LoBIONDO, FRANK A. (a Representative from New Jersey)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H56 [6JA]

Amendments

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), H7333 [3NO], H7363 [4NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3709 [26MY]

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), H2181 [31MR]

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H200 [12JA]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Alcoholic beverages: support State based alcohol regulation (see H.R. 1161), H2605 [12AP]

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), H5019 [13JY]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 835), H1580 [4MR]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 2256), H7069 [25OC]

———prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1513), H7627 [15NO]

———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), H6237 [19SE]

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), H1580 [4MR]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (see H.R. 1297), H2412 [6AP]

———designate the Honor and Remember Flag as an official symbol to recognize and honor members who died in the line of duty (see H.R. 546), H1252 (see H.R. 546), H1364 [18FE]

———ensure that Reserve members who have served on active duty or performed certain active service receive credit toward early receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see H.R. 181), H601 [9FE]

———extend authority of certain members and veterans to transfer unused Post-9/11 Educational Assistance benefits to family members (see H.R. 1910), H3301 [13MY]

———prevent disruptions at military funerals (see H.R. 1591), H4673 [6JY]

Aviation: prohibit operators of civil aircraft of the U.S. from participating in the European Union emissions trading scheme (see H.R. 2594), H5661 [27JY]

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

———modify discretionary spending limits to take into account savings resulting from the reduction in the number of Federal employees and apply savings to defense and non-defense categories (see H.R. 3662), H8965 [14DE]

Bureau of Prisons: establish an Oleoresin Capsicum Spray Pilot Program (see H.R. 1175), H4577 [24JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H7929 [29NO]

Children and youth: extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (see H.R. 1895), H9928 [16DE]

Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see H.R. 2016), H8262 [7DE]

———prohibit awarding of Federal grants and contracts to institutions that fail to offer academic credit for completion of courses offered by a Senior ROTC program (see H.R. 2628), H5398 [22JY]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H7893 [18NO]

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), H7714 [16NO]

CPSC: exempt off-highway vehicles from certain lead prohibitions (see H.R. 412), H2571 [8AP]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H6552 [4OC]

Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault in the Military Services: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1529), H2858 [14AP]

Dept. of Defense: take steps necessary to exhume and transfer remains of deceased Armed Forces members buried in Tripoli, Libya (see H.R. 1497), H2603 [12AP]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H4750 [7JY]

———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1195), H6273 [20SE]

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), H6415 [22SE]

———prohibit the procurement of certain items unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced (see H.R. 679), H1525 [2MR]

Dept. of State: address inefficiencies in the visa processing system that discourage overseas business and leisure travel to the U.S. (see H.R. 3039), H7831 [17NO]

———establish Special Envoy To Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia (see H.R. 440), H924 [15FE]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow for increased flexibility in payments for State veterans homes (see H.R. 2530), H5489 [25JY]

———carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 198), H471 [25JA]

———establish an open burn pit registry to ensure that Armed Forces members exposed to toxic chemicals and fumes in Afghanistan or Iraq receive information regarding such exposure (see H.R. 3337), H7329 [3NO]

———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), H6182 [14SE]

———exempt reimbursements of expenses for accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss from annual income determinations relative to veterans' pensions (see H.R. 923), H4673 [6JY]

———improve certain laws relative to employment and training of veterans (see H.R. 2433), H6458 [23SE]

———prevent from prohibiting use of dogs on Dept. property (see H.R. 1154), H1982 [17MR]

———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. 178), H601 [9FE]

Diseases: establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see H.R. 1394), H2410 [6AP]

———extend Postal Service authority to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research (see H.R. 466), H3062 [4MY]

———require a Federal commitment to Alzheimer's disease research to advance breakthrough treatments for people with the disease (see H.R. 1897), H8262 [7DE]

District of Columbia: authorize Gold Star Mothers National Monument Foundation to establish a national monument (see H.R. 1980), H3644 (see H.R. 1980), H3682 [25MY]

Executive Office of the President: require a report and congressional hearings on responsibilities, authorities, and powers of certain unconfirmed officials or advisers (see H. Con. Res. 3), H1580 [4MR]

FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see H.R. 642), H5150 [18JY]

Federal employees: provide for pay parity for civilian employees serving at joint military installations (see H.R. 1688), H3344 [23MY]

Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1418), H9432 [15DE]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 822), H4673 [6JY]

Fish and fishing: extend authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries (see H.R. 3061), H6674 [6OC]

———permit eligible fishermen to approve certain limited access privilege programs (see H.R. 2772), H6011 [8SE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 13), H554 [8FE]

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. 304), H8728 [12DE]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 639), H3281 [12MY]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H507 [26JA]

Government: prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 2402), H5020 [13JY]

Government-sponsored enterprises: suspend compensation packages for senior executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and compensate such executives in accordance with executive branch senior employees pay rates (see H.R. 1221), H7715 [16NO]

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), H774 [14FE]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: ensure compliance by certain countries and establish procedures for prompt return of children abducted to other countries (see H.R. 1940), H4279 [15JN]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 104), H553 [8FE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 2), H33 [5JA]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit or Federal debt reduction (see H.R. 121), H204 [12JA]

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), H5240 [19JY]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 1206), H4946 [12JY]

———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), H6551 [4OC]

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha'is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 134), H4751 [7JY]

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

Japan: commend for extending official apology to former U.S. POW from the Pacific War and moving forward in planning to invite surviving members to Japan (see H. Res. 333), H4674 [6JY]

Law enforcement: modify prohibition on disrupting military funerals (see H.R. 961), H2858 [14AP]

Law enforcement officers: encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout U.S. to disseminate information when an officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 365), H1180 (see H.R. 365), H1199 [17FE]

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

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H6919 [13OC]

Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 1171), H6233 [15SE]

Maritime Administration: identify actions to enable qualified U.S. flag capacity to meet national defense requirements (see H.R. 3202), H6975 [14OC]

Medicaid: require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 1219), H6457 [23SE]

Medicare: ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2267), H6922 [13OC]

———preserve access to urban Medicare-dependent hospitals (see H.R. 1656), H3112 [5MY]

———repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 1041), H4529 [23JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1546), H6233 [15SE]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 343), H5285 [20JY] (see H.R. 431), H5489 [25JY]

———prevent payment if the public debt limit is reached and clarify pay would not be recouped retroactively (see H.R. 2653), H5734 [28JY]

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

National Center for Campus Public Safety: establish and operate (see H.R. 2342), H6506 [3OC]

National Guard: elevate the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to a position on the Joint Chiefs of Staff and reestablish position of Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau (see H.R. 3455), H7828 [17NO]

———provide for employment and reemployment rights for certain individuals ordered to full-time service (see H.R. 1811), H4530 [23JN]

National Oilheat Research Alliance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1756), H4279 [15JN]

National security: express that further reductions to core national security funding will cause significant harm to U.S. interests (see H. Res. 441), H6977 [14OC]

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), H7998 [30NO]

Outer Continental Shelf: require offshore renewable energy resources and devices to be installed and serviced by U.S. workers (see H.R. 2360), H5019 [13JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (see H.R. 2), H33 [5JA]

———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 452), H6233 [15SE]

Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (see H.R. 872), H1621 [8MR]

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), H4037 [3JN]

———ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H2412 [6AP]

POW: provide certain processes and limitations relative to detention of certain individuals by the U.S. (see H.R. 968), H1664 [9MR]

Power resources: protect the bulk-power system and electric infrastructure critical to the defense and well-being of the U.S. against natural and manmade electromagnetic pulse threats and vulnerabilities (see H.R. 668), H723 [11FE]

Sergeant Matthew J. Fenton Post Office, Little Ferry, NJ: designate (see H.R. 789), H3304 [13MY]

Small business: 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: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1332), H5240 [19JY]

Taxation: exempt certain shipping from harbor maintenance tax (see H.R. 1533), H4794 [8JY]

———increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 1738), H6233 [15SE]

———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 687), H774 [14FE]

———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), H684 [10FE]

———provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see H.R. 3238), H6983 [18OC]

———provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 1802), H3759 [26MY]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 1236), H5374 [21JY]

———repeal certain shipping investment withdrawal rules and provide an incentive to reinvest foreign shipping earnings in the U.S. (see H.R. 1031), H4794 [8JY]

———repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 436), H6415 [22SE]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 674), H2572 [8AP]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1002), H1723 [10MR]

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), H8077 [1DE]

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

Veterans: allow disabled veterans and their dependents to use Dept. of Defense commissary and exchange stores (see H.R. 1178), H1983 [17MR]

———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. 303), H684 [10FE] (see H.R. 333), H2108 [30MR]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 1407), H3000 [3MY]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3145), H7009 [24OC]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 69), H6234 [15SE]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 719), H4750 [7JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2838), H5936 [2SE]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 3227), H6976 [14OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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]

FAA: use Airport and Airway Trust Fund revenue to provide retroactive pay to employees who were furloughed (see H.R. 2814), H5901 [9AU]

Ships and vessels: regulate discharges from commercial vessels (see H.R. 2840), H5936 [2SE] (see H.R. 2840), H5939 [6SE]

———suppress the threat of piracy on the high seas (see H.R. 2839), H5936 [2SE] (see H.R. 2839), H5939 [6SE]

Constitutional authority statements

Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc.: revise Federal charter to reflect a change in eligibility requirements (H.R. 2815), H5901 [9AU]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), H5936 [2SE]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (H.R. 3227), H6978 [14OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct cost-benefit analyses for the provision of departmental medical care in certain geographic areas served by multiple departmental medical facilities (H.R. 1298), H2215 [31MR]

FAA: use Airport and Airway Trust Fund revenue to provide retroactive pay to employees who were furloughed (H.R. 2814), H5901 [9AU]

Ships and vessels: regulate discharges from commercial vessels (H.R. 2840), H5936 [2SE]

———suppress the threat of piracy on the high seas (H.R. 2839), H5936 [2SE]

Letters

Regulate discharges from commercial vessels: several maritime, shipping, and manufacturing organizations, H7339 [4NO]

Remarks

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H1093 [17FE]

Armed Forces: repatriate soldiers killed in the fight against piracy in Tripoli, Libya, in 1804, H3614 [25MY]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), H7344, H7346, H7347, H7366, H7367, H7368, H7372, H7381 [4NO], H7604, H7605 [15NO]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), consideration (H. Res. 455), H7338 [4NO]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), motion to recommit, H7608 [15NO]

———clarify guidance regarding the ability of offshore supply vessels to carry unlimited amounts of certain kinds of combustible liquid cargo, H7605 [15NO]

———prohibit awarding of contracts to felons convicted of contract fraud, waste, and abuse, H7608 [15NO]

———prohibit establishment of an ombudsman in each district, H7366 [4NO]

———remove unneeded and harmful restrictions on the future contracting and construction of the national security cutter, H7368 [4NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3614 [25MY]

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), H2181 [31MR]

———establish Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) Research and Development Center of Excellence, H2181 [31MR]

———Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) funding, H1093 [17FE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 754), H3245 [12MY]

Ships and vessels: increase State authority to impose more protective operational requirements on ballast water discharges from commercial vessels within State resource waters, H7347, H7372 [4NO]

———regulate discharges from commercial vessels, H7338, H7344, H7347 [4NO]

Sports: facilitate hosting of America's Cup by authorizing certain eligible vessels to participate in activities related to the competition (H.R. 3321), H7342 [4NO]

———facilitate hosting of America's Cup by authorizing certain eligible vessels to participate in activities related to the competition (H.R. 3321), Senate amendment, H7875 [18NO]

U.S. Coast Guard Academy: allow Members of Congress to nominate qualified candidates, H7367 [4NO]

Tributes

Warren, Rob, E1186 [23JN]