PETERSON, JOHN E. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1917 [27AP]

ATF: modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H4134 [15JN]

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

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H4958 [10JY]

Coach John Wooden Post Office Building, Reseda, CA: designate (see H.R. 4646), H160 [7FE]

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

Crime: expand and modernize prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 4777), H973 [14MR]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H4190 [16JN]

Diseases: increase Federal commitment to supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment (see H. Res. 863), H4009 [14JN]

FAA: replace Administrator's arbitrary authority to impose wages and working conditions with neutral binding arbitration in the case of an impasse in labor-management negotiations (see H.R. 4755), H2962 [19MY]

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

Federal agencies and departments: establish a commission to review efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 3282), H4917 [29JN]

Firearms: make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 5005), H4220 [19JN]

France: condemn naming of street in Denis, France, honoring Mumia Abu-Jamal (see H. Con. Res. 407), H3138 [23MY]

H. Gordon Payrow Post Office Building, Bethlehem, PA: designate (see H.R. 4786), H388 [16FE]

Help America Vote Act: extend deadline by which States which received payments under such Act for the replacement of punch card or lever voting systems must ensure that all such systems are replaced (see H.R. 4666), H24 [31JA]

Investments: establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 4751), H2706 (see H.R. 4751), H2758 [17MY]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H3643 [8JN]

Medicare: extend certain payment methodologies provided for rural health care providers (see H.R. 5118), H1677 [6AP]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 2350), H3137 [23MY]

———improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H1679 [6AP]

———provide for a budget-neutral two-year moratorium on certain physician payment reductions for imaging services (see H.R. 5704), H4794 [28JN]

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

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1060 [15MR]

Pittsburgh Steelers (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 670), H226 [8FE]

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

Robert Linn Memorial Post Office Building, Beaver, PA: designate (see H.R. 4768), H387 [16FE]

Taxation: expand expensing for small business (see H.R. 4790), H1197 [28MR]

———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), H4424 [21JN]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H25 [31JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of the Interior: convey Tylersville division of Lamar National Fish Hatchery and Fish Technology Center to Pennsylvania (see H.R. 4957), H972 [14MR]

Remarks

Congress: provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process, H4718 [28JN]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding to prevent certain States from implementing State laws authorizing use of medical marijuana, H4737 [28JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2789, H2852, H2856, H2858, H2859, H2860, H2861, H2864 [18MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5386), consideration (H. Res. 818), H2769 [18MY]

EPA: prohibit funding to implement or enforce the wetlands policy guidance issued in joint memorandum with Corps of Engineers, H2852 [18MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions, H2769, H2789, H2856, H2858, H2859, H2860, H2861, H2864 [18MY]

———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities within a certain distance of a State's coastline unless the State requests leasing, H4874 [29JN]

———provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), H4837, H4874 [29JN]

———provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), consideration (H. Res. 897), H4811 [29JN]

Pennsylvania: prohibit funding for the Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry and Tourism, H4718 [28JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4718, H4737 [28JN]

Votes: position on missed, E1155 [14JN]