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Maurice D. Hinchey Democrat U.S. Representative 22nd Of NEW YORK
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HINCHEY, Maurice Dunlea, a Representative from New York; born in New York, N.Y., October 27, 1938; graduated from Saugerties High School, Saugerties, N.Y., 1956; B.S., State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, N.Y., 1968, M.A., State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, N.Y., 1970; United States Navy, 1956-1959; member of the New York state assembly, 1975-1993; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-present).

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U.S. Representative 2003 2010 New York 22
U.S. Representative 1993 2002 New York 26

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Washington Address: 2431 Rayburn House Office Building
Phone: 202-225-6335
Fax: 202-226-0774
Web site: http://www.house.gov/hinchey/

Related Bill(s)
AsSponsor
Bill h4457
To require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to take certain actions to reduce excessive speculation in energy markets.
Bill h777
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the rate of tax on distilled spirits produced by small producers.
Bill h3299
To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to apply to retiree-only health plans the extension of dependent health coverage for individuals through 26 years of age provided for by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Bill h2488
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a $1,000 refundable credit for individuals who are bona fide volunteer members of volunteer firefighting and emergency medical service organizations.
Bill h2452
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to complete a special resource study of the Hudson River Valley in the State of New York, and for other purposes.
Bill h2451
To restore certain provisions of the Banking Act of 1933, commonly referred to as the "Glass-Steagall Act", and for other purposes.
Bill h2328
To require the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to impose unilaterally position limits and margin requirements to eliminate excessive oil speculation, and to take other actions to ensure that the price of crude oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, and heating oil accurately reflects the fundamentals of supply and demand, to remain in effect until the date on which the Commission establishes position limits to diminish, eliminate, or prevent excessive speculation as required by title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and for other purposes.
Bill h1916
To designate as wilderness certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for the benefit of present and future generations of people in the United States.
Bill h1328
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of qualified acupuncturist services under part B of the Medicare Program, and to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for coverage of such services under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
Bill h336
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to protect consumers from usury, and for other purposes.
AsCo-Sponsor
Bill h4082
To amend title VII of the Social Security Act to require the President to transmit the annual budget of the Social Security Administration without revisions to Congress, and for other purposes.
Bill h3435
To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the prevention of and response to sexual assault in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Bill h3307
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the renewable energy credit.
Bill h1873
To amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration.
Bill h1244
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Small Business Act to expand the availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations, and for other purposes.
Bill h210
To amend title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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 h4470
To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and title 5, United States Code, to require individual and group health insurance coverage and group health plans and Federal employees health benefit plans to provide coverage for routine HIV screening.
Bill h4378
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items under the Medicare program.
Bill h3993
To clarify the National Credit Union Administration authority to improve credit union safety and soundness.
Bill h3798
To provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens, and for other purposes.
Bill h3658
To strengthen implementation of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005, and for other purposes.
Bill h3618
To eliminate racial profiling by law enforcement, and for other purposes.
Bill h3591
To recalculate and restore retirement annuity obligations of the United States Postal Service, eliminate the requirement that the United States Postal Service pre-fund the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund, place restrictions on the closure of postal facilities, create incentives for innovation for the United States Postal Service, to maintain levels of postal service, and for other purposes.
Bill h3405
To increase the recruitment and retention of school counselors, school social workers, and school psychologists by low-income local educational agencies.
Bill h3395
To enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to establish, finance, and carry out a coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets for concrete masonry products.
Bill h2966
To amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes.
Bill h2353
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and increase the exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders.
Bill h2256
To amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally.
Bill h2245
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide the Food and Drug Administration with improved capacity to prevent drug shortages.
Bill h2088
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage for employees' spouses and dependent children to coverage provided to other eligible designated beneficiaries of employees.
Bill h1672
To expand the research and awareness activities of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to scleroderma, and for other purposes.
Bill h1543
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare.
Bill h1449
To protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
Bill h1418
To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans, and for other purposes.
Bill h321
To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purposes of making adverse employment decisions.
Bill h139
To preserve the Arctic coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, as wilderness in recognition of its extraordinary natural ecosystems and for the permanent good of present and future generations of Americans.
Bill h4350
To ensure that certain flight, duty, and rest requirements apply to all-cargo air operations, and for other purposes.
Bill h4271
To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.
Bill h3461
To improve the examination of depository institutions, and for other purposes.
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 h3413
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1449 West Avenue in Bronx, New York, as the "Private Isaac T. Cortes Post Office".
Bill h3192
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to inter in national cemeteries individuals who supported the United States in Laos during the Vietnam War era.
Bill h3086
To phase out special wage certificates under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 under which individuals with disabilities may be employed at subminimum wage rates.
Bill h2985
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans.
Bill h2244
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 67 Castle Street in Geneva, New York, as the "Corporal Steven Blaine Riccione Post Office".
Bill h2079
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10 Main Street in East Rockaway, New York, as the "John J. Cook Post Office".
Bill h1971
To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure transparency and proper operation of pharmacy benefit managers.
Bill h1792
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include automated fire sprinkler systems as section 179 property and classify certain automated fire sprinkler systems as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation.
Bill h1648
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students.
Bill h1397
To prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Bill h1288
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to accept additional documentation when considering the application for veterans status of an individual who performed service in the merchant marines during World War II, and for other purposes.
Bill h1048
To prevent harassment at institutions of higher education, 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 h885
To improve and expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 students in the United States by improving professional development programs for kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through institutions of higher education.
Bill h808
To establish a Department of Peace.
Bill h3790
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education under the Medicare Program and to provide for research to improve cancer symptom management.
Bill h3679
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the position of National Nurse for Public Health.
Bill h3596
To require a publicly available a list of all employers that relocate a call center overseas and to make such companies ineligible for Federal grants or guaranteed loans and to require disclosure of the physical location of business agents engaging in customer service communications.
Bill h3200
To provide flexibility of certain transit functions to local entities.
Bill h2787
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to diabetes self-management training by authorizing certified diabetes educators to provide diabetes self-management training services, including as part of telehealth services, under part B of the Medicare program.
Bill h2310
To provide for equal access to COBRA continuation coverage.
Bill h2104
To amend the Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly.
Bill h1842
To authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.
Bill h1546
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.
Bill h1426
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, and for other purposes.
Bill h1404
To reform the financing of House elections, and for other purposes.
Bill h780
To provide that funds for operations of the Armed Forces in Afghanistan shall be obligated and expended only for purposes of providing for the safe and orderly withdrawal from Afghanistan of all members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense contractor personnel who are in Afghanistan.
Bill h451
To ensure that patients receive accurate health care information by prohibiting misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services, and to require the identification of the license of health care professionals.
Bill hr564
Recognizing the critical importance of the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP), formerly called the food stamp program.
Bill h5050
To prohibit employers and certain other entities from requiring or requesting that employees and certain other individuals provide a user name, password, or other means for accessing a personal account on any social networking website.
Bill h3635
To encourage initiatives for financial products and services that are appropriate and accessible for millions of American small businesses that do not have access to the financial mainstream.
Bill h3612
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes.
Bill h3590
To allow certain Indonesian citizens to file a motion to reopen their asylum claims.
Bill h3418
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health of children and reduce the occurrence of sudden unexpected infant death and to enhance public health activities related to stillbirth.
Bill h3102
To require that every mammography summary delivered to a patient after a mammography examination, as required by section 354 of the Public Health Service Act (commonly referred to as the "Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992"), contain information regarding the patient's breast density and language communicating that individuals with more dense breasts may benefit from supplemental screening tests, and for other purposes.
Bill h3053
To eliminate discrimination in the law for those who have tested positive for HIV, and for other purposes.
Bill h2505
To expand the research, prevention, and awareness activities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health with respect to pulmonary fibrosis, and for other purposes.
Bill h2315
To promote the economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through their increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations where they currently represent 25 percent or less of the workforce.
Bill h2248
To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate covered part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries.
Bill h1704
To direct the Secretary of Education to establish an award program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education.
Bill h1386
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of comprehensive Alzheimer's disease and related dementia diagnosis and services in order to improve care and outcomes for Americans living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias by improving detection, diagnosis, and care planning.
Bill h1193
To ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by the heirs and survivors of such persons, and for other purposes.
Bill h640
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a National Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Registry, to authorize research on acquired bone marrow failure diseases, and for other purposes.
Bill hr177
Expressing support for internal rebuilding, resettlement, and reconciliation within Sri Lanka that are necessary to ensure a lasting peace.
Bill hc63
Supporting the formation of a bipartisan Presidential Commission to study the establishment of a National Museum of the American People.
Bill hr640
Expressing support for designation of May 2012 as Mental Health Month.
Bill h2980
To limit reimbursement for excessive compensation of government contractors equal to the pay of Cabinet Secretaries.
Bill h1742
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a presumption of service connection for illnesses associated with contaminants in the water supply at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and to provide health care to family members of veterans who lived at Camp Lejeune while the water was contaminated.
Bill h942
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the research credit through 2012 and to increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit.
Bill h2152
To reauthorize the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004, to provide assistance to Best Buddies to support the expansion and development of mentoring programs, and for other purposes.
Bill h2085
To amend title 10, United States Code, regarding restrictions on the use of Department of Defense funds and facilities for abortions.
Bill h2028
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to modify the dischargeability of debts for certain educational payments and loans.
Bill h1417
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Defense to use only human-based methods for training members of the Armed Forces in the treatment of severe combat injuries.
Bill h1375
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste.
Bill h1116
To repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage.
Bill h4609
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of permanent partnerships between individuals of the same gender as marriage for purposes of determining entitlement to benefits under such title.
Bill h4104
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Bill h3702
To clarify that an authorization to use military force, a declaration of war, or any similar authority shall not authorize the detention without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States and for other purposes.
Bill h3420
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to facilitate program-related investments by private foundations.
Bill h3286
To promote local and regional farm and food systems, and for other purposes.
Bill h3067
To provide for the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer.
Bill h2639
To prohibit the application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision of assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Bill h2502
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes.
Bill h1940
To ensure compliance with the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction by countries with which the United States enjoys reciprocal obligations, to establish procedures for the prompt return of children abducted to other countries, and for other purposes.
Bill h1681
To prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on the sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status of any prospective adoptive or foster parent, or the sexual orientation or gender identity of the child involved.
Bill h1204
To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources, and for other purposes.
Bill h1057
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve standards for physical education.
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 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 h2741
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the occurrence of diabetes in Medicare beneficiaries by extending coverage under Medicare for medical nutrition therapy services to such beneficiaries with pre-diabetes or with risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes.
Bill h2288
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for certain treatment of autism under TRICARE.
Bill h1402
To authorize the Architect of the Capitol to establish battery recharging stations for privately owned vehicles in parking areas under the jurisdiction of the House of Representatives at no net cost to the Federal Government.
Bill h1236
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a reduced rate of excise tax on beer produced domestically by certain small producers.
Bill h555
To assist States in establishing a universal prekindergarten program to ensure that all children 3, 4, and 5 years old have access to a high-quality full-day, full-calendar-year prekindergarten education.
Bill h265
To provide for the admission of the State of New Columbia into the Union.
Bill hj90
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to expressly exclude for-profit corporations from the rights given to natural persons by the Constitution of the United States, prohibit corporate spending in all elections, and affirm the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations and to regulate and set limits on all election contributions and expenditures.
Bill h4329
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the payment of monthly annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to a supplemental or special needs trust established for the sole benefit of a disabled dependent child of a participant in the Survivor Benefit Plan.
Bill h3368
To suspend the authority for the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (the successor institution to the United States Army School of the Americas) in the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Bill h1876
To allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.
Bill h719
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol.
Bill h267
To provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia as a State for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.
Bill h266
To provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia as a State for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives and Senate, and for other purposes.
Bill h85
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand teacher loan forgiveness.
Bill h14
To reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes.
Bill h4963
To address the concept of "Too Big To Fail" with respect to certain financial entities.
Bill h32
To amend the definition of "homeless person" under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to include certain homeless children and youth.
Bill h4099
To authorize a National Heritage Area Program, and for other purposes.
Bill h3769
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of the low-income housing credit that may be allocated in States damaged in 2011 by Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee.
Bill h3647
To improve transparency and accountability in the waiver process of the Buy America requirement for certain transportation provisions.
Bill h3556
To designate the new United States courthouse in Buffalo, New York, as the "Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse".
Bill h2717
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate one city in the United States each year as an "American World War II City", and for other purposes.
Bill h2195
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of home infusion therapy under the Medicare Program.
Bill h1537
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity, and for other purposes.
Bill h376
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers.
Bill h4277
To establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund to create employment opportunities for the unemployed.
Bill h3974
To reduce the number of nuclear-armed submarines operated by the Navy, to prohibit the development of a new long-range penetrating bomber aircraft, to reduce the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles operated by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Bill h3826
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans.
Bill h3553
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require that food that contains a genetically engineered material, or that is produced with a genetically engineered material, be labeled accordingly.
Bill h3485
To provide certain benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees.
Bill h3151
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to allow employees leave to address domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their effects, and to include leave to care for domestic partners under the Act, and for other purposes.
Bill h2705
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality basic education and to establish the achievement of quality universal basic education in all developing countries as an objective of United States foreign assistance policy, and for other purposes.
Bill h2489
To authorize the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program.
Bill h2311
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the tax rate for excise tax on investment income of private foundations.
Bill h2134
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve access to advanced practice nurses and physician assistants under the Medicaid Program.
Bill h1968
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the award of a military service medal to members of the Armed Forces who served honorably during the Cold War, and for other purposes.
Bill h1951
To award planning grants and implementation grants to State educational agencies to enable the State educational agencies to complete comprehensive planning to carry out activities designed to integrate engineering education into K-12 instruction and curriculum and to provide evaluation grants to measure efficacy of K-12 engineering education.
Bill h1738
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.
Bill h1579
To improve compliance with mine safety and health laws, empower miners to raise safety concerns, prevent future mine tragedies, and for other purposes.
Bill h1513
To prohibit the conducting of invasive research on great apes, and for other purposes.
Bill h812
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam.
Bill h466
To amend title 39, United States Code, to extend the authority of the United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research.
Bill h190
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for high gravity violations, to adjust penalties for inflation, to provide rights for victims or their family members, and for other purposes.
Bill h23
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II.
Bill hj88
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations, limited liability companies or other corporate entities established by the laws of any state, the United States, or any foreign state.
Bill hr333
Welcoming and commending the Government of Japan for extending an official apology to all United States former prisoners of war from the Pacific War and establishing in 2010 a visitation program to Japan for surviving veterans, family members, and descendants.
Bill hr312
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions.
Bill hr304
Calling upon the President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide, and for other purposes.
Bill h2337
To amend the Peace Corps Act to require sexual assault risk-reduction and response training, the development of sexual assault protocol and guidelines, the establishment of victims advocates, the establishment of a Sexual Assault Advisory Council, and for other purposes.
Bill hr60
Urging the Secretary of State to remove the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran from the Department of State's list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
Bill h2948
To provide assistance for the modernization, renovation, and repair of elementary and secondary school buildings in public school districts, as well as community colleges, across America in order to support the achievement of improved educational outcomes in those schools, and for other purposes.
Bill h2914
To create an emergency jobs program that will fund 2,242,000 positions during fiscal years 2012 and 2013.
Bill h2377
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for expedited procedures for the consideration of certain veterans claims, and for other purposes.
Bill h1464
To develop a strategy for assisting stateless children from North Korea, and for other purposes.
Bill h192
To expand the boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and for other purposes.
Bill hc40
Supporting the goals and ideals of the National Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender name-calling, bullying, and harassment faced by individuals in schools.
Bill h4173
To direct the President of the United States to appoint a high-level United States representative or special envoy for Iran for the purpose of ensuring that the United States pursues all diplomatic avenues to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, to avoid a war with Iran, and for other purposes.
Bill h3555
To provide additional protections for farmers and ranchers that may be harmed economically by genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals, to ensure fairness for farmers and ranchers in their dealings with biotech companies that sell genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals, to assign liability for injury caused by genetically engineered organisms, and for other purposes.
Bill h3554
To prohibit the open-air cultivation of genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops, to prohibit the use of common human food or animal feed as the host plant for a genetically engineered pharmaceutical or industrial chemical, to establish a tracking system to regulate the growing, handling, transportation, and disposal of pharmaceutical and industrial crops and their byproducts to prevent human, animal, and general environmental exposure to genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops and their byproducts, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of genetically engineered foods, and for other purposes.
Bill h2239
To expand the research activities of the National Institutes of Health with respect to functional gastrointestinal and motility disorders, and for other purposes.
Bill h3334
To designate certain National Forest System lands and public lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and wild and scenic rivers, to provide for the establishment of a Northern Rockies Wildlife Habitat and Corridors Information System and Program, and for other purposes.
Bill h2547
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding environmental education, and for other purposes.
Bill h1564
To establish the Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays.
Bill h1479
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for the purchase of hearing aids.
Bill h1477
To require certain mortgagees to evaluate loans for modifications, to establish a grant program for State and local government mediation programs, and for other purposes.
Bill h1171
To reauthorize and amend the Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act.
Bill h601
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies.
Bill h589
To amend title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for additional weeks of first-tier emergency unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.
Bill h576
To amend section 9A of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require each local educational agency participating in a program authorized by the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to include under the local school wellness policy established by the agency a requirement that students receive 50 hours of school nutrition education per school year.
Bill h2659
To establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of Food and Drug Administration-approved contraception, and for other purposes.
Bill h2543
To direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services.
Bill h2412
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to equalize the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and to provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment.
Bill h1381
To prevent and reduce the use of physical restraint and seclusion in schools, and for other purposes.
Bill h1084
To repeal the exemption for hydraulic fracturing in the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other purposes.
Bill h1041
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS).
Bill h854
To authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.
Bill h3884
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training, and for other purposes.
Bill h3747
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the alternative minimum tax exemption amount and index such amount for inflation.
Bill h3626
To provide level funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Bill h3574
To revise the formula for allocating funding to States under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981.
Bill h2599
To prevent Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and other Federal residential and commercial mortgage lending regulators from adopting policies that contravene established State and local property assessed clean energy laws.
Bill h2557
To provide for the establishment of the Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee.
Bill h1724
To provide for the provision by hospitals receiving Federal funds through the Medicare Program or Medicaid Program of emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault.
Bill h1172
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide an increased payment for chest radiography (x-ray) services that use Computer Aided Detection technology for the purpose of early detection of lung cancer.
Bill h870
To establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund to create employment opportunities for the unemployed.
Bill hr573
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's History Month.
Bill h651
To require the President to seek to negotiate and enter into a bilateral status of forces agreement with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
Bill h11
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Build America Bonds program.
Bill h2346
To improve the lives of working families by providing family and medical need assistance, child care assistance, in-school and afterschool assistance, family care assistance, and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces.
Bill h964
To protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels, and for other purposes.
Bill h494
To authorize the President to reestablish the Civilian Conservation Corps as a means of providing gainful employment to unemployed and underemployed citizens of the United States through the performance of useful public work, and for other purposes.
Bill h4038
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 4-year extension of the deduction for tuition and related expenses.
Bill h4011
To modify certain provisions of law relating to torture.
Bill h4010
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities, and for other purposes.
Bill h3983
To permit aliens who lawfully enter the United States on valid visas as nonimmigrant elementary and secondary school students to attend public schools in the United States for longer than 1 year if such aliens reimburse the local educational agency that administers the school for the full, unsubsidized per capita cost of providing education at such school for the period of the alien's attendance.
Bill h3912
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 Mastic Road in Mastic Beach, New York, as the "Brigadier General Nathaniel Woodhull Post Office Building".
Bill h3622
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education under the Medicare program and to provide for research to improve cancer symptom management.
Bill h3613
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow for fair application of the exceptions process for drugs in tiers in formularies in prescription drug plans under Medicare part D.
Bill h3593
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, New York, as the "National Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office".
Bill h3465
To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System.
Bill h3432
To authorize voluntary grazing permit retirement on Federal lands managed by the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior where livestock grazing is impractical, and for other purposes.
Bill h3402
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for employing returning heroes and wounded warriors.
Bill h3394
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the energy credit for microturbine property.
Bill h3373
To stimulate collaboration with respect to, and provide for coordination and coherence of, the Nation's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education initiatives, and for other purposes.
Bill h3346
To amend title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the continuation of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.
Bill h3313
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on certain trading transactions.
Bill h3189
To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a program to provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary schools.
Bill h3186
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce tobacco smuggling, and for other purposes.
Bill h3178
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require persons to keep records of non-employees who perform labor or services for remuneration and to provide a special penalty for persons who misclassify employees as non-employees, and for other purposes.
Bill h3077
To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to ensure that customers have the right to immediately close any account at any insured depository institutions on demand, without cost to the consumer, that consumers receive any balance in their account immediately, and for other purposes.
Bill h3048
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a look back rule in the case of federally declared disasters for determining earned income for purposes of the child tax credit and the earned income credit, and for other purposes.
Bill h3042
To provide for low interest loans for small businesses in major disaster areas, and for other purposes.
Bill h3036
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to award grants to prepare individuals for the 21st century workplace and to increase America's global competitiveness, and for other purposes.
Bill h3024
To create a special class of H-2A workers who may be admitted to work as sheepherders or dairy workers, and for other purposes.
Bill h3005
To make supplemental appropriations for disaster relief for fiscal year 2011.
Bill h3003
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Balazs "Ernie" Bodai in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to the Nation, including a tireless commitment to breast cancer research.
Bill h2920
To establish the Detroit Jobs Trust Fund.
Bill h2905
To temporarily waive the risk management purchase requirement for agricultural producers adversely impacted by Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee so that such producers are eligible to receive assistance under the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Program (SURE), Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP), and Tree Assistance Program (TAP).
Bill h2856
To provide assistance for agricultural producers adversely affected by damaging weather and other conditions relating to Hurricane Irene.
Bill h2853
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training, and for other purposes.
Bill h2822
To require that the United States Attorney, and the United States Marshal, appointed for the Northern Mariana Islands reside in the Northern Mariana Islands; and for other purposes.
Bill h2669
To restrict the use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, and for other purposes.
Bill h2665
To phase out the use of private military contractors.
Bill h2657
To end the use of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Bill h2645
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the minimum loss ratio required of Medigap policies.
Bill h2604
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of securities of a controlled corporation exchanged for assets in certain reorganizations.
Bill h2580
To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress posthumously to Father Mychal Judge, O.F.M., beloved Chaplain of the Fire Department of New York who passed away as the first recorded victim of the September 11, 2001, attacks in recognition of his example to the Nation of selfless dedication to duty and compassion for one's fellow citizens.
Bill h2564
To better protect, serve, and advance the rights of victims of elder abuse and exploitation by establishing a program to encourage States and other qualified entities to create jobs designed to hold offenders accountable, enhance the capacity of the justice system to investigate, pursue, and prosecute elder abuse cases, identify existing resources to leverage to the extent possible, and assure data collection, research, and evaluation to promote the efficacy and efficiency of the activities described in this Act.
Bill h2521
To reduce human exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and for other purposes.
Bill h2517
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require shareholder authorization before a public company may make certain political expenditures, and for other purposes.
Bill h2508
To extend through fiscal year 2013 the increase in the maximum original principal obligation of a mortgage that may be purchased by the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and for other purposes.
Bill h2501
To prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual's status or history of unemployment.
Bill h2500
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify the application of EHR payment incentives in cases of multi-campus hospitals.
Bill h2422
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 45 Bay Street, Suite 2, in Staten Island, New York, as the "Sergeant Angel Mendez Post Office".
Bill h2325
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, and for other purposes.
Bill h2296
To establish an America Rx program to establish fairer pricing for prescription drugs for individuals without access to prescription drugs at discounted prices.
Bill h2287
To assess the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), to require further negotiation of certain provisions of the NAFTA, and to provide for the withdrawal from the NAFTA unless certain conditions are met.
Bill h2260
To provide for a study by the National Academy of Engineering regarding improving the accuracy of collection of royalties on production of oil, condensate, and natural gas under leases of Federal lands and Indian lands, and for other purposes.
Bill h2229
To make demonstration grants to eligible local educational agencies for the purpose of reducing the student-to-school nurse ratio in public elementary schools and secondary schools.
Bill h2224
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide opportunities for additional residency slots in participating teaching hospitals and to expand the primary care bonus to certain underserved specialties and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for practicing-teaching physicians.
Bill h2207
To provide support to develop career and technical education programs of study and facilities in the areas of renewable energy.
Bill h2200
To limit assistance to Honduras unless the President certifies to Congress that the Government of Honduras has settled all outstanding expropriation claims brought by United States companies against the Government of Honduras.
Bill h2190
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require drug manufacturers to provide drug rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program.
Bill h2180
To authorize assistance for affordable housing and sustainable urban development in developing countries, and for other purposes.
Bill h2075
To require that spent nuclear fuel be stored in certified dry cask storage, and for other purposes.
Bill h2061
To authorize the presentation of a United States flag at the funeral of Federal civilian employees who are killed while performing official duties or because of their status as a Federal employee.
Bill h2029
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program.
Bill h2005
To reauthorize the Combating Autism Act of 2006.
Bill h1983
To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana and for the medical use of marijuana in accordance with the laws of the various States.
Bill h1970
To amend the Public Health Service Act to create a National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network to provide grants and coordinate research with respect to the causes of and risk factors associated with childhood brain tumors, and for other purposes.
Bill h1967
To encourage water efficiency.
Bill h1953
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include procedures for requests from Indian tribes for a major disaster or emergency declaration, and for other purposes.
Bill h1941
To improve the provision of Federal transition, rehabilitation, vocational, and unemployment benefits to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes.
Bill h1912
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Make It in America Block Grant Program, and for other purposes.
Bill h1880
To require, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the first reported cases of AIDS, reporting on the implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and on the status of international progress towards achieving universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment, and for other purposes.
Bill h1854
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a program of outreach for veterans, and for other purposes.
Bill h1847
To amend title 41, United States Code, and title 10, United States Code, to extend the number of years that multiyear contracts may be entered into for the purchase of advanced biofuel, and for other purposes.
Bill h1831
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marihuana, and for other purposes.
Bill h1803
To amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to improve truck parking facilities.
Bill h1796
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity, and for other purposes.
Bill h1774
To provide for an evidence-based strategy for voluntary screening for HIV/AIDS and other common sexually transmitted infections, and for other purposes.
Bill h1749
To enhance reciprocal market access for United States domestic producers in the negotiating process of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements.
Bill h1735
To require the President to transmit to Congress a plan with timeframe and completion date and reports with status updates on the transition of United States military and security operations in Afghanistan to the Government of Afghanistan.
Bill h1692
To amend part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to schools for the development of asthma management plans and the purchase of asthma medications and devices for emergency use, as necessary.
Bill h1689
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to disallow the deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities with respect to oil and gas activities of major integrated oil companies.
Bill h1659
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the credit for qualified fuel cell motor vehicles and to allow the credit for certain off-highway vehicles, and for other purposes.
Bill h1619
To amend chapter 89 of title 40, United States Code, to require commemorative works in the District of Columbia and its environs to be constructed of materials that are grown, produced, or manufactured in the United States.
Bill h1596
To provide for the use of funds in the Hazardous Substance Superfund for the purposes for which they were collected, to ensure adequate resources for the cleanup of hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, and for other purposes.
Bill h1568
To amend title VII of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and for other purposes.
Bill h1529
To amend title 10, United States Code, and the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 to provide for implementation of additional recommendations of the Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault in the Military Services.
Bill h1519
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
Bill h1488
To amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to prohibit discrimination on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit.
Bill h1462
To address HIV/AIDS in the African-American community, and for other purposes.
Bill h1456
To reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act.
Bill h1451
To repeal a modification of authority to make certain interval payments of educational assistance under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Bill h1377
To establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in elementary and secondary schools.
Bill h1352
To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing any new lease that authorizes the production of oil or natural gas under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to a person that does not renegotiate existing leases held by the person to incorporate limitations on royalty relief based on market price that are equal to or less than price thresholds that apply to other leases under that Act, and for other purposes.
Bill h1317
To discontinue Radio Marti and Television Marti broadcasts to Cuba.
Bill h1269
To authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to provide for the establishment of a National Women's History Museum.
Bill h1268
To provide certain requirements for the licensing of commercial nuclear facilities.
Bill h1250
To express the policy of the United States regarding the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity.
Bill h1163
To provide Federal contracting preferences for, and a reduction in the rate of income tax imposed on, Patriot corporations, and for other purposes.
Bill h1154
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prevent the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from prohibiting the use of service dogs on Department of Veterans Affairs property.
Bill h1138
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a grant program to fund additional school social workers and retain school social workers already employed in high-need local educational agencies.
Bill h1119
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the position of National Nurse for Public Health.
Bill h1113
To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination on the basis of unemployment status.
Bill h1106
To establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on policy issues associated with recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work, and for other purposes.
Bill h1028
To provide for equal access to COBRA continuation coverage.
Bill h1027
To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress posthumously to Father Mychal Judge, O.F.M., beloved Chaplain of the Fire Department of New York who passed away as the first recorded victim of the September 11, 2001, attacks in recognition of his example to the Nation of selfless dedication to duty and compassion for one's fellow citizens.
Bill h1001
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years totalling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes.
Bill h999
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices under the Medicare Program.
Bill h998
To end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools, and for other purposes.
Bill h985
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Armed Forces to display the flags of the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands whenever the official flags of all 50 States are displayed.
Bill h965
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to preserve the effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in the treatment of human and animal diseases.
Bill h943
To establish a grant program to encourage the use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans.
Bill h894
To amend title V of the Social Security Act to provide grants to States to establish State maternal mortality review committees on pregnancy-related deaths occurring within such States; to develop definitions of severe maternal morbidity and data collection protocols; and to eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes.
Bill h883
To expand and enhance existing adult day programs for people with neurological diseases or conditions (such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, traumatic brain injury, or other similar diseases or conditions) to support and improve access to respite services for family caregivers who are taking care of such people, and for other purposes.
Bill h862
To apply to the justices of the Supreme Court the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, to establish certain procedures with respect to the recusal of justices, and for other purposes.
Bill h820
To aid and support pediatric involvement in reading and education.
Bill h798
To require the establishment of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits under titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act.
Bill h772
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the credit lost by individuals resulting from the replacement of the Making Work Pay Credit with the employee payroll tax cut for 2011.
Bill h751
To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs.
Bill h706
To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a pilot program to award grants and loan guarantees to hospitals to carry out projects for the purpose of reducing energy costs and increasing resilience to improve security.
Bill h694
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for 1 year the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers and to increase the maximum deduction to $500.
Bill h676
To provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, improved health care delivery, and for other purposes.
Bill h630
To waive the annuity buyback requirement under the Federal Employees Retirement Service with respect to certain law enforcement officers involuntarily called or retained on active duty, and for other purposes.
Bill h604
To amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to authorize grants for the transition of youths with significant disabilities to adulthood, and for other purposes.
Bill h603
To amend the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 to provide assistance to States for development and implementation of an individual transition plan for each individual with a developmental disability in the State who is making the transition from the secondary school system into adulthood, and for other purposes.
Bill h602
To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to make improvements to the individualized education program under that Act and facilitate the transition of children with disabilities to adulthood, and for other purposes.
Bill h583
To amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions, and for other purposes.
Bill h553
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act regarding an endocrine disruptor screening program.
Bill h546
To amend title 36, United States Code, to designate the Honor and Remember Flag created by Honor and Remember, Inc., as an official symbol to recognize and honor members of the Armed Forces who died in the line of duty, and for other purposes.
Bill h521
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent the approval of genetically engineered fish.
Bill h520
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require labeling of genetically engineered fish.
Bill h492
To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require responsible parties to pay the full cost of offshore oil spills, and for other purposes.
Bill h487
To require 100 percent domestic content in green technologies purchased by Federal agencies or by States with Federal funds and in property eligible for the renewable energy production or investment tax credits.
Bill h432
To ban the use of bisphenol A in food containers, and for other purposes.
Bill h417
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the expansion of certain information reporting requirements to corporations and to payments for property, to impose a surcharge on high income taxpayers, and for other purposes.
Bill h415
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow a local educational agency that receives a subgrant under section 2121 of such Act to use the funds to provide professional development activities that train school personnel about restorative justice and conflict resolution.
Bill h402
To facilitate efficient investments and financing of infrastructure projects and new job creation through the establishment of a National Infrastructure Development Bank, and for other purposes.
Bill h396
To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program under which the Secretaries make payments for certain treatments of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Bill h363
To prevent foreclosure of home mortgages and provide for the affordable refinancing of mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Bill h350
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide greater access to the supplemental nutrition assistance program by reducing duplicative and burdensome administrative requirements, authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to certain community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups for the purpose of establishing and implementing a Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program for certain socially and economically disadvantaged populations, and for other purposes.
Bill h198
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy.
Bill h191
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish a public health insurance option.
Bill h132
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the credit for research expenses for 2011 and 2012 and to allow the credit to be assigned.
Bill h111
To require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations.
Bill h73
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4110 Almeda Road in Houston, Texas, as the "George Thomas 'Mickey' Leland Post Office Building".
Bill h65
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the taxation of smokeless tobacco products sold as discrete single-use units.
Bill h64
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade taxation of United States income.
Bill h27
To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes.
Bill h12
To provide tax relief for American workers and businesses, to put workers back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing America, and to provide pathways back to work for Americans looking for jobs.
Bill hj78
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations.
Bill hr544
Congratulating the National Football League champion New York Giants for winning Super Bowl XLVI.
Bill hr543
Honoring and remembering the victims of the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 in Clarence Center, New York, on February 12, 2009.
Bill hr531
Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the National Cancer Act of 1971 and the more than 12,000,000 survivors of cancer alive today because of the commitment of the United States to cancer research and advances in cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment.
Bill hr451
Honoring Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm on the 87th year of her birth.
Bill hr407
Expressing support for designation of September 2011 as National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
Bill hr379
Condemning the terror attacks on government buildings in Oslo, Norway, and a youth camp on Utoya Island, Norway, on July 22, 2011, and for other purposes.
Bill hr324
Welcoming and commending the Government of Japan for extending an official apology to all United States former prisoners of war from the Pacific War and moving forward in planning to invite surviving members to Japan.
Bill hr227
Recognizing the roles and contributions of America's teachers to building and enhancing our Nation's civic, cultural, and economic well-being.
Bill hr214
Expressing support for designation of May 2011 as Mental Health Month.
Bill hr207
Recognizing the 150th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War.
Bill hr190
Honoring the life of Congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro, the first woman selected by a major political party as its candidate for Vice President.
Bill hr183
Recognizing Company E, 100th Battalion, 442d Infantry Regiment of the United States Army and the sacrifice of the soldiers of Company E and their families in support of the United States.
Bill hr176
Commending the progress made by anti-tuberculosis programs.
Bill hr165
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's History Month.
Bill hr148
Supporting the goals of International Women's Day.
Bill hr144
Acknowledging the 42nd anniversary of the election of Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm, the first African-American woman in Congress.
Bill hr106
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that defense systems, including the helicopter fleet used to transport the President of the United States, should not be procured, directly or indirectly, from an entity controlled, directed, or influenced by the Government of China.
Bill hr100
Honoring the life of David Kato and all who are victims of violence in Uganda because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Bill hr58
Expressing support for designation of the first Saturday in January after Congress reconvenes as "National Congress on your Corner Day".
Bill hr51
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
Bill hr41
Recognizing 2011 as the Year for People of African Descent.
Bill hr21
Recognizing non-proliferation options for nuclear understanding to keep everyone safe (NO NUKES).
Bill hr20
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Senate should ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
Bill hr19
Calling for the adoption of a smart security platform for the 21st century.
Bill hc85
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the proposed settlement between the Department of Justice, the State attorneys general, and mortgage servicers regarding mortgage fraud and the economic crisis.
Bill hc72
Expressing the sense of Congress that any legislative language approved by the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction should not reduce benefits for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid recipients.
Bill hc66
Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and recognize the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity for its work to erect a monument to the civil rights leader.
Bill hc39
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the freedom, security, and stability of Taiwan.
Bill h456
To require the establishment of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security benefits under title II of the Social Security Act.
Bill h104
To ensure that amounts credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are used for harbor maintenance.
Bill h2139
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the establishment of Lions Clubs International.
Bill h3269
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the continued access of Medicare beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services.
Bill h2492
To prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture, and for other purposes.
Bill h835
To amend the Animal Welfare Act to provide further protection for puppies.
Bill h1148
To prohibit commodities and securities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress, to require additional reporting by Members and employees of Congress of securities transactions, and for other purposes.
Bill h721
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit.
Bill h733
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative, 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 h2447
To grant the congressional gold medal to the Montford Point Marines.
Bill h860
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles.
Bill hj69
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.
Bill h2395
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to permit the establishment of Jobs Corps centers in territories of the United States.
Bill hr25
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the current Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home should not be further restricted.
Bill h459
To require a full audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United States before the end of 2012, and for other purposes.
Bill hr137
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its 6-day mail delivery service.
Bill h1351
To amend the provisions of title 5, United States Code, relating to the methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System, and for other purposes.
Bill h1815
To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lena Horne in recognition of her achievements and contributions to American culture and the civil rights movement.
Bill h639
To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relating to a fundamentally undervalued currency of any foreign country.
Bill h1520
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that oil and gas drilling and production operations on the outer Continental Shelf must have in place the best available technology for blowout preventers and emergency shutoff equipment, and for other purposes.

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