MENG, GRACE (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4755, H4756 [21MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: assist sub-Saharan African countries develop mix of power solutions for more broadly distributed electricity access to support poverty alleviation and drive economic growth (see H.R. 2548), H3058 [8AP]

AID: expand the number of scholarships available to Pakistani women under the Merit and Needs-Based Scholarship Program (see H.R. 3583), H2696 [26MR]

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]

Armed Forces: codify the Military Spouse Career Advancement Account program to assist spouses of members in pursuing educational opportunities and career training (see H.R. 4818), H6746 [23JY]

——— extend maternity leave for women serving in the military (see H.R. 4628), H4830 [22MY]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by closing tax loopholes for offshore corporations (see H.R. 3793), H1777 [14FE]

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

Burma: call for an end to the persecution of the Rohingya people and respect of internationally recognized human rights for all ethnic and religious minority groups (see H. Res. 418), H1773 [11FE]

——— place conditions on assistance relative to human rights (see H.R. 4377), H7893 [18SE]

Caribbean American Heritage Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 610), H5064 [30MY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize appropriations for firearms safety or gun violence prevention research (see H.R. 4707), H4784 [21MY]

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), H4476 [19MY]

Children and youth: ensure juveniles adjudicated in Federal delinquency proceedings are not subject to solitary confinement while committed to juvenile facilities (see H.R. 4124), H9305 [11DE]

——— provide for identification and dissemination of best practices for medical professionals and other health care providers relative to neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 4888), H6137 [11JY]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H2746 [27MR]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see H.R. 863), H2257 [6MR]

Copyrights: clarify definition of ‘‘widow’’ and ’’widower’’ to ensure protection for same-sex couples relative to passage of copyright rights to next of kin upon the death of a copyright holder (see H.R. 5617), H7885 [18SE]

——— secure rights of artists of works of visual art to provide royalties (see H.R. 4103), H2991 [7AP]

Corporal Juan Mariel Alcantara Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 4443), H4017 [8MY]

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), H2991 [7AP]

Crime: provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see H.R. 4225), H3365 [30AP]

——— provide for a grant program to prevent gun-related domestic violence homicides (see H.R. 3566), H5495 [18JN]

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), H7894 [18SE]

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

——— provide incentives for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participating households to purchase certain nutritious fruits and vegetables (see H.R. 4904), H6137 [11JY]

Dept. of Education: authorize use of funds for inclusion in domestic violence education programs of information on legal rights available to teenage victims of dating violence (see H.R. 3297), H9305 [11DE]

——— collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 455), H1545 [3FE]

——— establish grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, and improving veteran student centers (see H.R. 5589), H8171 [20NO]

——— integrate engineering education into elementary and secondary instruction and curriculum and support research on engineering education (see H.R. 2426), H7041 [29JY]

——— require that annual State report cards reflect the same race groups as the decennial census of population (see H.R. 5343), H7182 [31JY]

Dept. of HHS: assist low-income individuals in obtaining recommended dental care (see H.R. 963), H4476 [19MY]

——— improve the quality of infant and toddler care under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 4680), H4684 [20MY]

——— 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), H4060 [9MY]

Dept. of Justice: make grants to States that have in place laws that terminate the parental rights of men who father children through rape (see H.R. 2772), H5187 [9JN]

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), H5725 [24JN]

——— provide a report on U.S. efforts to survey and secure the return, protection, and restoration of stolen or otherwise unreturned Christian properties in Turkey and Turkish occupied territories (see H.R. 4347), H3941 [7MY]

Dept. of Transportation: 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), H4686 [20MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: include the cost of applying to an institution of higher learning as part of the benefits provided under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 4793), H6746 [23JY]

Developing countries: provide assistance to support the rights of women and girls (see H.R. 3398), H1772 [11FE]

Diseases: expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see H.R. 1429), H3241 [28AP]

——— express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (see H. Res. 701), H7242 [1AU]

——— mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 3680), H6297 [15JY]

Drugs: focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see H.R. 3382), H8072 [18NO]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 119), H7940 [12NO]

Employment: clarify appropriate liability standards for Federal antidiscrimination claims relative to workplace harassment (see H.R. 4227), H9305 [11DE]

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), H6352 [16JY]

FCC: extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 4969), H9305 [11DE]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H5495 [18JN]

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 4060), H5073 [5JN]

FTC: prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children (see H.R. 4325), H5495 [18JN]

Health: extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see H.R. 2957), H6746 [23JY]

——— 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), H9305 [11DE]

Health care professionals: provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities or VA hospitals (see H.R. 4951), H6108 [10JY]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 723), H7894 [18SE]

Hudson River School: recognize contributions of painters to the U.S. (see H. Res. 480), H5877 [8JY]

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

Immigration: eliminate time limit on motions to reopen removal proceedings if motion claims fraud, negligence, misrepresentation, or extortion, or the attempted, promised, or actual practice of law without authorization (see H.R. 5228), H8226 [1DE]

——— repeal sunset of the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program (see H.R. 4460), H3196 [10AP]

India: recognize importance of 2014 elections (see H. Res. 607), H7190 [31JY]

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]

International Day to End Obstetric Fistula: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 595), H4829 [22MY]

International Service Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 70), H2066 [27FE]

Iraq: authorize direct provision of defense articles, defense services, and related training to Kurdish Regional Government (see H.R. 5747), H8169 [20NO]

——— recognize the campaign of genocide against the Kurdish people in Iraq and reaffirm U.S. friendship with such people (see H. Res. 422), H1939 [25FE]

Israel: include in the visa waiver program (see H.R. 300), H3241 [28AP]

——— 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]

Korean Peninsula: resume family reunions between North and South Korea, allow Korean Americans to reunite with divided families in North Korea, and encourage peace (see H. Con. Res. 91), H8133 [19NO]

Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4166), H4685 [20MY]

Law enforcement: establish grant program to help State and local law enforcement agencies reduce risk of injury and death from wandering characteristics of some children with autism and other disabilities (see H.R. 5209), H6859 [25JY]

——— mandate basic educational, regulatory, and management actions necessary for the prevention of racial profiling practices (see H.R. 3560), H4685 [20MY]

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]

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), H184 [13JA]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H3241 [28AP]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H8226 [1DE]

——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 1821), H8226 [1DE]

——— provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 794), H6977 [28JY]

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]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H3199 [10AP]

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

National Police Week: designate (see H. Res. 578), H4061 [9MY]

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3867), H2854 [2AP]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 525), H5598 [20JN]

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), H8072 [18NO]

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

Nigeria: condemn abduction of female students by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) armed militants in Borno province and urge continued U.S. support and assistance (see H. Res. 573), H4017 [8MY]

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

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]

Philippines: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of Typhoon Haiyan (see H.R. 3771), H1659 [5FE]

——— permit nationals to be eligible for temporary protected status (see H.R. 3602), H2002 [26FE]

Political campaigns: 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), H7980 [13NO]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 5033), H6034 [9JY]

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

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]

SBA: develop and implement a plan to improve the quality of data reported on bundled and consolidated contracts (see H.R. 4094), H2099 [28FE]

——— ensure equal access for HUBZone designations to all tax-paying small business owners (see H.R. 5084), H6135 [11JY]

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

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3465), H7979 [13NO]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see H. Res. 728), H8133 [19NO]

Social Security: extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5364), H7939 [12NO]

——— prohibit the display of account numbers on Government-issued identification cards issued in connection with benefits under Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4840), H8669 [4DE]

——— 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]

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

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

Supreme Court: promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (see H.R. 2902), H6137 [11JY]

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

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H8365 [3DE]

——— increase the deduction allowed for student loan interest (see H.R. 1527), H4060 [9MY]

——— modify dependent care credit to take into account expenses for care of parents and grandparents who do not live with the taxpayer (see H.R. 4145), H2147 [4MR]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries (see H.R. 4679), H7389 [9SE]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H7996 [14NO]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 523), H3940 [7MY]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 2309), H7619 [16SE]

Turkey: condemn restrictions on freedom of the press, expression, and the Internet, including social media and call for an end to such restrictions (see H. Res. 532), H2855 [2AP]

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom: reauthorize (see H.R. 4653), H5024 [29MY]

U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: establish procedures for class actions (see H.R. 5088), H6746 [23JY]

U.S. Foreign Service Day: observance (see H. Res. 582), H4059 [9MY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3824), H184 [13JA]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H1431 [27JA]

Vincent R. Sombrotto Post Office, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 2291), H2148 [4MR]

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), H7189 [31JY]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 3571), H8868 [8DE]

——— 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]

——— promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see H.R. 1229), H9304 [11DE]

World War II: recognize National Day of Remembrance to observe anniversary of Executive order restricting freedom of German and Italian Americans and ordering internment of Japanese Americans (see H. Res. 482), H1771 [11FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Commerce: provide for the eligibility of the Republic of Korea for the license exception for encryption commodities under Export Administration Regulations (see H.R. 4665), H4434 [15MY]

Dept. of State: expedite review of application of certain aliens applying for admission to the U.S. to participate in a program under which they will receive graduate medical education or training (see H.R. 5735), H8071 [18NO]

Freedom of religion: include desecration of cemeteries among the many forms of violations of the right to religious freedom (see H.R. 4028), H1718 [10FE]

International Day of Non-Violence: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 739), H7887 [18SE]

International Mother Language Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 486), H1880 [21FE]

Lunar New Year: encourage local education agencies serving a substantial Asian-American population to close schools (see H. Res. 457), H183 [13JA]

Postal Service: designate a single, unique ZIP Code for Glendale in Queens, NY (see H.R. 4911), H5557 [19JN]

Railroads: issue commemorative postage stamp in honor of Chinese railroad workers from 1865 to 1869 (see H. Res. 751), H7938 [12NO]

Taxation: permanently extend straight-line cost recovery and certain expensing for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see H.R. 4940), H5639 [23JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Commerce: provide for the eligibility of the Republic of Korea for the license exception for encryption commodities under Export Administration Regulations (H.R. 4665), H4434 [15MY]

Dept. of State: expedite review of application of certain aliens applying for admission to the U.S. to participate in a program under which they will receive graduate medical education or training (H.R. 5735), H8071 [18NO]

Freedom of religion: include desecration of cemeteries among the many forms of violations of the right to religious freedom (H.R. 4028), H1719 [10FE]

Postal Service: designate a single, unique ZIP Code for Glendale in Queens, NY (H.R. 4911), H5558 [19JN]

Taxation: permanently extend straight-line cost recovery and certain expensing for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (H.R. 4940), H5640 [23JN]

Remarks

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (H.R. 863), H3475 [7MY]

Cyprus: support reunification agreement, E1170• [16JY]

Dept. of Education: establish a demonstration program for competency-based education to allow higher education institutions to develop innovative ways to teach and reduce costs (H.R. 3136), E1228• [24JY]

——— submit report to Congress on needs of limited English proficient students using the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), E1228• [24JY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of sites associated with the 1657 signing of the Flushing Remonstrance in Queens, NY (H.R. 3222), H7495 [15SE]

FCC: expand and clarify prohibition on provision of inaccurate caller identification information (H.R. 3670), H7348 [9SE]

Freedom of religion: include desecration of cemeteries among the many forms of violations of the right to religious freedom (H.R. 4028), H4850, H4851 [28MY]

International Plasma Awareness Week: observance, E1383• [10SE]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, H52 [8JA]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (H.R. 4411), E1214• [23JY]

Religion: condemn anti-Semitism, H7033, H7035 [29JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H52 [8JA]

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

Week of the Young Child: observance, H3125 [9AP]

Tributes

Holcomb, Joseph T., H7626 [17SE]

Markowski, Paul, E716• [8MY]

Toro, Pat, E1129• [9JY]