MALONEY, SEAN PATRICK (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4749 [21MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H6080, H6108 [10JY]

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), H6036 [9JY]

African Americans: recognize difficult challenges Black veterans faced when returning home after serving in the Armed Forces, their heroic military sacrifices, and their patriotism in fighting for equal rights (see H. Con. Res. 78), H1545 [3FE]

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), H2099 [28FE]

Animals: establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (see H.R. 2847), H8171 [20NO]

Booker, Simeon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3655), H2002 [26FE]

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1869), H1881 [21FE]

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), H6860 [25JY]

Children and youth: expand and improve Federal programs to reduce child hunger (see H.R. 4249), H7893 [18SE]

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), H7619 [16SE]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry (see H.R. 1616), H2696 [26MR]

Corporal Juan Mariel Alcantara Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 4443), H4686 [20MY]

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), H3365 [30AP]

Credit: prohibit creditors from discriminating on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit (see H.R. 2364), H7434 [10SE]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (see H.R. 5242), H7619 [16SE]

——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see H.R. 5012), H7893 [18SE]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (see H.R. 1783), H7455 [11SE]

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), H4786 [21MY]

——— protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1893), H5399 [17JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee (see H.R. 610), H4060 [9MY]

——— improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 4395), H5877 [8JY]

——— 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]

——— 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), H2696 [26MR]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1252), H7892 [18SE]

Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see H.R. 4163), H2255 [6MR]

Dept. of State: ban foreigners who have committed gross violations of internationally recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals from entering the U.S. (see H.R. 4907), H5557 [19JN]

Dept. of Transportation: establish and implement a fatigue management plan for railroads (see H.R. 4576), H3446 [6MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify which children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 3600), H1252 [23JA]

——— educate staff and inform veterans about the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights (see H.R. 3408), H2002 [26FE]

——— expand membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (see H.R. 4999), H5817 [26JN]

——— improve assistance provided to women veterans, facilitate research on long-term reproductive health of veterans, and modify child care assistance for certain veterans (see H.R. 958), H7892 [18SE]

——— make memorial headstones and markers available for purchase for members of Reserve components who performed certain training (see H.R. 2310), H4476 [19MY]

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]

Discrimination: prohibit housing and credit decision discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or source of income (see H.R. 2479), H7388 [9SE]

Diseases: mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 3680), H2002 [26FE]

——— provide for scientific framework relative to vector-borne diseases (see H.R. 4701), H4911 [28MY]

Drugs: reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (see H.R. 4169), H6107 [10JY]

——— reduce opioid misuse and abuse (see H.R. 5587), H7884 [18SE]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H1243 [16JA]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 119), H6353 [16JY]

EPA: preserve existing rights and responsibilities relative to non-prohibited discharges of dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 5071), H7297 [8SE]

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

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

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), H163 [10JA]

——— limit number of local wage areas within a General Schedule pay locality (see H.R. 2450), H6656 [22JY]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H5368 [13JN]

Forest Service: amend the Forest Legacy Program to authorize States to allow certain entities to acquire, hold, and manage conservation easements under the program (see H.R. 4551), H8226 [1DE]

Freedom Riders: award a Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of their unique contribution to civil rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel (see H.R. 4041), H6746 [23JY]

GPO: adjust fonts used in printing documents if such adjustments will reduce printing costs (see H.R. 5627), H7885 [18SE]

Health: create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 1666), H7892 [18SE]

Hudson River School: recognize contributions of painters to the U.S. (see H. Res. 480), H2991 [7AP]

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see H.R. 5051), H6108 [10JY]

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]

James L. Oberstar U.S. Dept. of Transportation Building Complex, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 4644), H5065 [30MY]

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

Johnson, Henry: award Medal of Honor posthumously (see H.R. 5459), H7894 [18SE]

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

Medicare: 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), H73 [8JA]

——— ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 4577), H7529 [15SE]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2504), H5826 [3JY]

——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see H.R. 1787), H7189 [31JY]

——— provide coverage of hearing aids and related hearing services (see H.R. 3150), H7676 [17SE]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 713), H7892 [18SE]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (see H.R. 4015), H2260 [10MR]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1070), H7892 [18SE]

Members of Congress: provide that a former Member receiving compensation as a highly-paid lobbyist shall be ineligible to concurrently receive Federal retirement benefits (see H.R. 2594), H6217 [14JY]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H4064 [13MY]

——— reaffirm support for a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (see H. Res. 365), H2002 [26FE]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see H.R. 1010), H163 [10JA]

National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 673), H6398 [17JY]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 577), H4016 [8MY]

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

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H5249 [10JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay application of annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 3367), H6656 [22JY]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 148), H7188 [31JY]

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

Postal Service: take all appropriate measures to ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 711), H7997 [14NO]

Real estate: allow State and local financing of energy and water efficiency and renewable energy modifications to privately-owned property through Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs (see H.R. 4285), H2610 [24MR]

SBA: establish a grant program to empower encore entrepreneurs (see H.R. 4613), H7297 [8SE]

——— improve the procurement program for women-owned small business concerns (see H.R. 2452), H1772 [11FE]

——— reauthorize women’s business center program (see H.R. 5584), H7884 [18SE]

Schneier, Arthur: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2387), H3199 [10AP]

Schools: clarify when certain academic assessments shall be administered (see H.R. 4172), H7893 [18SE]

Smith-Lever Act: observe anniversary and recognize role in establishing Cooperative Extension system providing agricultural education through land-grant universities (see H. Con. Res. 86), H2260 [10MR]

Social Security: provide for equal treatment of individuals in same-sex marriages (see H.R. 5182), H7456 [11SE]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1795), H6352 [16JY]

Specialist Theodore Matthew Glende Post Office, Rochester, NY: designate (see H.R. 5019), H6108 [10JY]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 3712), H136 [9JA]

Staff Sergeant Robert H. Dietz Post Office Building, Kingston, NY: designate (see H.R. 5087), H6656 [22JY]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: award grants to States to expand access to clinically appropriate services for opioid abuse, dependence or addiction (see H.R. 5339), H7182 [31JY]

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

Taxation: allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see H.R. 1620), H6036 [9JY]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H1938 [25FE]

——— exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2870), H7189 [31JY]

——— expand and modify the credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see H.R. 4128), H7893 [18SE]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1545 [3FE]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H4785 [21MY]

——— extend the work opportunity tax credit for veterans (see H.R. 3327), H1515 [31JA] (see H.R. 3395), H1545 [3FE]

——— modify taxation of hard cider (see H.R. 2921), H7893 [18SE]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 4365), H7893 [18SE]

——— provide a credit for costs of certain infertility treatments (see H.R. 1851), H2434 [13MR]

——— provide for a refundable adoption tax credit (see H.R. 2144), H7893 [18SE]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3824), H134 [9JA] (see H.R. 4415), H3243 [28AP]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H2001 [26FE]

VFW: amend Federal charter to reflect service of women in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 5441), H7901 [19SE]

Vincent R. Sombrotto Post Office, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 2291), H163 [10JA]

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]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 3571), H1659 [5FE]

——— 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), H1243 [16JA]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 113), H2744 [27MR]

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), H3144 [9AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Education: make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (see H.R. 4826), H5248 [10JN]

——— require additional reporting on crime and harm that occurs during student participation in programs of study abroad (see H.R. 5485), H7617 [16SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop and publish an action plan for improving vocational rehabilitation services and assistance (see H.R. 5032), H6034 [9JY]

——— make memorial headstones and markers available for purchase for members of Reserve components who performed certain training (see H.R. 4359), H2801 [1AP]

Federal employees: expand training for Federal Government personnel related to trafficking in persons (see H.R. 4449), H3195 [10AP]

FERC: prohibit from issuing certain decisions that will raise costs for ratepayers (see H.R. 4327), H2743 [27MR]

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

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow sole proprietors and their spouses and domestic partners to purchase health insurance on the small business exchange (see H.R. 5313), H7181 [31JY]

Taxation: provide a refundable credit against income tax to assist individuals with high residential energy costs (see H.R. 4326), H2743 [27MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Education: make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (H.R. 4826), H5249 [10JN]

——— require additional reporting on crime and harm that occurs during student participation in programs of study abroad (H.R. 5485), H7618 [16SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop and publish an action plan for improving vocational rehabilitation services and assistance (H.R. 5032), H6035 [9JY]

——— make memorial headstones and markers available for purchase for members of Reserve components who performed certain training (H.R. 4359), H2802 [1AP]

Federal employees: expand training for Federal Government personnel related to trafficking in persons (H.R. 4449), H3197 [10AP]

FERC: prohibit from issuing certain decisions that will raise costs for ratepayers (H.R. 4327), H2745 [27MR]

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (H.R. 3867), H224 [14JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow sole proprietors and their spouses and domestic partners to purchase health insurance on the small business exchange (H.R. 5313), H7185 [31JY]

Taxation: provide a refundable credit against income tax to assist individuals with high residential energy costs (H.R. 4326), H2745 [27MR]

Motions

EPA: provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications and public participation (H.R. 1422), H8062 [18NO]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 3590), recommit, H1613 [5FE]

Remarks

CERCLA: amend relative to State consultation on removal and remedial actions, State concurrence with listing on EPA National Priorities List, and State credit for contributions to removal or remedial action, H107 [9JA]

Constitution Day: observance, E1427• [17SE]

Cyprus: anniversary of Turkish occupation, E1208• [23JY]

——— support reunification agreement, E1208• [23JY]

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 (H.R. 2283), H6731, H6732 [23JY]

Dept. of Transportation: assist States to rehabilitate or replace certain bridges, H1613 [5FE]

Diseases: provide for scientific framework relative to vector-borne diseases (H.R. 4701), H7346 [9SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H6054, H6080, H6081 [10JY]

EPA: prohibit expansion of State waste disposal sites eligible for National Priorities List and preserve ‘‘highest priority facilities’’ listings for cleanup, H107 [9JA]

——— prohibit members of corporations and trade associations from serving on the Scientific Advisory Board if they represent an entity that has a financial interest in the outcome of Board decisions, H8062 [18NO]

——— provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications and public participation (H.R. 1422), motion to recommit, H8062 [18NO]

——— simplify the solid waste disposal process by eliminating unnecessary deadlines and overlapping regulations and allow for the review and revision of regulations as appropriate (H.R. 2279), H107 [9JA]

Federal employees: expand training for Federal Government personnel related to trafficking in persons (H.R. 4449), H6734 [23JY]

FERC: prohibit funding to implement, administer, or enforce new Hudson Valley capacity zone, H6080, H6081 [10JY]

——— reform decisionmaking process for creating new energy capacity zones to include local stakeholder input, H6054 [10JY]

Hudson River School: recognize contributions of painters to the U.S. (H. Res. 480), H3050 [8AP]

National Clandestine Service of the CIA NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office, Monroe, NY: designate (H.R. 2112), H5377 [17JN]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 3590), motion to recommit, H1613 [5FE]

Taxation: make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (H.R. 2807), E1241• [25JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H1218 [16JA]

Water: require any manufacturer or processor of a chemical or mixture that has potential to contaminate water supplies to report the hazards of these chemicals to regulatory agencies, H1613 [5FE]

Tributes

Hammerman, Eytan, H5256• [11JN]