KENNEDY, PATRICK J. (a Representative from Rhode Island)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy (see H.R. 3719), H2658 [5MY]
Agriculture: ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits and vegetables and other specialty crops by enhancing competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (see H.R. 3242), H7329 [21SE]
Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2042), H7443 [22SE]
American Dental Association: commend Give Kids a Smile program, emphasize need to improve access to dental care for children, and thank dentists for volunteering time to provide needed dental care (see H. Res. 567), H2267 [21AP]
Armed Forces: clarify requirements relative to predeployment and postdeployment medical exams of certain members (see H.R. 4346), H3441 (see H.R. 4346), H3541 [20MY]
———enhance and improve benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserves who serve extended periods on active duty (see H.R. 5354), H9184 [9OC]
———entitle educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for members of the Selected Reserve who aggregate a certain amount of active duty service (see H.R. 4367), H6557 [21JY]
———establish separate campaign medals to recognize service by members in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H.R. 3104), H515 [11FE]
———express concern over the well-being of members and call on the Dept. of Defense to see that deployed military personnel have the best force protection equipment available (see H. Con. Res. 391), H2374 [22AP]
———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H6997 [9SE]
———provide automatic pay increase to any member deployed away from their permanent station or home for an extended period (see H.R. 3862), H699 [26FE]
———provide compensation to members of the reserve components who suffer discrepancies between their military and nonmilitary compensation as a result of being called to active duty for a certain period (see H.R. 1345), H575 [24FE]
———reimburse members for cost of protective body armor purchased by or on behalf of the member (see H.R. 3615), H2484 [28AP]
———reimburse members who participated in the Rest and Recuperation Leave program for travel expenses incurred by or on behalf of such members before the program was expanded to include domestic travel (see H.R. 3731), H304 [3FE]
Assault weapons: extend ban on production of assault weapons (see H.R. 3831), H4766 [22JN]
Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H393 [4FE]
Basilone, John: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 218), H633 [25FE]
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), H3094 [17MY]
Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H5793 [14JY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: design and construct monument to commemorate contributions of minority women to women's suffrage and the participation of women in public life (see H. Con. Res. 261), H2374 [22AP]
———revise women's suffrage statue located in the Capitol rotunda to include a likeness of Sojourner Truth (see H.R. 601), H1369 [23MR]
Cemeteries and funerals: authorize placement in a national cemetery of memorial markers to commemorate servicemembers or other persons whose remains are interred in an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery (see H.R. 5356), H9184 [9OC]
Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4082), H1789 [31MR]
———commemorate birthday (see H. Res. 112), H2155 [2AP]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 4622), H4580 [18JN]
———encourage savings, promote financial literacy, and expand opportunities for young adults by establishing KIDS Accounts (see H.R. 4939), H6702 [22JY]
———support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see H.R. 4799), H5909 [15JY]
China, Republic of: participation in WHO (see H.R. 3793), H753 [2MR]
Civil rights: restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (see H.R. 3809), H701 [26FE]
Climate: conduct scientific research on abrupt climate change, establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits to consumers from such trading, and reduce dependence upon foreign oil (see H.R. 4067), H6899 [8SE]
Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1684), H2406 [27AP]
Commission for Assisting Democratic Parliaments: establish (see H. Res. 543), H1230 [17MR]
Committee To Investigate Detainee Abuses (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 690), H5536 [12JY]
Computers: provide greater cybersecurity (see H.R. 5068), H7329 [21SE]
Congressional Science Competition: establish (see H. Res. 604), H2372 [22AP]
Coordinated Environmental Health Network: establish (see H.R. 5335), H9049 [8OC]
Courts: establish domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women (see H.R. 3424), H2549 [4MY]
———modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 4225), H4171 [15JN]
CPSC: establish a consumer product safety standard for each durable infant or toddler product (see H.R. 2911), H11057 [7DE]
———promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see H.R. 4155), H2152 [2AP]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 4204), H2371 [22AP]
———provide reliable officers, technology, education, community prosecutors, and training in our neighborhoods (see H.R. 5277), H8858 [7OC]
Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 2464), H1370 [23MR]
———making appropriations (see H.R. 4473), H3605 [1JN]
Dept. of HHS: establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection (see H.R. 3539), H1230 [17MR]
———establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 1734), H3605 [1JN]
———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see H.R. 4493), H9051 [8OC]
———expand and intensify research programs concerning elder falls (see H.R. 3513), H4171 [15JN]
Dept. of Justice: require report to Congress on investigation into murder of Emmett Till (see H. Con. Res. 360), H2919 [12MY]
Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4772), H6707 [22JY]
Disabled: provide assistance to Special Olympics to support expansion and development of education programs and a Healthy Athletes Program (see H.R. 5131), H7574 [23SE]
Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 4595), H4286 [16JN]
Drugs: lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices (see H.R. 3634), H5654 [13JY]
Education: constitutional amendment on the right to a quality public education (see H.J. Res. 29), H4392 (see H.J. Res. 29), H4507 [17JN]
———recognize contributions of military-impacted schools, teachers, adminstration, and staff for their role in the education of military children (see H. Res. 598), H2374 [22AP]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend the Impact Aid program to improve the distribution of school construction payments to better meet the needs of military and Indian land school districts (see H.R. 3795), H1117 [16MR]
Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 3881), H1643 [29MR]
———provide effective training and education programs for displaced homemakers, single parents, and individuals entering nontraditional employment (see H.R. 3764), H1594 [25MR]
———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 4575), H8859 [7OC]
Endangered species: protect the remaining herd of wild and genetically pure American Buffalo (see H.R. 3446), H1593 [25MR]
Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to employees whose spouse, son, daughter, or parent is a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in support of a contingency operation (see H.R. 5199), H8039 [4OC]
Foreign countries: human rights violations against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals (see H. Con. Res. 330), H1484 [24MR]
Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 5312), H9048 [8OC]
Hazardous substances: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 1563), H9963 [17NO]
Health: conduct vaccine awareness campaign, ensure sufficient vaccine supply, prepare for pandemic or epidemic, and encourage vaccine production capacity relative to influenza (see H.R. 3758), H8859 [7OC]
———constitutional amendment on the right to high quality health care (see H.J. Res. 30), H4392 (see H.J. Res. 30), H4507 [17JN]
———expand access to preventive health care services and education programs that reduce unintended pregnancy, infection with sexually transmitted disease, and number of abortions (see H.R. 4192), H2265 [21AP]
———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H872 [4MR]
———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4936), H9051 [8OC]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 4628), H4646 [21JN]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H5536 [12JY]
———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), H7073 [13SE]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 4182), H2265 [21AP]
———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 3658), H128 [27JA]
———treatment of women with bleeding disorders (see H. Con. Res. 314), H1072 [11MR]
Hire a Veteran Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 252), H2550 [4MY]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 2527), H3094 [17MY]
Housing: clarify calculation of per-unit costs payable under expiring contributions contracts for tenant-based rental assistance that are renewed (see H.R. 4263), H4171 [15JN]
Immigration: cancellation of removal for certain aliens (see H.R. 2585), H4391 (see H.R. 2585), H4507 [17JN]
———provide permanent resident status for certain long-term resident workers and college-bound students and modify the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants in order to promote family unification (see H.R. 3271), H128 [27JA]
Immigration and Nationality Act: modify treatment of adopted children (see H.R. 4561), H4580 [18JN]
Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (see H.R. 5150), H8039 [4OC]
Investments: provide a corporate responsibility investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 4140), H2152 [2AP]
IRS: discourage payment of Federal tax collection services through a commission or as a percentage of taxes collected (see H. Con. Res. 213), H7073 [13SE]
Marshall, Thurgood: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4178), H2549 [4MY]
McDermott, Ignatius: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3148), H5402 [8JY]
Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H3963 [14JN]
———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3859), H6997 [9SE]
Medicare: coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see H.R. 2151), H707 [1MR]
———establish demonstration program to offset costs of electronic prescribing systems of health care providers (see H.R. 4805), H5470 [9JY]
———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H435 [10FE]
———provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs (see H.R. 3672), H576 [24FE]
———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H5151 [25JN]
———require providers to disclose staffing and performance data (see H.R. 4374), H8168 [5OC]
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: eliminate overpayments to health maintenance organizations and other private plans (see H.R. 4304), H2727 [6MY]
Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Res. 605), H2372 [22AP]
Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 3729), H10233 [20NO]
Mexico: convey sympathy to families of young women murdered in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, and encourage increased U.S. involvement in bringing an end to these crimes (see H. Res. 466), H831 [3MR]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 4256), H2491 [30AP]
NASA: tribute to Hubble Space Telescope for extraordinary contributions to scientific research and education and reconsideration of future service missions (see H. Res. 550), H3821 [8JN]
National Center for Military Deployment Health Research: establish (see H.R. 1565), H2658 [5MY]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 5024), H6898 [8SE] (see H.R. 5040), H6996 [9SE]
National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Res. 646), H3441 (see H. Res. 646), H3541 [20MY]
National Long-Term Care Residents' Rights Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 755), H7330 [21SE] (see H. Res. 772), H7443 [22SE]
National Park Service: report on the sustainability of the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor and the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Commission (see H.R. 5014), H6755 [7SE]
National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 430), H7234 [15SE]
Native Americans: eligibility of Indian tribal organizations for grants to establish veterans cemeteries on trust lands (see H.R. 2983), H304 [3FE]
New England Patriots (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 512), H303 [3FE]
Nguyen Van Ly, Thaddeus: call for release by Vietnam (see H. Con. Res. 378), H871 [4MR]
NOAA: establish a national ocean policy to set forth missions and to ensure effective interagency coordination and establish a National Oceans Council (see H.R. 4900), H7234 [15SE]
Oceans: protect deep sea corals and sponges (see H.R. 4897), H6998 [9SE]
Older Americans Act: amend to provide information and outreach for the prevention of osteoporosis (see H.R. 3803), H1072 [11MR]
OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (see H.R. 4498), H3780 [3JN]
Portugal: tribute to friendship, leadership, and support of the U.S. in the effort to combat international terrorism (see H. Res. 688), H4894 [23JN]
POW: provide special compensation for former POWs (see H.R. 850), H5908 [15JY]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to the shortage of medical laboratory personnel (see H.R. 623), H1593 [25MR]
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: tribute (see H.J. Res. 87), H1117 [16MR]
San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H6706 [22JY]
SBA: modify the women's business center program (see H.R. 4853), H6557 [21JY]
Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 4994), H8859 [7OC]
Senior citizens: promote elder justice (see H.R. 2490), H7575 [23SE]
Ships and vessels: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels into U.S. waters (see H.R. 4101), H3720 [2JN]
Social Security: authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 2598), H3781 [3JN]
———choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 97), H7138 [14SE]
———effects of reform proposals on women (see H. Res. 174), H7073 [13SE]
———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 4350), H2917 [12MY]
———provide entitlement to dependents' and survivors' benefits under Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program to permanent partnerships (see H.R. 4701), H4927 (see H.R. 4701), H5071 [24JN]
Space policy: anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing (see H. Res. 723), H5983 [19JY]
Sudan: declare genocide in Darfur (see H. Con. Res. 467), H5984 [19JY]
———provide assistance for the crisis in the Darfur region and for the development of a comprehensive peace plan (see H.R. 5061), H7864 [29SE]
Taxation: provide a tax credit for broadband Internet access (see H.R. 768), H515 [11FE]
———provide for a refundable wage differential credit for activated military reservists (see H.R. 4435), H3606 [1JN]
———repeal limits on the deduction of interest on education loans (see H.R. 3384), H3720 [2JN]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 1155), H304 [3FE]
Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 4820), H5653 [13JY]
U.N.: provide a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund for the prevention, remedy, and repair of obstetric fistula (see H.R. 3810), H515 [11FE]
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), H1370 [23MR]
Veterans: improve post-traumatic stress disorder treatment for veterans and members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 5244), H8856 [7OC]
———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for a one-year open season under that plan (see H.R. 3763), H391 [4FE]
———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 677), H5908 [15JY]
Voting: constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 28), H4392 (see H.J. Res. 28), H4507 [17JN]
Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 3438), H516 [11FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Diseases: establish a program of grants for detection and control of colorectal cancer (see H.R. 4093), H1790 [31MR]
Health: improve quality, efficiency, standards, and technology of health care (see H.R. 4880), H6555 [21JY]
Medicare: prohibit operation of comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program in Rhode Island (see H.R. 4672), H4893 [23JN]
National security: improve homeland security by providing for national resilience in preparation for, and in the event of, a terrorist attack (see H.R. 3774), H392 [4FE]
Nursing homes: establish a loan repayment program for nurse practitioners and physician assistants in underserved homes, and establish a mentoring program for training administrators (see H.R. 5322), H9048 [8OC]
Rhode Island Veterans Post Office Building, Middletown, RI: designate (see H.R. 3942), H1071 [11MR]
Senior citizens: provide mental health screening and treatment services, integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams (see H.R. 4694), H4926 (see H.R. 4694), H5070 [24JN]
Lists
Senior Center directors in Rhode Island's First Congressional District, E867
Remarks
American Lung Association: anniversary, E1011
Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated appropriations, E2177
Armed Forces: mental health benefits funding, H3445
Australia: maritime boundary dispute with East Timor relative to oil rights from undersea deposits, H5715
Children and youth: encourage savings, promote financial literacy, and expand opportunities for young adults by establishing KIDS Accounts (H.R. 4939), E1499
Crime: foster local collaborations to ensure effective and efficient use of resources within the criminal and juvenile justice systems in dealing with mentally ill offenders (S. 1194), H8243, H8245 [6OC]
Cyprus: anniversary of Turkish occupation, E1504
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), H3445
———making appropriations (H.R. 4613), H4701 [22JN]
Dept. of HHS: give grant preference to States that require schools to allow students to self-administer medication for asthma or anaphylaxis (H.R. 2023), H8076, H8077 [5OC]
———Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Access to Recovery grant program funding, H6946 [9SE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4464
Dept. of Labor: prohibit funding to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements, H6929 [9SE]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6929, H6934, H6944, H6946 [9SE]
Disabled: provide assistance to Special Olympics to support expansion and development of education programs and a Healthy Athletes Program (H.R. 5131), H8313 [6OC]
District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (H.R. 3193), consideration (H. Res. 803), H7742 [29SE]
FERC: preemption of State laws on the siting and permitting of liquefied natural gas facilities, E2177
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), conference report, E2177
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H2820 [12MY], E1441
Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), conference report, H11020
Mental health: prohibit funds to create or implement a new screening program, H6944 [9SE]
———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (H.R. 953), H8174, H8243 [6OC]
National Museum of the American Indian: opening, E1688
National security: improve homeland security by providing for national resilience in preparation for, and in the event of, a terrorist attack, H4464
National Senior Center Week: observance, E866
Native Americans: ensure that any business owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on Indian lands is not considered an employer under the National Labor Relations Act, H6934 [9SE]
Rhode Island: tribute to Senior Centers in the First Congressional District, E866
Rhode Island Veterans Post Office Building, Middletown, RI: designate (H.R. 3942), H2384 [27AP]
U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 4759), H5715
Veterans: provide mental health services for veterans returning from combat and their families, H4701 [22JN]
Votes: position on missed, H840