TIERNEY, JOHN F. (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3716, H3717 [26MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H4800, H4802 [11JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: promote local and regional farm and food systems (see H.R. 3286), H7579 [14NO]

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), H6673 [6OC]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 835), H3062 [4MY]

Animals: prohibit certain interstate conduct relative to exotic animals and prohibit certain computer-assisted remote hunting (see H.R. 2210), H4750 [7JY]

———prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1513), H4038 [3JN]

———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), H7134 [26OC]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H4332 [20JN]

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: extend time period for submission of retroactive stop-loss special pay claims (see H.R. 573), H2934 [2MY]

———improve prevention and response to sexual assaults (see H.R. 3435), H8967 [14DE]

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

Bankruptcy: make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 2028), H7257 [2NO]

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]

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

Business and industry: require employers to keep records on non-employees who perform labor or services for remuneration and provide a special penalty for employers who misclassify employees (see H.R. 3178), H8077 [1DE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H6855 [12OC]

Children and youth: protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1381), H5240 [19JY]

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), H7069 [25OC]

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), H9432 [15DE]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 20), H3282 [12MY]

Corporations: constitutional amendment to clarify authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations (see H.J. Res. 78), H7333 [3NO]

Credit: protect consumers from usury (see H.R. 336), H354 [19JA]

———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), H7257 [2NO]

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

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 409), H2934 [2MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H5966 [7SE]

———establish Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 531), H3410 [24MY]

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

———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1195), H5489 [25JY]

———provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1426), H4329 [16JN]

———provide grants to States to establish maternal mortality review committees on pregnancy-related deaths (see H.R. 894), H3646 (see H.R. 894), H3684 [25MY]

———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), H6458 [23SE]

Dept. of HUD: establish program to create jobs and increase economic development in underserved areas by promoting cooperative development (see H.R. 3677), H9430 [15DE]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H5489 [25JY]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), H3000 [3MY]

———require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see H.R. 329), H3111 [5MY]

Diseases: establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see H.R. 1394), H4459 [22JN]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 2505), H7166 [31OC]

———expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see H.R. 1672), H4578 [24JN]

———extend Postal Service authority to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research (see H.R. 466), H2934 [2MY]

———improve diagnosis and treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (see H.R. 2123), H6273 [20SE]

———require a Federal commitment to Alzheimer's disease research to advance breakthrough treatments for people with the disease (see H.R. 1897), H4673 [6JY]

———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]

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 subsidized employment for unemployed, low-income adults, summer and year-round employment opportunities for low-income youth, and work-based training for unemployed adults and youth (see H.R. 3425), H7831 [17NO]

Egypt: honor rule of law and return Noor and Ramsay Bower to the U.S. (see H. Res. 193), H2858 [14AP]

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), H5782 [29JY]

FDA: ensure safe use of cosmetics (see H.R. 2359), H8320 [8DE]

———improve capacity to prevent drug shortages (see H.R. 2245), H6415 [22SE]

———improve priority review voucher incentive program for expedited review of treatments for tropical and rare pediatric diseases (see H.R. 3059), H7134 [26OC]

Federal Advisory Committee Act: increase transparency of Federal advisory committees (see H.R. 3124), H6671 [6OC]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1066), H3111 [5MY]

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), H7069 [25OC]

———restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 1489), H5240 [19JY]

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 trafficking (see H.R. 2554), H5125 [15JY]

Fish and fishing: extend authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries (see H.R. 3061), H8188 [6DE]

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), H4751 [7JY]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 639), H680 [10FE]

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

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H3000 [3MY]

FTC: prescribe regulations on the collection and use of information obtained by tracking the Internet activity of an individual (see H.R. 654), H6043 [9SE]

Government: increase transparency (see H.R. 1144), H1982 [17MR]

Health: enhance and further research of prevention and treatment of eating disorders and improve access to treatment (see H.R. 1448), H7208 [1NO]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H3759 [26MY]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1537), H3304 [13MY]

Legislative branch of the Government: enhance enforcement authority for occupational safety and health protections and provide whistleblower protections and other antidiscrimination protections for employees (see H.R. 3108), H7400 [4NO]

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), H4279 [15JN]

———ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 3269), H9432 [15DE]

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

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

———preserve access to ambulance services (see H.R. 1005), H3000 [3MY]

———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), H3806 [31MY]

———provide for coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see H.R. 2195), H6043 [9SE]

———repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 1041), H2934 [2MY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1546), H4794 [8JY]

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

National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling: implement recommendations (see H.R. 501), H3758 [26MY]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 402), H433 [24JA]

National Oilheat Research Alliance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1756), H4330 [16JN]

National security: provide for greater interagency experience through the development of a national security and homeland security human capital strategy and interagency rotational service by employees (see H.R. 2314), H4526 [23JN]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 27), H2535 [7AP]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1456), H4279 [15JN]

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: 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), H4279 [15JN]

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

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

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 965), H4852 [11JY]

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), H2328 [5AP]

———ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H2040 [29MR]

Presidents of the U.S.: establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records (see H.R. 3071), H6467 [29SE]

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

Public Health Service: appoint doctors of chiropractic to regular and reserved corps (see H.R. 664), H3111 [5MY]

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), H4330 [16JN]

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), H7331 [3NO]

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

Safe Drinking Water Act: repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (see H.R. 1084), H5901 [9AU]

Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 998), H4329 [16JN]

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

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 798), H4187 [14JN]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1332), H2266 [1AP]

———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), H1844 [15MR]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 1106), H4750 [7JY]

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: apply Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges to justices and establish procedures for the recusal of justices from cases (see H.R. 862), H4750 [7JY]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1479), H4750 [7JY]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2088), H10016 [20DE]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (see H.R. 2644), H5782 [29JY]

———extend the qualifying advanced energy project credit (see H.R. 724), H4794 [8JY]

———extend the work opportunity credit for employers of recently discharged veterans (see H.R. 865), H2934 [2MY]

———impose a tax on transactions in oil futures, options, and swaps (see H.R. 2003), H4038 [3JN]

———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), H7627 [15NO]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H3304 [13MY]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 1236), H4076 [13JN]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see H.R. 601), H1580 [4MR]

———restrict benefits of Reverse Morris Trust transactions by removing incentives to sell off assets tax free by creating spinoff companies that assume large amounts of debt (see H.R. 2604), H5285 [20JY]

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

———terminate incentives for alcohol used as fuel (see H.R. 1188), H4852 [11JY]

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), H6978 [14OC]

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

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]

Water pollution: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1375), H2572 [8AP]

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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of the Interior: 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), H2603 [12AP]

ERISA: provide protection for company-provided retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H2265 [1AP]

Essex National Heritage Area: reauthorize (see H.R. 2202), H4277 [15JN]

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

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

Taxation: eliminate certain tax expenditures and evaluate effectiveness of remaining tax expenditures (see H.R. 2495), H4851 [11JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of the Interior: 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 (H.R. 1500), H2605 [12AP]

ERISA: provide protection for company-provided retiree health benefits (H.R. 1322), H2267 [1AP]

Essex National Heritage Area: reauthorize (H.R. 2202), H4278 [15JN]

Foreign policy: establish the Office of the Special Inspector General for Overseas Contingency Operations (H.R. 2880), H6043 [9SE]

Salem, MA: recognize as birthplace of the National Guard (H.R. 1339), H2268 [1AP]

Taxation: eliminate certain tax expenditures and evaluate effectiveness of remaining tax expenditures (H.R. 2495), H4851 [11JY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H1261 [18FE]

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), H705 [11FE]

Corps of Engineers: construction and operation and maintenance funding, H4800, H4802 [11JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3718 [26MY]

Dept. of HHS: funding for implementation of medical loss ratio requirements for health insurers to spend a certain percentage of premiums on clinical services, H1261 [18FE]

Economy: impact of Government regulations, H705 [11FE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H4800, H4802 [11JY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H267 [19JA]

Massachusetts Senior Action Council: anniversary, E989 [27MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: implementation of medical loss ratio requirements for health insurance plans, H267 [19JA]

———repeal (H.R. 2), H267 [19JA]

Salem, MA: recognize as birthplace of the National Guard, H3718 [26MY]

Tucson, AZ: condemn shootings at ``Congress on Your Corner'' event, express condolences to friends and families of victims, commend first responders, and honor service of Representative Giffords (H. Res. 32), H186 [12JA]

Resignations

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), E124 [26JA]

Tributes

Egan, Susan E., E977 [27MY]