JOYCE, DAVID P. (a Representative from Ohio)

Appointments

Committee to escort the Speaker-elect to the Chair, H4 [3JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1797), H3289 [11JN]

Agriculture: reform sugar price support program (see H.R. 693), H3654 [14JN]

American College of Surgeons Days: designate (see H. Res. 307), H5176 [30JY]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H2913 [22MY]

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), H7365 [22NO]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that civilian and contractor personnel, Coast Guard, and Reserve components continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3232), H6174 [2OC]

——— 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), H8132 [23DE]

——— preserve tuition assistance programs for members by rescinding unobligated amounts for foreign assistance to Egypt (see H.R. 1039), H1550 [15MR]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3790), H8132 [23DE]

Black Ribbon Day: designate to recognize victims of Soviet Communist and Nazi regimes (see H. Res. 302), H5176 [30JY]

Booker, Simeon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3655), H7507 [4DE]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H6902 [29OC]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 2), H629 [25FE]

——— require that, if the President’s budget does not achieve balance in the budget’s covered year, the President shall submit a supplemental unified budget by a certain date (see H.R. 444), H344 [4FE]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see H.R. 684), H2248 [23AP]

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

Centennial Monetary Commission: establish (see H.R. 1176), H2959 [23MY]

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), H5263 [31JY]

Clean Air Act: remove requirement for dealer certification of new light-duty motor vehicles (see H.R. 724), H1993 [12AP]

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

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 36), H2438 [6MY]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 3), H2485 [7MY]

Corps of Engineers: establish the Great Lakes Navigation System (see H.R. 2273), H3289 [11JN]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 366), H660 [26FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: modify the definition of the term biobased product (see H.R. 979), H4523 [16JY]

——— require official White House meals and White House and Dept. of Agriculture cafeteria meals to be in compliance with nutrition requirements for school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 3686), H7627 [10DE]

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), H7311 [20NO]

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), H6493 [10OC]

——— improve Uniform Code of Military Justice relative to sex-related offenses committed by members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1867, 2207), H4726 [18JY]

——— modify authorities relative to procedures for courts-martial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice by removing prosecution of serious crimes from the chain of command (see H.R. 2016), H5348 [1AU]

——— prohibit performance of flight demonstration teams outside the U.S. (see H.R. 1721), H5175 [30JY]

——— require Inspector General investigation of allegations of retaliatory personnel actions in response to protected communications regarding sexual assault (see H.R. 1864), H3253 [6JN]

Dept. of Education: provide flexibility to school food authorities in meeting certain nutritional requirements for the school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 1303), H4178 [28JN]

Dept. of HHS: provide preferences for certain services, designate an Administration on Aging individual responsible for support, and provide transportation services for holocaust survivors (see H.R. 2064), H2838 [21MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish conditions under which preclearance facilities may be established and preclearance operations may be conducted and provide customs services outside the U.S. (see H.R. 3488), H7109 [14NO]

Dept. of Justice: make grants to States that have in place laws that terminate the parental rights of men who father children through rape (see H.R. 2772), H5090 [25JY]

——— making supplemental appropriations for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program COPS in Schools program (see H.R. 751), H594 [15FE]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize a National Heritage Area Program (see H.R. 445), H416 [6FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (see H.R. 2009), H2716 [16MY]

Dept. of Transportation: ensure any requirement providing for screening, testing, or treatment of individuals operating commercial motor vehicles for sleep disorders is adopted pursuant to a rulemaking proceeding (see H.R. 3095), H5589 [17SE]

——— prohibit certain cell phone voice communications during passenger flights (see H.R. 3676), H7689 [11DE]

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]

——— make publicly available certain information about pending and completed claims for compensation (see H.R. 1623), H2656 [15MY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: establish a specific timeline to achieve integrated electronic health records (see H.R. 2590), H4599 [17JY]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H7052 [13NO]

Employment: allow that certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that lead to recognized postsecondary credentials (see H.R. 497), H1359 [12MR]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H1360 [12MR]

EPA: clarify general duty clause of Clean Air Act as it applies to chemical facility accidental release prevention (see H.R. 888), H3216 [5JN]

——— exempt components used in manufacture of hunting and recreational shooting ammunition and fishing tackle from regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (see H.R. 322), H4598 [17JY]

——— require congressional review of certain rules (see H.R. 2916), H5342 [1AU]

Federal agencies and departments: create an expedited procedure to enact GAO recommendations for consolidation and elimination to reduce duplication (see H.R. 2506), H5477 [10SE]

——— reduce waste and implement cost savings and revenue enhancement (see H.R. 1999), H2654 [15MY]

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

Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 688), H2396 [26AP]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 1276), H2067 [16AP]

——— prevent importation of merchandise into the U.S. in a manner that evades antidumping and countervailing duty orders (see H.R. 1440), H2535 [8MY]

——— require foreign manufacturers of products imported into the U.S. to establish registered agents in the U.S. who are authorized to accept service of process against such manufacturers (see H.R. 1910), H2567 [9MY]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H224 [22JA]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 335), H416 [6FE]

——— ensure that receipts are fully spent on U.S. ports and harbors (see H. Res. 236), H3016 [3JN]

Health: extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see H.R. 2957), H7053 [13NO]

——— make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 1146), H6902 [29OC]

——— 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), H4598 [17JY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 45), H2575 [13MY]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H5655 [18SE]

Immigration: promote economic survival of seasonal small businesses by ensuring that the wages paid to H-2B nonimmigrants are fair and reasonable (see H.R. 2765), H5477 [10SE]

Insurance: condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational (see H.R. 2775), H5176 [30JY]

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

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]

IRS: prevent discriminatory misconduct against taxpayers by IRS officers and employees (see H.R. 1950), H2605 [14MY]

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

Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system (see H.R. 1130), H5435 [9SE]

——— authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-rocket defense system and authorize cooperation on the David’s Sling, Arrow, and Arrow 3 anti-missile defense systems (see H.R. 2717), H5176 [30JY]

——— strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H1837 [25MR]

Lance Corporal Daniel Nathan Deyarmin Post Office Building, Tallmadge, OH: designate (see H.R. 1813), H2392 [26AP]

Lance Corporal Joshua B. McDaniels and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building, London, OH: designate (see H.R. 1391), H1824 [21MR]

Lance Corporal Joshua C. Taylor Memorial Post Office Building, Marietta, OH: designate (see H.R. 2062), H2838 [21MY]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 16), H596 [15FE]

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

Master Sergeant Jeffery J. Rieck and Veterans Memorial Post Office, Columbus, OH: designate (see H.R. 1393), H1825 [21MR]

Master Sergeant Shawn T. Hannon and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building, Grove City, OH: designate (see H.R. 1392), H1825 [21MR]

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), H4081 [26JN]

——— delay enforcement of two-midnight rule for short inpatient hospital stays until the implementation of a new payment methodology for short inpatient hospital stays (see H.R. 3698), H8132 [23DE]

——— delay implementation of competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) and diabetic testing supply mail order program (see H.R. 2375), H4040 [25JN]

——— eliminate 3-day prior hospitalization requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services in qualified skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 3531), H7628 [10DE]

——— ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 846), H4214 [8JY]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2504), H4078 [26JN]

——— establish a market pricing program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 1717), H2298 [24AP]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H5655 [18SE]

——— prevent budget sequestration from impacting payment for physician-administered drugs (see H.R. 1416), 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), H4214 [8JY]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 942), H5403 [2AU]

——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 1821), H2400 [30AP]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 713), H3688 [17JN]

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

Merit Systems Protection Board: extend right of appeal to certain Postal Service employees (see H.R. 1431), H2354 [25AP]

Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see H.R. 2918), H5342 [1AU]

National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 396), H7312 [20NO]

National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 341), H5512 [11SE]

National Desert Storm Memorial Association: authorize to establish National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 503), H370 [5FE]

National Entrepreneurs Day: designate (see H. Res. 401), H7000 [12NO]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 201), H2437 [6MY]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H1829 [21MR]

National Principals Month: designate (see H. Res. 353), H5834 [25SE]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H4827 [19JY]

NIH: provide for a pediatric research initiative through use of funds saved by terminating taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (see H.R. 2019), H4485 [11JY]

NLRB: prevent certain appointees from receiving salaries and a quorum of the Board from taking agency actions until final resolution of pending lawsuits relative to recess appointments (see H.R. 557), H628 [25FE]

North American Wetlands Conservation Act: extend authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects (see H.R. 2208), H3760 [18JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: apply provisions to Delegates and Resident Commissioners and certain congressional staff (see H.R. 2010), H2840 [21MY]

——— 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), H6957 [30OC]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate until the American Health Benefit Exchanges are functioning properly (see H.R. 3359), H6999 [12NO]

——— 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]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3685), H7627 [10DE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2575), H6770 [23OC]

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (see H.R. 3731), H8138 [3JA]

——— provide for participation in health care exchanges or other newly created plans by the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, and Federal employees (see H.R. 1780), H2913 [22MY]

——— repeal (see H.R. 45), H2575 [13MY]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 763), H2404 [3MY]

——— repeal certain limitations on health care benefits (see H.R. 1248), H6998 [12NO]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 351), H2437 [6MY]

Pensions: provide an election for funding parity for charity-sponsored pensions (see H.R. 2134), H6957 [30OC]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H6999 [12NO]

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), H1550 [15MR]

——— 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), H1632 [19MR]

——— recalculate and restore retirement annuity obligations, eliminate Retiree Health Benefits Fund prefunding requirement, restrict closure of facilities, create innovation incentives, and maintain level of service (see H.R. 630), H2299 [24AP]

Privacy: update privacy protections for electronic communications information that is stored by third-party service providers in order to protect consumer privacy while meeting law enforcement needs (see H.R. 1852), H3216 [5JN]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 1653), H2158 [18AP]

Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S. (see H.R. 949), H1332 [11MR]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3465), H7050 [13NO]

Senate: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H. Res. 431), H7566 [5DE]

Ships and vessels: extend exemption from fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (see H.R. 1961), H3097 [4JN]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1795), H2536 [8MY]

——— revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington’s disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington’s disease (see H.R. 1015), H8112 [12DE]

Sports: recognize heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting on public lands and ensure continued opportunities for those activities (see H.R. 1825), H4485 [11JY]

Tariff: 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), H2438 [6MY]

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H5403 [2AU]

——— exclude from gross income payments under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and certain amounts received under the Indian Health Professions Scholarship Program (see H.R. 3391), H6951 [30OC]

——— express that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the economy (see H. Con. Res. 24), H1861 [9AP]

——— provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see H.R. 184), H2839 [21MY]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H5262 [31JY]

——— provide for continued eligibility for the health care tax credit for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. pension recipients eligible for the credit (see H.R. 2783), H7446 [3DE]

——— provide for taxpayers making donations with their income tax returns to the Federal Government to pay down the public debt (see H.R. 1336), H2396 [26AP]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 2429), H6902 [29OC]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 483), H504 [13FE]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 523), H410 [6FE]

Transportation: ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see H.R. 2468), H3988 [20JN]

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit airplane passengers from bringing small knives aboard a passenger aircraft (see H.R. 1093), H1958 [11AP]

——— provide expedited air passenger screening to severely injured or disabled Armed Forces members and veterans (see H.R. 1344), H1822 [21MR]

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: oppose (see H. Con. Res. 23), H4310 [9JY]

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), H628 [25FE]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H316 [1FE]

Veterans Memorial Post Office Building, Marietta, OH: designate (see H.R. 2819), H5050 [24JY]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H7365 [22NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Community development: provide funding through bonding or Neighborhood Stabilization Program grants to empower States to undertake significant residential and commercial structure demolition projects (see H.R. 656), H500 [13FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: authorize States to use assistance provided under the Hardest Hit Fund program to demolish blighted structures (see H.R. 655), H500 [13FE]

Great Lakes: protect and restore (see H.R. 2773), H4856 [22JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Community development: provide funding through bonding or Neighborhood Stabilization Program grants to empower States to undertake significant residential and commercial structure demolition projects (H.R. 656), H503 [13FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: authorize States to use assistance provided under the Hardest Hit Fund program to demolish blighted structures (H.R. 655), H503 [13FE]

Great Lakes: protect and restore (H.R. 2773), H4857 [22JY]

Remarks

Chardon, OH: recognize anniversary of Chardon High School shooting and honor victims, H674 [27FE]

Federal agencies and departments: reduce waste and implement cost savings and revenue enhancement (H.R. 1999), H3109 [5JN]

Great Lakes: protect and restore (H.R. 2773), H5275 [1AU]

Journal: question of approval, H672 [27FE]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, H6912 [30OC]

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 (H.R. 3350), H7063 [14NO]

——— repeal, H2588 [14MY]

Votes: position on missed, H1530• [15MR]

Tributes

Ciaccia, Julius, E930• [20JN]

Gusdane, Jacquelyn, H2537 [9MY]