DOYLE, MICHAEL F. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H926 [15FE]

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), H2382 [6AP]

EPA: provide additional time to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators (H.R. 2250), H6553 [4OC], H6654 [6OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: require the President to transmit a plan with timeframe and completion date and reports with status updates on the transition of U.S. military and security operations to the Government of Afghanistan (see H.R. 1735), H3344 [23MY]

AID: establish a health and education grant program related to autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 2700), H5780 [29JY]

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), H4751 [7JY]

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

Animals: prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1513), H7928 [29NO]

———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), H8728 [12DE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H3161 [10MY]

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), H4946 [12JY]

———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]

———provide for treatment of autism under TRICARE (see H.R. 2288), H4456 [22JN]

———require the use of only human-based methods for training members in the treatment of severe combat injuries (see H.R. 1417), H4946 [12JY]

Bankruptcy: make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 2028), H3755 [26MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H5489 [25JY]

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), H8319 [8DE]

———help keep students safe on school-run, overnight, off-premises field trips (see H.R. 788), H2605 [12AP]

———protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1381), H6344 [21SE]

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]

Combating Autism Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2005), H3753 [26MY]

Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select): report findings and propose legislation to restore workforce to full employment (see H.R. 2836, 2837), H6011 [8SE]

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

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1873), H3278 [12MY]

Courts: strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 583), H4278 [15JN]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H8728 [12DE]

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

Dept. of Education: improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1057), H4279 [15JN]

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

———expand and enhance adult day programs for people with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases or conditions to improve respite services for caregivers (see H.R. 883), H5888 [1AU]

———implement the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan (see H.R. 2600), H5285 [20JY]

———provide grants to States to establish maternal mortality review committees on pregnancy-related deaths (see H.R. 894), H5936 [2SE]

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (see H.R. 1852), H4076 [13JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: modify requirements for the visa waiver program (see H.R. 959), H6098 [12SE]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see H.R. 1506), H2664 [13AP]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H3343 [23MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 198), H5965 [7SE]

———clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 812), H6344 [21SE]

———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), H6233 [15SE]

———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), H1180 (see H.R. 23), H1199 [17FE]

———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), H1392 [28FE]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: make payments for certain treatments of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 396), H5965 [7SE]

Diseases: authorize and support psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis data collection and encourage interdisciplinary collaborative research on the relationship between psoriasis and its comorbid conditions (see H.R. 2033), H6098 [12SE]

———establish a national screening program, and provide States the option to increase screening for the prevention, early detection, and timely treatment of colorectal cancer under Medicaid (see H.R. 912), H6010 [8SE]

———establish programs to provide services to individuals with autism and their families (see H.R. 2007), H3754 [26MY]

———extend Postal Service authority to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research (see H.R. 466), H3111 [5MY]

———provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see H.R. 2194), H5928 [26AU]

———require a Federal commitment to Alzheimer's disease research to advance breakthrough treatments for people with the disease (see H.R. 1897), H4673 [6JY]

———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]

Economy: increase statutory limit on the public debt, increase job creation, and reduce projected medium and long-term Federal budget deficits and debt (see H.R. 2544), H5489 [25JY]

———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: award grants to prepare individuals for the 21st century workplace and increase global competitiveness (see H.R. 3036), H6413 [22SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage girls and minorities to pursue studies and careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 1903), H7929 [29NO]

Executive Office of the President: require preparation of a quadrennial National Manufacturing Strategy (see H.R. 1366), H6344 [21SE]

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

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), H6344 [21SE]

FCC: authorize multiple Commissioners to hold nonpublic collaborative discussions (see H.R. 1009), H1724 [10MR]

———provide for creation of a public safety broadband network, ensure a more efficient and innovative allocation of the electromagnetic spectrum, and permit the FCC to conduct incentive auctions (see H.R. 3509), H7927 [29NO]

FDA: improve priority review voucher incentive program for expedited review of treatments for tropical and rare pediatric diseases (see H.R. 3059), H6979 [14OC]

Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty: establish (see H.R. 3300), H7400 [4NO]

Financial institutions: restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 1489), H8728 [12DE]

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), H6673 [6OC]

———establish background check procedures for gun shows (see H.R. 591), H2917 [15AP]

———prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 308), H397 [20JA]

———restrict ability of a person with certain Federal firearms license revocations, denials, or notices, to transfer business inventory firearms (see H.R. 263), H397 [20JA]

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]

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]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1537), H2854 [14AP] (see H.R. 1796), H3114 [6MY]

Insurance: provide for equal access to COBRA continuation health coverage (see H.R. 1028), H1724 [10MR]

Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H6344 [21SE]

Judge, Mychal: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1027), H2216 [31MR]

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: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 3364), H7831 [17NO]

Medicare: clarify application of secondary payer rules (see H.R. 1063), H9945 [19DE]

———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), H3646 (see H.R. 1386), H3684 [25MY]

———provide for coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see H.R. 2195), H5928 [26AU]

National Aphasia Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 285), H3756 [26MY]

National Autism Spectrum Disorders Initiative: establish (see H.R. 2006), H3753 [26MY]

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

National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 40), H2665 [13AP]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 27), H513 [26JA]

NRC: permit a Commissioner to continue to serve if a successor is not timely appointed and confirmed (see H.R. 2068), H4188 [14JN]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 190), H8967 [14DE]

Olympia (U.S.S.): mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3180), H6919 [13OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish a public health insurance option (see H.R. 191), H1252 (see H.R. 191), H1364 [18FE]

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), H6458 [23SE]

Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 854), H6457 [23SE]

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

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), H2935 [2MY]

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

Public safety officers: extend public safety officers' death benefits to fire police officers (see H.R. 1348), H6182 [14SE]

Radioactive substances: prohibit importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the U.S. (see H.R. 617), H1580 [4MR]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1648), H4750 [7JY]

———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), H7579 [14NO]

Ships and vessels: issue certificates of documentation authorizing certain vessels to engage in coastwise trade in carriage of natural gas (see H.R. 563), H4187 [14JN]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 1106), H4673 [6JY]

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), H1988 [17MR]

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

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H7406 [10NO]

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

———extend the qualifying advanced energy project credit (see H.R. 724), H2268 [1AP]

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

———modify credit for qualified fuel cell motor vehicles and allow the credit for certain off-highway vehicles (see H.R. 1659), H7257 [2NO]

———permanently extend and modify credit for refined coal from steel industry fuel (see H.R. 2223), H4326 [16JN]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H6010 [8SE]

———provide a credit for employing returning heroes and wounded warriors (see H.R. 3402), H7405 [10NO]

———provide credit to individuals for legal expenses paid relative to establishing guardianship of a disabled individual (see H.R. 878), H7399 [4NO]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 1236), H3870 (see H.R. 1236), H3911 [1JN]

Telecommunications: require accurate disclosure to consumers of the terms and conditions of 4G service and other advanced wireless mobile broadband service (see H.R. 2281), H5019 [13JY]

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), H7831 [17NO]

———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), H5964 [7SE]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons (see H.R. 2830), H7009 [24OC]

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

Trooper Joshua D. Miller Post Office Building, Pittston, PA: designate (see H.R. 2415), H4671 [6JY]

Twain, Mark: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2453), H9946 [19DE]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 886), H7069 [25OC]

Uganda: honor life of David Kato and all who are victims of violence because of their sexual orientation or gender identity (see H. Res. 100), H1770 [11MR]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 589), H1180 (see H.R. 589), H1199 [17FE]

Veterans: 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), H1456 [1MR]

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]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 2256), H4364 [21JN]

Dept. of Education: establish national program for arts and technology (see H.R. 3023), H6413 [22SE]

Constitutional authority statements

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (H.R. 2256), H4365 [21JN]

Dept. of Education: establish national program for arts and technology (H.R. 3023), H6414 [22SE]

Letters

Better Use of Light Bulbs Act: Holly R. Hart, United Steelworkers of America (organization), H4823 [11JY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H1100 [17FE]

Budget: cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), H5249 [20JY]

Combating Autism Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2005), H6250, H6251, H6253 [20SE]

Congress: results of congressional baseball game, H5103 [15JY]

———tribute to Artistic Discovery student art competition participants, E821 [5MY]

Conservation of energy: repeal phase-out of incandescent light bulbs (H.R. 2417), H4823 [11JY]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (H.R. 1852), H6254 [20SE]

Duquesne University: anniversary of the School of Law, E1559 [8SE]

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), H2382, H2383 [6AP]

Economy: importance of job creation, H7022 [25OC]

EPA: change compliance date following issuance of achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators, H6654, H6655 [6OC]

———conduct study to determine effect of climate change regulations on greenhouse gas emissions abroad and the international competitiveness of U.S. producers of energy-intensive products, H2382, H2383 [6AP]

———provide additional time to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators (H.R. 2250), H6654, H6655 [6OC]

FCC: disapprove rule with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices (H.J. Res. 37), H2556 [8AP]

———funding to implement rule with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices, H1100 [17FE]

Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank: anniversary, E957 [25MY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H284 [19JA]

National Baseball Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (H.R. 2527), H7032 [25OC]

National Public Radio: prohibit Federal funding and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content (H.R. 1076), H1957 [17MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 2), H284 [19JA]

Pittsburgh, PA: Girls of Steel (robotics team) recipient of Pittsburgh Regional For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) (organization) Robotics Competition Rookie All-Star Award, E553 [29MR]

Refuse disposal: facilitate recovery and beneficial use, and provide for the proper management and disposal, of materials generated by the combustion of coal and other fossil fuels (H.R. 2273), H6936 [14OC]

Republican Party: national agenda, H8202 [7DE]

Votes: position on missed, E2164 [2DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H505 [26JA], H8073 [1DE]

Tributes

Lave, Lester B., E955 [25MY]

Rothermel, Joyce, E957 [25MY]