TONKO, PAUL (a Representative from New York)
Amendments
Dept. of Education: support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H4714 [18JY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2609), H4274 [9JY]
Natural gas: provide for timely consideration of all licenses, permits, and approvals required under Federal law relative to siting, construction, expansion, or operation of pipeline projects (H.R. 1900), H7322 [21NO]
Refuse disposal: encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal ash and establish requirements for management and disposal of coal ash that are protective of human health and the environment (H.R. 2218), H5067 [25JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 1731), H3288 [11JN]
Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 847), H1360 [12MR]
Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 2224), H5589 [17SE]
——— prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1094), H5554 [16SE]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H1911 [10AP]
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. 683), H703 [27FE]
——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see H.R. 1726), H4524 [16JY]
——— ensure funds provided for operations in Afghanistan are only used for safe and orderly withdrawal of U.S. military forces and Dept. of Defense contractors (see H.R. 200), H52 [4JA]
——— lift statutory ban preventing use of private funds for abortions at U.S. military facilities (see H.R. 1389), H2570 [9MY]
——— require the use of only human-based methods for training members in the treatment of severe combat injuries (see H.R. 3172), H7188 [18NO]
——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by closing tax loopholes for offshore corporations (see H.R. 3793), H8125 [19DE]
Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 2989), H5396 [2AU]
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: provide that military technicians (dual status) shall be included in military personnel accounts for purposes of any issued orders (see H.R. 1014), H4145 [27JN]
BLM: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 1630), H2157 [18AP]
Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H7053 [13NO]
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen: anniversary (see H. Res. 209), H2534 [8MY]
Brumidi, Constantino: issue postage stamp in commemoration of anniversary of completion of ‘‘The Apotheosis of Washington’’ (see H. Res. 101), H3016 [3JN]
Budget: prohibit consideration of a concurrent resolution providing for adjournment unless the House has adopted a conference report on the budget resolution (see H. Res. 424), H7508 [4DE]
C.W. Bill Young Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL: designate (see H.R. 3302), H6674 [22OC]
CERCLA: modify provisions relative to grants (see H.R. 2896), H5260 [31JY]
Children and youth: revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see H.R. 2734), H6412 [8OC]
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), H5885 [26SE]
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), H550 [14FE]
——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 377), H279 [23JA]
——— prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 1755), H2351 [25AP]
Clean Air Act: eliminate exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources (see H.R. 1154), H1425 [14MR]
Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H6053 [30SE]
Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H2486 [7MY]
Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see H.R. 863), H2396 [26AP]
Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 231), H5885 [26SE]
Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see H.R. 2663), H4524 [16JY]
Conservation of energy: promote energy efficiency via information and computing technologies (see H.R. 540), H411 [6FE]
——— promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry (see H.R. 1616), H2775 [17MY]
Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1844), H2914 [22MY]
Corporations: constitutional amendment to exclude from rights given to natural persons, prohibit corporate spending on elections, and affirm power of Congress and States to regulate corporations and elections (see H.J. Res. 34), H6829 [28OC]
Courts: strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 506), H2570 [9MY]
Credit: modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (see H.R. 1779), H6999 [12NO]
Crime: establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about receipt of military decorations or medals (see H.R. 258), H818 [28FE]
——— prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 366), H416 [6FE]
Dain Taylor Venne Post Office Building, Port Henry, NY: designate (see H.R. 3609), H7354 [21NO]
Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 2523), H4078 [26JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: extend period during which Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are temporarily increased (see H.R. 3353), H6827 [28OC]
——— oppose any legislation or Committee on Agriculture (House) proposal to reduce Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H. Res. 90), H1911 [10AP]
——— permit the export of apples to Canada in bulk bins without certification (see H.R. 1298), H1861 [9AP]
——— promote local and regional farm and food systems (see H.R. 1414), H2161 [18AP]
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), H5834 [25SE]
Dept. of Defense: improve prevention and response to sexual assaults (see H.R. 1593), H2123 [17AP]
——— provide certain TRICARE beneficiaries with opportunity to retain access to TRICARE Prime (see H.R. 1971), H5655 [18SE]
——— review discharge characterizations of former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see H.R. 2839), H5088 [25JY]
Dept. of Education: amend the weighted child count used to determine targeted grant amounts and education finance incentive grant amounts for local educational agencies (see H.R. 2658), H4482 [11JY]
——— authorize grant program to promote physical education, activity, fitness, and nutrition, and ensure healthy students (see H.R. 2178), H8112 [12DE]
——— collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 455), H7052 [13NO]
——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 1433), H1857 [9AP] (see H.R. 1595), H2123 [17AP]
——— improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 822), H950 [4MR]
——— make grants to promote the education of pregnant and parenting students (see H.R. 1845), H5262 [31JY]
——— require certain institutions of higher education to provide notice of tuition levels for students (see H.R. 2020), H2959 [23MY]
——— support Promise Neighborhoods (see H.R. 2195), H3760 [18JN]
Dept. of HHS: authorize Federal assistance to State adult protective services programs to implement a network of elder abuse prevention and response measures (see H.R. 3090), H5546 [12SE]
——— authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (see H.R. 274), H2485 [7MY]
——— award certain asthma-related grants to States that permit trained school personnel to administer epinephrine (see H.R. 2094), H4178 [28JN]
——— establish a grant program to improve mental and behavioral health services on college campuses and develop a campaign to educate campus communities about mental health (see H.R. 1100), H1357 [12MR]
——— establish a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee (see H.R. 611), H2570 [9MY]
——— establish Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 702), H3253 [6JN]
——— establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 485), H5806 [23SE]
——— 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), H5834 [25SE]
——— lift restrictions on research agencies from conducting research on firearms safety and gun violence (see H.R. 321), H628 [25FE]
——— limit copayment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the amount applicable to drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier (see H.R. 460), H341 [4FE]
——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 920), H5834 [25SE]
——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see H.R. 1281), H6012 [28SE]
——— reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 541), H5884 [26SE]
——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 628), H499 [13FE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering the application for veterans status of an individual who performed service as a coastwise merchant seaman during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H1861 [9AP]
——— 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), H7628 [10DE]
——— modify requirements for the visa waiver program (see H.R. 490), H1860 [9AP]
Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see H.R. 720), H3288 [11JN]
——— improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (see H.R. 1645), H6545 [11OC]
——— 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), H5404 [2AU]
Dept. of Labor: list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (see H.R. 2909), H6902 [29OC]
——— phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (see H.R. 831), H659 [26FE]
Dept. of the Interior: authorize a National Heritage Area Program (see H.R. 445), H315 [1FE]
——— conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (see H.R. 1175), H1426 [14MR]
——— 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), H1829 [21MR]
——— study suitability and feasibility of adding Hudson River Valley in New York, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 2636), H4308 [9JY]
Dept. of the Treasury: extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 508), H2248 [23AP]
——— provide for the purchase of paper U.S. savings bonds with tax refunds (see H.R. 3385), H6951 [30OC]
Dept. of Transportation: making supplemental appropriations for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program (see H.R. 1124), H1395 [13MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H411 [6FE]
——— improve authority to hire psychiatrists (see H.R. 2540), H4485 [11JY]
——— provide unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war (see H.R. 1725), H2349 [25AP]
——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 32), H4726 [18JY]
Depts. of Labor and Commerce: establish Make It in America Incentive Grant Program (see H.R. 375), H599 [15FE]
Diseases: expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see H.R. 1429), H6998 [12NO]
——— foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H6957 [30OC]
——— 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), H3289 [11JN]
District of Columbia: statehood (see H.R. 292), H7688 [11DE]
Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H7446 [3DE]
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]
Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H7447 [3DE]
Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 1286), H1718 [20MR]
EPA: award grants to water system owners or operators to increase resiliency or adaptability to any ongoing or forecasted changes to hydrologic conditions (see H.R. 765), H2570 [9MY]
——— regulate wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy (see H.R. 2825), H5087 [25JY]
Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 28), H1858 [9AP]
Explosives: condemn bombings at the Boston Marathon, express condolences to victims and their families, and call for international reduction and support for victims of improvised explosive devices (see H. Res. 190), H2571 [9MY]
Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or the child involved (see H.R. 2028), H6829 [28OC]
FDA: exempt certain user fees from budget sequestration (see H.R. 2725), H5884 [26SE]
Federal employees: ensure the percentage increase in rates of pay for prevailing wage employees is equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality (see H.R. 3573), H8118 [16DE]
——— protect income, benefits, and retirement (see H. Res. 388), H6675 [22OC]
——— provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3135), H5765 [19SE]
——— provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (see H.R. 3223), H6103 [1OC]
Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty: establish (see H.R. 2182), H2954 [23MY]
Federal Railroad Administration: make loans and loan guarantees available for implementing positive train control systems (see H.R. 3634), H7445 [3DE]
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), H7608 [9DE]
——— enhance existing programs providing disaster mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes (see H.R. 1878), H2775 [17MY]
——— temporarily increase borrowing authority for carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 41), H28 [3JA]
Financial institutions: establish fair and transparent practices related to marketing and provision of overdraft coverage programs at depository institutions (see H.R. 1261), H1630 [19MR]
——— provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 688), H599 [15FE]
——— restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 129), H1359 [12MR]
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]
——— prevent gun trafficking (see H.R. 452), H2125 [17AP]
——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 138), H628 [25FE]
——— regulate assault weapons and ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited (see H.R. 437), H3357 [12JN]
——— repeal certain impediments to the administration of the firearms laws (see H.R. 661), H629 [25FE]
Fish and fishing: call for ban and prevent the import of shark fins from sharks caught through the practice of finning (see H. Res. 285), H4727 [18JY]
Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 1276), H2125 [17AP]
General William H. Gourley Federal Outpatient Clinic—A Joint VA-DOD Health Care Facility, Marina, CA: designate (see H.R. 272), H3253 [6JN]
Health: expand eligibility and permit additional individuals to enroll in the preexisting condition insurance program to be funded by a temporary increase in the cigarette tax (see H.R. 1578), H2065 [16AP]
——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H3015 [3JN]
——— reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (see H.R. 1098), H2775 [17MY]
Health care professionals: extend authorization for certain health care workforce loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1827), H2436 [6MY]
Highlands Conservation Act: extend authorization (see H.R. 712), H5476 [10SE]
Hinduism: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring the holiday of Diwali (see H. Res. 47), H4599 [17JY]
Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H4145 [27JN]
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]
Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area: reauthorize (see H.R. 2407), H4310 [9JY]
Human rights: provide protections for sexually exploited and trafficked girls in the U.S. and create criminal or civil penalties for anyone who buys or sells a child through a system of child trafficking (see H. Res. 387), H6675 [22OC]
Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 519), H504 [13FE] (see H.R. 717), H546 [14FE]
——— permit certain alien elementary and secondary school students to attend U.S. public schools if such aliens reimburse the local educational agency for the cost of providing education (see H.R. 1139), H1396 [13MR]
——— provide punishments for immigration consultants that provide fraudulent services to immigrants (see H.R. 2936), H5342 [1AU]
——— reform (see H.R. 15), H6173 [2OC]
India: praise religious diversity and commitment to tolerance and equality, and reaffirm need to protect the rights and freedoms of religious minorities (see H. Res. 417), H8127 [19DE]
International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 221), H2774 [17MY]
Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H3929 [19JN]
Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system (see H.R. 1130), H1395 [13MR]
——— strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H1829 [21MR]
Leonard Montalto Post Office Building, Staten Island, NY: designate (see H.R. 181), H224 [22JA]
Mandela, Nelson R.: tribute (see H. Res. 434), H7689 [11DE]
Medicaid: apply the primary care payment rate to additional physician providers of primary care services (see H.R. 1838), H4858 [22JY]
——— cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1761), H6829 [28OC]
——— require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 855), H5884 [26SE]
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), H1837 [25MR]
——— 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]
——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 1180), H2299 [24AP]
——— ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 846), H1860 [9AP]
——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see H.R. 1787), H5051 [24JY]
——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H2396 [26AP]
——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1761), H6829 [28OC]
——— provide entitlement to immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients (see H.R. 1428), H7394 [2DE]
——— provide for payment for services of qualified radiologist assistants (see H.R. 1148), H5834 [25SE]
——— provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 794), H3015 [3JN]
——— reduce incidence of diabetes among beneficiaries (see H.R. 962), H6829 [28OC]
——— 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), H504 [13FE]
——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 713), H2604 [14MY]
Members of Congress: suspend salary during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3224), H6175 [2OC]
Mental health: increase access to community behavioral health services and improve Medicaid reimbursement for such services (see H.R. 1263), H4214 [8JY]
Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 212), H2574 [13MY]
Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (see H. Res. 365), H6290 [4OC]
Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see H.R. 1010), H1319 [6MR]
Mining and mineral resources: place a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 526), H2719 [16MY]
Money: improve circulation of $1 coins in order to phase out production of $1 bills (see H.R. 3305), H6675 [22OC]
Municipal bonds: tribute to history, anniversary of tax exemption, and important contribution to economic growth and wellbeing in States and municipalities (see H. Res. 112), H2354 [25AP]
National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 407), H7395 [2DE]
National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 407), H7395 [2DE]
National Clandestine Service of the CIA NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office, Monroe, NY: designate (see H.R. 2112), H2911 [22MY]
National Credit Union Administration: clarify authority to improve credit union safety and soundness (see H.R. 719), H629 [25FE]
National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 33), H2159 [18AP]
National Emancipation Day: observance (see H. Res. 38), H177 [18JA]
National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 80), H627 [25FE]
National Entrepreneurs Day: designate (see H. Res. 401), H7000 [12NO]
National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 2553), H4142 [27JN]
National Oilheat Research Alliance Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 1985), H4858 [22JY]
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 301), H5923 [27SE]
National Park Service: acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program (see H.R. 1033), H1837 [25MR]
——— mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H1398 [13MR]
National School Psychology Week: designate (see H. Res. 406), H6997 [12NO]
National Women’s Rights History Project Act: reauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 2763), H8112 [12DE]
Nelson Mandela International Day: observance (see H. Res. 282), H4143 [27JN]
NIH: reauthorize and extend Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers (see H.R. 594), H3015 [3JN]
Northern Mariana Islands: convey certain submerged lands (see H.R. 573), H412 [6FE]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish a public health insurance option (see H.R. 261), H168 [15JA]
Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 915), H1550 [15MR]
Pensions: provide an election for funding parity for charity-sponsored pensions (see H.R. 2134), H5655 [18SE]
Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1150), H7394 [2DE]
Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 269), H169 [15JA]
——— reform the financing of congressional elections by encouraging grassroots participation in the funding of campaigns (see H.R. 268), H169 [15JA]
——— require corporations and labor organizations to disclose to shareholders and or members amounts disbursed for certain political activity (see H.R. 2670), H4482 [11JY]
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), H432 [8FE]
——— 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), H2354 [25AP]
——— 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), H950 [4MR]
——— reinstate overnight delivery standards for market-dominant products (see H.R. 2459), H3988 [20JN]
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. 537), H411 [6FE]
——— prohibit employers from requiring employees to provide access to personal online accounts (see H.R. 2077), H2838 [21MY]
——— 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), H6676 [22OC]
Public Lands Corps Act: provide service-learning opportunities on public lands, restore natural, cultural, historic, archeological, recreational, and scenic resources, and train new land managers (see H.R. 1351), H4214 [8JY]
Public safety officers: extend public safety officers’ death benefits to fire police officers (see H.R. 1828), H2436 [6MY]
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), H4214 [8JY]
Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 2000), H2775 [17MY]
Renewable energy: provide support to develop career and technical education programs of study and facilities (see H.R. 2368), H4146 [27JN]
Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1199), H1427 [14MR]
——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 1652), H2158 [18AP]
Sergeant Brett E. Gornewicz Memorial Post Office, Alden, NY: designate (see H.R. 3472), H7689 [11DE]
Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 between 1982 and 1992 (see H.R. 155), H1398 [13MR]
——— prevent use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits (see H. Con. Res. 34), H2159 [18AP]
——— 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), H1721 [20MR]
——— strengthen by reforming the benefit formula and the calculation of cost-of-living adjustments and improving the long-term condition of the trust fund (see H.R. 3118), H5588 [17SE]
——— treat permanent partnerships between individuals of the same gender as marriage for purposes of determining entitlement to Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits (see H.R. 3050), H5398 [2AU]
Specialist Christopher Scott Post Office Building, Tyrone, NY: designate (see H.R. 606), H431 [8FE]
Specialist Ryan P. Jayne Post Office Building, Corning, NY: designate (see H.R. 3765), H8109 [12DE]
Staff Sergeant Nicholas J. Reid Post Office Building, Brockport, NY: designate (see H.R. 1451), H2405 [3MY]
Supreme Court: promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (see H.R. 2902), H5341 [1AU]
Taxation: allow a credit for qualified conservation contributions which include national scenic trails (see H.R. 474), H1430 [14MR]
——— allow manufacturing businesses to establish tax-free manufacturing reinvestment accounts to assist them in providing for new equipment and facilities and workforce training (see H.R. 1737), H3097 [4JN]
——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H500 [13FE]
——— extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 3747), H8108 [12DE]
——— extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 1738), H2350 [25AP]
——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1860 [9AP]
——— extend energy credit for certain property under construction (see H.R. 2502), H5175 [30JY]
——— extend the renewable energy credit for wind, geothermal, hydro, and marine power and eliminate certain tax credits for oil and gas drilling and production (see H.R. 2539), H4215 [8JY]
——— increase the rehabilitation credit for commercial buildings and provide a rehabilitation credit for principal residences (see H.R. 2042), H2773 [17MY]
——— make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 3318), H6768 [23OC]
——— permanently extend lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit and adjust credit for inflation (see H.R. 769), H594 [15FE]
——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H2775 [17MY]
——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see H.R. 924), H2400 [30AP]
——— provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (see H.R. 1009), H2656 [15MY]
——— provide tax relief for damages relative to Hurricane Sandy (see H.R. 2137), H4214 [8JY]
——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 494), H2248 [23AP]
——— reduce international tax avoidance and restore a level playing field for U.S. businesses (see H.R. 1555), H2025 [15AP]
——— replace the mortgage interest deduction with a nonrefundable credit for indebtedness secured by a residence (see H.R. 1213), H5589 [17SE]
——— restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 1554), H2025 [15AP]
Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 2309), H3286 [11JN]
Terrorism: deter and provide justice for victims by ensuring foreign sponsors of terrorism are held accountable to their victims in U.S. courts (see H.R. 3143), H6770 [23OC]
Transportation Security Administration: prohibit airplane passengers from bringing small knives aboard a passenger aircraft (see H.R. 1093), H1356 [12MR]
Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1354), H1861 [9AP]
Treaties and agreements: enhance reciprocal market access for U.S. domestic producers in the negotiating process of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements (see H.R. 3467), H7050 [13NO]
Tubman, Harriet: establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, NY, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, MD (see H.R. 664), H501 [13FE]
Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H3253 [6JN]
——— expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H224 [22JA] (see H.R. 333), H284 [23JA]
——— 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), H2959 [23MY]
——— improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine (see H.R. 2001), H6225 [3OC]
Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 11), H344 [4FE]
Voting: modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for disabled individuals, and protect the right to vote (see H.R. 12), H277 [23JA]
——— 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), H2350 [25AP]
Water: exempt fire hydrants from prohibition on the use of lead pipes, fittings, fixtures, solder, and flux (see H.R. 3588), H7353 [21NO]
Water pollution: require disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing and repeal the oil and gas industry exemption from the Safe Drinking Water Act (see H.R. 1921), H3016 [3JN]
Wildlife: prohibit breeding and private possession of captive big cats except by accredited zoos and facilities and require registration of big cats currently in possession by private owners (see H.R. 1998), H3256 [10JN]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 56), H5344 [1AU]
——— 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. 1975), H2602 [14MY]
World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Filipino veterans (see H.R. 111), H372 [5FE]
——— award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H3760 [18JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Armed Forces: authorize payment of expenses for a stopover of the remains of certain decedents en route to the final destination (see H.R. 3337), H6769 [23OC]
Contracts: limit taxpayer-funded salaries of Government contractors (see H.R. 2444), H3928 [19JN]
Dept. of Education: integrate engineering education into elementary and secondary instruction and curriculum and support research on engineering education (see H.R. 2426), H3759 [18JN]
Dept. of Energy: establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle power generation systems (see H.R. 2803), H4978 [23JY]
Dept. of HHS: include occupational therapists as behavioral and mental health professionals for purposes of the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 1037), H1327 [7MR]
Dept. of the Interior: authorize projects and conduct research on water resources in the Hudson-Mohawk River Basin and establish a Hudson-Mohawk River Basin Commission (see H.R. 2973), H5344 [1AU]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at Fort McClellan, AL (see H.R. 411), H281 [23JA]
Taxation: modify credit for qualified fuel cell motor vehicles and allow the credit for certain off-highway vehicles (see H.R. 3057), H5399 [2AU]
——— modify investment tax credit for combined heat and power system property (see H.R. 2971), H5344 [1AU]
——— provide tax incentives for producing electricity from wasted heat (see H.R. 2972), H5344 [1AU]
Constitutional authority statements
Armed Forces: authorize payment of expenses for a stopover of the remains of certain decedents en route to the final destination (H.R. 3337), H6770 [23OC]
Contracts: limit taxpayer-funded salaries of Government contractors (H.R. 2444), H3929 [19JN]
Dept. of Education: integrate engineering education into elementary and secondary instruction and curriculum and support research on engineering education (H.R. 2426), H3759 [18JN]
Dept. of Energy: establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle power generation systems (H.R. 2803), H4979 [23JY]
Dept. of HHS: include occupational therapists as behavioral and mental health professionals for purposes of the National Health Service Corps (H.R. 1037), H1328 [7MR]
Dept. of the Interior: authorize projects and conduct research on water resources in the Hudson-Mohawk River Basin and establish a Hudson-Mohawk River Basin Commission (H.R. 2973), H5347 [1AU]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at Fort McClellan, AL (H.R. 411), H283 [23JA]
Taxation: modify credit for qualified fuel cell motor vehicles and allow the credit for certain off-highway vehicles (H.R. 3057), H5402 [2AU]
——— modify investment tax credit for combined heat and power system property (H.R. 2971), H5347 [1AU]
——— provide tax incentives for producing electricity from wasted heat (H.R. 2972), H5347 [1AU]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H5515 [12SE]
Remarks
Agriculture: impact of global warming on agriculture, H3341 [12JN]
Albany, NY: anniversary of Jack’s Oyster House (business), H438 [12FE]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), H5912 [27SE]
——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 438), H7710 [12DE]
——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H5926 [28SE], H6096, H6097 [1OC], H6398, H6399 [8OC]
——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), unanimous-consent request, H6511 [11OC]
Ballston, NY: anniversary, H1316 [6MR]
Budget: allocation of funds, H5580 [17SE]
——— prohibit consideration of a concurrent resolution providing for adjournment unless the House has adopted a conference report on the budget resolution (H. Res. 424), H7611 [10DE]
——— repeal and replace current fiscal year sequestration (H.R. 699), H5927 [28SE]
——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023, H7710 [12DE]
——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H5926 [28SE], H6096, H6097 [1OC]
Climate: global warming, H1894 [10AP], H2107 [17AP], H3088, H3091 [4JN], H3341 [12JN], H4841 [22JY], H5515 [12SE], H6809 [28OC], H6879, H6880 [29OC]
——— impact of global warming on frequency and intensity of natural disasters, H7169 [18NO]
Congress: accomplishments of the 113th Congress, H7611 [10DE]
——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H2869 [22MY]
——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 228), H2855 [22MY]
——— legislative priorities, H7195 [19NO]
Dept. of Agriculture: reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), H5625 [18SE]
——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H2665 [16MY], H5577 [17SE]
Dept. of Defense: anniversary of Watervliet Arsenal, H4504 [16JY]
——— tribute to living Medal of Honor recipients, H5632 [18SE]
Dept. of Education: support professional development for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, H4715 [18JY]
——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H4715 [18JY]
Dept. of Energy: prohibit giving veto power over EPA energy-related rules, H5245 [31JY]
——— State Energy Program and Weatherization Assistance Program funding, H4274 [9JY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: allow deferred action for childhood arrivals to serve in the U.S. military, H7040, H7042, H7046 [13NO]
Disasters: improve natural disaster mitigation, preparedness, and recovery policies, H6881 [29OC]
District of Columbia: condemn Navy Yard shootings and express condolences to victims and gratitude to responders to the shootings, H5576 [17SE]
Economy: impact of budget sequestration, H5442 [10SE]
——— impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, H5577 [17SE]
——— importance of job creation, H2812 [21MY]
——— provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs, H157 [15JA]
Employment: importance of manufacturing jobs and Make It in America agenda, H159, H160 [15JA], H3089, H3090, H3091, H3092, H3093 [4JN], H5577 [17SE]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2609), H4274 [9JY]
EPA: require a report on economic impact of certain energy-related rules and prohibit finalization of such rules that will cause significant adverse effects to the economy (H.R. 1582), H5245 [31JY]
Federal Helium Reserve: complete privatization in a competitive market fashion that ensures stability in the helium markets while protecting taxpayer interests (H.R. 527), H2325 [25AP]
FERC: require application for natural gas pipeline permit to include information to ensure minimized methane emissions, H7322 [21NO]
Freihofer’s Baking Co.: anniversary, H4048 [26JN]
Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6096, H6097 [1OC], H6398, H6399 [8OC], H6495, H6511 [11OC]
Halfmoon, NY: anniversary, H1316 [6MR]
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), H2687 [16MY]
House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H7042 [13NO]
Howlan, Francis (Dutch): New York State Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, H1962 [12AP]
Hurricanes: anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, H6876, H6877, H6880, H6881 [29OC]
——— making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 152), H156, H157, H158 [15JA]
Immigration: reform (H.R. 15), H7040, H7042, H7046 [13NO]
Natural gas: provide for timely consideration of all licenses, permits, and approvals required under Federal law relative to siting, construction, expansion, or operation of pipeline projects (H.R. 1900), H7319, H7322 [21NO]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: implementation, H5912 [27SE], H6096 [1OC]
——— prohibit funding to implement, H5912 [27SE], H5926 [28SE]
——— repeal (H.R. 45), H2687 [16MY]
Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H1895 [10AP]
Power resources: national energy policy, H1894 [10AP]
Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain relative to the Keystone XL Pipeline, H2855 [22MY]
Refuse disposal: allow EPA to find a State coal ash permit program deficient if program threatens human health and the environment and allow States to request review of permit program of another State, H5067, H5068 [25JY]
——— encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal ash and establish requirements for management and disposal of coal ash that are protective of human health and the environment (H.R. 2218), H5058, H5067, H5068 [25JY]
Saratoga, NY: anniversary, H1316 [6MR]
Saratoga Springs, NY: anniversary of Saratoga Race Course, H5033 [24JY]
Stillwater, NY: anniversary, H1316 [6MR]
Transportation: importance of infrastructure investment, H156, H157, H158, H159, H160 [15JA], H3092, H3093 [4JN], H5578, H5579, H5580 [17SE]
Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H7710 [12DE]
Votes: position on missed, H2587• [14MY], H4389• [11JY]
Water: exempt fire hydrants from prohibition on the use of lead pipes, fittings, fixtures, solder, and flux (H.R. 3588), H7372 [2DE]
Testimonies
Private Property Rights Protection Act: Julia Trigg Crawford, H2855 [22MY]
Tributes
Carey, Hugh L., H1644 [20MR]
Dingell, Representative, H4137 [27JN]