BRALEY, BRUCE L. (a Representative from Iowa)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4767 [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), H3293 [29AP]

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 3022), H2258 [6MR]

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]

America’s Agricultural Heritage Partnership: reauthorize in Iowa (see H.R. 3721), H1243 [16JA]

Armed Forces: authorize enlistment of certain aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. and provide a way for such aliens to be lawfully admitted to the U.S. through U.S. military service (see H.R. 2377), H3199 [10AP]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see H.R. 1726), H183 [13JA]

——— 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), H7128 [30JY]

——— repeal authority to use against Iraq (see H.R. 3852), H5819 [26JN]

Children and youth: bolster U.S. diplomacy and assistance aimed at ensuring children have permanent, safe, nurturing, and loving families and strengthen intercountry adoption to the U.S. and around the world (see H.R. 4143), H2147 [4MR]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 231), H7129 [30JY]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: resume processing adoption cases and issuance of exit permits for adopted Congolese children seeking to depart the country with their adoptive parents (see H. Res. 588), H4475 [19MY]

Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see H.R. 2663), H5559 [19JN]

Courts: restrict protective orders and sealing of cases, and allow disclosure of discovery information in civil actions to ensure disclosures relevant to public health or safety (see H.R. 4361), H6107 [10JY]

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 741), H7938 [12NO]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H5320 [11JN]

——— combat campus sexual violence (see H.R. 5354), H7242 [1AU]

——— establish a comprehensive literacy program (see H.R. 2706), H4060 [9MY]

——— reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants (see H.R. 1924), H5769 [25JN]

Dept. of Energy: recognize voluntary certification programs for air conditioning, furnace, boiler, heat pump, and water heater products energy conservation and efficiency (see H.R. 4219), H7242 [1AU]

Dept. of HHS: prevent abuse of dextromethorphan by restricting over-the-counter sales and bulk distribution (see H.R. 3969), H1510 [29JA]

——— reauthorize and modernize the Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 3854), H1593 [4FE]

——— reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (see H.R. 4631), H4834 [23MY]

——— require States and their designees receiving grants for suicide early intervention and prevention strategies to consult with Indian tribes and organizations (see H.R. 1599), H3448 [6MY]

Dept. of HUD: support goals and ideals of Community Development Block Grant Program (see H. Res. 668), H6978 [28JY]

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: conduct study on adequacy of motor vehicle refueling assistance to disabled individuals and implement regulations in accordance with the results of such study (see H.R. 4992), H5817 [26JN]

——— modify final rule relative to flightcrew member duty and rest requirements for passenger operations of air carriers to apply to all-cargo operations (see H.R. 182), H6217 [14JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters (see H.R. 4841), H5725 [24JN]

——— remove the maximum payment amount for certain qualified losses under the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Traumatic Injury Protection Program (see H.R. 4235), H2432 [13MR]

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 32), H7128 [30JY]

——— require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see H.R. 921), H2361 [12MR]

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), H6105 [10JY]

Diseases: expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see H.R. 1429), H5073 [5JN]

——— improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see H.R. 4814), H7434 [10SE]

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

——— provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see H.R. 1915), H2258 [6MR]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H72 [8JA]

Education: call on schools and State and local educational agencies to recognize that dyslexia has significant educational implications that must be addressed (see H. Res. 456), H1432 [27JA]

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), H7434 [10SE]

ERISA: modify definition of fiduciary to exclude appraisers of employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 2041), H4836 [27MY]

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

FAA: issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (see H.R. 3708), H4830 [22MY]

FCC: expand and clarify prohibition on provision of inaccurate caller identification information (see H.R. 3670), H2362 [12MR]

Health: promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (see H.R. 3116), H1659 [5FE]

Health care professionals: protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 3722), H4476 [19MY]

Higher Education Act: establish requirements for preferred banking arrangements (see H.R. 4714), H4828 [22MY]

House Rules: prohibit Committee on Ethics (House) waiver of requirement to include travel reimbursement information in financial disclosure reports of Members, officers, and employees of the House (see H. Res. 659), H5876 [8JY]

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]

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]

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

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 16), H2066 [27FE]

Meals on Wheels Association of America: tribute (see H. Res. 526), H2803 [1AP]

Medicaid: apply the primary care payment rate to additional physician providers of primary care services (see H.R. 1838), H2434 [13MR]

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]

——— distribute additional information to beneficiaries to prevent health care fraud (see H.R. 3616), H3409 [1MY]

——— ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 4577), H4785 [21MY]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2504), H3413 [2MY]

——— extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program (see H.R. 4780), H5063 [30MY]

——— improve audit effectiveness and efficiency in paying for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 5083), H6135 [11JY]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3877), H472 [15JA]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H2611 [24MR]

——— provide coverage of pulmonary self-management education and training services furnished by a qualified respiratory therapist in a physician practice (see H.R. 2619), H2854 [2AP]

——— recognize attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients (see H.R. 2969), H7619 [16SE]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 3991), H2611 [24MR]

——— require State licensure and performance guarantees for entities submitting bids under the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 4920), H5824 [30JN]

——— suspend application of rebasing of home health prospective payment amounts (see H.R. 4625), H5820 [26JN]

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

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H5769 [25JN]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H2991 [7AP]

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 3022), H2258 [6MR]

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

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: provide greater transparency, accountability, and safety authority (see H.R. 4364), H2802 [1AP]

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3867), H3199 [10AP]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H3198 [10AP]

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

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H2148 [4MR]

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

Public Health Service: appoint doctors of chiropractic to regular and reserved corps (see H.R. 171), H7979 [13NO]

Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S. (see H.R. 949), H5073 [5JN]

Railroads: require a minimum of 2-person crews for freight trains (see H.R. 3040), H1939 [25FE]

Renewable energy: establish a competitive grant program for renewable fuel infrastructure (see H.R. 4051), H7189 [31JY]

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), H2199 [5MR]

Social Security: 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]

SSA: require the President to transmit the annual budget without revisions to Congress (see H.R. 3997), H6137 [11JY]

Taxation: extend energy credit for certain property under construction (see H.R. 2502), H1431 [27JA]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H5073 [5JN]

——— make improvements in the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 2116), H7189 [31JY]

——— promote savings through a credit for low- and middle-income taxpayers who deposit tax refunds into designated savings options (see H.R. 2917), H7189 [31JY]

——— repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see H.R. 609), H7188 [31JY]

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

Telephones: improve service in rural areas and express that no entity may unreasonably discriminate against telephone users in those areas (see H. Res. 536), H7129 [30JY]

Transportation: ensure that new vehicles enable fuel competition so as to reduce the strategic importance of oil to the U.S. (see H.R. 2493), H20 [7JA]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1354), H2611 [24MR]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3824), H225 [14JA] (see H.R. 4415), H3243 [28AP]

Veterans: increase rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 4741), H7619 [16SE]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H2065 [27FE]

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), H7241 [1AU]

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

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), H2362 [12MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: make supplemental appropriations for combating tree and wood pests and certain forest health management and urban and community forestry activities (see H.R. 4099), H2000 [26FE]

Dept. of Education: establish grant program for undergraduate students with financial need to assist such students in completing degrees at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 5560), H7883 [18SE]

Dept. of Energy: implement country-of-origin disclosure requirements for motor vehicle fuels (see H.R. 5123), H6351 [16JY]

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 (see H.R. 5453), H7454 [11SE]

Schools: encourage school bus safety (see H.R. 4595), H3939 [7MY]

SSA: continue to make Social Security number printouts and benefit verification letters available at field offices (see H.R. 4964), H5767 [25JN]

States: carry out congressional redistricting in accordance with plans developed by nonpartisan service agencies of the legislative branch of State governments (see H.R. 3906), H1240 [16JA]

Taxation: extend deduction for mortgage insurance premiums (see H.R. 3995), H1658 [5FE]

——— increase and extend the American Opportunity Tax Credit and increase the student loan interest deduction (see H.R. 5509), H7674 [17SE]

——— modify certain safe harbor requirements to encourage small business to offer retirement plans and to allow individuals to save more (see H.R. 4376), H2853 [2AP]

——— temporarily increase the child tax credit (see H.R. 4044), H1770 [11FE]

Veterans’ Job Corps: establish to provide gainful employment to unemployed veterans and widows of veterans through performance of useful public works (see H.R. 4422), H3057 [8AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Agriculture: make supplemental appropriations for combating tree and wood pests and certain forest health management and urban and community forestry activities (H.R. 4099), H2001 [26FE]

Dept. of Education: establish grant program for undergraduate students with financial need to assist such students in completing degrees at institutions of higher education (H.R. 5560), H7889 [18SE]

Dept. of Energy: implement country-of-origin disclosure requirements for motor vehicle fuels (H.R. 5123), H6352 [16JY]

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. 5453), H7455 [11SE]

Schools: encourage school bus safety (H.R. 4595), H3940 [7MY]

SSA: continue to make Social Security number printouts and benefit verification letters available at field offices (H.R. 4964), H5769 [25JN]

States: carry out congressional redistricting in accordance with plans developed by nonpartisan service agencies of the legislative branch of State governments (H.R. 3906), H1242 [16JA]

Taxation: extend deduction for mortgage insurance premiums (H.R. 3995), H1658 [5FE]

——— increase and extend the American Opportunity Tax Credit and increase the student loan interest deduction (H.R. 5509), H7675 [17SE]

——— modify certain safe harbor requirements to encourage small business to offer retirement plans and to allow individuals to save more (H.R. 4376), H2854 [2AP]

——— temporarily increase the child tax credit (H.R. 4044), H1771 [11FE]

Veterans’ Job Corps: establish to provide gainful employment to unemployed veterans and widows of veterans through performance of useful public works (H.R. 4422), H3057 [8AP]

Lists

Individuals opposing National Guard funding reductions, H2892 [3AP], E507• [3AP]

Remarks

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary, E1241• [25JY]

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment, H1741• [11FE]

Cedar Rapids, IA: anniversary of Machinists Local Lodge 831, E1565• [13NO]

Davis, Ryan: School Administrators of Iowa Assistant Principal of the Year award recipient, E572• [10AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: make supplemental appropriations for combating tree and wood pests and certain forest health management and urban and community forestry activities (H.R. 4099), E25• [26FE]

Dept. of HUD: Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program funding, E953• [11JN]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain Federal features of the electric system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District (S. 25), H1741• [11FE]

Dept. of Transportation: contract tower program funding, E953• [11JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), E953• [11JN]

EPA: repeal renewable fuel standard program, H6756 [24JY]

Hatfield, Gary: School Administrators of Iowa Middle Level Principal of the Year award recipient, E571• [10AP]

Maske, Mary Ellen: School Administrators of Iowa (organization) Iowa Central Office Administrator of the Year award recipient, E891• [30MY]

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, H1741• [11FE]

Mount Vernon, IA: tribute, E776• [20MY]

National Guard: funding, H2892 [3AP], E507• [3AP]

Phomvisay, Aiddy: National Association of Secondary School Principals Iowa Secondary Principal of the Year Award recipient, E579• [10AP]

Tierney, Kim: National Association of Elementary School Principals Iowa Elementary Principal of the Year Award recipient, E582• [10AP]

Votes: position on missed, H4• [7JA], H1699• [10FE], H4868• [28MY], H7338• [9SE]

Workers’ Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 181), E577• [10AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1713 [10FE]

Tributes

Barnett, Chris, E848• [28MY]

Cheek, Annetta, E569• [10AP]

Glanton, Willie Stevenson, E68• [14JA]

Montgomery, Mike, E823• [22MY]