PRICE, DAVID E. (a Representative from North Carolina)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5658), H4794 [22MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Alcoholic beverages: observe anniversary of State-based regulation and recognize State officials, public health community, and industry members for creating a successful regulatory and distribution system (see H. Con. Res. 341), H4878 [3JN]
AMA: recognize contributions of African-American doctors on the occasion of apology to the National Medical Association for racial prejudices and wrongdoings (see H. Con. Res. 403), H7787 [31JY]
American Battlefield Protection Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2933), H480 [28JA]
AmeriCorps Week: observance (see H. Res. 1173), H3050 [5MY]
Animals: conserve global bear populations by prohibiting the importation, exportation, and interstate trade of bear viscera and items or products containing bear viscera (see H.R. 5534), H2659 [23AP]
———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), H349 [17JA]
Armed Forces: establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 5740), H2267 [14AP]
———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), H10132 [26SE]
———mint coins in commemoration of the U.S. Army Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center (see H.R. 3229), H2487 [17AP]
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 1153), H3021 [1MY]
Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1022), H2853 [29AP]
ATF: authorize additional resources to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms smuggled into Mexico for use by drug traffickers (see H.R. 5869), H3886 [14MY]
Bicycles: recognize importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2760 [24AP]
Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H3108 [6MY]
Bulgaria: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 1383), H7630 [30JY]
Burma: condemn undemocratic constitution and scheduled referendum (see H. Con. Res. 317), H2267 [14AP]
Challenger (space shuttle): anniversary of crash (see H. Res. 943), H479 [28JA]
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), H4061 [15MY]
China, People's Republic of: authorize assistance to small- and medium-sized U.S. businesses to promote exports (see H.R. 3273), H4975 [4JN]
Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see H.R. 2040), H1074 [26FE]
Climate: reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (see H.R. 1590), H2266 [14AP]
Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (see H.R. 5563), H1539 [11MR]
Courts: provide an alternate procedure for the prosecution of certain criminal contempts referred for prosecution by the House of Representatives (see H.R. 6508), H6673 [16JY]
CPSC: issue regulations concerning the safety and labeling of certain furniture and electronic appliances (see H.R. 4266), H1032 [25FE]
Dept. of Education: establish Office of International and Foreign Language Education and designate the head of such office as an Assistant Sec. (see H.R. 5179), H1973 [2AP]
———make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (see H.R. 3021), H3186 [7MY]
Dept. of HHS: authorize a grant to a qualified youth-serving organization for recruiting and preparing students for careers and volunteer opportunities as health care professionals (see H.R. 3618), H4877 [3JN]
———conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases (see H.R. 3334), H8050 [11SE]
———establish a Multiple Sclerosis National Surveillance System (see H.R. 5874), H5329 [11JN]
Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 6045), H3776 [13MY]
Dept. of the Interior: develop a cadastre of Federal real property to assist with land management, conservation, and development and identify land that no longer needs to be federally owned (see H.R. 5532), H5730 [19JN]
Dept. of the Treasury: establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program emblematic of prominent civil rights leaders and important events advancing civil rights (see H.R. 6701), H7809 [1AU]
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), H2854 [29AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a presumption of service connection of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 5454), H993 [14FE]
Developing countries: increase U.S. financial and programmatic contributions to promote economic opportunities for women (see H.R. 2965), H2853 [29AP]
Diseases: expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 6567), H8128 [15SE]
———improve asthma management, education, and research (see H.R. 3904), H3020 [1MY]
———increase Federal commitment to supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment (see H. Res. 353), H5409 [12JN]
———provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 5265), H1772 [14MR]
Ecology and environment: reduce global greenhouse gas emissions through creation of a domestic carbon market and international trade measures, and direct revenues to public interests (see H.R. 6316), H7809 [1AU]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 471), H4061 [15MY]
Economy: encourage recipients of rebate checks from the economic stimulus package to invest in renewable energy and energy-efficient products and services (see H. Res. 987), H2071 [8AP]
———encourage recipients of rebate checks from the economic stimulus package to purchase American-made goods and services from American-owned companies (see H. Res. 977), H2855 [29AP]
Education: coordinate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education initiatives (see H.R. 6104), H8050 [11SE]
———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 1228), H7853 [8SE]
———improve early education (see H.R. 3289), H6177 [26JN]
———provide grants to States to ensure students exit middle grades prepared for success in a high school with a rigorous curriculum that prepares students for postsecondary education and the workplace (see H.R. 3406), H10132 [26SE]
———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: academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 3257), H4061 [15MY]
FCC: disapprove rule on broadcast media ownership (see H.J. Res. 79), H1702 [13MR]
———promote transparency in adoption of new media ownership rules and establish independent panel to recommend how to increase representation of women and minorities in broadcast media ownership (see H.R. 4835), H295 [16JA]
Federal Election Campaign Act: restrict political robocalls (see H.R. 5747), H4878 [3JN]
Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 4838), H25 [15JA]
———provide lump-sum payments to certain employees who retire with a substantial amount of unused sick leave (see H.R. 5573), H2948 [30AP]
———require health benefits coverage for infertility treatment (see H.R. 2892), H3020 [1MY]
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), H2760 [24AP]
Fish and Wildlife Act: establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft (see H.R. 3663), H390 [22JA]
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid prohibition on certain payments when the sum of base acres of a farm is below a certain amount (see H.R. 6849), H8397 [17SE]
Foreign aid: modernize foreign assistance strategy to promote national and global security, democracy, and economic opportunity (see H. Res. 1268), H7790 [31JY]
Georgia, Republic of: condemn statements and actions of Russia that undermine territorial integrity (see H. Res. 1166), H2853 [29AP]
GSA: reimburse certain jurisdictions for the costs of obtaining paper ballot voting systems for 2008 general elections and for costs incurred in conducting audits or hand counting results (see H.R. 5036), H352 [18JA]
Hazardous substances: phase out use of mercury in manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda (see H.R. 5580), H3885 [14MY]
Health: establish a pathway for the licensure of biosimilar biological products (see H.R. 5629), H4833 [22MY]
———improve oral health care for low-income individuals under the Maternal and Child Health Program and Medicaid and provide a tax credit to dentists for services provided to low-income individuals (see H.R. 2472), H4832 [22MY]
———national policy to increase Federal commitment prioritizing disease prevention and public health (see H. Res. 1381), H8276 [16SE]
———optimize delivery of critical medicine and expand the critical care workforce (see H.R. 3886), H2151 [9AP]
———require group and individual insurer coverage of individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials (see H.R. 2676), H3050 [5MY]
———understand and comprehensively address inmate oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see H.R. 3187), H5797 [20JN]
———understand and comprehensively address oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see H.R. 3186), H3020 [1MY]
Health care professionals: establish recruitment and retention programs for public health workers and eliminate critical workforce shortages in Federal, State, local, and tribal public health agencies (see H.R. 5496), H2267 [14AP]
———provide grants for the training of graduate medical residents in preventive medicine and public health (see H.R. 3404), H2012 [3AP]
Helms, Jesse: tribute (see H. Res. 1325), H6342 [9JY]
Hinduism: recognize the holiday of Diwali (see H. Res. 245), H10133 [26SE]
House Rules: observe a moment of silence in the House of Representatives on the first legislative day of each month for those killed or wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan (see H. Res. 1183), H4834 [22MY]
Human rights: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 5927), H10867 [9DE]
Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 1843), H479 [28JA]
Iraq: require congressional approval to maintain a U.S. military presence and accept the principle of setting a timetable for redeployment of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Res. 1329), H6406 [10JY]
Israel: recognize independence anniversary and reaffirm bonds of close friendship and cooperation with the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 322), H2659 [23AP]
Jordan, Louis: tribute (see H. Res. 1242), H5043 [5JN]
Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 3440), H3109 [6MY]
Liberia: allocation of foreign aid (see H.R. 6655), H7627 [30JY]
Medicaid: ensure individuals eligible for medical assistance continue to have access to prescription drugs (see H.R. 3700), H1155 [27FE]
———extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations (see H.R. 5613), H2071 [8AP]
———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3326), H8128 [15SE]
———permit States to exclude earned income in determining eligibility for medical assistance for individuals with extremely high prescription drug costs (see H.R. 5748), H6343 [9JY]
———provide a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 5268), H10642 [29SE]
———provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 1279), H2266 [14AP]
———temporarily delay application of proposed changes to payment rules for case management and targeted case management services (see H.R. 5173), H1702 [13MR]
Medicare: coverage of clinical pharmacist practitioner services under part B (see H.R. 5780), H2443 [16AP]
———delay phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor (see H.R. 6873), H10132 [26SE]
———ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 6826), H7808 [1AU]
———ensure that home health agencies assign the most appropriate skilled service to make the initial assessment visit for home health services for beneficiaries requiring rehabilitation therapy (see H.R. 5704), H5111 [9JN]
———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see H.R. 1663), H1074 [26FE]
———impose moratorium on use of recovery audit contractors under the Medicare Integrity Program (see H.R. 4105), H480 [28JA]
———improve provision of telehealth services (see H.R. 6163), H7789 [31JY]
———increase per resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments to hospitals (see H.R. 5426), H2443 [16AP]
———protect beneficiaries' access to home health services (see H.R. 3865), H3186 [7MY]
———provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education and conduct research to improve cancer symptom management (see H.R. 5585), H2356 [15AP]
———provide coverage for the shingles vaccine (see H.R. 5877), H2657 [23AP]
———require physician utilization of electronic prescription drug program (see H.R. 4296), H3050 [5MY]
Mental health: increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see H.R. 6654), H8477 [18SE]
Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2268), H3020 [1MY]
Motor vehicles: determine the maximum feasible fuel economy level achievable for cars and light trucks for a year based on certain gasoline price level projections (see H.R. 6643), H10132 [26SE]
National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 299), H4975 [4JN]
National GEAR UP Day: designate (see H. Res. 1311), H6408 [10JY]
National Guard Youth Challenge Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1202), H6734 [21JY]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 6568), H8019 [10SE]
National Learn and Serve Challenge: support goals (see H. Res. 1463), H8579 [22SE]
National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1328), H10845 [19NO]
National Public Health Week: observance (see H. Res. 1081), H2152 [9AP]
National Volunteer Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1119), H2486 [17AP]
National Workplace Wellness Week: recognize (see H. Con. Res. 405), H8050 [11SE]
NATO: support Membership Action Plan with Georgia and Ukraine (see H. Res. 997), H1822 [31MR]
North Aleutian Basin Planning Area: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing (see H.R. 1957), H3050 [5MY]
Office of Congressional Ethics: establish (see H. Res. 895), H1418 [6MR]
Outer Continental Shelf: prohibit preleasing, leasing, and related activities in the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea Planning Areas unless certain conditions are met (see H.R. 6057), H5329 [11JN]
Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H1821 [31MR]
Prevent Blindness America (organization): anniversary (see H. Res. 848), H559 [29JA]
Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 6228), H10132 [26SE]
Public Radio Recognition Month: designate (see H. Res. 1002), H3021 [1MY]
Public Service Recognition Week: observance (see H. Res. 1073), H2225 [10AP]
Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act: define environmental intervention blood lead level (see H.R. 3397), H3404 [8MY]
Russert, Timothy J., Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 1275), H5481 [17JN]
Senior citizens: encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the U.S. (see H.R. 6064), H4059 [15MY]
Social Security: permit States the option to provide nurse home visitation services under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 3024), H5729 [19JN]
———remove inmate limitations on Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, and State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges (see H.R. 5698), H7854 [8SE]
Sri Lanka: support transition to sustainable peace, protect civil society and media, facilitate access of humanitarian operations, and retain democratic principles (see H. Res. 1338), H7166 [24JY]
States: permit California and other States to effectively control greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles (see H.R. 5560), H1822 [31MR]
Surveyors: recognize contribution to society (see H. Con. Res. 223), H390 [22JA]
Taxation: equalize income exclusion of employer-provided parking and transit benefits and provide a common cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 1475), H4975 [4JN]
———establish financial security accounts for the care of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 2370), H2012 [3AP]
———make geothermal heat pump systems eligible for the energy credit and the residential energy efficient property credit (see H.R. 2990), H1539 [11MR]
———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 1043), H4832 [22MY]
———modify treatment of qualified restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of the depreciation deduction (see H.R. 3622), H295 [16JA]
———provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see H.R. 6407), H6175 [26JN]
Terrorism: anniversary of bombing of Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon (see H. Res. 1421), H8050 [11SE]
Transportation: implement a safe and complete streets program to improve safety of nonmotorized transportation, including bicycle and pedestrian safety (see H.R. 5951), H7809 [1AU]
Universal Declaration of Human Rights: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 332), H5215 [10JN]
Veterans: presume service-connection for diseases associated with exposure to biological, chemical, or other toxic agents as part of Project 112/Shipboard Hazard and Defense (see H.R. 5954), H4151 [19MY]
Voting: require States to permit individuals to register to vote in an election for Federal office on the date of the election (see H.R. 5946), H3018 [1MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (see H.R. 6947), H8475 [18SE]
Intelligence services: enhance transparency and accountability within the intelligence community for activities performed under Federal contracts (see H.R. 5973), H3108 [6MY]
National Data Privacy Day: designate (see H. Res. 1393), H7629 [30JY] (see H. Res. 1411), H7808 [1AU]
Tariff: desmedipham (see H.R. 5332), H818 [8FE]
———methyl 2-[({[(4,6-dimethoxy-2-pyrimidinyl)amino] carbonyl}amino)sulfonyl]-4-[(mesylamino)methyl]benzoate methyl 4-iodo-2-[3-(4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)ureidosul fonyl]benzoate, sodium salt mixtures (see H.R. 5334), H818 [8FE]
———2,6-dibromo-4-cyanophenyl octanoate/heptanoate (see H.R. 5333), H818 [8FE]
Theodore Roosevelt Scholarship Foundation: establish to encourage outstanding graduate students in mission-critical fields to pursue a career in the Federal Government (see H.R. 6160), H4830 [22MY]
Biographies
Carson, Eve M., E332
Remarks
Appropriations: making continuing, H9295, H9296 [24SE]
———making emergency supplemental appropriations for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other domestic needs, and imposing certain Iraq policy restrictions (H.R. 2642), Senate amendment, H4039
Consumers: require enhanced disclosure regarding the consequences of making only minimum required payments in the repayment of credit card debt (H.R. 1510), H8605 [23SE]
Contracts: require accountability for contractors and contract personnel under Federal contracts, H4039
Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 5244), H8605 [23SE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5658), H4794, H4795 [22MY]
———prohibit use of private contractors to conduct interrogations of detainees, H4794, H4795 [22MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2638), Senate amendment, H9295, H9296 [24SE]
Diseases: identify causes and cure, expand data collection, and study access to and quality of care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (H.R. 1188), E389
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5959), H6606
———enhance transparency and accountability within the intelligence community for activities performed under Federal contracts, H6606
Iraq: call for redeployment of troops and a shift in political and diplomatic strategy for stabilizing Iraq, H4039
NATO: support Membership Action Plan with Georgia and Ukraine (H. Res. 997), H1835
Office of Congressional Ethics: establish (H. Res. 895), adoption (H. Res. 1031), H1527 [11MR]
Terrorism: improve gathering of human intelligence through effective interrogation and detention of suspects and bring terrorists to justice through effective, constitutional prosecution (H.R. 7056), E2095
Reports filed
Dept. of Homeland Security Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 6947) (H. Rept. 110-862), H8475 [18SE]
Tributes
Burness, John F., E971
Carson, Eve M., E332
Kennedy, Paul J., E1430
Lancaster, H. Martin, E799