NADLER, JERROLD (a Representative from New York)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H58 [6JA]

Amendments

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H779, H790 [14FE], H929 [15FE], H1063 [16FE], H1145, H1183 [17FE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4653 [6JY]

Federal agencies and departments: reform process by which agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents (H.R. 3010), H8096 [2DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: ensure funds provided for Armed Forces operations are only used for safe and orderly withdrawal of U.S. military forces and Dept. of Defense contractors (see H.R. 780), H1580 [4MR]

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), H6344 [21SE]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 835), H1580 [4MR]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 2256), H4364 [21JN]

———prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1513), H2664 [13AP]

———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]

———restrict use of exotic and nondomesticated animals in traveling circuses and exhibitions (see H.R. 3359), H7331 [3NO]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H3161 [10MY]

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), H554 [8FE]

Armed Forces: direct the President, pursuant to the War Powers Resolution, to remove the U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 28), H1908 [16MR]

———improve prevention and response to sexual assaults (see H.R. 3435), H8881 [13DE]

———lift statutory bans on denying servicewomen coverage for abortions in cases of rape or incest and preventing use of private funds for abortions at U.S. military facilities (see H.R. 2085), H3984 [2JN]

———require Presidential negotiation of and entrance into a bilateral status of forces agreement with Afghanistan (see H.R. 651), H1726 [10MR]

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

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 243), H2999 [3MY]

Aviation: ensure air passengers have access to necessary services while on a grounded air carrier and are not unnecessarily held on a grounded air carrier before or after a flight (see H.R. 729), H923 [15FE]

———require air carriers to refund baggage fees if baggage is lost, delayed, or damaged, and require air carriers and ticket agents to include cost of checked baggage when quoting an airfare (see H.R. 712), H922 [15FE]

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

———extend exemption from application of means-test presumption of abuse for qualifying Armed Forces Reserve component and National Guard members called to active duty or homeland defense activities (see H.R. 2192), H4277 [15JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H5373 [21JY]

CERCLA: provide for use of funds in the Superfund program for their intended purposes and ensure adequate resources for cleanup of hazardous substances (see H.R. 1596), H3001 [3MY]

Children and youth: prevent States from prohibiting male circumcision (see H.R. 2400), H4575 [24JN]

———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), H2664 [13AP]

———prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 1397), H2410 [6AP]

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), H5936 [2SE]

Committee on Job Creation (Joint, Select): establish (see H.R. 2835), H5936 [2SE] (see H.R. 2835), H5938 [6SE]

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]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1873), H3278 [12MY]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 1831), H3217 [11MY]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 20), H256 [18JA]

Copyrights: provide protection for fashion design (see H.R. 2511), H5018 [13JY]

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

Corps of Engineers: study feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins (see H.R. 892), H1573 [3MR]

Courts: provide for deferred sentencing and the possibility of dismissal for drug offenders (see H.R. 2567), H5125 [15JY]

———strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 583), H4278 [15JN]

Credit: prohibit creditors from discriminating on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit (see H.R. 1488), H2603 [12AP]

———prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (see H.R. 321), H353 [19JA]

Crime: improve the health care system's assessment and response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (see H.R. 1578), H2935 [2MY]

———prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H5661 [27JY]

———provide penalties for transporting minors in foreign commerce for the purposes of female genital mutilation (see H.R. 2221), H4326 [16JN]

Dept. of Education: 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]

———improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1057), H3220 [11MY]

———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 885), H1621 [8MR]

———make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 1753), H3759 [26MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H4673 [6JY]

———provide preferences for certain services, designate an Administration on Aging individual responsible for support, and provide transportation services for holocaust survivors (see H.R. 2786), H8125 [2DE]

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (see H.R. 1852), H4673 [6JY]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases by expanding comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education in schools (see H.R. 3324), H10017 [20DE]

———require States to help alien children in the child welfare system apply for all available forms of immigration relief (see H.R. 3333), H7329 [3NO]

Dept. of HUD: provide Federal grants to urban areas for the rehabilitation of critically needed recreational areas and facilities and development of improved recreation programs (see H.R. 709), H922 [15FE]

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), H3304 [13MY]

———classify human trafficking as a violent crime for purposes of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program (see H.R. 2982), H7929 [29NO]

———establish pilot program to identify and eliminate unjustified racial and ethnic disparities in the administration of justice (see H.R. 1771), H3108 [5MY]

———provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 2721), H6273 [20SE]

———require entrance of all missing children in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database and that certain information be provided to reporters of missing children (see H.R. 2688), H6674 [6OC]

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), H7258 [2NO]

Dept. of Peace: establish (see H.R. 808), H6043 [9SE]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H1252 (see H.R. 24), H1364 [18FE]

Dept. of Transportation: protect safety of U.S. roads by prohibiting Mexico-domiciled motor carriers from operating beyond the U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 2407), H5150 [18JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for benefit purposes (see H.R. 210), H5489 [25JY]

———improve and make permanent the loan guarantee for the purchase of residential cooperative housing units (see H.R. 3277), H7160 [27OC]

Diseases: expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see H.R. 1672), H3411 [24MY]

———extend Postal Service authority to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research (see H.R. 466), H3304 [13MY]

———require reporting on the implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and on the status of international progress on universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment (see H.R. 1880), H3279 [12MY]

Drugs: address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine (see H.R. 2242), H4332 [20JN]

———limit application of Federal laws to the distribution and consumption of marijuana (see H.R. 2306), H5734 [28JY]

———reschedule marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act and allow for medicinal use of marijuana in accordance with State laws (see H.R. 1983), H5923 [19AU]

Economy: create jobs and reduce the deficit through fair tax rates, cutting defense spending, strengthening Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and infrastructure investment (see H.R. 3638), H9946 [19DE]

———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]

Education: assist States in establishing a universal prekindergarten program (see H.R. 555), H8076 [1DE]

Egypt: limit U.S. assistance unless Egypt honors commitments under the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty (see H.R. 1514), H3115 [6MY]

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]

———create an emergency jobs program (see H.R. 2914), H6180 [14SE]

———promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations (see H.R. 2315), H4526 [23JN]

Executive Office of the President: require preparation of a quadrennial National Manufacturing Strategy (see H.R. 1366), H3281 [12MY]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (see H.R. 2644), H5579 [26JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees (see H.R. 631), H680 [10FE]

Families and domestic relations: improve the lives of working families by providing medical, child care, and educational assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (see H.R. 2346), H6979 [14OC]

———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), H2998 [3MY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow employees to take parental involvement leave for educational and extracurricular activities, and clarify leave may be used for medical needs or to assist elderly relatives (see H.R. 1440), H2569 [8AP]

———allow leave to address domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their effects, and include domestic partners (see H.R. 3151), H7831 [17NO]

———allow leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 2364), H4573 [24JN]

FDA: improve capacity to prevent drug shortages (see H.R. 2245), H6506 [3OC]

Federal employees: ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see H.R. 616), H776 [14FE]

———provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3485), H7890 [18NO]

Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty: establish (see H.R. 3300), H7333 [3NO]

FEMA: limit number of Urban Areas Security Initiative grants awarded and clarify the risk assessment formula used to determine such grants (see H.R. 1555), H2935 [2MY]

Ferraro, Geraldine A.: tribute (see H. Res. 190), H2107 [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), H3108 [5MY]

———prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 308), H254 [18JA]

———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]

———provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2705), H8077 [1DE]

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]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 639), H3281 [12MY]

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

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 460), H9946 [19DE]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 44), H34 [5JA]

Haiti: recognize anniversary of earthquake, honor victims and responders, and reaffirm support and assistance (see H. Res. 35), H202 [12JA]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 104), H36 [5JA]

Health: apply antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1839), H3305 [13MY]

———enhance and further research of prevention and treatment of eating disorders and improve access to treatment (see H.R. 1448), H2569 [8AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H723 [11FE]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H3281 [12MY]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 1724), H4750 [7JY]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit body-gripping traps in National Wildlife Refuge System (see H.R. 2657), H5579 [26JY]

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

———eliminate deadline for application for asylum in the U.S. (see H.R. 2981), H7999 [30NO]

———provide nonimmigrant spouses and children of nonimmigrant aliens who died in terrorist attacks on the U.S. an opportunity to adjust their status (see H.R. 1557), H2855 [14AP]

———temporarily expand the V nonimmigrant visa category to include Haitians whose petition for a family-sponsored immigrant visa was approved on or before Haitian earthquake (see H.R. 3297), H7400 [4NO]

Insurance: provide for equal access to COBRA continuation health coverage (see H.R. 1028), H1724 [10MR] (see H.R. 2310), H4526 [23JN]

———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]

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 508), H10015 [20DE]

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

Italian and Italian American Heritage Month: designate (see H. Res. 367), H7893 [18NO]

Japan: commend for extending official apology to former U.S. POW from the Pacific War and moving forward in planning to invite surviving members to Japan (see H. Res. 324), H4457 [22JN] (see H. Res. 333), H4575 [24JN]

John J. Cook Post Office, East Rockaway, NY: designate (see H.R. 2079), H4366 [21JN]

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

Korean War: call for repatriation of POW/MIA and abductees (see H. Res. 376), H7209 [1NO]

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]

Medicare: extended coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions (see H.R. 2969), H7161 [27OC]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1546), H5375 [21JY]

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

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), H3759 [26MY]

Motor vehicles: ban use of hand-held mobile devices while driving (see H.R. 2333), H5087 [14JY]

———improve safety of motorcoaches (see H.R. 873), H8187 [6DE]

———protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 1449), H3344 [23MY]

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

National Center for Campus Public Safety: establish and operate (see H.R. 2342), H6098 [12SE]

National Clandestine Service of the CIA NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office, Monroe, NY: designate (see H.R. 3593), H9929 [16DE]

National Commission on the Anthrax Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 720), H922 [15FE]

National Dance Day: designate (see H. Res. 342), H4748 [7JY]

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

National Oilheat Research Alliance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1756), H4852 [11JY]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 27), H1252 (see H.R. 27), H1364 [18FE]

NIST: reduce the cost share requirement for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program (see H.R. 3138), H6672 [6OC]

NOAA: establish a Working Waterfront Grant Program (see H.R. 3109), H7009 [24OC]

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), H2412 [6AP]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 190), H5888 [1AU]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish a public health insurance option (see H.R. 191), H40 [5JA]

Peace Corps: anniversary (see H. Res. 11), H256 [18JA]

Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 854), H2535 [7AP]

Peace Corps Month: designate (see H. Res. 11), H256 [18JA]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 965), H3220 [11MY]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1404), H2410 [6AP]

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), H2917 [15AP]

———ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H2605 [12AP]

———reform (see H.R. 1262), H2858 [14AP]

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

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 432), H553 [8FE]

Public debt: increase statutory limit (see H.R. 2663), H5660 [27JY]

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), H3301 [13MY]

———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 works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S. (see H.R. 3533), H8074 [1DE]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1574), H2909 [15AP]

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

Safe Drinking Water Act: repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (see H.R. 1084), H1841 [15MR]

Schneier, Arthur: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3252), H7007 [24OC]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1648), H2912 [15AP]

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

———provide assistance for the modernization, renovation, and repair of elementary and secondary school buildings and community colleges (see H.R. 2948), H6231 [15SE]

SEC: require companies and banks to disclose sanctionable investments and activities in Iran (see H.R. 740), H3411 [24MY]

Senior citizens: encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the U.S. (see H.R. 112), H6043 [9SE]

———establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 798), H4673 [6JY]

Sergeant Angel Mendez Post Office, Staten Island, NY: designate (see H.R. 2422), H4671 [6JY]

Social Security: eliminate abstinence-only education programs (see H.R. 1085), H1841 [15MR]

———ensure any reform prevents the reduction of benefits or an increase in retirement age (see H. Con. Res. 64), H5087 [14JY]

———improve old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, provide cash relief for years when annual cost-of-living increases do not take effect, and provide benefit protection (see H.R. 539), H6457 [23SE]

———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), H2108 [30MR]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 1106), H4673 [6JY]

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), H2935 [2MY]

Supreme Court: permit televising of proceedings (see H.R. 3572), H9432 [15DE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for expenses in connection with the trade or business of selling medical marijuana in accordance with State laws (see H.R. 1985), H4366 [21JN]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H6467 [29SE]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (see H.R. 2644), H5579 [26JY]

———increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 1738), H9928 [16DE]

———increase tax rates for millionaires and billionaires (see H.R. 1124), H1905 [16MR]

———make equitable the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 2412), H4671 [6JY]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1964), H7892 [18NO]

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

———provide a credit for employing returning heroes and wounded warriors (see H.R. 3402), H7405 [10NO]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see H.R. 1689), H2998 [3MY]

———restore credit lost from replacement of the making work pay credit with the employee payroll tax cut (see H.R. 772), H1770 [11MR]

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

Telecommunications: make more spectrum available to, facilitate development of a wireless broadband network for, and provide standards for spectrum needs of public safety agencies (see H.R. 607), H7627 [15NO]

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), H7929 [29NO]

———award Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Medal to memorials established at 3 sites honoring individuals killed in terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 2864), H6140 [13SE]

Transportation: prevent and remedy discrimination relating to federally funded transportation projects (see H.R. 2019), H3754 [26MY]

———promote increased public transportation use and promote increased use of alternative fuels in providing public transportation (see H.R. 1795), H3114 [6MY]

———provide driver safety grants to States with graduated driver licensing laws that meet certain minimum requirements (see H.R. 1515), H3162 [10MY]

———provide flexibility in use of Federal funding for certain transit functions to local entities (see H.R. 3200), H6920 [13OC]

Treaties and agreements: enhance reciprocal market access for U.S. domestic producers in the negotiating process of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements (see H.R. 1749), H6182 [14SE]

Trucking industry: improve truck parking facilities (see H.R. 1803), H3411 [24MY]

Truth in Lending Act: provide coverage for credit cards issued to small businesses (see H.R. 1137), H1906 [16MR]

U.N. Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime: anniversary of Protocol To Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (see H. Res. 508), H10015 [20DE]

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), H1666 [9MR]

Ukraine: independence anniversary and support for continued political and economic development (see H. Res. 401), H6232 [15SE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 589), H599 [9FE] (see H.R. 3346), H7330 [3NO]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend sunset of certain provisions (see H.R. 1805), H3759 [26MY]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3001), H7134 [26OC]

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

Wildlife refuges: issue a Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 2236), H5375 [21JY]

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), H6238 [19SE]

———ensure that U.S. courts provide a forum for claims brought against any railroad arising from the deportation of individuals to Nazi concentration camps (see H.R. 1193), H1984 [17MR]

Year of the Girl: designate (see H. Res. 460), H9946 [19DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin Act: adjust how surcharges are distributed (see H.R. 3512), H7927 [29NO]

Citizenship: exempt certain elderly persons from English language and government and history knowledge requirements for naturalization, and permit others to take the examinations in other languages (see H.R. 2957), H6231 [15SE]

Copyrights: secure rights of artists of works of visual art to provide royalties (see H.R. 3688), H9430 [15DE]

Courts: restrict protective orders and sealing of cases, and allow disclosure of discovery information in civil actions to ensure disclosures relevant to public health or safety (see H.R. 592), H599 [9FE]

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

Dept. of Justice: provide State and local government incentives under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program to provide certain services to rape and sexual assault victims (see H.R. 2197), H4277 [15JN]

Dept. of the Interior: accept title to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center (see H.R. 2882), H6096 [12SE]

———enter into an agreement with the Battery Conservancy to construct and operate a performance facility at Castle Clinton National Monument (see H.R. 2975), H6271 [20SE]

Discrimination: prohibit housing and credit decision discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or source of income (see H.R. 3030), H6413 [22SE]

Firearms: limit possession, sale, and other disposition by persons convicted of misdemeanor sex offenses against children (see H.R. 505), H509 [26JA]

Government: express that the President should make every effort to negotiate passage of an increase in the statutory debt limit or, failing that, use constitutional authority to pay U.S. debts (see H. Con. Res. 68), H5811 [30JY] (see H. Con. Res. 69), H5885 [1AU]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1537), H2854 [14AP]

———require the Dept. of State and SSA to help restore pensions earned in the former Soviet Union by immigrants now living in the U.S. (see H.R. 2494), H4851 [11JY]

Insurance: cover screening mammography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for women over 40 and for women at high risk for breast cancer if diagnostic mammography is covered (see H.R. 1784), H3108 [5MY]

Motor vehicles: authorize States or political subdivisions thereof to regulate fuel economy and emissions standards for taxicabs (see H.R. 1243), H2037 [29MR]

New York, NY: establish the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center (see H.R. 784), H1177 (see H.R. 784), H1197 [17FE]

———recognize historical significance of Triangle Shirtwaist Co., fire on improving worker safety standards, honor victims, and commend groups involved in victim aid and worker safety improvement (see H. Res. 182), H1985 [17MR]

Public debt: eliminate statutory limit and place limitations on the purposes for which public debt may be issued (see H.R. 2931), H6181 [14SE]

Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism: anniversary (see H. Res. 222), H2604 [12AP]

Taxation: deny any deduction for direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs (see H.R. 722), H922 [15FE]

———provide adjustments in individual income tax rates to reflect regional differences in the cost-of-living (see H.R. 1631), H2912 [15AP]

Transportation: expand and improve transit training programs (see H.R. 929), H1574 [3MR]

———provide States certain authority to adopt air pollution reduction requirements for motor carriers providing services at port facilities (see H.R. 572), H598 [9FE]

Water pollution: ban use of dispersants in oil spill cleanup efforts until it is determined that it is safe to use such dispersants (see H.R. 3562), H8135 [5DE]

Constitutional authority statements

Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin Act: adjust how surcharges are distributed (H.R. 3512), H7928 [29NO]

Citizenship: exempt certain elderly persons from English language and government and history knowledge requirements for naturalization, and permit others to take the examinations in other languages (H.R. 2957), H6232 [15SE]

Copyrights: secure rights of artists of works of visual art to provide royalties (H.R. 3688), H9431 [15DE]

Courts: restrict protective orders and sealing of cases, and allow disclosure of discovery information in civil actions to ensure disclosures relevant to public health or safety (H.R. 592), H600 [9FE]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (H.R. 1116), H1907 [16MR]

Dept. of Justice: provide State and local government incentives under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program to provide certain services to rape and sexual assault victims (H.R. 2197), H4278 [15JN]

Dept. of the Interior: accept title to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center (H.R. 2882), H6097 [12SE]

———enter into an agreement with the Battery Conservancy to construct and operate a performance facility at Castle Clinton National Monument (H.R. 2975), H6272 [20SE]

Discrimination: prohibit housing and credit decision discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or source of income (H.R. 3030), H6414 [22SE]

Firearms: limit possession, sale, and other disposition by persons convicted of misdemeanor sex offenses against children (H.R. 505), H512 [26JA]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (H.R. 1537), H2856 [14AP]

———require the Dept. of State and SSA to help restore pensions earned in the former Soviet Union by immigrants now living in the U.S. (H.R. 2494), H4851 [11JY]

Insurance: cover screening mammography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for women over 40 and for women at high risk for breast cancer if diagnostic mammography is covered (H.R. 1784), H3111 [5MY]

Motor vehicles: authorize States or political subdivisions thereof to regulate fuel economy and emissions standards for taxicabs (H.R. 1243), H2039 [29MR]

New York, NY: establish the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center (H.R. 784), H1179, H1199 [17FE]

Public debt: eliminate statutory limit and place limitations on the purposes for which public debt may be issued (H.R. 2931), H6182 [14SE]

Taxation: deny any deduction for direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs (H.R. 722), H924 [15FE]

———provide adjustments in individual income tax rates to reflect regional differences in the cost-of-living (H.R. 1631), H2916 [15AP]

Transportation: expand and improve transit training programs (H.R. 929), H1577 [3MR]

———provide States certain authority to adopt air pollution reduction requirements for motor carriers providing services at port facilities (H.R. 572), H600 [9FE]

Water pollution: ban use of dispersants in oil spill cleanup efforts until it is determined that it is safe to use such dispersants (H.R. 3562), H8135 [5DE]

Letters

Impact of State voting reform laws labeled as ``voter suppression'' legislation: by, Committee on the Judiciary (House), E2016 [4NO]

Intelligence services appropriations: by, E902 [13MY], E921 [23MY]

Motions

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 754), H3291 [13MY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (H.R. 3), H3025 [4MY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), H4148 [14JN]

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA): anniversary, E664 [7AP]

Amtrak: Federal subsidies funding, H1065 [16FE]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H1045, H1062, H1063, H1065 [16FE], H1145, H1146, H1147, H1162, H1183 [17FE]

Armed Forces: authorize limited use in support of NATO mission in Libya (H.J. Res. 68), consideration (H. Res. 328), H4535 [24JN]

———direct the President, pursuant to the War Powers Resolution, to remove the U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan (H. Con. Res. 28), H1952 [17MR]

———direct the President, pursuant to the War Powers Resolution, to remove the U.S. Armed Forces from Libya (H. Con. Res. 51), H4014 [3JN]

———direct the President, pursuant to the War Powers Resolution, to remove the U.S. Armed Forces from Libya (H. Con. Res. 51), consideration (H. Res. 294), H3992 [3JN]

———limit authority to detain U.S. citizens under authorizations for use of military force, H8923, H8924, H8932 [14DE]

———prohibit expansion of Presidential authorization for use of military force to include associated forces, H3662 [25MY]

———prohibit funding for deployment of ground troops in Libya (H. Res. 292), consideration (H. Res. 294), H3992 [3JN]

———restrict use of funds in support of NATO mission in Libya (H.R. 2278), consideration (H. Res. 328), H4535 [24JN]

bin Laden, Osama: tribute to intelligence agencies for successful completion of the operation that led to death in Pakistan, H3286 [13MY], E921 [23MY]

———tribute to President Obama, former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, and military and intelligence agencies for successful completion of the operation that led to death in Pakistan, H3292 [13MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), H7783, H7787, H7802 [17NO], H7842, H7846, H7847, H7859, H7861, H7867 [18NO]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), H5199, H5200 [19JY]

———deficit, H7783, H7787 [17NO], H7843, H7847, H7859, H7861, H7867 [18NO]

Corps of Engineers: emergency flood control and disaster relief funding through rescission of unobligated economic stimulus funding for high-speed and intercity passenger rail projects, H5034 [14JY]

Courts: restrict protective orders and sealing of cases, and allow disclosure of discovery information in civil actions to ensure disclosures relevant to public health or safety (H.R. 592), H737 [14FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: WIC funding, H4148 [14JN]

Dept. of Defense: allow public-private competition for certain programs, projects, or activities, H4621 [6JY]

———allow transfer of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and other locations to the U.S. for prosecution in Federal courts under certain conditions, H3642 [25MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3639, H3642, H3650, H3662 [25MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), conference report, H8923, H8924, H8932 [14DE]

———insulation for military shelters at forward operating bases in Afghanistan funding, H4653 [6JY]

———Israeli Cooperative Program funding through reductions in Air Force NATO research and development funding, H4607 [6JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4607, H4621, H4625, H4645, H4650, H4653 [6JY]

———military musical units funding, H4625 [6JY]

———military operations in Afghanistan funding, H1145, H1146, H1147 [17FE], H4645, H4650 [6JY]

Dept. of Justice: decision to not defend the Defense of Marriage Act, H1642 [9MR]

———repeal establishment of National Drug Intelligence Center, H3639 [25MY]

Empire State College: anniversary of Harry Van Arsdale, Jr., Center for Labor Studies, E1354 [19JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H5034 [14JY]

FAA: authorize appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 658), H2136 [31MR]

———revoke liability immunity for airlines relative to release of safety information and implementation of safety management systems, H2136 [31MR]

Federal agencies and departments: reform process by which agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents (H.R. 3010), H8096, H8097 [2DE]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (H.R. 822), H7662 [16NO]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: funding to make an application for an order requiring access to library, bookseller, and other personal records, H1183 [17FE]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H4650 [6JY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H217 [18JA]

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: extend certain provisions, H3740, H3743 [26MY]

———extend certain provisions (H.R. 514), H522 [8FE], H737 [14FE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 754), H3286 [13MY], E921 [23MY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 754), motion to recommit, H3292 [13MY]

———prioritize funding to combat terrorism, H3292 [13MY]

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), H4628 [6JY]

National Mediation Board: repeal rule on recognition of a labor union if a simple majority of workers who cast ballots approved organizing, H2136 [31MR]

National security: establish reasonable procedural protections for the use of national security letters, H522 [8FE]

NRC: exempt rules under the Atomic Energy Act from agency rule reform, H8096, H8097 [2DE]

Patents: reform (H.R. 1249), H4422 [22JN]

———transition from a first-to-invent system to a first-inventor-to-file system, H4422 [22JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services (H.R. 358), consideration (H. Res. 430), H6878 [13OC]

———repeal (H.R. 2), H217 [18JA]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: funding, H1162 [17FE]

Public debt: increase statutory limit, H5628 [27JY]

Religion: reaffirm ``In God We Trust'' as the official motto of the U.S. and support and encourage its public display in all public buildings, public schools, and other government institutions (H. Con. Res. 13), H7169, H7170, H7172, H7174 [1NO]

Small Business Act: extend programs (S. 990), Senate amendment, H3740, H3743 [26MY]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (S. 990), Senate amendment, H3740, H3743 [26MY]

State University of New York Empire State College: anniversary of Harry Van Arsdale, Jr., Center for Labor Studies, E1200 [24JN]

Terrorism: require all foreign terrorists who attack the U.S. be considered enemy combatants to be tried by military tribunals instead of civilian courts, H3650 [25MY]

Transportation: public transportation funding, H1063 [16FE]

U.N.: U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) funding, H1062 [16FE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, H1045 [16FE]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend certain provisions, H3740, H3743 [26MY]

———extend certain provisions (H.R. 514), H522 [8FE], H737 [14FE]

Votes: position on missed, E668 [7AP], E1662 [20SE], E1800 [6OC], E2228 [12DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1903 [16MR], H6179 [14SE], H8258 [7DE]