LANCE, LEONARD (a Representative from New Jersey)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H162 [9JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: reform sugar price support program (see H.R. 1714), H5031 [9JY]

AID: implement policies to end preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally (see H.R. 3706), H9026 [7DE]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 2903), H5404 [22JY]

American Pharoah (racehorse): tribute (see H. Res. 317), H4431 [16JN]

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H5776 [29JY]

——— prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1942), H2416 [22AP]

——— require that military working dogs be retired in the U.S. (see H.R. 2742), H4594 [23JN]

Architect of the Capitol: place a chair honoring American POW/MIA in the Capitol (see H.R. 1670), H2108 [26MR]

Armed Forces: condemn policy advising the observance of cultural and religious practices in Afghanistan that allow sexual abuse and reinstate Charles Martland as a member of the Army (see H. Res. 451), H6792 [2OC]

——— repeal bans on military personnel carrying firearms on military bases and recruitment facilities (see H.R. 3115), H5404 [22JY]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H3564 [21MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H42 [6JA]

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H2032 [25MR]

Business and industry: impose penalties and provide for recovery of removal costs and damages for oil spills from offshore foreign units (see H.R. 1684), H2212 [14AP]

——— require certain companies to disclose measures taken to identify and address conditions of forced labor, slavery, human trafficking, and child labor within the company’s supply chains (see H.R. 3226), H7090 [21OC]

——— require certifications by prospective Government contractors that they are not boycotting a country with which the U.S. has a free trade agreement (see H.R. 1572), H2467 [23AP]

CBO: prepare long-term scoring estimates for reported bills and joint resolutions that could have significant economic and fiscal effects outside normal scoring periods (see H.R. 282), H2467 [23AP]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: clarify waiver authority for Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) (see H.R. 3243), H5588 [28JY]

China: call for an end to forced organ harvesting, investigate organ transplant abuses, end persecution of the Falun Gong, and respond to state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience (see H. Res. 343), H5976 [11SE]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to participants in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act (see H.R. 431), H664 [28JA]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1683), H2109 [26MR]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H2879 [12MY]

Congress: provide for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution relative to implementation of immigration laws (see H. Res. 11), H1627 [10MR]

Cosmetics: phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics tested on animals (see H.R. 2858), H7139 [22OC]

Crime: protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see H.R. 1258), H7139 [22OC]

——— provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see H.R. 285), H224 [12JA]

Cuba: extradite to the U.S. William Morales and other individuals living in Cuba in order to escape prosecution or confinement for criminal offenses committed in the U.S. (see H. Res. 181), H2111 [26MR]

——— prohibit transactions with the Cuban military, incentivize arrest of those responsible for attack on U.S. aircraft, coordinate capture of U.S. fugitives, return confiscated property, and support Cuban people (see H.R. 2937), H5032 [9JY]

——— promote human rights and urge the Cuban Government to meet certain human rights milestones (see H.R. 1782), H2209 [14AP]

Dept. of Defense: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 2264), H8971 [2DE]

Dept. of Education: award grants to State and local educational agencies for the establishment, improvement, and expansion of world language education programs (see H.R. 3096), H5290 [16JY]

——— clarify when certain academic assessments shall be administered (see H.R. 452), H1071 [13FE]

Dept. of Energy: enhance the energy security of U.S. allies by approving exports of natural gas to NATO countries, Japan, or any country to which exports would enhance U.S. national security (see H.R. 287), H356 [13JA]

——— establish Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy as the lead Federal agency for coordinating Federal, State, and local assistance to promote the energy retrofitting of schools (see H.R. 756), H853 [5FE]

Dept. of HHS: enhance and further research prevention and treatment of eating disorders and improve access to treatment (see H.R. 2515), H5332 [21JY]

——— establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see H.R. 1192), H2772 [30AP]

——— establish a National Mesothelioma Patient Registry (see H.R. 3284), H5762 [29JY]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 3381), H6076 [16SE]

——— improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 836), H4544 [18JN]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic health care professional schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 3119), H7391 [2NO]

——— 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. 1600), H3310 [18MY]

——— prevent and treat prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 1462), H2212 [14AP]

——— provide for participation of pediatric subspecialists in the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 1859), H5849 [8SE]

——— provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 1717), H3917 [4JN]

——— provide for systematic data collection and analysis and epidemiological research regarding multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases (see H.R. 292), H1116 [24FE]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1312), H2271 [15AP]

——— revise and extend program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent deaths from chronic liver disease and liver cancer (see H.R. 1101), H6228 [24SE]

——— revise operations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (see H.R. 1151), H3254 [15MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish conditions under which preclearance facilities may be established and preclearance operations may be conducted and provide customs services outside the U.S. (see H.R. 998), H1068 [13FE]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (see H.R. 953), H4957 [8JY]

——— enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (see H.R. 2318), H3211 [14MY]

——— improve the restitution process for child pornography victims by considering total losses, requiring timely restitution, and spreading costs among multiple defendants (see H.R. 595), H661 [28JA]

——— reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 2964), H5239 [15JY]

Dept. of State: offer rewards for information on kidnapping and murder of James W. Foley, Abdul-Rahman (Peter) Kassig, and Steven J. Sotloff (see H.R. 751), H1662 [16MR]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a nonregulatory program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the Delaware River Basin region (see H.R. 1772), H5293 [16JY]

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of New Jersey (see H.R. 569), H639 [27JA]

Dept. of Transportation: include broadband conduit installation in certain highway construction projects (see H.R. 3805), H7137 [22OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 359), H1037 [12FE]

——— carry out a pilot program under which eligible veterans may elect to receive health services at non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 763), H5848 [8SE]

——— clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H1067 [13FE]

——— establish a national center for diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service (see H.R. 1769), H6076 [16SE]

——— expand and make permanent the Veterans Choice Program (see H.R. 3183), H5867 [9SE]

——— expand eligibility of veterans to receive mental health care at non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 1604), H2156 [13AP]

——— improve private treatment of veterans who are victims of military sexual assault (see H.R. 1603), H2031 [25MR]

——— include licensed hearing aid specialists as eligible for appointment in the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 353), H4862 [7JY]

——— 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. 1594), H6307 [28SE]

——— submit an annual report on performance of regional offices (see H.R. 658), H703 [2FE]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 167), H2794 [1MY]

Developing countries: authorize aid to reduce poverty and hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, promote agricultural-led economic growth, and build resilience among vulnerable populations (see H.R. 1567), H4593 [23JN]

Diseases: improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see H.R. 1130), H4546 [19JN]

——— protect Medicare and VA benefits for medical device treatments for male incontinence and impotence resulting from treatment for prostate cancer and other diseases (see H. Res. 106), H982 [11FE]

Drugs: clarify how synthetic drugs known as analogues are to be regulated (see H.R. 3537), H6136 [17SE]

Employment: make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 1147), H1618 [4MR]

ERISA: ensure health care coverage value and transparency for dental benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 1677), H2880 [12MY]

Europe: encourage cooperation between European governments, European Union, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and law enforcement with Jewish community groups to prevent and respond to anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 354), H5298 [20JY]

——— express concern regarding anti-Semitism and encourage greater cooperation with European governments, European Union, and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe to prevent and respond to anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 130), H2213 [14AP]

FAA: amend the Pilot’s Bill of Rights to facilitate appeals and to apply to other issued certificates, and revise the third class medical certification regulations (see H.R. 1062), H1902 [24MR]

——— issue regulations on secondary cockpit barriers (see H.R. 911), H1032 [12FE]

FCC: expand and clarify prohibition on provision of inaccurate caller identification information (see H.R. 2669), H3914 [4JN]

——— extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 1301), H1663 [16MR]

——— prohibit from regulating the rates charged for broadband Internet access service (see H.R. 2666), H3914 [4JN]

——— prohibit reclassification of broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service and from imposing certain regulations on providers of such service (see H.R. 1212), H1565 [3MR]

FDA: improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants and similar retail food establishments and amend authority to bring certain proceedings (see H.R. 2017), H3391 [19MY]

——— reform program allowing for expanded access to certain experimental treatments or breakthrough drugs for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 909), H1032 [12FE]

Federal agencies and departments: include language in certain educational and advertising materials indicating that such materials are produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense (see H.R. 310), H534 [22JA]

FEMA: designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of National Urban Search and Rescue System (see H.R. 559), H638 [27JA]

——— prohibit recouping of certain assistance (see H.R. 638), H984 [11FE]

Financial institutions: specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 1309), H3879 [3JN]

Firearms: prohibit Federal issuance or enforcement of a new restriction or prohibition on the manufacture, importation, or sale of certain ammunition (see H.R. 1180), H1626 [10MR]

First Lieutenant Salvatore S. Corma II Post Office Building, Deptford Township, NJ: designate (see H.R. 3866), H7346 [29OC]

Flowers: recognize the daisy as the flower for military caregivers (see H. Con. Res. 49), H3561 [21MY]

Foreign trade: require that any trade agreement provides reasonable access and collaboration of each nation involved for U.S. Armed Forces MIA search and recovery activities (see H. Con. Res. 56), H4345 [12JN]

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. 1737), H6228 [24SE]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H36 [6JA]

Gambling: establish a program for licensing of Internet poker by States and federally recognized Indian tribes (see H.R. 2888), H4768 [25JN]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (see H.R. 6), H3574 [22MY]

——— enhance and expand infrastructure and activities to track the epidemiology of hydrocephalus (see H.R. 2313), H6138 [17SE]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2300), H3917 [4JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 2300), H3917 [4JN]

Highlands Conservation Act: extend authorization (see H.R. 894), H981 [11FE]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3268), H5589 [28JY]

House of Representatives: bring an action seeking declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge certain executive branch policies and actions on immigration (see H. Res. 21), H104 [7JA]

Human rights: express that those who commit or support targeted atrocities against Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities are committing ‘‘war crimes’’, ‘‘crimes against humanity’’, and ‘‘genocide’’ (see H. Con. Res. 75), H8362 [18NO]

——— identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking, review trafficking prevention efforts, and improve trafficking victims’ assistance grants (see H.R. 350), H404 [14JA]

Immigration: eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase the per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see H.R. 213), H3758 [2JN]

——— enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2964), H5239 [15JY]

——— expedite removal of unaccompanied alien children, implement tough ‘‘credible fear’’ standards, reduce asylum fraud, protect communities from gangs, and provide Border Patrol access to Federal lands (see H.R. 1153), H1624 [6MR]

——— expedite removal of unaccompanied alien children who are not victims of a severe form of human trafficking and who do not have a fear of returning to their country of nationality or last residence (see H.R. 1149), H1636 [13MR]

——— improve law enforcement within the interior of the U.S. by improving State and local enforcement, national security, removal of criminal aliens, visa security, and aid to officers (see H.R. 1148), H1568 [3MR]

——— increase penalties applicable to aliens who unlawfully reenter the U.S. after being removed (see H.R. 3011), H5849 [8SE]

——— require enactment of a joint resolution approving the number of refugees who may be admitted in any fiscal year (see H.R. 3573), H8282 [17NO]

——— require that supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (see H.R. 4038), H8362 [18NO]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 543), H638 [27JA]

Iran: block Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps access to global economy, require congressional approval of removal from state sponsors of terrorism list, and impose conditions to normalization of economic relations (see H.R. 4257), H9692 [17DE]

——— disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H. Res. 367), H5291 [16JY]

——— immediately release U.S. citizens that it holds and provide all known information on any U.S. citizens that have disappeared within its borders (see H. Res. 233), H2880 [12MY]

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (see H.R. 3457), H6077 [16SE]

——— reaffirm commitment to stopping sponsorship of terrorism and human rights violations and support right of States and local governments to maintain economic sanctions (see H. Con. Res. 100), H9272 [10DE]

Israel: condemn resolutions or policies calling for or instituting a boycott of Israeli academic institutions or scholars by institutions of higher learning and scholarly associations (see H. Res. 318), H4544 [18JN]

——— promote trade and commercial enhancement with the U.S. and discourage other U.S. trading partners from engaging in economic discrimination against Israel (see H.R. 825), H2155 [13AP]

——— recognize Jerusalem as capital and support relocation of U.S. Embassy (see H.R. 114), H431 [20JA]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H3759 [2JN]

Law enforcement: facilitate collaboration among criminal justice, juvenile justice, veterans treatment services, mental health treatment services, and substance abuse systems to address needs of mentally ill offenders (see H.R. 1854), H2306 [16AP]

LIHEAP: reauthorize (see H.R. 2226), H2792 [1MY]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H1114 [24FE]

Medicaid: provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services (see H.R. 835), H8241 [16NO]

——— provide for updated and alternative certification requirements for participation in the case of certain facilities treating infants under one year of age with neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 3865), H7346 [29OC]

Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see H.R. 556), H3879 [3JN]

——— authorize a blanket significant hardship exception for meaningful electronic health records use due to delay in timely publication of certain meaningful use rules (see H.R. 3940), H8362 [18NO]

——— count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital stay requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1571), H2212 [14AP]

——— ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 2043), H8362 [18NO]

——— establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to target home and community-based care to eligible beneficiaries (see H.R. 4212), H9269 [10DE]

——— establish a payment option to freely contract, without penalty, for fee-for-service items and services, while allowing beneficiaries to use their benefits (see H.R. 1650), H3577 [26MY]

——— expand access to stroke telehealth services (see H.R. 2799), H7391 [2NO]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 1453), H2879 [12MY]

——— modify payment for outpatient department procedures that utilize drugs as supplies (see H.R. 1178), H4957 [8JY]

——— protect coverage for screening mammography (see H.R. 3339), H7391 [2NO]

——— provide beneficiary access to eye tracking accessories for speech generating devices and remove the rental cap for durable medical equipment relative to speech generating devices (see H.R. 628), H3390 (see H.R. 1919), H3391 [19MY]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H5849 [8SE]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1608), H2032 [25MR]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H3254 [15MY]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 1516), H2821 [8MY]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 1427), H7347 [29OC]

——— provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2404), H3309 [18MY]

——— provide for the non-application of competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories (see H.R. 3229), H9080 [8DE]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H1806 [19MR]

Members of Congress: prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see H.R. 187), H103 [7JA]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (see H.R. 2646), H4432 [16JN]

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 731), H811 [4FE]

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. 2403), H5776 [29JY]

National Bladder Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 282), H3643 [1JN]

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 131), H1500 [27FE]

National Men’s Health Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 57), H4541 [18JN]

National September 11 Memorial: designate as a national memorial (see H.R. 3036), H9080 [8DE]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: prohibit from relinquishing control over the Internet domain name system until GAO submits report on the system (see H.R. 805), H855 [5FE]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H2209 [14AP]

NIH: expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (see H.R. 619), H6260 [25SE]

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see H.R. 3459), H7175 [23OC]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H4594 [23JN]

Patents: provide that certain bad faith communications in connection with assertion of a patent are unfair or deceptive acts or practices (see H.R. 2045), H2496 [28AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow for certain third party payments (see H.R. 3742), H9080 [8DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2658), H4432 [16JN]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 30), H36 [6JA]

——— modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H2773 [30AP]

——— repeal (see H.R. 2300), H3917 [4JN]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 928), H1033 [12FE]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 2050), H2496 [28AP]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 1190), H1524 [2MR]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 4204), H9205 [9DE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see H.R. 3134), H5777 [29JY]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 12), H157 [8JA]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 28), H1723 [17MR]

——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H1663 [16MR]

Presidential Youth Council: establish (see H.J. Res. 47), H2464 [23AP]

Privacy: 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. 699), H810 [4FE]

Public Health Service: designate the Chief Nurse Officer as the National Nurse for Public Health (see H.R. 379), H1037 [12FE]

Refugees: suspend admission into the U.S. in order to examine costs of providing benefits to such individuals (see H.R. 3314), H8281 [17NO]

Russia: call for release of Ukrainian fighter pilot, Nadiya V. Savchenko (see H. Res. 50), H814 [4FE]

Securities: clearly define and statutorily prohibit insider trading (see H.R. 1625), H4957 [8JY]

——— determine a customer’s net equity based on the customer’s last statement, prohibit certain recoveries, and change how trustees are appointed (see H.R. 1982), H2462 [23AP]

Social Security: disregard, for purposes of eligibility for SSI and Medicaid, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 209), H6076 [16SE]

——— 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. 546), H919 [10FE]

——— 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. 842), H916 [10FE]

Sports: permit States to grant exemptions from certain laws for lotteries, sweepstakes, and other betting, gambling, or wagering schemes involving professional and amateur sports (see H.R. 416), H430 [20JA]

——— permit States to grant exemptions from certain laws for lotteries, sweepstakes, and other betting, gambling, or wagering schemes involving professional and amateur sports. cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 416), H482 [21JA]

Staff Sergeant Joseph D’Augustine Post Office Building, Waldwick, NJ: designate (see H.R. 1524), H1847 [23MR]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2820), H5333 [21JY]

Taiwan: develop a strategy to obtain observer status at the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) (see H.R. 1853), H4345 [12JN]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1882), H2307 [16AP]

——— allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see H.R. 1100), H1368 [26FE]

——— extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 2752), H4343 [12JN]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H4003 [9JN]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2315), H4957 [8JY]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H1116 [24FE]

——— modify exclusion for transportation benefits (see H.R. 990), H1068 [13FE]

——— prevent claims of the earned income tax credit by individuals receiving Social Security numbers and work authorizations pursuant to certain deferred action programs (see H.R. 1328), H1613 [4MR]

——— provide a charitable deduction for service of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical and rescue personnel (see H.R. 343), H403 [14JA]

——— provide for equalization of the excise tax on liquefied natural gas and per energy equivalent of diesel (see H.R. 905), H982 [11FE]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1105), H1850 [23MR]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 173), H42 [6JA]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 160), H41 [6JA]

——— terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 27), H190 [9JA]

Telephones: provide additional technical and procedural standards for artificial or prerecorded voice messages and establish such standards for live solicitations (see H.R. 852), H1723 [17MR]

——— restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 4287), H9690 [17DE]

Terrorism: add support of a foreign terrorist organization to the list of acts for which U.S. nationals would lose their nationality (see H.R. 4186), H9206 [9DE]

——— better secure U.S. international borders and prevent terrorists from entering the U.S. by allowing suspension of certain countries from the Visa Waiver Program and enhancing intelligence assessments (see H.R. 158), H9026 [7DE]

War: add engaging in or supporting hostilities against the U.S. to the list of acts for which U.S. nationals would lose their nationality (see H.R. 545), H8414 [19NO]

Weather: enhance planning, preparation, and dissemination of best practices for extreme weather to increase resiliency, improve regional coordination, and mitigate financial risk (see H.R. 3190), H5465 [23JY]

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. 2920), H4958 [8JY]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 1340), H1623 [6MR]

——— constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 52), H3212 [14MY]

World War II: commemorate anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp, remember Holocaust victims, and support educational efforts on the Holocaust and prevention of future genocide (see H. Res. 49), H705 [2FE]

——— provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 2248), H2876 [12MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 7), H43 [6JA]

Congressional Research Service: provide public Internet access to certain publications (see H. Res. 34), H406 [14JA]

Dept. of Energy: provide for emergency preparedness for energy supply disruptions (see H.R. 3941), H8150 [5NO]

Dept. of HHS: raise awareness of, and educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options (see H.R. 2540), H3560 [21MY]

Diseases: require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (see H.R. 2739), H4241 [11JN]

FCC: allow skilled nursing facilities to apply for support from Universal Service Fund Rural Health Care Program (see H.R. 4111), H8411 [19NO]

FDA: exempt certain user fees from budget sequestration (see H.R. 1078), H1163 [25FE]

Information technology: develop strategy on development and deployment of the Internet of Things to maximize promise of connected technologies and promote economic growth and consumer empowerment (see H. Res. 195), H2153 [13AP]

Iran: reaffirm role of the House in review and approval or disapproval of agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program and disapprove U.N. Security Council consideration prior to congressional review (see H. Res. 379), H5467 [23JY]

Moreell, Ben: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 15), H855 [5FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impose restrictions on risk corridor program (see H.R. 724), H811 [4FE]

Pharmaceuticals: clarify the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers (see H.R. 3618), H6260 [25SE]

Postal Service: designate a single, unique ZIP Code for North Plainfield, NJ (see H.R. 2112), H2653 [29AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 7), H49 [6JA]

Dept. of Energy: provide for emergency preparedness for energy supply disruptions (H.R. 3941), H8153 [5NO]

Dept. of HHS: raise awareness of, and educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options (H.R. 2540), H3563 [21MY]

Diseases: require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (H.R. 2739), H4242 [11JN]

FCC: allow skilled nursing facilities to apply for support from Universal Service Fund Rural Health Care Program (H.R. 4111), H8413 [19NO]

FDA: exempt certain user fees from budget sequestration (H.R. 1078), H1165 [25FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impose restrictions on risk corridor program (H.R. 724), H813 [4FE]

Pharmaceuticals: clarify the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers (H.R. 3618), H6260 [25SE]

Postal Service: designate a single, unique ZIP Code for North Plainfield, NJ (H.R. 2112), H2655 [29AP]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H4495 [18JN], H8365 [19NO]

Proclamations

Israel Independence Day: by, E551• [22AP]

Remarks

Abuchowski, Abraham: BioNJ (organization) Sol J. Barer Award recipient, E337• [16MR]

Amtrak: funding to equip locomotives with inward-facing cameras, H3831 [3JN]

Clinton, NJ: anniversary, H3396 [20MY]

Congressional Research Service: provide public Internet access to certain publications (H. Res. 34), H8366 [19NO]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2685), H4061 [10JN]

——— Vets4Warriors mental health program funding, H4061 [10JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), H3831 [3JN]

FDA: exempt certain user fees from budget sequestration, H5012 [9JY]

Glen Gardner, NJ: Voorhees High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1464• [9OC]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (H.R. 6), H5012 [9JY]

Hillsborough, NJ: anniversary of Hillsborough Rotary Club, E866• [10JN]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5905 [10SE]

——— provide congressional review and oversight of any agreements with Iran relative to its nuclear program, H4947 [8JY]

Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act: find that President Obama has not complied with section 2 relative to congressional review and oversight (H. Res. 411), H5905 [10SE]

Liberty Corner, NJ: Liberty Corner School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1462• [9OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), H7155 [23OC]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (H.R. 702), H6943 [9OC]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding, H7155 [23OC]

Summit, NJ: Oratory Preparatory School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1444• [7OC]

Taiwan: observance of National Day, E1406• [1OC]

Taxation: repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 160), H4496 [18JN]

Terrorism: better secure U.S. international borders and prevent terrorists from entering the U.S. by allowing suspension of certain countries from the Visa Waiver Program and enhancing intelligence assessments (H.R. 158), H9056 [8DE]

Tributes

Houck, Joseph, E785• [21MY]

Hughes, David L., E697• [13MY]

Kean, Thomas H., H1853 [24MR]

Kenny, Robert G., E898• [15JN]

Melfi, Mary H., E849• [8JN]

Muñoz, Nancy F., E707• [14MY]

Shah, Sonal, E1819• [17DE]

Walsh, Patricia, E692• [13MY]