MEEHAN, PATRICK (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H61 [6JA]

Appointments

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, H2902 [15AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: repeal sugar price support program and marketing allotments (see H.R. 1385), H7715 [16NO]

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), H4459 [22JN]

Animals: 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), H7831 [17NO]

Armed Forces: encourage commercial air carriers to provide certain benefits to members traveling on official military orders and are being deployed or are returning from an overseas deployment (see H. Con. Res. 60), H4327 [16JN]

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

Aviation: allow additional flights beyond the perimeter restriction applicable to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (see H.R. 827), H2039 [29MR]

———prohibit operators of civil aircraft of the U.S. from participating in the European Union emissions trading scheme (see H.R. 2594), H5375 [21JY]

Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc.: revise Federal charter to reflect a change in eligibility requirements (see H.R. 2815), H5966 [7SE]

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

Bureau of the Census: make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions (see H.R. 931), H3344 [23MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H6416 [22SE]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance or pollutant (see H.R. 2997), H6922 [13OC]

Civilian Property Realignment Commission: establish (see H.R. 1734), H3870 (see H.R. 1734), H3911 [1JN]

Classified information: provide penalties for disclosure of classified information related to certain intelligence activities (see H.R. 703), H922 [15FE]

Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see H.R. 2016), H5150 [18JY]

Combating Autism Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2005), H6273 [20SE]

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]

Controlled Substances Act: place synthetic drugs in Schedule I indicating high potential for abuse, no current accepted medical use, and lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision (see H.R. 1254), H2106 [30MR]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H5661 [27JY]

———provide penalties with respect to employers' conduct relative to persons engaging in sexual conduct with children (see H.R. 3766), H10026 [23DE]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H6139 [13SE]

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

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (see H.R. 1852), H4673 [6JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize certain programs (see H.R. 3116), H6671 [6OC]

———prioritize assignment of officers and analysts to certain State and urban area fusion centers to enhance security of mass transit systems (see H.R. 3140), H6672 [6OC]

Dept. of Justice: establish a system of background checks for employers and employees of the electronic life safety and security system installation and monitoring industry (see H.R. 1331), H4581 [28JN]

———remove arbitrary and anticompetitive limitations from the grant program for Internet Crimes Against Children task force program training (see H.R. 3470), H7829 [17NO]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales, provide fair revenue sharing for coastal States, and formulate offshore energy development plans to generate infrastructure revenue (see H.R. 3410), H7577 [14NO]

———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]

———install in the area of the World War II Memorial a suitable plaque or inscription with the words that Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed on D-Day, June 6, 1944 (see H.R. 2070), H3987 [2JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow certain veterans entitled to educational assistance to use such entitlement to start or purchase a qualifying business enterprise (see H.R. 3167), H7402 [7NO]

———carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 198), H435 [24JA]

District of Columbia: authorize Gold Star Mothers National Monument Foundation to establish a national monument (see H.R. 1980), H6011 [8SE]

Ecology and environment: preempt regulation of, action relating to, or consideration of greenhouse gases relative to any Federal policy to mitigate climate change (see H.R. 910), H2268 [1AP]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H6344 [21SE]

FAA: authorize appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system (see H.R. 658), H722 [11FE]

FDA: provide incentives for the development of qualified infectious disease products (see H.R. 2182), H7069 [25OC]

Federal agencies and departments: increase transparency of performance results (see H.R. 3262), H7333 [3NO]

———provide transparency and establish uniform standards on awarding and disclosure of discretionary competitive grants (see H.R. 3433), H7713 [16NO]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: submit quarterly reports to Congress during the conservatorship of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac (see H.R. 31), H7257 [2NO]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 639), H3304 [13MY]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H5374 [21JY]

Government: prioritize payment of pay and allowances to Armed Forces members and Federal law enforcement officers if the statutory debt limit is reached or there is a funding gap (see H.R. 2886), H7892 [18NO]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 104), H6457 [23SE]

Health: repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees (see H.R. 1744), H6140 [13SE]

Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H4188 [14JN]

Law enforcement: grant limited immunity for reports of suspected terrorist activity or suspicious behavior and response (see H.R. 495), H508 [26JA]

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), H4673 [6JY]

Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H4578 [24JN]

Medicare: ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2267), H6182 [14SE]

———exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 905), H6139 [13SE]

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]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3510), H8136 [5DE]

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

National security: improve efforts to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from an attack with a weapon of mass destruction (see H.R. 2356), H4573 [24JN]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (see H. Res. 227), H3344 [23MY]

Nuclear weapons: expand sanctions on individuals who transfer to Iran, Syria, or North Korea equipment or technology relevant to mining or milling uranium or support other proliferation activities (see H.R. 2105), H8728 [12DE]

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

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 452), H2934 [2MY]

———repeal provisions relative to annual period for disenrollment from Medicare Advantage plans to elect to receive original Medicare fee-for-service benefits (see H.R. 1580), H2910 [15AP]

Persian Gulf Conflict: tribute to soldiers killed or wounded by Iraqi missile attack on Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (see H. Res. 96), H1180 (see H. Res. 96), H1200 [17FE]

Pharmaceuticals: clarify the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers (see H.R. 2672), H6674 [6OC]

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), H5734 [28JY]

Power resources: expand domestic fossil fuel production, develop more nuclear power, and expand renewable electricity (see H.R. 909), H2917 [15AP]

———use revenues from offshore energy production to create jobs, reduce the deficit, invest in clean and renewable energy, clean up the environment, and rebuild infrastructure (see H.R. 1861), H3278 [12MY]

Roads and highways: waive requirement that existing traffic signs meet minimum retroreflectivity standards on or before the compliance dates established by the Federal Highway Administration (see H.R. 2257), H5581 [26JY]

SBA: provide for low interest loans for small businesses in major disaster areas (see H.R. 3042), H8728 [12DE]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security (see H.R. 456), H5374 [21JY]

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]

Tariff Act: increase dollar amount requirements for articles and merchandise under administrative exemptions and entry under regulations provisions (see H.R. 1653), H7161 [27OC]

Taxation: allow a deduction for contributions to tax-exempt Housing Equity Savings Accounts (see H.R. 3360), H7331 [3NO]

———allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040SR without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see H.R. 1058), H6139 [13SE]

———authorize an unemployment assistance voucher program (see H.R. 2137), H7257 [2NO]

———encourage natural gas vehicle investments and job creation (see H.R. 1380), H2917 [15AP]

———extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 2353), H7400 [4NO]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H8187 [6DE]

———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), H3344 [23MY]

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

———provide for a designation of tax overpayments to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 2214), H5399 [22JY]

———provide incentives for life sciences research (see H.R. 2632), H5488 [25JY]

———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), H6140 [13SE]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 1236), H3411 [24MY]

———repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 436), H1392 [28FE] (see H.R. 488), H5888 [1AU]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1002), H4673 [6JY]

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), H5964 [7SE]

———include Western Hemisphere in the National Strategy for Counterterrorism's areas of focus with attention on Iran's growing presence and activity (see H. Res. 429), H6979 [14OC]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see H.R. 1639), H7830 [17NO]

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

U.N.: promote transparency, accountability, and reform (see H.R. 2829), H6233 [15SE]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 886), H6673 [6OC]

Veterans: provide assistance to veterans and veteran-owned businesses with respect to contract opportunities (see H.R. 1392), H4577 [24JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Crime: increase penalties for counterfeit drug trafficking (see H.R. 3468), H7829 [17NO] (see H.R. 3668), H8966 [14DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Office of Intelligence and Analysis weapons of mass destruction intelligence and information sharing functions and require dissemination of information to relevant entities (see H.R. 2764), H5884 [1AU]

Taxation: increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 3231), H6976 [14OC]

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

Constitutional authority statements

Crime: increase penalties for counterfeit drug trafficking (H.R. 3468), H7830 [17NO]

———increase penalties for counterfeit drug trafficking (H.R. 3668), H8966 [14DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Office of Intelligence and Analysis weapons of mass destruction intelligence and information sharing functions and require dissemination of information to relevant entities (H.R. 2764), H5887 [1AU]

Taxation: increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (H.R. 3231), H6978 [14OC]

Veterans: authorize veterans' treatment courts and encourage services for veterans through drug courts (H.R. 3721), H9927 [16DE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H846 [15FE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), H7800 [17NO]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, H5753 [29JY], H5836 [1AU]

———cut and cap Federal spending and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2693), H5807 [30JY]

———deficit, H7800 [17NO]

Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), consideration (H. Res. 383), H5753 [29JY]

Controlled Substances Act: place synthetic drugs in Schedule I indicating high potential for abuse, no current accepted medical use, and lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision (H.R. 1254), H8242 [7DE]

Delaware County, PA: anniversary of Delaware County Chamber of Commerce, E2078 [17NO]

Dept. of Defense: V-22 Osprey funding, H846 [15FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (H.R. 733), H7719 [17NO]

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), H9953 [20DE]

———impact of Government regulations, H6357 [22SE]

———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), H9953 [20DE]

Education Sciences Reform Act: technical amendment (S. 365), consideration (H. Res. 384), H5836 [1AU]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (H.R. 639), E1892 [18OC]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 502), H9953 [20DE]

———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 502), H9953 [20DE]

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: extend certain provisions (H.R. 514), consideration (H. Res. 79), H629 [10FE]

King of Prussia, PA: Upper Merion School District recipient of EPA Environmental Achievement Award, E899 [13MY]

Motor vehicles: lower gas prices by investing in cleaner vehicle technologies and infrastructure (H.R. 1875), H3295 [13MY]

Philadelphia, PA: anniversary of First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, H7719 [17NO]

Pipelines: enhance safety and environmental protection in pipeline transportation and enhance reliability in the transportation of U.S. energy products by pipeline (H.R. 2845), E2289 [16DE]

Power resources: use revenues from offshore energy production to create jobs, reduce the deficit, invest in clean and renewable energy, clean up the environment, and rebuild infrastructure (H.R. 1861), H7048 [25OC]

Sports: facilitate hosting of America's Cup by authorizing certain eligible vessels to participate in activities related to the competition (H.R. 3321), H7343 [4NO]

Springfield, PA: tribute to Springfield High School Dance-a-Thon to benefit pediatric cancer research, E908 [13MY]

———tribute to Springfield Literacy Center, H7013 [25OC]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, H6039 [9SE]

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), H162 [12JA]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend certain provisions (H.R. 514), consideration (H. Res. 79), H629 [10FE]

Votes: position on missed, H1235 [18FE], H3142 [10MY]

West Chester, PA: tribute to B. Reed Henderson High School graduates who served in the Armed Forces, E1735 [3OC]

Tributes

Braithwaite, Kenneth J., II, E1187 [23JN]

Dintino, John J., E2171 [2DE]

Mahoney, Thomas, E2170 [2DE]

Snider, Ed, H8201 [7DE]