PLATTS, TODD RUSSELL (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 3931), H1197 [28MR]
Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 5229), H1915 [27AP]
———treat nonhuman primates as prohibited wildlife species under certain regulations governing illegal trade or possession of wildlife (see H.R. 1329), H868 [9MR]
Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 4890), H644 [7MR]
Armed Forces: prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1319 [29MR]
———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H3424 [6JN]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H2833 (see H.R. 783), H2890 [18MY]
ATF: modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H3643 [8JN]
Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission: extend (see H.R. 4586), H1320 [29MR]
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 5466), H4009 [14JN]
CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H973 [14MR]
Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide follow-up treatment for children identified with a vision disorder (see H.R. 2328), H26 [31JA]
———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), H2586 [11MY]
Congress: establish Office of Public Integrity (see H.R. 4799), H869 [9MR]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H3016 [22MY]
Crime: increase penalty on persons who are convicted of killing peace officers and who flee the country (see H.R. 2363), H1390 [30MR]
———prohibit certain computer assisted remote hunting (see H.R. 1558), H645 [7MR]
———prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see H.R. 4662), H1060 [15MR]
Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H5128 [12JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish and enforce performance standards and sanitation requirements for reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry (see H.R. 3160), H3309 (see H.R. 3160), H3361 [25MY]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H2503 [10MY]
———develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools (see H.R. 4063), H155 [1FE]
———provide grants to States to conduct demonstration projects designed to enable Medicaid-eligible individuals to receive support for long-term disability services in the settings of their choice (see H.R. 3063), H333 [15FE]
Dept. of Justice: develop a national strategy to eliminate illegal operations of certain international drug gangs (see H.R. 5291), H2586 [11MY]
———provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (see H.R. 4894), H2586 [11MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: award a percentage of procurement contracts to small business concerns owned by veterans (see H.R. 3082), H1853 [26AP]
———eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage reimbursement rate for the beneficiary travel program (see H.R. 3948, 4025), H3724 [9JN]
———improve the Veterans Beneficiary Travel Program (see H.R. 3147), H3724 [9JN]
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: ensure State and local emergency preparedness operational plans address the needs of individuals with pets or service animals during a disaster or emergency (see H.R. 3858), H1743 [25AP]
Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H3016 [22MY]
———expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 5390), H3227 [24MY]
———improve Parkinson's disease research (see H.R. 3550), H868 [9MR]
District of Columbia: establish as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives (see H.R. 5388), H2640 [16MY]
Education: improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 5519), H4958 [10JY]
Education Flexibility Partnership Act: extend the educational flexibility program (see H.R. 4919), H866 [9MR]
Eisenhower, Dwight D.: approve location of an honorary commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.J. Res. 78), H390 [16FE]
Executive departments: reform operations (see H.R. 5112), H1676 [6AP]
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), H1743 [25AP]
Federal agencies and departments: prohibit obligating funds for appropriations earmarks included only in congressional reports (see H.R. 1642), H25 [31JA] (see H.R. 4964), H1059 [15MR]
FEMA: permit access to databases to comply with sex offender registry and notification laws (see H.R. 4381), H3497 [7JN]
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), H1197 [28MR]
France: condemn naming of street in Denis, France, honoring Mumia Abu-Jamal (see H. Con. Res. 407), H3138 [23MY]
Fur Product Labeling Act: require labeling of all fur products regardless of value (see H.R. 4904), H790 [8MR]
Government: provide for ethics and lobbying reform (see H.R. 5677), H4555 [26JN]
Government regulations: eliminate effect on constitutionally protected expression of religion by State and local officials resulting from threat of potential litigants seeking damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 2679), H451 [28FE]
H. Gordon Payrow Post Office Building, Bethlehem, PA: designate (see H.R. 4786), H388 [16FE]
Health: encourage school-based programs to reduce and prevent childhood obesity, promote increased physical activity, and improve nutritional choices (see H.R. 4860), H1321 [29MR]
———improve access to emergency medical services through medical liability reform and additional Medicare payments (see H.R. 3875), H3788 [12JN]
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]
House Rules: 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), H333 [15FE]
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), H3138 [23MY]
Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 4740), H1743 [25AP]
Insurance: allow employees of federally-qualified health centers to obtain health coverage (see H.R. 4980), H4328 [20JN]
———provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 2355), H225 [8FE]
Interstate Highway System: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H1389 [30MR]
John Paul Hammerschmidt Post Office Building, Harrison, AR: designate (see H.R. 4811), H449 [28FE]
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), H274 [14FE]
Law enforcement: ensure that a sex offender or a sexually violent predator is not eligible for parole (see H.R. 4621), H333 [15FE]
Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H3016 [22MY]
Medicare: clarify congressional intent regarding counting of residents in a nonhospital setting (see H.R. 4403), H4680 [27JN]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1582), H1197 [28MR]
———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), H1981 [2MY]
———provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services (see H.R. 4824), H1321 [29MR]
———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), H4328 [20JN]
———suspend prescription drug late enrollment penalty (see H.R. 5173), H4917 [29JN]
Medicare/Medicaid: reform Federal survey and certification process for nursing facilities (see H.R. 3437), H4009 [14JN]
Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (see H.R. 2421), H451 [28FE]
Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H451 [28FE]
National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 395), H1916 [27AP]
National Children and Families Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 763), H2103 [3MY]
National Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 305), H26 [31JA]
National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 4005), H451 [28FE]
National security: establish requirements for ownership, management, and operation of critical infrastructure (see H.R. 4881), H1131 [16MR]
———improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (see H.R. 4954), H1321 [29MR]
———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), H449 [28FE]
Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1391 [30MR]
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]
Outer Continental Shelf: terminate effect of laws prohibiting spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities (see H.R. 4318), H155 [1FE]
Patriotism: affirm that statements of national unity, including the National Anthem, should be recited or sung in English (see H. Res. 793), H4134 [15JN]
Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 788), H1980 [2MY]
Power resources: reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (see H.R. 4409), H274 [14FE]
———require that gasoline sold in the U.S. contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (see H.R. 4774), H646 [7MR]
Public Health Service Act: expand and improve traumatic brain injury programs (see H.R. 5738), H4915 [29JN]
Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 1249), H450 [28FE]
Robert Linn Memorial Post Office Building, Beaver, PA: designate (see H.R. 4768), H387 [16FE]
SBA: permit business concerns owned by venture capital operating companies to participate in the Small Business Innovation Research Program (see H.R. 2943), H1563 [5AP]
Social Security: continuation of benefit payment through the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 3459), H4220 [19JN]
States: revise laws and regulations to enable individuals and small businesses to obtain health insurance through the combination of a health savings account and a high-deductible health plan (see H. Res. 371), H4681 [27JN]
Taxation: allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 4961), H1917 [27AP]
———applicability of volume cap for private activity bonds to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 1708), H1059 [15MR]
———extend period of limitation to file claims for refunds on account of disability determinations by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 4727), H869 [9MR]
———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3159), H389 [16FE]
———permit tax-free distribution from governmental retirement plans for payment of health and long-term care insurance premiums for public safety officers (see H.R. 2177), H1197 [28MR]
———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H790 [8MR]
———provide for deductibility of medical expenses by individuals (see H.R. 4625), H155 [1FE]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 1517), H4958 [10JY]
Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 3427), H3724 [9JN]
Veterans: improve information security (see H.R. 5464), 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), H1917 [27AP]
Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 4747), H3016 [22MY]
———provide for educational activities and research relative to women's pelvic floor health through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIH (see H.R. 2727), H155 [1FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 745), H1320 [29MR]
Essays
Narratives of Soldiery: Adam Brown, E152
Remarks
National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (H. Con. Res. 99), H2009
Terrorism: commend those who have taken part, and declare that the U.S. will prevail, in the Global War on Terror and complete mission to create a sovereign and free Iraq (H. Res. 861), H4078 [15JN]
Tributes
Brown, Adam, E152