MILLER, BRAD (a Representative from North Carolina)

Amendments

Dept. of the Treasury: terminate authority to provide new assistance under the Home Affordable Modification Program while preserving assistance that was already offered (H.R. 839), H2010 [29MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H4837 [11JY]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1315), H5335 [21JY]

SEC: eliminate prohibition against general solicitation as a requirement for certain registration exemptions (H.R. 2940), H7294 [3NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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), H6344 [21SE]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 835), H1666 [9MR]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H7257 [2NO]

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), H6233 [15SE]

———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), H5239 [19JY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (see H.R. 1587), H2910 [15AP]

———make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 2028), H7892 [18NO]

Bureau of Prisons: establish an Oleoresin Capsicum Spray Pilot Program (see H.R. 1175), H7399 [4NO]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see H.R. 3179), H6919 [13OC]

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]

Children and youth: require State child welfare agencies to promptly report information on missing or abducted children to law enforcement authorities (see H.R. 3741), H10014 [20DE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1519), H9928 [16DE]

———prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 1397), H5489 [25JY]

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), H7009 [24OC]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H4530 [23JN]

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), H7892 [18NO]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1873), H4578 [24JN]

Credit: prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (see H.R. 321), H7257 [2NO]

———require certain mortgagees to evaluate loans for modifications and establish a grant program for State and local government mediation programs (see H.R. 1477), H2603 [12AP]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H5897 [5AU]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 1116), H6233 [15SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish the Eva M. Clayton Fellows Program to provide fellowships on the eradication of world hunger and malnutrition (see H.R. 3437), H7713 [16NO]

———provide emergency disaster assistance and loosen lending restrictions for agricultural producers, farmers, and ranchers in disaster counties (see H.R. 3740), H10013 [20DE]

Dept. of Education: establish an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 1704), H10016 [20DE]

———improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1057), H3162 [10MY]

———provide grants for innovative teacher retention programs (see H.R. 1794), H3114 [6MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H7069 [25OC]

———expand and enhance adult day programs for people with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases or conditions to improve respite services for caregivers (see H.R. 883), H6273 [20SE]

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

———provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1426), H10016 [20DE]

———provide grants to States to establish maternal mortality review committees on pregnancy-related deaths (see H.R. 894), H1666 [9MR]

———revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 751), H5781 [29JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering application for veterans status of an individual who performed service in the merchant marines during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H2935 [2MY]

Dept. of Labor: phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (see H.R. 3086), H7627 [15NO]

Dept. of the Interior: convey McKinney Lake National Fish Hatchery to North Carolina (see H.R. 1160), H1983 [17MR]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H1797 [14MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Small Business Lending Fund Program and provide for an appeals process (see H.R. 3147), H6781 [11OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate one U.S. city each year as an ``American World War II City'' (see H.R. 2717), H8125 [2DE]

———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), H5239 [19JY]

Depts. of Homeland Security and the Treasury: provide authority to more aggressively enforce trade laws relative to textile or apparel articles (see H.R. 2754), H6098 [12SE]

Diseases: authorize and support psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis data collection and encourage interdisciplinary collaborative research on the relationship between psoriasis and its comorbid conditions (see H.R. 2033), H5897 [5AU]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 2505), H5897 [5AU]

———extend Postal Service authority to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research (see H.R. 466), H3111 [5MY]

———issue a semipostal stamp for the fight against colorectal cancer (see H.R. 893), H7399 [4NO]

———raise awareness, improve education, and encourage research and treatment of psychosocial needs of children, adolescents, and young adults diagnosed with a childhood cancer and their families (see H. Res. 262), H4076 [13JN]

Economy: create jobs and invest in communities through rehabilitation of abandoned and foreclosed residential and commercial properties (see H.R. 3502), H7890 [18NO]

———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]

Egypt: express solidarity with Egyptian people, condemn use of violence against protesters, express gratitude toward Egyptian military for restraint, and support transition to a representative government (see H. Res. 88), H1253 (see H. Res. 88), H1364 [18FE]

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), H9928 [16DE]

FDA: provide incentives for the development of qualified infectious disease products (see H.R. 2182), H7165 [31OC]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend grant programs (see H.R. 2269), H8262 [7DE]

Financial institutions: improve regulations dealing with disclosure of nonpublic personal information (see H.R. 653), H2535 [7AP]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 639), H1988 [17MR]

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

FTC: prescribe regulations on the collection and use of information obtained by tracking the Internet activity of an individual (see H.R. 654), H2535 [7AP]

Health: make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 2104), H6140 [13SE]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H3305 [13MY]

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), H3107 [5MY]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1537), H4577 [24JN]

Insurance: 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), H37 [5JA]

Jordan, Barbara: tribute (see H. Res. 90), H1253 (see H. Res. 90), H1364 [18FE]

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]

Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H6782 [11OC]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 21), H1770 [11MR]

Medicare: clarify application of secondary payer rules (see H.R. 1063), H5150 [18JY]

———create additional residency slots in participating teaching hospitals, expand primary care bonus to certain underserved specialties, and provide tax incentives for practicing-teaching physicians (see H.R. 2224), H6098 [12SE]

———ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2267), H8076 [1DE]

———exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 905), H2412 [6AP]

———extended coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions (see H.R. 2969), H7892 [18NO]

———improve diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema and reduce costs relative to treatment of complications of lymphedema (see H.R. 2499), H4945 [12JY]

———provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 831), H2535 [7AP]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1546), H5581 [26JY]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 1449), H3758 [26MY]

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

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 27), H471 [25JA]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2970), H9946 [19DE]

Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 854), H3161 [10MY]

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), H6273 [20SE]

———ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H9946 [19DE]

Public debt: increase statutory limit (see H.R. 2663), H5782 [29JY]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 1916), H4794 [8JY]

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), H9929 [16DE]

SBA: reform the HUBZone program for small business concerns (see H.R. 2131), H7208 [1NO]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1648), H7399 [4NO]

———end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 998), H4529 [23JN]

———provide assistance for the modernization, renovation, and repair of elementary and secondary school buildings and community colleges (see H.R. 2948), H7929 [29NO]

Social Security: 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), H7714 [16NO]

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), H4578 [24JN]

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), H1797 [14MR]

Taxation: encourage natural gas vehicle investments and job creation (see H.R. 1380), H2536 [7AP]

———establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H9432 [15DE]

———expand the incentives for the rehabilitation of older buildings including owner-occupied residences (see H.R. 2555), H8077 [1DE]

———extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 2353), H7333 [3NO]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H8125 [2DE]

———increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 1738), H7892 [18NO]

———increase alternative tax liability limitation for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 2198), H5581 [26JY]

———increase standard charitable mileage rate for delivery of meals to elderly, disabled, frail, and at-risk individuals (see H.R. 499), H1580 [4MR]

———make permanent and increase credit for increasing research activities and increase domestic production activities deduction for property for which research and development occurred in the U.S. (see H.R. 689), H7208 [1NO]

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

———prevent further restriction of Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Res. 25), H3344 [23MY]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H4852 [11JY]

———provide an investment credit for waste-to-energy facilities (see H.R. 66), H3646 (see H.R. 66), H3684 [25MY]

———provide incentives to encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity (see H.R. 2091), H6415 [22SE]

———provide special rules for investments lost in a fraudulent Ponzi-type scheme (see H.R. 1635), H3411 [24MY]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 1236), H8319 [8DE]

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]

Unemployment: prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual's status or history of unemployment (see H.R. 2501), H7400 [4NO]

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. 303), H2412 [6AP] (see H.R. 333), H2667 [13AP]

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

Water pollution: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1375), H5127 [15JY]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 69), H4457 [22JN]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 2447), H6782 [11OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Credit: provide enhanced mortgage-backed and asset-backed security investor protections to prevent foreclosure fraud (see H.R. 1783), H3108 [5MY]

Dept. of Energy: develop an energy critical elements program, a rare earth materials program, and amend the National Materials Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act (see H.R. 952), H1619 [8MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: presume service connection for illnesses associated with water contaminants at Camp Lejeune, NC, and provide health care to those affected by such contamination (see H.R. 1742), H3107 [5MY]

Developing countries: authorize assistance for affordable housing and sustainable urban development in developing countries (see H.R. 2180), H4186 [14JN]

Financial institutions: ensure that customers can immediately close accounts at insured depository institutions on demand and without cost, and that consumers receive any balance in accounts immediately (see H.R. 3077), H6505 [3OC]

Wilson, John I.: tribute (see H. Res. 386), H5885 [1AU]

Constitutional authority statements

Credit: provide enhanced mortgage-backed and asset-backed security investor protections to prevent foreclosure fraud (H.R. 1783), H3111 [5MY]

Dept. of Energy: develop an energy critical elements program, a rare earth materials program, and amend the National Materials Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act (H.R. 952), H1620 [8MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: presume service connection for illnesses associated with water contaminants at Camp Lejeune, NC, and provide health care to those affected by such contamination (H.R. 1742), H3109 [5MY]

Developing countries: authorize assistance for affordable housing and sustainable urban development in developing countries (H.R. 2180), H4187 [14JN]

Financial institutions: ensure that customers can immediately close accounts at insured depository institutions on demand and without cost, and that consumers receive any balance in accounts immediately (H.R. 3077), H6505 [3OC]

Letters

Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act: Elaine F. Marshall, North Carolina Dept. of State, H7294 [3NO]

Motions

Patents: reform (H.R. 1249), H4503 [23JN]

Remarks

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H998 [16FE], H1131, H1135 [17FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H3377 [24MY]

Cordray, Richard: nomination to be FRS Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director, H8265 [8DE]

Dept. of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program funding through reductions in fossil energy research and development program funding, H4838 [11JY]

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), H3377 [24MY]

Dept. of HUD: rescind unobligated funding for FHA Refinance Program and terminate the program (H.R. 830), H1684 [10MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: study effectiveness of the Home Affordable Modification Program and create a replacement program based on study findings to assist homeowners, H2010 [29MR]

———terminate authority to provide new assistance under the Home Affordable Modification Program while preserving assistance that was already offered (H.R. 839), H1999, H2010 [29MR]

Economy: analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic recession, H1446, H1447, H1448 [1MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H4838 [11JY]

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission: report, H1446, H1447, H1448 [1MR]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: prohibit from overriding Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules, H5330 [21JY]

———require a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau analysis of impact of regulations on the financial industry and on consumers' and small business credit access, H5342 [21JY]

———require any agency filing a challenge to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules to provide certain disclosures, H5335 [21JY]

———strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1315), H5322, H5330, H5335, H5342 [21JY]

FRS: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau funding through reductions in IRS enforcement funding, H1131, H1135 [17FE]

———reform Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to increase accountability and transparency, H8265 [8DE]

———replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a five person commission, H5322 [21JY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H226 [18JA]

Medicare: reform, H3377 [24MY]

NLRB: clarify membership criteria for collective bargaining units and timing of elections of labor organizations (H.R. 3094), H7935 [30NO]

Patents: prioritize processing patent applications by entities that pledge to develop or manufacture their products, processes, and technologies in the U.S., H4504 [23JN]

———reform (H.R. 1249), motion to recommit, H4504 [23JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact on small businesses, H226 [18JA]

———repeal (H.R. 2), H226 [18JA]

SEC: eliminate prohibition against general solicitation as a requirement for certain registration exemptions (H.R. 2940), H7294 [3NO]

———require securities' advertising materials associated with exempted offerings to disclose bonus compensation structures and golden parachute arrangements, H7294 [3NO]

Securities: provide for registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded securities (H.R. 2930), H7297 [3NO]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (H.R. 2447), H7026 [25OC]