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William Cassidy Republican U.S. Representative 6th Of LOUISIANA
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CASSIDY, Bill, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Highland Park, Lake County, Ill.; September 28, 1957; B. S., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La., 1979; M. D., Louisiana State University Medical School, New Orleans, La., 1983; physician; member of the Louisiana state senate, 2006-2008; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress (January 3, 2009-present).

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U.S. Representative 2009 2010 Louisiana 6

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Washington Address:
Phone: 202-225-3901
Fax: 202-225-7313
Web site: http://cassidy.house.gov/

Related Bill(s)
AsSponsor
Bill h4095
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the safety of Internet pharmacies.
Bill h3381
To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent deaths from liver cancer, and for other purposes.
Bill h4002
To amend the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 to provide one-time payments from the SIPC Fund for customers during a pending lawsuit by the Securities and Exchange Commission against the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, and for other purposes.
Bill h3315
To establish a pilot program providing for monthly fee-based payments for direct primary care medical homes for Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibles and other Medicare beneficiaries.
Bill h1712
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt sales of natural gas for use in natural gas vehicles from the retail sales limitation on defining independent producers of petroleum products.
AsCo-Sponsor
Bill h3096
To restore the natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, marine and wildlife habitats, beaches, and coastal wetlands of Gulf Coast States, to create jobs and revive the economic health of communities adversely affected by the explosion on, and sinking of, the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, and for other purposes.
Bill hr220
Expressing support for designation of the first Saturday in October as "National Animal Rescue Day" to create awareness, educate humans of the importance of adoption, and create a humane environment for any pet, including the importance of spaying and neutering of animals, and the encouragement of animal adoptions throughout the United States.
Bill h2108
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers under the Medicare program.
Bill h1370
To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Bill h1327
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and infrastructure grants.
Bill h58
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions.
Bill hj104
Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to Temporary Non-agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States.
Bill h3423
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes.
Bill h1005
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to ambulance services under the Medicare program.
Bill h4052
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish an honorary Excellence in Veterans Education Award.
Bill h2874
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants on a competitive basis to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents.
Bill h1697
To enhance the ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings, and for other purposes.
Bill h1653
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase the dollar amount requirements for articles and merchandise under the administrative exemptions and entry under regulations provisions of that Act.
Bill h4390
To amend the Higher Education Opportunity Act to restrict institutions of higher education from using revenues derived from Federal educational assistance funds for advertising, marketing, or recruiting purposes.
Bill h4057
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a comprehensive policy to improve outreach and transparency to veterans and members of the Armed Forces through the provision of information on institutions of higher learning, and for other purposes.
Bill h3889
To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for an exception from infringement for certain component parts of motor vehicles.
Bill h2969
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for extended months of Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions.
Bill h2529
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal distributions for medicine qualified only if for prescribed drug or insulin.
Bill h4237
To strengthen employee cost savings suggestions programs within the Federal Government.
Bill h4156
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to strengthen the ability of the Food and Drug Administration to seek advice from external experts regarding rare diseases, the burden of rare diseases, and the unmet medical needs of individuals with rare diseases.
Bill h4055
To count revenues from military and veteran education programs toward the limit on Federal revenues that certain proprietary institutions of higher education are allowed to receive for purposes of section 487 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
Bill h2304
To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 to provide the necessary scientific information to properly implement annual catch limits, and for other purposes.
Bill h157
To improve access to emergency medical services, and for other purposes.
Bill h3067
To provide for the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer.
Bill h718
To require the Commissioner of Social Security to revise the medical and evaluation criteria for determining disability in a person diagnosed with Huntington's Disease and to waive the 24-month waiting period for Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by Huntington's Disease.
Bill hr507
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the Government of Antigua and Barbuda and its actions relating to the Stanford Financial Group fraud.
Bill h3059
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the priority review voucher incentive program relating to tropical and rare pediatric diseases.
Bill h2182
To provide incentives for the development of qualified infectious disease products.
Bill h2179
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints to United Service Organizations, Incorporated, and for other purposes.
Bill h1755
To enable Federal and State chartered banks and thrifts to meet the credit needs of the Nation's home builders, and to provide liquidity and ensure stable credit for meeting the Nation's need for new homes.
Bill h1195
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs, and for other purposes.
Bill h972
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to ensure the right of employees to a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board.
Bill h3994
To give States and localities the option to return unused Federal grant funds to the general fund of the Treasury for the purpose of deficit reduction.
Bill h1331
To direct the Attorney General to establish a system of background checks for employers and employees of the electronic life safety and security system installation and monitoring industry, and for other purposes.
Bill h361
To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental activities.
Bill h1580
To preserve Medicare beneficiary choice by restoring and expanding the Medicare open enrollment and disenrollment opportunities repealed by section 3204(a) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Bill h3208
To reaffirm the Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990 by requiring that the Secretary of Health and Human Services establish a schedule and issue regulations as required under section 515(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and for other purposes.
Bill h1332
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
Bill h1161
To reaffirm state-based alcohol regulation, and for other purposes.
Bill hr592
Recognizing the importance of ports to the economy and national security of the United States.
Bill h605
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal certain limitations on health care benefits.
Bill h3803
To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Bill h2227
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of medical gases, taking into account the special characteristics of medical gases, the special techniques and processes required to produce medical gases, and the established history of safe and effective use of medical gases.
Bill h2032
To protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in class action lawsuits by federally-funded entities involving such residents and in Department of Justice actions that could result in an agreement to move such a resident from that resident's facility.
Bill h2313
To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota in that Fund, and certain other authorities, and to rescind related appropriations.
Bill h1558
To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that Act.
Bill h1895
To amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to extend, enhance, and revise the provisions relating to collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and to establish certain other protections for personal information of children and minors.
Bill h3548
To facilitate United States access to North American oil resources, and for other purposes.
Bill h3412
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1421 Veterans Memorial Drive in Abbeville, Louisiana, as the "Sergeant Richard Franklin Abshire Post Office Building".
Bill h3209
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide predictability, consistency, and transparency to the premarket review process.
Bill h3206
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to appointments to advisory committees and conflicts of interest.
Bill h3205
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to persons who, with respect to devices, are accredited to perform certain reviews or inspections.
Bill h3162
To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from implementing certain rules relating to employment of aliens described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes.
Bill h3158
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to change the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to certain farms.
Bill h2250
To provide additional time for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators, and for other purposes.
Bill h2068
To permit a Commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to continue to serve on the Commission if a successor is not timely appointed and confirmed.
Bill h2059
To prohibit funding to the United Nations Population Fund.
Bill h2021
To amend the Clean Air Act regarding air pollution from Outer Continental Shelf activities.
Bill h1872
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to consider the impact on employment levels and economic activity prior to issuing a regulation, policy statement, guidance, or other requirement, implementing any new or substantially altered program, or issuing or denying any permit, and for other purposes.
Bill h1834
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a temporary dividends received deduction for 2011 or 2012.
Bill h1829
To provide for the eradication and control of nutria.
Bill h1736
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the establishment of Mother's Day.
Bill h1683
To restore the longstanding partnership between States and the Federal Government in managing the Medicaid program.
Bill h1635
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for investments lost in a fraudulent Ponzi-type scheme.
Bill h1633
To establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard applicable to coarse particulate matter, to limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust in areas in which such dust is regulated under State, tribal, or local law, and for other purposes.
Bill h1358
To rescind certain Federal funds identified by States as unwanted and use the funds to reduce the Federal debt.
Bill h1343
To return unused or reclaimed funds made available for broadband awards in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to the Treasury of the United States.
Bill h1231
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that each 5-year offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in the areas with the most prospective oil and gas resources, to establish a domestic oil and natural gas production goal, and for other purposes.
Bill h1230
To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales, and for other purposes.
Bill h1229
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to facilitate the safe and timely production of American energy resources from the Gulf of Mexico.
Bill h1228
To provide for payments to certain natural resource trustees to assist in restoring natural resources damaged as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and for other purposes.
Bill h1173
To repeal the CLASS program.
Bill h1093
To reform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, modernize firearms laws and regulations, protect the community from criminals, and for other purposes.
Bill h993
To extend outer Continental Shelf leases to accommodate permitting delays and to provide operators time to meet new drilling and safety requirements.
Bill h984
To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for a process for waiver of requirements of that title where the requirement is asserted to otherwise result in a significant decrease in access to coverage or significant increase in premiums or other costs.
Bill h969
To prohibit conditioning licensure of a health care provider upon participation in a health plan.
Bill h910
To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating any regulation concerning, taking action relating to, or taking into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas to address climate change, and for other purposes.
Bill h840
To allow the conduct of offshore energy exploration, development, and production operations under drilling permits previously issued by the Minerals Management Service, and for other purposes.
Bill h746
To repeal the wage rate requirements commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act.
Bill h745
To repeal the wage rate requirements commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act.
Bill h735
To preserve open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects.
Bill h645
To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.
Bill h642
To prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine.
Bill h570
To amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance the roles of dentists and allied dental personnel in the Nation's disaster response framework, and for other purposes.
Bill h559
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an additional year for the extension of the placed in service date for the low-income housing credit rules applicable to the GO Zone.
Bill h471
To reauthorize the DC opportunity scholarship program, and for other purposes.
Bill h440
To provide for the establishment of the Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia.
Bill h421
To require that the Government prioritize all obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached.
Bill h371
To repeal title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce.
Bill h369
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve access to health care by allowing a deduction for the health insurance costs of individuals, expanding health savings accounts, and for other purposes.
Bill h358
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services under such Act.
Bill h96
To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from further regulating the Internet.
Bill h57
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to make improvements in the provision of Federal disaster assistance, and for other purposes.
Bill h56
To provide for restoration of the coastal areas of the Gulf of Mexico affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and for other purposes.
Bill h49
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program that will result in an environmentally sound program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and for other purposes.
Bill hj37
Disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices.
Bill hr568
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of preventing the Government of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability.
Bill hr516
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the passage of a fiscal year 2013 Federal budget is of national importance.
Bill hr433
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month by promoting national awareness of adoption and the children in foster care awaiting families, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, recognizing current programs and efforts designed to promote adoption, and encouraging people in the United States to seek improved safety, permanency, and well-being for all children.
Bill hr140
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that domestic oil and gas resources are critical to our Nation's security and economy and the Secretary of the Interior should take immediate action to streamline the shallow and deepwater permitting process.
Bill hc25
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the Obama administration's discontinuing to defend the Defense of Marriage Act.
Bill h104
To ensure that amounts credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are used for harbor maintenance.
Bill h1206
To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers.
Bill h3001
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Raoul Wallenberg, in recognition of his achievements and heroic actions during the Holocaust.
Bill h1179
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to protect rights of conscience with regard to requirements for coverage of specific items and services.
Bill h3269
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the continued access of Medicare beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services.
Bill h1744
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the employer health insurance mandate.
Bill h217
To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions, and for other purposes.
Bill h886
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 225th anniversary of the establishment of the Nation's first Federal law enforcement agency, the United States Marshals Service.
Bill h10
To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law.
Bill h436
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices.
Bill h452
To repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
Bill h674
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities.
Bill h24
To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.
Bill hr268
Reaffirming the United States' commitment to a negotiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and for other purposes.
Bill h1380
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage alternative energy investments and job creation.
Bill hj2
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Bill h2
To repeal the job-killing health care law and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

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