BUERKLE, ANN MARIE (a Representative from New York)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H60 [6JA]

Appointments

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 certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 361), H553 [8FE]

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

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), H6988 [21OC]

Appropriations: eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations (see H.R. 920), H2934 [2MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H1253 (see H.J. Res. 1), H1364 (see H.J. Res. 2), H1253 (see H.J. Res. 2), H1364 [18FE]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (see H.R. 2560), H5150 [18JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H6140 [13SE]

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

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H3162 [10MY]

Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs (House): establish (see H. Res. 82), H681 [10FE]

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), H8881 [13DE]

Conservation of energy: repeal phase-out of incandescent light bulbs (see H.R. 91), H36 [5JA]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H134 [7JA]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 735), H2039 [29MR]

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

Council on Environmental Quality: report to Congress annually on the number of permits for which applications have been submitted and that have not been issued because an environmental impact statement is pending (see H.R. 1049), H1768 [11MR]

Courts: prevent misuse of foreign law in Federal courts (see H.R. 973), H1664 [9MR]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 2299), H4456 [22JN]

Dept. of Education: reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 471), H554 [8FE]

Dept. of HUD: increase portion of Community Development Block Grant Program assistance that may be used to provide public services (see H.R. 2183), H6458 [23SE]

Dept. of Justice: decision to not defend the Defense of Marriage Act (see H. Con. Res. 25), H1621 [8MR]

Dept. of State: remove People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) from list of foreign terrorist organizations (see H. Res. 60), H1844 [15MR]

Dept. of the Interior: establish an environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 49), H1797 [14MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve certain laws relative to employment and training of veterans (see H.R. 2433), H6782 [11OC]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: ensure that vet centers have access to Defense Personnel Record Image Retrieval System and VA/Dept. of Defense Identity Repository (see H.R. 3245), H7209 [1NO]

Disabled: expand and intensify NIH and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention programs on translational research and related activities relative to Down syndrome (see H.R. 2696), H5897 [5AU]

———expand and intensify NIH programs on translational research and related activities relative to Down syndrome (see H.R. 2695), H5897 [5AU]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 645), H4459 [22JN]

Drugs: ban the sale of certain synthetic drugs (see H.R. 1571), H2909 [15AP]

FDA: improve priority review voucher incentive program for expedited review of treatments for tropical and rare pediatric diseases (see H.R. 3059), H6988 [21OC]

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

Federal employees: reduce size of the Federal workforce through attrition (see H.R. 3029), H7258 [2NO]

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

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 822), H4279 [15JN]

———provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the U.S. by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Depts. of State or Defense (see H.R. 615), H4329 [16JN]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 58), H4187 [14JN]

Foreign countries: take action against certain judgment-evading foreign states and state-owned corporations of such states (see H.R. 1798), H7134 [26OC]

Health: prohibit use of funds for implementation or enforcement of any Federal mandate to purchase health insurance (see H.R. 154), H357 [19JA]

———reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (see H.R. 5), H2039 [29MR]

———repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees (see H.R. 1744), H5087 [14JY]

———repeal mandate that individuals purchase health insurance (see H.R. 21), H103 [6JA]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 127), H204 [12JA]

———repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 2), H33 [5JA]

Holder, Attorney General: express no confidence due to lack of monitoring and actions during investigation into whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels (see H. Res. 490), H9432 [15DE]

Hunting and trapping: recognize hunting heritage and provide opportunities for continued hunting on public lands (see H.R. 2834), H6782 [11OC]

Hurricanes: 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: identify and remove criminal aliens incarcerated in correctional facilities in the U.S. (see H.R. 932), H2605 [12AP]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 1206), H6415 [22SE]

———provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 371), H394 [20JA]

———repeal medical loss ratio requirements for health insurance (see H.R. 2077), H10016 [20DE]

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: prohibit U.S. contributions (see H.R. 680), H2857 [14AP]

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), H8126 [2DE]

———strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H4530 [23JN]

John J. Cook Post Office, East Rockaway, NY: designate (see H.R. 2079), H4750 [7JY]

Judge, Mychal: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1027), H1724 [10MR]

Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 1093), H4076 [13JN]

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

Medicare: improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see H.R. 2020), H5399 [22JY]

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), H4590 [5JY]

———reaffirm U.S. principles regarding the security of Israel and peace in the Middle East (see H. Res. 270), H3342 [23MY]

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

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

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 420), H4366 [21JN]

National Mediation Board: apply the same procedures, including voting standards, to direct decertification of a labor organization as is applied to elections to certify a representative (see H.R. 3538), H8075 [1DE]

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]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 127), H204 [12JA]

———modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services (see H.R. 358), H394 [20JA]

———protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services (see H.R. 1179), H2858 [14AP]

———provide fiscal accountability by converting direct funding into authorizations of appropriations and rescinding unobligated direct funding (see H.R. 1286), H2213 [31MR]

———repeal (see H.R. 2), H33 [5JA]

———repeal certain limitations on health care benefits (see H.R. 605), H2917 [15AP]

———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 452), H4366 [21JN]

———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), H9946 [19DE]

Peace Corps: establish policies and procedures to provide for safety and security of volunteers from rape and sexual assault (see H.R. 2699), H5780 [29JY]

———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), H4527 [23JN]

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), H6782 [11OC]

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

Public debt: disapprove the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (see H.J. Res. 77), H6098 [12SE]

———prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached (see H.R. 421), H601 [9FE]

Reagan, Ronald: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 497), H508 [26JA]

———tribute (see H. Res. 40), H513 [26JA]

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

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend relative to consumer confidence reports by community water systems (see H.R. 1340), H2917 [15AP]

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 (see H.R. 4), H200 [12JA]

Sudan: continue restrictions unless the President certifies that Sudan is no longer engaged in training, harboring, supplying, financing, or supporting in any way the Lord's Resistance Army (see H.R. 895), H2858 [14AP]

Taxation: allow a temporary dividends received deduction for certain taxable years (see H.R. 1834), H6344 [21SE]

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

———reduce the corporate income tax rate and change to a more territorial method of taxing corporations (see H.R. 937), H1797 [14MR]

———reduce the corporate income tax rate and the capital gains and dividends tax rate (see H.R. 1074), H2667 [13AP]

———repeal estate tax and retain stepped-up basis at death (see H.R. 143), H204 [12JA]

———repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 436), H469 [25JA]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 674), H5127 [15JY]

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), H8188 [6DE]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons (see H.R. 2830), H7900 [25NO] (see H.R. 3589), H9432 [15DE]

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

U.N.: prohibit funding for the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) (see H.R. 2059), H6673 [6OC]

———promote transparency, accountability, and reform (see H.R. 2829), H5931 [30AU]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 886), H6467 [29SE]

Water pollution: impose penalties and provide for the recovery of removal costs and damages in connection with certain discharges of oil from foreign offshore units (see H.R. 3393), H8881 [13DE]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see H.R. 3271), H8136 [5DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Congress: defund House and Senate Budget Committees and majority leadership offices if that House does not adopt a concurrent resolution on the budget (see H.R. 2372), H4574 [24JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: require a policy on reporting and tracking sexual assaults and other safety incidents occurring at departmental medical facilities (see H.R. 2074), H3868 (see H.R. 2074), H3909 [1JN]

Medicare: delay implementation of hospital readmissions reduction program (see H.R. 3683), H9430 [15DE]

———repeal reduction in disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 3633), H8727 [12DE]

Constitutional authority statements

Congress: defund House and Senate Budget Committees and majority leadership offices if that House does not adopt a concurrent resolution on the budget (H.R. 2372), H4576 [24JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: require a policy on reporting and tracking sexual assaults and other safety incidents occurring at departmental medical facilities (H.R. 2074), H3869, H3910 [1JN]

Medicare: delay implementation of hospital readmissions reduction program (H.R. 3683), H9431 [15DE]

———repeal reduction in disproportionate share hospital payments (H.R. 3633), H8727 [12DE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H4855 [12JY]

Remarks

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, H340 [19JA]

———prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (H.R. 3), H340 [19JA]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), H2459 [7AP]

Armed Forces: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, E986 [27MY]

———prohibit funding to support military operations in Libya, H4690 [7JY]

———tribute to members for service, E2331 [20DE]

Budget: cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), H5213 [19JY]

Committees of the House: direct certain standing committees to inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed regulations and orders from Federal agencies (H. Res. 72), H703 [11FE]

Crime: address issues of domestic violence and sexual abuse, H2252, H2253, H2254 [1AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), E986 [27MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4690 [7JY]

Dept. of Education: reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 471), H2068 [30MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: require a policy on reporting and tracking sexual assaults and other safety incidents occurring at departmental medical facilities (H.R. 2074), H6690 [11OC]

Diseases: recognize importance of ovarian cancer awareness, E2328 [20DE]

Economy: address issues relative to senior citizens, H7127 [26OC]

———impact of Government regulations, H703 [11FE]

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), E603 [1AP]

———expedite integration of unmanned aerial vehicles into the national airspace system, E603 [1AP]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H308 [19JA]

Medicaid: impact of increased funding obligations on States, H3793, H3794 [31MY]

Medicare: adjust wage index determination for physicians, H8146 [6DE]

———reform, H7127 [26OC]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, E1929 [25OC]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H4357 [21JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact on hospitals and health care professionals, H7811, H7812, H7813, H7814, H7815 [17NO]

———impact on Medicare funding, H8067 [1DE]

———implementation, H3793, H3794 [31MY]

———modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services, H340 [19JA]

———repeal, H2280, H2281 [4AP]

———repeal (H.R. 2), H308 [19JA]

Republican Party: national agenda, H4357 [21JN]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (H.R. 4), H1543 [3MR]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H340 [19JA]

Taxation: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements to payments made to corporations, payments for property and other gross proceeds, and rental property expense payments, H1543 [3MR]

Terrorism: anniversary of Pan American Flight 103 disaster, E2329 [20DE]

Votes: position on missed, H11 [5JA], H7043 [25OC]

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: observance, H4194 [15JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H6269 [20SE], H7006 [24OC]

Special order: granted, H252 [18JA]

Reports filed

Nomination To Be U.N. General Assembly U.S. Representative: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6460 [12OC]

Tributes

Gaudet, Brad, E2331 [20DE]

Gianetto, Joseph F., II, E634 [5AP]

Irwin, Curtis J., E2028 [10NO]

Schneider, Kyle, H5170 [19JY], E2331 [20DE]

Walsh, William F., H232 [18JA]

Weeks, Heather, E2328 [20DE]