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Peter T. King Republican U.S. Representative 3rd Of NEW YORK
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kdtalcott  : @RepPeteKing shows what he learned at Notre Dame by comparing immigrants to dogs. http://t.co/te8JsDV4 #clueless
2012-05-24T01:55:19Z
truthusadotcom  : RT @HSPI: Homeland Security Chairman @RepPeteKing: CIA, Pentagon cooperated too closely with filmmakers http://t.co/gBvTW3Le
2012-05-23T22:57:28Z
truthusadotcom  : RT @HouseHomeland: Chairman @RepPeteKing on FNC @AmericaNewsroom on #CIA #DoD #binLadenMovie docs; producers given unprecedented access http://t.co/M93MT3rY
2012-05-23T22:56:33Z
HSPI  : Homeland Security Chairman @RepPeteKing: CIA, Pentagon cooperated too closely with filmmakers http://t.co/gBvTW3Le
2012-05-23T22:30:16Z
FilmVeterans  : RT @HouseHomeland: Chairman @RepPeteKing on FNC @AmericaNewsroom on #CIA #DoD #binLadenMovie docs; producers given unprecedented access http://t.co/M93MT3rY
2012-05-23T22:05:40Z
FilmVeterans  : RT @HouseHomeland: .@RepPeteKing on @StartingPtCNN on flight diverted bc implant claim & classified info given to makers of #binLadenmovie http://t.co/G7KygKbr
2012-05-23T22:05:36Z
FilmVeterans  : RT @HouseHomeland: Chairman @RepPeteKing stmt on #CIA #pentagon documents on Osama #binLaden movie collaboration http://t.co/iyIH2W7Z #binladenmovie
2012-05-23T22:05:31Z
CourageLeads  : RT @HouseHomeland: Chairman @RepPeteKing on FNC @AmericaNewsroom on #CIA #DoD #binLadenMovie docs; producers given unprecedented access http://t.co/M93MT3rY
2012-05-23T22:04:04Z
CourageLeads  : RT @HouseHomeland: .@RepPeteKing on @StartingPtCNN on flight diverted bc implant claim & classified info given to makers of #binLadenmovie http://t.co/G7KygKbr
2012-05-23T22:03:55Z
CourageLeads  : RT @HouseHomeland: Chairman @RepPeteKing stmt on #CIA #pentagon documents on Osama #binLaden movie collaboration http://t.co/iyIH2W7Z #binladenmovie
2012-05-23T22:03:51Z
RepPeteKing  : This afternoon I met with members of the West Babylon American Legion on veteran issues: http://t.co/YFvNBj9r
2012-05-23T21:35:15Z
Synders777  : PLUG THIS LEAK! @RepPeteKing #DOD & #CIA Rcrds Detailing Meetings w/bin Laden Raid Filmmakers http://t.co/Y7kyUqbV #tcot #tlot #gop #dnc
2012-05-23T21:21:35Z
kssturgis62  : What good is it for @RepPeteKing to Slam Obama for Bin Laden. When are you going to take ACTION and Charge Him !! http://t.co/cCSmSo5W
2012-05-23T20:03:24Z
MsJeffDesigns  : RTpls @RepPeteKing I sent binders to @DarrellIssa @SpeakerBoehner & @marcorubio Please help pass: "The 275 Law" http://t.co/o1GNV3XX
2012-05-23T19:17:25Z
sasha2000  : @GuitarHero1965 Gen. Paul Eaton: @RepPeteKing & @senjohnMcCain are putting American Lives at Risk http://t.co/BJMSCI3S
2012-05-23T19:04:58Z
 
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KING, Peter T., a Representative from New York; born in New York, N.Y., April 5, 1944; B.A., St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., 1965; J.D., Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Ind., 1968; United States National Guard, 1968-1973; lawyer, private practice; deputy attorney, Nassau County, N.Y., 1972-1974; member of the Hempstead, N.Y., town council, 1977-1981; comptroller, Nassau County, N.Y., 1981-1993; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Third and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-present); chair, Committee on Homeland Security (One Hundred Ninth Congress).

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U.S. Representative 1993 2010 New York 3

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Washington Address: 436 Cannon House Office Building
Phone: 202-225-7896
Fax: 202-226-2279
Web site: http://peteking.house.gov/

Related Bill(s)
AsSponsor
Bill h3993
To clarify the National Credit Union Administration authority to improve credit union safety and soundness.
Bill h5144
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the award of the Purple Heart to members of the Armed Forces who are killed or wounded in a terrorist attack perpetrated within the United States.
Bill h376
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers.
Bill h3387
To amend the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 to adjust the percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas, and for other purposes.
Bill h3466
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish and provide a checkoff for a Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund, and for other purposes.
Bill h3116
To authorize certain programs of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
Bill h3025
To provide for certain tunnel life safety and rehabilitation projects for Amtrak.
Bill h2623
To establish a National Commission to Review the National Response Since the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001.
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 h2503
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 h1935
To provide for free mailing privileges for personal correspondence and parcels sent to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Bill h1586
To amend title 49, United States Code, concerning approval of applications for the airport security screening opt-out program, and for other purposes.
Bill h1576
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses.
Bill h1506
To increase public safety by permitting the Attorney General to deny the transfer of a firearm or the issuance of firearms or explosives licenses to a known or suspected dangerous terrorist.
Bill h1312
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an increased work opportunity credit with respect to recent veterans, and for other purposes.
Bill h1307
To provide that Executive Order 13166 shall have no force or effect, and to prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes.
Bill h1164
To amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the official language of the Government of the United States, and for other purposes.
Bill h1037
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the national collection of data on stillbirths in a standardized manner, and for other purposes.
Bill h926
To provide Capitol-flown flags to the immediate family of fire fighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medical technicians, and other rescue workers who are killed in the line of duty.
Bill h703
To amend section 798 of title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for disclosure of classified information related to certain intelligence activities of the United States, and for other purposes.
Bill h607
To enhance public safety by making more spectrum available to public safety agencies, to facilitate the development of a wireless public safety broadband network, to provide standards for the spectrum needs of public safety agencies, and for other purposes.
Bill h496
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the carrying of a firearm near a place where a senior Federal official is holding an official public event or carrying out an official or representational duty, or where any person is campaigning for Federal elective office.
Bill h495
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide immunity for reports of suspected terrorist activity or suspicious behavior and response.
Bill hr255
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that effective sharing of passenger information from inbound international flight manifests is a crucial component of our national security and that the Department of Homeland Security must maintain the information sharing standards required under the 2007 Passenger Name Record Agreement between the United States and the European Union.
Bill hr226
Calling for the immediate extradition or rendering to the United States of convicted felon William Morales and all other fugitives from justice who are receiving safe harbor in Cuba in order to escape prosecution or confinement for criminal offenses committed in the United States.
Bill hr122
Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Homeland Security in the One Hundred Twelfth Congress.
Bill hc52
Expressing the sense of Congress that John Arthur "Jack" Johnson should receive a posthumous pardon for the racially motivated conviction in 1913 that diminished the athletic, cultural, and historic significance of Jack Johnson and unduly tarnished his reputation.
Bill hc44
Calling for an independent international investigation of the April 10, 2010, plane crash that killed President of Poland Lech Kaczynski and 95 other individuals.
Bill hr111
Establishing a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs.
AsCo-Sponsor
Bill h3015
To improve and enhance research and programs on childhood cancer survivorship, and for other purposes.
Bill h2569
To make the Internal Revenue Service Free File Program permanent.
Bill h2499
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema under the Medicare program and to reduce costs under such program related to the treatment of lymphedema.
Bill h3670
To require the Transportation Security Administration to comply with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.
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 h3173
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to reform the process for the enrollment, activation, issuance, and renewal of a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) to require, in total, not more than one in-person visit to a designated enrollment center.
Bill h3145
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, and for other purposes.
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 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 h2108
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers under the Medicare program.
Bill h1802
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities.
Bill h1675
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level, and for other purposes.
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 h3497
To promote the development of meaningful treatments for patients.
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 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 h2668
To designate the station of the United States Border Patrol located at 2136 South Naco Highway in Bisbee, Arizona, as the "Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station".
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 h2069
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to enhance existing programs providing mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes, and for other purposes.
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 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 h891
To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to promote medication therapy management under the Medicare part D prescription drug program.
Bill h4323
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to improve upon the definitions provided for points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction.
Bill h4229
To authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system.
Bill h4124
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to States to streamline State requirements and procedures for veterans with military emergency medical training to become civilian emergency medical technicians.
Bill h3679
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the position of National Nurse for Public Health.
Bill h3668
To prevent trafficking in counterfeit drugs.
Bill h3200
To provide flexibility of certain transit functions to local entities.
Bill h2888
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow credits for the establishment of franchises with veterans.
Bill h2866
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax incentive for the installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property.
Bill h2746
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide for coverage of oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the coverage provided for intravenously administered anticancer medications.
Bill h2299
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.
Bill h1756
To reauthorize the National Oilheat Research Alliance, and for other purposes.
Bill h1546
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.
Bill h1498
To require the lender or servicer of a home mortgage, upon a request by the homeowner for a short sale, to make a prompt decision whether to allow the sale.
Bill h1283
To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty or active service used to reduce the minimum age at which a member of a reserve component of the uniformed services may retire for non-regular service.
Bill hr298
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there is need for specified agencies to coordinate and capitalize on existing programs for epilepsy awareness.
Bill h365
To encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout the United States in order to disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty.
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 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 h3352
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of tax as contributions to the homeless veterans assistance fund.
Bill h2751
To authorize a pilot program on enhancements of Department of Defense efforts on mental health in the National Guard and Reserves through community partnerships, and for other purposes.
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 h757
To amend the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 to confirm that a customer's net equity claim is based on the customer's last statement and that certain recoveries are prohibited, to change how trustees are appointed, and for other purposes.
Bill hr460
Expressing support for designation of 2012 as the "Year of the Girl" and celebrating the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouts of the USA.
Bill h5129
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income amounts paid by an employer on an employee's student loans.
Bill h4228
To direct the Secretary of State to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force as a foreign terrorist organization, and for other purposes.
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 h3857
To amend the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to include as an eligible use the sustainment of specialized operational teams used by local law enforcement under the Transit Security Grant Program, and for other purposes.
Bill h3811
To approve the Keystone XL pipeline project permit.
Bill h2595
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders.
Bill h2356
To enhance homeland security by improving efforts to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from an attack with a weapon of mass destruction, and for other purposes.
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 h1416
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for restitution and other State judicial debts that are past-due.
Bill h668
To amend the Federal Power Act to protect the bulk-power system and electric infrastructure critical to the defense and well-being of the United States against natural and manmade electromagnetic pulse ("EMP") threats and vulnerabilities.
Bill h4104
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Bill h3067
To provide for the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer.
Bill h2600
To provide for implementation of the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan.
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 hc87
Expressing the sense of Congress that an appropriate site at the former Navy Dive School at the Washington Navy Yard should be provided for a memorial to honor the members of the Armed Forces who have served as divers and whose service in defense of the United States has been carried out beneath the waters of the world.
Bill h3808
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to detention of unlawfully present aliens who are apprehended for driving while intoxicated, and for other purposes.
Bill h3489
To require the President to call a White House Conference on Autism.
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 h2764
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish weapons of mass destruction intelligence and information sharing functions of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security and to require dissemination of information analyzed by the Department to entities with responsibilities relating to homeland security, and for other purposes.
Bill h2288
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for certain treatment of autism under TRICARE.
Bill h2194
To provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes, and for other purposes.
Bill h610
To authorize the issuance of United States bonds to fund Alzheimer's research.
Bill h4075
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against tax for qualified elementary and secondary education tuition.
Bill h4000
To approve the Keystone XL pipeline project, and for other purposes.
Bill h3783
To provide for a comprehensive strategy to counter Iran's growing presence and hostile activity in the Western Hemisphere, and for other purposes.
Bill h3523
To provide for the sharing of certain cyber threat intelligence and cyber threat information between the intelligence community and cybersecurity entities, and for other purposes.
Bill h2269
To amend sections 33 and 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, and for other purposes.
Bill h2106
To strengthen sanctions against the Government of Syria, to enhance multilateral commitment to address the Government of Syria's threatening policies, to establish a program to support a transition to a democratically-elected government in Syria, and for other purposes.
Bill h1897
To amend the Public Health Service Act to require a Federal commitment to Alzheimer's disease research to advance breakthrough treatments for people living with Alzheimer's disease.
Bill h327
To amend the definition of a law enforcement officer under subchapter III of chapter 83 and chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, respectively, to ensure the inclusion of certain positions.
Bill h4217
To support and promote community financial institutions in the mutual form, and for other purposes.
Bill h3556
To designate the new United States courthouse in Buffalo, New York, as the "Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse".
Bill h3704
To amend the Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act of 1958 to ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock, and for other purposes.
Bill h3674
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make certain improvements in the laws relating to cybersecurity, and for other purposes.
Bill h2308
To improve the consideration by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders.
Bill h2230
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to regulate and tax Internet gambling.
Bill h2221
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for transporting minors in foreign commerce for the purposes of female genital mutilation.
Bill h1612
To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a commission on urotrauma.
Bill h1513
To prohibit the conducting of invasive research on great apes, 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 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 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 h3803
To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Bill h2446
To clarify the treatment of homeowner warranties under current law, and for other purposes.
Bill h2366
To establish a program for State licensing of Internet poker, and for other purposes.
Bill h2033
To authorize and support psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis data collection, to express the sense of the Congress to encourage and leverage public and private investment in psoriasis research with a particular focus on interdisciplinary collaborative research on the relationship between psoriasis and its comorbid conditions, and for other purposes.
Bill h997
To declare English as the official language of the United States, to establish a uniform English language rule for naturalization, and to avoid misconstructions of the English language texts of the laws of the United States, pursuant to Congress' powers to provide for the general welfare of the United States and to establish a uniform rule of naturalization under article I, section 8, of the Constitution.
Bill h2674
To amend section 340B of the Public Health Service Act to improve the provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers.
Bill h2886
To prioritize the payment of pay and allowances to members of the Armed Forces and Federal law enforcement officers in the event the debt ceiling is reached or there is a funding gap.
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 h1505
To prohibit the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture from taking action on public lands which impede border security on such lands, and for other purposes.
Bill h1479
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for the purchase of hearing aids.
Bill h1321
To continue restrictions against and prohibit diplomatic recognition of the Government of North Korea, and for other purposes.
Bill hr172
Expressing heartfelt condolences and support for assistance to the people of Japan and all those affected in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake and tsunamis of March 11, 2011.
Bill h3662
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to modify the discretionary spending limits to take into account savings resulting from the reduction in the number of Federal employees.
Bill h2881
To provide compensation to relatives of Foreign Service members killed in the line of duty and the relatives of United States citizens who were killed as a result of the bombing of the United States Embassy in Kenya on August 7, 1998, and for other purposes.
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 h2159
To reduce disparities and improve access to effective and cost efficient diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer through advances in testing, research, and education, including through telehealth, comparative effectiveness research, and identification of best practices in patient education and outreach particularly with respect to underserved racial, ethnic and rural populations and men with a family history of prostate cancer, to establish a directive on what constitutes clinically appropriate prostate cancer imaging, and to create a prostate cancer scientific advisory board for the Office of the Chief Scientist at the Food and Drug Administration to accelerate real-time sharing of the latest research and accelerate movement of new medicines to patients.
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 h3606
To increase American job creation and economic growth by improving access to the public capital markets for emerging growth companies.
Bill h4251
To authorize, enhance, and reform certain port security programs through increased efficiency and risk-based coordination within the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
Bill h4133
To express the sense of Congress regarding the United States-Israel strategic relationship, to direct the President to submit to Congress reports on United States actions to enhance this relationship and to assist in the defense of Israel, and for other purposes.
Bill h3574
To revise the formula for allocating funding to States under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981.
Bill h3061
To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to extend the authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries, and for other purposes.
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 h742
To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Giuseppe Garibaldi and to Recognize the Republic of Italy on the 150th Anniversary of its Unification.
Bill h1549
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the unearned income medicare contribution.
Bill h1142
To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure the equitable treatment of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense who are killed or wounded in an attack, occurring outside of a combat zone, that targeted the members or employees on account of their status as members of the Armed Forces or civilian employees of the Department of Defense.
Bill h2733
To amend title 37, United States Code, to ensure that the basic allowance for housing in effect for a member of the National Guard is not reduced when the member transitions between active duty and full-time National Guard duty without a break in active service.
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 h3820
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the dependent care credit to take into account expenses for care of parents and grandparents who do not live with the taxpayer.
Bill h3717
To amend and reauthorize certain provisions relating to Long Island Sound restoration and stewardship.
Bill h3698
To direct the Secretary of State to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization, and for other purposes.
Bill h3633
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the reduction in Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments made by section 3133 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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 h3548
To facilitate United States access to North American oil resources, and for other purposes.
Bill h3527
To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to clarify the definition of swap dealer.
Bill h3510
To reauthorize the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, and for other purposes.
Bill h3351
To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow certain veterans to use educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for franchise training.
Bill h3349
To amend title 10, United States Code, to recognize the distance education program developed by the Department of Defense to provide advanced joint professional military education through a combination of non-resident and resident instruction as equivalent to the joint professional military education phase II program consisting of exclusively of resident instruction.
Bill h3290
To provide for the issuance of a veterans health care stamp.
Bill h3261
To promote prosperity, creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation by combating the theft of U.S. property, and for other purposes.
Bill h3202
To amend title 46, United States Code, to require the Maritime Administrator, in making determinations regarding the non-availability of qualified United States flag capacity to meet national defense requirements, to identify any actions that could be taken to enable such capacity to meet some or all of those requirements, and for other purposes.
Bill h3186
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce tobacco smuggling, and for other purposes.
Bill h3181
To establish a moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions and to repeal all rules that became effective after October 1, 1991, and are in effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act, and for other purposes.
Bill h3131
To direct the Secretary of State to submit a report on whether any support organization that participated in the planning or execution of the recent Gaza flotilla attempt should be designated as a foreign terrorist organization and any actions taken by the Department of State to express gratitude to the government of Greece for preventing the Gaza flotilla from setting sail in contravention of Israel's legal blockade of Gaza, and for other purposes.
Bill h3128
To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to adjust the date on which consolidated assets are determined for purposes of exempting certain instruments of smaller institutions from capital deductions.
Bill h3058
To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to permit a class deviation to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to support domestic emergency operations.
Bill h3011
To authorize the programs of the Transportation Security Administration relating to the provision of transportation security, and for other purposes.
Bill h2998
To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit the delegation by the United States of inspection, certification, and related services to a foreign classification society that provides comparable services to Iran, North Korea, North Sudan, or Syria and for other purposes.
Bill h2976
To enhance public safety by making more spectrum available to public safety agencies, to facilitate the development of a wireless public safety broadband network, to provide standards for the spectrum needs of public safety agencies, and for other purposes.
Bill h2941
To make the internal control reporting and assessment requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 optional for certain smaller companies.
Bill h2885
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make mandatory and permanent requirements relating to use of an electronic employment eligibility verification system, and for other purposes.
Bill h2865
To establish the 9/11 Memorial Cross located at the National 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York as a national monument, and for other purposes.
Bill h2829
To promote transparency, accountability, and reform within the United Nations system, and for other purposes.
Bill h2815
To revise the Federal charter for the Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc., to reflect a change in eligibility requirements for membership.
Bill h2814
To provide authority to compensate Federal employees for the 14-day period in which authority to make expenditures from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund lapsed, and for other purposes.
Bill h2671
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of an undiagnosed diseases network, and for other purposes.
Bill h2532
To permit certain members of the United States Secret Service and certain members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division who were appointed in 1984, 1985, or 1986 to elect to be covered under the District of Columbia Police and Firefighter Retirement and Disability System in the same manner as members appointed prior to 1984.
Bill h2530
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased flexibility in establishing rates for reimbursement of State homes by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for nursing home care provided to veterans.
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 h2426
To amend title 23, United States Code, to limit claims in connection with decisions to issue permits, licenses, and approvals for highway and public transportation capital projects, and for other purposes.
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 h2387
To provide for preferential duty treatment to certain apparel articles of the Philippines.
Bill h2236
To provide for the issuance of a Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp.
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 h2164
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make mandatory and permanent requirements relating to use of an electronic employment eligibility verification system, and for other purposes.
Bill h2110
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize and improve activities for the protection of the Long Island Sound watershed, and for other purposes.
Bill h2105
To provide for the application of measures to foreign persons who transfer to Iran, North Korea, and Syria certain goods, services, or technology, and for other purposes.
Bill h2059
To prohibit funding to the United Nations Population Fund.
Bill h2053
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the efficiency of processing certain claims for disability compensation by veterans.
Bill h2042
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to establish a program to issue Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards, and for other purposes.
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 h1980
To authorize the Gold Star Mothers National Monument Foundation to establish a national monument in the District of Columbia.
Bill h1922
To provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection with access to Federal lands to carry out certain security activities in the Southwest border region, and for other purposes.
Bill h1855
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of rehabilitative services for veterans with traumatic brain injury, and for other purposes.
Bill h1852
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals.
Bill h1836
To establish appropriate procedures and sanctions to ensure that unpaid parking fines and penalties owed to New York City by foreign countries are paid.
Bill h1834
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a temporary dividends received deduction for 2011 or 2012.
Bill h1799
To prohibit the disposal of Department of Veterans Affairs land and improvements at St. Albans campus.
Bill h1798
To prevent foreign states that do business, issue securities, or borrow money in the United States, and then fail to satisfy United States court judgments totaling $100,000,000 or more based on such activities, from inflicting further economic injuries in the United States, from undermining the integrity of United States courts, and from discouraging responsible lending to poor and developing nations by undermining the secondary and primary markets for sovereign debt.
Bill h1635
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for investments lost in a fraudulent Ponzi-type scheme.
Bill h1557
To provide the spouses and children of aliens who perished in the September 11 terrorist attacks an opportunity to adjust their status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
Bill h1555
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to limit the number of Urban Area Security Initiative grants awarded and to clarify the risk assessment formula to be used when making such grants, and for other purposes.
Bill h1550
To establish programs in the Department of Justice and in the Department of Homeland Security to help States that have high rates of homicide and other violent crime, and for other purposes.
Bill h1533
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain shipping from the harbor maintenance tax.
Bill h1530
To establish the Afghanistan-Pakistan Study Group.
Bill h1502
To establish the Counterterrorism Competitive Analysis Council.
Bill h1462
To address HIV/AIDS in the African-American community, and for other purposes.
Bill h1457
To direct the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy to conduct a review of military service records of Jewish American veterans of World War I, including those previously awarded a military decoration, to determine whether any of the veterans should be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, and for other purposes.
Bill h1455
To direct the Librarian of Congress to carry out a project to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of emergency responders and recovery and cleanup workers who responded to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Bill h1330
To amend title 4, United States Code, to provide for the flying of the flag at half-staff in the event of the death of a first responder in the line of duty.
Bill h1299
To achieve operational control of and improve security at the international land borders of the United States, and for other purposes.
Bill h1270
To direct the Secretary of State to designate as foreign terrorist organizations certain Mexican drug cartels, and for other purposes.
Bill h1211
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to strengthen student visa background checks and improve the monitoring of foreign students in the United States, and for other purposes.
Bill h1199
To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to support fire safety education programs on college campuses.
Bill h1183
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the use of interstate commerce for suicide promotion.
Bill h1174
To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the licensing of Internet gambling activities by the Secretary of the Treasury, to provide for consumer protections on the Internet, to enforce the tax code, 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 h1153
To provide for consultation by the Department of Justice with other relevant Government agencies before determining to prosecute certain terrorism offenses in United States district court, and for other purposes.
Bill h1121
To replace the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with a five person Commission.
Bill h1119
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the position of National Nurse for Public Health.
Bill h1080
To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of pediatric research consortia.
Bill h1062
To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal certain additional disclosure requirements, and for other purposes.
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 h923
To amend title 38, United States Code, to exempt reimbursements of expenses related to accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss from determinations of annual income with respect to pensions for veterans and surviving spouses and children of veterans, and for other purposes.
Bill h901
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to codify the requirement that the Secretary of Homeland Security maintain chemical facility anti-terrorism security regulations.
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 h642
To prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine.
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 h527
To amend chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Regulatory Flexibility Act), to ensure complete analysis of potential impacts on small entities of rules, and for other purposes.
Bill h198
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy.
Bill h136
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans, and for other purposes.
Bill h97
To amend the Clean Air Act to provide that greenhouse gases are not subject to the Act, 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 hj66
Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.
Bill hj22
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the United States from owning stock in corporations.
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 hr556
Condemning the Government of Iran for its continued persecution, imprisonment, and sentencing of Youcef Nadarkhani on the charge of apostasy.
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 hr523
Supporting the contributions of Catholic schools.
Bill hr481
Supporting the goals and ideals of "Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Week".
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 hr429
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Western Hemisphere should be included in the Administration's 2012 National Strategy for Counterterrorism's "Area of Focus", with specific attention on the counterterrorism threat to the homeland emanating from Iran's growing presence and activity in the Western Hemisphere, and for other purposes.
Bill hr413
Honoring Alfred University on the 175th anniversary of its founding.
Bill hr407
Expressing support for designation of September 2011 as National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
Bill hr380
Condemning the July 22, 2011, attacks in the Kingdom of Norway.
Bill hr376
Calling for the repatriation of POW/MIAs and abductees from the Korean War.
Bill hr352
Calling for a peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea and its environs and other maritime areas adjacent to the East Asian mainland.
Bill hr336
Expressing support for designation of September 2011 as "National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month".
Bill hr317
Demanding that Hamas immediately and unconditionally release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Bill hr241
Honoring the members of the United States Armed Forces, the intelligence community, and the Obama and Bush Administrations whose dedicated service brought the murderous terrorist leader Osama bin Laden to justice.
Bill hr234
Recognizing the importance of breast cancer early detection efforts.
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 hr182
Recognizing the historical significance of the Triangle Fire in the struggle to improve worker safety standards and protections on the 100th anniversary of the fire.
Bill hr161
Honoring the 250th anniversary of New York's St. Patrick's Day parade.
Bill hr95
Supporting the preservation of Internet entrepreneurs and small businesses.
Bill hr61
Supporting the contributions of Catholic schools.
Bill hc59
Declaring that it is the policy of the United States to support and facilitate Israel in maintaining defensible borders and that it is contrary to United States policy and national security to have the borders of Israel return to the armistice lines that existed on June 4, 1967.
Bill hc25
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the Obama administration's discontinuing to defend the Defense of Marriage Act.
Bill hc12
Expressing the sense of Congress that an appropriate site on Chaplains Hill in Arlington National Cemetery should be provided for a memorial marker to honor the memory of the Jewish chaplains who died while on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States.
Bill h178
To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan for military surviving spouses to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation.
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 h2139
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the establishment of Lions Clubs International.
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 h3421
To award Congressional Gold Medals in honor of the men and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.
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 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 h1905
To strengthen Iran sanctions laws for the purpose of compelling Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities, and for other purposes.
Bill h1380
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage alternative energy investments and job creation.
Bill h1002
To restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property.

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