BRADY, ROBERT A. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

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), H5249 [10JN]

Armed Forces: ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see H.R. 5524), H7675 [17SE]

——— modify per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty or service used to reduce minimum age at which Reserve component members may retire for non-regular service (see H.R. 690), H6297 [15JY]

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), H7894 [18SE]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H2148 [4MR]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H3941 [7MY]

Copyrights: allow a rate court to consider other royalty rates when establishing digital performance rates for songwriters and adopt a fair rate standard for reproduction (see H.R. 4079), H2915 [3AP]

Dept. of Education: collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 455), H1431 [27JA]

——— improve college affordability by increasing maximum awards, allowing year-round eligibility, and extending duration limits relative to the Federal Pell Grant Program (see H.R. 4902), H5556 [19JN]

Dept. of HHS: expand the definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, radioactive, and other extrinsic agents (see H.R. 3548), H2803 [1AP]

——— 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), H2696 [26MR]

——— 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), H2962 [4AP]

Dept. of HUD: support goals and ideals of Community Development Block Grant Program (see H. Res. 666), H6136 [11JY] (see H. Res. 668), H6215 [14JY]

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 Transportation: allow advertisements and solicitations for passenger air transportation to state the base airfare of the transportation (see H.R. 4156), H3365 [30AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H5819 [26JN]

——— clarify qualifications of hearing aid specialists (see H.R. 3508), H7893 [18SE]

——— conduct study relative to claiming and interring of unclaimed remains of veterans (see H.R. 4446), H6977 [28JY]

——— improve enrollment of veterans in certain educational courses (see H.R. 3456), H6107 [10JY]

Diseases: mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 3680), H5249 [10JN]

Drugs: encourage development and use of new antimicrobial drugs in order to treat antibiotic-resistant infections (see H.R. 4187), H5399 [17JN]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H8072 [18NO]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 119), H6215 [14JY]

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), H4476 [19MY]

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), H5364 [12JN]

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]

FEMA: delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (see H.R. 3370), H1777 [14FE]

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), H6107 [10JY]

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), H7677 [17SE]

Health: create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 1666), H2611 [24MR]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 715), H1938 [25FE]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 717), H5598 [20JN]

——— modify certain provisions of law relative to refugee resettlement (see H.R. 651), H8071 [18NO]

——— reaffirm U.S. commitment to protecting refugees who are fleeing persecution (see H.R. 1365), H8669 [4DE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4136), H7939 [12NO]

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]

Interagency Council on Healthy Housing: establish (see H.R. 5244), H7039 [29JY]

Iran: ensure the emergency protection of Iranian dissidents living in Camp Liberty/Hurriya and to provide for their admission as refugees to the U.S. (see H.R. 3707), H3448 [6MY]

Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system (see H.R. 1130), H3940 [7MY]

——— 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]

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), H1545 [3FE]

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

Medicaid: provide equitable treatment of primary care services (see H.R. 5353), H8072 [18NO]

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]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H5365 [12JN]

Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see H.R. 2918), H4910 [28MY]

National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 522), H4064 [13MY]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H3448 [6MY]

National First Responders Day: designate (see H.R. 4109), H2064 [27FE]

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H5495 [18JN]

NLRB: repeal limitation regarding requirements for labor organization membership as a condition of employment (see H.R. 5880), H9303 [11DE]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H1252 [23JA]

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

Public debt: provide a process for ensuring the U.S. does not default on its obligations by making permanent authority for Congress to disapprove a debt ceiling increase instead of approving it (see H.R. 3372), H1720 [10FE]

——— provide for an orderly process by which the debt ceiling is increased by permitting the Dept. of the Treasury to increase the debt ceiling unless blocked by a supermajority of Congress (see H.R. 233), H1719 [10FE]

Qatar: protect migrant workers from unfair labor practices, combat human trafficking, and ensure working conditions during construction of World Cup infrastructure comply with human rights standards (see H. Res. 682), H6814 [24JY]

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]

Social Security: extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5364), H8171 [20NO]

——— 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), H7939 [12NO]

——— 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), H4476 [19MY]

Sports: provide for research, surveillance, treatment, prevention, awareness, development of rules of play, standards, and dissemination of information relative to sports-related and other concussions (see H.R. 3954), H2611 [24MR]

St. Louis, MO: designate as the National Chess Capital (see H. Res. 169), H2803 [1AP]

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

Taiwan Relations Act: affirm importance (see H. Res. 494), H2303 [11MR]

Taxation: expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration (see H.R. 3970), H2645 [25MR]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 494), H1659 [5FE]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (see H.R. 4450), H5495 [18JN]

Ukraine: support democratic and European aspirations and their right to choose their own future free of intimidation and fear (see H. Res. 447), H1481 [28JA]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3546), H2362 [12MR] (see H.R. 3824), H184 [13JA] (see H.R. 4415), H3243 [28AP]

United Kingdom: support unity, security, and prosperity, express that cooperation with the U.S. is essential to national security, and respect right of Scotland to decide their status in a referendum (see H. Res. 713), H7245 [4AU]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303, 333), H6297 [15JY]

——— improve protection and enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 5375), H7184 [31JY]

Vietnamese Conflict: recognize contributions of Khmer and Lao/Hmong Freedom Fighters of Cambodia and Laos in support and defense of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Res. 596), H7997 [14NO]

Vincent R. Sombrotto Post Office, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 2291), H3058 [8AP]

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), H7619 [16SE]

William H. Gray III 30th Street Station, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 4838), H5318 [11JN]

Women: 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), H2362 [12MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Crime: extend coverage of Federal prohibition against hate crimes in order to provide greater protections to persons who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender (see H.R. 5711), H7995 [14NO]

Santos, Victor H.: relief (see H.R. 4224), H2361 [12MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Crime: extend coverage of Federal prohibition against hate crimes in order to provide greater protections to persons who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender (H.R. 5711), H7996 [14NO]

Santos, Victor H.: relief (H.R. 4224), H2361 [12MR]

Letters

Congressional authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or executive branch officials inconsistent with their constitutional duties: by, Committee on House Administration (House), H7066, H7067 [30JY]

Questions and answers

GPO anticompetitive practices relative to production of secure Federal credentials: Committee on House Administration (House) with Davita Vance-Cooks, Public Printer, E719•–E721• [8MY]

Remarks

A.B.A.T.E. of Pennsylvania (organization): anniversary of Motorcycle Toy Run, E1437• [17SE]

Bogle, Robert W.: Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 332 Friends of Labor Committee Outstanding Community Leader Award recipient, E1584• [14NO]

Cepregi, Ryan: Boy Scouts Medal of Merit recipient, E1276• [30JY]

Coast Guard: anniversary of Coast Guard Auxiliary, E1012• [18JN]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (H.R. 863), H3477• [7MY]

Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA: designate (S. 229), H8858• [8DE]

Delaware River Yachtsmen’s League: anniversary, E233• [25FE]

GPO: anticompetitive practices relative to production of secure Federal credentials, E719• [8MY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4487), E719• [8MY]

McFadden, Joseph P.: Archdiocese of Philadelphia Distinguished Catholic School Graduates Award recipient, E433• [25MR]

Parham, Alan R.: Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 332 Friends of Labor Committee Man of the Year award recipient, E1579• [14NO]

Philadelphia, PA: anniversary of First African Baptist Church, E700• [7MY], E778• [20MY]

——— anniversary of Fralinger String Band, E1756• [9DE]

——— anniversary of Lighthouse Field, E1041• [20JN]

——— anniversary of Port Richmond on Patrol (PROP), E161• [4FE]

——— anniversary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 39, E637• [30AP]

——— anniversary of Triumph Baptist Church, E1577• [14NO]

——— tribute to LaSalle Academy leadership visit to Washington, DC, E682• [6MY]

——— tribute to Philadelphia Office of Forensic Science, E1369• [9SE]

——— tribute to Southeastern Pennsylvania Soccer Hall of Fame inductees, E736• [9MY]

——— tribute to Tindley Temple United Methodist Church celebration in honor of Nelson Mandela, E1190• [17JY]

Tann, Daniel J.: Marian Anderson Historical Society Legacy Humanitarian Award recipient, E869• [29MY]

Tasty Baking Co.: anniversary, E241• [25FE]

Williams, Joan: Martin Luther King Community Service Award recipient, E101• [17JA]

Statements

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum Act: several Representatives, H3477• [7MY]

Tributes

Adler, Enid, E867• [29MY]

Bojazi, Dolores M., E863• [29MY]

Burton-Lyles, Blanche, E871• [29MY]

Hines, Nicole M., E239• [25FE]

Jackson, Patricia, E865• [29MY]

Johnson-Thornton, Audrey R., E863• [29MY]

Lott, Bob, E857• [29MY]

Segal, Mark A., E237• [25FE]