LANCE, LEONARD (a Representative from New Jersey)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H56 [6JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (see H.R. 3), H553 [8FE]

Agriculture: repeal sugar price support program (see H.R. 1739), H4038 [3JN]

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), H2108 [30MR]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 2256), H10016 [20DE]

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

———prohibit shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption (see H.R. 2966), H6237 [19SE]

Appropriations: establish legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions (see H.R. 3521), H9432 [15DE]

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]

bin Laden, Osama: tribute to President Obama and military and intelligence agencies for successful completion of the operation that led to death in Pakistan (see H. Res. 240), H2999 [3MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 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]

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]

Child Protection and Safety Act: reauthorize certain programs (see H.R. 2870), H6009 [8SE]

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 POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H1771 [11MR]

Commodity Exchange Act: clarify definition of swap dealer (see H.R. 3527), H7998 [30NO]

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), H7928 [29NO]

Consumers: clarify that a video tape service provider may obtain a consumer's informed, written consent on an ongoing basis and that consent may be obtained through the Internet (see H.R. 2471), H6674 [6OC]

———delay implementation of proposed or final rules relative to reasonable and proportional fees and rules for electronic debit transactions (see H.R. 1081), H7714 [16NO]

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), H3112 [5MY]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H5734 [28JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H1038 (see H.R. 733), H1069 [16FE]

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (see H.R. 1852), H3344 [23MY]

———reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 2679), H5732 [28JY]

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

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 3227), H6976 [14OC]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H2917 [15AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 198), H102 [6JA]

———provide expedited procedures for consideration of certain veterans claims (see H.R. 2377), H5734 [28JY]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 178), H2571 [8AP]

Diseases: expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 2505), H7715 [16NO]

———extend Postal Service authority to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research (see H.R. 466), H2917 [15AP]

———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), H5661 [27JY]

Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial: designate (see H.R. 320), H2917 [15AP]

District of Columbia: authorize Gold Star Mothers National Monument Foundation to establish a national monument (see H.R. 1980), H3644 (see H.R. 1980), H3682 [25MY]

Employment: make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 2885), H6855 [12OC]

FCC: consolidate reporting obligations to improve congressional oversight and reduce reporting burdens (see H.R. 3310), H7929 [29NO]

———disapprove rule with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices (see H.J. Res. 37), H1039 (see H.J. Res. 37), H1070 [16FE]

———prohibit from further regulating the Internet (see H.R. 96), H1844 [15MR]

FDA: create a pathway for premarket notification and review of laboratory-developed tests (see H.R. 3207), H8262 [7DE]

———enter into agreements with certain countries regarding methods and approaches to harmonizing certain regulatory requirements on devices (see H.R. 3230), H6976 [14OC]

———expedite process for requesting de novo classification of a device (see H.R. 3203), H6975 [14OC]

———improve humanitarian device regulation (see H.R. 3211), H6976 [14OC]

———improve priority review voucher incentive program for expedited review of treatments for tropical and rare pediatric diseases (see H.R. 3059), H8077 [1DE]

———provide incentives for the development of qualified infectious disease products (see H.R. 2182), H4946 [12JY]

———provide predictability, consistency, and transparency to the premarket review process (see H.R. 3209), H6976 [14OC]

———reaffirm the Safe Medical Devices Act by requiring establishment of a schedule and issuance of regulations relative to device approval process (see H.R. 3208), H6975 [14OC]

Federal agencies and departments: require assessment of the impact of Federal action on jobs and job opportunities (see H.R. 2204), H4795 [8JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 13), H4852 [11JY]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H507 [26JA]

Gambling: establish a program for State licensing of Internet poker (see H.R. 2366), H8967 [14DE]

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 460), H7627 [15NO]

Gulf of Mexico: restore coastal areas affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (see H.R. 56), H2934 [2MY]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: ensure compliance by certain countries and establish procedures for prompt return of children abducted to other countries (see H.R. 1940), H5781 [29JY]

Health: improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 157), H7892 [18NO]

———improve understanding and coordination of critical care health services (see H.R. 971), H1664 [9MR]

———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 2104), H3985 [2JN]

———repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees (see H.R. 1744), H4076 [13JN]

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

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

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

Internet: oppose any effort to transfer control to the U.N. or any other international governmental organization (see H. Res. 57), H554 [8FE]

Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H3759 [26MY]

Iraq: ensure that humanitarian protections are upheld for the residents of Camp Ashraf (see H. Res. 231), H3063 [4MY]

Israel: recognize Jerusalem as capital and support relocation of U.S. Embassy (see H.R. 1006), H3806 [31MY]

———support and facilitate creation and maintenance of secure, recognized, and defensible borders and oppose return of borders to armistice lines that existed on June 4, 1967 (see H. Con. Res. 59), H4035 [3JN]

Italian and Italian American Heritage Month: designate (see H. Res. 367), H6855 [12OC]

Libya: require the President to recommend specific reductions in non-security discretionary appropriations to offset costs of military operations (see H.R. 1323), H2858 [14AP]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 21), H1390 [28FE]

Medicare: ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 3269), H7159 [27OC]

———ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2267), H4364 [21JN]

———exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 905), H1844 [15MR]

———extended coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions (see H.R. 2969), H6271 [20SE]

———improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see H.R. 2020), H7333 [3NO]

———improve diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema and reduce costs relative to treatment of complications of lymphedema (see H.R. 2499), H5888 [1AU]

———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]

———study issues on access to intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) for beneficiaries in all care settings and establish demonstration project on benefits of coverage to administer IVIG in the home (see H.R. 1845), H6626 [5OC]

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), H4076 [13JN]

———reaffirm U.S. principles regarding the security of Israel and peace in the Middle East (see H. Res. 270), H3646 (see H. Res. 270), H3684 [25MY]

———support Israel's right of self-defense, condemn Iranian support of terrorism and threats of annihilation of Israeli people, and persuade Iran to stop pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H. Res. 271), H3342 [23MY]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see H.R. 1112), H1905 [16MR]

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), H3107 [5MY]

National Park Service: acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program (see H.R. 2489), H8187 [6DE]

Norway: condemn terrorist attacks in Oslo and Utoya Island and express condolences and support to those affected by the attack (see H. Res. 380), H5733 [28JY]

Outer Continental Shelf: monitor activities relative to air pollution (see H.R. 2021), H4038 [3JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow waiver of certain requirements when the requirement would result in a significant decrease in access to coverage or significant increase in premiums or other costs (see H.R. 984), H1844 [15MR]

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

———repeal (see H.R. 2), H33 [5JA]

———repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 1370), H4037 [3JN]

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

———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), H2917 [15AP]

———urge Federal courts to expedite disposition of actions challenging constitutionality of provisions (see H. Res. 74), H551 [8FE]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2970), H6552 [4OC]

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), H4852 [11JY]

———ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H3987 [2JN]

Power resources: repeal tax credits for ethanol blenders and repeal the tariff on imported ethanol (see H.R. 2307), H4526 [23JN]

SBA: reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (see H.R. 1425), H3344 [23MY]

Securities: constitutional amendment to prohibit the U.S. from owning stock in private corporations (see H.J. Res. 22), H434 [24JA]

———constitutional amendment to prohibit the U.S. from owning stock in private corporations, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.J. Res. 22), H513 [26JA]

Sergeant Matthew J. Fenton Post Office, Little Ferry, NJ: designate (see H.R. 789), H3758 [26MY]

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]

Social Security: prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (see H.R. 1509), H8967 [14DE]

———repeal Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program maintenance of effort requirements (see H.R. 1683), H2998 [3MY]

———revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington's disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington's disease (see H.R. 718), H5781 [29JY]

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), H2605 [12AP]

Syria: support peaceful demonstrations and universal freedoms and condemn human rights violations (see H. Res. 296), H4035 [3JN]

Tariff Act: increase dollar amount requirements for articles and merchandise under administrative exemptions and entry under regulations provisions (see H.R. 1653), H6344 [21SE]

Taxation: exempt sales of natural gas for use in natural gas vehicles from the retail sales limitation on defining independent producers of petroleum products (see H.R. 1712), H3221 [11MY]

———extend the work opportunity credit for employers of recently discharged veterans (see H.R. 865), H1621 [8MR]

———improve access to health care by expanding health savings accounts (see H.R. 2010), H3754 [26MY]

———increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 1738), H6043 [9SE]

———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]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 1236), H2917 [15AP]

———repeal alternative minimum tax on individuals (see H.R. 547), H8262 [7DE]

———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), H3986 [2JN]

Telecommunications: return unused or reclaimed stimulus funds made available for broadband awards (see H.R. 1343), H2328 [5AP]

Telephones: permit informational calls to mobile telephone numbers (see H.R. 3035), H7166 [31OC]

———restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1002), H1723 [10MR]

Terrorism: award Congressional Gold Medals in honor of the men and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 3421), H8077 [1DE]

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

U.N.: 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), H513 [26JA]

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

Year of the Girl: designate (see H. Res. 460), H7627 [15NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

FDA: provide for regulation of medical gases (see H.R. 2227), H4326 [16JN]

Health: promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (see H.R. 3497), H7890 [18NO]

———recognize life-saving role of ostomy care and prosthetics in the lives of people in the U.S. (see H. Res. 152), H1619 [8MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: urge Federal courts to expedite disposition of actions challenging constitutionality of provisions (see H. Res. 76), H551 [8FE]

Taxation: make the credit for research activities permanent and increase such credit for taxpayers whose gross receipts are predominantly from domestic production activities (see H.R. 1329), H2266 [1AP]

———provide that the prohibition on suits to restrain assessment or collection of tax does not apply to the tax provisions of health care reform legislation (see H.R. 3558), H8125 [2DE]

———terminate incentives for alcohol used as fuel (see H.R. 1188), H1984 [17MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of HHS: implement the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan (H.R. 2600), H5285 [20JY]

FDA: provide for regulation of medical gases (H.R. 2227), H4329 [16JN]

Health: promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (H.R. 3497), H7892 [18NO]

Taxation: make the credit for research activities permanent and increase such credit for taxpayers whose gross receipts are predominantly from domestic production activities (H.R. 1329), H2267 [1AP]

———provide that the prohibition on suits to restrain assessment or collection of tax does not apply to the tax provisions of health care reform legislation (H.R. 3558), H8125 [2DE]

———terminate incentives for alcohol used as fuel (H.R. 1188), H1987 [17MR]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), H4236 [15JN]

Berkeley Heights, NJ: inclusion of Governor Livingston High School in Newsweek (publication) ``Best High Schools'' list, H4371 [22JN]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), H7630 [16NO]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, H5837 [1AU]

Califon, NJ: Tewksbury Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1733 [29SE]

Clark, NJ: St. John the Apostle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1732 [29SE]

Cooperative Housing Corp.: anniversary, E1763 [4OC]

Cranford, NJ: inclusion of Cranford High School in Newsweek (publication) ``Best High Schools'' list, H4371 [22JN]

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

Edison, NJ: anniversary of Temple Emanu-El, E1125 [16JN]

Education Sciences Reform Act: technical amendment (S. 365), consideration (H. Res. 384), H5837 [1AU]

FDA: require use of hard science in developing regulations, H4236 [15JN]

Flemington, NJ: tribute to Hunterdon Central Regional High School softball team, E1090 [14JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H287 [19JA]

International Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Awareness Day: observance, E1723 [26SE]

National Tartan Day: observance with unveiling of the Ellis Island, New York, NY, tartan, H2023 [29MR]

New Providence, NJ: New Providence High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1732 [29SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 2), H287 [19JA]

———repeal mandatory funding provided to States to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 1213), H2953 [3MY]

———repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (H.R. 1217), H2636 [13AP]

Point of order, H4238 [15JN]

Public debt: increase statutory limit, H5154 [19JY]

Resnick family: Chabad of Hunterdon County, NJ, Community Leadership Award recipients, E951 [25MY]

Scotch Plains, NJ: inclusion of Academy for Allied Health Sciences in Newsweek (publication) ``Best High Schools'' list, H4371 [22JN]

———inclusion of Academy for Information Technology in Newsweek (publication) ``Best High Schools'' list, H4371 [22JN]

———inclusion of Union County Magnet High School in Newsweek (publication) ``Best High Schools'' list, H4371 [22JN]

———inclusion of Union County Magnet High School in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ``Best High Schools for Math and Science'' list, E1730, E1731 [29SE]

Springfield, NJ: inclusion of Jonathan Dayton High School in Newsweek (publication) ``Best High Schools'' list, H4371 [22JN]

Taxation: provide that the prohibition on suits to restrain assessment or collection of tax does not apply to the tax provisions of health care reform legislation (H.R. 3558), E2169 [2DE]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, H6038 [9SE], E1596 [12SE]

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), H154 [12JA]

VIP Honda (business): anniversary, E186 [9FE]

Warren, NJ: inclusion of Watchung Hills Regional High School in Newsweek (publication) ``Best High Schools'' list, H4371 [22JN]

Westfield, NJ: Holy Trinity Interparochial School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1731 [29SE]

———inclusion of Westfield High School in Newsweek (publication) ``Best High Schools'' list, H4371 [22JN]

Tributes

Adler, John H., H2276 [4AP], H2404 [6AP]

Cole, Michael, H6356 [22SE]

Giannone, William J., III (B.J.), E1042 [3JN]

Janeway, Dean, E1585 [9SE]

Salvato, Frank, E1831 [12OC]