MARINO, TOM (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 374), H4529 [23JN]

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), H4795 [8JY]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 835), H6626 [5OC]

Animals: prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1513), H7332 [3NO]

———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), H7333 [3NO]

Appalachian Development Highway System: allow a State to use toll credits toward the non-Federal share requirement for funds made available to carry out highway projects (see H.R. 1218), H3411 [24MY]

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), H2935 [2MY]

———designate the Honor and Remember Flag as an official symbol to recognize and honor members who died in the line of duty (see H.R. 546), H1908 [16MR]

———eliminate per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty or service used to reduce minimum age at which Reserve component members may retire for non-regular service (see H.R. 1283), H5781 [29JY]

———ensure that Reserve members who have served on active duty or performed certain active service receive credit toward early receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see H.R. 181), H5127 [15JY]

———provide flexible spending accounts for military families (see H.R. 791), H5581 [26JY]

Belarus Democracy Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 515), H1988 [17MR]

Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station, Bisbee, AZ: designate (see H.R. 2668), H5660 [27JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 2), H40 [5JA] (see H.J. Res. 54), H2410 [6AP]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation and increasing the debt limit (see H.J. Res. 56), H2534 [7AP]

Bureau of Prisons: establish an Oleoresin Capsicum Spray Pilot Program (see H.R. 1175), H2040 [29MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H6234 [15SE]

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

Combating Autism Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2005), H4673 [6JY]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H601 [9FE]

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]

Cote d'Ivoire: provide humanitarian support in response to political crisis and support democracy (see H. Res. 85), H1770 [11MR]

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

Crime: enhance penalties for possession or financial facilitation of access to child pornography and require Internet service providers to assist child pornography and exploitation investigations (see H.R. 1981), H4946 [12JY]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 2299), H4578 [24JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: disapprove proposed Agricultural Marketing Service rule relative to a Christmas tree promotion, research, and information program and assessment of fees to fund such program (see H.R. 3403), H7627 [15NO]

Dept. of Education: allow States to enter into performance agreements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 2514), H6855 [12OC]

———prohibit from overreaching into academic affairs and financial aid program eligibility (see H.R. 2117), H5087 [14JY]

Dept. of HHS: better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of victims under adoption assistance and foster care programs (see H.R. 2730), H5883 [1AU]

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

———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1195), H2575 [11AP]

———provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1426), H4076 [13JN]

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

———codify requirement to maintain chemical facility antiterrorism security regulations (see H.R. 901), H1573 [3MR]

———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]

———maintain flight manifest information sharing standards required under the Passenger Name Record Agreement between the U.S. and the European Union (see H. Res. 255), H3160 [10MY]

———permit a class deviation to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to support domestic emergency operations (see H.R. 3058), H6456 [23SE]

———strengthen student visa background checks and improve monitoring of foreign students in the U.S. (see H.R. 1211), H2216 [31MR]

Dept. of Justice: prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property by seeking injunctions against foreign websites dealing in illegal content and goods (see H.R. 3261), H7333 [3NO]

Dept. of State: establish Special Envoy To Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia (see H.R. 440), H1180 (see H.R. 440), H1199 [17FE]

———list Vietnam as a ``Country of Particular Concern'' relative to religious freedom (see H. Res. 16), H1581 [4MR]

———remove People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) from list of foreign terrorist organizations (see H. Res. 60), H2572 [8AP]

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: carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 198), H5019 [13JY]

Diseases: promote increased awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of atrial fibrillation to address the high morbidity and mortality rates and to prevent avoidable associated hospitalizations (see H. Res. 295), H4188 [14JN]

Drugs: improve detection of the fraudulent abuse of prescriptions to obtain controlled substances in schedule II or III (see H.R. 1266), H2293 [4AP]

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. 750), H6921 [13OC]

Endangered species: allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species (see H.R. 991), H3411 [24MY]

EPA: exempt components used in manufacture of hunting and recreational shooting ammunition and fishing tackle from regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (see H.R. 1558), H5888 [1AU]

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

———provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 10), H6854 [12OC]

FERC: transfer permitting approval authority over construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 3548), H8124 [2DE]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 822), H2917 [15AP]

Foreign policy: establish guidelines for U.S. foreign assistance programs (see H.R. 3159), H7134 [26OC]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 639), H2857 [14AP]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H1581 [4MR]

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 460), H8968 [14DE]

Government: prioritize obligations for continued payment if the statutory debt limit is reached and appropriate funds for pay and allowances of the Armed Forces and civilian employees serving in combat zones (see H.R. 1551), H3758 [26MY]

———prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 2402), H5087 [14JY]

Health: prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services and require identification of the license of health care professionals (see H.R. 451), H2571 [8AP]

———reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (see H.R. 5), H553 [8FE]

———repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees (see H.R. 1744), H8319 [8DE]

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

Housing: enable Federal and State chartered banks and thrifts to meet the credit needs of homebuilders, and provide liquidity and ensure stable credit for meeting the need for new homes (see H.R. 1755), H4279 [15JN]

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]

Insurance: ensure transparency and proper operation of pharmacy benefit managers (see H.R. 1971), H7333 [3NO]

———preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 1206), H5489 [25JY]

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), H5889 [1AU]

———strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H4673 [6JY]

Israel: recognize Jerusalem as capital and support relocation of U.S. Embassy (see H.R. 1006), H2536 [7AP]

Italian and Italian American Heritage Month: designate (see H. Res. 367), H6345 [21SE]

Judge, Mychal: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2580), H9928 [16DE]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: continue restrictions against and prohibit diplomatic recognition (see H.R. 1321), H2572 [8AP]

———develop a strategy for assisting stateless children (see H.R. 1464), H7069 [25OC]

Korean War: call for repatriation of POW/MIA and abductees (see H. Res. 376), H7929 [29NO]

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

Medicare: ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 3269), H7400 [4NO]

———exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 905), H4459 [22JN]

———extended coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions (see H.R. 2969), H7333 [3NO]

———promote medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 891), H6854 [12OC]

———repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 1041), H2109 [30MR]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1546), H4076 [13JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: clarify application of electronic health record payment incentives in cases of multi-campus hospitals (see H.R. 2500), H4945 [12JY]

Members of Congress: set the age at which Members are eligible for an annuity to the same age as the retirement age under the Social Security Act (see H.R. 2397), H5020 [13JY]

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), H4279 [15JN]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 1449), H4794 [8JY]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 433), H7135 [26OC]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 433), H7135 [26OC]

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

National Oilheat Research Alliance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1756), H6626 [5OC]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 2335), H7999 [30NO]

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: modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services (see H.R. 358), H601 [9FE]

———repeal (see H.R. 2), H33 [5JA]

———repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 1370), H8319 [8DE]

———repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (see H.R. 1173), H6988 [21OC]

———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 452), H1844 [15MR]

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), H5489 [25JY]

Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (see H.R. 872), H1666 [9MR]

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), H5936 [2SE]

———ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H3344 [23MY]

Roads and highways: amend laws relative to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate system (see H.R. 763), H4577 [24JN]

———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), H5087 [14JY]

SBA: provide for low interest loans for small businesses in major disaster areas (see H.R. 3042), H6455 [23SE]

Securities: determine a customer's net equity based on the customer's last statement, prohibit certain recoveries, and change how trustees are appointed (see H.R. 757), H3758 [26MY]

Ships and vessels: issue certificates of documentation authorizing certain vessels to engage in coastwise trade in carriage of natural gas (see H.R. 563), H4946 [12JY]

Small business: prevent the imposition of new burdensome or unfair tax collecting requirements on small online businesses (see H. Res. 95), H2109 [30MR]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see H.R. 4), H200 [12JA] (see H.R. 144), H38 [5JA]

Southeast Asia: call for a peaceful resolution of maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea, condemn use of force by Chinese vessels, and support U.S. military operations supporting navigation rights (see H. Res. 352), H6674 [6OC]

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), H2412 [6AP]

Taiwan: strengthen and clarify commercial, cultural, and other relations between the U.S. and Taiwan (see H.R. 2918), H6674 [6OC]

———support U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 77), H6552 [4OC]

Taxation: clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (see H.R. 3720), H9926 [16DE]

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

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H4750 [7JY]

———prevent further restriction of Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Res. 25), H3282 [12MY]

———provide for a designation of tax overpayments to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 2214), H7399 [4NO]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 1236), H4037 [3JN]

———repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1259), H2536 [7AP]

———repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 436), H1456 [1MR] (see H.R. 488), H508 [26JA]

Technology: improve laws relative to cybersecurity (see H.R. 3674), H9430 [15DE]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1002), H1908 [16MR]

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]

———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), H7209 [1NO]

Transportation: limit claims relative to decisions to issue permits, licenses, and approvals for highway and public transportation capital projects (see H.R. 2426), H5127 [15JY]

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), H8881 [13DE]

U.N.: prohibit funding for the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) (see H.R. 2059), H6273 [20SE]

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

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. 333), H5087 [14JY]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3001), H8967 [14DE]

Year of the Girl: designate (see H. Res. 460), H8968 [14DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H4851 [11JY]

Executive departments: reduce number of civil service positions (see H.R. 1779), H3108 [5MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide legal safe harbors to providers who participate in electronic health record meaningful use program or demonstrate use of other certified health information technology (see H.R. 3239), H6987 [21OC]

Pennsylvania: modify requirements relative to an addition to Corridor O on the Appalachian development highway system (see H.R. 3417), H7577 [14NO]

Pharmacies: ensure and foster safety and quality of care and competitive marketplace by exempting independent pharmacies from antitrust laws in negotiations with health and health insurance providers (see H.R. 1946), H3342 [23MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (H.R. 2492), H4851 [11JY]

Executive departments: reduce number of civil service positions (H.R. 1779), H3111 [5MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide legal safe harbors to providers who participate in electronic health record meaningful use program or demonstrate use of other certified health information technology (H.R. 3239), H6987 [21OC]

Pennsylvania: modify requirements relative to an addition to Corridor O on the Appalachian development highway system (H.R. 3417), H7578 [14NO]

Pharmacies: ensure and foster safety and quality of care and competitive marketplace by exempting independent pharmacies from antitrust laws in negotiations with health and health insurance providers (H.R. 1946), H3343 [23MY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (H.R. 3), H3033 [4MY]

American Parkinson Disease Association Inc.: anniversary of the Central Susquehanna Valley Chapter, E811 [5MY]

Appropriations: making continuing, H6404 [22SE]

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), H8243 [7DE]

FEMA: Disaster Relief Fund funding, H6404 [22SE]

Government: restore constitutional checks and balances, H594 [9FE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H320 [19JA]

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: extend certain provisions, H3743 [26MY]

Lycoming College: observance of Bicentennial Charter Day, E577 [31MR]

National Adoption Day: observance, E2096 [18NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 2), H320 [19JA]

Roy, Sukanya: E.W. Scripps Co., National Spelling Bee winner, E1073 [13JN]

Sardoni, Susan: Eastern Pennsylvania/Delaware Region Anti-Defamation League Distinguished Service Award recipient, E662 [7AP]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (H.R. 4), H1549 [3MR]

Small Business Act: extend programs (H.R. 2608), Senate amendment, H6404 [22SE]

———extend programs (S. 990), Senate amendment, H3743 [26MY]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (H.R. 2608), Senate amendment, H6404 [22SE]

———extend programs (S. 990), Senate amendment, H3743 [26MY]

Standing Stone, PA: anniversary of DAR Lieutenant Asa Stevens chapter, E1769 [5OC]

Taxation: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements to payments made to corporations, payments for property and other gross proceeds, and rental property expense payments, H1549 [3MR]

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), H186 [12JA]

Union Dale, PA: anniversary of Village of the Four Seasons resort community, E1197 [24JN]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend certain provisions, H3743 [26MY]

Votes: position on missed, E456 [10MR], E1697 [22SE]

Wilbur family: tribute, E1526 [19AU]

Wilmarth, Raymond, Jr.: Mountain View High School, Kingsley, PA, distinguished alumnus inductee, E1831 [12OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H6009 [8SE], H6094 [12SE], H8185 [6DE], H8356 [12DE]

Tributes

Allis, Margaret V., E1319 [14JY]

Beecher, Sanford, E577 [31MR]

Bok, Marilyn A., E1939 [26OC]

Brotzman, Thelma, E193 [10FE]

Edsell, Kent E., E1775 [5OC]

Lenox, James F., E1770, E1772 [5OC]

Lenox, Rose, E1770, E1779 [5OC]

Lomma, Ralph, E1197 [24JN]

Major, Sandra, E1835 [12OC]

Mills, S. Leo and Ester, E192 [10FE]

Palmer, David J., E1833 [12OC]

Pettinato, Glenn, E1497 [5AU]

Rosengrant, Steward, E246 [16FE]

Scott, Gerald, E1830 [12OC]