DE]

———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]

———reform process by which agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents (H.R. 3010), consideration (H. Res. 477), H7952 [30NO]

FEMA: Disaster Relief Fund funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program funding, H6309 [21SE], H6393 [22SE]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1315), consideration (H. Res. 358), H5310, H5311 [21JY]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (H.R. 639), H2055 [30MR]

———clarify that fundamental exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is actionable under U.S. countervailing and antidumping duty laws, H115 [7JA]

Government regulations: ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (H.R. 527), consideration (H. Res. 477), H7952 [30NO]

Haddon, NJ: anniversary of William G. Rohrer Memorial Library, E1761 [4OC]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: health-care related provisions implementation funding, H1203, H1208, H1216, H1217 [18FE]

———repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H220 [18JA], H263, H270, H274 [19JA]

———repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 26), H115 [7JA]

———repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), motion to recommit, H321 [19JA]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 502), H9954 [20DE]

———amend and adopt (H. Res. 5), H20, H23 [5JA]

———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 206), H2420, H2421 [7AP]

———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 502), H9954 [20DE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1892), consideration (H. Res. 392), H5985 [8SE]

Iran: prevent proliferation and acquisition of nuclear weapons, H7383-H7385 [4NO]

———strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (H.R. 1905), H8856 [13DE]

Israel: U.S. policy, E273 [18FE]

Medicare: reform, H2420, H2421 [7AP], H2681 [14AP], H2879 [15AP], H3379 [24MY], H3826 [1JN]

National Guard: eliminate inequities in the treatment of technicians and reduce retirement eligibility age for non-regular service (H.R. 1169), E513 [17MR]

National Public Radio: prohibit Federal funding and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content (H.R. 1076), consideration (H. Res. 174), H1914 [17MR]

New Jersey: South Jersey community recipients of Living Legends Torch Bearers Award, E618 [4AP]

NIH: funding, H408 [24JA]

NLRB: clarify membership criteria for collective bargaining units and timing of elections of labor organizations (H.R. 3094), H7959, H7975 [30NO]

———clarify membership criteria for collective bargaining units and timing of elections of labor organizations (H.R. 3094), consideration (H. Res. 470), H7839 [18NO]

———decision to issue complaint against Boeing Co., for moving production to non-union facility, H6202 [15SE]

———funding, H1031 [16FE]

———prohibit from ordering any employer to close, relocate, or transfer employment under any circumstance (H.R. 2587), H6198, H6199, H6200, H6201, H6202, H6203, H6205, H6206 [15SE]

———require employers that paid executive compensation bonuses more than 10,000% of average employee compensation to state positions at onset of pre-election hearing, H7975 [30NO]

Norcross, George E., III: New Jersey Hospital Association Healthcare System Trustee of the Year award recipient, E517 [17MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of repeal on senior citizen prescription drug rebates, H270 [19JA]

———impact on employment, H1633 [9MR]

———implementation funding, H1203, H1208, H1216, H1217 [18FE]

———modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services (H.R. 358), H6894 [13OC]

———provide that repeal will only occur when a majority of the Members of Congress waive enrollment in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, H321 [19JA]

———repeal (H.R. 2), H220 [18JA], H263, H270, H274 [19JA]

———repeal (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 26), H115 [7JA]

———repeal (H.R. 2), motion to recommit, H321 [19JA]

———repeal mandatory funding for school-based health center construction (H.R. 1214), H2975 [3MY]

Point of order, H1203 [18FE]

Political campaigns: require Federal contractors to disclose political contributions, H1108 [17FE], H3952 [2JN]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions and terminate the Election Assistance Commission (H.R. 3463), consideration (H. Res. 477), H7952 [30NO]

ProCon.org (Internet site): American Library Association Top 25 Free Reference Websites honoree, E1237 [6JY]

Public debt: exclude cuts to Social Security or Medicare benefits from any agreement to reduce the budget deficit, H5706 [28JY]

———increase statutory limit (H.R. 1954), H3772 [31MY]

Republican Party: national agenda, H709 [11FE]

Rutgers University: tribute to graduating Law School class, E1127 [16JN]

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 2218), H5991 [8SE]

———encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 2218), consideration (H. Res. 392), H5985 [8SE]

———promote use of goods made in the U.S. for the construction and enhancement of charter schools, H5985 [8SE]

Small Business Act: extend programs (H.R. 2608), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 405), H6309 [21SE]

———extend programs (H.R. 2608), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 412), H6393 [22SE]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (H.R. 2608), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 405), H6309 [21SE]

———extend programs (H.R. 2608), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 412), H6393 [22SE]

Taxation: create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund, H7952, H7953 [30NO], H8149 [6DE]

———create jobs through infrastructure investment (H.R. 992), H1857 [16MR]

———denial of tax relief to companies found delinquent in paying their Federal taxes, H7149 [27OC]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 2553), consideration (H. Res. 357), H5254 [20JY]

———modify calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs (H.R. 2576), consideration (H. Res. 448), H7086 [26OC]

———rates, H6394 [22SE]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies, H811 [15FE]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (H.R. 25), H1412 [1MR]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), consideration (H. Res. 448), H7086 [26OC]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), motion to recommit, H7149 [27OC]

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), H178 [12JA]

U.N.: secure return to the U.S. of overpayments paid into the U.N. Tax Equalization Fund (H.R. 519), H568 [9FE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, H8149 [6DE], H8919 [14DE]

———rates, H7383 [4NO]

Votes: position on missed, H2350 [6AP], H2803 [14AP], E631 [5AP], E942 [24MY], E1104 [15JN], E1130 [16JN], E1361 [19JY], E1789 [6OC], E2293 [16DE]

Statements

Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act: Several College and University Professors, H6206-H6209 [15SE]

Tributes

Adler, John H., H2276 [4AP]

Bruno, Harold, Jr. (Hal), E2135 [30NO]

Cream, Riletta, E514 [17MR]

Gallia, Tom, E1764 [4OC]

Gil, Nia, E110 [25JA]

Hartstein, Paul, E1340 [15JY]

Klothen, Eve Biskind, E583 [31MR]

Ley, Donald G., Sr., E955 [25MY]

Marsh, Margaret, E619 [4AP]

Messina, Robert C., Jr., E780 [2MY]

Ober, Frederick (Rick), E112 [25JA]

Orth, William, E1907 [24OC]

Rawley, John, E1047 [3JN]

Shryock, Bob, E109 [25JA]

Williams, Seth, E111 [25JA]