CARNEY, JOHN C., JR. (a Representative from Delaware)

Amendments

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), H3911 [19JN]

Appointments

Committee on Ethics (House): investigative subcommittees, H1407 [14MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2084), H2910 [22MY]

Animals: prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1094), H5834 [25SE]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to pay death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3274), H6454 [9OC]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see H.R. 1726), H5476 [10SE]

——— express importance of easing the transition of members and their families from military to civilian life (see H. Res. 104), H2840 [21MY]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see H.R. 1008), H1319 [6MR]

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1869), H7688 [11DE]

——— improve accuracy and transparency of the Federal budget process (see H.R. 1654), H2158 [18AP]

Business and industry: provide for an optional pilot program allowing certain emerging growth companies to increase the tick sizes of their stocks (see H.R. 3448), H6997 [12NO]

C.W. Bill Young Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL: designate (see H.R. 3302), H6674 [22OC]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley honoring the 50th anniversary of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing (see H.R. 360), H1430 [14MR]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 377), H628 [25FE]

——— prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 1755), H2351 [25AP]

Clean Air Act: remove requirement for dealer certification of new light-duty motor vehicles (see H.R. 724), H1911 [10AP]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H2605 [14MY]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 231), H5885 [26SE]

Credit: exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that had been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (see H.R. 1767), H3760 [18JN]

——— provide for removal of default information from a borrower’s credit report with respect to certain rehabilitated education loans (see H.R. 2561), H4980 [23JY]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 366), H5834 [25SE]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 2523), H4078 [26JN]

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see H.R. 1563), H7052 [13NO]

Dept. of Defense: improve prevention and response to sexual assaults (see H.R. 1593), H2840 [21MY]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 1595), H3288 [11JN]

——— require certain institutions of higher education to provide notice of tuition levels for students (see H.R. 2020), H2840 [21MY]

Dept. of HHS: improve field emergency medical services (see H.R. 809), H5655 [18SE]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 1339), H5767 [19SE]

Dept. of Justice: authorize veterans’ treatment courts and encourage services for veterans through drug courts (see H.R. 2187), H2954 [23MY]

——— provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1318), H1821 [21MR]

——— 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. 97), H2437 [6MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 508), H5435 [9SE] (see H.R. 2146), H5767 [19SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H7688 [11DE]

——— consider the veteran’s best interest when making determinations about contracted health care (see H.R. 2412), H4178 [28JN]

——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 679), H2354 [25AP]

——— extend Veterans’ Advisory Committee on Education (see H.R. 2011), H5090 [25JY]

Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act: provide further clarity for institutions of higher education (see H.R. 561), H412 [6FE]

Diseases: require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (see H.R. 1801), H3357 [12JN]

Economy: provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (see H.R. 2821), H5050 [24JY]

EPA: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste in order to protect water supplies (see H.R. 1837), H4858 [22JY]

ERISA: modify definition of fiduciary to exclude appraisers of employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 2041), H6957 [30OC]

Fab Foundation: provide a Federal charter for the National Fab Lab Network, a network of digital fabrication facilities providing community access to advanced manufacturing tools (see H.R. 1289), H1718 [20MR]

Federal agencies and departments: modify the Do Not Pay Initiative and improve detection, prevention, and recover of improper payments to deceased individuals (see H.R. 3555), H7309 [20NO]

Federal employees: provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (see H.R. 3223), H6225 [3OC]

FEMA: delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (see H.R. 3370), H6901 [29OC]

Financial institutions: allow use of prize-linked savings accounts to encourage personal savings (see H.R. 3374), H7395 [2DE]

——— encourage institutions to work with their customers affected by the Government shutdown who may be facing short-term financial hardship and long-term damage to their creditworthiness (see H. Con. Res. 60), H6545 [11OC]

——— improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 1553), H2025 [15AP]

——— provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see H.R. 749), H1331 [11MR]

Firearms: ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background checks for commercial sales, and establish a National Commission on Mass Violence (see H.R. 1565), H2396 [26AP]

——— ensure that individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require a background check for every firearm sale (see H.R. 137), H224 [22JA]

——— prevent gun trafficking (see H.R. 452), H660 [26FE]

——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 138), H173 [15JA]

——— regulate assault weapons and ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited (see H.R. 437), H300 [29JA]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 335), H221 [22JA]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H5834 [25SE]

House of Representatives: encourage Speaker to immediately request a conference and appoint conferees to complete fiscal year 2014 budget resolution with the Senate (see H. Res. 174), H2247 [23AP]

House Rules: require authorizing committees to hold annual hearings on GAO investigative reports on the identification, consolidation, and elimination of duplicative Government programs (see H. Res. 160), H2026 [15AP]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 519), H599 [15FE]

——— reform (see H.R. 15), H6412 [8OC]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H1993 [12AP]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 495), H4309 [9JY]

——— terminate employment of employees who take certain official actions for political purposes (see H.R. 2565), H4143 [27JN]

Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H1568 [18MR]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 16), H703 [27FE]

Mandela, Nelson R.: tribute (see H. Res. 434), H7689 [11DE]

Medicare: count a period of outpatient observation in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1179), H3216 [5JN]

——— eliminate 3-day prior hospitalization requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services in qualified skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 3531), H7251 [19NO]

——— 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. 574), H412 [6FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: curb waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 2305), H3256 [10JN]

Members of Congress: 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. 310), H176 [18JA]

——— provide that Members shall be paid last whenever the U.S. cannot satisfy obligations in a timely manner because public debt ceiling has been reached (see H.R. 1884), H5655 [18SE]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see H.R. 1155), H2604 [14MY]

National Entrepreneurs Day: designate (see H. Res. 401), H7153 [15NO]

Olympic Games: disapprove International Olympic Committee proposal to eliminate wrestling from the Summer Olympic Games, urge its reinstatement, and commend U.S. Olympic Committee support of wrestling (see H. Res. 71), H818 [28FE]

OMB: establish expedited procedures for congressional consideration of ‘‘Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings’’ report (see H.R. 1715), H2298 [24AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3685), H8127 [19DE]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 148), H599 [15FE]

Pope Francis: congratulate on election and recognize inspirational statements and actions (see H. Res. 440), H8113 [12DE]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 30), H417 [6FE]

——— provide for the computation of normal-cost percentage for postal employees as a separate and distinct class and the disposition of certain excess retirement contributions (see H.R. 961), H7052 [13NO]

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: appoint public interest advocates to appear before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in matters involving significant legal interpretation (see H.R. 3159), H5801 [20SE]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 1653), H3760 [18JN]

Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 2000), H5348 [1AU]

SBA: extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (see H.R. 1240), H6998 [12NO]

Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 1652), H6412 [8OC]

Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1008), H1319 [6MR]

Taxation: allow a credit against tax for qualified manufacturing facility construction costs (see H.R. 616), H454 [12FE]

——— allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see H.R. 1620), H2157 [18AP]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H1632 [19MR]

——— extend the Build America Bonds program (see H.R. 535), H2354 [25AP]

——— jointly address corporate and pass-through entity tax reform in a fiscally responsible manner and reduce rate differences between such entities while maintaining adequate forms of organization for businesses (see H. Res. 359), H5833 [25SE]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H5513 [11SE]

——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see H.R. 924), H815 [28FE]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 494), H5806 [23SE]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1354), H5262 [31JY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: lead a multiagency effort to slow the spread of Asian carp in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River basins and tributaries (see H.R. 358), H2719 [16MY]

Veterans: exclude certain pension payments from consideration as income relative to certain housing assistance (see H.R. 825), H658 [26FE] (see H.R. 1742), H2350 [25AP]

——— extend work opportunity tax credit to certain veterans, improve coordination of job training services, and improve Federal contracting with small businesses owned by disabled veterans (see H.R. 2056), H2802 [20MY]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 11), H221 [22JA]

Voting: permit an individual required to present identification to vote in a Federal election to meet requirement by presenting a sworn written statement attesting to the individual’s identification (see H.R. 1748), H5513 [11SE]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: adopt rules setting forth the application to cross-border swaps transactions of certain provisions relating to swaps (see H.R. 1256), H1630 [19MR]

White Clay Creek: designate additional segments and tributaries as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 869), H701 [27FE]

Women: remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 43), H3016 [3JN]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Filipino veterans (see H.R. 111), H173 [15JA]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H1322 [6MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Commerce: create the America Star Program to establish standardized labeling for manufactured products allowing consumers to identify the extent to which the products are manufactured in the U.S. (see H.R. 2664), H4482 [11JY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the Delaware River Basin region (see H.R. 644), H500 [13FE]

First State National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 703), H545 [14FE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for contributions to tax-exempt Housing Equity Savings Accounts (see H.R. 2929), H5342 [1AU]

——— extend the new markets tax credit and provide designated allocations for areas impacted by decline in manufacturing (see H.R. 3735), H8108 [12DE]

——— make the research credit permanent and increase the alternative simplified research credit (see H.R. 905), H814 [28FE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Commerce: create the America Star Program to establish standardized labeling for manufactured products allowing consumers to identify the extent to which the products are manufactured in the U.S. (H.R. 2664), H4484 [11JY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the Delaware River Basin region (H.R. 644), H502 [13FE]

First State National Historical Park: establish (H.R. 703), H548 [14FE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for contributions to tax-exempt Housing Equity Savings Accounts (H.R. 2929), H5346 [1AU]

——— extend the new markets tax credit and provide designated allocations for areas impacted by decline in manufacturing (H.R. 3735), H8110 [12DE]

——— make the research credit permanent and increase the alternative simplified research credit (H.R. 905), H817 [28FE]

Remarks

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), H3911 [19JN]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H6066 [1OC]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 377), H1848 [9AP]

Colleges and universities: affordability, H3026 [4JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow portion of savings from crop insurance standard reinsurance agreements renegotiation to continue to be used for deficit reduction, H3911 [19JN]

Dept. of Commerce: create the America Star Program to establish standardized labeling for manufactured products allowing consumers to identify the extent to which the products are manufactured in the U.S. (H.R. 2664), H6213 [3OC]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 1595), H3026 [4JN]

Employment: importance of manufacturing jobs and Make It in America agenda, H6213 [3OC]

Equal Pay Day: observance, H1848 [9AP]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6066 [1OC], H6430 [9OC]

Housing: protect American taxpayers and homeowners by creating a sustainable housing finance system, H6430 [9OC]

Manufacturing Day: observance, H6213 [3OC]

SEC: improve consideration of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders (H.R. 1062), H2735 [17MY]

Taxation: allow a credit against tax for qualified manufacturing facility construction costs (H.R. 616), H6213 [3OC]

——— make the research credit permanent and increase the alternative simplified research credit (H.R. 905), H6213 [3OC]

Veterans: exclude certain pension payments from consideration as income relative to certain housing assistance (H.R. 1742), H6781, H6782 [28OC]

Votes: position on missed, H2373•, H2374• [26AP], H2637• [15MY], E692• [17MY], E1363• [23SE]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: adopt rules setting forth the application to cross-border swaps transactions of certain provisions relating to swaps (H.R. 1256), H3327 [12JN]

Wilmington, DE: anniversary of Howard High School boys’ basketball team State championship season, H7405 [3DE]

Tributes

Mullen, Sean, H3297 [12JN]

Williams, Leonard L., H1405 [14MR]

Wootten, Loretta L., H1803 [21MR]