ZELDIN, LEE M. (a Representative from New York)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H164 [9JA]

Amendments

Dept. of Education: support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H1283 [26FE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), H3983, H4004 [9JN]

Appointments

Committee to escort Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the House Chamber, H1528 [3MR]

House Democracy Partnership, H742 [3FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 816), H8241 [16NO]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 36), H431 [20JA]

Animals: establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (see H.R. 2493), H4432 [16JN]

——— outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H5788 [4AU]

——— prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1942), H4957 [8JY]

——— support global anti-poaching efforts, strengthen capacity of countries to counter wildlife trafficking, and designate major wildlife trafficking countries (see H.R. 2494), H5525 [27JY]

Armed Forces: afford each member of a Reserve component with the opportunity for a physical examination before separation from the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4251), H9327 [15DE]

——— award Purple Heart to members killed or wounded in shootings at military sites in Chattanooga, TN (see H. Res. 383), H5944 [10SE]

——— extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans with a compensable service-connected disability and their dependents (see H.R. 1292), H9206 [9DE]

——— improve security at recruitment centers by allowing officers to carry weapons or improving structural security (see H.R. 3139), H5850 [8SE]

——— repeal bans on military personnel carrying firearms on military bases and recruitment facilities (see H.R. 3115), H5788 [4AU]

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H5849 [8SE]

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), H4957 [8JY]

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]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H7743 [4NO]

Credit: provide a safe harbor from certain requirements relative to qualified mortgages for residential mortgage loans held on an originating depository institution’s portfolio (see H.R. 1210), H2959 [13MY]

Credit unions: exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan (see H.R. 1133), H1369 [26FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit regulations establishing certain limits for the school lunch program (see H.R. 1504), H1803 [19MR]

Dept. of Education: authorize a parent to opt their child out of certain required educational assessments (see H.R. 2382), H9026 [7DE]

——— clarify when certain academic assessments shall be administered (see H.R. 452), H583 [26JA]

——— include certain individuals who work on farms or ranches as individuals who are employed in public service jobs for purposes of loan forgiveness eligibility under the Federal Direct Loan Program (see H.R. 2590), H4957 [8JY]

Dept. of HHS: provide for participation of pediatric subspecialists in the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 1859), H7625 [3NO]

——— provide for research relative to Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases (see H.R. 789), H854 [5FE]

——— provide for systematic data collection and analysis and epidemiological research regarding multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases (see H.R. 292), H3916 [4JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering the application for veterans status of an individual who performed service as a coastwise merchant seaman during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H4432 [16JN]

——— certify that refugees admitted to the U.S. from Iraq or Syria are not security threats to the U.S. prior to admission (see H.R. 3999), H8239 [16NO]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (see H.R. 953), H4137 [10JN]

Dept. of Transportation: include bridges on the National Highway Performance Program (see H.R. 3168), H5402 [22JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: adjust effective date of certain reductions and discontinuances of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, and pensions (see H.R. 4087), H8410 [19NO]

——— authorize the transfer of funds among certain scholarship and debt reduction programs (see H.R. 2674), H6138 [17SE]

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

——— clarify the amount and duration of scholarships under the Employee Incentive Scholarship Program (see H.R. 2672), H6138 [17SE]

——— clarify the amount of scholarships and duration of obligated service under the Health Professional Scholarship Program (see H.R. 2671), H6138 [17SE]

——— conduct a study on the burial of unclaimed remains of veterans in national cemeteries (see H.R. 1338), H4593 [23JN]

——— 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), H2357 [21AP]

——— establish a pain management board in each Veterans Integrated Service Network (see H.R. 1628), H2033 [25MR]

——— expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers (see H.R. 2894), H5849 [8SE]

——— expand eligibility of employees to participate in the Education Debt Reduction Program (see H.R. 2673), H6138 [17SE]

——— expand eligibility of veterans to receive mental health care at non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 1604), H2879 [12MY]

——— improve opportunity for veterans to use video conferencing for hearings before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (see H.R. 732), H7175 [23OC]

——— improve provision of health care for women veterans (see H.R. 1356), H6893 [7OC]

——— provide for removal or demotion of employees based on performance or misconduct (see H.R. 1994), H2960 [13MY]

——— 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), H5849 [8SE]

Diseases: mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 2722), H4135 [10JN]

Drugs: reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (see H.R. 2850), H5333 [21JY]

Education: prohibit Federal mandating, incentivizing, or coercing of States to adopt Common Core State Standards or any other specific academic standards, content, or curricula (see H.R. 524), H581 [26JA]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H8646 [30NO]

EPA: eliminate certain requirements under the renewable fuel program and prohibit approval of gasoline that contains greater than a certain percentage of ethanol (see H.R. 704), H5866 [9SE]

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), H6795 [5OC]

——— 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), H2357 [21AP]

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), H7332 [28OC]

——— revise hiring practices for air traffic controller positions (see H.R. 1964), H3508 [20MY]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 2802), H5404 [22JY]

FDA: require labeling of genetically-engineered fish (see H.R. 393), H9080 [8DE]

Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief to community financial institutions (see H.R. 1233), H2879 [12MY]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 402), H9271 [10DE]

——— more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 131), H5172 [14JY]

Forest Service: amend the Forest Legacy Program to authorize States to allow certain entities to acquire, hold, and manage conservation easements under the program (see H.R. 1582), H8242 [16NO]

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), H5943 [10SE]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (see H.R. 6), H4432 [16JN]

Health care professionals: authorize grants for graduate medical education partnerships in States with a low ratio of medical residents relative to population (see H.R. 1117), H3879 [3JN]

Herman Badillo Post Office Building, Bronx, NY: designate (see H.R. 1350), H1626 [10MR]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3268), H6981 [16OC]

House Rules: require a reading of the names of Armed Forces members who died in the previous month as a result of combat operations (see H. Res. 24), H188 [9JA]

Human rights: submit reports on definitions of placement and recruitment fees for purposes of enabling compliance with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (see H.R. 400), H858 [5FE]

Immigration: give States authority to reject admission of refugees (see H.R. 4032), H8362 [18NO]

——— increase penalties applicable to aliens who unlawfully reenter the U.S. after being removed (see H.R. 3011), H5029 [9JY]

——— prohibit obligation of Federal funds for admission of refugees from Syria (see H.R. 4025), H8362 [18NO] (see H.R. 4031), H8415 [19NO]

——— require enactment of a joint resolution approving the number of refugees who may be admitted in any fiscal year (see H.R. 3573), H8242 [16NO]

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

Iran: 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), H3759 [2JN]

——— impose sanctions against any Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated entity, establish a watch list for such entities, and support State or local divestment from such entities (see H.R. 4258), H9328 [15DE]

——— 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), H8859 [1DE]

——— suspend authority of the President to grant relief from sanctions pursuant to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H.R. 3460), H5944 [10SE]

——— urge the President and International Atomic Energy Agency to submit to Congress the text of all side agreements entered into with Iran relative to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (see H. Res. 553), H9011 [3DE]

Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act: find that President Obama has not complied with section 2 relative to congressional review and oversight (see H. Res. 411), H5866 [9SE]

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), H4864 [7JY]

——— express solidarity with people, condemn Palestinian terrorist attacks, and recertify that U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority is conditioned upon recognition of Israel’s right to exist (see H. Res. 485), H7176 [23OC]

——— 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), H1116 [24FE]

Jeanne and Jules Manford Post Office Building, Jackson Heights, NY: designate (see H.R. 2607), H5776 [29JY]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see H.R. 1814), H5867 [9SE]

Law enforcement: safeguard electronic data stored abroad from improper Government access (see H.R. 1174), H8414 [19NO]

Long Island Sound: amend and reauthorize certain provisions relative to restoration and stewardship (see H.R. 2930), H4770 [25JN]

Medicare: distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 2124), H4493 [17JN]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 1427), H9026 [7DE]

——— reform practices of recovery audit contractors (see H.R. 2156), H5867 [9SE]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 11), H5118 [13JY] (see H.J. Res. 13), H5089 [10JY] (see H.J. Res. 14), H6189 [22SE]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 2297), H2957 [13MY]

——— support efforts to encourage cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians and condemn anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incitement within the Palestinian Authority (see H. Res. 293), H6077 [16SE]

National Pregnancy Center Week: designate (see H. Res. 510), H8155 [5NO]

National Strategic Agenda: establish and include goals of job creation, balanced budget, securing Medicare and Social Security, and energy security (see H. Res. 207), H5032 [9JY]

Natural gas: provide for timely consideration of all licenses, permits, and approvals required under Federal law relative to siting, construction, expansion, or operation of pipeline projects (see H.R. 161), H431 [20JA]

New York, NY: anniversary of Fire Dept. of New York (see H. Res. 43), H480 [21JA]

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

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H10712 [18DE]

Officer Daryl R. Pierson Memorial Post Office, East Rochester, NY: designate (see H.R. 1884), H2500 [28AP]

Palestinian Authority: deplore actions to join International Criminal Court and undertake legal action against Israel and oppose illegitimate use of law, known as lawfare (see H. Res. 209), H4775 [25JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 22), H36 [6JA]

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

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 928), H2356 [21AP]

——— repeal provisions relative to annual period for disenrollment from Medicare Advantage plans to elect to receive original Medicare fee-for-service benefits (see H.R. 588), H1723 [17MR]

——— repeal the ‘‘Cadillac Tax’’ on certain high-cost health plans (see H.R. 879), H5332 [21JY]

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), H6836 [6OC]

Refugees: suspend admission into the U.S. in order to examine costs of providing benefits to such individuals (see H.R. 3314), H8242 [16NO]

Ships and vessels: establish uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel in the navigable waters of the U.S. (see H.R. 980), H4383 [15JN]

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. 842), H9691 [17DE]

Staff Sergeant Robert H. Dietz Post Office Building, Kingston, NY: designate (see H.R. 1442), H1769 [18MR]

Taxation: extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H5980 [15SE]

——— modify exclusion for transportation benefits (see H.R. 990), H2500 [28AP]

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

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 1340), H5591 [28JY]

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), H1072 [13FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Education: ensure State control over academic standards (see H.R. 2803), H4490 [17JN]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see H.R. 4237), H9306 [11DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: adjust certain limits on the guaranteed amount of a home loan under the home loan program (see H.R. 1187), H1499 [27FE]

——— clarify that the estate of a deceased veteran may receive certain accrued benefits upon the death of the veteran (see H.R. 1569), H1899 [24MR]

——— improve provision of adult day health care services for veterans (see H.R. 2460), H3388 [19MY]

Education: simplify and improve Federal student loan program through income-contingent repayment to provide stronger protections for borrowers, encourage responsible borrowing, and save money for taxpayers (see H.R. 3695), H6835 [6OC]

Fish and fishing: clarify, for purposes of Federal marine fisheries management laws, the landward boundary of exclusive economic zone between areas south of Montauk, NY, and Point Judith, RI (see H.R. 3070), H5236 [15JY]

GSA: repeal requirement to sell Plum Island, NY, and allow for the transfer to another Federal agency or entity to protect environmental and recreational benefits (see H.R. 1887), H2307 [16AP]

Medicare: provide for the non-application of competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories (see H.R. 3229), H5523 [27JY]

NOAA: provide for equitable management of summer flounder based on geographic, scientific, and economic data (see H.R. 1888), H2307 [16AP]

Serbia: support efforts to investigate and bring to justice individuals responsible for the execution-style murders of U.S. citizens Ylli, Agron, and Mehmet Bytyqi in 1999 (see H. Con. Res. 51), H3561 [21MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Education: ensure State control over academic standards (H.R. 2803), H4492 [17JN]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (H.R. 4237), H9307 [11DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: adjust certain limits on the guaranteed amount of a home loan under the home loan program (H.R. 1187), H1501 [27FE]

——— clarify that the estate of a deceased veteran may receive certain accrued benefits upon the death of the veteran (H.R. 1569), H1900 [24MR]

——— improve provision of adult day health care services for veterans (H.R. 2460), H3390 [19MY]

Education: simplify and improve Federal student loan program through income-contingent repayment to provide stronger protections for borrowers, encourage responsible borrowing, and save money for taxpayers (H.R. 3695), H6836 [6OC]

Fish and fishing: clarify, for purposes of Federal marine fisheries management laws, the landward boundary of exclusive economic zone between areas south of Montauk, NY, and Point Judith, RI (H.R. 3070), H5237 [15JY]

GSA: repeal requirement to sell Plum Island, NY, and allow for the transfer to another Federal agency or entity to protect environmental and recreational benefits (H.R. 1887), H2310 [16AP]

Medicare: provide for the non-application of competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories (H.R. 3229), H5524 [27JY]

NOAA: provide for equitable management of summer flounder based on geographic, scientific, and economic data (H.R. 1888), H2310 [16AP]

Remarks

Armed Forces: authorize use against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), H4461 [17JN]

——— remove members deployed to Iraq or Syria, other than those required to protect U.S. diplomatic facilities and personnel (H. Con. Res. 55), H4461 [17JN]

Bai, Mei: Dept. of Energy Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award recipient, E1092• [21JY]

Dept. of Education: allow States to withdraw from Common Core State Standards or any other specific academic standards, H1283, H1284 [26FE]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H1283, H1284 [26FE], H4923 [8JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify that the estate of a deceased veteran may receive certain accrued benefits upon the death of the veteran, H5516 [27JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), H3983 [9JN]

East Moriches, NY: anniversary of Boy Scout Troop 29, E1674• [30NO]

Education: provide college and career-ready standards and set performance, growth, and graduation rate targets for all student subgroups, H4923 [8JY]

FAA: prohibit funding to institute an administrative or civil action or disposition of penalties against the sponsor of East Hampton Airport in East Hampton, NY, H3983 [9JN]

Foreign policy: develop strategy to combat threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), H4461 [17JN], H8234 [16NO]

France: condemn terrorist attacks in Paris, offer condolences to families of the victims, express solidarity with the people of France, and support pursuit of justice against those involved in such attacks, H8234 [16NO]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5907 [10SE]

——— ensure requirements to cease nuclear enrichment program and support of terrorism are part of final agreement with Iran regarding its nuclear program and relief from current sanctions, H4377 [15JN]

——— provide congressional review and oversight of any agreements with Iran relative to its nuclear program, H2980 [14MY], H4949 [8JY]

——— status of nuclear weapons program, H2140 [13AP]

Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act: find that President Obama has not complied with section 2 relative to congressional review and oversight (H. Res. 411), H5907 [10SE]

M.S. Shahan II (vessel): tribute to crew for assisting in boat rescue, E1779• [11DE]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (H.R. 2297), H2987 [14MY]

——— support efforts to encourage cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians and condemn anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incitement within the Palestinian Authority (H. Res. 293), H7362 [2NO]

National Police Week: observance, H2884 [13MY]

Obama, President: evaluation of war on terrorism and Middle East policies, H2140 [13AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 1191), Senate amendments, H2980 [14MY]

Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 675), H5516 [27JY]

Tributes

Fink, Robert L., E362• [18MR]

Landy, Richard, E1643• [17NO]

Moerlins, John, E1012• [7JY]

Moore, Brian, H2884 [13MY]

Phelon, William C., Jr., E643• [1MY], E663• [8MY]

Quartararo, Salvatore, E1635• [17NO]

Woolley, Albert M., E1639• [17NO]