KUHL, JOHN R. ``RANDY'', JR. (a Representative from New York)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alex's Lemonade Stand Days: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 368), H2962 [19MY]

American Jewish Committee: anniversary (see H. Res. 773), H1918 [27AP]

Animals: establish a competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research (see H.R. 2206), H4009 [14JN]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 71), H390 [16FE]

Armed Forces: prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H1453 [4AP]

———support military recruiting (see H. Con. Res. 339), H869 [9MR]

ATF: modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H2962 [19MY]

Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission: extend (see H.R. 4586), H1320 [29MR]

Business and industry: require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see H.R. 4932), H2502 [10MY]

Cambodian-American Freedom Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 533), H5047 [11JY]

Canada: commend renewed commitment to war on terror (see H. Con. Res. 408), H3016 [22MY]

Capitol Police: tribute (see H. Res. 756), H1682 [6AP]

Captain George A. Wood Post Office Building, Utica, NY: designate (see H.R. 4962), H1917 [27AP]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H973 [14MR]

Children and youth: require recipients of universal service support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commercial social networking websites and chat rooms (see H.R. 5319), H2503 [10MY]

Civil liberties: commemorate anniversary and reaffirm the national motto (see H. Con. Res. 411), H3016 [22MY]

Clean Air Act: require all gasoline sold for use in motor vehicles to contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (see H.R. 4357), H1917 [27AP]

Coast Guard: require a security plan for a maritime facility be resubmitted for approval upon transfer of ownership or operation of such facility (see H.R. 4880), H571 [6MR]

Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 343), H566 [2MR]

Commission To Establish a National Museum of the American Latino: establish (see H.R. 2134), H2962 [19MY]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H1678 [6AP]

Corporations: reduce burdens of implementing internal auditing control requirements of companies subject to securities laws (see H.R. 5405), H3227 [24MY]

Courts: jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the content of speech occurring during sessions of State legislative bodies (see H.R. 4776), H387 [16FE]

Credit: establish requirements on the terms of consumer credit extended to an Armed Forces member or the dependent of a member (see H.R. 97), H509 [1MR]

Crime: expand and modernize prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 4777), H387 [16FE]

———improve prosecution of individuals falsely claiming receipt of military medals, awards, and honors (see H.R. 3352), H509 [1MR]

———prohibit the sale and disclosure of customer information from telecommunications carriers obtained by false pretenses (see H.R. 4662), H160 [7FE]

———provide search and rescue dogs the same protections as other animals used in law enforcement (see H.R. 4764), H1197 [28MR]

Day of Hearts—Congenital Heart Defect Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 629), H26 [31JA]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H450 [28FE]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H2833 (see H.R. 5201), H2891 [18MY]

———develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools (see H.R. 4063), H509 [1MR]

———encourage dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology (see H.R. 4157), H1060 [15MR]

Dept. of Justice: develop a national strategy to eliminate illegal operations of certain international drug gangs (see H.R. 5291), H2503 [10MY]

———provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (see H.R. 4894), H2102 [3MY]

Dept. of the Interior: make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to certain veterans (see H.R. 5452), H3137 [23MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: require certain additional calculations to be included in the annual financial statement covering accounts and associated activities of the executive branch (see H.R. 5129), H1853 [26AP]

Dept. of Transportation: report to Congress on proposed changes to policies that prohibit foreign interests from exercising control over economic and security decisions of U.S. airlines (see H.R. 4542), H1743 [25AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: accept sworn affidavit of veterans who served in combat during Korean War or earlier conflict as proof of service connection for certain diseases and injuries (see H.R. 591), H274 [14FE]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H1563 [5AP]

Education: protect students and teachers (see H.R. 5295), H2173 [4MY]

Egypt: condemn terrorist bombings in Dahab and Northern Sinai (see H. Res. 795), H2340 [9MY]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 88), H3423 [6JN]

Federal aid programs: require data relative to Federal financial assistance to be available for public access in a searchable and user friendly form (see H.R. 5060), H4190 [16JN]

Federal Employees' Compensation Act: cover services provided to injured workers by physician assistants and nurse practitioners (see H.R. 2561), H2706 (see H.R. 2561), H2758 [17MY]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 5316), H2337 [9MY]

Firearms: make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 5005), H1681 [6AP]

FTC: revise regulations regarding the ``do-not-call'' registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry (see H.R. 5325), H4134 [15JN]

Government: make certain reforms in lobbying, ethics, and campaign finance laws (see H.R. 4696), H333 [15FE]

Great Lakes: establish a collaborative protection program (see H.R. 5100), H3138 [23MY]

Health: provide access to telehealth services in the home (see H.R. 3588), H3137 [23MY]

———require the FDA to disclose benefits of foods and dietary supplements and ensure the FTC bears the burden of proof in false advertising cases involving dietary supplements (see H.R. 4282), H868 [9MR]

———support effective treatment of and access to care for individuals with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see H. Con. Res. 340), H4555 [26JN]

House Rules: prohibit the consideration of conference reports on omnibus appropriation bills (see H. Res. 701), H509 [1MR]

———repeal rule on the statutory limit on the public debt (see H. Res. 903), H4916 [29JN]

———require that general appropriations bills contain a separate list of all earmarks in the accompanying report and the name of the sponsoring Member of each earmark (see H. Res. 662), H160 [7FE]

Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 5501), H3307 (see H.R. 5501), H3359 [25MY]

Immigration: prohibit the unauthorized construction of tunnels between the U.S. and another country (see H.R. 4830), H791 [8MR]

Insurance: allow employees of federally-qualified health centers to obtain health coverage (see H.R. 4980), H1391 [30MR]

———remove month limitation on period of COBRA continuation coverage (see H.R. 5740), H5128 [12JY]

Interstate commerce: limit civil actions brought against persons whose only role with regard to a certain product is as a lawful seller of the product (see H.R. 5500), H3307 (see H.R. 5500), H3359 [25MY]

Interstate Highway System: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H1389 [30MR]

Iran: condemn offer of assistance to Hamas and its call for other Arab nations to do the same and condemn anti-Israeli and anti-American statements of Iranian government officials (see H. Res. 707), H974 [14MR]

Jacob Fletcher Post Office Building, Babylon, NY: designate (see H.R. 5664), H4423 [21JN]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: cease production of weapons of mass destruction and proliferation of ballistic missiles, and uphold pledge to refrain from intercontinental ballistic missile testing (see H. Con. Res. 432), H4918 [29JN]

LIHEAP: funding (see H.R. 4793), H566 [2MR]

Major George Quamo Post Office Building, Averill Park, NY: designate (see H.R. 5708), H4795 [28JN]

Medicare: ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H155 [1FE]

———improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H1853 [26AP]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 2014), H2833 (see H.R. 2014), H2890 [18MY]

———permit eligible seniors to elect to receive vouchers for health savings accounts and/or premiums for high deductible health insurance plan and suspend certain late enrollment penalties (see H.R. 4551), H390 [16FE]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 4992), H2641 [16MY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H2962 [19MY]

———require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims (see H.R. 5182), H2706 (see H.R. 5182), H2758 [17MY]

———suspend prescription drug late enrollment penalty (see H.R. 5173), H5047 [11JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: reimburse States for costs incurred by covering dual eligible populations under the Medicare prescription drug benefit plan (see H.R. 4663), H791 [8MR]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2833 (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2891 [18MY]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H1197 [28MR]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 3413), H566 [2MR]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2048), H790 [8MR]

NASA: commemorate anniversary of the first flight of the Space Transportation System and honor individuals involved with the space program (see H. Con. Res. 366), H1563 [5AP]

National Children and Families Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 763), H2103 [3MY]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 681), H510 [1MR]

National security: ensure while promoting foreign investment and job creation, reform examination process for such investments, and establish Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (see H.R. 5337), H4521 [22JN]

———establish requirements for ownership, management, and operation of critical infrastructure (see H.R. 4881), H973 [14MR]

———require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company (see H.R. 4807), H509 [1MR]

———suspend all proposed mergers, acquisitions, or takeovers by foreign persons until certain determinations are made (see H.R. 4814), H1060 [15MR]

National Tourism Week: observance (see H. Res. 729), H1129 [16MR]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1681 [6AP]

New Windsor, NY: recognize and support effort of New York to develop the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor (see H. Con. Res. 419), H3425 [6JN]

Office of Veterans Identity Protection Claims: establish to reimburse persons for injuries suffered due to unauthorized use, disclosure, or dissemination of stolen identifying information (see H.R. 5520), H4220 [19JN]

Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5293), H3643 [8JN]

Patriot Guard Riders (organization): commend the shielding of mourning military families from protesters and preserving the memory of fallen servicemembers at funerals (see H. Res. 731), H1454 [4AP]

Power resources: establish a program to provide reimbursement for the installation of alternative energy refueling systems (see H.R. 5346), H3227 [24MY]

———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (see H.R. 4409), H1563 [5AP]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (see H.R. 5250), H1916 [27AP]

———expand and improve traumatic brain injury programs (see H.R. 5738), H4915 [29JN]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 4867), H564 [2MR]

Ronald Bucca Post Office, Tuckahoe, NY: designate (see H.R. 4995), H1128 [16MR]

Schools: recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (see H. Con. Res. 355), H1453 [4AP]

St. Patrick's Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 364), H1129 [16MR]

States: establish a program to provide grant assistance for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams (see H.R. 1105), H1453 [4AP]

Tariff Act: allow U.S. manufacturers that use products subject to countervailing or antidumping duty proceedings or use domestic like products to participate in those proceedings, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 4217), H2641 [16MY]

Taxation: encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 450), H565 [2MR]

———increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 5638), H4521 [22JN]

———increase incentives for E-85 fuel vehicle refueling property (see H.R. 5317), H4328 [20JN]

———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 5081), H1452 [4AP]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 4862), H564 [2MR]

———provide a refundable credit for certain home energy costs (see H.R. 4729), H566 [2MR]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain systems installed in nonresidential buildings (see H.R. 1241), H868 [9MR]

———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 5590), H3907 [13JN]

———reduce recognition period for built-in gains for S corporations (see H.R. 2239), H4680 [27JN]

———temporarily suspend Federal excise taxes on highway motor fuels (see H.R. 3683), H1981 [2MY]

Tisch, Preston R. (Bob): tribute (see H. Res. 605), H1198 [28MR]

U.N.: sanction Iran for its noncompliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (see H. Res. 782), H1852 [26AP]

Veterans: establish a financial assistance program to facilitate provision of supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing (see H.R. 4746), H273 [14FE]

———health care funding (see H.R. 515), H450 [28FE]

———provide automatic cost-of-living adjustments in disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and in compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans (see H.R. 5444), H3425 [6JN]

———revise eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service (see H.R. 2962), H3309 (see H.R. 2962), H3361 [25MY]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 2684), H451 [28FE] (see H.R. 4560), H4134 [15JN]

World Cup: tribute to Italy's men's soccer team (see H. Res. 908), H5047 [11JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Health care facilities: commend hospice care providers for allowing people with life-limiting illness or injury to die pain-free and with dignity (see H. Res. 667), H154 [1FE]

National Dam Safety Program Act: amend (see H.R. 4981), H1128 [16MR]

Social Security: exclude benefits of adopted disabled adult children from determinations of the family maximum (see H.R. 5183), H1741 [25AP]

Taxation: provide a refundable tax credit to public safety volunteers (see H.R. 5607), H4008 [14JN]

Remarks

American Ballet Theatre: tribute (H. Res. 751), H2610 [16MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for Special Olympics torch relay (H. Con. Res. 359), H1992 [3MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2788 [18MY]

St. Joseph, MI: provide for conditional conveyance of any U.S. interests in St. Joseph Memorial Hall (H.R. 4700), H1992, H1993 [3MY]

Votes: position on missed, H239 [14FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1057 [15MR]