GRIMM, MICHAEL G. (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H3026 [17MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5855), H3533 [6JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3331 [31MY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2374, H2393, H2448 [8MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 374), H2211 [26AP]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3803), H3703 [12JN]

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 3798), H1306 [8MR]

American Education Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 811), H6397 [15NO]

Animals: designate the North American bison as the national mammal of the U.S. (see H.R. 6304), H6369 [14NO]

——— expand workforce of veterinarians specialized in care and conservation of wild animals and ecosystems and develop educational programs focused on wildlife and zoological veterinary medicine (see H.R. 3886), H439 [2FE]

Armed Forces: provide for certain requirements relative to retirement, adoption, care, and recognition of military working dogs (see H.R. 4103), H1543 [22MR]

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

Army: expand authority to loan or donate excess small arms to certain eligible organizations for funeral and other ceremonial purposes (see H.R. 3981), H727 [14FE]

Aviation: ensure certain flight, duty, and rest requirements apply to all-cargo air operations (see H.R. 4350), H3105 [17MY]

Brigadier General Nathaniel Woodhull Post Office Building, Mastic Beach, NY: designate (see H.R. 3912), H567 [7FE]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see H.R. 3179), H1543 [22MR]

Buy American Week: designate (see H. Res. 705), H4657 [29JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 108), H1390 [19MR]

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see H. Res. 523), H158 [24JA]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H2569 [9MY]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 3811), H187 [27JA] (see H.R. 4000), H803 [15FE]

Conservation of natural resources: strengthen the U.S. role in the international community in conserving natural resources to further global prosperity and security (see H.R. 6038), H4156 [27JN]

Consumers: provide that the payment of a bill, invoice, or statement of account due, if made by mail, shall be considered to have been made on the date with which the envelope used to transmit such payment is postmarked (see H.R. 4003), H727 [14FE]

Corporal Kyle Schneider Post Office Building, Baldwinsville, NY: designate (see H.R. 5837), H3161 [18MY]

Credit: improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction (see H.R. 4323), H2813 [16MY]

Crime: enhance penalties for possession or financial facilitation of access to child pornography and require Internet service providers to assist child pornography and exploitation investigations (see H.R. 6063), H4654 [29JN]

——— increase penalties for counterfeit drug trafficking (see H.R. 3668), H2813 [16MY]

Cyprus: respect sovereignty and urge Turkey to end illegal colonization, occupation, and interference with energy resources (see H. Res. 676), H5328 [26JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: increase purchase of Kosher and Halal food and modify labeling of the commodities list under the Emergency Food Assistance Program to assist food banks in obtaining such foods (see H.R. 6600), H7469 [30DE]

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), H3734 [18JN]

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), H3733 [18JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H2569 [9MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: modify requirements for the visa waiver program (see H.R. 3855), H218 [31JA]

——— require inclusion as an eligible use the sustainment of specialized operational teams used by local law enforcement under the Transit Security Grant Program (see H.R. 3857), H219 [31JA]

Dept. of Transportation: modify the Interstate System Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Pilot Program by disallowing toll facilities in North Carolina (see H.R. 4174), H3163 [18MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 3612), H1391 [19MR]

Developing countries: improve access to microenterprise by the very poor (see H.R. 2524), H5292 [25JY]

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]

——— increase assessment accuracy to better measure student achievement and provide States with greater flexibility on assessment design (see H.R. 507), H3363 [31MY]

——— increase Pell Grants for the children of fallen police officers, firefighters, and other public safety officers (see H.R. 6281), H5704 [2AU]

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act: improve (see H.R. 5871), H6807 [13DE]

Federal agencies and departments: require approval by agency head for conferences costing above a certain limit (see H.R. 4454), H3164 [18MY]

Financial institutions: limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (see H.R. 4367), H2034 [19AP]

——— make certain improvements relative to proprietary trading by banking entities (see H.R. 6524), H6275 [21SE]

Foreign aid: ensure that a percentage of food aid provided in the form of certain agricultural commodities or their products must be transported on U.S. commercial vessels (see H.R. 6170), H5200 [24JY]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 639), H2033 [19AP]

Gateway National Recreation Area: name Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Contact Station in honor of James L. Buckley (see H.R. 5958), H3733 [18JN]

Health: improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 157), H3267 [30MY]

——— repeal federally subsidized loan program for non-profit health insurance and provide for association health plans (see H.R. 6299), H6505 [28NO]

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

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 6388), H6280 [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]

Immigration: facilitate travel and investment in the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals investing in residential real estate (see H.R. 5741), H3164 [18MY]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 6429), H6068 [18SE]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 1206), H5711 [2AU]

Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act: clarify applicability to condominiums (see H.R. 6337), H5706 [2AU]

Investments: repeal certain indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities (see H.R. 4235), H2329 [7MY]

Iran: clarify treatment of the interests of Iran in certain assets (see H.R. 4070), H2329 [7MY]

——— 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]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 2569), H903 [16FE]

Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system (see H.R. 4229), H1642 [27MR]

——— include in the visa waiver program (see H.R. 5850), H3162 [18MY]

——— 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), H1642 [27MR]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: continue restrictions against and prohibit diplomatic recognition (see H.R. 1321), H1915 [17AP]

Law enforcement officers: recognize importance of Federal law enforcement officers to U.S. national security and counterterrorism (see H. Res. 776), H6280 [21SE]

LIHEAP: establish minimum level of assistance for certain States (see H.R. 6533), H6275 [21SE]

Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H3267 [30MY]

Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act: amend (see H.R. 4253), H1542 [22MR]

Macedonia: work within U.N. framework process with Greece to find a mutually-acceptable composite name, with a geographical qualifier and for all international uses for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (see H. Res. 627), H2289 (see H. Res. 639), H2274 [27AP] (see H. Res. 650), H2645 [10MY]

Manhattan Project National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 5987), H5766 [10SE]

Medicare: create incentives for innovative diagnostics by improving process for determining payment rates for new tests (see H.R. 6446), H7264 [18DE]

——— establish a market pricing program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 6490), H7264 [18DE]

——— extended coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions (see H.R. 2969), H3662 [7JN]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1546), H6328 [9NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: amend certain requirements and penalties that would impede eligible professionals from adopting electronic health records to improve patient care (see H.R. 6598), H6505 [28NO]

Middle East: support Israel’s right of self-defense against Iran’s nuclear program (see H. Res. 630), H3363 [31MY]

Mining and mineral resources: issue postage stamp in commemoration of coal miners (see H. Res. 743), H5327 [26JY]

Moldova: extend normal trade relations status (see H.R. 6156), H5293 [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]

National Foster Care Month: recognize goals and ideals (see H. Res. 659), H2812 [16MY]

New York Giants (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 544), H640 [8FE]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1274 [7MR]

Obama, President: appoint special counsel to investigate operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms (see H. Res. 532), H374 [1FE]

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), H696 [13FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services (see H.R. 1179), H903 [16FE]

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

——— repeal provisions relative to annual period for disenrollment from Medicare Advantage plans to elect to receive original Medicare fee-for-service benefits (see H.R. 1580), H5711 [2AU]

Philippines: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 665), H3700 [8JN]

Political campaigns: permit State and local employees to run for elective office (see H.R. 4186), H3700 [8JN]

Postal Service: recalculate and restore retirement annuities, eliminate requirement to pre-fund health benefits fund, restrict facility closures, and create incentives to maintain levels of service (see H.R. 3591), H1915 [17AP]

——— reduce operating costs and provide for continued postal services for certain areas (see H.R. 3916), H1018 [28FE]

Privacy: prohibit employers, schools, and universities from requiring employees or enrollees to provide a user name, password, or other access to a personal social networking account (see H.R. 5050), H2648 [10MY]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 4104), H1392 [19MR]

Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program: improve (see H.R. 4018), H1916 [17AP]

Rihani, Ameen: tribute to life and work and anniversary of publication of the first Arab-American novel, ‘‘The Book of Khalid’’ (see H. Res. 608), H2330 [7MY]

Russia: extend normal trade relations status (see H.R. 6156), H5293 [25JY]

Schneier, Arthur: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3252), H2447 [8MY]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1648), H3363 [31MY]

SEC: change asset coverage ratio and treatment of preferred stock for, allow acquisition or holding of certain securities by, and revise rules on business development companies (see H.R. 5929), H3698 [8JN]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1332), H3267 [30MY]

Specialist Christopher Scott Post Office Building, Tyrone, NY: designate (see H.R. 6681), H7264 [18DE]

Taxation: allow a credit against tax for qualified elementary and secondary education tuition (see H.R. 4075), H943 [17FE]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H6307 [12OC]

——— expand rehabilitation credit (see H.R. 2479), H1741 [28MR]

——— express that the current property tax deduction on private residences should not be further restricted (see H. Res. 557), H2329 [7MY]

——— increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 1738), H27 [17JA]

——— increase the rehabilitation credit for commercial buildings and provide a rehabilitation credit for principal residences (see H.R. 5930), H3698 [8JN]

——— modify depreciation recovery period for energy-efficient cool roof systems (see H.R. 2962), H2569 [9MY]

——— provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see H.R. 2866), H1367 [16MR]

——— provide special rules for investments lost in a fraudulent Ponzi-type scheme (see H.R. 1635), H5130 [23JY]

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

——— treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses (see H.R. 1614), H6318 [26OC]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see H.R. 1639), H1273 [7MR]

Transportation: provide flexibility in use of Federal funding for certain transit functions to local entities (see H.R. 3200), H187 [27JA]

Transportation Security Administration: allow transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) applicants to remotely apply for issuance, renewal, or activation (see H.R. 3173), H1017 [28FE]

Unemployment: include discouraged and marginally attached workers in official measure of national unemployment (see H.R. 4128), H1133 [1MR]

Veterans: authorize veterans’ treatment courts and encourage services for veterans through drug courts (see H.R. 3721), H2072 [24AP]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: clarify provisions relative to regulation of municipal advisors (see H.R. 2827), H5923 [12SE]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: designate (see H. Res. 601), H1740 [28MR]

World War II: ensure that U.S. courts provide a forum for claims brought against any railroad arising from the deportation of individuals to Nazi concentration camps (see H.R. 1193), H187 [27JA]

Year of the Korean War Veteran: designate (see H. Res. 618), H3268 [30MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HHS: clarify standards relative to suspension, revocation, and limitation of laboratory certification (see H.R. 6118), H4863 [12JY]

Economy: jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses (see H.R. 5893), H3480 [5JN]

Financial institutions: support and promote mutual community banks (see H.R. 4217), H1426 [20MR]

Leonard Montalto Post Office Building, Staten Island, NY: designate (see H.R. 6636), H6675 [5DE]

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 6441), H6151 [19SE]

Roads and highways: stop excessive toll hikes (see H.R. 6515), H6275 [21SE]

Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see H. Res. 684), H3699 [8JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of HHS: clarify standards relative to suspension, revocation, and limitation of laboratory certification (H.R. 6118), H4864 [12JY]

Economy: jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses (H.R. 5893), H3480 [5JN]

Financial institutions: support and promote mutual community banks (H.R. 4217), H1427 [20MR]

Leonard Montalto Post Office Building, Staten Island, NY: designate (H.R. 6636), H6675 [5DE]

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act: reauthorize and amend (H.R. 6441), H6151 [19SE]

Roads and highways: stop excessive toll hikes (H.R. 6515), H6278 [21SE]

Poems

‘‘G Forces,’’ Albert C. Caswell, E211• [16FE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H7569 [2JA]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H3031 [17MY]

Dept. of HHS: clarify standards relative to suspension, revocation, and limitation of laboratory certification (H.R. 6118), H6141 [19SE]

——— ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services, H591 [8FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5855), H3533 [6JN]

Dept. of HUD: establish position of Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs and submit a report on veterans’ homelessness (H.R. 3298), H1555• [26MR]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding through reductions in NASA Cross-Agency Support funding, H2393 [8MY]

——— Regional Information Sharing Systems Program funding through reductions in NOAA climate research funding, H2374 [8MY]

Dept. of the Interior: allow construction and operation of natural gas pipeline facilities in Gateway National Recreation Area (H.R. 2606), H482 [6FE]

——— allow construction and operation of natural gas pipeline facilities in Gateway National Recreation Area (H.R. 2606), Senate amendment, H6351 [14NO]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: allow use of project labor agreements for Federal construction projects, H3331, H3334, H3337 [31MY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3331, H3334, H3337 [31MY]

FEMA: National Urban Search & Rescue Response System funding, H3533 [6JN]

FERC: transfer permitting approval authority over construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H3510, H3512 [6JN]

Greece: independence anniversary, E429• [22MR]

Gulf of Mexico: restore resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H3510, H3512 [6JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4732 [10JY]

Hurricanes: making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, H7562 [1JA], H7569 [2JA]

Law enforcement officers: encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout U.S. to disseminate information when an officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty (H.R. 365), H2675 [15MY]

Moldova: extend normal trade relations status (H.R. 6156), H6413 [16NO]

National Guard: Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams funding, H3031 [17MY]

NOAA: prohibit funding to develop, approve, or implement new catch share programs along certain areas of the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico, H2428, H2429 [8MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 6079), H4732 [10JY]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H3510, H3512 [6JN]

Russia: extend normal trade relations status (H.R. 6156), H6413 [16NO]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2374, H2393, H2428, H2429 [8MY]

Securities: provide end user exemptions for certain derivative sales (H.R. 2682), H1552 [26MR]

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 (H. Res. 177), E847• [18MY]

Taxation: restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, H3510, H3512 [6JN]

Time Warner Cable, Inc.: anniversary of NY1 news channel, E1815• [27NO]

Transportation: authorize and sanction programs for residential and commuter toll, user fee, and fare discounts by States, municipalities, other localities, as well as all related agencies and departments (H.R. 897), H5606 [1AU]

Tributes

Ansaldi, Joseph C., E900• [30MY]

Dolan, Timothy, H737 [15FE]

Khan, Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali, E818• [16MY]

Silverstein, Moshe (Mike), E1216• [10JY]