HERSETH, STEPHANIE (a Representative from South Dakota)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm and ranch land to voluntarily make their land available for access by the public under programs administered by States (see H.R. 3482), H5984 [19JY]

———expedite implementation of country of origin labeling requirements for certain agricultural commodities (see H.R. 3993), H7138 [14SE]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5203), H8168 [5OC]

Armed Forces: allow certain active-duty personnel to elect to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 879), H7945 [30SE]

———eliminate reductions of basic pay for eligibility for basic educational assistance for veterans under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4711), H6557 [21JY]

———extend time limitation for use of eligibility and entitlement to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1924), H8168 [5OC]

———grant limited TRICARE program eligibility for members of the Ready Reserve and provide financial support for continuation of health insurance for mobilized members of Reserve components (see H.R. 2176), H6557 [21JY]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H7234 [15SE]

———issue commemorative postage stamp in remembrance of victims of peacekeeping mission in Beirut, Lebanon (see H. Res. 45), H10233 [20NO]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 742), H7735 [28SE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H5402 [8JY]

Birds: mint coins celebrating recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle and noting the importance of the designation of the American bald eagle as an endangered species (see H.R. 4116), H9963 [17NO]

Crime: provide reliable officers, technology, education, community prosecutors, and training in our neighborhoods (see H.R. 5277), H8858 [7OC]

Dept. of Education: making supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 4769), H6707 [22JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve educational assistance programs for apprenticeship or other on-job training (see H.R. 1716), H4171 [15JN]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 1726), H7945 [30SE]

Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H5402 [8JY]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 4595), H6128 [20JY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H7735 [28SE]

Education: prevent abuse of special allowance subsidies under the Federal Family Education Loan Program (see H.R. 5113), H8409 [6OC]

———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 236), H9050 [8OC]

Financial institutions: ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union capital standards (see H.R. 3579), H8168 [5OC]

———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H6899 [8SE]

Health: modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4936), H7864 [29SE]

———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (see H.R. 918), H7575 [23SE]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 1910), H6128 [20JY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7234 [15SE]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 3619), H4928 (see H.R. 3619), H5071 [24JN]

Medicaid: improve access to advanced practice nurses (see H.R. 2295), H8038 [4OC]

———provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 5197), H8859 [7OC]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 792), H8038 [4OC]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 3767), H5793 [14JY]

———extend increase in payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 4902), H8859 [7OC]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H5150 [25JN]

———provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs (see H.R. 3672), H4928 (see H.R. 3672), H5071 [24JN]

———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H5151 [25JN]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 953), H4928 (see H.R. 953), H5071 [24JN]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3459), H8409 [6OC]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 1102), H6128 [20JY]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1746), H6128 [20JY]

Packers and Stockyards Act: prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter (see H.R. 719), H5330 [7JY]

———prohibit use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts (see H.R. 4006), H10233 [20NO]

Rural areas: reward the hard work and risk of individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns (see H.R. 2194), H6557 [21JY]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H8168 [5OC]

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: improve and make technical corrections (see H.R. 4658), H7073 [13SE]

Shipping industry: suspend temporarily new shipper bonding privileges (see H.R. 5211), H9051 [8OC]

Social Security: expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 4350), H5402 [8JY]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H4928 (see H.R. 594), H5071 [24JN]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 4881), H6555 [21JY]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H6128 [20JY]

Taxation: allow a business credit for qualified expenditures for medical professional malpractice insurance (see H.R. 4124), H6997 [9SE]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 1231), H7443 [22SE]

———permanent repeal of estate tax on family-owned businesses and farms (see H.R. 2513), H6557 [21JY]

———provide relief for middle income taxpayers (see H.R. 4997), H6704 [22JY]

———provide subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualfied health pooling arrangements (see H.R. 4356), H5402 [8JY]

———treatment of certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance (see H.R. 870), H7945 [30SE]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2096), H5984 [19JY]

U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement: limit Thailand's access to U.S. automobile market to prevent backdoor access by third-country automobile producers to the U.S. market (see H. Con. Res. 366), H5909 [15JY]

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H6756 [7SE]

———improve post-traumatic stress disorder treatment for veterans and members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 5244), H8856 [7OC]

———increase maximum amount of available home loan guaranty (see H.R. 4065), H7945 [30SE]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (see H.R. 548), H4580 [18JN]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2823), H7443 [22SE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H4928 (see H.R. 303), H5071 [24JN]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 677), H8038 [4OC]

Voting: establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 1508), H6706 [22JY]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 3438), H7864 [29SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend reporting requirement for the Advisory Committee on Former POW (see H.R. 4950), H6703 [22JY]

———extend the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (see H.R. 5153), H7735 [28SE]

National American Indian Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 5318), H9048 [8OC]

Native Americans: facilitate economic growth and development and promote tribal sovereignty by encouraging individuals with higher education degrees to work within, or for, Indian Country (see H.R. 4948), H6703 [22JY]

———provide compensation to the Lower Brule and Crow Creek Sioux Tribes of South Dakota for damage to tribal land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the Missouri River (see H.R. 4949), H6703 [22JY]

Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program: enhance and provide certain benefits to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Angostura Irrigation Project (see H.R. 5139), H7574 [23SE]

Power resources: provide incentives for investment in renewable energy facilities (see H.R. 5319), H9048 [8OC]

Social Security: protect cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 4910), H6701 [22JY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums and a credit for individuals who care for those with long-term care needs (see H.R. 5110), H7328 [21SE]

Certificates of election

House of Representatives, H3722 [3JN]

Oaths of office

House of Representatives, H3722, H3777 [3JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H5073 [25JN]

Remarks

Agriculture: provide crop and livestock disaster assistance to agricultural producers, E1561 [8SE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4766), H5514 [12JY], H5561 [13JY]

Budget: deficit, H5956 [19JY]

———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H5956 [19JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: renewable energy programs funding, H5561 [13JY]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding through reductions in Bureau of the Census funding, H5379 [8JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4568), H4248 [16JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend reporting requirement for the Advisory Committee on Former POW (H.R. 4950), E1476 [22JY]

———extend the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (H.R. 5153), E1725 [29SE]

———increase maximum amount of available home loan guaranty (H.R. 4345), H4820 [23JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5379 [8JY]

Disasters: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5005), E1561 [8SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5212), consideration (H. Res. 819), H8284 [6OC]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H3722 [3JN]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (H.R. 953), H8642 [7OC]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: observance, H8642 [7OC]

National American Indian Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (H.R. 5318), E1933 [11OC]

Native Americans: facilitate economic growth and development and promote tribal sovereignty by encouraging individuals with higher education degrees to work within, or for, Indian Country (H.R. 4948), E1473 [22JY]

———protect sacred Native American Federal land from significant damage, H4248 [16JN]

———provide compensation to the Lower Brule and Crow Creek Sioux Tribes of South Dakota for damage to tribal land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the Missouri River (H.R. 4949), E1478 [22JY]

NSF: establish a National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (H.R. 3980), H5213 [7JY]

Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program: enhance and provide certain benefits to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Angostura Irrigation Project (H.R. 5139), E1701 [24SE]

Power resources: provide incentives for investment in renewable energy facilities (H.R. 5319), E1930 [11OC]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3844 [9JN]

Social Security: protect cost-of-living adjustments (H.R. 4910), H6689 [22JY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums and a credit for individuals who care for those with long-term care needs (H.R. 5110), E1670 [21SE]

———end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), conference report, H7539 [23SE]

Veterans: addition of osteoporosis to list of presumed service-connected diseases for former POWs, H6080 [20JY]

———benefits funding, H5073 [25JN]

———improve and enhance education, housing, employment, medical, and other benefits and improve and extend certain authorities relative to the administration of benefits (S. 2486), H9770 [17NO]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 4175), H6080 [20JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H7572 [23SE]

Special order: granted, H5979 [19JY], H6697 [22JY]

Tribute, H3722 [3JN]

Tributes

Hawk Eagle, Sheldon, E2055 [18NO]

Welke, Joseph, E2141 [24NO]