MARKEY, EDWARD J. (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Amendments

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H778, H784, H788 [14FE], H1007 [16FE], H1258 [18FE]

Arizona: facilitate efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land (H.R. 1904), H7104 [26OC]

Dept. of the Interior: require each offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in areas with most prospective oil and gas resources (H.R. 1231), H3198 [11MY]

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), H2379 [6AP]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H4821 [11JY]

EPA: establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard for coarse particulate matter and limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust in certain areas (H.R. 1633), H8285 [8DE]

———provide additional time to issue achievable standards for cement manufacturing facilities (H.R. 2681), H6555 [4OC]

———provide additional time to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators (H.R. 2250), H6700 [11OC]

Gulf of Mexico: facilitate safe and timely production of energy resources (H.R. 1229), H3135 [10MY]

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), H6947, H6948 [14OC]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1540, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H8208 [7DE]

Articles and editorials

Probe Both Sides in Sri Lanka, Boston (MA) Globe, E65 [18JA]

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), H3305 [13MY]

Agriculture: promote local and regional farm and food systems (see H.R. 3286), H7206 [1NO]

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), H8967 [14DE]

Animals: establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (see H.R. 943), H1727 [10MR]

———prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1513), H8881 [13DE]

———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), H6344 [21SE]

Arlington National Cemetery: provide a memorial marker on Chaplains Hill to honor the memory of Jewish chaplains who died while on active duty in the Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 12), H1580 [4MR]

Armed Forces: expand matters covered by preseparation counseling (see H.R. 535), H2934 [2MY]

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

———improve provision of Federal transition, rehabilitation, vocational, and unemployment benefits to members and veterans (see H.R. 1941), H3759 [26MY]

———require Presidential negotiation of and entrance into a bilateral status of forces agreement with Afghanistan (see H.R. 651), H2934 [2MY]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 3368), H7397 [4NO]

Atomic Energy Act: require congressional approval of agreements for peaceful nuclear cooperation with foreign countries (see H.R. 1280), H2213 [31MR]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see H.R. 2152), H4188 [14JN]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 36), H256 [18JA]

BLM: dedicate a portion of wind and solar energy project rental fees for administrative costs of processing applications for new wind and solar projects (see H.R. 2176), H4186 [14JN]

Boston Bruins (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 318), H4364 [21JN]

Business and industry: establish a pilot program to facilitate education and training programs in the field of advanced manufacturing (see H.R. 1716), H3060 [4MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H5897 [5AU]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program (see H.R. 2029), H3755 [26MY]

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), H6233 [15SE]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H7893 [18NO]

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), H6782 [11OC]

Committee on Natural Resources (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 120), H1391 [28FE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H7209 [1NO]

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), H8262 [7DE]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 20), H138 [7JA]

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 192), H2039 [29MR]

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

Darwin Day: designate (see H. Res. 81), H684 [10FE]

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

Dept. of Defense: enhance suicide prevention program by requiring suicide prevention training during recruit basic training, preseparation counseling, and mental health assessments (see H.R. 1284), H3304 [13MY]

Dept. of Education: allow local educational agencies to use certain grants for professional development activities that train school personnel about restorative justice and conflict resolution (see H.R. 415), H468 [25JA]

———award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 820), H1250 (see H.R. 820), H1362 [18FE]

———establish Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institutes for Sport and Social Impact (see H.R. 2152), H4188 [14JN]

———promote environmental education (see H.R. 2547), H6011 [8SE]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for training and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see H.R. 2798), H5895 [5AU]

———develop a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (see H.R. 3314), H7255 [2NO]

———establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H4750 [7JY]

———implement the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan (see H.R. 2600), H5966 [7SE]

———provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1426), H4037 [3JN]

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

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

Dept. of Justice: improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (see H.R. 1490), H2603 [12AP]

———reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program (see H.R. 2800), H5895 [5AU]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a global rare earth element assessment (see H.R. 1314), H2265 [1AP]

———provide further self-governance by Indian tribes (see H.R. 2444), H4748 [7JY]

———reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see H.R. 1234), H2536 [7AP]

———study suitability and feasibility of designating prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest sites on Rota, Northern Mariana Islands, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 1141), H1906 [16MR]

———study suitability and feasibility of inclusion of land and waters in the greater Salem Sound and Salem, MA, area in the Salem Maritime National Historic Site (see H.R. 1500), H3162 [10MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: authorize issuance of U.S. bonds to fund Alzheimer's disease research (see H.R. 610), H679 [10FE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish national tunnel inspection standards for proper safety evaluation of all highway tunnels (see H.R. 2254), H4364 [21JN]

———require that broadband conduit be installed as part of certain highway construction projects (see H.R. 1695), H2998 [3MY]

Developing countries: promote sexual and reproductive health of individuals and couples (see H.R. 1319), H2265 [1AP]

———protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 3357), H7330 [3NO]

Diseases: expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 2505), H4945 [12JY]

———require a Federal commitment to Alzheimer's disease research to advance breakthrough treatments for people with the disease (see H.R. 1897), H3300 [13MY]

Drugs: increase penalties for operators of pill mills (see H.R. 1065), H1796 [14MR]

Ecology and environment: require compliance by defense-related agencies with all environmental laws (see H.R. 332), H1180 (see H.R. 332), H1199 [17FE]

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]

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]

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), H3162 [10MY]

FCC: 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: ensure safe use of cosmetics (see H.R. 2359), H4573 [24JN]

———help prevent occurrence of cancer resulting from the use of ultraviolet tanning lamps by imposing more stringent controls on the use of such devices (see H.R. 1676), H6673 [6OC]

———improve priority review voucher incentive program for expedited review of treatments for tropical and rare pediatric diseases (see H.R. 3059), H6627 [5OC]

FEMA: authorize a fire station construction grant program (see H.R. 716), H2108 [30MR]

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), H7579 [14NO]

———prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 308), H435 [24JA]

———restrict ability of a person with certain Federal firearms license revocations, denials, or notices, to transfer business inventory firearms (see H.R. 263), H357 [19JA]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 2639), H5488 [25JY]

Foreign policy: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 304), H4460 [22JN]

———establish the Office of the Special Inspector General for Overseas Contingency Operations (see H.R. 2880), H6042 [9SE]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 639), H4037 [3JN]

Forest Service: protect certain roadless areas (see H.R. 3465), H7829 [17NO]

Great Ape Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1760), H3107 [5MY]

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 192), H2039 [29MR]

Haiti: recognize anniversary of earthquake, honor victims and responders, and reaffirm support and assistance (see H. Res. 35), H397 [20JA]

Hawaii: express the policy of the U.S. toward Native Hawaiians and provide a process for the reorganization and recognition of the Native Hawaiian government (see H.R. 1250), H2605 [12AP]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H5489 [25JY]

House of Representatives: establish battery recharging stations for privately owned vehicles in House parking areas at no net cost to Federal Government (see H.R. 1402), H3411 [24MY]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1537), H4187 [14JN] (see H.R. 1796), H3114 [6MY]

Insurance: allow enforcement of State disclosure laws and access to courts for covered Holocaust-era insurance policy claims (see H.R. 890), H8125 [2DE]

———require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 111), H2412 [6AP]

International Women's Day: support goals (see H. Res. 148), H1619 [8MR]

Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H7333 [3NO]

Japan: express condolences to families of victims and survivors of earthquake and tsunami, commend response efforts, and support international relief efforts (see H. Res. 172), H1908 [16MR]

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]

LIHEAP: provide level funding (see H.R. 3626), H8318 [8DE]

Marine Turtle Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1761), H10016 [20DE]

Matthew A. Pucino Post Office, Sagamore Beach, MA: designate (see H.R. 2062), H3805 [31MY]

Medicare: clarify application of secondary payer rules (see H.R. 1063), H4042 [7JN]

———ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 3269), H7893 [18NO]

———promote medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 891), H4037 [3JN]

———provide for coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see H.R. 2195), H7009 [24OC]

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), H4367 [21JN]

Motor vehicles: establish a program to accelerate, provide incentives for, and examine the challenges and opportunities associated with the deployment of electric drive vehicles (see H.R. 1685), H2998 [3MY]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3510), H7927 [29NO]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 19), H1178 (see H. Con. Res. 19), H1197 [17FE]

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

National security: call for adoption of smart security platform for the 21st century (see H. Res. 19), H256 [18JA]

National Weather Service: establish, maintain, and operate a Caribbean tsunami forecast and warning center in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 1100), H1841 [15MR]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 27), H601 [9FE]

NOAA: reform procedures for payment of funds from the Asset Forfeiture Fund and protect the fishing industry from excessive fines (see H.R. 2610), H5373 [21JY]

Nuclear energy: improve and underscore importance of international nuclear safety cooperation for operating power reactors and support Convention on Nuclear Safety efforts (see H.R. 1326), H2667 [13AP]

———require spent nuclear fuel be stored in dry cask storage (see H.R. 2075), H3868 (see H.R. 2075), H3909 [1JN]

Nuclear weapons: recognize nonproliferation options for nuclear understanding to keep everyone safe (NO NUKES) (see H. Res. 21), H42 [5JA]

Peace Corps: anniversary (see H. Res. 11), H472 [25JA]

Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 854), H1454 [1MR]

Peace Corps Month: designate (see H. Res. 11), H472 [25JA]

Petroleum: provide relief from high gas prices by repealing subsidies for large oil companies, releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, reforming royalty laws, and penalizing price gouging (see H.R. 1748), H3107 [5MY]

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), H4577 [24JN]

———ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H6273 [20SE]

Power resources: safely increase domestic oil and gas production (see H.R. 1870), H3278 [12MY]

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

Public lands: designate lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and wild and scenic rivers and establish Northern Rockies Wildlife Habitat and Corridors Information System and Program (see H.R. 3334), H7329 [3NO]

Public Lands Corps Act: provide service-learning opportunities on public lands, restore natural, cultural, historic, archeological, recreational, and scenic resources, and train new land managers (see H.R. 587), H598 [9FE]

Radioactive substances: prohibit importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the U.S. (see H.R. 617), H679 [10FE]

Real estate: proposed settlement between Dept. of Justice, State attorneys general, and mortgage services relative to mortgage fraud and the economic crisis (see H. Con. Res. 85), H8126 [2DE]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1574), H3304 [13MY]

Salem, MA: recognize as birthplace of the National Guard (see H.R. 1339), H2266 [1AP]

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

Shriver, R. Sargent, Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 64), H510 [26JA]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1332), H9432 [15DE]

Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2152), H4188 [14JN]

Sri Lanka: commend U.N. efforts to implement human rights accountability, call for investigation of war crimes and other human rights violations, and allow greater freedom of movement (see H. Res. 177), H4674 [6JY]

Taxation: extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 3307), H8320 [8DE]

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

———extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 2655), H7333 [3NO]

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

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H5781 [29JY]

———provide incentives for the development of qualified infectious disease products (see H.R. 2182), H6855 [12OC]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 1236), H4794 [8JY]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see H.R. 601), H678 [10FE]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 2669), H5660 [27JY]

Television: establish signal quality and content requirements for the carriage of public, educational, and governmental channels and preserve support for such channels (see H.R. 1746), H6626 [5OC]

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), H8262 [7DE]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 886), H7332 [3NO]

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), H4673 [6JY] (see H.R. 3346), H7627 [15NO]

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), H353 [19JA]

Veterans Day: encourage the nationwide observance of two minutes of silence (see H.R. 2498), H4944 [12JY]

Water pollution: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1375), H5734 [28JY]

Whistleblowing: provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry (see H.R. 503), H509 [26JA]

Wildlife refuges: issue a Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 2236), H4674 [6JY]

William T. Trant Post Office Building, Westfield, MA: designate (see H.R. 2767), H5884 [1AU]

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]

———require mammography reports contain a breast density summary and a statement on the benefit of supplementary screening tests for patients with dense breast tissue (see H.R. 3102), H6624 [5OC]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H38 [5JA]

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), H3300 [13MY]

Clean Energy Consortia: establish (see H.R. 3389), H7397 [4NO]

Courts: facilitate ability of persons affected by oil spills to seek judicial redress (see H.R. 2386), H4574 [24JN]

CPSC: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 2861), H5964 [7SE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish and collect fees for inspections of Outer Continental Shelf facilities, including mobile offshore drilling units (see H.R. 2566), H5125 [15JY]

———establish production incentive fee for lands leased for oil or natural gas on which production is not occurring (see H.R. 927), H1574 [3MR] (see H.R. 3446), H7713 [16NO]

———issue regulations to prevent or minimize venting and flaring of gas in oil and gas production operations (see H.R. 3229), H6976 [14OC]

———prohibit issuance of new oil or natural gas leases to persons that fail to renegotiate existing leases incorporating limitations on royalty relief based on market price (see H.R. 1352), H2291 [4AP]

Diseases: issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer's disease research (see H. Res. 351), H5086 [14JY]

EPA: establish a program that tests chemicals found in drinking water to determine whether they are endocrine disruptors and the extent of their ability to interfere with human hormones (see H.R. 553), H550 [8FE]

Gulf of Mexico: modify disposition of qualified treatment of certain Outer Continental Shelf revenues (see H.R. 2673), H5660 [27JY]

Karinge, Esther: relief (see H.R. 316), H254 [18JA]

Medicare: 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), H2409 [6AP]

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

National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 341), H4748 [7JY]

National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling: implement recommendations (see H.R. 501), H508 [26JA]

Nuclear energy: ensure that nuclear powerplants can withstand and adequately respond to earthquakes, tsunamis, strong storms, or other events that threaten a major impact (see H.R. 1242), H2037 [29MR]

Officer John Maguire Post Office Building, Woburn, MA: designate (see H.R. 2640), H5488 [25JY]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 432), H469 [25JA]

Renewable energy: utilize the Western Area Power Administration to acquire amounts sufficient to ensure that a certain amount of all electric energy consumed by the Federal Government is renewable energy (see H.R. 2196), H4277 [15JN]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: provide for sale of light grade petroleum and for its replacement with refined petroleum product (see H.R. 1017), H1724 [10MR] (see H.R. 1807), H3159 [10MY]

Supreme Court: disapprove Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc., decision on disclosure and use of individual physician prescribing practices (see H. Res. 343), H4793 [8JY]

Tariff: electrical transformers (see H.R. 2627), H5398 [22JY]

———high-performance loudspeakers (see H.R. 2626), H5398 [22JY]

Travel and tourism: require operators of international travel websites to provide information on potential health and safety risks associated with overseas vacation destinations marketed on the website (see H.R. 1120), H1905 [16MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (H.R. 139), H45 [5JA]

BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Inquiry Commission: implement recommendations (H.R. 501), H512 [26JA]

Children and youth: extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (H.R. 1895), H3302 [13MY]

Clean Energy Consortia: establish (H.R. 3389), H7399 [4NO]

Courts: facilitate ability of persons affected by oil spills to seek judicial redress (H.R. 2386), H4576 [24JN]

CPSC: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (H.R. 2861), H5965 [7SE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish and collect fees for inspections of Outer Continental Shelf facilities, including mobile offshore drilling units (H.R. 2566), H5126 [15JY]

———establish production incentive fee for lands leased for oil or natural gas on which production is not occurring (H.R. 3446), H7714 [16NO]

———establish production incentive fee for lands leased for oil or natural gas on which production is not occurring (H.R. 927), H1577 [3MR]

———issue regulations to prevent or minimize venting and flaring of gas in oil and gas production operations (H.R. 3229), H6978 [14OC]

———prohibit issuance of new oil or natural gas leases to persons that fail to renegotiate existing leases incorporating limitations on royalty relief based on market price (H.R. 1352), H2292 [4AP]

EPA: establish a program that tests chemicals found in drinking water to determine whether they are endocrine disruptors and the extent of their ability to interfere with human hormones (H.R. 553), H552 [8FE]

Gulf of Mexico: modify disposition of qualified treatment of certain Outer Continental Shelf revenues (H.R. 2673), H5661 [27JY]

Karinge, Esther: relief (H.R. 316), H256 [18JA]

Medicare: 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 (H.R. 1386), H2411 [6AP]

Nuclear energy: ensure that nuclear powerplants can withstand and adequately respond to earthquakes, tsunamis, strong storms, or other events that threaten a major impact (H.R. 1242), H2039 [29MR]

Officer John Maguire Post Office Building, Woburn, MA: designate (H.R. 2640), H5489 [25JY]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (H.R. 432), H471 [25JA]

Renewable energy: utilize the Western Area Power Administration to acquire amounts sufficient to ensure that a certain amount of all electric energy consumed by the Federal Government is renewable energy (H.R. 2196), H4278 [15JN]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: provide for sale of light grade petroleum and for its replacement with refined petroleum product (H.R. 1017), H1726 [10MR]

———provide for sale of light grade petroleum and for its replacement with refined petroleum product (H.R. 1807), H3160 [10MY]

Tariff: electrical transformers (H.R. 2627), H5399 [22JY]

———high-performance loudspeakers (H.R. 2626), H5398 [22JY]

Travel and tourism: require operators of international travel websites to provide information on potential health and safety risks associated with overseas vacation destinations marketed on the website (H.R. 1120), H1907 [16MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H6679 [11OC]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), conference report, H7778 [17NO]

Appropriations: making consolidated, H9818 [16DE]

———making continuing, H6322 [21SE], H6392, H6405, H6406 [22SE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H978, H1008, H1009, H1030 [16FE], H1099, H1112, H1113, H1118 [17FE], H1257, H1258, H1260, H1269, H1322, H1324 [18FE]

———making for disaster relief requirements (H.R. 3672), consideration (H. Res. 500), H9818 [16DE]

———making for disaster relief requirements (H.R. 3672), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 94)—consideration (H. Res. 500), H9818 [16DE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (H.R. 139), E5 [5JA]

Arizona: exempt Native American sacred and cultural sites from proposal to facilitate efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land, H7093 [26OC]

———facilitate efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land (H.R. 1904), H7093, H7105 [26OC], E2258 [14DE]

———facilitate efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land (H.R. 1904), motion to recommit, H7110 [26OC]

———prohibit conveyance of any Federal land to a company or affiliate connected with the Iran Foreign Investment Co., H7110 [26OC], E2258 [14DE]

———require local Resolution Copper Mining (company) operations, local hiring priority, and domestic processing, use, and equipment used relative to southeast Arizona mining, H7093 [26OC]

———require Resolution Copper Mining (company) royalty payment on all locatable minerals produced in commercial quantities from conveyed southeast Arizona Federal land, H7093, H7105 [26OC]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, E765 [15AP]

Aviation: prohibit operators of civil aircraft of the U.S. from participating in the European Union emissions trading scheme (H.R. 2594), H7000 [24OC]

BLM: leasing of Federal lands near Grand Canyon National Park for uranium mining, H5407 [25JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), H7858, H7867 [18NO]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, H5682 [28JY], H5759 [29JY]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), H5216 [19JY]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), consideration (H. Res. 355), H5178 [19JY]

———deficit, H7858, H7867 [18NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H2819, H2820 [14AP], H3381 [24MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), consideration (H. Res. 223), H2683 [14AP]

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement: funding, H5545 [26JY]

Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), consideration (H. Res. 375), H5682 [28JY]

———establish (S. 627), consideration (H. Res. 383), H5759 [29JY]

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), H656, H660, H661, H662 [10FE]

———instruct certain committees to report legislation replacing health care reform legislation (H. Res. 9), consideration (H. Res. 26), H112 [7JA]

Conservation of energy: repeal phase-out of incandescent light bulbs, H9818 [16DE]

———repeal phase-out of incandescent light bulbs (H.R. 2417), H4824 [11JY]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: funding, H1030 [16FE]

Corps of Engineers: global warming project planning funding, H4807, H4809 [11JY]

Courts: facilitate ability of persons affected by oil spills to seek judicial redress (H.R. 2386), E1205 [24JN]

CPSC: Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database funding, H1322 [18FE]

Dept. of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program funding through reductions in fossil energy research and development program and nuclear energy program, H4821 [11JY]

———energy research and development funding, H4820, H4821 [11JY]

———expedite consideration and approval of construction and operation of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 1938), H5517 [26JY]

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), H3381 [24MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2017), consideration (H. Res. 287), H3822, H3823 [1JN]

Dept. of State: require to act on a permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, H8807 [13DE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales (H.R. 1230), H3079, H3082, H3083, H3085 [5MY]

———conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales (H.R. 1230), consideration (H. Res. 245), H3072 [5MY]

———Land and Water Conservation Fund funding, H978 [16FE]

———prohibit issuance of new oil or natural gas leases to persons that fail to renegotiate existing leases incorporating limitations on royalty relief based on market price, H1258, H1260 [18FE]

———require each offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in areas with most prospective oil and gas resources (H.R. 1231), H3190, H3196, H3198, H3199 [11MY]

———require each offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in areas with most prospective oil and gas resources (H.R. 1231), consideration (H. Res. 257), H3175 [11MY]

———require each offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in areas with most prospective oil and gas resources (H.R. 1231), motion to recommit, H3240 [12MY]

———require that new offshore oil and gas leasing plans require renegotiation of previous royalty-free leases, H3198, H3199 [11MY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2584), H5545 [26JY], H5607 [27JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2584), consideration (H. Res. 363), H5407 [25JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 500), H9818 [16DE]

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), H2352, H2379 [6AP]

Economy: impact of Government regulations, H656, H660, H661, H662 [10FE]

———importance of job creation, H7093 [26OC]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H8807 [13DE], H9818 [16DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), Senate amendments, H9973 [20DE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H4784, H4785 [8JY], H4807, H4809, H4820, H4821 [11JY]

EPA: continue to require industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators to reduce emissions if such emissions are increasing cancer risks, H6700, H6701 [11OC]

———delay implementation of rules on maximum achievable control technology and cross-State air pollution produced by powerplants, H6378 [22SE]

———ensure that any prohibition or limitation on Clean Air Act authority would not apply to any EPA action to reduce demand for oil, H2379 [6AP]

———ensure that the term nuisance dust does not include particulate matter containing arsenic or other heavy metals hazardous to human health, H8285 [8DE]

———establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard for coarse particulate matter and limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust in certain areas (H.R. 1633), H8278, H8285 [8DE]

———preserve authority to regulate waters that provide flood protection, are fish and wildlife habitats which provide economic benefits, or are coastal recreation areas, H4986 [13JY]

———provide additional time to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators (H.R. 2250), H6634, H6636, H6638 [6OC], H6700, H6701 [11OC]

———require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions (H.R. 2401), H6378, H6379 [22SE]

———rule enforcement funding relative to national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants from the Portland cement manufacturing industry and standards of performance for Portland cement plants, H1118 [17FE]

Equal Access to Justice Act: payment of legal fees, expenses, and settlements funding, H1112, H1113 [17FE]

FCC: disapprove rule with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices (H.J. Res. 37), H2555, H2560 [8AP]

———funding to implement rule with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices, H1099 [17FE]

FEMA: Disaster Relief Fund funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program funding, H6322 [21SE], H6392, H6405 [22SE]

———Disaster Relief Fund funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program funding, H6392, H6405, H6406 [22SE]

Forest Service: Travel Management Rule implementation and enforcement funding relative to designation of roads, trails, and areas for motor vehicle use, H1269 [18FE]

Gulf of Mexico: facilitate safe and timely production of energy resources (H.R. 1229), H3123, H3136, H3137 [10MY]

———facilitate safe and timely production of energy resources (H.R. 1229), consideration (H. Res. 245), H3072 [5MY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H277 [19JA]

———repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 26), H112 [7JA]

House of Representatives: adjournment (H. Res. 375), H5682 [28JY]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 375), H5682 [28JY]

———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 500), H9818 [16DE]

Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (H.R. 1905), E2258 [14DE]

LIHEAP: funding, H1008 [16FE]

Medicaid: reform, H2820 [14AP]

Medicare: 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 (H.R. 1386), E652 [6AP]

———reform, H2683, H2820 [14AP], H3381 [24MY], H3822, H3823 [1JN]

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and oppose a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state (H. Res. 268), E1295 [12JY]

Monuments and memorials: national monument designation funding, H1324 [18FE]

National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling: implement recommendations on blowout prevention and well designs, H3136, H3137 [10MY]

———report, H660 [10FE]

National Park Service: prohibit boat inspection or safety checks within the Yukon-Charley National Preserve, H5607 [27JY]

National Public Radio: prohibit Federal funding and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content (H.R. 1076), H1958 [17MR]

———prohibit Federal funding and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content (H.R. 1076), consideration (H. Res. 174), H1916 [17MR]

Natural gas: restore State and local participation in the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas terminals, H1257 [18FE]

NIH: funding, H1009 [16FE]

NOAA: funding, H7778 [17NO]

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 (H.R. 2105), E2262 [14DE]

———funding, H6680 [11OC]

Officer John Maguire Post Office, Woburn, MA: designate (S. 1412), H7411 [14NO]

Outer Continental Shelf: monitor activities relative to air pollution (H.R. 2021), H4395 [22JN]

Patents: clarify calculation of filing period deadline for patent term extension applications, H4489 [23JN]

———reform (H.R. 1249), H4489 [23JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 2), H277 [19JA]

———repeal (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 26), H112 [7JA]

Power resources: encourage oil companies to drill for domestic petroleum on already existing land leases and prohibit sale to foreign countries, H3240 [12MY]

———national energy policy, H3083 [5MY]

Public lands: new Federal land acquisition funding, H978 [16FE]

Refuse disposal: establish a time frame for bringing existing coal combustion residual surface impoundments into compliance with revised critieria for design, groundwater monitoring, and corrective actions, H6947 [14OC]

———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), H6947, H6948 [14OC]

———require States to notify the public and the EPA and offer the opportunity to comment before a State establishes a program to regulate coal combustion waste, H6948 [14OC]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations, H7778 [17NO]

Small Business Act: extend programs (H.R. 2608), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 412), H6392 [22SE]

———extend programs (H.R. 2608), Senate amendment, H6322 [21SE], H6405, H6406 [22SE]

———extend programs (S. 1082), H3779 [31MY]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (H.R. 2608), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 412), H6392 [22SE]

———extend programs (H.R. 2608), Senate amendment, H6322 [21SE], H6405, H6406 [22SE]

———extend programs (S. 1082), H3779 [31MY]

Sri Lanka: call for investigation of alleged war crimes, E65 [18JA]

States: preserve authority to make determinations relating to water quality standards (H.R. 2018), H4986 [13JY]

Taxation: extend certain renewable fuel tax incentives and repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies, H4784, H4785 [8JY]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies, H1008 [16FE], H3123 [10MY], H3175 [11MY]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (H.R. 1689), H3072 [5MY]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, H8807 [13DE]

Votes: position on missed, H2195 [31MR], H2862 [15AP]

Remarks in House relative to

House of Representatives: tribute for casting 20,000th vote, H2803 [14AP]

Leave of absence: granted, H3332 [23MY]

Reports filed

Activities During the 111th Congress: Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (House, Select) (H. Rept. 111-709), H33 [5JA]

Resolutions by organizations

Exempt Native American sacred and cultural sites from proposal to extract mineral resources in southeast Arizona exchange of Federal and non-Federal land: All Indian Pueblo Council, H7095 [26OC]

———Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council, Inc., H7094 [26OC]

———Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, H7094 [26OC]

———National Congress of American Indians, H7094 [26OC]

Tributes

Hyland, Patrick, E1979 [2NO]

Kraft, Myra Hiatt, E1369 [20JY]