DUFFY, SEAN P. (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Appointments

Committee on Economics (Joint), H529 [14FE]

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H4722 [18JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 7), H2602 [14MY]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1797), H3016 [3JN]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H5403 [2AU]

Armed Forces: exempt retired pay of certain disabled veterans from full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment and prevent adverse impact of such adjustment on Survivor Benefit Plan annuities (see H.R. 3789), H8138 [3JA]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H7688 [11DE]

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1869), H2532 [8MY]

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

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: improve operations of recovery auditors under the Medicare Integrity Program to increase transparency and accuracy in audits conducted by contractors (see H.R. 1250), H3216 [5JN]

China: call for an end to organ harvesting from prisoners, investigate organ transplant practices, end persecution of the Falun Gong, and issue warnings to U.S. citizens about organ transplant practices (see H. Res. 281), H7608 [9DE]

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), H1720 [20MR]

Commission on Government Transformation: establish (see H.R. 2675), H4483 [11JY]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H3688 [17JN]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 36), H2575 [13MY]

Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see H.R. 2663), H6902 [29OC]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H173 [15JA]

Corporal Justin D. Ross Post Office Building, Green Bay, WI: designate (see H.R. 1228), H1548 [15MR]

Corps of Engineers: establish the Great Lakes Navigation System (see H.R. 2273), H3929 [19JN]

——— prevent the spread of Asian carp into the Great Lakes and their tributaries (see H.R. 985), H1318 [6MR]

Credit: clarify Federal law relative to reporting positive consumer credit information to consumer reporting agencies by public utility or telecommunications companies (see H.R. 2538), H4142 [27JN]

——— improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction (see H.R. 3211), H6594 [14OC]

——— modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (see H.R. 1779), H5348 [1AU]

——— provide for removal of default information from a borrower’s credit report with respect to certain rehabilitated education loans (see H.R. 2561), H4178 [28JN]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 366), H983 [5MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize producers on a farm to produce fruits and vegetables for processing on the base acres of the farm (see H.R. 1610), H2124 [17AP]

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), H5403 [2AU]

Dept. of Defense: declare the attack at Fort Hood, TX, a terrorist attack and ensure victims of such attack and their families receive the same honors and benefits as those killed or wounded in overseas combat zones (see H.R. 3111), H5587 [17SE]

Dept. of HHS: exempt employers from taxes, penalties, or suits for failure to offer insurance coverage for certain women’s preventive services on the basis of religious belief or moral conviction (see H.R. 973), H982 [5MR]

Dept. of State: establish Special Envoy To Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia (see H.R. 301), H3015 [3JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: allow reliance on State examinations for certain financial institutions in order to assist immigrant communities in making remittances to their countries of origin (see H.R. 1694), H2297 [24AP]

——— extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 508), H370 [5FE]

——— prohibit from enforcing health care reform (see H.R. 2009), H3655 [14JN]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit funding to State or local governments to check helmet usage or create checkpoints for motorcycle riders and urge focus on crash prevention and rider education and training (see H.R. 1861), H2483 [7MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: inter in national cemeteries individuals who supported the U.S. in Laos during the Vietnamese Conflict era (see H.R. 3369), H6901 [29OC]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1186), H5513 [11SE]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 1406), H2067 [16AP]

EPA: call for public listening sessions on regulations targeting carbon dioxide emissions from existing powerplants in States most directly impacted by such regulations (see H. Con. Res. 59), H6605 [15OC]

——— exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements (see H.R. 2026), H3253 [6JN]

FAA: modify appropriations (see H.R. 1432), H2067 [16AP]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 3133), H7111 [14NO]

FCC: prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program (see H.R. 176), H2535 [8MY]

Federal agencies and departments: include language in certain educational and advertising materials indicating that such materials are produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense (see H.R. 3308), H6829 [28OC]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 367), H3253 [6JN]

Federal employees: allow conversion of temporary seasonal wildland firefighters and other seasonal employees in Federal land management agencies to permanent seasonal positions (see H.R. 533), H2958 [23MY]

Financial institutions: condemn any proposals for the arbitrary seizure of funds from federally insured deposit accounts in the U.S. by the Government without due process (see H. Res. 166), H2124 [17AP]

——— enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (see H.R. 1750), H8126 [19DE]

——— 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), H1360 [12MR]

Foreign trade: prevent importation of merchandise into the U.S. in a manner that evades antidumping and countervailing duty orders (see H.R. 1440), H4858 [22JY]

FRS: improve functioning and transparency of the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee (see H.R. 1174), H1426 [14MR]

——— provide consumers with a free annual disclosure of information the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau maintains on them (see H.R. 3183), H5832 [25SE]

——— repeal Consumer Financial Civil Penalty Fund and deposit existing funds into the Treasury (see H.R. 3389), H6951 [30OC]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H1911 [10AP]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 335), H301 [29JA]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3121), H5834 [25SE]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 940), H2027 [15AP]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 3121), H5834 [25SE]

Holder, Attorney General: express no confidence and call for resignation due to lack of monitoring and actions relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels in Mexico (see H. Res. 35), H3991 [20JN]

Housing: enable Federal and State chartered banks and thrifts to meet the credit needs of homebuilders, and provide liquidity and ensure stable credit for meeting the need for new homes (see H.R. 1255), H4039 [25JN]

——— protect American taxpayers and homeowners by creating a sustainable housing finance system (see H.R. 2767), H5834 [25SE]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 2328), H3355 [12JN]

Investments: prevent consideration of legislation that would tax or confiscate personal savings accounts or assets to provide financial relief for private businesses (see H. Res. 129), H1829 [21MR]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H1837 [25MR]

——— 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. 904), H2438 [6MY]

IRS: terminate employment of employees who take certain official actions for political purposes (see H.R. 2565), H4310 [9JY]

Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H2404 [3MY]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 16), H5768 [19SE]

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

Medicare: apply budget neutrality on a State-specific basis in the calculation of hospital wage index floor for non-rural areas (see H.R. 2053), H3097 [4JN]

——— clarify policy relative to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services (see H.R. 2801), H5404 [2AU]

——— 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]

——— ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 846), H2535 [8MY]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2504), H4371 [10JY]

——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see H.R. 1787), H3097 [4JN]

——— provide eligible individuals with single chronic diseases access to medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 1024), H2438 [6MY]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 713), H5403 [2AU]

Members of Congress: reduce rate of pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3160), H5834 [25SE]

Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 212), H2574 [13MY]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see H.R. 1064), H1355 [12MR] (see H.R. 1155), H1425 [14MR]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H1550 [15MR]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (see H. Res. 167), H2804 [20MY]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see H.R. 1962), H3991 [20JN]

——— maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1962), H4524 [16JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3350), H6999 [12NO]

——— delay implementation, operation, and coordination of a Federal Data Services Hub used to determine or verify eligibility for health plans (see H.R. 2837), H5404 [2AU]

——— discontinue eligibility of former Members of Congress and their dependents in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program if such Act is repealed (see H.R. 2894), H5436 [9SE]

——— ensure that individuals can keep their health insurance coverage (see H.R. 3406), H6999 [12NO]

——— ensure that personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is secured with proper privacy and data security safeguards (see H.R. 3299), H7053 [13NO]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2575), H4173 [28JN]

——— prohibit a government subsidy for premiums of a health plan by a Member of Congress (see H.R. 3067), H5434 [9SE]

——— prohibit funding to implement (see H.R. 2682), H5175 [30JY]

——— provide temporary exemption from individual health insurance mandate for persons whose employer-sponsored health insurance coverage is terminated for the coming plan year (see H.R. 3376), H7112 [14NO]

——— repeal (see H.R. 3121), H5834 [25SE]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 763), H950 [4MR]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 351), H2604 [14MY]

——— require full disclosure by health exchange plans of abortion coverage and abortion premium surcharges (see H.R. 3279), H6594 [14OC]

Privacy: reform Federal authority to require production of business records, conduct surveillance, and certain forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes (see H.R. 3361), H6900 [29OC]

Public debt: prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 807), H1328 [7MR]

Roads and highways: amend laws relative to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate system (see H.R. 612), H599 [15FE]

——— ensure currently-operating trucks can continue to use the future Interstate 41 in Wisconsin (see H.R. 2353), H3655 [14JN]

Rural areas: recognize that access to hospitals and other health care providers for patients in rural areas is essential to the survival and success of communities (see H. Res. 356), H7000 [12NO]

Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 1708), H2959 [23MY]

——— increase and adjust for inflation the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (see H.R. 1020), H4214 [8JY]

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H2719 [16MY]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H3253 [6JN]

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 2807), H5049 [24JY]

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see H. Con. Res. 8), H5477 [10SE]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H4827 [19JY]

——— reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 1918), H4524 [16JY]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 523), H628 [25FE]

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 582), H629 [25FE]

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: oppose (see H. Con. Res. 23), H3254 [6JN]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H2438 [6MY]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1186), H5513 [11SE]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H983 [5MR]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H1359 [12MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify qualifications of hearing aid specialists (see H.R. 3508), H7152 [15NO]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see H.R. 3193), H5883 [26SE]

FRS: bring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into the regular appropriations process (see H.R. 3192), H5883 [26SE]

——— remove certain special deference provided by courts to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau when the Bureau is interpreting provisions of a Federal consumer financial law (see H.R. 3194), H5883 [26SE]

——— replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a 5-person commission (see H.R. 2402), H3687 [17JN]

——— require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to notify and obtain permission from consumers before collecting nonpublic personal information about such consumers (see H.R. 2571), H4173 [28JN]

——— set rate of pay for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees in accordance with the General Schedule (see H.R. 2385), H3653 [14JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3622), H7364 [22NO]

——— provide for access to health insurance coverage of life-sustaining treatments furnished by certain providers (see H.R. 3621), H7364 [22NO]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 23), H293 [25JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (see H.R. 3622), H7364 [22NO]

Printing: ensure citizens continue to be provided with paper-based information, products and services, and public notices while providing the ability to opt-in to electronic access to such documents (see H. Res. 97), H982 [5MR]

Public lands: reauthorize and expand authorities used by the Forest Service and the BLM for hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, forest restoration, and watershed restoration (see H.R. 2588), H4174 [28JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Business and industry: provide for an optional pilot program allowing certain emerging growth companies to increase the tick sizes of their stocks (H.R. 3448), H6998 [12NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify qualifications of hearing aid specialists (H.R. 3508), H7152 [15NO]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 3193), H5884 [26SE]

FRS: bring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into the regular appropriations process (H.R. 3192), H5884 [26SE]

——— remove certain special deference provided by courts to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau when the Bureau is interpreting provisions of a Federal consumer financial law (H.R. 3194), H5884 [26SE]

——— replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a 5-person commission (H.R. 2402), H3688 [17JN]

——— require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to notify and obtain permission from consumers before collecting nonpublic personal information about such consumers (H.R. 2571), H4176 [28JN]

——— set rate of pay for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees in accordance with the General Schedule (H.R. 2385), H3654 [14JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3622), H7365 [22NO]

——— provide for access to health insurance coverage of life-sustaining treatments furnished by certain providers (H.R. 3621), H7365 [22NO]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 23), H294 [25JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 3622), H7365 [22NO]

Public lands: reauthorize and expand authorities used by the Forest Service and the BLM for hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, forest restoration, and watershed restoration (H.R. 2588), H4176 [28JN]

Motions

House of Representatives: adjournment, H201 [22JA]

Remarks

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons, H2381 [26AP]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 367), H6028 [30SE]

Bochler, Ann: Ashland, WI, Chamber of Commerce Person of the Year award recipient, E485• [17AP]

Budget: repeal and replace current fiscal year sequestration (H.R. 699), H963 [5MR]

——— require annual budget submission by the President provide an estimate of the cost per taxpayer of the deficit (H.R. 668), H963 [5MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H1613, H1622 [19MR]

Cervenka, Robert F.: Price County, WI, Economic Development Association Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E657• [14MY]

Children and youth: protect children from violence, H2381 [26AP]

Corps of Engineers: prohibit funding for development or submission of proposals to expand authorized uses of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, H4357, H4358 [10JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: making continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (H.J. Res. 75), H6265 [4OC]

Dept. of Defense: tribute to living Medal of Honor recipients, H5640• [18SE], H5826 [25SE]

Eagle River, WI: anniversary of Amsoil World Championship Snowmobile Derby, E43• [22JA]

Egypt: religious persecution of Christians, H6913 [30OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2609), H4357, H4358 [10JY]

Forests: restart jobs in the timber industry, H4095 [27JN]

Gold, Doug: Jewish Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Los Angeles, CA, Big Brother of the Year award recipient, E438• [12AP]

Gosnell, Kermit: trial of women’s health clinic doctor for murder and violation of State law forbidding late term abortions, H2381 [26AP]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6265 [4OC]

Hayward, WI: tribute to Hayward High School girls’ ice hockey team, H1417 [14MR], E297• [14MR]

House Rules: same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 367), H6028 [30SE]

Immigration: reform, H4516, H4518, H4519, H4520, H4521 [16JY]

Medicare: reform, H1622 [19MR]

National security: improve border security, H4518 [16JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate, H6028 [30SE], H6265 [4OC]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H7405 [3DE]

——— provide for participation in health care exchanges by the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, political appointees, and congressional staff and limit subsidies, H6028 [30SE]

Votes: position on missed, E747• [23MY]