MILLER, BRAD (a Representative from North Carolina)

Amendments

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), H1278 [8MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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), H1544 [22MR]

Armed Forces: add a definition of spouse for purposes of military personnel policies and military and veterans benefits that recognize new State definitions of spouse (see H.R. 6046), H4908 [17JY]

——— improve prevention and response to sexual assaults (see H.R. 3435), H2134 [25AP]

——— lift statutory bans on denying servicewomen coverage for abortions in cases of rape or incest and preventing use of private funds for abortions at U.S. military facilities (see H.R. 2085), H5711 [2AU]

——— provide for treatment of autism under TRICARE (see H.R. 2288), H2329 [7MY]

Aviation: ensure certain flight, duty, and rest requirements apply to all-cargo air operations (see H.R. 4350), H3267 [30MY]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see H.R. 2152), H726 [14FE]

Business and industry: accelerate research, development, and innovation in manufacturing to improve competitiveness (see H.R. 6081), H4684 [9JY]

Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see H.R. 2016), H115 [23JA]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H2288 [27AP]

Credit: require portion of closing costs to be paid by the enterprises with respect to certain refinanced mortgage loans (see H.R. 6467), H6231 [20SE]

Dept. of Defense: ensure detainees on U.S. soil have access to due process, the court system, and will not be detained indefinitely by the military (see H.R. 4192), H2447 [8MY]

Dept. of Education: establish Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institutes for Sport and Social Impact (see H.R. 2152), H726 [14FE]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 3826), H945 [17FE]

Dept. of Energy: consider water intensity in energy research, development, and demonstration programs to help guarantee efficient, reliable, and sustainable delivery of energy and water resources (see H.R. 5827), H3267 [30MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see H.R. 2595), H2647 [10MY]

——— reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases by expanding comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education in schools (see H.R. 3324), H5766 [10SE]

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), H2329 [7MY]

Dept. of Transportation: prioritize local comments when selecting a toll pilot project (see H.R. 5713), H3267 [30MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: educate staff and inform veterans about the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights (see H.R. 805), H3267 [30MY]

——— establish an open burn pit registry to ensure that Armed Forces members exposed to toxic chemicals and fumes in Afghanistan or Iraq receive information regarding such exposure (see H.R. 3337), H5009 [18JY]

——— provide equity for tuition and fees for individuals entitled to assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program who are pursuing education programs (see H.R. 3483), H182 [25JA]

Developing countries: improve access to microenterprise by the very poor (see H.R. 2524), H5331 [30JY]

Diseases: establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see H.R. 1394), H5923 [12SE]

Egypt: honor rule of law and return Noor and Ramsay Bower to the U.S. (see H. Res. 193), H6702 [11DE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to address domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their effects, and include domestic partners (see H.R. 3151), H6061 [14SE]

FDA: create a pathway for premarket notification and review of laboratory-developed tests (see H.R. 3207), H5860 [11SE]

Federal employees: provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3485), H6062 [14SE]

Financial institutions: establish fair and transparent practices related to marketing and provision of overdraft coverage programs at depository institutions (see H.R. 5691), H2566 [9MY]

——— limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (see H.R. 4367), H3976 [21JN]

——— provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1418), H726 [14FE]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 2639), H5860 [11SE]

——— provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2705), H5711 [2AU]

Health: enhance and further research of prevention and treatment of eating disorders and improve access to treatment (see H.R. 1448), H3481 [5JN]

——— prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services and require identification of the license of health care professionals (see H.R. 451), H3976 [21JN]

——— recognize importance of frontline health workers toward accelerating progress on global health and saving lives of women and children (see H. Res. 734), H5713 [2AU]

Housing: extend protection of interests of tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or residential real property and establish a right of action to enforce compliance with such protections (see H.R. 3619), H3267 [30MY]

Immigration: cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1842), H3915 [20JN]

Insurance: require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child’s congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 1955), H802 [15FE]

International AIDS Conference: support and encourage global HIV/AIDS research, prevention, and treatment programs (see H. Res. 713), H5202 [24JY]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H3808 [19JN]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 3364), H115 [23JA]

Medicare: ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 3269), H4605 [28JN]

——— include screening computed tomography colonography as a colorectal screening test (see H.R. 4165), H3808 [19JN]

——— promote medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 891), H3807 [19JN]

——— provide coverage of comprehensive Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia diagnosis and services to improve care and outcomes by increasing detection, diagnosis, care, and planning (see H.R. 1386), H3915 [20JN]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 4120), H6001 [13SE]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3510), H5130 [23JY]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 552), H902 [16FE]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1808 [29MR]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: establish a committee to identify and coordinate international science and technology cooperation (see H.R. 5916), H3660 [7JN]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: ensure maximum pension benefits for certain pilots forced to retire at age 60 by FAA regulations (see H.R. 1867), H3404 [1JN]

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

Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2152), H726 [14FE]

Sudan: develop strategy to end human rights violations, create incentives for governments and persons to end support, and reinvigorate peace efforts (see H.R. 4169), H1303 [8MR]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1479), H1915 [17AP]

——— extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 3307), H3915 [20JN]

——— extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2088), H6001 [13SE]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 6597), H6428 [16NO]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1327), H3163 [18MY]

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (see H.R. 3903), H1847 [16AP]

——— treat automatic fire sprinkler systems under certain deduction guidelines and as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1792), H3105 [17MY]

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), H1846 [16AP]

Transportation: provide flexibility in use of Federal funding for certain transit functions to local entities (see H.R. 3200), H727 [14FE]

Vietnam: prohibit duty-free treatment of imports into the U.S. under the Generalized System of Preferences of the Trade Act (see H.R. 5157), H3662 [7JN]

Women: ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see H.R. 5647), H3808 [19JN]

Year of the Korean War Veteran: designate (see H. Res. 618), H5202 [24JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Financial institutions: provide for a safe, accountable, fair, and efficient banking system (see H.R. 5714), H2644 [10MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Financial institutions: provide for a safe, accountable, fair, and efficient banking system (H.R. 5714), H2646 [10MY]

Remarks

Arlington National Cemetery: provide certain requirements for the placement of monuments (H.R. 1627), Senate amendment, H5335, H5431 [31JY]

Armed Forces: tribute to North Carolina Air National Guard members killed or injured while fighting South Dakota White Draw Fire, H4708 [10JY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 112th Congress, H5934 [13SE]

Dept. of Justice: legal activities, U.S. attorneys, and FBI financial and mortgage fraud enforcement activities funding through reductions in NASA funding, H2378 [8MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: presume service connection for illnesses associated with water contaminants at Camp Lejeune, NC, and provide health care to those affected by such contamination, H5335, H5431 [31JY]

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), H5237 [25JY]

Health: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), H1439 [21MR]

House of Representatives: impact of partisanship, H4071 [27JN]

Journal: question of approval, H1438 [21MR], H4706 [10JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2378 [8MY]

SEC: change threshold number of shareholders for required registration, H1278 [8MR]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), H1278 [8MR]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (H.R. 886), H1443 [21MR]

Votes: position on missed, H1598• [27MR]

Women: health care for women, H1439 [21MR]

Tributes

Meyer, Steven, E795• [15MY]