LANCE, LEONARD (a Representative from New Jersey)

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3803), H4908 [17JY]

Africa: condemn atrocities and encourage efforts to end threats by the Lord’s Resistance Army and bring Joseph Kony and his top commanders to justice (see H. Res. 583), H1428 [20MR]

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 3798), H6062 [14SE]

Armed Forces: protect child custody arrangements for parents who are members (see H.R. 4201), H2289 [27AP]

——— tribute to members for service in Iraq (see H. Res. 528), H181 [25JA]

Business and industry: promote growth and competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing (see H.R. 5865), H3808 [19JN]

Child Protection and Safety Act: reauthorize certain programs relative to sex offender management and registration (see H.R. 3796), H82 [19JA]

Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see H.R. 6482), H6273 [21SE]

Consumers: clarify that a video tape service provider may obtain a consumer’s informed, written consent on an ongoing basis and that consent may be obtained through the Internet (see H.R. 6671), H6828 [17DE]

Dept. of Education: establish an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 1704), H79 [18JA]

Dept. of Energy: phase out the innovative technology loan guarantee program and provide taxpayer protections from pending program participants (see H.R. 6213), H5326 [26JY]

Dept. of HHS: provide States with incentives to require elementary and secondary schools to maintain, and permit school personnel to administer, epinephrine (see H.R. 3627), H1306 [8MR]

——— reauthorize Administration on Aging Lifespan Respite Care Program (see H.R. 3266), H3163 [18MY]

Dept. of State: authorize payment of a reward to combat transnational organized crime and for information concerning foreign nationals wanted by international criminal tribunals (see H.R. 4077), H6397 [15NO]

——— require investigations into and a report on attacks on the U.S. missions in Libya, Egypt, and Yemen (see H.R. 6511), H6312 [19OC]

Diseases: issue a semipostal stamp for the fight against colorectal cancer (see H.R. 893), H1306 [8MR]

Economy: jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses (see H.R. 5893), H4158 [27JN]

Education: develop 21st century readiness initiatives that assist students in acquiring skills to think critically and solve problems, communicate, collaborate with others, and create and innovate (see H.R. 2536), H79 [18JA]

EPA: require analyses of cumulative impacts of certain rules and actions that impact gasoline, diesel fuel, and natural gas prices, jobs, and the economy (see H.R. 4471), H2813 [16MY]

Europe: designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization and impose sanctions, provide information about Hezbollah to European allies, and support Bulgaria in investigating terrorist attack in Burgas (see H. Res. 834), H7264 [18DE]

FDA: improve the safety of Internet pharmacies (see H.R. 4095), H1274 [7MR]

Federal agencies and departments: consolidate duplicative and overlapping Government programs (see H.R. 6729), H7565 [1JA]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 3461), H1571 [26MR]

Foreign aid: suspend aid to Libya and Egypt until a formal apology is issued condemning attacks on, and safety of personnel is assured at U.S. Embassies in Benghazi, Libya and Cairo, Egypt (see H. Res. 783), H6069 [18SE]

FRS: improve functioning and transparency of the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee (see H.R. 4180), H2647 [10MY]

GAO: study impact of certain announced Dept. of Homeland Security immigration policies regarding the exercise of prosecutorial discretion (see H.R. 6070), H4655 [29JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 6079), H4775 [10JY]

Highlands Conservation Act: extend authorization (see H.R. 6513), H6304 [9OC]

House Rules: prevent creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs (see H. Res. 623), H3734 [18JN]

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]

Information technology: preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model under which the Internet has thrived (see H. Con. Res. 127), H3578 [6JN]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 1206), H220 [31JA]

Iran: condemn continued persecution, imprisonment, and sentencing of Youcef Nadarkhani on the charge of apostasy (see H. Res. 556), H950 [24FE]

——— condemn President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the leaders of Iran for addressing the U.N. on Yom Kippur (see H. Con. Res. 139), H6276 [21SE]

——— express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H1210 [6MR]

——— provide for a comprehensive strategy to counter growing presence and hostile activity in the Western Hemisphere (see H.R. 3783), H6152 [19SE]

——— use parts of fines levied against companies that do business with Iran to establish a fund to pay claims to Americans held hostage in Iran and their families identified in a certain court case (see H.R. 5796), H4908 [17JY]

Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system (see H.R. 4229), H2570 [9MY]

——— independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 115), H1805 [29MR]

——— reaffirm strategic relationship with the U.S., direct the President to submit reports on U.S. actions to enhance this relationship, and assist in the defense of Israel (see H.R. 4133), H1274 [7MR]

Judge Shirley A. Tolentino Post Office Building, Jersey City, NJ: designate (see H.R. 2896), H966 [27FE]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H2329 [7MY]

Medicare: create incentives for innovative diagnostics by improving process for determining payment rates for new tests (see H.R. 6446), H6230 [20SE]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 2108), H4605 [28JN]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1546), H2072 [24AP]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 4120), H1306 [8MR]

Members of Congress: clarify whether a House Member is subject to a deduction in pay due to absence by defining absent as missing any vote held in the House on a given day (see H.R. 6085), H4828 [11JY]

——— eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 6721), H7516 [31DE]

——— prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see H.R. 3643), H1101 [29FE]

Middle East: support Israel’s right of self-defense against Iran’s nuclear program (see H. Res. 630), H3808 [19JN]

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

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 420), H3577 [6JN]

National Museum of the American People: support formation of a bipartisan Presidential commission to study establishment (see H. Con. Res. 63), H1847 [16AP]

New Jersey: exclude from prohibition on professional and amateur sports gambling to the extent approved by the State legislature (see H.R. 3809), H4605 [28JN]

NIH: expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (see H.R. 3760), H79 [18JA]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (see H.R. 3523), H727 [14FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services (see H.R. 1179), H641 [8FE]

——— repeal (see H.R. 6079), H4775 [10JY]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: ensure maximum pension benefits for certain pilots forced to retire at age 60 by FAA regulations (see H.R. 1867), H4656 [29JN]

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), H27 [17JA]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 4104), H3733 [18JN]

Public welfare programs: prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H.R. 6140), H5079 [19JY]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1332), H79 [18JA]

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), H3707 [15JN]

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

Supreme Court: permit televising of proceedings (see H.R. 3572), H803 [15FE]

Taiwan: resume normal diplomatic relations (see H. Con. Res. 122), H3808 [19JN]

Taxation: allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for restitution and other State judicial debts that are past due (see H.R. 1416), H2447 [8MY]

——— extend the parity between exclusion from income for employer-provided mass transit and parking benefits (see H.R. 6066), H5293 [25JY]

——— increase alternative minimum tax exemption amount and index such amount for inflation (see H.R. 3747), H159 [24JA]

——— permit health plans without a deductible for prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care to be treated as high deductible plans relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 6162), H5078 [19JY]

——— provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see H.R. 2866), H5630 [1AU]

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

——— reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 1675), H6279 [21SE]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1259), H5202 [24JY]

——— 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), H5711 [2AU]

Veterans: issue a Victory for Veterans stamp (see H.R. 6121), H4863 [12JY]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: clarify provisions relative to regulation of municipal advisors (see H.R. 2827), H1571 [26MR]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3001), H1571 [26MR]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 3658), H3976 [21JN]

World War I: establish a commission to observe centennial and rededicate certain memorials as the National World War I Memorial and the National World War I Museum and Memorial (see H.R. 938), H3267 [30MY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 3767), H221 [31JA]

——— provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 1718), H1807 [29MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Congressional Research Service: provide public Internet access to certain publications (see H. Res. 727), H4774 [10JY]

Diseases: raise awareness of, and educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding, the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options (see H.R. 5937), H3699 [8JN]

FDA: establish procedures and requirements for registration of cosmetic product manufacturing entities, submission of cosmetic product and ingredient statements, and reporting of adverse events (see H.R. 4395), H1977 [18AP]

Nixon, Patricia: tribute (see H. Res. 582), H1359 [9MR] (see H. Res. 585), H1362 [13MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Diseases: raise awareness of, and educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding, the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options (H.R. 5937), H3699 [8JN]

FDA: establish procedures and requirements for registration of cosmetic product manufacturing entities, submission of cosmetic product and ingredient statements, and reporting of adverse events (H.R. 4395), H1977 [18AP]

Remarks

Alcatel-Lucent Corp.: tribute to Bell Labs, E1220• [10JY]

Annandale, NJ: anniversary of North Hunterdon High School first graduating class of 1952, E1400• [3AU]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (H.R. 733), H6146 [19SE]

——— reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (S. 1440), H7300 [19DE]

Diseases: provide for scientific frameworks relative to recalcitrant cancers, H6146 [19SE]

Elizabeth, NJ: Union County Vocational-Technical High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1587• [21SE]

FDA: revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices and establish user-fee programs for generic drugs and biosimilars (S. 3187), H3866 [20JN]

Flemington, NJ: tribute to Hunterdon Regional High School cheerleading team, E270• [28FE]

Health: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), H1460 [21MR]

Journal: question of approval, H1027 [29FE]

Martin, Wade: Land Trust Alliance National Conservation Service Award recipient, H6400 [16NO]

Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.: tribute to Merck for Mothers program, H730 [15FE]

National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month: observance, E1648• [21SE]

New Jersey: tribute to Suburban Chamber of Commerce Service award recipients, E387• [20MR]

New Providence, NJ: inclusion of New Providence High School in New Jersey Monthly (publication) ‘‘Top Public High Schools’’ list, E1490• [12SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H323 [1FE]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board, H1460 [21MR]

Public debt: disapprove the President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (H.J. Res. 98), H37 [18JA]

Rare Disease Day: observance, H1029 [29FE]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, H5773 [11SE]

Tributes

Burd, Judith, E918• [31MY]

Cox, Elizabeth, E2024• [31DE]

Dowdell, Deborah, E457• [27MR]

Faherty, William F., Jr., E1542• [14SE]

Gilmore, Thomas, E396• [20MR]

Jacobs, James E., E1642• [21SE]

Nixon, Patricia, H1020 [29FE]

Omogbai, Meme, E322• [6MR]

Oros, Ernest, E302• [1MR]

Palmer, Peter, E1493• [12SE]

Payne, Donald M., H1192 [6MR]

Reed, Lisa S., E507• [29MR]