PITTS, JOSEPH R. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Articles and editorials
Baby Boy Born After Being Spared From Abortion Following Miraculous Intervention, Heather Clark, Christian News Network (Internet site), E1143• [11JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion (see H.R. 5551), H7882 [18SE]
Black Ribbon Day: designate to recognize victims of Soviet Communist and Nazi regimes (see H. Res. 509), H2915 [3AP]
Burma: place conditions on assistance relative to human rights (see H.R. 4377), H6107 [10JY]
Courts: prohibit recovery of damages in certain wrongful birth and wrongful life civil actions (see H.R. 4698), H4783 [21MY]
Dept. of Education: limit authority to issue regulations, rules, grant conditions and guidance materials in order to support decision-making functions of local educational agencies (see H.R. 1386), H2696 [26MR]
Dept. of Energy: expedite and approve permits to export natural gas to World Trade Organization countries (see H.R. 6), H2255 [6MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H6036 [9JY]
Developing countries: provide assistance to support the rights of women and girls (see H.R. 3398), H5187 [9JN]
Economy: create jobs by revising Federal labor laws, decreasing regulatory burdens, providing comprehensive energy reform, and streamlining access to investment capital (see H.R. 4304), H2695 [26MR]
Education: support State authority and flexibility in establishing student academic standards and denounce the President’s coercion of States into adopting the Common Core State Standards (see H. Res. 476), H1881 [21FE]
EPA: nullify certain rules relative to carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing, new, or reconstructed fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (see H.R. 4813), H5185 [9JN]
——— promote new manufacturing by providing for greater transparency and timeliness in issuing air quality standards necessary to obtain preconstruction permits (see H.R. 4795), H5064 [30MY]
——— provide direction relative to establishment of emissions standards of greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (see H.R. 3826), H134 [9JA]
Federal agencies and departments: require online posting of regulatory fines and provide for judicial review of administrative fines (see H.R. 5791), H8668 [4DE]
Federal-State relations: require Federal agencies to look at a person’s legal residence when determining marital status and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 3829), H134 [9JA]
Foreign aid: suspend assistance to countries that fail to use INTERPOL’s Stolen and Lost Travel Documents database to determine accuracy of passports of prospective passengers on commercial flights (see H.R. 4448), H3195 [10AP]
Freedom of speech: reaffirm commitment to constitutional protection (see H. Res. 621), H5365 [12JN]
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), H1769 [11FE]
FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H3940 [7MY]
Immigration: prevent expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and prohibit granting amnesty and work permits to illegal aliens (see H.R. 5160), H7129 [30JY]
Iraq: call for urgent international intervention on behalf of Iraqi civilians facing dire humanitarian crisis and severe persecution in Nineveh Plain region (see H. Con. Res. 110), H7129 [30JY]
——— protect religious minorities from persecution by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) (see H. Res. 683), H7242 [1AU]
Joseph F. Weis, Jr., U.S. Courthouse, Pittsburgh, PA: designate (see H.R. 5146), H7129 [30JY]
Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 318), H7979 [13NO]
Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (see H.R. 4015), H1686 [6FE]
Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H4785 [21MY]
Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H3409 [1MY]
NLRB: modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see H.R. 795), H1719 [10FE]
——— permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see H.R. 3154), H1252 [23JA]
Palestinian Authority: suspend foreign aid and designate as a terrorist organization pending dissolution of unity Government with Hamas (terrorist organization) and recognition of Israel’s right to exist (see H. Res. 622), H5363 [12JN]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3979), H1514 [31JA]
——— temporarily exempt certain Medicare and Medicaid providers from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 5098), H7297 [8SE]
Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H4476 [19MY]
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), H7530 [15SE]
——— ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see H.R. 5285), H7125 [30JY]
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), H8133 [19NO]
Taxation: modify depreciation recovery period for energy-efficient cool roof systems (see H.R. 4740), H7996 [14NO]
——— treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses (see H.R. 3673), H1432 [27JA]
Tibet: promote access for U.S. officials, journalists, and citizens to Tibetan areas of China (see H.R. 4851), H5362 [12JN]
Trafficking Victims Protection Act: amend relative to efforts of foreign countries to reduce demand for commercial sex acts under the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking (see H.R. 4703), H5640 [23JN]
Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (see H.R. 3486), H1243 [16JA]
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), H4477 [19MY]
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom: reauthorize (see H.R. 4653), H4831 [22MY]
William H. Gray III 30th Street Station, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 4838), H5318 [11JN]
World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H6400 [17JY]
World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (see H.R. 3544), H2362 [12MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
DEA: improve regulation of anabolic steroids (see H.R. 4771), H5022 [29MY]
Drugs: improve DEA scheduling process for new FDA-approved drugs under the Controlled Substances Act and registration process for use of controlled substances in clinical trials (see H.R. 4299), H2694 [26MR]
Freedom of religion: express policy relative to, and strengthen advocacy on behalf of, freedom of religion or belief abroad and individuals persecuted in foreign countries due to religious belief (see H.R. 5878), H9303 [11DE]
Medicare/Medicaid: extend certain payments, programs, and services (see H.R. 4302), H2694 [26MR]
Moldova: support sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity, call for removal of Russian forces, and resolve conflict in Transnistria territory (see H. Res. 562), H3408 [1MY]
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 (see H.R. 3811), H19 [7JA]
Constitutional authority statements
DEA: improve regulation of anabolic steroids (H.R. 4771), H5023 [29MY]
Drugs: improve DEA scheduling process for new FDA-approved drugs under the Controlled Substances Act and registration process for use of controlled substances in clinical trials (H.R. 4299), H2695 [26MR]
Freedom of religion: express policy relative to, and strengthen advocacy on behalf of, freedom of religion or belief abroad and individuals persecuted in foreign countries due to religious belief (H.R. 5878), H9304 [11DE]
Medicare/Medicaid: extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), H2695 [26MR]
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), H20 [7JA]
Letters
Employee Health Care Protection Act: Representative Camp, Committee on Ways on Means (House), H7414 [10SE]
——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7414 [10SE]
Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H7005 [29JY]
——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7005 [29JY]
SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act: Stephen L. Brotherton, Texas Medical Association, H2460 [14MR]
Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H5835 [8JY]
——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H5835 [8JY]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H7458 [15SE], H8228 [2DE]
Remarks
California: decision by Dept. of Managed Health Care to require health insurance plans to treat maternity care and legal abortion neutrally, H8228 [2DE]
DEA: improve regulation of anabolic steroids (H.R. 4771), H7459, H7460, H7461 [15SE]
Dept. of HHS: expand the definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, radioactive, and other extrinsic agents (H.R. 3548), H5695, H5696 [24JN]
——— reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (H.R. 4631), H5688, H5690, H5693 [24JN]
——— reauthorize certain trauma care programs (H.R. 4080), H5693, H5694, H5695 [24JN]
——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (H.R. 1281), H5696, H5697, H5699 [24JN]
——— reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program (H.R. 3527), H36, H37, H38 [8JA]
——— reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children’s hospitals (S. 1557), H2782, H2783, H2784 [1AP]
——— reauthorize the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (S. 2154), H7461, H7462 [15SE]
Dept. of Justice: improve enforcement efforts relative to prescription drug diversion and abuse (H.R. 4709), H7004, H7005, H7007 [29JY]
Gruber, Jonathan: characterization of remarks relative to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H7947 [13NO]
Health: reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (H.R. 1098), H5699, H5700 [24JN]
Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, H139 [10JA]
Lancaster, PA: anniversary of Lancaster Elks Lodge 134, H7458 [15SE]
Medicare: protect guaranteed benefits and prohibit replacing such benefits with a voucher program, H2469 [14MR]
——— reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, H2712, H2713, H2717 [27MR]
——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals, H2712 [27MR]
——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), H2439, H2457, H2460 [14MR]
——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), motion to recommit, H2469 [14MR]
Medicare/Medicaid: extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), H2700, H2712, H2713, H2717 [27MR]
Moldova: support sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity, call for removal of Russian forces, and resolve conflict in Transnistria territory (H. Res. 562), H3456 [7MY]
NIH: justify award of NIH grant to Jonathan Gruber relative to controversial remarks on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and NIH funding priorities, H8136 [20NO]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3522), H7413, H7417, H7418 [10SE]
——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate, H2457, H2460, H2469 [14MR]
——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, E278• [28FE]
——— 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), H139, H149 [10JA]
——— provide for disclosure of lower costs and additional health benefits to individuals and families enrolled in health exchanges, H1227 [16JA]
——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), H241 [15JA], H1218, H1219, H1222, H1224 [16JA]
——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), motion to recommit, H1227 [16JA]
Putin, Vladimir: political agenda of Russian President, H7397 [10SE]
Supreme Court: hearing of arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Sebelius relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, H2603 [24MR]
Tibet: promote access for U.S. officials, journalists, and citizens to Tibetan areas of China (H.R. 4851), H6225 [15JY]
Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (H.R. 1528), H5834, H5835, H5836 [8JY]
Subpoena Notices
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, H2965 [7AP]
Tributes
Lee, Witness, E621• [29AP]
Nee, Watchman, E621• [29AP]