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Jim Gerlach Republican U.S. Representative 6th Of PENNSYLVANIA
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ATeichner  : RT @mobettabee: .@JimGerlach 2007 FACT: More pre-schoolers were killed by guns than police officers in the line of duty. #VoteGunSense via …
2013-05-21T20:02:25Z
helenmag  : RT @mobettabee: .@JimGerlach 2007 FACT: More pre-schoolers were killed by guns than police officers in the line of duty. #VoteGunSense via …
2013-05-21T19:54:09Z
mobettabee  : .@JimGerlach 2007 FACT: More pre-schoolers were killed by guns than police officers in the line of duty. #VoteGunSense via @momsdemand
2013-05-21T18:58:29Z
RespetaMiVotoPR  : @JimGerlach On Nov/6/2012, The people of Puerto Rico VOTED AGAINST their COLONIAL status and in FAVOR of STATEHOOD. #RespectMyVote
2013-05-21T13:15:36Z
cynthiaRnielsen  : .@JimGerlach please co-sponsor the King-Thompson background check bill (HR 1565). #blastroots http://t.co/iASy3btrki #momsdemand
2013-05-21T11:54:26Z
OutWithMarxists  : @JimGerlach thx for supporting #HR1039 restoring #vet tuition with defunded Egyptian foreign aid (via #PJNET http://t.co/SAWihMtW6p)
2013-05-21T02:20:46Z
texasfreedom101  : @JimGerlach THANK YOU for sponsoring #HR36 to form a #Benghazi House Select Committee (via #PJNET http://t.co/gYf0do6Pex)
2013-05-20T21:57:22Z
robmcn  : @JimGerlach so many flight delays affecting me due to air traffic control. Fix Sequestration Jim. Stop whining and work to fix it please.
2013-05-20T15:30:00Z
xtinel  : .@jimgerlach please support gun background checks by co-sponsoring King-Thompson. I #DemandAction http://t.co/4SwYe4WC0o
2013-05-20T13:00:03Z
mobettabee  : .@JimGerlach FACT: 8 children die from guns each day in America. #VoteGunSense & pass background checks. via @momsdemand
2013-05-20T11:13:47Z
MTSantoleri  : @JimGerlach as a constituent I like to propose that you introduce legislation to remove the oversight of Obamacare from the IRS!
2013-05-19T22:01:39Z
TaxMeFairly  : RT @ggeett37aaa: @JimGerlach Please push Dave Camp to give the #FairTax a fair hearing in the W/M comm. @ShareThis @bigun12 @TXFairTaxer @h
2013-05-19T02:37:33Z
OustIncumbents  : @JimGerlach Vote them out. All of them. #representativedemocracy #oustyourincumbent #vote
2013-05-19T00:39:29Z
EconomicInsite  : @JimGerlach what is wrong with you? lol, let the guy answer the damn "?". shockingly asking the same thing over & over isn't clarifying
2013-05-18T02:03:51Z
Moni53825245  : @JimGerlach @BillyRayKDKA Didn't you hear, it wasn't just conservative groups that were the target.
2013-05-18T00:47:35Z
Lileensvf1  : RT @PJNET_Welcome: #PJNET Blog Showcase has posted a new article courtesy of US House Member @JimGerlach (R-PA) http://t.co/ZtWQgLOm3V
2013-05-18T00:09:44Z
ReneePrasek  : RT @PJNET_Welcome: #PJNET Blog Showcase has posted a new article courtesy of US House Member @JimGerlach (R-PA) http://t.co/ZtWQgLOm3V
2013-05-18T00:04:46Z
PleaseDie_Obama  : RT @PJNET_Welcome: #PJNET Blog Showcase has posted a new article courtesy of US House Member @JimGerlach (R-PA) http://t.co/ZtWQgLOm3V
2013-05-17T23:59:42Z
DavidLWhite1  : RT @PJNET_Welcome: #PJNET Blog Showcase has posted a new article courtesy of US House Member @JimGerlach (R-PA) http://t.co/ZtWQgLOm3V
2013-05-17T23:54:45Z
 
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GERLACH, Jim, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Ellwood City, Lawrence County, Pa., on February 25, 1955; B.A., Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., 1977; J.D., Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., 1980; lawyer, private practice; member of the Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1991-1994; member of the Pennsylvania state senate, 1995-2002; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eighth and to the three succeeding Congress (January 3, 2003-present).

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U.S. Representative 2003 2010 Pennsylvania 6

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Washington Address: 308 Cannon House Office Building
Phone: 202-225-4315
Fax: 202-225-8440
Web site: http://gerlach.house.gov/

Related Bill(s)
AsSponsor
Bill h6559
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exception from the passive loss rules for investments in high technology research small business pass-thru entities.
Bill h6398
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and extend the credit for nonbusiness energy property.
Bill h2925
To establish a smart card pilot program under the Medicare program.
Bill h2672
To clarify the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers.
Bill h1265
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement property.
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 h1546
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.
Bill h2655
New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2011
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 h1327
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and infrastructure grants.
Bill h6319
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for startup businesses to use a portion of the research and development credit to offset payroll taxes.
Bill h6102
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief for small businesses, and for other purposes.
Bill h4321
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on heavy trucks and trailers, and for other purposes.
Bill h2223
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the section 45 credit for refined coal from steel industry fuel, and for other purposes.
Bill h1773
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the research credit permanent, increase expensing for small businesses, reduce corporate tax rates, and for other purposes.
Bill h815
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty based on the status of the victim.
Bill h488
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices.
Bill hc101
Expressing the sense of the Congress that our current tax incentives for retirement savings provide important benefits to Americans to help plan for a financially secure retirement.
Bill h835
To amend the Animal Welfare Act to provide further protection for puppies.
AsCo-Sponsor
Bill h4643
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the availability of the cash method of accounting for small businesses, and for other purposes.
Bill h2697
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain footwear, and for other purposes.
Bill h6043
To amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities, and for other purposes.
Bill h4215
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the Medicare prescription drug program to further fair audits of and payments to pharmacies.
Bill h3661
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program.
Bill h3307
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the renewable energy credit.
Bill h4066
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to exclude pathologists from incentive payments and penalties under Medicare and Medicaid relating to the meaningful use of electronic health records.
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 h1195
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs, and for other purposes.
Bill h333
To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability rated less than 50 percent to receive concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans' disability compensation, to eliminate the phase-in period for concurrent receipt, to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service, and for other purposes.
Bill hr134
Condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.
Bill h6513
To extend the authorization of the Highlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2024.
Bill h2479
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the rehabilitation credit, and for other purposes.
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 h2557
To provide for the establishment of the Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee.
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 h3609
To provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost of, performance by, and areas for improvements for Government programs, 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 h1394
To establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner.
Bill h3506
To strengthen and protect Medicare hospice programs.
Bill h1845
To provide for a study on issues relating to access to intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) for Medicare beneficiaries in all care settings and a demonstration project to examine the benefits of providing coverage and payment for items and services necessary to administer IVIG in the home.
Bill h5840
To provide for the issuance of coins to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the National Park Service, and for other purposes.
Bill h1810
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage research and carry out an educational campaign with respect to pulmonary hypertension, and for other purposes.
Bill h6281
To increase Federal Pell Grants for the children of fallen police officers, firefighters, and other public safety officers.
Bill h6203
To require each owner of a dwelling unit assisted under the section 8 rental assistance voucher program to remain current with respect to local property and school taxes and to authorize a public housing agency to use such rental assistance amounts to pay such tax debt of such an owner, and for other purposes.
Bill h6438
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to subject the pay of the President, the Vice President, and Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate to any sequestration order for fiscal year 2013.
Bill h4336
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness.
Bill h4165
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to cover screening computed tomography colonography as a colorectal cancer screening test under the Medicare program.
Bill h4120
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive coinsurance under Medicare for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening.
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 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 h905
To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare.
Bill h4105
To apply the countervailing duty provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 to nonmarket economy countries, and for other purposes.
Bill h2117
To prohibit the Department of Education from overreaching into academic affairs and program eligibility under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Bill h3521
To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for a legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions, and for other purposes.
Bill h6140
To prohibit waivers relating to compliance with the work requirements for the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families, and for other purposes.
Bill h5954
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 320 7th Street in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, as the "Sergeant Leslie H. Sabo, Jr. Post Office Building".
Bill h4209
To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to limit co-payment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the dollar amount (or its equivalent) of such requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier, and for other purposes.
Bill h4137
To make permanent the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided educational assistance.
Bill h3767
To grant the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the First Special Service Force, in recognition of its superior service during World War II.
Bill h3713
To direct the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission to receive and determine the validity and amount of claims for loss of wages and other property of those plaintiffs in the case Bruce D. Abbott et al. v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
Bill h3510
To reauthorize the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, and for other purposes.
Bill h2969
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for extended months of Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions.
Bill h2256
To amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally.
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 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 h1513
To prohibit the conducting of invasive research on great apes, and for other purposes.
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 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 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 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 h3526
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve women's health by prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women, and for other purposes.
Bill h1775
To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish a criminal offense relating to fraudulent claims about military service.
Bill h1653
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase the dollar amount requirements for articles and merchandise under the administrative exemptions and entry under regulations provisions of that Act.
Bill h1449
To protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
Bill h1385
To repeal the sugar price support program and marketing allotments for sugar, and for other purposes.
Bill h1112
To reform the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, and for other purposes.
Bill h5698
To suspend temporarily the duty on S-(2-benzothiazolyl)-2-(2-amino-thiazol-4-yl)-2-acetoxyimino thioacetate (Thioester).
Bill h4770
To reduce temporarily the duty on Yttrium oxides having a purity of at least 99.9 percent.
Bill h5746
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify certain rules applicable to real estate investment trusts, and for other purposes.
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 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 h1005
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to ambulance services under the Medicare program.
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 h1006
To recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, to relocate to Jerusalem the United States Embassy in Israel, and for other purposes.
Bill h3144
To provide for improvement of field emergency medical services, and for other purposes.
Bill h2649
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care.
Bill h1946
To ensure and foster continued safety and quality of care and a competitive marketplace by exempting independent pharmacies from the antitrust laws in their negotiations with health plans and health insurance insurers.
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 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 h2082
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the work opportunity credit.
Bill h2536
To provide, develop, and support 21st century readiness initiatives that assist students in acquiring the skills necessary to think critically and solve problems, be an effective communicator, collaborate with others, and learn to create and innovate.
Bill hr351
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should issue a semipostal stamp to support medical research relating to Alzheimer's disease.
Bill h8
To extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and 2003, and for other purposes.
Bill h2123
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the diagnosis and treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, and for other purposes.
Bill h1956
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require individuals to provide their Social Security number in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit.
Bill h1509
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the inclusion of Social Security account numbers on Medicare cards.
Bill h157
To improve access to emergency medical services, and for other purposes.
Bill h6169
To provide for expedited consideration of a bill providing for comprehensive tax reform.
Bill h6121
To provide for the issuance of a Victory for Veterans stamp, and for other purposes.
Bill h6048
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates.
Bill h5719
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction allowed for student loan interest.
Bill h4313
To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to require an evaluation of county workload assessments for purposes of the closure or relocation of a county office for the Farm Service Agency, and for other purposes.
Bill h4201
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces.
Bill h4099
To authorize a National Heritage Area Program, and for other purposes.
Bill h4035
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt private foundations from the tax on excess business holdings in the case of certain philanthropic enterprises which are independently supervised, and for other purposes.
Bill h4018
To improve the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program.
Bill h3993
To clarify the National Credit Union Administration authority to improve credit union safety and soundness.
Bill h3911
To prohibit the permanent relocation of C-130 aircraft assigned to Pittsburgh 911th Airlift Wing.
Bill h3766
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties with respect to employers' conduct relating to persons engaging in sexual conduct with children, and for other purposes.
Bill h3668
To prevent trafficking in counterfeit drugs.
Bill h3577
To establish biennial budgets for the United States Government.
Bill h3561
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to reduce administrative burdens and encourage retirement plan formation and retention.
Bill h3548
To facilitate United States access to North American oil resources, and for other purposes.
Bill h3545
To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow additional transit systems greater flexibility with certain public transportation projects.
Bill h3538
To amend the Railway Labor Act to direct the National Mediation Board to apply the same procedures, including voting standards, to the direct decertification of a labor organization as is applied to elections to certify a representative, and for other purposes.
Bill h3410
To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales, to provide fair and equitable revenue sharing for all coastal States, to formulate future offshore energy development plans in areas with the most potential, to generate revenue for American infrastructure, and for other purposes.
Bill h3200
To provide flexibility of certain transit functions to local entities.
Bill h3180
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the legacy of the U.S.S. Cruiser Olympia.
Bill h3167
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program under which certain veterans entitled to educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary can use such entitlement to start or purchase a qualifying business enterprise, and for other purposes.
Bill h3042
To provide for low interest loans for small businesses in major disaster areas, and for other purposes.
Bill h2989
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investments in United States real property interests, 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 h2829
To promote transparency, accountability, and reform within the United Nations system, and for other purposes.
Bill h2755
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a nonrefundable personal credit to individuals who donate certain life-saving organs.
Bill h2632
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for life sciences research.
Bill h2529
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal distributions for medicine qualified only if for prescribed drug or insulin.
Bill 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 h2415
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11 Dock Street in Pittston, Pennsylvania, as the "Trooper Joshua D. Miller Post Office Building".
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 h2366
To establish a program for State licensing of Internet poker, and for other purposes.
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 h2324
To prevent drunk driving injuries and fatalities, and for other purposes.
Bill h2257
To waive the requirement that existing traffic signs meet minimum retroreflectivity standards on or before the compliance dates established by the Federal Highway Administration.
Bill h2204
To require Federal agencies to assess the impact of Federal action on jobs and job opportunities, and for other purposes.
Bill h2051
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assist in the identification of unclaimed and abandoned human remains to determine if any such remains are eligible for burial in a national cemetery, and for other purposes.
Bill h2014
To encourage greater use of propane as a transportation fuel, to create jobs, and for other purposes.
Bill h2005
To reauthorize the Combating Autism Act of 2006.
Bill h2000
To provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program.
Bill h1862
To launch a national strategy to support regenerative medicine through funding for research and commercial development of regenerative medicine products and development of a regulatory environment that enables rapid approval of safe and effective products, and for other purposes.
Bill h1861
To greatly enhance America's path toward energy independence and economic and national security, to conserve energy use, to promote innovation, to achieve lower emissions, cleaner air, cleaner water, and cleaner land, to rebuild our Nation's aging roads, bridges, locks, and dams, 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 h1756
To reauthorize the National Oilheat Research Alliance, and for other purposes.
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 h1630
To establish a procedure to safeguard the surpluses of the Social Security and Medicare hospital insurance trust funds.
Bill h1592
To limit United States assistance to the Palestinian Authority if the Palestinian Authority unilaterally declares a Palestinian state.
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 h1456
To reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act.
Bill h1348
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend public safety officers' death benefits to fire police officers.
Bill h1335
To revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station, 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 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 h1267
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the application of the tonnage tax on certain vessels.
Bill h1221
To suspend the current compensation packages for the senior executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and establish compensation for such positions in accordance with rates of pay for senior employees in the Executive Branch of the Federal Government, and for other 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 h1050
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees.
Bill h1004
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase participation in medical flexible spending arrangements.
Bill h984
To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for a process for waiver of requirements of that title where the requirement is asserted to otherwise result in a significant decrease in access to coverage or significant increase in premiums or other costs.
Bill h935
To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources under the supplemental security income program.
Bill h908
To extend the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to maintain the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program.
Bill h729
To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure air passengers have access to necessary services while on a grounded air carrier, and for other purposes.
Bill h708
To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish standards limiting the amounts of arsenic and lead contained in glass beads used in pavement markings.
Bill h690
To direct the Administrator of General Services to transfer administrative jurisdiction, custody, and control of the building located at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., in the District of Columbia, to the National Gallery of Art, and for other purposes.
Bill h675
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to expand the permissive exclusion from participation in Federal health care programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities.
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 h605
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal certain limitations on health care benefits.
Bill h507
To increase assessment accuracy to better measure student achievement and provide States with greater flexibility on assessment design.
Bill h450
To repeal limitations imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on health-related tax benefits under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to treat high deductible health plans as qualified health plans under such Act.
Bill h346
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce.
Bill h324
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide police officers, criminal investigators, and game law enforcement officers of the Department of Defense with authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms.
Bill h301
To ensure the energy independence of the United States by promoting research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of technologies through a system of grants and prizes on the scale of the original Manhattan Project.
Bill h258
To require the Office of Management and Budget to prepare a crosscut budget for restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, to require the Environmental Protection Agency to develop and implement an adaptive management plan, and for other purposes.
Bill h240
To amend title 38, United States Code, to promote jobs for veterans through the use of sole source contracts by Department of Veterans Affairs for purposes of meeting the contracting goals and preferences of the Department of Veterans Affairs for small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans.
Bill h181
To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who have served on active duty or performed active service since September 11, 2001, in support of a contingency operation or in other emergency situations receive credit for such service in determining eligibility for early receipt of non-regular service retired pay, and for other purposes.
Bill h179
To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the requirement that certain former members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces be at least 60 years of age in order to be eligible to receive health care benefits.
Bill h177
To repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes.
Bill h121
To require any amounts remaining in a Member's Representational Allowance at the end of a fiscal year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt.
Bill h114
To provide a biennial budget for the United States Government.
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 h97
To amend the Clean Air Act to provide that greenhouse gases are not subject to the Act, 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 h5
To improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system.
Bill hj42
Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry and Standards of Performance for Portland Cement Plants.
Bill hj15
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to authorize the line item veto.
Bill hr743
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative stamp honoring the Nation's coal miners.
Bill hr644
Recognizing National Nurses Week on May 6 through May 12, 2012.
Bill hr560
Supporting the goals and ideals of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.
Bill hr528
Honoring the service and sacrifice of the members of the United States Armed Forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn.
Bill hr509
Disapproving of the President's appointment of four officers or employees of the United States during a period when no recess of the Congress for a period of more than three days was authorized by concurrent resolution and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that those appointments were made in violation of the Constitution.
Bill hr441
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that further reductions to core national security funding will cause significant harm to United States interests.
Bill hr435
Condemning the persecution of political opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko as well as other political prisoners, among them former internal affairs minister Yuri Lutsenko.
Bill hr407
Expressing support for designation of September 2011 as National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
Bill hr401
Observing the 20th anniversary of Ukrainian independence and expressing strong and continued support to the Ukrainian people for their efforts toward ensuring democratic principles, and for other purposes.
Bill hr322
Recognizing the National Center for the American Revolution for its role in telling the story of the American Revolution and its continuing impact on struggles for freedom, self-government, and the rule of law throughout the world and encouraging the Center in its efforts to build a new Museum of the American Revolution.
Bill hr270
Reaffirming United States principles regarding the security of Israel and peace in the Middle East.
Bill hr256
Expressing support for designation of the week of May 8, 2011, through May 14, 2011, as Williams Syndrome Awareness Week.
Bill hr207
Recognizing the 150th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War.
Bill hr166
Expressing support for designation of March 2011 as "National Kidney Cancer and Kidney Health Awareness Month".
Bill hr96
Recognizing the soldiers of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment of the United States Army Reserve who were killed or wounded by an Iraqi missile attack on Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the attack.
Bill hr83
Recognizing National Nurses Week on May 6 through May 12, 2011.
Bill hr66
Supporting the establishment and full funding of a staff exchange program between the House of Representatives and the Parliament of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada, as soon as possible.
Bill hr65
Recognizing the 16th anniversary of the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program, a program funded by the Government of the United States to provide an opportunity for high school students from the countries of the former Soviet Union to study and live in the United States in order to promote democratic values and institutions in Eurasia, and supporting the mission, goals, and accomplishments of the FLEX program.
Bill hc63
Supporting the formation of a bipartisan Presidential Commission to study the establishment of a National Museum of the American People.
Bill hc58
Expressing disapproval of United States intervention in Libya.
Bill hc21
Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
Bill h6180
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent the alternative minimum tax from effectively repealing the Federal tax exemption for interest on State and local private activity bonds.
Bill h1370
To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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 h397
To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and to take meaningful steps to lower health care costs and increase access to health insurance coverage without raising taxes, cutting Medicare benefits for seniors, adding to the national deficit, intervening in the doctor-patient relationship, or instituting a government takeover of health care.
Bill h3461
To improve the examination of depository institutions, and for other purposes.
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 h3187
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the March of Dimes Foundation.
Bill h719
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol.
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 h4040
To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Jack Nicklaus in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship in golf.
Bill h104
To ensure that amounts credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are used for harbor maintenance.
Bill h1206
To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers.
Bill 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 h2453
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of Mark Twain.
Bill h1744
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the employer health insurance mandate.
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 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 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 h860
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles.
Bill h10
To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law.
Bill h2864
To provide for a medal of appropriate design to be awarded by the President to the memorials established at the 3 sites honoring the men and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.
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 h436
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices.
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 h452
To repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
Bill h674
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities.
Bill 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 h24
To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.
Bill hr268
Reaffirming the United States' commitment to a negotiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and for other purposes.
Bill h1380
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage alternative energy investments and job creation.
Bill h1002
To restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property.
Bill hj2
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

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