CROWLEY, JOSEPH (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5016), H6321 [16JY]

Appointments

Committee to escort the President, H1473 [28JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: limit restrictions on the provision of abortion services to protect a women’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy (see H.R. 3471), H5399 [17JN]

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 1731), H1243 [16JA]

American Revolution: award a Congressional Gold Medal to the First Rhode Island Regiment in recognition of their dedicated service during the Revolutionary War (see H.R. 4045), H2258 [6MR]

Angelou, Maya: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring life (see H. Res. 684), H6814 [24JY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H8071 [18NO]

Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see H.R. 4807), H7996 [14NO]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 605), H5022 [29MY]

Burma: place conditions on assistance relative to human rights (see H.R. 4377), H2853 [2AP]

Children and youth: prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care (see H.R. 4058), H1776 [14FE]

Corporal Juan Mariel Alcantara Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 4443), H3941 [7MY]

Crime: protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see H.R. 5267), H8931 [9DE]

Cynthia Jenkins Post Office Building, Springfield Gardens, NY: designate (see H.R. 3957), H1480 [28JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: preserve access of victims of trafficking to information about their eligibility to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 5238), H7039 [29JY]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (see H.R. 2996), H2001 [26FE]

Dept. of Defense: require payment of full amount of separation pay otherwise due to former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see H.R. 5009), H5827 [3JY]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H5250 [10JN] (see H.R. 4622), H5187 [9JN]

——— award grants to establish STEM Innovation Networks (see H.R. 4828), H5559 [19JN]

——— establish a partnership program in foreign languages (see H.R. 2170), H5819 [26JN]

——— establish a pilot program to promote public-private partnerships among apprenticeships or other job training programs, local educational agencies, and community colleges (see H.R. 4827), H5495 [18JN]

——— make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (see H.R. 4826), H5770 [25JN]

Dept. of HHS: increase funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program for child care for families with infants or toddlers (see H.R. 5000), H5817 [26JN]

Dept. of Justice: improve the restitution process for child pornography victims by considering total losses, requiring timely restitution, and spreading costs among multiple defendants (see H.R. 4981), H5816 [26JN]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure credit assistance pilot program (see H.R. 3978), H2645 [25MR]

——— set separate performance measures for motorized and non-motorized safety and allow States to set their own safety targets and to choose the best methods to meet them (see H.R. 3494), H2611 [24MR]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs, review discharge or separation of certain individuals, and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (see H.R. 5059), H7619 [16SE]

Diseases: express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (see H. Res. 701), H7184 [31JY]

——— mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 3680), H5249 [10JN]

District of Columbia: statehood (see H.R. 292), H7241 [1AU]

Education: call on schools and State and local educational agencies to recognize that dyslexia has significant educational implications that must be addressed (see H. Res. 456), H3058 [8AP]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 119), H6297 [15JY]

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), H2065 [27FE]

EPA: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste in order to protect water supplies (see H.R. 1837), H3365 [30AP]

Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4641), H4058 [9MY]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 4950), H5724 [24JN]

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), H5364 [12JN]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H7676 [17SE]

Health: support role of the U.S. in ensuring children in poor countries have access to vaccines and immunization through the GAVI Alliance (organization) (see H. Res. 688), H8932 [9DE]

Hudson River School: recognize contributions of painters to the U.S. (see H. Res. 480), H5598 [20JN]

Human Rights Day: observance (see H. Res. 777), H9044 [10DE]

Immigrant Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 606), H5069 [2JN]

India: recognize importance of 2014 elections (see H. Res. 607), H5023 [29MY]

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see H.R. 5051), H6035 [9JY]

Israel: reaffirm support for right to defend itself against rocket attacks from Hamas (terrorist organization) and condemn and call for an end to such attacks (see H. Res. 657), H6037 [9JY]

Jennings, Thomas: tribute (see H. Res. 514), H2360 [12MR]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 632), H5557 [19JN]

Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4166), H3058 [8AP]

Levinson, Robert: urge intensified cooperation by Iran on the case of the disappearance of former FBI agent while on business trip in Iran (see H. Res. 435), H5399 [17JN]

Lunar New Year: encourage local education agencies serving a substantial Asian-American population to close schools (see H. Res. 457), H1512 [29JA]

Medicaid: extend rules regarding supplemental needs trusts for beneficiaries to trusts established by such beneficiaries (see H.R. 2123), H1772 [11FE]

Medicare: modify payment for outpatient department procedures that utilize drugs as supplies (see H.R. 4857), H7189 [31JY]

Mental health: maximize access of individuals with mental illness to community-based services and strengthen the impact of such services (see H.R. 4574), H4911 [28MY]

——— protect minors from efforts by practitioners to change their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression (see H. Con. Res. 69), H5770 [25JN]

——— strengthen mental health infrastructure and firearm prohibitions for at-risk individuals, and improve reporting of mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 4783), H5063 [30MY]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H5365 [12JN]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see H.R. 1010), H72 [8JA]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 5294), H7126 [30JY]

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3867), H223 [14JA]

Nazi Party—World War II: deny Social Security and other benefits to individuals whose citizenship has been revoked or renounced on the basis of their participation in Nazi persecution (see H.R. 5706), H8226 [1DE]

——— terminate Social Security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution (see H.R. 5739), H8132 [19NO]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 5503), H7674 [17SE]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H3058 [8AP]

Oak Creek, WI: recognize anniversary and condemn shootings at Sikh Temple of Wisconsin and express condolences to victims’ families and friends and gratitude to responders to the shootings (see H. Res. 698), H7126 [30JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employees’ dependents access to tax credits if the cost of family coverage through the employer is greater than a certain percentage of household income (see H.R. 4865), H5363 [12JN]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H1881 [21FE]

Political campaigns: reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors (see H.R. 20), H1657 [5FE]

Poverty: strengthen and expand proven anti-poverty programs and initiatives (see H.R. 5352), H7183 [31JY]

Rare Disease Day: designate (see H. Res. 493), H2065 [27FE]

Religion: condemn anti-Semitism and comparison of Israel to Nazis perpetrating the Holocaust and reject attempts to justify anti-Jewish hatred as an acceptable disapproval of political events in the Middle East (see H. Res. 707), H7297 [8SE]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: ensure that recipients of assistance provide services to sexual and gender minority youth in a manner that is culturally competent (see H.R. 2955), H3242 [28AP]

Schneier, Arthur: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2387), H1592 [4FE]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1199), H2962 [4AP]

Sikhism: honor celebration of Vaisakhi (see H. Res. 550), H3196 [10AP]

Social Security: 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), H7388 [9SE]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 1466), H224 [14JA]

South Sudan: support an end to ethnic and politically fueled violence and the successful implementation of a transitional government (see H. Res. 689), H7042 [29JY]

Specialist Theodore Matthew Glende Post Office, Rochester, NY: designate (see H.R. 5019), H6037 [9JY]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 3712), H2066 [27FE]

——— improve ability to fight fraud, prevent errors, and protect the Social Security Trust Fund (see H.R. 4090), H2000 [26FE]

——— require the President to transmit the annual budget without revisions to Congress (see H.R. 3997), H7297 [8SE]

Staff Sergeant Robert H. Dietz Post Office Building, Kingston, NY: designate (see H.R. 5087), H7939 [12NO]

Summitt, Pat: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3836), H7979 [13NO]

Supreme Court: promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (see H.R. 2902), H6297 [15JY]

Taxation: encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (see H.R. 851), H6977 [28JY]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H1719 [10FE]

——— exclude from gross income amounts paid by employer on an employee’s student loans (see H.R. 395), H2098 [28FE]

——— exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 5487), H7617 [16SE]

——— expand availability of saver’s credit, make credit refundable, and provide Federal matching contributions into the retirement savings of the taxpayer (see H.R. 837), H3241 [28AP]

——— expand personal and retirement savings by allowing employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 2035), H3242 [28AP]

——— extend look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations (see H.R. 4464), H3196 [10AP]

——— extend special expensing rules for certain film and television productions and provide for special expensing for live theatrical productions (see H.R. 4878), H5398 [17JN]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 4717), H4828 [22MY]

——— make permanent the deduction for mortgage insurance premiums (see H.R. 4845), H5318 [11JN]

——— modify energy credit to provide greater incentives for combined heat and power (CHP) and waste heat to power (WHP) energy efficiency technologies (see H.R. 4916), H5557 [19JN]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H6656 [22JY]

——— permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 4429), H3057 [8AP]

——— provide tax relief for major disaster areas declared in 2012, 2013, and 2014 (see H.R. 5082), H6135 [11JY]

Transportation Security Administration: provide for the eligibility of employees to receive public safety officers’ death benefits (see H.R. 4026), H2258 [6MR]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3824), H474 [15JA] (see H.R. 4415), H3144 [9AP]

Universal Declaration of Human Rights: anniversary (see H. Res. 777), H9044 [10DE]

Vincent R. Sombrotto Post Office, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 2291), H3058 [8AP]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 3899), H5769 [25JN]

Wildlife: prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (see H.R. 2856), H6977 [28JY]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H6860 [25JY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to Monuments Men in recognition of their role in preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works of art, and articles of cultural importance (see H.R. 3658), H2915 [3AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Burma: place conditions on assistance relative to human rights (see H.R. 3889), H472 [15JA]

Dept. of Labor: authorize a national grant program for on-the-job training (see H.R. 3971), H1511 [29JA]

Dept. of Transportation: provide grants to carry out projects to reduce railway noise levels that adversely impact schools located in urbanized areas (see H.R. 5575), H7883 [18SE]

——— require States with an increase in fatalities or serious injuries of pedestrians or users of nonmotorized transportation to address increase in State strategic highway safety plans (see H.R. 4507), H3291 [29AP]

International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace: establish (see H.R. 5795), H8668 [4DE]

Manford, Jeanne Sobelson: tribute (see H. Res. 611), H5068 [2JN]

Pensions: extend automatic extension of amortization periods and funding improvement and rehabilitation plan rules relative to multiemployer defined benefit pension plans (see H.R. 5773), H8225 [1DE]

Public welfare programs: exclude child care from the determination of the limit on assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4294), H2644 [25MR]

Queens, NY: anniversary of 1964 World’s Fair (see H. Res. 552), H3197 [10AP]

SSA: establish USAccounts family savings program (see H.R. 5576), H7883 [18SE]

Taxation: treat bicycle sharing systems as mass transit facilities for purposes of the qualified transportation fringe benefit (see H.R. 5276), H7125 [30JY]

Veterans: promote identification of veterans and their health needs in furnishing items and services under Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs (see H.R. 5332), H7182 [31JY]

World War I: anniversary of Christmas Truce of 1914 (see H. Res. 781), H9303 [11DE]

Constitutional authority statements

Burma: place conditions on assistance relative to human rights (H.R. 3889), H473 [15JA]

Dept. of Labor: authorize a national grant program for on-the-job training (H.R. 3971), H1512 [29JA]

Dept. of Transportation: provide grants to carry out projects to reduce railway noise levels that adversely impact schools located in urbanized areas (H.R. 5575), H7889 [18SE]

——— require States with an increase in fatalities or serious injuries of pedestrians or users of nonmotorized transportation to address increase in State strategic highway safety plans (H.R. 4507), H3292 [29AP]

International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace: establish (H.R. 5795), H8669 [4DE]

Pensions: extend automatic extension of amortization periods and funding improvement and rehabilitation plan rules relative to multiemployer defined benefit pension plans (H.R. 5773), H8226 [1DE]

Public welfare programs: exclude child care from the determination of the limit on assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4294), H2644 [25MR]

SSA: establish USAccounts family savings program (H.R. 5576), H7889 [18SE]

Taxation: treat bicycle sharing systems as mass transit facilities for purposes of the qualified transportation fringe benefit (H.R. 5276), H7127 [30JY]

Veterans: promote identification of veterans and their health needs in furnishing items and services under Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs (H.R. 5332), H7186 [31JY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H1463, H1465 [28JA]

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), conference report, H1495 [29JA]

Business and industry: close tax loopholes for offshore corporations, H6830 [25JY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 377), unanimous-consent request, H7063 [30JY]

Congress: provide for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution (H. Res. 676), consideration (H. Res. 694), H7063 [30JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H1495 [29JA]

Dickson, Kezia: New York 14th Congressional District Veterans Day essay contest winner, E1568• [13NO]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5016), H6321 [16JY]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 700), H7198 [1AU]

——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 700), H7198 [1AU]

Immigration: address the increase in unaccompanied alien children attempting to cross illegally into the U.S., E1395• [11SE]

——— making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), H7198 [1AU]

——— prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5272), H7198 [1AU]

IRS: prohibit modification of the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare (H.R. 3865), H1963, H1964, H1965, H1966, H1967 [26FE]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, H2010 [27FE]

Minimum wage: increase, H6321 [16JY]

NSF: create a specific program for Hispanic-serving institutions to provide grants for research, curriculum, and infrastructure development, H4940 [29MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: 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 (H.R. 3811), H144 [10JA]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), H1225 [16JA]

Patricia Clark Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center, Nashua, NH: designate (S. 540), H1753, H1756 [11FE]

Pensions: extend automatic extension of amortization periods and funding improvement and rehabilitation plan rules relative to multiemployer defined benefit pension plans (H.R. 5773), E1680• [1DE]

Public debt: temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling, H1753, H1756 [11FE]

Queens, NY: anniversary of New York Hall of Science, E1366• [9SE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4940 [29MY]

Taxation: extend special expensing rules for certain film and television productions and provide for special expensing for live theatrical productions (H.R. 4878), E1005• [17JN]

——— improve the child tax credit (H.R. 4935), H6830 [25JY]

——— reform the Federal tax code, H1963, H1964, H1965, H1966, H1967 [26FE]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H87 [9JA], H1225 [16JA]

Votes: position on missed, H5340• [12JN], E24• [8JA]

World War I: anniversary of Christmas Truce of 1914 (H. Res. 781), E1827• [12DE]

Tributes

Corker, Barbara, E936• [10JN]

Durante, Lou, E522• [4AP]

Manford, Jeanne Sobelson, H5029 [30MY]