RUPPERSBERGER, C.A. DUTCH (a Representative from Maryland)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy (see H.R. 1964), H558 [29JA]

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 661), H9974 [25SE]

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: anniversary (see H. Res. 1088), H6408 [10JY]

American Battlefield Protection Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2933), H814 [7FE]

American Pharmacists Month: designate (see H. Res. 1437), H9086 [23SE]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 1280), H10132 [26SE]

———ensure that domestic dog and cat fur is prohibited from being imported, exported, manufactured, sold, or advertised in the U.S. and require the labeling of all fur products under the Fur Products Labeling Act (see H.R. 891), H10132 [26SE]

———prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 6598), H8019 [10SE]

Armed Forces: establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 5740), H2225 [10AP]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the U.S. Army and direct proceeds from sales of such coins to the establishment of the National Museum of the U.S. Army (see H.R. 5714), H8019 [10SE]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 1153), H3021 [1MY]

Boy Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 5872), H2552 [22AP]

Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act: provide for continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network (see H.R. 5540), H1341 [5MR]

Children and youth: authorize a program to provide grants to youth-serving organizations that carry out child-parent visitation programs for children with incarcerated parents (see H.R. 5654), H1771 [14MR]

———expand and improve the provision of pediatric dental services to medically underserved populations (see H.R. 2371), H2356 [15AP]

———promote youth financial education (see H.R. 4335), H390 [22JA]

———recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs (see H. Res. 1013), H1220 [4MR]

China, People's Republic of: make proper disclosures with the SEC regarding the selective default status of certain bonds (see H. Res. 1179), H6674 [16JY]

Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see H.R. 2040), H1155 [27FE]

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 302), H1446 [10MR]

Commission on Comprehensive Strategies for the Placement of Natural Gas Infrastructure: establish (see H.R. 6720), H7785 [31JY]

Constellation (U.S.S.): recognize historical significance as a reminder of the participation of the U.S. in the transatlantic slave trade and of the efforts of the U.S. to end the slave trade (see H. Res. 1159), H2852 [29AP]

Continental Congress: anniversary of meeting in Nassau Hall, Princeton, NJ (see H. Con. Res. 351), H6728 [17JY]

DEA: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 369), H5214 [10JN]

Dept. of Education: provide grants to support professional development and extracurricular activities to improve international education and foreign language in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 7063), H10845 [19NO]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 6045), H4061 [15MY]

———make annual grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children (see H.R. 5464), H994 [14FE]

Dept. of Transportation: study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation (see H.R. 5734), H10845 [19NO]

Diseases: establish a National Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Registry and authorize research on acquired bone marrow failure diseases (see H.R. 6884), H8478 [18SE]

———provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 5265), H1822 [31MR]

Education: recognize achievements of high school valedictorians, promote importance of encouraging intellectual growth, and reward academic excellence of all high school students (see H. Res. 1229), H4831 [22MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: promote environmental education (see H.R. 3036), H2487 [17AP]

EPA: provide grants for the revitalization of waterfront brownfields (see H.R. 5469), H994 [14FE]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1073), H7058 [23JY]

Fire prevention: provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (see H.R. 5541), H3020 [1MY]

Health: support further research and activities to increase public awareness, professional education, diagnosis, and treatment of Dandy-Walker syndrome and hydrocephalus (see H. Con. Res. 163), H5482 [17JN]

———understand and comprehensively address oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see H.R. 3186), H6177 [26JN]

Health care professionals: expand the nurse student loan program, establish grant programs to address the nursing shortage, and provide for a nurse faculty pilot project (see H.R. 4001), H1221 [4MR]

———provide relief for the shortage of nurses (see H.R. 5924), H8477 [18SE]

Insurance: require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 1655), H6825 [22JY]

Iran: respond to threat posed to international peace, stability in the Middle East, and the vital national security interests of the U.S. by Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and regional hegemony (see H. Con. Res. 362), H6010 [24JN]

Iraq: express that any funding provided to Iraq for reconstruction, training for Iraqi security forces, and fuel for U.S. operations in Iraq should be provided in the form of loans (see H. Res. 1111), H2488 [17AP]

Louisa Swain Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 378), H8019 [10SE]

Medicaid: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations (see H.R. 5613), H1889 [1AP]

———provide a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 5268), H3885 [14MY]

———require drug manufacturers to pay rebates to State prescription drug discount programs as a condition of participation in a rebate agreement for outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 3309), H1221 [4MR]

———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 4054), H350 [17JA]

———temporarily delay application of proposed changes to payment rules for case management and targeted case management services (see H.R. 5173), H814 [7FE]

Medicare: exempt complex rehabilitation and assistive technology products from competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 2231), H4832 [22MY]

———exempt negative pressure wound therapy pumps and related supplies and accessories from the competitive acquisition program until the clinical comparability of such products can be validated (see H.R. 4935), H2854 [29AP]

———provide continued coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries that have received a kidney transplant and whose coverage would otherwise expire (see H.R. 3282), H3885 [14MY]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see H.R. 2567), H814 [7FE]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3014), H6728 [17JY]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 289), H812 [7FE]

National Advocacy Center: funding (see H.R. 6083), H4150 [19MY]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1053), H2071 [8AP]

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 74), H8276 [16SE]

National Estate Planning Awareness Week: designate (see H. Res. 732), H6178 [26JN] (see H. Res. 1499), H9974 [25SE]

National Golf Day: designate (see H. Res. 1115), H2488 [17AP]

National Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1392), H8579 [22SE]

National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1328), H7309 [29JY]

National School Counseling Week: designate (see H. Res. 932), H349 [17JA]

National security: enhance safety of U.S. ports of entry (see H.R. 5662), H3020 [1MY]

Native Americans: require issuance of medals to recognize the dedication and valor of Native American Code Talkers (see H.R. 4544), H8019 [10SE]

Olympic games: tribute to U.S. women's gymnastics team (see H. Res. 1428), H8129 [15SE]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H1821 [31MR]

Phelps, Michael: tribute for participation in Olympic games (see H. Res. 1418), H7853 [8SE]

Pran, Dith: tribute (see H. Res. 1109), H2444 [16AP]

Public Radio Recognition Month: designate (see H. Res. 1002), H3110 [6MY]

Red Ribbon Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1447), H8276 [16SE]

Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 5235), H6473 [14JY]

Schools: recognize school resource officers and their role in keeping students, teachers, and administrators safe (see H. Res. 1009), H1183 [28FE]

Sewage disposal: ensure that sewage treatment plants monitor for and report discharges of raw sewage (see H.R. 2452), H4877 [3JN]

Ships and vessels: recognize role played by Landing Ship Tanks (LST) in conflicts since World War II and the Navy and Coast Guard veterans who served on such ships (see H. Res. 1316), H7309 [29JY]

Social Security: ensure certain disability determinations on the basis of SSA hearings are made on a timely basis and monitor number of disability determinations under reconsideration (see H.R. 6485), H8050 [11SE]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 5447), H2071 [8AP]

Surveyors: recognize contribution to society (see H. Con. Res. 223), H6408 [10JY]

Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 3934), H5044 [5JN]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 2329), H9085 [23SE]

———allow deductions for interest payments on car loans and sales and excise taxes on certain motor vehicle purchases (see H.R. 7273), H10975 [10DE]

———allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans (see H.R. 5823), H7789 [31JY]

———exclude combat zone compensation of Armed Forces members from employment taxes (see H.R. 1085), H2443 [16AP]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 1748), H4877 [3JN]

———increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 549), H2947 [30AP]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1576), H10642 [29SE]

———simplify deduction for business use of a home and make other changes affecting small businesses (see H.R. 6601), H7630 [30JY]

Thomas Jefferson Census Bureau Headquarters Building, Suitland, MD: designate (see H.R. 5599), H1618 [12MR]

Tubman, Harriet: designate national day of remembrance (see H. Con. Res. 310), H1341 [5MR]

University of Maryland: anniversary of School of Medicine (see H. Res. 870), H6230 [8JY]

Voting: prohibit States from refusing to accept balloting materials solely because the materials do not meet certain requirements not clearly necessary to prevent election fraud (see H.R. 4237), H3186 [7MY]

———promote participation of absent overseas voters in elections for Federal office (see H.R. 4173), H3404 [8MY]

Water Resources Development Act: modify the Chesapeake Bay environmental restoration and protection program by expanding the Corps of Engineers' role in cleanup (see H.R. 6550), H6726 [17JY]

World Glaucoma Day: observance (see H. Res. 981), H1222 [4MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

FTC: investigate rise in gasoline prices relative to speculator manipulation of the financial markets (see H.R. 6647), H7307 [29JY]

National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1439), H8128 [15SE]

Pensions: suspend minimum distribution requirements for certain retirement plans and temporarily waive penalty on withdrawals from such plans (see H.R. 7278), H10844 [19NO]

Remarks

August, Robin: Baltimore County, MD, Teacher of the Year award recipient, E1184 [10JN]

Baltimore Blast (soccer team): tribute, E889 [13MY]

Bel Air, MD: tribute to Harford Day School Destination ImagiNation team, E894 [13MY]

Caron, Leo H.: Maryland Veterans Advisory Council Congressional Volunteer Recognition Award recipient, E572 [10AP]

Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act: provide for continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network (H.R. 5540), H5009 [5JN]

Cramer, Wendy: Maryland Veterans Advisory Council Congressional Volunteer Recognition Award recipient, E496 [3AP]

Davis, Hilda: Maryland Veterans Advisory Council Congressional Volunteer Recognition Award recipient, E574 [10AP]

DEA: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 369), H6435 [14JY]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit from issuing new Federal oil and gas leases to holders of existing leases who do not diligently develop the lands subject to such existing leases or relinquish such leases, H6798, H6799 [22JY]

Flickinger, Robert M.: Coast Guard Enlisted Person of the Year award recipient, E575 [10AP]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 6304), H5764 [20JN]

Frounfelker, Patricia: Partnership for Public Service (organization) Service to America Call to Service Medal nominee, E1337 [25JN]

History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (H.R. 2894), H3723 [13MY]

Hudson, Rodney D.: SBA Maryland Veteran Small Business Champion of the Year award recipient, E679 [22AP]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5959), H6602 [16JY]

Israel: recognize independence anniversary and reaffirm bonds of close friendship and cooperation with the U.S. (H. Con. Res. 322), H2527 [22AP]

Jameson, Stephanie: Dundalk, MD, Optimist Club Humanitarian of the Year Award recipient, E966 [19MY]

LaHatte, Charles: Maryland Veterans Advisory Council Congressional Volunteer Recognition Award recipient, E559 [9AP]

Masse, Lydie H.: Maryland Veterans Advisory Council Congressional Volunteer Recognition Award recipient, E577 [10AP]

McJilton, Gloria: Dundalk, MD, Optimist Club Citizen of the Year Award recipient, E964 [19MY]

National Advocacy Center: funding (H.R. 6083), H7233 [29JY]

National Drug Court Month: observance, E1078 [23MY]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: conduct a national intelligence assessment on national security and energy security issues relative to escalating energy costs (H.R. 6545), H6796, H6797, H6798, H6799, H6800 [22JY]

Petroleum: quarterly profits of oil companies, H6798 [22JY]

Reimschuessel, Renate: Partnership for Public Service (organization) Service to America Homeland Security Medal nominee, E1350 [25JN]

Rockville, MD: tribute to U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (organization) new headquarters, E267 [28FE]

Roland, Christine: Harford County, MD, Teacher of the Year award recipient, E1182 [10JN]

Votes: position on missed, H2624, H2625 [23AP], H5742, H5743 [20JN], H6696, H6697, H6710 [17JY]

Waller, Leah: Baltimore, MD, City Teacher of the Year award recipient, E1179 [10JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H617 [6FE], H867 [12FE], H1029 [25FE], H6724 [17JY]

Tributes

Barney, Kenneth L., Sr., E1705 [8SE]

Beser, Jacob, E2116 [28SE]

Fritsche, William R., E1513 [22JY]

Goldstein, Abe and Donna Lee, E221 [25FE]

Halusky, James R., E595 [14AP]

Harrison, Bafford H., E492 [3AP]

Laffman, Keith, E1277 [19JN]

Long, Jessica, E2259 [19NO]

McCreedy, Kenneth O., E1165 [9JN]

Melton, Jesse, III, E1813 [17SE]

Rubenstein, David M., E94 [29JA]

Symington, W. Stuart, III, E2076 [27SE]

Tuxill, Bruce F., E1167 [9JN]

Zarzycki, Joseph H., E91 [29JA]