TONKO, PAUL (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H776, H777, H778, H779 [14FE], H903 [15FE], H1032, H1033 [16FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3597 [25MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4742, H4752 [7JY]

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), H3344 [23MY], H3368 [24MY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2584), H5562 [26JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H4841, H4853 [11JY]

Appointments

Committee on Ethics (House): investigative subcommittees, H1991 [29MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: promote local and regional farm and food systems (see H.R. 3286), H7579 [14NO]

Alcoholic beverages: support State based alcohol regulation (see H.R. 1161), H6010 [8SE]

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), H4795 [8JY]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 835), H1666 [9MR]

Animals: prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1513), H3063 [4MY]

———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), H3758 [26MY]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds to ensure prompt payment of death gratuity payments upon the death of members when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (see H.R. 1469), H2570 [8AP]

———improve prevention and response to sexual assaults (see H.R. 3435), H8126 [2DE]

———lift statutory bans on denying servicewomen coverage for abortions in cases of rape or incest and preventing use of private funds for abortions at U.S. military facilities (see H.R. 2085), H7008 [24OC]

———limit authority to detain U.S. citizens under authorizations for use of military force (see H.R. 3702), H9925 [16DE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H6043 [9SE]

Children and youth: promote minimum State requirements for prevention and treatment of concussions caused by participation in school sports (see H.R. 469), H6139 [13SE]

———protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1381), H3411 [24MY]

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), H3758 [26MY]

Clean Air Act: eliminate exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources (see H.R. 1204), H2268 [1AP]

Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see H.R. 2016), H8076 [1DE]

Combating Autism Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2005), H6238 [19SE]

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), H6234 [15SE]

Committee on Job Creation (Joint, Select): establish (see H.R. 2835), H5936 [2SE] (see H.R. 2835), H5938 [6SE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H6855 [12OC]

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), H8076 [1DE]

Consumers: delay implementation of proposed or final rules relative to reasonable and proportional fees and rules for electronic debit transactions (see H.R. 1081), H2858 [14AP]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 20), H4581 [28JN]

Corporal Steven Blaine Riccione Post Office, Geneva, NY: designate (see H.R. 2244), H4363 [21JN]

Courts: strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 583), H5489 [25JY]

Credit: permanently increase conforming loan limits for the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises and the FHA maximum mortgage amount limitations (see H.R. 1754), H6233 [15SE]

———prohibit creditors from discriminating on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit (see H.R. 1488), H2667 [13AP]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H8967 [14DE]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 1116), H1905 [16MR]

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), H3301 [13MY]

Dept. of Education: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see H.R. 1377), H2327 [5AP]

———improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1057), H4187 [14JN]

———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 885), H2667 [13AP]

———provide grants to States to ensure that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors (see H.R. 1547), H5240 [19JY]

Dept. of Energy: establish pilot program to award grants and loan guarantees to hospitals to reduce energy costs and increase resilience to improve security (see H.R. 706), H3411 [24MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see H.R. 2595), H6011 [8SE]

———implement the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan (see H.R. 2600), H6233 [15SE]

———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), H6415 [22SE]

———make grants to eligible local educational agencies to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in elementary and secondary schools and kindergarten (see H.R. 2229), H5888 [1AU]

———provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1426), H6043 [9SE]

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

———reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 2679), H7579 [14NO]

———revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 751), H1176 (see H.R. 751), H1195 [17FE]

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]

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 the Interior: establish and operate a visitor facility for the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument (see H.R. 1207), H2216 [31MR]

———study suitability and feasibility of adding Hudson River Valley in New York, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 2452), H4748 [7JY]

Dept. of Transportation: prescribe standards for maximum number of hours an operator of a commercial motor vechicle may be reasonably detained by a shipper or receiver (see H.R. 756), H4459 [22JN]

———promote secure ferry transportation (see H.R. 1879), H3411 [24MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for benefit purposes (see H.R. 210), H6921 [13OC]

———require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see H.R. 329), H7714 [16NO]

Disasters: enhance existing programs providing mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes (see H.R. 2069), H7715 [16NO]

———reauthorize Federal natural hazards reduction programs (see H.R. 1379), H2327 [5AP]

Discrimination: take steps to counter the growth in anti-Muslim sentiments, targeted rhetorical attacks, and violence against the Muslim, Arab, Sikh, and South Asian American communities (see H. Res. 283), H3756 [26MY]

Diseases: establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see H.R. 1394), H3987 [2JN]

———expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see H.R. 1672), H6552 [4OC]

———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]

———require reporting on the implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and on the status of international progress on universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment (see H.R. 1880), H3279 [12MY]

Drugs: increase Federal oversight of prescription opioid treatment and assistance to States in reducing opioid abuse, diversion, and deaths (see H.R. 1925), H4188 [14JN]

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: ensure schools have physical education programs that meet minimum requirements for physical education (see H.R. 422), H5285 [20JY]

———improve foreign language instruction (see H.R. 1994), H3644 (see H.R. 1994), H3682 [25MY]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 1876), H3278 [12MY]

———promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations (see H.R. 2315), H4578 [24JN]

EPA: award grants for electronic device recycling research, development, and demonstration projects (see H.R. 2396), H7400 [4NO]

———award grants to water system owners or operators to increase resiliency or adaptability to any ongoing or forecasted changes to hydrologic conditions (see H.R. 2738), H6043 [9SE]

———establish centers of excellence for green infrastructure (see H.R. 2030), H3755 [26MY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees (see H.R. 631), H680 [10FE]

Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or the child involved (see H.R. 1681), H3162 [10MY]

Federal agencies and departments: submit annual forecast of grant solicitations expected to be issued to OMB for publication on a website (see H.R. 2393), H5966 [7SE]

Federal employees: authorize presentation of a U.S. flag at the funeral of Federal civilian employees who are killed while performing official duties or because of their status as a Federal employee (see H.R. 2061), H4578 [24JN]

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

Ferraro, Geraldine A.: tribute (see H. Res. 190), H2107 [30MR]

Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1418), H7069 [25OC]

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

Firearms: ensure that individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require a background check for every firearm sale (see H.R. 1781), H5286 [20JY]

———prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 308), H684 [10FE]

Foreign countries: take action against certain judgment-evading foreign states and state-owned corporations of such states (see H.R. 1798), H3806 [31MY]

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]

GSA: convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to house a National Women's History Museum (see H.R. 1269), H4187 [14JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H723 [11FE]

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

House Rules: provide that certain budget enforcement rules shall have no force or effect (see H. Res. 46), H554 [8FE]

Hurricanes: provide assistance to agricultural producers adversely affected by damaging weather and other conditions relating to Hurricane Irene (see H.R. 2856), H5964 [7SE]

———temporarily waive risk management purchase requirement for agricultural producers impacted by Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee so such producers are eligible to receive certain assistance (see H.R. 2905), H6139 [13SE]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1537), H2854 [14AP]

Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H6855 [12OC]

John J. Cook Post Office, East Rockaway, NY: designate (see H.R. 2079), H3987 [2JN]

Jordan, Barbara: tribute (see H. Res. 90), H1253 (see H. Res. 90), H1364 [18FE]

Judge, Mychal: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1027), H1724 [10MR] (see H.R. 2580), H7892 [18NO]

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), H7627 [15NO]

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), H3161 [10MY]

LIHEAP: revise formula for allocating funding to States (see H.R. 3574), H8187 [6DE]

Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H4035 [3JN]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H7627 [15NO]

Medicaid: improve access to advanced practice nurses and physicians' assistants (see H.R. 2134), H6273 [20SE]

Medicare: create additional residency slots in participating teaching hospitals, expand primary care bonus to certain underserved specialties, and provide tax incentives for practicing-teaching physicians (see H.R. 2224), H5888 [1AU]

———ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2267), H8076 [1DE]

———improve diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema and reduce costs relative to treatment of complications of lymphedema (see H.R. 2499), H6183 [14SE]

———preserve access to ambulance services (see H.R. 1005), H3111 [5MY]

———provide coverage of comprehensive Alzheimer's disease and other dementia diagnosis and services to improve care and outcomes by increasing detection, diagnosis, care, and planning (see H.R. 1386), H3806 [31MY]

———provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 831), H1390 [28FE]

———repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 1041), H5239 [19JY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1546), H8136 [5DE]

Medicare/Medicaid: clarify application of electronic health record payment incentives in cases of multi-campus hospitals (see H.R. 2500), H6233 [15SE]

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]

Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 214), H3112 [5MY]

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), H4674 [6JY]

Money: improve circulation of $1 coins in order to phase out production of $1 bills (see H.R. 2977), H6979 [14OC]

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

National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network: establish (see H.R. 1970), H4076 [13JN]

National Clandestine Service of the CIA NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office, Monroe, NY: designate (see H.R. 3593), H8260 [7DE]

National Congress on Your Corner Day: designate (see H. Res. 58), H509 [26JA]

National Dance Day: designate (see H. Res. 342), H5240 [19JY]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 104), H1251 (see H. Res. 104), H1362 [18FE]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 402), H684 [10FE]

National Oilheat Research Alliance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1756), H5240 [19JY]

New York, NY: recognize historical significance of Triangle Shirtwaist Co., fire on improving worker safety standards, honor victims, and commend groups involved in victim aid and worker safety improvement (see H. Res. 182), H1985 [17MR]

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

Norway: condemn terrorist attacks in Oslo and Utoya Island and express condolences and support to those affected by the attack (see H. Res. 380), H5889 [1AU]

Oil Pollution Act: extend liability to corporations, partnerships, and other persons having ownership interests in responsible parties (see H.R. 54), H34 [5JA]

OSHA: authorize and expand the Voluntary Protection Programs to include more small businesses (see H.R. 1511), H8076 [1DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish a public health insurance option (see H.R. 191), H40 [5JA]

Peace Corps: require sexual assault risk-reduction and response training, develop assault protocol and guidelines, establish victims advocates, and establish a Sexual Assault Advisory Council (see H.R. 2337), H7134 [26OC]

Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 854), H1621 [8MR]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 965), H3162 [10MY]

Pipelines: enhance pipeline safety and provide communities with access to improved information concerning the equipment and operations of pipeline facilities (see H.R. 22), H397 [20JA]

Poland: honor memory of victims, express sympathy to citizens and survivors of victims of airplane crash in Russia and solidarity with people and Polish-American communities, and support Polish Government (see H. Res. 213), H2534 [7AP]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1404), H2410 [6AP]

———require shareholder authorization before a public company may make certain political expenditures (see H.R. 2517), H5018 [13JY]

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), H3112 [5MY]

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

Power resources: require treatment of any plans, documents, and lease sales required for Outer Continental Shelf drilling as a major Federal action relative to the National Environmental Policy Act (see H.R. 52), H34 [5JA]

Private Isaac T. Cortes Post Office, Bronx, NY: designate (see H.R. 3413), H7577 [14NO]

Public debt: increase statutory limit (see H.R. 2663), H5734 [28JY]

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), H3301 [13MY]

Public safety officers: extend public safety officers' death benefits to fire police officers (see H.R. 1348), H6043 [9SE]

Public utilities: establish uniform national standards for the interconnection of certain small power production facilities (see H.R. 1624), H2911 [15AP]

Renewable energy: promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy research and development (see H.R. 2994), H6552 [4OC]

———provide support to develop career and technical education programs of study and facilities (see H.R. 2207), H6238 [19SE]

Robert H. Jackson U.S. Courthouse, Buffalo, NY: designate (see H.R. 3556), H8124 [2DE]

Safe Drinking Water Act: repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (see H.R. 1084), H1841 [15MR]

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

SBA: provide for low interest loans for small businesses in major disaster areas (see H.R. 3042), H7209 [1NO]

———reform the HUBZone program for small business concerns (see H.R. 2131), H6676 [7OC]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1648), H2912 [15AP]

———end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 998), H1723 [10MR]

———provide assistance for the modernization, renovation, and repair of elementary and secondary school buildings and community colleges (see H.R. 2948), H6231 [15SE]

———require educational agencies participating in certain school lunch and child nutrition programs to require students to receive a certain amount of nutrition education per year (see H.R. 576), H5285 [20JY]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security (see H.R. 1086), H1841 [15MR]

Sergeant Angel Mendez Post Office, Staten Island, NY: designate (see H.R. 2422), H4671 [6JY]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations and impose a surcharge on high income taxpayers (see H.R. 417), H469 [25JA]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 between 1982 and 1992 (see H.R. 1001), H5286 [20JY]

———ensure any reform prevents the reduction of benefits or an increase in retirement age (see H. Con. Res. 64), H4793 [8JY]

———improve old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, provide cash relief for years when annual cost-of-living increases do not take effect, and provide benefit protection (see H.R. 539), H776 [14FE]

———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), H1580 [4MR]

Supreme Court: apply Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges to justices and establish procedures for the recusal of justices from cases (see H.R. 862), H1580 [4MR]

Taxation: allow manufacturing businesses to establish tax-free manufacturing reinvestment accounts to assist them in providing for new equipment and facilities and workforce training (see H.R. 110), H1770 [11MR]

———clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (see H.R. 2466), H4792 [8JY]

———deny a deduction for removal costs and damages for which taxpayers are liable under the Oil Pollution Act (see H.R. 53), H34 [5JA]

———encourage natural gas vehicle investments and job creation (see H.R. 1380), H2409 [6AP]

———expand the incentives for the rehabilitation of older buildings including owner-occupied residences (see H.R. 2555), H5125 [15JY]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2088), H5966 [7SE]

———extend renewal community tax credit program (see H.R. 1428), H2534 [7AP]

———extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 2655), H7209 [1NO]

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

———modify depreciation recovery period for energy-efficient cool roof systems (see H.R. 2962), H7898 [22NO]

———modify investment tax credit for combined heat and power system property (see H.R. 2750), H5884 [1AU]

———modify the energy credit for microturbine property (see H.R. 3394), H7398 [4NO]

———prevent further restriction of Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Res. 25), H1770 [11MR]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H6921 [13OC]

———provide a look back rule in the case of federally declared disasters for determining earned income for purposes of the child tax credit and the earned income credit (see H.R. 3048), H6855 [12OC]

———provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see H.R. 2866), H6979 [14OC]

———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), H5286 [20JY]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 1236), H4076 [13JN]

———reduce tobacco smuggling (see H.R. 3186), H6919 [13OC]

———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]

Telecommunications: make more spectrum available to, facilitate development of a wireless broadband network for, and provide standards for spectrum needs of public safety agencies (see H.R. 607), H4673 [6JY]

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), H7929 [29NO]

———award Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Medal to memorials established at 3 sites honoring individuals killed in terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 2864), H6344 [21SE]

Transportation: prevent and remedy discrimination relating to federally funded transportation projects (see H.R. 2019), H4578 [24JN]

———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. 589), H5966 [7SE]

Veterans: establish veterans' treatment courts (see H.R. 2026), H4673 [6JY]

———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), H5897 [5AU]

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]

Water pollution: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1375), H2327 [5AP]

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

———promote potential of women in academic science and engineering (see H.R. 889), H1524 [2MR]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 719), H5888 [1AU]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Contracts: limit reimbursement for excessive compensation of Government contractors equal to the pay of Cabinet Secretaries (see H.R. 2980), H6271 [20SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (see H.R. 3005), H6342 [21SE]

Dept. of Education: award grants to State educational agencies for activities designed to integrate engineering education into K-12 curriculum and to measure efficacy of engineering education (see H.R. 1951), H3342 [23MY]

Dept. of Energy: establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle power generation systems (see H.R. 2781), H5885 [1AU]

Dept. of HHS: include occupational therapists as behavioral and mental health professionals for purposes of the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3762), H10015 [20DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at Fort McClellan, AL (see H.R. 2052), H3755 [26MY]

Federal aid programs: ensure seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, and certain governmental retirees receive a one-time payment to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 2711), H5780 [29JY]

Medicare: eliminate lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services (see H.R. 2783), H5885 [1AU]

Power resources: provide for a program of wind energy research, development, and demonstration (see H.R. 2782), H5885 [1AU]

Taxation: deny certain benefits to oil and gas companies and invest the savings in clean energy programs (see H.R. 1959), H3408 [24MY]

———encourage deployment of highly efficient combined heat and power property (see H.R. 2784), H5885 [1AU]

———extend exemption for employer payroll taxes relative to employment of new hires (see H.R. 2709), H5780 [29JY]

———modify credit for qualified fuel cell motor vehicles and allow the credit for certain off-highway vehicles (see H.R. 1659), H2913 [15AP]

———provide tax incentives for producing electricity from wasted heat (see H.R. 2812), H5896 [5AU]

———repeal certain tax cuts extended for high income individuals (see H.R. 2710), H5780 [29JY]

———repeal limitation on the imposition of employment taxes on wages in excess of the contribution and benefit base (see H.R. 2708), H5780 [29JY]

Trucking industry: improve truck parking facilities (see H.R. 1803), H3159 [10MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Contracts: limit reimbursement for excessive compensation of Government contractors equal to the pay of Cabinet Secretaries (H.R. 2980), H6272 [20SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 3005), H6343 [21SE]

Dept. of Education: award grants to State educational agencies for activities designed to integrate engineering education into K-12 curriculum and to measure efficacy of engineering education (H.R. 1951), H3343 [23MY]

Dept. of Energy: establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle power generation systems (H.R. 2781), H5887 [1AU]

Dept. of HHS: include occupational therapists as behavioral and mental health professionals for purposes of the National Health Service Corps (H.R. 3762), H10016 [20DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at Fort McClellan, AL (H.R. 2052), H3758 [26MY]

Federal aid programs: ensure seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, and certain governmental retirees receive a one-time payment to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (H.R. 2711), H5781 [29JY]

Medicare: eliminate lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services (H.R. 2783), H5887 [1AU]

Power resources: provide for a program of wind energy research, development, and demonstration (H.R. 2782), H5887 [1AU]

Taxation: deny certain benefits to oil and gas companies and invest the savings in clean energy programs (H.R. 1959), H3410 [24MY]

———encourage deployment of highly efficient combined heat and power property (H.R. 2784), H5887 [1AU]

———extend exemption for employer payroll taxes relative to employment of new hires (H.R. 2709), H5781 [29JY]

———modify credit for qualified fuel cell motor vehicles and allow the credit for certain off-highway vehicles (H.R. 1659), H2916 [15AP]

———provide tax incentives for producing electricity from wasted heat (H.R. 2812), H5897 [5AU]

———repeal certain tax cuts extended for high income individuals (H.R. 2710), H5781 [29JY]

———repeal limitation on the imposition of employment taxes on wages in excess of the contribution and benefit base (H.R. 2708), H5781 [29JY]

Trucking industry: improve truck parking facilities (H.R. 1803), H3160 [10MY]

Letters

Dept. of Energy Weatherization Assistance Program, State Energy Program, and Building Technologies Program funding: Jason Hartke, U.S. Green Building Council, H4842 [11JY]

———Kenneth J. Nemeth, Southern States Energy Board, H4842 [11JY]

———several organizations, H4842 [11JY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), H4142, H4162 [14JN]

Albany, NY: tribute to level of clean energy jobs and contribution to clean export economy, H4957 [13JY]

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), H2219 [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), H2220 [1AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H834, H903 [15FE], H944, H969, H979, H1022, H1032, H1033, H1034 [16FE], E310 [18FE]

Bi-State Development Agency: grant congressional consent to an amendment to interstate compact between Missouri and Illinois extending maturity dates of issued bonds (S.J. Res. 22), H8171 [6DE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H2522, H2524 [7AP], H2539 [8AP], H2615 [13AP], H4371 [22JN], H4511, H4512, H4513, H4514, H4515 [23JN]

———comply with cut-as-you-go requirement, H4384 [22JN]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, H5703 [28JY], H5742, H5769, H5770, H5773 [29JY]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), H5189, H5229, H5230, H5231, H5232, H5233 [19JY], H5277, H5278, H5279, H5280, H5281 [20JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H2594, H2596, H2598 [12AP], H2650 [13AP], H2813 [14AP], H3269, H3271, H3272, H3273 [12MY], H3374 [24MY], H3423 [25MY], H3990 [3JN], H4282 [16JN], H4934, H4935, H4936, H4937, H4938, H4939, H4940 [12JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), consideration (H. Res. 223), H2680 [14AP]

Business and industry: develop a national manufacturing strategy, H7922, H7923 [29NO]

———encourage venture capital and initial public offerings as incentives to companies to bring back jobs and profits from overseas, H7612, H7613 [15NO]

CFTC: funding, H4162 [14JN]

Clean Air Act: funding, H969 [16FE], H1827 [15MR]

———impact, H536, H537, H538, H539, H540, H541, H542 [8FE]

Collective bargaining: support rights of all workers and call for an end to the recent attacks on workers, H2284, H2287 [4AP]

Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), H5703 [28JY], H5769, H5770, H5773 [29JY]

Congressional Black Caucus: anniversary, H2287 [4AP]

Contracts: limit reimbursement for excessive compensation of Government contractors equal to the pay of Cabinet Secretaries (H.R. 2980), H7063 [25OC]

Corps of Engineers: emergency flood control and disaster relief funding through rescission of unobligated economic stimulus funding for high-speed and intercity passenger rail projects, H5035 [14JY]

CPSC: provide with greater authority and discretion in enforcing consumer product safety laws (H.R. 2715), E1502 [5AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: WIC funding, H4142 [14JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3602 [25MY]

———boards and commissions funding, H834 [15FE]

———encourage the Medical Research Program to use the most advanced technology when researching certain diseases, H3602 [25MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4742 [7JY]

———prohibit funding to pay a contractor a salary that exceeds that of certain Government executives, H4742 [7JY]

Dept. of Education: funding, H1022 [16FE]

Dept. of Energy: State Energy Program funding, H903 [15FE]

———Weatherization Assistance Program, State Energy Program, and Building Technologies Program funding through reductions in National Nuclear Security Administration weapons activities funding, H4841, H4843 [11JY]

———Weatherization Assistance Program funding, H903 [15FE]

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), H3365, H3368, H3374 [24MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2017), H3866 [1JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2017), consideration (H. Res. 287), H3825 [1JN]

Dept. of State: require to act on a permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, H8735 [13DE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales (H.R. 1230), H3083 [5MY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2584), H5454 [25JY], H5562 [26JY], H5640 [27JY]

Ecology and environment: preempt regulation of, action relating to, or consideration of greenhouse gases relative to any Federal policy to mitigate climate change (H.R. 910), H1827 [15MR]

Economy: impact of Bush administration tax cuts, H4936 [12JY]

———importance of job creation, H422, H424, H426 [24JA], H557 [9FE], H612 [10FE], H1827, H1829, H1830, H1831 [15MR], H3269 [12MY], H4515, H4516, H4517 [23JN], H5279, H5280, H5282 [20JY], H5769, H5770, H5773 [29JY], H5957, H5958, H5959, H5960, H5962 [7SE], H6129, H6131, H6132, H6133, H6134 [13SE], H7138 [27OC], H7611, H7613, H7614, H7615, H7617 [15NO], H8179, H8183, H8184 [6DE]

———invest in innovation through research and development and improve competitiveness of the U.S., H1827, H1828, H1829, H1830, H1831 [15MR], H3261, H3263 [12MY]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H8735 [13DE], H8961 [14DE], H9801 [16DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), Senate amendments, H10002 [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, H6265, H6266, H6267, H6268, H6269 [20SE]

———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), H7061, H7062, H7063 [25OC], H7919, H7920, H7922, H7925 [29NO], H8179 [6DE]

Education: funding, H7920 [29NO]

Employment: importance of manufacturing jobs, H422, H424, H426 [24JA], H1829, H1830, H1831 [15MR]

———importance of manufacturing jobs and Make It in America agenda, H7613 [15NO]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H4841, H4843 [11JY], H5035 [14JY]

EPA: Clean Air Act regulations proposal and enforcement, H5454 [25JY]

———funding to implement, administer, or enforce a change to a rule relative to definition of waters under jurisdiction of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H979 [16FE]

Ethnic groups: economic conditions, H2284, H2287, H2288 [4AP]

FEMA: remove restriction limiting Urban Areas Security Initiative funding to certain high-risk areas, H3866 [1JN]

Floods: disaster assistance to the Northeast States for rebuilding infrastructure affected by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, H6266, H6267 [20SE]

GAO: conduct a study on the number of primary care physicians trained as a result of converting funding for graduate medical education from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations, H3365, H3368 [24MY]

Health: protect Medicare, TRICARE, and VA health care programs, H2680 [14AP]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H232 [18JA], H261, H270, H337 [19JA]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H8171 [6DE]

———tribute to stenographic staff, H7923 [29NO]

House Rules: same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 382), H5742 [29JY]

Income: rates, H6269 [20SE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: anniversary of assassination, H2284, H2287, H2288 [4AP]

LIHEAP: funding, E310 [18FE]

Medicaid: reform, H3272 [12MY], H5280 [20JY]

Medicare: reform, H2522, H2524 [7AP], H2539 [8AP], H2596 [12AP], H2615 [13AP], H2813 [14AP], H3270, H3271, H3272, H3273 [12MY], H3374 [24MY], H3423 [25MY], H3825 [1JN], H3978-H3980 [2JN], H3990 [3JN], H4282 [16JN], H4511, H4512, H4513, H4514, H4515, H4517 [23JN], H4934, H4935, H4936, H4937, H4938, H4939, H4940 [12JY], H5229, H5230, H5231, H5232, H5233 [19JY], H5277, H5278, H5279 [20JY]

———solvency, H8184 [6DE]

Memphis, TN: recognize struggle of 1968 sanitation workers strike to voice grievances and reach a workplace rights agreement and contributions of strike participants (H. Res. 198), H2287 [4AP]

National objectives: economic recovery, H3261, H3263 [12MY], H7834 [18NO]

National Park Service: National Heritage Areas program funding, H5562 [26JY]

National Public Radio: prohibit Federal funding and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content (H.R. 1076), H1964 [17MR]

NLRB: prohibit from ordering any employer to close, relocate, or transfer employment under any circumstance (H.R. 2587), H5503 [26JY]

Outer Continental Shelf: monitor activities relative to air pollution (H.R. 2021), consideration (H. Res. 316), H4384 [22JN]

Patents: reform (H.R. 1249), consideration (H. Res. 316), H4384 [22JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 2), H232 [18JA], H261, H270, H337 [19JA]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H1495 [2MR], H3083 [5MY]

Poverty: rates, H6268 [20SE]

Power resources: national energy policy, H1627 [9MR], H2050 [30MR]

Public debt: increase statutory limit, H4934, H4936, H4937, H4938 [12JY], H5091 [15JY], H5640 [27JY], H5787 [30JY]

Republican Party: national agenda, H7062 [25OC]

Schenectady, NY: anniversary, H5595 [27JY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H7924 [29NO]

———privatization proposals, H1034 [16FE]

SSA: funding, H1032, H1033, H1034 [16FE]

Taxation: create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses, H8961 [14DE]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund, H7919 [29NO], H8171, H8179, H8183, H8184 [6DE], H9801 [16DE]

———establish tax-preferred Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts (H.R. 1730), H7614 [15NO]

———rates, H2594, H2596, H2598 [12AP], H3269 [12MY], H5233 [19JY], H6268, H6269 [20SE], H7617 [15NO]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies, H3083 [5MY], H3271 [12MY], H4513, H4515 [23JN]

Transportation: improve investment in national transportation infrastructure, H5957, H5958 [7SE], H6130, H6131, H6132 [13SE]

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), H196 [12JA]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, H8961 [14DE]

United Way: tribute to northeast region 211 assistance hotline, H715 [11FE]

Votes: position on missed, H2423 [7AP], H6329 [21SE]

Voting: impact of State voting reform laws labeled as ``voter suppression'' legislation, H7198 [1NO]

Tributes

Schultz, William, H3043 [4MY]