[Congressional Record Index (2012)]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
MYRICK, SUE WILKINS (a Representative from North Carolina)
Amendments
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5743),
H3305 [31MY]
Articles and editorials
Backdoor Found in ZTE Android Phones, Michael Lee, ZDNet
(Internet site), H3097 [17MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit Federal assistance for telemedicine abortions
and ban interstate abortions using telemedicine technology
(see H.R. 5731), H2645 [10MY]
------protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of
Columbia (see H.R. 3803), H803 [15FE]
Agriculture: authorize the interstate traffic of unpasteurized
milk and milk products in final package form for human
consumption between States that allow the sale of such
products (see H.R. 1830), H159 [24JA]
Animals: prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes
(see H.R. 1513), H802 [15FE]
Antigua and Barbuda: suspend aid, cooperate with U.S. officials,
transfer seized assets, make contributions to victims, and
condition international loans relative to Stanford Financial
Group fraud (see H. Res. 507), H2570 [9MY]
Budget: eliminate adjustment for disaster funding (see H.R.
4386), H1976 [18AP]
------require the President to provide a report detailing the
sequester required by the Budget Control Act (see H.R. 5872),
H3362 [31MY]
------subject the pay of the President, Vice-President, and
Members of Congress to any sequestration order (see H.R.
6438), H6234 [20SE]
Bureau of the Census: make participation in the American
Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain
basic questions (see H.R. 931), H115 [23JA]
CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous
substance or pollutant (see H.R. 2997), H5202 [24JY]
China: ensure U.S. policy is guided by certain strategic
objectives (see H. Res. 616), H2135 [25AP]
Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish
(see H.R. 3067), H2569 [9MY]
Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the
American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select):
establish (see H. Res. 824), H6702 [11DE]
Congress: approve construction, operation, and maintenance of
the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the
Canadian border to the South Dakota/Nebraska border (see H.R.
6164), H5293 [25JY]
Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of
preventive health savings (see H.R. 6482), H6273 [21SE]
Credit: prohibit Federal agencies from guaranteeing, making, or
insuring a mortgage secured by a residence in a jurisdiction
that has used eminent domain to take a residential mortgage
(see H.R. 6397), H6234 [20SE]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R.
2299), H1741 [28MR]
Defense Production Act: clarify interpretation does not allow
confiscation of personal property or forced conscription into
the Armed Forces, unwilling labor, or relinquishing of goods
or services without compensation (see H. Con. Res. 110), H1642
[27MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: repeal the nutrition entitlement programs
and establish a food stamp block grant program (see H.R.
6567), H6307 [12OC]
Dept. of Energy: phase out the innovative technology loan
guarantee program and provide taxpayer protections from
pending program participants (see H.R. 6213), H5326 [26JY]
Dept. of Energy and the Environment: establish (see H.R. 4295),
H2813 [16MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit from granting deferred
action or otherwise suspending effectiveness or enforcement of
immigration laws (see H.R. 5957), H3808 [19JN]
------prohibit implementation of certain immigration policies
regarding the exercise of prosecutorial discretion (see H.R.
5953), H4606 [28JN]
Dept. of Justice: revise certain accessibility regulations for
the disabled relative to pools at public accommodations or
provided by public entities (see H.R. 4256), H1570 [26MR]
Dept. of Labor: disapprove rule relative to temporary non-
agricultural employment of H-2B aliens in the U.S. (see H.J.
Res. 104), H1018 [28FE]
Dept. of State: designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps Qods Force as a foreign terrorist organization (see H.R.
4228), H1742 [28MR]
------designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign
terrorist organization (see H.R. 3698), H572 [7FE]
------raise travel advisory for Egypt from ``Travel Alert'' to
``Travel Warning'' until all detained nongovernmental
organization workers are given the freedom to leave Egypt (see
H. Res. 546), H1101 [29FE]
------require report on designation of Boko Haram as a foreign
terrorist organization (see H.R. 5822), H3662 [7JN]
Dept. of the Interior: develop a cadastre of Federal real
property to assist with land management, conservation, and
development and identify land that no longer needs to be
federally owned (see H.R. 1620), H2033 [19AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate one U.S. city each year as
an ``American World War II City'' (see H.R. 2717), H1497
[21MR]
Diseases: require a Federal commitment to Alzheimer's disease
research to advance breakthrough treatments for people with
the disease (see H.R. 1897), H1846 [16AP]
Economy: extend tax relief for all Americans and replace defense
sequester with responsible spending reductions (see H.R.
6688), H7359 [19DE]
Europe: designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization and
impose sanctions, provide information about Hezbollah to
European allies, and support Bulgaria in investigating
terrorist attack in Burgas (see H. Res. 834), H7360 [19DE]
Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment on
parental rights (see H.J. Res. 110), H3480 [5JN]
FDA: improve the safety of Internet pharmacies (see H.R. 4095),
H1274 [7MR]
------strengthen ability to seek advice from external experts on
rare diseases, their burdens, and unmet medical needs of
individuals with rare diseases (see H.R. 4156), H1741 [28MR]
Federal agencies and departments: establish programs in
regulatory agencies to permit the labeling of certain products
that do not contain any carcinogens as ``carcinogen free''
(see H.R. 6601), H6428 [16NO]
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: require competition for
contracts, provide an adjustment period to phasing out
mandatory source status, and improve inmate access to
reintegration opportunities (see H.R. 3634), H1101 [29FE]
Financial institutions: improve examination of depository
institutions (see H.R. 3461), H950 [24FE]
------limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller
machine to the screen of that machine (see H.R. 4367), H2570
[9MY]
Food industry: improve and clarify certain disclosure
requirements for restaurants, similar retail food
establishments, and vending machines (see H.R. 6174), H5860
[11SE]
Foreign policy: enhance security, bolster regional capacity to
counter threats, and promote cooperation to prevent nuclear,
chemical, and biological weapons proliferation in the Western
Hemisphere (see H.R. 6067), H5079 [19JY]
Health: extend health information technology assistance
eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance
abuse professionals and facilities (see H.R. 6043), H4908
[17JY]
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care
related provisions (see H.R. 6079), H4775 [10JY]
Housing: enable Federal and State chartered banks and thrifts to
meet the credit needs of homebuilders, and provide liquidity
and ensure stable credit for meeting the need for new homes
(see H.R. 1755), H3808 [19JN]
Immigration: provide for visas for certain advanced science,
technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and
eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 6429),
H6068 [18SE]
------restrict community policing programs funding for States
that grant driver's licenses to certain illegal immigrants
(see H.R. 6465), H6231 [20SE]
Information technology: preserve and advance the
multistakeholder governance model under which the Internet has
thrived (see H. Con. Res. 127), H3578 [6JN]
Iran: provide for a comprehensive strategy to counter growing
presence and hostile activity in the Western Hemisphere (see
H.R. 3783), H77 [18JA]
IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 2569), H2663
[11MY]
Israel: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 115), H2034
[19AP]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: continue restrictions
against and prohibit diplomatic recognition (see H.R. 1321),
H3577 [6JN]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees
relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R.
2810), H2033 [19AP]
March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and
celebration (see H.R. 3187), H4656 [29JN]
Medicare: establish smart card pilot program (see H.R. 2925),
H5130 [23JY]
------recognize attending physician assistants as attending
physicians to serve hospice patients (see H.R. 3831), H1916
[17AP]
Medicare/Medicaid: exclude pathologists from incentive payments
and penalties relative to the meaningful use of electronic
health records (see H.R. 4066), H6001 [13SE]
National Foster Care Month: recognize goals and ideals (see H.
Res. 659), H2812 [16MY]
NLRB: disapprove rule relative to representation election
procedures (see H.J. Res. 103), H901 [16FE]
Nuclear weapons: strengthen U.S. strategic force posture by
ensuring the safety, security, reliability, and credibility of
the nuclear weapons stockpile (see H.R. 4178), H1498 [21MR]
Pakistan: restrict assistance to Pakistan unless the Dept. of
State certifies that Pakistan is not aiding, assisting,
advising, or informing the Haqqani network in any capacity
(see H.R. 4110), H1847 [16AP]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: prevent from
establishing health care provider standards of care in medical
malpractice or medical product liability cases (see H.R. 816),
H5292 [25JY]
------repeal (see H.R. 6079), H4775 [10JY]
------repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R.
1370), H3267 [30MY]
------repeal prohibition on using medical savings account funds
to purchase over-the-counter medications (see H.R. 2529),
H1847 [16AP]
------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.
1580), H1978 [18AP]
Power resources: develop a plan to increase oil and gas
production under leases of Federal lands in conjunction with a
draw down from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see H.R.
4136), H1153 [5MR]
------establish procedures for causes and claims relative to
leasing of Federal lands for exploration, production, or
transmission of oil, natural gas, or any other form of energy
(see H.R. 1032), H4907 [17JY]
------streamline regulatory permitting procedures and increase
domestic energy production (see H.R. 4301), H2329 [7MY]
Presidential appointments: disapprove appointment of certain
officers or employees during a congressional recess of less
than 3 days and express that such appointments are
unconstitutional (see H. Res. 509), H27 [17JA]
Public debt: retain authority of Congress to borrow money on the
credit of the U.S. and not cede this power to the President
(see H. Res. 826), H6675 [5DE]
Public welfare programs: prohibit waivers relative to compliance
with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work
requirements (see H.R. 6140), H5079 [19JY]
Rhabdomyosarcoma Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see
H. Res. 652), H5202 [24JY]
Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the U.S.:
designate (see H.R. 6147), H5131 [23JY]
Russia: condemn support of and transfer of weapons to regime of
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and call for an end to such
transfers and support of sanctions against and leadership
transfer in Syria (see H. Res. 742), H5327 [26JY]
Safe Drinking Water Act: amend relative to consumer confidence
reports by community water systems (see H.R. 1340), H1017
[28FE]
Sudan: develop strategy to end human rights violations, create
incentives for governments and persons to end support, and
reinvigorate peace efforts (see H.R. 4169), H1847 [16AP]
Taxation: disallow refundable portion of the child credit to
taxpayers using individual taxpayer identification numbers
issued by the IRS (see H.R. 3275), H966 [27FE]
------establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability
expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423),
H5860 [11SE]
------exclude from gross income any prizes or awards received by
Olympic medal winners (see H.R. 6267), H5712 [2AU]
------expand access to Coverdell education savings accounts (see
H.R. 6289), H5704 [2AU]
------expand availability of cash method of accounting for small
businesses (see H.R. 4643), H2329 [7MY]
------provide a deduction for domestic business income of
qualified small businesses (see H.R. 9), H1571 [26MR]
------provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see
H.R. 1327), H2569 [9MY]
------provide for taxpayers making donations with their income
tax returns to the Federal Government to pay down the public
debt (see H.R. 6410), H6060 [14SE]
------reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by
certain small producers (see H.R. 1236), H115 [23JA]
------require individuals to provide their Social Security
number in order to claim the refundable portion of the child
tax credit (see H.R. 1956), H1209 [6MR]
------require student Social Security numbers and employer
identification numbers for education tax credits and disclose
return information to prison officials to prevent prisoner tax
fraud (see H.R. 4372), H2134 [25AP]
Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4970), H2267
[27AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Federal agencies and departments: grant authority to enter into
contracts with private sector for property management (see
H.R. 6264), H5629 [1AU]
House Rules: prevent creation of duplicative and overlapping
Federal programs (see H. Res. 623), H2031 [19AP]
Immigration: make detention and deportation mandatory for
illegal aliens convicted of drunk driving (see H.R. 3808),
H114 [23JA]
Tariff: acetyl chloride (see H.R. 4593), H2066 [24AP]
------ammonium polyacryloyldimethyl taurate (see H.R. 4600),
H2066 [24AP]
------artificial staple fibers of viscose rayon, not carded,
combed, or otherwise processed for spinning (see H.R. 4585,
4586), H2066 [24AP]
------chloroacetic acid, sodium salt (see H.R. 4592), H2066
[24AP]
------Efka 6225 (see H.R. 5254), H2273 [27AP]
------glyoxylic acid (see H.R. 4595), H2066 [24AP]
------isobutyl 4-hydroxybenzoate and its sodium salt (see H.R.
4601), H2066 [24AP]
------octanoyl chloride (see H.R. 4594), H2066 [24AP]
------1-propanonesulfonic acid, 2-methyl-2-[(1-oxo-2-
propenyl)amino]-, monoammonium salt, polymer with 1-ethenyl-2-
pyrrolidinone (see H.R. 4598), H2066 [24AP]
------parahydroxybenzoic acid esters and sodium esters (see H.R.
4599), H2066 [24AP]
------rayon filament tow (see H.R. 4602), H2066 [24AP]
------reactive black 005 (see H.R. 4588), H2066 [24AP]
------reactive orange 131 (see H.R. 4589), H2066 [24AP]
------reactive red 266 (see H.R. 4587), H2066 [24AP]
------sodium petroleum sulfonic acids, sodium salts (see H.R.
4596), H2066 [24AP]
------staple fibers of rayon, carded, combed, or otherwise
processed for spinning (see H.R. 4584), H2066 [24AP]
------staple fibers of viscose rayon, not carded, combed, or
otherwise processed for spinning (see H.R. 4582, 4583, 4603),
H2066 [24AP]
------tetraacetylethylenediamine with extenders and additives
mixtures (see H.R. 4597), H2066 [24AP]
------window shade material (see H.R. 4590, 4591), H2066 [24AP]
Constitutional authority statements
Federal agencies and departments: grant authority to enter into
contracts with private sector for property management (H.R.
6264), H5630 [1AU]
Immigration: make detention and deportation mandatory for
illegal aliens convicted of drunk driving (H.R. 3808), H115
[23JA]
Tariff: acetyl chloride (H.R. 4593), H2070 [24AP]
------ammonium polyacryloyldimethyl taurate (H.R. 4600), H2071
[24AP]
------artificial staple fibers of viscose rayon, not carded,
combed, or otherwise processed for spinning (H.R. 4585), H2070
[24AP]
------artificial staple fibers of viscose rayon, not carded,
combed, or otherwise processed for spinning (H.R. 4586), H2070
[24AP]
------chloroacetic acid, sodium salt (H.R. 4592), H2070 [24AP]
------Efka 6225 (H.R. 5254), H2285 [27AP]
------glyoxylic acid (H.R. 4595), H2070 [24AP]
------isobutyl 4-hydroxybenzoate and its sodium salt (H.R.
4601), H2071 [24AP]
------octanoyl chloride (H.R. 4594), H2070 [24AP]
------1-propanonesulfonic acid, 2-methyl-2-[(1-oxo-2-
propenyl)amino]-, monoammonium salt, polymer with 1-ethenyl-2-
pyrrolidinone (H.R. 4598), H2071 [24AP]
------parahydroxybenzoic acid esters and sodium esters (H.R.
4599), H2071 [24AP]
------rayon filament tow (H.R. 4602), H2071 [24AP]
------reactive black 005 (H.R. 4588), H2070 [24AP]
------reactive orange 131 (H.R. 4589), H2070 [24AP]
------reactive red 266 (H.R. 4587), H2070 [24AP]
------sodium petroleum sulfonic acids, sodium salts (H.R. 4596),
H2070 [24AP]
------staple fibers of rayon, carded, combed, or otherwise
processed for spinning (H.R. 4584), H2070 [24AP]
------staple fibers of viscose rayon, not carded, combed, or
otherwise processed for spinning (H.R. 4582), H2070 [24AP]
------staple fibers of viscose rayon, not carded, combed, or
otherwise processed for spinning (H.R. 4583), H2070 [24AP]
------staple fibers of viscose rayon, not carded, combed, or
otherwise processed for spinning (H.R. 4603), H2071 [24AP]
------tetraacetylethylenediamine with extenders and additives
mixtures (H.R. 4597), H2071 [24AP]
------window shade material (H.R. 4590), H2070 [24AP]
------window shade material (H.R. 4591), H2070 [24AP]
Poems
``Follow Me,'' Albert C. Caswell, E1944 [17DE]
``I'm EOD,'' Albert C. Caswell, E1943 [17DE]
``I'm Your Captain,'' Albert C. Caswell, E1945 [17DE]
Remarks
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
construction (H.R. 4310), H3097 [17MY]
------making appropriations (H.R. 5856), H4949 [18JY]
------motorsports sponsorship funding, H4949 [18JY]
FDA: revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription
drugs and medical devices and establish user-fee programs for
generic drugs and biosimilars (S. 3187), H3865 [20JN]
Gastonia, NC: anniversary of First Wesleyan Christian School,
E378 [19MR]
Health: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical
malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), H1455 [21MR]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5743),
H3305 [31MY]
Office of the Director of National Intelligence: allow elements
of the intelligence community to share cyber threat
intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (H.R.
3523), H2158 [26AP]
------require report to identify and assess risks from foreign
suppliers of information technology with ties to foreign
governments, H3305 [31MY]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal provisions
providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board, H1455
[21MR]
Technology: maintain security relative to information technology
procurement and supply chain management, H3097 [17MY]
Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4970), H2769
[16MY]
Votes: position on missed, H2345 [8MY], E1013
[7JN], E1055 [18JN], E1171 [28JN],
E1217 [10JY]
Remarks in House relative to
Tribute, E1039 [12JN]
Tributes
Bates, Atoine, E1945 [17DE]
Corrothers, Angi, E1623 [21SE]
Mayer, Jim, E1944 [17DE]
Morris, Johnny, E1943 [17DE]