JOYCE, JOHN (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 7900), H6353 [13JY]

Articles and editorials

Democrats Launch Ads in Lifestyle Mags in All Out Push for Abortion, Mary Rooke, Daily Caller (publication), H6642 [15JY]

Ohio Right to Life Says Offices Targeted Twice by Pro-Abortion Vandals With Rocks, Spray Paint, Emma Colton, Fox News (Internet site), H6642 [15JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit discrimination against unborn on the basis of sex (see H.R. 6465), H289 [20JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 8814), H7783 [13SE]

Agriculture: provide temporary waiver of countervailing and antidumping duties relative to fertilizer or fertilizer ingredients if domestic production or supply of merchandise is subject to those duties (see H.R. 7010), H3855 [18MR]

Andrew Gomer Williams Post Office Building, Butler, PA: designate (see H.R. 7514), H4442 [14AP]

Animals: mint coins in commemoration of invaluable service that working dogs provide to society (see H.R. 5232), H3745 [15MR]

Capital punishment: provide additional aggravating factors for imposition of death penalty relative to killing law enforcement officers or first responders (see H.R. 72), H5334 [7JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: make House wing and House office buildings open and accessible to public (see H. Res. 961), H1304 [3MR]

Children and youth: prohibit use of Federal funds to develop, implement, facilitate, or fund any sexually-oriented program, event, or literature for children under age 10 (see H.R. 9197), H8402 [18OC]

Colleyville, TX: commend first responders and honor victims of hostage crisis at Congregation Beth Israel synagogue and reaffirm commitment to combat hate, bigotry, anti-Semitism, and violence against Jewish Americans (see H. Res. 881), H1376 [8MR]

Corporal Joseph Rodney Chapman Post Office, Freeport, PA: designate (see H.R. 8370), H6335 [13JY]

Corps of Engineers: amend guidelines relative to hydraulic fracturing within Susquehanna, Delaware, and Potomac River basins (see H.R. 6643), H5099 [17MY]

Courts: authorize notaries public to perform, and establish minimum standards for, certain electronic and remote notarizations and require Federal and State courts to recognize such notarizations performed by notary public (see H.R. 3962), H4439 [11AP]

Crime: provide penalties for individuals who knowingly and intentionally assault or intimidate hospital employees (see H.R. 7961), H5932 [1JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: restore and standardize work requirements for able-bodied adults enrolled in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 8004), H5445 [9JN]

Dept. of Education: make grants to parents of students enrolled in elementary or secondary schools that for reason of coronavirus fail to provide in-person instruction (see H.R. 6380), H254 [19JA]

——— provide grants for institutions of higher education to prevent alcohol and substance misuse (see H.R. 6493), H301 [25JA]

——— provide that for determining compliance with Title IX in athletics, sex shall be recognized solely on person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth (see H.R. 426), H5824 [22JN]

Dept. of Energy: carry out program to operate uranium reserve consisting of uranium produced and converted in U.S. and program to ensure availability of uranium produced, converted, and enriched in U.S. (see H.R. 7403), H4398 [6AP]

Dept. of HHS: establish procedure for terminating determination to suspend introduction of persons into U.S. from designated places (see H.R. 7760), H5209 [19MY]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds for Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access (see H.R. 6828), H1145 [25FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: designate illicit fentanyl as weapon of mass destruction (see H.R. 9162), H8385 [7OC]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds for Disinformation Governance Board (see H.R. 7690), H4862 [11MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve provision of health care and other benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances (see H.R. 2127), H1177 [28FE]

Depts. of HHS and Homeland Security: notify relevant Federal, State, and local jurisdiction officials before placing covered alien in such jurisdiction (see H.R. 6592), H977 [4FE]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 310), H1148 [25FE]

Europe: reduce reliance on Russian energy resources through energy security cooperation and expediting U.S. natural gas exports and impose sanctions on development of Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline (see H.R. 2046), H331 [1FE]

FCC: extend authority to grant license or construction permit through system of competitive bidding (see H.R. 7783), H5009 [16MY]

——— make available additional frequencies in 3.1-3.45 gigahertz band for non-Federal use, shared Federal and non-Federal use, or combination thereof (see H.R. 7624), H4799 [10MY]

FDA: act upon pending submissions for new infant formula and increase regulatory flexibility in event of infant formula shortage (see H.R. 8010), H5445 [9JN]

——— authorize program to support adoption of, and improve development of, innovative approaches to pharmaceutical product design and manufacturing (see H.R. 6988), H1373 [8MR]

——— clarify requirements for remanufacturing of medical devices (see H.R. 7253), H3895 [28MR]

——— ensure patients have access to certain urgent-use compounded medications (see H.R. 3662), H5334 [7JN]

——— prohibit alteration, falsification, fabrication, destruction, omission, or removal of records or certain information required to be produced or maintained for drugs (see H.R. 6431), H252 [19JA]

——— require more accurate reporting of abortion drug prescribing and related adverse events (see H.R. 6702), H1114 [9FE]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit from entering into contracts with an entity that discriminates against firearm or ammunition industries (see H.R. 6970), H3745 [15MR]

——— require report on actions taken to end infant formula shortage (see H.R. 7815), H5173 [18MY]

FEMA: ensure that alien unlawfully present in U.S. is not eligible for any service through Food and Shelter Program (see H.R. 6820), H1140 [22FE]

Ferencz, Benjamin B.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 6015), H4610 [28AP]

Financial institutions: prohibit certain financial service providers who deny fair access to financial services from using taxpayer funded discount window lending programs (see H.R. 1729), H4445 [14AP]

Firearms: discontinue collection by Federal Government of firearm transaction records of discontinued firearms businesses and require destruction of such collected records (see H.R. 6945), H1328 [7MR]

Foreign aid: prohibit U.S. contributions to U.N. International Organization for Migration (IOM), U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) (see H.R. 6155), H10 [10JA]

Foreign policy: condemn Biden administration plans to remove sanctions on Maduro regime in Venezuela and negotiations with Iran in response to Ukraine crisis and urge support for U.S. energy production (see H. Res. 1020), H4126 [1AP]

FTC: prohibit email service providers from using filtering algorithms to flag emails from political campaigns that consumers have elected to receive as spam (see H.R. 8160), H5920 [24JN]

Harold Billow Post Office Building, Mount Joy, PA: designate (see H.R. 8944), H8065 [21SE]

Health Resources and Services Administration: reauthorize Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program (see H.R. 8876), H8434 [7NO]

Iran: oppose engaging Russia for reviving Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), removing terrorism sanctions, or restoring any form of JCPOA while undeclared nuclear activities remains unresolved (see H. Res. 990), H3827 [17MR]

Jackie Walorski VA Clinic, Mishawaka, IN: designate (see H.R. 8656), H7709 [12AU]

Medicaid: codify value-based purchasing arrangements and reforms relative to price reporting under such arrangements (see H.R. 7389), H9730 [13DE]

——— implement minimum work requirement for able-bodied adults (see H.R. 8014), H5445 [9JN]

Medicare: clarify and preserve breadth of protections under Medicare Secondary Payer Act (see H.R. 8594), H7537 [29JY]

——— ensure equitable payment for, and beneficiary access to, diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals under hospital outpatient prospective payment system (see H.R. 4479), H5945 [11JY]

——— ensure prompt coverage of breakthrough devices (see H.R. 4043), H3745 [15MR]

——— exempt qualifying physicians from prior authorization requirements under Medicare Advantage plans (see H.R. 7995), H7172 [26JY]

——— expand ability of renal dialysis facilities to serve as originating sites for telehealth services (see H.R. 7878), H5214 [24MY]

——— extend certain increases in payments for physicians’ services (see H.R. 8800), H8373 [30SE]

——— improve accuracy of market-based payment for clinical diagnostic laboratory services and reduce administrative burdens in collection of data (see H.R. 8188), H7967 [19SE]

——— protect beneficiaries with limb loss and other orthopedic conditions by providing access to safe and effective orthotic and prosthetic care and reduce fraud, waste, and abuse relative to orthotics and prosthetics (see H.R. 1990), H7558 [9AU]

——— provide review process for adverse national coverage determinations relative to drug coverage of certain new, innovative treatments (see H.R. 9358), H8647 [29NO]

——— repeal changes to exception to prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals (see H.R. 1330), H8542 [16NO]

——— revise certain payment rules for outpatient physical therapy and outpatient occupational therapy furnished in rural areas and medically underserved areas (see H.R. 5536), H4445 [14AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: require certain health care facilities to permit essential caregivers access during any public health emergency (see H.R. 3733), H7732 [30AU]

Members of Congress: prohibit Members from receiving financial benefit from certain student loan cancellation programs (see H.R. 6668), H4576 [27AP]

National Year of Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer: designate (see H. Res. 874), H1304 [3MR]

Olympic Games: impose sanctions on certain International Olympic Committee members complicit in perpetuation of human rights abuses against Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games participants in China (see H.R. 6586), H1120 [11FE]

Power resources: consider impacts to workforce, economy, and energy security of Pennsylvania and national energy industry when pursuing domestic and international energy policy (see H. Con. Res. 85), H4433 [7AP]

——— strengthen U.S. energy security and encourage domestic production of crude oil, petroleum products, and natural gas (see H.R. 6858), H1175 [28FE]

Schools: increase funding for school resource officers, mental health guidance counselors, hardening of schools, and active shooter and intervention training for law enforcement, school officials, and students (see H.R. 7966), H5332 [7JN]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 310), H1148 [25FE]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 310), H1148 [25FE]

Taxation: allow tax credit for neighborhood revitalization (see H.R. 2143), H8396 [14OC]

——— eliminate tax exemption of International Olympic Committee and similar organizations (see H.R. 6433), H252 [19JA]

——— increase age limits for ABLE account eligibility (see H.R. 1219), H7172 [26JY]

——— temporarily reinstate coronavirus employee retention tax credit for employers subject to closure (see H.R. 6161), H44 [11JA]

——— treat certain liquidations of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified liquidations of last in, first out (LIFO) inventory (see H.R. 7382), H5824 [22JN]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 310), H1148 [25FE]

Young, Don: tribute (see H. Res. 1005), H3895 [28MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HHS: open public docket for submission of public comments on factors that should be considered when reviewing proposed modification to approved risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (see H.R. 7649), H4713 [3MY]

——— reauthorize certain mental health programs for children (see H.R. 7248), H3895 [28MR]

Medicare: permanently extend certain in-home cardiopulmonary rehabilitation flexibilities established in response to coronavirus (see H.R. 9427), H8757 [5DE]

Schools: direct President to provide documents to House of Representatives relative to communication with American Federation of Teachers on reopening schools and supporting safe, in-person learning (see H. Res. 1273), H7170 [26JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of HHS: open public docket for submission of public comments on factors that should be considered when reviewing proposed modification to approved risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (H.R. 7649), H4714 [3MY]

——— reauthorize certain mental health programs for children (H.R. 7248), H3896 [28MR]

Medicare: permanently extend certain in-home cardiopulmonary rehabilitation flexibilities established in response to coronavirus (H.R. 9427), H8757 [5DE]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H5413 [9JN]

Remarks

Abortion: limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (H.R. 8296), H6641 [15JY]

——— pro choice versus right to life, H3780 [17MR], H6614 [14JY]

——— prohibit interference, under color of State law, with provision of interstate abortion services (H.R. 8297), H6653 [15JY]

Altoona, PA: anniversary of Altoona Area Public Library, H5177 [19MY]

——— anniversary of Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School, E1328• [21DE]

Apollo 8 (spacecraft): tribute to crew, H9913 [21DE]

Bedford, PA: anniversary of Letrent’s Pharmacy, E158• [18FE]

Biden, President: evaluation of administration, H904 [2FE], H3974 [30MR], H4567 [27AP], H5722 [21JN]

——— evaluation of administration relative to economy, H3974 [30MR], H7957 [19SE]

——— evaluation of administration relative to energy policy, H311 [1FE], H1359, H1362, H1363, H1364 [8MR], H4973 [16MY], H5239 [7JN], H5451 [13JN], H6683 [18JY], H8675 [1DE], H9988 [22DE]

——— evaluation of administration relative to immigration, H1305 [7MR], H4129 [4AP], H5337 [8JN], H5738 [22JN], H8733 [5DE]

——— evaluation of administration relative to infant formula shortage, H5836 [23JN]

——— evaluation of administration relative to protecting rights of citizens under Second Amendment, H1015 [8FE]

Brenneman, Scott: Blair County, PA, Chamber of Commerce Donna D. Gority Servant Leadership Award recipient, E72• [28JA]

CDC: codify statute allowing for immediate expulsion of persons or property to avoid introduction of communicable disease such as coronavirus from foreign country, H4461 [26AP]

Chambersburg, PA: tribute to Chambersburg Area Senior High School Navy Junior ROTC program, E202• [2MR]

Christmas Day: observance, H9913 [21DE]

Contraceptives: protect ability to access contraceptives and engage in contraception and protect health care provider ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and related information (H.R. 8373), H6934 [21JY]

Culp, Rebecca: Blair County, PA, Chamber of Commerce Young Professional of the Year Award recipient, E76• [28JA]

DEA: include fentanyl-related substances under schedule I of Controlled Substances Act, designating they have high potential for abuse and no medical use (H.R. 6946), H7886 [19SE]

Dept. of Defense: carry out pilot program to pre-program suicide prevention resources into smart devices issued to Armed Forces members, H5788 [22JN]

Dept. of Education: provide for Parents’ Bill of Rights (H.R. 6056), H7075 [26JY]

Dept. of HHS: award grants to States to hire, train, and dispatch mental health professionals in lieu of law enforcement to respond to emergencies involving persons with mental illness or intellectual developmental disability (H.R. 8542), H8083 [22SE]

——— reauthorize certain programs relative to mental health and substance use disorders (H.R. 7666), H5781, H5788 [22JN]

——— reauthorize program for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment for deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns, infants, and young children (S. 4052), H8754 [5DE]

Depts. of HHS and Homeland Security: prohibit from lessening stringency of, and prohibit from ceasing or lessening implementation of, coronavirus border health provisions through end of pandemic (H.R. 471), unanimous-consent request, H4218 [6AP]

Drugs: address drug abuse epidemic by securing southern border, H4461 [26AP], H6925 [21JY]

——— combat trafficking of illicit fentanyl and other synthetic drugs, H12 [11JA], H9693 [13DE]

East Berlin, PA: anniversary of VFW Richard J. Gross Post 8896, E163• [18FE]

Economy: address growing inflation, H3717 [15MR], H5449 [13JN], H5689 [21JN], H5979 [13JY], H7957 [19SE], H8124 [28SE], H8652 [30NO]

Everett, PA: tribute to Everett High School baseball team, H5738 [22JN]

FCC: incorporate data on maternal health outcomes into broadband health maps (S. 198), H8736 [5DE]

Gardners Candies, Inc.: anniversary, E432• [28AP]

Griep, Sue: Blair County, PA, Chamber of Commerce Leadership Blair County Fellow Award recipient, E73• [28JA]

Health care professionals: provide support for primary care providers in rural and underserved areas, H8123 [28SE]

Inflation Reduction Act: impact, H7745 [13SE]

Juniata College: tribute to women’s volleyball team, H8733 [5DE]

Law enforcement: calls to defund police, H982 [7FE]

March for Life: commend marchers and recognize the right to life, H279 [20JA]

Martinsburg, PA: tribute to Central High School baseball team, H5738 [22JN]

Martin-Spallone, Dee: Blair County, PA, Chamber of Commerce George Award recipient, E74• [28JA]

McCabe, Katy and Travis: Blair County, PA, Chamber of Commerce Small Business Person of the Year Award recipients, E69• [28JA]

Medicare: funding, H9706 [13DE]

National Bible Week: observance, H8804 [7DE]

National Dairy Month: observance, H5449 [13JN]

Naval Submarine League (organization): anniversary, E1224• [6DE]

NIH: establish program to support or conduct research on valvular heart disease (H.R. 1193), Senate amendment, H8755 [5DE]

Pennsylvania: tribute to 13th Congressional District communities for maintaining and preserving Flight 93 National Memorial site, H9913 [21DE]

——— tribute to 13th Congressional District service academy nominees, H4577 [28AP]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H1362 [8MR], H5239 [7JN]

Power resources: authorize Keystone XL Pipeline, H5722 [21JN]

——— authorize Keystone XL Pipeline, prohibit import of oil and natural gas from Russia, and reduce restrictions on export of oil and gas from U.S., H1359, H1362, H1363, H1364 [8MR]

——— authorize President to issue Energy Emergency Declaration to protect gasoline and home heating fuel prices from price-gouging (H.R. 7688), H5186 [19MY]

——— halt Russian oil and gas exports during invasion of Ukraine, H1152 [28FE]

——— strengthen U.S. energy security and encourage domestic production of crude oil, petroleum products, and natural gas (H.R. 6858), H4026 [31MR]

Republican Party: national agenda, H5722 [21JN]

Russia: condemn and oppose unprovoked invasion and egregious act of aggression against sovereign state of Ukraine, H1152 [28FE], H1362 [8MR]

Stevens, Becky: Blair County, PA, Chamber of Commerce ATHENA Award recipient, E70• [28JA]

Stumph, Jamie: Blair County, PA, Chamber of Commerce Joseph P. Rosenhamer Chamber Spirit Award recipient, E75• [28JA]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H279 [20JA]

——— decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization relative to abortion, H6614 [14JY]

Ukraine: condemn Russia’s violations of international law amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity, stand in solidarity with people of Ukraine, and support effort to help people displaced by war and conflict, H4155 [5AP]

Windber, PA: anniversary, E684• [28JN]

World War II: recognize anniversary of, and Armed Forces members who participated in, D-Day amphibious landing at Normandy, France, H5413 [9JN]

Zernick, Nicole: Blair County, PA, Chamber of Commerce Judith A. Rossie Educator of the Year Award recipient, E79• [28JA]

Tributes

Anderson, Ron, E94• [2FE]

Andrew, Sigrid, H7075 [26JY]

Harris, Franco, H9913 [21DE]

Hruza, George, H3780 [17MR]

Keilhofer, Kurt, H9649 [12DE]

Keller, Representative, H9649 [12DE]

Lockard, Richard L., Sr., E72• [28JA]

Shuster, Bud, E55• [20JA]