VISCLOSKY, PETER J. (a Representative from Indiana)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2055, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, H8208 [7DE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: repeal sugar price support program (see H.R. 1739), H6467 [29SE]
Alcoholic beverages: support State based alcohol regulation (see H.R. 1161), H2216 [31MR]
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), H6415 [22SE]
Antitrust policy: restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (see H.R. 1150), H3758 [26MY]
Armed Forces: improve provision of Federal transition, rehabilitation, vocational, and unemployment benefits to members and veterans (see H.R. 1941), H3759 [26MY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H7929 [29NO]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1519), H2664 [13AP]
Civilian Conservation Corps: reestablish (see H.R. 494), H6043 [9SE]
Consumers: protect from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 964), H2268 [1AP]
Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1873), H3278 [12MY]
———increase requirement for American-made content and strengthen certain waiver provisions for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2722), H6098 [12SE]
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 192), H553 [8FE]
Dept. of HHS: extend authorization of appropriations for the sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program (see H.R. 2518), H6506 [3OC]
Dept. of the Interior: establish production incentive fee for lands leased for oil or natural gas on which production is not occurring (see H.R. 927), H2216 [31MR]
Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H684 [10FE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H553 [8FE]
———provide expedited procedures for consideration of certain veterans claims (see H.R. 2377), H4574 [24JN]
Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of unemployment status (see H.R. 1113), H5888 [1AU]
Executive Office of the President: require preparation of a quadrennial National Manufacturing Strategy (see H.R. 1366), H2326 [5AP]
FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (see H.R. 2644), H5734 [28JY]
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), H7009 [24OC]
———restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 1489), H4279 [15JN]
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), H4186 [14JN]
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]
———extend certain trade preference programs (see H.R. 913), H2934 [2MY]
———prevent importation of merchandise into the U.S. in a manner that evades antidumping and countervailing duty orders (see H.R. 3057), H7069 [25OC]
FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H2268 [1AP]
Government-sponsored enterprises: suspend compensation packages for senior executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and compensate such executives in accordance with executive branch senior employees pay rates (see H.R. 1221), H7715 [16NO]
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 192), H553 [8FE]
Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H4673 [6JY]
Immigration: reform by securing borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program (see H.R. 2000), H3753 [26MY]
Indianapolis 500 Mile Race: anniversary (see H. Res. 277), H3409 [24MY]
Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H5888 [1AU]
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), H4852 [11JY]
Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 21), H1770 [11MR]
Medicare: 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]
———require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2248), H5581 [26JY]
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]
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), H3112 [5MY]
———ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H2109 [30MR]
Public buildings: provide for restroom gender parity in Federal buildings (see H.R. 1361), H3344 [23MY]
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), H8967 [14DE]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1574), H3063 [4MY]
Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1332), H2266 [1AP]
Syria: support peaceful demonstrations and universal freedoms and condemn human rights violations (see H. Res. 296), H4035 [3JN]
Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H7626 [15NO]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (see H.R. 2644), H5734 [28JY]
———limit deductibility of excessive rates of executive compensation (see H.R. 382), H1844 [15MR]
———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1964), H3408 [24MY]
Twain, Mark: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2453), H9946 [19DE]
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), H2934 [2MY]
Water: require use of American iron, steel, and manufactured goods in the construction, alteration, and repair of public water systems and treatment works (see H.R. 1684), H5375 [21JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Business and industry: prohibit business enterprises that lay-off a greater percentage of their U.S. workers than workers in other countries from receiving any Federal assistance (see H.R. 1378), H2327 [5AP]
Chicago, IL: provide for a feasibility study before carrying out any Federal action relating to the Chicago Area Water System (see H.R. 2432), H4671 [6JY]
Iron and steel industry: require certain Federal agencies to use iron and steel produced in the U.S. in carrying out projects for the construction, alteration, or repair of a public building or public work (see H.R. 1703), H2999 [3MY]
Constitutional authority statements
Business and industry: prohibit business enterprises that lay-off a greater percentage of their U.S. workers than workers in other countries from receiving any Federal assistance (H.R. 1378), H2328 [5AP]
Chicago, IL: provide for a feasibility study before carrying out any Federal action relating to the Chicago Area Water System (H.R. 2432), H4672 [6JY]
Iron and steel industry: require certain Federal agencies to use iron and steel produced in the U.S. in carrying out projects for the construction, alteration, or repair of a public building or public work (H.R. 1703), H3000 [3MY]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H4798 [11JY]
Remarks
Anderson, Tom: Distinguished Hoosier Award recipient, E672
Appropriations: making consolidated, H9892 [16DE]
———making continuing, H6320, H6321 [21SE], H6403 [22SE]
———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H1104 [17FE], H1325 [18FE]
———making for disaster relief requirements (H.R. 3672), H9904 [16DE]
Budget: cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, H5864
Coolspring Democratic Club Inc.: anniversary, E1752
Corps of Engineers: allow issuance of regulations that clarify what waters fall under Federal protection, H4814 [11JY]
———allow public-private competition for certain programs, projects, or activities, H4811 [11JY]
———coastal restoration funding, H5066 [14JY]
———construction and operation and maintenance funding, H4802 [11JY]
———global warming project planning funding, H4808 [11JY]
———operation and maintenance funding through reductions in construction funding, H4804 [11JY]
———operation and maintenance funding through reductions in fossil energy research and development program funding, H4807 [11JY]
———prohibit funding for Missouri River Ecosystem Restoration Plan study, H5074, H5075 [14JY]
———study Missouri River flooding, H4800 [11JY]
Croatian Fraternal Union: anniversary of Croatian Sons Lodge 170, E1699
Dept. of Energy: adjust eligibility criteria for the Weatherization Assistance Program, H5069 [14JY]
———Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy funding, H5007 [13JY], H5062 [14JY]
———Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy funding through reductions in fossil energy research and development program funding, H4849 [11JY]
———Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program funding, H5009 [13JY]
———America's Home Energy Education Challenge funding, H4845 [11JY]
———Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program, fossil energy research and development program, science programs, and departmental administration funding, H4844 [11JY]
———Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program funding, H5066, H5067, H5072 [14JY]
———Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program international program activities funding, H4837 [11JY]
———energy efficiency retrofitting programs funding through reductions in National Nuclear Security Administration weapons activities funding, H4840 [11JY]
———Energy Information Administration Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey funding, H4996 [13JY]
———energy research and development funding, H4820 [11JY]
———fossil energy research and development program funding, H5064 [14JY]
———fossil energy research and development program risk based data management system funding, H4996 [13JY]
———Global Threat Reduction Initiative funding, H5010 [13JY]
———non-defense environmental cleanup funding, H5000 [13JY]
———Office of Science funding, H5003, H5005 [13JY]
———Office of Science methane hydrate research and development funding, H5004 [13JY]
———plutonium-238 production restart project funding, H4847 [11JY]
———prohibit funding for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program international program activities for China, H5091, H5092 [15JY]
———prohibit funding for implementation of the incandescent reflector lamps standards, H5075, H5076 [14JY]
———prohibit funding for maintaining, developing, or creating any website disseminating energy efficiency information specifically to children, H5079 [14JY]
———prohibit funding to implement any regulation or Executive order requiring Federal contractors to disclose political contributions, H5052 [14JY]
———prohibit funding to transfer authority over the Office of Environmental Management, H5060 [14JY]
———prohibit reallocation of unspent Weatherization Assistance Program funding, H4835 [11JY]
———solar energy research and development funding, H4846 [11JY]
———Vehicle Technologies Program funding, H4839, H4841 [11JY]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), conference report, H9892 [16DE]
East Chicago, IN: anniversary of Holy Trinity Hungarian Church, E1546
———anniversary of Sacred Heart Parish, E1549
———anniversary of St. George Serbian Orthodox Church, E1585
Education Sciences Reform Act: technical amendment (S. 365), H5864
Energy and water development: across-the-board funding reduction, H5070, H5071 [14JY]
———exempt from certain requirements on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels by applicable agencies, H5068 [14JY]
———limit application of Davis-Bacon Act relative to funding of projects or programs, H5056 [14JY]
———making appropriations, H9892 [16DE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H4783 [8JY], H4800, H4802, H4804, H4807, H4808, H4810, H4811, H4814, H4820, H4835, H4837, H4839, H4840, H4841, H4844, H4845, H4846, H4847, H4849 [11JY], H4996, H5000, H5003, H5004, H5005, H5007, H5009, H5010, H5011, H5014, H5015 [13JY], H5052, H5053, H5054, H5056, H5060, H5062, H5064, H5065, H5066, H5067, H5068, H5069, H5070, H5071, H5072, H5074, H5075, H5076, H5079 [14JY], H5091, H5092, H5093 [15JY]
EPA: prohibit funding to contravene or delay implementation of the Executive Order on environmental justice for minority and low-income populations, H5092 [15JY]
FEMA: Disaster Relief Fund funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program funding, H6320, H6321 [21SE], H6403 [22SE]
———Disaster Relief Fund funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program funding, H6403 [22SE]
Fesko, Frankie: Asian American Medical Association Crystal Globe Award recipient, E1985
Firearms: protect the right of individuals to bear arms at Corps of Engineers water resources development projects, H5053, H5054 [14JY]
Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (H.R. 639), H7213 [2NO]
Gary Frontiers Service Club: tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Breakfast, E51
Gianikos, Nick: American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association Chapter, District and National Ahepan of the Year award recipient, E1754
Great Lakes: close Thomas J. O'Brien Lock and Dam and Chicago River Controlling Works to prevent migration of Asian carp, H1104 [17FE]
Hammond, IN: anniversary of Open Door Church, E1228
———tribute to Hammond Sports Hall of Fame inductees, E539
———tribute to naturalization ceremony participants, E1227
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance, H4810 [11JY]
Hazardous substances: Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H1325 [18FE], H5011 [13JY]
Indiana: tribute to Plumbers Local Union 210 apprentice graduates, E1022
Indianapolis, IN: tribute to Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 20 apprentices, E1929
———tribute to Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 20 workers, E1926
IV Diagnostics, Inc.: Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana Chanute Prize for Team Innovation recipient, E2238
Lakeshore Areas Regional Recovery of Indiana (organization): tribute, E1810
Loxas, John: Hammond, IN, Rotary Club Robert V. Heinze Vocational Service Award recipient, E923
Merrillville, IN: anniversary of Indian American Cultural Center of NWIHRC, E385
———anniversary of Protection of the Virgin Mary Orthodox Church, E1753
———tribute to United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers Local 26 Annual Apprentice Graduation Banquet, E1754
Munster, IN: anniversary of Temple Beth-El, E1941
NRC: prohibit funding for draft supplemental environmental impact statement regarding Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, H5064 [14JY]
Presidential appointments: prohibit payment of salaries of individuals who are recess appointments, H5069 [14JY]
San Joaquin River: restoration program funding, H5065 [14JY]
Schererville, IN: anniversary of St. George Serbian Orthodox Church, E1584
Small Business Act: extend programs (H.R. 2608), Senate amendment, H6320, H6321 [21SE], H6403 [22SE]
Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (H.R. 2608), Senate amendment, H6320, H6321 [21SE], H6403 [22SE]
Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana: tribute to inductees, E2238
Southeast Crescent Regional Commission: funding, H5014, H5015 [13JY]
U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3078), E1883
U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3080), E1883
U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3079), E1883
Valparaiso, IN: tribute to Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce award recipients, E60
Votes: position on missed, H7151
Tributes
Butz, James A., E1811
Cerros, Ricardo, Jr., E1926
Clay, Rudolph, E1942
Cohen, Howard and Patricia, E811
Evans, Pharis D., E1023
Fine, Boni, E1928
Maday, Paul M., E1085
Munsey, Frank, E191
Powell, Ronald E., E1105
Quarles, Vincent, E1180
Rittenmeyer, Dennis C., E1027
Sharp, Larry, E669
Sullivan, Michael J., E1551
Summers, Michael, E873
Tousant, Geraldine, E384
Tyson, Grace, E2239