NEAL, RICHARD E. (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Appointments

Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans (Joint, Select), H1224 [23FE]

Conferee: H.R. 5515, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H5984 [3JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Craft Beer Week: support goals (see H. Res. 884), H3885 [9MY]

Animals: call for end to dog and cat meat industry and urge certain countries to adopt and enforce prohibitions on such practices (see H. Res. 401), H7871 [5SE]

Armed Forces: ensure an order to serve on active duty for preplanned missions in support of combatant commands by selected Reserves is treated the same as other active duty orders for determining benefit eligibility (see H.R. 5038), H3064 [9AP]

——— extend certain morale, welfare, and recreation privileges to certain veterans and their caregivers and improve electronic physical access control system used by military commissaries and exchanges (see H.R. 5467), H3146 [11AP]

CDC: create a modern infrastructure for the prevention, treatment, and care of Alzheimer’s and related dementias and preservation of brain health (see H.R. 4256), H9691 [28NO]

Congressional Office of Compliance: reform investigations of claims of violations of rights and protections by employees, update sexual harassment prevention and response training, and institute discrimination surveys (see H.R. 4396), H478 [17JA]

Dept. of Education: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1957), H8739 [20SE]

Dept. of HHS: authorize a loan repayment program for substance use disorder treatment employees (see H.R. 5102), H1544 [13MR]

——— establish a public-private partnership for purposes of identifying health care waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 6753), H8172 [12SE]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 820), H4736 [29MY]

——— repeal provision prohibiting sponsorship of research on gun violence (see H.R. 1478), H1609 [14MR]

Dept. of Justice: limit ability to remove a special counsel (see H.R. 3654), H3060 [5AP]

——— require a report of any Special Counsel who is removed from office (see H.R. 5533), H4730 [24MY]

Dept. of State: establish a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Peoples in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (see H.R. 6033), H8739 [20SE]

——— facilitate reunification of Central American families, report on, and develop a strategy to reduce, gender-based and gang violence, and address impact of family separation on Central American children (see H.R. 6193), H5991 [6JY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish National Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund to address maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, BLM, and Bureau of Indian Education (see H.R. 6510), H7825 [4SE]

——— prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas off the coast of New England (see H.R. 4774), H168 [11JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of certain per diem grant amounts (see H.R. 4099), H5286 [19JN]

——— establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 154), H9691 [28NO]

——— provide unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war (see H.R. 5314), H1651 [15MR]

——— seek to enter into an agreement with Vallejo, CA, for transfer of Mare Island Naval Cemetery (see H.R. 5588), H5094 [12JN]

Disabled: prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports (see H.R. 2472), H7751 [10AU]

——— protect rights of passengers with disabilities in air transportation (see H.R. 5004), H1503 [8MR]

Disasters: make available certain housing-related disaster assistance for families affected by major disasters (see H.R. 5474), H4850 [6JN]

District of Columbia: statehood (see H.R. 1291), H3444 [18AP]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H9539 [15NO]

Drugs: provide assistance to States and localities affected by the opioid epidemic and improve delivery of essential services to individuals with substance use disorders and their families (see H.R. 5545), H5649 [25JN]

——— provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment (see H.R. 6), H5151 [13JN]

Eximbank: revise statutory quorum requirement for Board of Directors (see H.R. 4007), H625 [22JA]

FCC: disapprove rule on net neutrality (see H.J. Res. 129), H1333 [27FE]

Firearms: ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require background checks for commercial sales (see H.R. 4240), H19 [8JA]

——— regulate assault weapons and ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited (see H.R. 5087), H1266 [26FE]

Forest Service: release reversionary and reserved interests in certain lands within the Coconino National Forest in Arizona (see H.R. 6614), H8108 [10SE]

Freedom of religion: ensure laws intended to protect religious freedom do not infringe upon laws intended to protect civil rights (see H.R. 3222), H8739 [20SE]

FTC: prohibit unfair and deceptive practice of commercial sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy (see H.R. 2119), H8739 [20SE]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend and make technical changes to competitive need limitations provision (see H.R. 4979), H1074 [8FE]

House of Representatives: authorize certain committees of the House to intervene in Texas v. U.S., No. 4—18-cv-00167-O (N.D. Tex.) (see H. Res. 1031), H7687 [25JY]

Immigration: limit separation of families at or near ports of entry (see H.R. 6135), H5284 [19JN]

——— oppose zero tolerance policy that prosecutes all adults entering the U.S. illegally and leads to family separation for parents attempting to enter with children (see H. Res. 927), H4980 [7JN]

——— reform (H.R. 4760), consideration (see H. Res. 774), H3444 [18AP]

——— temporarily restrict the removal of alien parents separated from their children (see H.R. 6326), H7728 [26JY]

Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Congressional Gold Medal to the crew (see H.R. 4107), H7772 [24AU]

Insurance: disapprove rule on definition of short-term limited duration insurance for purposes of its exclusion from the definition of individual health insurance coverage (see H.J. Res. 140), H8725 [13SE]

——— improve affordability, undo sabotage, and increase access to health insurance coverage (see H.R. 5155), H1372 [5MR]

Ireland: add to E-3 nonimmigrant visa program (see H.R. 7100), H9448 [26OC] (see H.R. 7164), H9573 [20NO]

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice (organization): anniversary (see H. Res. 1078), H8884 [25SE]

Marine mammals: support and provide financial resources for North Atlantic right whale conservation programs and projects of persons with expertise required for such conservation (see H.R. 6060), H7759 [21AU]

Medicare: prevent growth rate cliff for out-of-pocket threshold under part D (see H.R. 6563), H7721 [26JY]

——— provide for certain reforms relative to supplemental health insurance policies (see H.R. 6431), H6557 [18JY]

Memphis, TN: anniversary of sanitation workers’ strike (see H. Res. 720), H732 [30JA]

Miller, Mark E.: tribute (see H. Res. 688), H169 [11JA]

Native Americans: reaffirm Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe reservation (see H.R. 5244), H9668 [27NO]

Northern Ireland: reaffirm support for Good Friday Agreement as the framework for sustainable peace, address certain failings in implementation of such Agreement, and call for inquiry into Patrick Finucane murder (see H. Res. 777), H1543 [13MR]

Pittsburgh, PA: condemn shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue and rising anti-Semitism, honor those killed, support those who were injured, offer condolences to those affected, and commend first responders (see H. Res. 1138), H9511 [13NO]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 6239), H5814 [27JN]

Portugal: include in list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the U.S. as E-1 and E-2 nonimmigrants if U.S. nationals are treated similarly by Portugal (see H.R. 5173), H1544 [13MR]

Postal Service: ensure that the Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to privatization (see H. Res. 993), H9432 [12OC]

Sadat, Anwar: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 754), H7156 [24JY]

SBA: improve certain programs to better assist small business customers in accessing broadband technology (see H.R. 4677), H733 [30JA]

Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 5374), H3835 [8MY]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H9539 [15NO]

Smithsonian Institution: establish a comprehensive women’s history museum (see H.R. 19), H7824 [4SE]

Social Security: replace windfall elimination provision with a formula equalizing benefits for certain individuals with non-covered employment (see H.R. 6933), H9149 [27SE]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 947), H1373 [5MR]

——— improve and strengthen representative payment program (see H.R. 4547), H584 [19JA]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H9539 [15NO]

Thomas P. Costin, Jr., Post Office Building, Lynn, MA: designate (see H.R. 6059), H5154 [13JN]

Trump, President: censure and condemn for alleged disparaging remarks relative to countries of origin of certain immigrants and call for a retraction and apology for such remarks (see H. Res. 700), H553 [18JA]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 6545), H7735 [31JY]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 33), H5817 [27JN]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H9539 [15NO]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Chinese American veterans in recognition of dedicated service (see H.R. 2358), H9425 [9OC]

——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. merchant mariners of World War II (see H.R. 5879), H8886 [25SE]

——— provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 1168), H10170 [12DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Boston Red Sox (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 1155), H9568 [16NO]

Drugs: provide certain protections from civil liability for individuals prescribing or administering opioid overdose drugs (see H.R. 4955), H902 [6FE]

FCC: provide for carriage of certain television broadcast stations (see H.R. 6954), H9150 [27SE]

Medicare: cover opioid treatment program services (see H.R. 5083), H1226 [23FE] (see H.R. 5776), H3934 [11MY]

Public welfare programs: provide grants for coordination of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program with career pathways (see H.R. 5888), H4283 [21MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Drugs: provide certain protections from civil liability for individuals prescribing or administering opioid overdose drugs (H.R. 4955), H902 [6FE]

FCC: provide for carriage of certain television broadcast stations (H.R. 6954), H9152 [27SE]

Medicare: cover opioid treatment program services (H.R. 5083), H1226 [23FE]

——— cover opioid treatment program services (H.R. 5776), H3935 [11MY]

Public welfare programs: provide grants for coordination of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program with career pathways (H.R. 5888), H4284 [21MY]

Letters

Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act: by, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H386• [16JA]

Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act: by, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H746 [5FE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H2026• [22MR]

Biotechnology Innovation Organization: anniversary, E851• [15JN]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), H3176, H3177 [12AP]

——— rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), H4881 [7JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), conference report, H10150• [12DE]

——— reform categorical eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, H10150• [12DE]

Dept. of HHS: submit report on effects of inclusion of quality increases in the determination of blended benchmark amounts under Medicare part C (H.R. 4952), H7116 [24JY]

Dept. of State: include severe forms of trafficking in persons within the definition of transnational organized crime for purposes of the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program (H.R. 1625), Senate amendment, H2026• [22MR]

Dowd Insurance Agency Inc.: anniversary, E963• [3JY]

Drugs: provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment (H.R. 6), H5520, H5522 [22JN]

——— provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment (H.R. 6), concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 1099), H9244 [28SE]

Easthampton, MA: tribute to Easthampton High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E539• [25AP]

Economy: revitalize the middle class, H6563 [19JY]

Guatemala: U.S. policy, E488• [17AP]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H6568 [19JY]

Internal Revenue Code: make technical corrections, H2026• [22MR]

Ireland: add to E-3 nonimmigrant visa program (H.R. 7164), H9677 [28NO]

IRS: prohibit rehiring of any employees involuntarily separated from service for misconduct (H.R. 3500), H7113 [24JY]

Ludlow, MA: anniversary of Ludlow Lions Club, E1227• [10SE]

Medicaid: funding, H5520 [22JN]

Medicare: cover opioid treatment program services, H5520 [22JN]

——— provide for ambulatory surgical center representation during review of hospital outpatient payment rates (H.R. 6138), H7117 [24JY]

National parks and recreation areas: modify boundary of Shiloh National Military Park in Tennessee and Mississippi and establish Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield as an affiliated area of the National Park System (H.R. 88), Senate amendment, H10470, H10475, H10476 [20DE]

Phaneuf, Wayne: New England Academy of Journalists Yankee Quill award recipient, E1092• [26JY]

Social Security: permit tribal councils to enter into agreements to obtain coverage for services performed by tribal council members (H.R. 6124), H7118, H7119 [24JY]

——— State Children’s Health Insurance Program funding, H4881 [7JN]

SSA: provide for a single point of contact for individuals who are victims of identity theft (H.R. 6084), H7114, H7115 [24JY]

Stockbridge, MA: anniversary of Berkshire Theatre, E843• [14JN]

Taxation: extend expiring provisions, modify tax treatment of disaster relief and retirement and savings, stimulate innovation, clarify and correct certain existing provisions, and modernize and improve the IRS, H10470, H10475, H10476 [20DE]

——— make permanent certain tax relief for individuals, families, and small business (H.R. 6760), H9166, H9167, H9168, H9172 [28SE]

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (H. Con. Res. 119), H6563, H6566, H6568 [19JY]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 184), H7120, H7122, H7123 [24JY]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection: provide for processing of certain international mail shipments and advance electronic information on international mail shipments to target opioid shipments (H.R. 5788), H5167 [14JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1370 [5MR]

Tributes

Farland, George, H3400 [18AP]

Keefe, George W., H5751 [27JN]