[Congressional Record Index (2012)]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
MEEHAN, PATRICK (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
construction (H.R. 4310), H3063 [17MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
American Education Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res.
811), H6397 [15NO]
Armed Forces: protect child custody arrangements for parents who
are members (see H.R. 4201), H2289 [27AP]
Business and industry: list employers that relocate call centers
overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants
and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their
physical location (see H.R. 3596), H727 [14FE]
Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the
American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select):
establish (see H. Res. 824), H6622 [4DE]
Conservation of energy: promote efficient energy use in the
Federal and private sectors (see H.R. 4017), H3481 [5JN]
Crime: enhance penalties for possession or financial
facilitation of access to child pornography and require
Internet service providers to assist child pornography and
exploitation investigations (see H.R. 6063), H4654 [29JN]
------increase penalties for stealing, transporting, and storing
stolen prescription drugs (see H.R. 4223), H1427 [20MR]
Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products
manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program
of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain,
and develop markets (see H.R. 3395), H3105 [17MY]
Dept. of Education: establish an awards program recognizing
excellence exhibited by public school system employees
providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through
higher education (see H.R. 1704), H79 [18JA]
------reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 1342), H966
[27FE]
------support State and local accountability for public
education and inform parents of their schools' performance
(see H.R. 3989), H1916 [17AP]
Dept. of HHS: establish a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee
(see H.R. 2557), H1134 [1MR]
------establish permanent national surveillance systems for
multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other
neurological diseases and disorders (see H.R. 2595), H2569
[9MY]
------provide for the participation of optometrists in the
National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment
programs (see H.R. 1195), H2288 [27AP]
------provide for the participation of physical therapists in
the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see
H.R. 1426), H7264 [18DE]
Dept. of Transportation: prohibit provision of grants or funds
to State or local governments for any program to check helmet
usage or create checkpoints for motorcycle riders (see H.R.
904), H3807 [19JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to
exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of
Vietnam (see H.R. 3612), H376 [1FE]
Diseases: require a Federal commitment to Alzheimer's disease
research to advance breakthrough treatments for people with
the disease (see H.R. 1897), H2072 [24AP]
Education: develop 21st century readiness initiatives that
assist students in acquiring skills to think critically and
solve problems, communicate, collaborate with others, and
create and innovate (see H.R. 2536), H79 [18JA]
------increase assessment accuracy to better measure student
achievement and provide States with greater flexibility on
assessment design (see H.R. 507), H79 [18JA]
------increase Pell Grants for the children of fallen police
officers, firefighters, and other public safety officers (see
H.R. 6281), H5704 [2AU]
FDA: create a pathway for premarket notification and review of
laboratory-developed tests (see H.R. 3207), H966 [27FE]
------improve humanitarian device regulation (see H.R. 3211),
H159 [24JA]
------improve priority review voucher incentive program for
expedited review of treatments for tropical and rare pediatric
diseases (see H.R. 3059), H159 [24JA]
Financial institutions: improve examination of depository
institutions (see H.R. 3461), H182 [25JA]
------limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller
machine to the screen of that machine (see H.R. 4367), H3703
[12JN]
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission: receive and determine
validity and amount of claims for loss of wages and other
property of those plaintiffs in the case Bruce D. Abbott et
al. v. Libya (see H.R. 3713), H159 [24JA]
Foreign trade: apply countervailing duties to nonmarket economy
countries (see H.R. 4105), H1154 [5MR]
Government regulations: provide for presentation and expedited
consideration by Congress of the recommendations in the
Federal Regulatory Reform Report prepared by the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs (see H.R. 5720), H2645
[10MY]
Health: make the provision of technical services for medical
imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer,
more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 2104), H2134 [25AP]
Insurance: allow enforcement of State disclosure laws and access
to courts for covered Holocaust-era insurance policy claims
(see H.R. 890), H4157 [27JN]
------preserve consumer and employer access to licensed
independent insurance producers (see H.R. 1206), H182 [25JA]
Iran: condemn President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the leaders of
Iran for addressing the U.N. on Yom Kippur (see H. Con. Res.
139), H6276 [21SE]
------express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear
weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic
pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res.
568), H1848 [16AP]
------provide for a comprehensive strategy to counter growing
presence and hostile activity in the Western Hemisphere (see
H.R. 3783), H77 [18JA]
Israel: reaffirm strategic relationship with the U.S., direct
the President to submit reports on U.S. actions to enhance
this relationship, and assist in the defense of Israel (see
H.R. 4133), H1847 [16AP]
Law enforcement officers: allow screening entities to submit,
receive, and screen criminal history record information for
searches on private security officers (see H.R. 4112), H1100
[29FE]
March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and
celebration (see H.R. 3187), H3578 [6JN]
Medicaid: require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 1219),
H2288 [27AP]
Medicare: create incentives for innovative diagnostics by
improving process for determining payment rates for new tests
(see H.R. 6446), H7264 [18DE]
------ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic
imaging services (see H.R. 3269), H187 [27JA]
------establish a market pricing program for durable medical
equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see
H.R. 6490), H7585 [2JA]
------exempt blood glucose self-testing equipment and supplies
furnished by small retail community pharmacies from
competitive acquisition programs (see H.R. 1936), H159 [24JA]
------extended coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney
transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions (see
H.R. 2969), H2288 [27AP]
------include screening computed tomography colonography as a
colorectal screening test (see H.R. 4165), H2289 [27AP]
------provide coverage of services of qualified respiratory
therapists performed under the general supervision of a
physician (see H.R. 941), H2072 [24AP]
------provide for coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see
H.R. 2195), H2288 [27AP]
------repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical
equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in
a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 1041), H512 [6FE]
------repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R.
1546), H694 [9FE]
------strengthen and protect hospice programs (see H.R. 3506),
H2072 [24AP]
Medicare/Medicaid: curb waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 3399),
H3707 [15JN]
Mining and mineral resources: issue postage stamp in
commemoration of coal miners (see H. Res. 743), H5327 [26JY]
National Eagle Scout Day: designate (see H. Res. 716), H4604
[28JN]
National Heritage Area Program: authorize (see H.R. 4099), H1016
[28FE]
National Sarcoma Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 722),
H5131 [23JY]
Office of the Director of National Intelligence: allow elements
of the intelligence community to share cyber threat
intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (see
H.R. 3523), H727 [14FE]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: protect rights of
conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific
items and services (see H.R. 1179), H512 [6FE]
------repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R.
1370), H2040 [23AP]
Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and
celebration (see H.R. 4104), H3976 [21JN]
Public safety officers: extend public safety officers' death
benefits to fire police officers (see H.R. 1348), H5711 [2AU]
Safe Drinking Water Act: amend relative to consumer confidence
reports by community water systems (see H.R. 1340), H726
[14FE]
Sergeant Leslie H. Sabo, Jr. Post Office Building, Ellwood City,
PA: designate (see H.R. 5954), H4656 [29JN]
Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by
improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth
companies (see H.R. 3606), H115 [23JA]
Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall
elimination provisions (see H.R. 1332), H79 [18JA]
Sports: prohibit the use of performance-enhancing drugs in
horseracing (see H.R. 1733), H3481 [5JN]
Syria: strengthen sanctions, enhance multilateral commitment to
address threatening policies, and establish a program to
support a transition to a democratically-elected government
(see H.R. 2106), H5766 [10SE]
Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified
disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see
H.R. 3423), H159 [24JA]
------expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists
and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R.
1957), H3105 [17MY]
------extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of
qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 4336),
H6505 [28NO]
------extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 2655), H2072
[24AP]
------increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line
deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher
expenses (see H.R. 1738), H27 [17JA]
------make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible
for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 687), H5711 [2AU]
------make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit
rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R.
3661), H1978 [18AP]
------permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for
qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property,
and retail improvement property (see H.R. 1265), H802 [15FE]
------prohibit requirement that taxpayers reconcile amounts
relative to reportable payment transactions to amounts related
to gross receipts and sales (see H.R. 3877), H950 [24FE]
------provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see
H.R. 1327), H3163 [18MY]
------repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R.
1259), H27 [17JA]
------support and strengthen tax incentives for retirement
savings (see H. Con. Res. 101), H901 [16FE]
Technology: improve laws relative to cybersecurity (see H.R.
3674), H903 [16FE]
Transportation Security Administration: transfer unclaimed money
recovered at airport security checkpoints to United Service
Organizations, Inc. (USO) (see H.R. 2179), H1306 [8MR]
Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military
retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-
connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period
for such benefits (see H.R. 303, 333), H5711 [2AU]
Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R.
3001), H220 [31JA]
World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the First
Special Service Force (see H.R. 3767), H221 [31JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a
ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res.
108), H1390 [19MR]
Dept. of HUD: require section 8 rental assistance recipients to
stay current with local taxes and authorize public housing
agencies to divert such assistance to pay owners' tax debts
(see H.R. 6203), H5291 [25JY]
Dept. of Labor: carry out a pilot program to provide veterans
with access at One-Stop Centers to Internet websites to
facilitate online job searches (see H.R. 6401), H5999 [13SE]
Dept. of State: require report on designation of Boko Haram as a
foreign terrorist organization (see H.R. 5822), H3103 [17MY]
Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics
Act: provide further clarity for institutions of higher
education (see H.R. 5844), H3162 [18MY]
Tariff: captan technical (see H.R. 5445), H2318 [7MY]
------11-aminoundecanoic acid (see H.R. 5452), H2319 [7MY]
------lambda-cyhalothrin mixtures (see H.R. 5449), H2318 [7MY]
------methane sulfonyl chloride (see H.R. 5450), H2318 [7MY]
------methanesulfonic acid (see H.R. 5451), H2319 [7MY]
------oryzalin (see H.R. 5448), H2318 [7MY]
------Problad Plus fungicide (see H.R. 5454), H2319 [7MY]
------rolled glass in sheets (see H.R. 5453), H2319 [7MY]
------thiophanate methyl (see H.R. 5446), H2318 [7MY]
------zinc dimethyldithiocarbamate (see H.R. 5447), H2318 [7MY]
Constitutional authority statements
Dept. of HUD: require section 8 rental assistance recipients to
stay current with local taxes and authorize public housing
agencies to divert such assistance to pay owners' tax debts
(H.R. 6203), H5292 [25JY]
Dept. of Labor: carry out a pilot program to provide veterans
with access at One-Stop Centers to Internet websites to
facilitate online job searches (H.R. 6401), H6000 [13SE]
Dept. of State: require report on designation of Boko Haram as a
foreign terrorist organization (H.R. 5822), H3104 [17MY]
Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics
Act: provide further clarity for institutions of higher
education (H.R. 5844), H3163 [18MY]
Tariff: captan technical (H.R. 5445), H2325 [7MY]
------11-aminoundecanoic acid (H.R. 5452), H2325 [7MY]
------lambda-cyhalothrin mixtures (H.R. 5449), H2325 [7MY]
------methane sulfonyl chloride (H.R. 5450), H2325 [7MY]
------methanesulfonic acid (H.R. 5451), H2325 [7MY]
------oryzalin (H.R. 5448), H2325 [7MY]
------Problad Plus fungicide (H.R. 5454), H2325 [7MY]
------rolled glass in sheets (H.R. 5453), H2325 [7MY]
------thiophanate methyl (H.R. 5446), H2325 [7MY]
------zinc dimethyldithiocarbamate (H.R. 5447), H2325 [7MY]
Remarks
Armed Forces: improve prevention and response to sexual assaults
(H.R. 3435), H1216 [7MR]
Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc.: anniversary, E818
[16MY]
Brookhaven, PA: Coebourn Elementary School recipient of Dept. of
Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, H2332 [8MY]
Congressional Hockey Caucus: tribute to Lawmakers v. Lobbyists
charity hockey game, H1235 [7MR]
Crime: increase penalties for counterfeit drug trafficking (H.R.
3668), H3720 [18JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
construction (H.R. 4310), H3022, H3064 [17MY]
------V-22 Osprey funding, H3022 [17MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Office of Intelligence and
Analysis weapons of mass destruction intelligence and
information sharing functions and require dissemination of
information to relevant entities (H.R. 2764), H3243 [30MY]
Dept. of State: determine whether Boko Haram meets criteria for
designation as a foreign terrorist organization, H3064 [17MY]
Devereux Foundation: anniversary, E1665 [28SE]
House of Representatives: find Attorney General Holder in
contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas
issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
(House) (H. Res. 711), H4403 [28JN]
Hurricanes: making supplemental appropriations for recovery from
damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, H7563 [1JA]
Israel: reaffirm relationship with the U.S. and right of self-
defense, H6400 [16NO]
Media, PA: Rose Tree Elementary School recipient of Dept. of
Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, H2332 [8MY]
National Teacher Day: observance, H2332 [8MY]
Pennsylvania: tribute to 7th Congressional District service
academy nominees, H1216 [7MR]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2389 [8MY]
Veterans: authorize veterans' treatment courts and encourage
services for veterans through drug courts, H2389 [8MY]
Votes: position on missed, H2345 [8MY]
Tributes
Cronin, Joseph P., Jr., E1402 [3AU]
Schultz, Daniel A., E1292 [19JY]
Sweeney, James J., E489 [29MR]