JOYCE, DAVID P. (a Representative from Ohio)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 7), H20 [7JA]

Black Ribbon Day: designate to recognize victims of Soviet Communist and Nazi regimes (see H. Res. 509), H2915 [3AP]

Budget: require the President to submit a budget to Congress listing current fiscal year spending levels for proposed programs and separate amounts for proposed spending increases (see H.R. 2686), H163 [10JA]

Bureau of the Census: make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions (see H.R. 1078), H7979 [13NO]

Business and industry: provide tax credits to unemployed individuals who obtain manufacturing job training and employers who provide such training and establish a Presidential Manufacturing Job Training Award (see H.R. 5325), H7181 [31JY]

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see H. Res. 461), H1241 [16JA]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: adjust the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in order to avoid disproportionate penalties for hospitals treating vulnerable populations (see H.R. 4188), H2300 [11MR]

——— improve operations of recovery auditors under the Medicare Integrity Program to increase transparency and accuracy in audits conducted by contractors (see H.R. 1250), H1592 [4FE]

Children and youth: improve response to missing children and victims of child sex trafficking through updating law enforcement records and improving coordination with child welfare systems (see H.R. 3905), H4785 [21MY]

——— improve response to victims of child sex trafficking (see H.R. 5111), H6400 [17JY]

——— provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 498), H2914 [3AP]

Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see H.R. 2663), H3242 [28AP]

Crime: protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see H.R. 5267), H8226 [1DE]

——— provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see H.R. 4225), H3293 [29AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: repeal a duplicative inspection and grading program for catfish (see H.R. 1313), H2645 [25MR]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (see H.R. 2996), H1938 [25FE]

Dept. of Education: combat campus sexual violence (see H.R. 5354), H7183 [31JY]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (see H.R. 2536), H5877 [8JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish an interagency coordinating committee on pulmonary hypertension (see H.R. 2073), H8133 [19NO]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 920), H5877 [8JY]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1252), H5319 [11JN]

——— reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (see H.R. 4631), H5365 [12JN]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (see H.R. 5845), H9044 [10DE]

——— establish a national Silver Alert communications network to assist regional and local search efforts for missing senior citizens (see H.R. 5361), H7183 [31JY]

——— 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), H7041 [29JY]

Dept. of State: prioritize fight against human trafficking according to congressional intent in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act without increasing the size of the Federal Government (see H.R. 2283), H6107 [10JY]

Dept. of the Interior: develop a cadastre of Federal real property to assist with land management, conservation, and development and identify land that no longer needs to be federally owned (see H.R. 916), H2962 [4AP]

——— increase prices for Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps (duck stamps) to fund acquisition of conservation easements for migratory birds (see H.R. 5069), H7129 [30JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enter into contracts for provision of medical care at non-departmental facilities for certain patients, assess health care delivery system, and limit employee awards and bonuses (see H.R. 4810), H5185 [9JN]

——— establish a deadline for the certification of certain forms by regional offices (see H.R. 5349), H7182 [31JY]

——— make certain improvements in information security (see H.R. 4370), H2962 [4AP]

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see H.R. 4031), H2991 [7AP]

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: foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H3241 [28AP]

Drugs: focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see H.R. 3382), H5364 [12JN]

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), H1432 [27JA]

EPA: assist municipalities and regional sewer authorities that would experience a significant hardship raising revenue for projects and activities for construction of wastewater treatment works (see H.R. 3862), H2002 [26FE]

——— prohibit regulation of carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units under certain circumstances (see H.R. 4808), H5365 [12JN]

——— publish a health advisory and submit reports relative to microcystins in drinking water (see H.R. 5439), H7530 [15SE]

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), H4476 [19MY]

FAA: issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (see H.R. 3708), H5725 [24JN]

——— revise hiring practices for air traffic controller positions and establish Air Traffic Control Education and Training Advisory Committee (see H.R. 5675), H8273 [2DE]

FCC: extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 4969), H7939 [12NO]

FDA: approve certain drugs and biological products for use in a limited population of patients to address increases in bacterial and fungal resistance to drugs and biological products (see H.R. 3742), H7619 [16SE]

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board: make more independent, accountable, and transparent to improve Federal financial accounting concepts and standards (see H.R. 4678), H4684 [20MY]

Federal agencies and departments: ensure functionality and security of new Federal websites that collect personally identifiable information (see H.R. 3635), H474 [15JA]

——— improve energy efficiency in Federal facilities by encouraging entrance into energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts (see H.R. 2689), H163 [10JA]

——— promote strategic sourcing principles (see H.R. 2694), H135 [9JA]

——— require procurement from the private sector the goods and services necessary for operations and management of certain Government agencies (see H.R. 1072), H6036 [9JY]

——— review efforts to reduce travel expenses through the use of video conferencing (see H.R. 2643), H163 [10JA]

Federal aid programs: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance (see H.R. 1502), H2914 [3AP]

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), H1772 [11FE]

——— amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1362), H2361 [12MR]

Financial institutions: allow mutual capital certificates to satisfy capital requirements for mutual depositories and establish mutual national banks (see H.R. 4252), H7129 [30JY]

——— clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H5187 [9JN]

——— 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), H5319 [11JN]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 2959), H2434 [13MR]

——— modify definition of ‘‘antique firearm’’ (see H.R. 4749), H6036 [9JY]

Food industry: improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants, similar retail food establishments, and vending machines (see H.R. 1249), H2065 [27FE]

Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 3992), H2962 [4AP]

FRS: nullify certain guidance by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and provide requirements for guidance issued by the Bureau relative to indirect auto lending (see H.R. 5403), H7456 [11SE]

FTC: revise regulations relative to definitions for funeral industry practices (see H.R. 4213), H3242 [28AP]

GAO: conduct a study on the impact of the requirement that depository institutions maintain certain reserves and Regulation D relative to exemptions from SEC registration requirements (see H.R. 3240), H7893 [18SE]

Hamas (terrorist organization): condemn use of civilians as human shields, recognize breaches of international law, support Israel’s right of self-defense, and support Palestinians who reject terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 107), H6657 [22JY]

Health: improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 36), H7041 [29JY]

——— reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (see H.R. 1098), H3292 [29AP]

——— 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), H7940 [12NO]

House of Representatives: call for civil action in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge certain executive branch actions (see H. Res. 442), H1593 [4FE]

——— mandate all Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioner to complete annual ethics training conducted by the Committee on Ethics (House) (see H.R. 5095), H7190 [31JY]

Immigration: expedite removal of unaccompanied alien children, implement tough ‘‘credible fear’’ standards, reduce asylum fraud, protect communities from gangs, and provide Border Patrol access to Federal lands (see H.R. 5137), H6657 [22JY]

——— expedite removal of unaccompanied alien children who are not victims of a severe form of human trafficking and who do not have a fear of returning to their country of nationality or last residence (see H.R. 5053), H6137 [11JY]

——— provide for repatriation of unaccompanied alien children (see H.R. 5079), H6135 [11JY]

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 109), H4911 [28MY]

IRS: prohibit performance awards for employees who owe back taxes (see H.R. 4531), H3941 [7MY]

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), H6108 [10JY]

Lance Corporal Wesley G. Davids and Captain Nicholas J. Rozanski Memorial Post Office, Dublin, OH: designate (see H.R. 4919), H5557 [19JN]

Legislative branch of the Government: extend post-employment restrictions on lobbying by Members of Congress and officers and employees (see H.R. 440), H7388 [9SE]

Meals on Wheels Association of America: tribute (see H. Res. 526), H2744 [27MR]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1761), H4910 [28MY]

Medicare: allow individuals to elect to receive the Medicare Summary Notice electronically (see H.R. 4853), H5399 [17JN]

——— 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), H135 [9JA]

——— ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 4577), H7939 [12NO]

——— improve audit effectiveness and efficiency in paying for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 5083), H7939 [12NO]

——— increase access to ambulance services (see H.R. 5460), H8072 [18NO]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1761), H4910 [28MY]

——— modify durable medical equipment face-to-face encounter documentation requirement (see H.R. 3833), H6352 [16JY]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H7389 [9SE]

——— provide entitlement to immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients (see H.R. 1428), H7297 [8SE]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 5644), H8226 [1DE]

——— provide for payment for services of qualified radiologist assistants (see H.R. 1148), H2696 [26MR]

——— require State licensure and performance guarantees for entities submitting bids under the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 4920), H5557 [19JN]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1070), H7938 [12NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: curb waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 2305), H474 [15JA]

Members of Congress: eliminate use of the frank for mail transmitted by Members and congressional officials (see H.R. 4872), H10325 [16DE]

——— prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see H.R. 310), H135 [9JA]

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 401), H2488 [18MR]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H4017 [8MY]

National Academy of Inventors, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 5650), H8226 [1DE]

National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 522), H3941 [7MY]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H2611 [24MR]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 540), H2914 [3AP]

National Principals Month: designate (see H. Res. 662), H7530 [15SE]

National Small Business Week: observance (see H. Res. 583), H4064 [13MY]

National Teacher Day: observance (see H. Res. 571), H3941 [7MY]

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

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H3242 [28AP]

NOAA: create electronic database of research and information on causes of, and corrective actions being taken for algal blooms in the Great Lakes, their tributaries, and other surface fresh waters (see H.R. 5456), H7619 [16SE]

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]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 4158), H2915 [3AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay application of annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 3367), H6815 [24JY]

——— eliminate benefits under the Federal employees health benefit program for Members of Congress and require Members to purchase insurance through their States’ exchange (see H.R. 5177), H6977 [28JY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3979), H1514 [31JA]

——— extend health plan coverage to dependent children in the individual and group market if repealing legislation is enacted (see H.R. 5384), H7434 [10SE]

——— limit rescissions of coverage under health plans in the individual and group market if repealing legislation is enacted (see H.R. 5321), H7297 [8SE]

——— maintain preexisting condition coverage and guaranteed availability of health insurance if repealing legislation is enacted (see H.R. 5328), H7456 [11SE]

——— provide that the individual health insurance mandate not apply until the employer health insurance mandate is enforced without exceptions (see H.R. 4064), H2066 [27FE]

——— repeal provisions relative to annual period for disenrollment from Medicare Advantage plans to elect to receive original Medicare fee-for-service benefits (see H.R. 2453), H5186 [9JN]

——— repeal the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program in the individual market (see H.R. 3489), H1243 [16JA]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see H.R. 5213), H7190 [31JY]

Postal Service: take all appropriate measures to ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 711), H7241 [1AU]

Railroads: require a minimum of 2-person crews for freight trains (see H.R. 3040), H5877 [8JY]

Regulatory Improvement Commission: establish (see H.R. 4646), H4058 [9MY]

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]

——— ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see H.R. 5285), H7297 [8SE]

Russia: impose sanctions and provide additional assistance to Ukraine (see H.R. 5782), H8669 [4DE]

Schools: clarify when certain academic assessments shall be administered (see H.R. 4172), H3199 [10AP]

Social Security: exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 2745), H1687 [6FE]

——— provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see H.R. 4930), H7893 [18SE]

SSA: provide payment for fees associated with obtaining birth certificate or State identification card for purposes of obtaining replacement Social Security card for certain victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 5362), H7183 [31JY]

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

Sudan: condemn charge of apostasy and death sentence of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag and encourage U.S. efforts to support religious freedom (see H. Res. 601), H5725 [24JN]

Taxation: exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2870), H3058 [8AP]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1512 [29JA]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H5640 [23JN]

——— extend expensing of certain depreciable business assets (see H.R. 4019), H1686 [6FE]

——— improve and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 5504), H8273 [2DE]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H1772 [11FE]

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 2807), H224 [14JA]

——— 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), H7297 [8SE]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H7529 [15SE]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 4365), H3409 [1MY]

——— provide a credit and a deduction for small political contributions (see H.R. 3586), H7297 [8SE]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 494), H7892 [18SE]

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit airplane passengers from bringing small knives aboard a passenger aircraft (see H.R. 4368), H2853 [2AP]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1354), H2434 [13MR]

U.N.: deny admission to the U.S. any U.N. representative who has engaged in espionage or terrorist activities, or poses a national security threat, against the U.S. (see H.R. 4357), H3199 [10AP]

Ukraine: provide military assistance (see H.R. 5190), H6813 [24JY]

——— support democratic and European aspirations and their right to choose their own future free of intimidation and fear (see H. Res. 447), H1432 [27JA]

Veterans: clarify that individuals who attended a military preparatory school but never joined the Armed Forces may not claim veteran status for purposes of contracting preferences and benefits (see H.R. 3469), H2098 [28FE]

——— provide for coordination between TRICARE and eligibility to make contributions to health savings accounts (see H.R. 4682), H5399 [17JN]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 5078), H7190 [31JY]

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), H7297 [8SE]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H6217 [14JY]

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

American Education Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 755), H7996 [14NO]

EPA: authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (see H.R. 5764), H8169 [20NO]

Constitutional authority statements

EPA: authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (H.R. 5764), H8171 [20NO]

Remarks

EPA: authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (H.R. 5764), H8894 [9DE]

Independence, OH: anniversary, E437• [25MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3685), H67 [8JA]

Spirit of America Foundation: tribute to boating education programs, E1071• [25JN]

Tributes

Dirker, Louis, E763• [19MY]