GARRETT, SCOTT (a Representative from New Jersey)

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), H1763 [29MR]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), H4048 [26JN], H4144 [27JN]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2503 [9MY]

Appointments

Donald M. Payne funeral attendees, H1828 [16AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion (see H.R. 3805), H114 [23JA]

——— prohibit Federal assistance for telemedicine abortions and ban interstate abortions using telemedicine technology (see H.R. 5731), H2645 [10MY]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3803), H1916 [17AP]

Appropriations: make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending (see H.R. 94), H4157 [27JN]

Aviation: require certain air carriers and their agents and ticket agents to disclose certain costs and fees (see H.R. 3867), H374 [1FE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H221 [31JA]

Dept. of Energy: establish minimum efficiency standards for self-contained commercial refrigerators, freezers, and other related parts (see H.R. 5710), H2644 [10MY]

Dept. of Energy and the Environment: establish (see H.R. 4295), H1803 [29MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit from granting deferred action or otherwise suspending effectiveness or enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 5957), H3916 [20JN]

Dept. of State: designate the Qods Force, a unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, as a foreign terrorist organization (see H.R. 4228), H5079 [19JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit payment of surcharges for commemorative coin programs to private organizations or entities (see H.R. 6495), H6536 [29NO]

——— rescind authority to develop a return-free tax system (see H.R. 2528), H802 [15FE]

Dept. of Transportation: modify the Interstate System Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Pilot Program by disallowing toll facilities in North Carolina (see H.R. 4174), H2570 [9MY]

Economy: extend tax relief for all Americans and replace defense sequester with responsible spending reductions (see H.R. 6688), H7359 [19DE]

FDA: improve priority review voucher incentive program for expedited review of treatments for tropical and rare pediatric diseases (see H.R. 3059), H476 [3FE]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 3461), H115 [23JA]

——— provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see H.R. 5817), H3103 [17MY]

Foreign aid: provide limitations (see H.R. 6452), H6298 [28SE]

FRS: improve functioning and transparency of the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee (see H.R. 4180), H1304 [8MR]

Government: prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 2402), H5630 [1AU]

Highlands Conservation Act: extend authorization (see H.R. 6513), H6275 [21SE]

Hurricanes: express condolences to, commend resiliency and courage of, and provide necessary resources for relief, recovery, and rebuilding efforts of victims of Hurricane Sandy (see H. Res. 820), H6505 [28NO]

Iran: express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H1572 [26MR]

Israel: include in the visa waiver program (see H.R. 5850), H3707 [15JN]

——— independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 115), H2134 [25AP]

Judge Shirley A. Tolentino Post Office Building, Jersey City, NJ: designate (see H.R. 2896), H1134 [1MR]

Law enforcement: limit domestic use of drones in investigating regulatory and criminal offenses (see H.R. 6199), H5291 [25JY]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 809), H6397 [15NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 809), H6397 [15NO]

National Eagle Scout Day: designate (see H. Res. 716), H4604 [28JN]

New Jersey: exclude from prohibition on professional and amateur sports gambling to the extent approved by the State legislature (see H.R. 3809), H3481 [5JN]

Presidential appointments: disapprove appointment of certain officers or employees during a congressional recess of less than 3 days and express that such appointments are unconstitutional (see H. Res. 509), H26 [17JA]

Public debt: disapprove the President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (see H.J. Res. 98), H28 [17JA]

SEC: enable national securities exchanges to provide incentives to market-makers that increase liquidity and depth of capital markets and promote enhanced trading and price-discovery for smaller companies (see H.R. 6127), H4868 [13JY]

——— exempt low-revenue companies from certain regulations (see H.R. 6161), H5131 [23JY]

Social Security: replace Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program with a block grant to the States (see H.R. 4160), H4065 [26JN]

Sports: permit States to grant exemptions from certain laws for lotteries, sweepstakes, and other betting, gambling, or wagering schemes involving professional and amateur sports (see H.R. 3797), H3481 [5JN]

Taxation: exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2989), H6587 [3DE]

——— promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H6304 [9OC]

——— provide tax relief for damages relative to Hurricane Sandy (see H.R. 6683), H7359 [19DE]

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 6048), H4603 [28JN]

——— treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses (see H.R. 1614), H571 [7FE]

Turkey: urge reopening of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Theological School of Halki without condition or further delay (see H. Res. 506), H3578 [6JN]

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: oppose (see H. Res. 814), H6428 [16NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2012–2022 (see H. Con. Res. 113), H1571 [26MR]

CBO: consolidate certain reporting requirements relative to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 6570), H6306 [12OC]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: repeal authority to designate certain non-bank financial institutions as systemically important financial institutions (see H.R. 6317), H5705 [2AU]

Securities: determine a customer’s net equity based on the customer’s last statement, prohibit certain recoveries, and change how trustees are appointed (see H.R. 6695), H7424 [20DE]

Staff Sergeant Joseph D’Augustine Post Office Building, Waldwick, NJ: designate (see H.R. 6318), H5705 [2AU]

Constitutional authority statements

CBO: consolidate certain reporting requirements relative to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Troubled Asset Relief Program (H.R. 6570), H6306 [12OC]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: repeal authority to designate certain non-bank financial institutions as systemically important financial institutions (H.R. 6317), H5709 [2AU]

Securities: determine a customer’s net equity based on the customer’s last statement, prohibit certain recoveries, and change how trustees are appointed (H.R. 6695), H7424 [20DE]

Staff Sergeant Joseph D’Augustine Post Office Building, Waldwick, NJ: designate (H.R. 6318), H5710 [2AU]

Remarks

Budget: application of fair-market value accounting method to certain Federal credit and loan guarantee programs, H535, H540 [7FE]

——— ensure that any changes to accounting standards for Federal loan programs do not adversely affect veterans and students, H547 [7FE]

——— establish a commission of budgeting and accounting experts to provide recommendations to Congress regarding the best measure to accurately account for the costs of Federal credit programs, H546 [7FE]

——— increase transparency in Federal budgeting (H.R. 3581), H535, H536, H537, H538, H540, H541•, H545, H546 [7FE]

——— increase transparency in Federal budgeting (H.R. 3581), motion to recommit, H547 [7FE]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H5958 [13SE]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 6365), H5956, H5958, H5961, H5963, H5966 [13SE]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 6365), motion to recommit, H5968 [13SE]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act with a deficit-reducing increase in tax revenue, H5968 [13SE]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), H1771, H1774 [29MR]

CBO: consolidate certain reporting requirements relative to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Troubled Asset Relief Program (H.R. 6570), H6351, H6352 [14NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5855), H3631 [7JN]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit funding for finalizing regulatory standards against the use of discriminatory disparate impact analysis in risk-based lending and insurance underwriting for housing, H4144, H4145 [27JN]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding for a single or multi-State court settlement where funds are removed from any residential mortgage-backed securitization trust, H2503, H2504 [9MY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), H4048, H4049, H4050 [26JN], H4144, H4145 [27JN]

Government regulations: prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (H.R. 4078), H5241 [25JY]

Hardyston Township, NJ: anniversary, E250• [27FE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4753 [10JY]

Israel: independence anniversary, E526• [16AP]

OMB: require all budgets submitted to the President be prepared using both accrual-based and cash-based accounting standards, H545 [7FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal, H3917 [21JN]

——— repeal (H.R. 6079), H4753 [10JY]

——— Supreme Court decision on constitutionality, H4426 [28JN]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2503, H2504 [9MY]

SEC: exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place under the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 2779), H1548, H1549 [26MR]

——— improve consideration of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders, H5241 [25JY]

Securities: provide end user exemptions for certain derivative sales (H.R. 2682), H1551 [26MR]

——— require brokers underwriting initial public offerings for emerging growth companies be held to strict liability for publicly released research and that certain communications be filed with the SEC, H1257 [7MR]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), H1242, H1257, H1258 [7MR]

——— prohibit communication between emerging growth companies and accredited investors, H1258 [7MR]

Taiwan: anniversary of the 2-28 incident, E244• [27FE]

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit funding for security officers or behavior detection officers outside an airport, H3631 [7JN]

Votes: position on missed, H6248•, H6249•, H6250•, H6251•, H6252•, H6253•, H6254•, H6256, H6257• [21SE]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: funding, H4048, H4049, H4050 [26JN]

Statements

Fair Market Values and the Budgetary Treatment of Federal Credit—Comment on Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ Release on H.R. 3581: Marvin Phaup, H539 [7FE]

Tributes

D’Augustine, Joseph, H1855 [17AP]

Hallett, Karen, H227 [1FE]