CARNEY, JOHN C., JR. (a Representative from Delaware)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: commend, make permanent, oppose proposals to diminish national security role of, and recognize the National Guard as the foundation of the Operational Reserve (see H. Con. Res. 129), H4158 [27JN]
——— permit a State to issue a commercial drivers’ license to a member whose duty station is located in the State (see H.R. 6456), H6231 [20SE]
——— provide flexible spending accounts for military families (see H.R. 791), H6279 [21SE]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1519), H4157 [27JN]
——— prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 1397), H5130 [23JY]
Conservation of energy: promote efficient energy use in the Federal and private sectors (see H.R. 4017), H3481 [5JN]
Credit: improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction (see H.R. 4323), H4158 [27JN]
Dept. of Commerce: produce, with other relevant agencies, a report on enhancing the competitiveness of the U.S. in attracting foreign direct investments (see H.R. 5910), H4065 [26JN]
Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 4816), H2212 [26AP]
Dept. of HHS: collaborate with other departments on epilepsy education and awareness programs (see H. Res. 298), H6344 [13NO]
——— establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H3807 [19JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering application for veterans status of an individual who performed service in the merchant marines during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H1428 [20MR]
Dept. of Justice: provide effective criminal prosecutions and increase penalties for tax return identity thefts (see H.R. 4362), H3363 [31MY]
——— provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 2721), H6304 [9OC]
——— provide incentives to States to invest in practices and technology that are designed to expedite voting at polls and simplify voter registration (see H.R. 6590), H6701 [11DE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate one U.S. city each year as an ‘‘American World War II City’’ (see H.R. 2717), H1642 [27MR]
Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act: provide further clarity for institutions of higher education (see H.R. 5844), H3162 [18MY]
FDA: improve priority review voucher incentive program for expedited review of treatments for tropical and rare pediatric diseases (see H.R. 3059), H2072 [24AP]
Federal employees: provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3485), H5860 [11SE]
Financial institutions: limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (see H.R. 4367), H3915 [20JN]
——— provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see H.R. 5817), H6505 [28NO]
Firearms: prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 308), H7264 [18DE]
Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1537), H3807 [19JN]
Iran: express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H1367 [16MR]
IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 2569), H1807 [29MR]
Israel: 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), H1363 [13MR]
Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 21), H6676 [5DE]
Medicare: ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2267), H3404 [1JN]
——— reform payment for physicians’ services by eliminating sustainable growth rate system and adopting innovative payment and delivery models to improve quality and efficiency (see H.R. 5707), H3578 [6JN]
Members of Congress: 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), H3578 [6JN]
Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1101 [29FE]
Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 4010), H4864 [12JY]
Ports: recognize importance to the U.S. economy and national security, strengthen seaport-related infrastructure, and express gratitude to port employees (see H. Res. 592), H1427 [20MR]
Privacy: prohibit employers from requiring employees to provide access to personal online accounts (see H.R. 5684), H5292 [25JY]
Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 4104), H1306 [8MR]
Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (see H. Res. 689), H4158 [27JN]
Safe Drinking Water Act: amend relative to consumer confidence reports by community water systems (see H.R. 1340), H476 [3FE]
Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 998), H5630 [1AU]
Securities: provide an exemption for certain swaps and security-based swaps involving non-U.S. persons (see H.R. 3283), H1543 [22MR]
Tariff: men’s footwear (see H.R. 4927, 4928), H2206 [26AP]
——— women’s footwear (see H.R. 4926, 4929), H2206 [26AP]
Taxation: allow a credit against tax for qualified manufacturing facility construction costs (see H.R. 6120), H4863 [12JY]
——— allow a credit to pass-thru entities for hiring unemployed individuals receiving unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3681), H1274 [7MR]
——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H2329 [7MY]
——— extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2088), H5860 [11SE]
——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 4250), H6234 [20SE]
——— extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 2655), H5766 [10SE]
——— promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H5766 [10SE]
——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see H.R. 3238), H1017 [28FE]
——— provide for logical flow of tax return information between partnerships, corporations, trusts, estates, and individuals and modify certain due dates and extension periods (see H.R. 2382), H5078 [19JY]
——— provide incentives for clean energy and to repeal fossil fuel subsidies for big oil companies (see H.R. 5187), H3267 [30MY]
——— provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 1802), H802 [15FE]
——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 1236), H220 [31JA]
Twain, Mark: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2453), H641 [8FE]
Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4271), H2447 [8MY]
Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3001), H441 [2FE]
Water pollution: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1375), H3915 [20JN]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 69), H4158 [27JN]
World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 719), H1273 [7MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Drugs: address critical drug shortages (see H.R. 3839), H218 [31JA]
Government regulations: provide for presentation and expedited consideration by Congress of the recommendations in the Federal Regulatory Reform Report prepared by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (see H.R. 5720), H2645 [10MY]
Tariff: black 661 inkjet printing ink (see H.R. 4425), H2030 [19AP]
——— black 820 inkjet printing ink (see H.R. 4426), H2030 [19AP]
——— buprofezin (see H.R. 4433), H2030 [19AP]
——— cyan 1 RO inkjet printing ink (see H.R. 4424), H2030 [19AP]
——— cyan 854 inkjet printing ink (see H.R. 4423), H2030 [19AP]
——— cymoxanil and inert ingredients mixtures (see H.R. 5032), H2268 [27AP]
——— ethyl 2-(isocyanatosulfonyl)benzoate (see H.R. 4431), H2030 [19AP]
——— fenpyroximate (see H.R. 4439), H2030 [19AP]
——— flutolanil (see H.R. 4432), H2030 [19AP]
——— lamps used in liquid chromatographs or spectrophotometry (see H.R. 4429), H2030 [19AP]
——— men’s footwear (see H.R. 4502, 4503), H2064 [24AP]
——— methyl 2-[[[[[4-(dimethylamino)-6-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-1,3,5- triazin-2-yl]amino]carbonyl]amino]-sulfonyl]-3- methylbenzoate mixtures (see H.R. 4428), H2030 [19AP]
——— phenyl (4,6-dimethoxy-pyrimidin-2-yl) carbamate (see H.R. 4427), H2030 [19AP]
——— phosphoric acid (see H.R. 4436), H2030 [19AP]
——— pyraflufen-ethyl (see H.R. 4434), H2030 [19AP]
——— pyrithiobac-sodium (see H.R. 4430), H2030 [19AP]
——— 6-amino-5-chloro-2-cyclopropyl-pyrimidine-4-carboxylic acid and inert ingredients mixtures (see H.R. 5033), H2268 [27AP]
——— staple fibers of viscose rayon (see H.R. 4422), H2029 [19AP]
——— thiamethoxam (see H.R. 4437), H2030 [19AP]
——— triasulfuron (see H.R. 4435), H2030 [19AP]
——— trifloxysulfuron-sodium (see H.R. 4438), H2030 [19AP]
——— 2-chlorobenzenesulfonyl isocyanate (see H.R. 5031), H2268 [27AP]
——— women’s footwear (see H.R. 4504, 4505), H2064 [24AP]
Constitutional authority statements
Drugs: address critical drug shortages (H.R. 3839), H219 [31JA]
Government regulations: provide for presentation and expedited consideration by Congress of the recommendations in the Federal Regulatory Reform Report prepared by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (H.R. 5720), H2646 [10MY]
Tariff: black 661 inkjet printing ink (H.R. 4425), H2031 [19AP]
——— black 820 inkjet printing ink (H.R. 4426), H2031 [19AP]
——— buprofezin (H.R. 4433), H2032 [19AP]
——— cyan 1 RO inkjet printing ink (H.R. 4424), H2031 [19AP]
——— cyan 854 inkjet printing ink (H.R. 4423), H2031 [19AP]
——— cymoxanil and inert ingredients mixtures (H.R. 5032), H2277 [27AP]
——— ethyl 2-(isocyanatosulfonyl)benzoate (H.R. 4431), H2032 [19AP]
——— fenpyroximate (H.R. 4439), H2032 [19AP]
——— flutolanil (H.R. 4432), H2032 [19AP]
——— lamps used in liquid chromatographs or spectrophotometry (H.R. 4429), H2032 [19AP]
——— men’s footwear (H.R. 4502), H2067 [24AP]
——— men’s footwear (H.R. 4503), H2067 [24AP]
——— methyl 2-[[[[[4-(dimethylamino)-6-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-1,3,5- triazin-2-yl]amino]carbonyl]amino]-sulfonyl]-3- methylbenzoate mixtures (H.R. 4428), H2031 [19AP]
——— phenyl (4,6-dimethoxy-pyrimidin-2-yl) carbamate (H.R. 4427), H2031 [19AP]
——— phosphoric acid (H.R. 4436), H2032 [19AP]
——— pyraflufen-ethyl (H.R. 4434), H2032 [19AP]
——— pyrithiobac-sodium (H.R. 4430), H2032 [19AP]
——— 6-amino-5-chloro-2-cyclopropyl-pyrimidine-4-carboxylic acid and inert ingredients mixtures (H.R. 5033), H2277 [27AP]
——— staple fibers of viscose rayon (H.R. 4422), H2031 [19AP]
——— thiamethoxam (H.R. 4437), H2032 [19AP]
——— triasulfuron (H.R. 4435), H2032 [19AP]
——— trifloxysulfuron-sodium (H.R. 4438), H2032 [19AP]
——— 2-chlorobenzenesulfonyl isocyanate (H.R. 5031), H2277 [27AP]
——— women’s footwear (H.R. 4504), H2067 [24AP]
——— women’s footwear (H.R. 4505), H2067 [24AP]
Remarks
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), H1743 [29MR]
Drugs: address critical drug shortages, H3281 [31MY]
——— address critical drug shortages (H.R. 3839), H387 [2FE]
FDA: revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices and establish user-fee programs for generic drugs and biosimilars (H.R. 5651), H3281 [31MY]
Michael N. Castle Trail at the C&D Canal: groundbreaking, E1318• [25JY]
SEC: clarify that general advertising regulations only apply to certain securities offerings and permit only qualified institutional buyers to purchase securities from secondary market, H1261 [7MR]
Securities: 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, H1261 [7MR]
Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), H906 [17FE], H1237, H1249, H1261 [7MR]
Taxation: repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 436), E1041• [12JN]
Votes: position on missed, H6174• [20SE], E189• [14FE], E2042• [3JA]
Tributes
Gilligan, Robert F., H5872 [12SE]