DAVIS, GEOFF (a Representative from Kentucky)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: authorize coverage for anesthesia and other costs related to dental care for children and certain other patients (see H.R. 5050), H3424 [6JN]

———prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1319 [29MR]

———require the phased recovery of overpayments made to members and delay the start of overpayment recovery from members who are wounded, injured, or incur illness in a combat operation or zone (see H.R. 4730), H1743 [25AP]

———standardize grade specified by law for the senior dental officer of the Air Force with that of the senior dental officer of the Army (see H.R. 1932), H1980 [2MY]

ATF: modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H3643 [8JN]

Baltimore, MD: anniversary of Port of Baltimore (see H. Res. 870), H4135 [15JN]

Belarus: support democracy efforts, rule of law, respect for human rights, and a free and fair Presidential election (see H. Res. 673), H452 [28FE]

Cambodian-American Freedom Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 533), H5128 [12JY]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H4134 [15JN]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H565 [2MR]

———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), H2338 [9MY]

China, People's Republic of: expand diplomatic infrastructure and economic competitiveness of U.S. interests (see H.R. 5199), H2962 [19MY]

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]

Corporations: reduce burdens of implementing internal auditing control requirements of companies subject to securities laws (see H.R. 5405), H3309 (see H.R. 5405), H3362 [25MY]

Courts: clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2389), H509 [1MR]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see H.R. 2669), H1742 [25AP]

Dept. of Energy: establish grants and advisory board for U.S.-Israeli joint ventures on alternative/renewable energy sources and energy efficiency (see H.R. 2730), H3424 [6JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a Directorate of Emergency Management (see H.R. 5351), H3309 (see H.R. 5351), H3362 [25MY]

———prohibit the procurement of certain items unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced (see H.R. 4946), H1563 [5AP]

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), H2339 [9MY]

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]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H3497 [7JN]

Education: tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 657), H24 [31JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend certain accountability provisions (see H.R. 1177), H572 [6MR]

Employment: protect volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel responding to national emergencies from termination or demotion in their places of employment (see H.R. 3949), H1743 [25AP]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 4408), H3497 [7JN]

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), H332 [15FE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 39), H2706 (see H.J. Res. 39), H2758 [17MY] (see H.J. Res. 88), H3423 [6JN]

———support responsible fatherhood, promote marriage, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (see H. Res. 318), H3425 [6JN]

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: improve safety of mines and mining (see H.R. 5432), H3227 [24MY]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 2061), H3308 (see H.R. 2061), H3361 [25MY]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 737), H1454 [4AP]

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States and exempt current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 4547), H155 [1FE]

———amend requirement that interstate firearms sales by Federal firearms licensees be made in accordance with the State law of the purchaser (see H.R. 5551), H3496 [7JN]

———make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 5005), H3643 [8JN]

———permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 1243), H1563 [5AP]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 1384), H3497 [7JN]

House Rules: prohibit privately-funded travel by any Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 666), H1918 [27AP]

Housing: modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the FHA to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers (see H.R. 5121), H2706 (see H.R. 5121), H2758 [17MY]

Israel: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 392), H1852 [26AP]

———support upgrade in relationship with NATO to that of leading member of NATO's Individual Cooperation Program, as a first step toward inclusion in NATO as a full member (see H. Res. 700), H1198 [28MR]

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail: extend (see H.R. 5053), H2339 [9MY]

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

———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), H2962 [19MY]

Members of Congress: strengthen financial disclosures and require precertification of privately-funded travel (see H.R. 4967), H1917 [27AP]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H646 [7MR]

Money: reform certain requirements for reporting cash transactions (see H.R. 5341), H2502 [10MY]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 2088), H3724 [9JN]

National Homeownership Month: observance (see H. Res. 854), H4521 [22JN]

National security: establish requirements for ownership, management, and operation of critical infrastructure (see H.R. 4881), H644 [7MR]

———improve national security and clarify congressional intent relative to the review process for certain mergers and acquisitions (see H.R. 4813), H449 [28FE]

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), H3308 (see H.R. 5520), H3360 [25MY]

OSHA: update fire protection safety standard to incorporate the current consensus standard for fire protection for styrene cross-linked composites manufacturing (see H.R. 3255), H225 [8FE]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (see H.R. 4761), H1681 [6AP]

Saudi Arabia: halt support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, and secure full cooperation in the investigation of terrorist incidents (see H.R. 2037), H3424 [6JN]

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: protect credit of servicemembers deployed to an overseas combat zone and facilitate awareness of servicemembers' rights (see H.R. 5327), H2338 [9MY]

Small business: suspend fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations (see H.R. 5242), H4680 [27JN]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H1196 [28MR]

Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 2052), H25 [31JA]

Tariff: ethanol (see H.R. 5170), H2706 (see H.R. 5170), H2758 [17MY]

———impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 521), H1742 [25AP]

Taxation: allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H1197 [28MR]

———encourage charitable contributions of real property for conservation purposes (see H.R. 5056), H2706 (see H.R. 5056), H2758 [17MY]

———expand tax forgiveness for Armed Forces members who die from wounds, disease, or injury incurred while serving in a combat zone to include prior taxable year (see H.R. 5032), H1391 [30MR]

———improve and expand education savings accounts (see H.R. 5314), H2337 [9MY]

———increase contribution limits for individual retirement plans, defined contribution plans, and salary reduction plans (see H.R. 5322), H4134 [15JN]

———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]

———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 930), H1680 [6AP]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 1736), H155 [1FE]

———provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (see H.R. 2034), H3424 [6JN]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H4328 [20JN]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H1742 [25AP]

Telephones: prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (see H.R. 5126), H2339 [9MY]

Terrorism: cooperate with allies on development and implementation of technologies to detect, prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate against acts of terrorism and other high consequence events (see H.R. 4942), H3016 [22MY]

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

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 1366), H4554 [26JN]

———expand scope of educational programs for which accelerated payments of assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill may be used (see H.R. 717), H2641 [16MY]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H2641 [16MY]

Water pollution: provide more effective permitting and enforcement mechanisms for stormwater discharges associated with residential construction activity (see H.R. 5558), H4134 [15JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: provide equity between active and Reserve component members in the computation of disability retired pay for members wounded in action (see H.R. 5083), H1452 [4AP]

Coal: facilitate and expedite direct refunds to coal producers and exporters of the excise tax imposed on coal exported from the U.S. (see H.R. 5097), H1561 [5AP]

Committee on Financial Services (House): require annual testimony by the SEC, Financial Accounting Standards Board, and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, on efforts to promote transparency in financial reporting (see H.R. 5024), H1195 [28MR]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): provide regular ethics training for Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner (see H. Res. 772), H1742 [25AP]

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

Housing: establish a program to revitalize rural multifamily housing assisted under the Housing Act (see H.R. 5039), H1319 [29MR]

Remarks

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), H2378 [10MY]

Votes: position on missed, H2301 [9MY], H2943 [19MY], H3751 [12JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2335 [9MY]

Special order: granted, H2335 [9MY]