NEAL, RICHARD E. (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Articles and editorials

Garry Brown Will Join a Hall of Fame That Would Be Incomplete Without Him, Ron Chimelis, Springfield (MA) Republican, E152• [3FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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]

Business and industry: exempt from manufacturer transparency reporting certain Social Security benefit transfers used for educational purposes (see H.R. 5539), H7940 [12NO]

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

Children and youth: 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), H6860 [25JY]

Crime: protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see H.R. 5267), H7894 [18SE]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 2523), H7939 [12NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits be calculated with reference to the cost of the low-cost food plan as determined by the Dept. (see H.R. 2384), H5640 [23JN]

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), H7939 [12NO]

——— establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (see H.R. 2996), H2001 [26FE]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H3941 [7MY]

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

Dept. of HHS: 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), H7979 [13NO]

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

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]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct study relative to claiming and interring of unclaimed remains of veterans (see H.R. 4446), H5399 [17JN]

——— establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at Fort McClellan, AL (see H.R. 411), H2199 [5MR]

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), H7893 [18SE]

Disabled: promote and ensure delivery of special education and related services to students with visual and hearing disabilities through appropriate instructional methodologies (see H.R. 4040), H3941 [7MY]

Diseases: improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see H.R. 4814), H5877 [8JY]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H1720 [10FE]

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

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), H1481 [28JA]

Federal employees: provide that fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as preference eligibles for treatment in civil service (see H.R. 1832), H2258 [6MR]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: establish a moratorium on foreclosure of mortgages guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac on homes of individuals who have lost their unemployment benefits (see H.R. 4255), H2484 [14MR]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H5065 [30MY]

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), H7129 [30JY]

Health: create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 1666), H8033 [17NO]

——— promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (see H.R. 3116), H8868 [8DE]

——— provide for coverage of medically necessary food under Federal health programs (see H.R. 3665), H3199 [10AP]

Iran: call for release of Saeed Abedini and condemn persecution of religious minorities (see H. Res. 147), H3294 [29AP]

——— 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), H5830 [7JY]

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

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), H1515 [31JA]

——— establish a market pricing program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 1717), H5249 [10JN]

——— increase access to ambulance services (see H.R. 5460), H7454 [11SE]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H2258 [6MR]

——— modify payment for outpatient department procedures that utilize drugs as supplies (see H.R. 4857), H7893 [18SE]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3877), H9305 [11DE]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 3991), H2803 [1AP]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 713), H7529 [15SE]

Mental health: increase access to community behavioral health services and improve Medicaid reimbursement for such services (see H.R. 1263), H1938 [25FE]

National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 522), H2484 [14MR]

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

NIH: expand research activities for functional gastrointestinal and motility disorders (see H.R. 842), H5769 [25JN]

Pensions: establish a special rule for determining normal retirement age for certain existing defined benefit plans (see H.R. 5792), H8668 [4DE]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H2854 [2AP]

Privacy: reform Federal authority to require production of business records, conduct surveillance, and certain forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes (see H.R. 3361), H2199 [5MR]

——— 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), H1719 [10FE]

Social Security: 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), H8365 [3DE]

——— repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 5697), H7978 [13NO]

——— 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), H7938 [12NO]

Sudan: develop strategy to end human rights violations, create incentives for governments and persons to end support, and reinvigorate peace efforts (see H.R. 1692), H1938 [25FE]

Summitt, Pat: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3836), H2435 [13MR]

Tariff: eliminate on technological goods providing educational value for children (see H.R. 4748), H7129 [30JY]

Taxation: amend nondiscrimination provisions of Internal Revenue Code to protect older, longer service participants in qualified retirement plans (see H.R. 5381), H7184 [31JY]

——— exempt private foundations from the tax on excess business holdings in the case of certain philanthropic enterprises which are independently supervised (see H.R. 5645), H7886 [18SE]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 4837), H5318 [11JN]

——— expand rehabilitation credit (see H.R. 5655), H7940 [12NO]

——— extend bonus depreciation (see H.R. 4743), H4834 [23MY]

——— extend certain expiring provisions relative to energy (see H.R. 5559), H7883 [18SE]

——— 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]

——— modify and extend the nonbusiness energy property credit (see H.R. 5002), H5877 [8JY]

——— modify certain rules applicable to qualified small issue manufacturing bonds (see H.R. 5319), H7181 [31JY]

——— 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 rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries (see H.R. 4679), H4684 [20MY]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H5767 [25JN]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (see H.R. 4457), H3195 [10AP]

——— permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see H.R. 4212), H2360 [12MR]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 4365), H2853 [2AP]

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

——— permanently modify limitations on deduction of interest by financial institutions which hold tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 5199), H6814 [24JY]

——— provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see H.R. 2737), H1481 [28JA]

——— provide exception from passive loss rules for investments in high technology research small business pass-thru entities (see H.R. 4855), H5363 [12JN]

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (see H.R. 4438), H3143 [9AP]

——— strengthen rules for approved structured settlement factoring transactions (see H.R. 3897), H2435 [13MR]

Tibet: promote access for U.S. officials, journalists, and citizens to Tibetan areas of China (see H.R. 4851), H6746 [23JY]

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

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), H1432 [27JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Drugs: provide certain protections from civil liability for individuals prescribing or administering opioid overdose drugs (see H.R. 4288), H2610 [24MR]

Taxation: jumpstart the sluggish economy, finance critical infrastructure investments, fight income inequality, and create jobs (see H.R. 3939), H1479 [28JA]

Constitutional authority statements

Drugs: provide certain protections from civil liability for individuals prescribing or administering opioid overdose drugs (H.R. 4288), H2610 [24MR]

Taxation: jumpstart the sluggish economy, finance critical infrastructure investments, fight income inequality, and create jobs (H.R. 3939), H1480 [28JA]

Motions

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), H8341 [3DE]

——— make permanent the reduced recognition period for built-in gains for S corporations (H.R. 4453), H5329 [12JN]

——— modify and make permanent bonus depreciation (H.R. 4718), H6119 [11JY]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (H.R. 4457), H5338 [12JN]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H1661 [6FE]

Poems

‘‘Passing of a President,’’ Mary Ellen Long Franz, E118• [27JA]

Remarks

Brown, Garry: Western Massachusettes Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, E152• [3FE]

Chicopee, MA: Anne E. Barry School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1765• [9DE]

Hampden County Bar Association: anniversary, E1561• [13NO]

Kennedy, John F.: anniversary of assassination, E118• [27JA]

Kenny, Enda: visit to U.S. by Irish Prime Minister, H2365 [13MR]

New England Public Radio: tribute to Jazz à la Mode program, E1569• [13NO]

Northern Ireland: peace efforts, H2365 [13MR]

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

Project Children (organization): anniversary, E1493• [19SE]

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

Spirit of Springfield (nonprofit organization): anniversary, E1558• [13NO]

Springfield, MA: anniversary of Holy Trinity Church of God in Christ, E1051• [23JN]

Taxation: deny certain tax benefits to inverted corporations moving operations to foreign countries, H6377 [17JY]

——— extend bonus depreciation and modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries, H6119 [11JY]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), H8341 [3DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), motion to recommit, H8341 [3DE]

——— extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets, H5338 [12JN]

——— extend the reduced recognition period for built-in gains for S corporations for two years, H5329 [12JN]

——— jumpstart the sluggish economy, finance critical infrastructure investments, fight income inequality, and create jobs (H.R. 3939), H1661 [6FE]

——— make permanent the reduced recognition period for built-in gains for S corporations (H.R. 4453), motion to recommit, H5329 [12JN]

——— modify and make permanent bonus depreciation (H.R. 4718), H6117, H6118 [11JY]

——— modify and make permanent bonus depreciation (H.R. 4718), motion to recommit, H6119 [11JY]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 4719), motion to recommit, H6377 [17JY]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (H.R. 4457), motion to recommit, H5338 [12JN]

——— prohibit subsidies to inverted corporations moving operations to foreign countries, H8341 [3DE]

——— temporarily extend certain deductions for charitable contributions, H6377 [17JY]

Tributes

Burnham, Kevin, E1315•, E1323• [1AU]

Lavoie, Julia, E55• [13JA]

Mulchay, Denis, E1493• [19SE]

Starr, David, E1435• [17SE]