BOUCHER, RICK (a Representative from Virginia)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
American Revolution: commemorate anniversary of American and French victory at Yorktown, VA (see H. Res. 748), H1390 [30MR]
Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see H.R. 2568), H4958 [10JY]
———ensure that Reserve components are able to maintain adequate retention and recruitment levels by protecting the financial security of the families of activated members (see H.R. 838), H3642 [8JN]
———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H972 [14MR]
ATF: modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H2102 [3MY]
Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H225 [8FE]
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]
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 5466), H3225 [24MY]
Carolina Hurricanes (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 881), H4424 [21JN]
CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H3309 (see H.R. 4341), H3361 [25MY]
———provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 4341), H3425 [6JN]
Christian Relief Services Charities: anniversary (see H. Res. 770), H1679 [6AP]
Communications Act: reform universal service provisions (see H.R. 5072), H1389 [30MR]
Community development: increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (see H.R. 2683), H1853 [26AP]
Computers: promote open broadband networks and innovation, foster electronic commerce, and safeguard consumer access to online content and services (see H.R. 5273), H1980 [2MY]
Crime: expand and modernize prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 4777), H387 [16FE]
———prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see H.R. 4709), H390 [16FE]
Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H2174 [4MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see H.R. 2669), H155 [1FE]
Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H274 [14FE]
Dept. of Education: recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 3334), H26 [31JA]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H2586 [11MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit the procurement of certain items unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced (see H.R. 4946), H1563 [5AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage reimbursement rate for the beneficiary travel program (see H.R. 4025), H1197 [28MR]
———terminate administrative freeze on the enrollment into the health care system of veterans in the lowest priority category for enrollment (referred to as ``Priority 8'') (see H.R. 3312), H389 [16FE]
Digital Opportunity Investment Trust: establish (see H.R. 2512), H26 [31JA]
Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H1453 [4AP]
District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (see H.R. 2043), H1742 [25AP] (see H.R. 5388), H2640 [16MY]
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), H451 [28FE]
FCC: promote and expedite wireless broadband deployment in rural and other areas (see H.R. 5085), H1452 [4AP]
Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (see H.R. 1317), H225 [8FE]
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: improve safety of mines and mining (see H.R. 5432), H3227 [24MY]
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), H868 [9MR]
———make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 5005), H1563 [5AP]
———update certain procedures applicable to commerce and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 1384), H1980 [2MY]
GSA: conveyance of certain real property (see H.R. 1429), H2962 [19MY]
Harry J. Parrish Post Office Building, Manassas, VA: designate (see H.R. 5194), H1742 [25AP]
Health: achieve a national health information infrastructure and establish a refundable tax credit for expenditures of health care providers implementing such infrastructure (see H.R. 747), H1680 [6AP]
———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums (see H.R. 2072), H2339 [9MY]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 4683), H153 [1FE]
———provide for expansion of Federal programs to prevent and manage vision loss (see H.R. 2671), H1059 [15MR]
Health care professionals: provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 5134), H4795 [28JN]
Immigration and Nationality Act: exempt boilermakers from the numerical limitation applicable to nonimmigrants issued a visa or provided status (see H.R. 3644), H1563 [5AP]
Intelligence services: reiterate that certain statutes are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted (see H.R. 5371), H2585 [11MY]
Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 5195), H1742 [25AP]
Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3476), H790 [8MR]
LIHEAP: funding (see H.R. 4793), H791 [8MR]
Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H565 [2MR]
Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 1447), H3424 [6JN]
———extend certain payment methodologies provided for rural health care providers (see H.R. 5118), H1677 [6AP]
———improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H2641 [16MY]
———increase per resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments to hospitals (see H.R. 4371), H1320 [29MR]
———prohibit removal of covered drugs from prescription drug plan formularies during the plan year (see H.R. 5102), H1562 [5AP]
———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), H3227 [24MY]
———restore certain treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment (see H.R. 5513), H4220 [19JN]
Medicare/Medicaid: assure uninterupted access to necessary medicines under the prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 4685), H153 [1FE]
———eliminate cost-sharing for certain dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 4722), H224 [8FE]
National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 2088), H3308 (see H.R. 2088), H3361 [25MY]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: provide funding for the study and prevention of breast cancer in younger women (see H.R. 987), H1059 [15MR]
National Internet Safety Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 800), H3425 [6JN]
National Passport Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 327), H1391 [30MR]
National Tourism Week: observance (see H. Res. 729), H1129 [16MR]
No Child Left Behind Act: funding (see H.R. 2694), H155 [1FE]
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), H3724 [9JN]
Patent and Trademark Office: conform certain filing provisions (see H.R. 5120), H1981 [2MY]
Patents: modify certain procedures (see H.R. 5096), H1561 [5AP]
Public Health Service Act: expand and improve traumatic brain injury programs (see H.R. 5738), H4915 [29JN]
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 284), H1196 [28MR]
Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 615), H3424 [6JN]
Taxation: clarify treatment of self-employment for purposes of the limitation on State taxation of retirement income (see H.R. 4019), H226 [8FE]
———creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction (see H.R. 4945), H972 [14MR]
———extend the excise tax credits for certain liquid fuel derived from coal (see H.R. 5453), H3137 [23MY]
———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 5206), H4917 [29JN]
———prevent discriminatory treatment of natural gas pipeline property (see H.R. 1369), H4917 [29JN]
Telecommunications: ensure competitive and nondiscriminatory access to the Internet (see H.R. 5417), H2832 (see H.R. 5417), H2890 [18MY]
Telephones: prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (see H.R. 5126), H2339 [9MY]
Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H25 [31JA]
Veterans: mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H1130 [16MR]
Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2705 (see H.R. 9), H2757 [17MY]
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library: authorize a grant for contributions toward establishment (see H.R. 4846), H564 [2MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of the Interior: convey Paint Bank National Fish Hatchery and Wytheville National Fish Hatchery to Virginia (see H.R. 5061), H1389 [30MR]
Smyth County, VA: convey the former Konnarock Lutheran Girls School to facilitate the restoration and reuse of the property (see H.R. 5103), H1562 [5AP]
Strategic materials: establish a strategic refinery reserve (see H.R. 5365), H2584 [11MY]
Letters
Refinery Permit Process Schedule Act: Eddie Terrill, State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators (organization), and John A. Paul, Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials, H2003 [3MY]
Motions
Petroleum: set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), H3477 [7JN]
Remarks
Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling (H.R. 4411), H4996, H4999 [11JY]
———study and promote use of energy efficient computer servers (H.R. 5646), H5002 [11JY]
Dept. of the Interior: convey Paint Bank National Fish Hatchery and Wytheville National Fish Hatchery to Virginia (H.R. 5061), H4924
FCC: preserve openness of the Internet, promote fair competition among network and service providers, and support an expedited complaint process, H3553, H3577 [8JN], E1104
Gambling: estabish complete ban on Internet gambling, H4999 [11JY]
Petroleum: designate closed military bases as sites for oil refineries, H3477 [7JN]
———set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), H2001, H2004, H2006 [3MY], H3469, H3474 [7JN]
———set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), motion to recommit, H3477 [7JN]
Strategic materials: establish a strategic refinery reserve (H.R. 5365), E805
Telecommunications: promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), H3553, H3577 [8JN], E1104