CASSIDY, BILL (a Representative from Louisiana)

Amendments

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and providing stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 915), H5973 [21MY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), H6809 [15JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agricultural Credit Act: reauthorize State mediation programs (see H.R. 3509), H9278 [31JY]

American Dental Association: anniversary (see H. Res. 204), H4841 [27AP]

American Heart Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 112), H1081 [9FE]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: clarify the low-income housing tax credits that are eligible for the low-income housing grant election (see H.R. 2995), H7144 [23JN]

Animals: issue a Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 1454), H4525 [2AP]

Armed Forces: encourage military departments to maximize opportunities for space-available travel for members in a leave or pass status who are traveling between December 18, 2009, and January 3, 2010 (see H. Con. Res. 220), H14827 [11DE]

———mint coins in commemoration of Army Five-Star Generals and alumni of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (see H.R. 1177), H7947 [9JY]

Biblica (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 852), H13467 [2DE]

Borel, Calvin: tribute (see H. Res. 418), H5399 [7MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: engrave the Pledge of Allegiance and ``In God We Trust'' in the Capitol Visitor Center (see H. Con. Res. 131), H6807 [15JN] (see H. Con. Res. 131), H7722 [7JY]

China: support detained human rights activists Huang Qi and Tan Zuoren relative to investigation of the role poor construction and corruption played in death of children in school collapses during Sichuan earthquake (see H. Res. 877), H12141 [29OC]

Chisholm, Shirley: anniversary of election to the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 36), H382 [15JA]

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 60), H4064 [26MR]

Committee on Rules (House): install cameras in the hearing room and provide for live broadcasting of proceedings on the Internet (see H. Res. 869), H11740 [23OC]

Conrad DeRouen, Jr. Post Office, Erath, LA: designate (see H.R. 2972), H7084 [19JN]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 614), H441 [21JA]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 983), H1247 [11FE]

Correctional institutions: permit targeted interference with mobile radio services within prison facilities (see H.R. 560), H11167 [8OC]

CPSC: study drywall imported from China from 2004 through 2007 (see H.R. 1977), H6744 [12JN]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 874), H10408 [30SE]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal wage rate requirements (see H.R. 2900), H11868 [27OC]

Dept. of Defense: require State approval and Presidential notification and certification before transfer or release of individual currently detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a location in the U.S. (see H.R. 2294), H5892 [20MY]

Dept. of Education: continue to waive certain requirements in order to ease fiscal burdens in States affected by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (see H.R. 4277), H15504 [16DE]

———extend authority to purchase guaranteed student loans (see H.R. 4103), H13265 [18NO]

———permit the District of Columbia to use Federal funds for the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 4312), H15504 [16DE]

Dept. of HHS: establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for viral hepatitis infection to reduce chronic viral hepatitis and liver cancer (see H.R. 3974), H12141 [29OC]

———establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 745), H5792 [19MY]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit provision of assistance to any organization that has been indicted for a violation of a law relative to an election for Federal or State office (see H.R. 2715), H6263 [4JN]

Dept. of Justice: appoint a special counsel to investigate allegations relative to Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN) (see H. Res. 911), H13355 [19NO]

Dept. of Labor: authorize appropriations for the Veterans Workforce Investment Program (see H.R. 295), H6014 [21MY]

———carry out a grant program to provide reintegration services through programs and facilities that emphasize services for homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children (see H.R. 293), H6014 [21MY]

———withdraw notice of proposed rulemaking seeking to rescind Form LM-2 requiring financial disclosure by labor unions (see H. Con. Res. 116), H5062 [30AP]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H3401 [12MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: pursue every legal means to stay or recoup certain incentive bonus payments made by American International Group, Inc. (AIG) to employees and require approval of such payments (see H.R. 1577), H3640 [18MR]

Dept. of Transportation: expand the Safe Routes to School Program to high schools (see H.R. 4021), H12364 [4NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand access to hospital care for veterans in major disaster areas (see H.R. 1075), H1605 [13FE]

———increase amount of subsistence allowance payable to veterans participating in vocational rehabilitation programs (see H.R. 297), H6076 [2JN]

———increase amount payable to veterans for improvements and structural alterations furnished as part of home health services (see H.R. 1293), H6076 [2JN]

———reauthorize the small business loan program (see H.R. 294), H6014 [21MY]

Disabled: protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in class action lawsuits on behalf of such resident (see H.R. 1255), H6973 [17JN]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: make improvements in the provision of Federal disaster assistance (see H.R. 3635), H11167 [8OC]

Diseases: provide for enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 2413), H13267 [18NO]

Dungy, Tony: tribute (see H. Res. 70), H486 [22JA]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 213), H6014 [21MY]

Endangered species: allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species (see H.R. 1054), H11167 [8OC]

EPA: exempt regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 391), H11167 [8OC]

Executive Office of the President: prohibit funding for salaries or expenses of any task force or council established by the President and headed by an unconfirmed official or adviser (see H.R. 3226), H9397 [9SE]

———provide a sunset date for unconfirmed officials and advisers, require their Senate confirmation, and prohibit funding for any associated salaries and expenses (see H.R. 3569), H9808 [22SE]

———require a report and congressional hearings on responsibilities, authorities, and powers of certain unconfirmed officials or advisers (see H. Con. Res. 185), H9549 [15SE]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: exclude certain small health care practices from Red Flag Guidelines (see H.R. 2345), H7086 [19JN]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment on parental rights (see H.J. Res. 42), H8303 [16JY]

FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see H.R. 226), H875 [2FE]

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 3765), H11165 [8OC]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H4026 [25MR]

Firearms: preserve rights granted under second amendment to the Constitution in national parks and national wildlife refuge areas (see H.R. 1684), H4027 [25MR]

Fish and fishing: conserve U.S. fish and aquatic communities through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation and improve the quality of life for the people of the U.S. (see H.R. 2565), H13467 [2DE]

Fletcher, Dewey L., Jr. (Lee): tribute (see H. Res. 814), H11166 [8OC] (see H. Res. 827), H11383 [14OC]

Foreign aid: restrict assistance to foreign organizations that perform or actively promote abortions (see H.R. 708), H6266 [4JN]

Fragile X Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 611), H8357 [17JY]

FRS: reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported (see H.R. 1207), H5097 [4MY]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 621), H8008 [10JY]

Government: prohibit from awarding contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing any other Federal funds to, or engaging in activities that promote certain indicted organizations (see H.R. 3571), H9671 [16SE]

Health: encourage programs of health promotion or disease prevention (see H.R. 3688), H12972 [7NO]

———improve health insurance coverage of dependents (see H.R. 3887), H11714 [22OC]

———intensify stem cell research showing evidence of substantial clinical benefit to patients (see H.R. 877), H5485 [12MY]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 169), H8960 [28JY]

———provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see H.R. 3400), H9204 [30JY]

———provide for the licensure of biosimilar and interchangeable biological products (see H.R. 1548), H6076 [2JN]

———reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program, expand child health care insurance coverage through tax fairness, and provide for a health care Federalism initiative (see H.R. 464), H194 [13JA]

———recognize orthopedic industry for innovation in providing devices that relieve pain of, and restore mobility to, members of Armed Forces, veterans, and patients from all walks of life (see H. Res. 577), H11582 [21OC]

House of Representatives: require any conference committee or other meetings held to determine health care legislation be conducted publicly (see H. Res. 847), H11714 [22OC]

House Rules: require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet prior to consideration by the House (see H. Res. 554), H9443 [10SE]

Hunting and trapping: recognize hunting heritage and provide opportunities for continued hunting on public lands (see H.R. 3749), H11110 [7OC]

Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 1136), H9550 [15SE]

Intelligence services: tribute to members of the U.S. intelligence community whose efforts have protected America from a terrorist attack for the past eight years (see H. Res. 497), H7147 [23JN]

Intermediate Space Challenge: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 411), H6307 [8JN]

Investments: help rebuild retirement, college, and personal savings (see H.R. 2021), H5000 [29AP]

Iran: authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector (see H.R. 1327), H4064 [26MR]

———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H6807 [15JN]

Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 2296), H6077 [2JN]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 49), H8303 [16JY]

Louisiana: convey certain Forest Service land (see H.R. 940), H8960 [28JY]

Louisiana HonorAir Day: designate (see H. Res. 828), H11383 [14OC]

Medicaid: revise regulations implementing statutory reporting and auditing requirements for the disproportionate share hospital payment program to be consistent statutorily and avoid policy changes (see H.R. 4250), H14445 [9DE]

———use historical averages to calculate the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage for disaster affected States (see H.R. 4047), H12587 [6NO]

Medicare: modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 2049), H7086 [19JN]

———provide continued coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries that have received a kidney transplant and whose coverage would otherwise expire (see H.R. 1458), H6539 [10JN]

———provide for an update under the physician fee schedule to be fully paid for through medical liability reform, a pathway for biosimilar biological products, and other means (see H.R. 4138), H13352 [19NO]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H7838 [8JY]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 831), H11791 [26OC]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 831), H11791 [26OC]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 382), H5062 [30AP]

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: observance (see H. Res. 337), H4735 [23AP]

National Estuaries Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 710), H9280 [31JY]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 442), H5712 [18MY]

National Hepatitis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 466), H5892 [20MY]

National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 373), H7447 [25JN]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 1176), H2834 [25FE]

National Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 55), H13355 [19NO]

National Wear Red Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 112), H1081 [9FE]

NIH: establish Office of Mitochondrial Medicine (see H.R. 3502), H11167 [8OC]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1243), H4064 [26MR]

Postal Service: allow payment of share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (see H.R. 22), H5096 [4MY]

Power resources: enhance energy independence and economic and national security, conserve energy use, promote innovation, achieve lower emissions, cleaner air, cleaner water, and cleaner land (see H.R. 2227), H6015 [21MY]

———establish and implement oil and gas leasing programs for the Outer Continental Shelf and the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and streamline regulation of other energy projects (see H.R. 1431), H4734 [23AP]

———increase energy independence and job creation through safe energy production, alternative and renewable energy development, and conservation promotion for a cleaner environment (see H.R. 2846), H6742 [12JN]

———provide a comprehensive energy package to secure our economic future through increased energy innovation, conservation, and production (see H.R. 2300), H5397 [7MY] (see H.R. 2828), H6617 [11JN]

———provide a comprehensive energy package to secure our economic future through increased energy innovation, conservation, and production, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2300), H6745 [12JN]

———provide disaster assistance for power transmission and distribution facilities (see H.R. 2484), H5791 [19MY]

Public Safety Interoperable Communications Grant Program: extend (see H.R. 3348), H10520 [6OC]

Public welfare programs: allow funds provided to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to be used for alternative-to-abortion services (see H.R. 636), H5308 [6MY]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 2499), H7706 [26JN]

Real estate: impose a moratorium on the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (see H.R. 3044), H7947 [9JY]

———provide incentives for residential housing market (see H.R. 1903), H4520 [2AP]

Roy Rondeno, Sr., Post Office Building, New Orleans, LA: designate (see H.R. 3951), H12044 [28OC]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1050), H5406 [11MY]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H9280 [31JY]

———revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington's disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington's disease (see H.R. 678), H3402 [12MR]

SSI: disregard, for purposes of eligibility, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 2866), H13629 (see H.R. 2866), H14372 [8DE]

Taiwan: tribute to accession to World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (see H. Res. 887), H12288 [3NO]

Taxation: allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for State judicial debts that are past due (see H.R. 1956), H7250 [24JN]

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see H.R. 2452), H11167 [8OC]

———allow refunds of Federal motor fuel excise taxes on fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles (see H.R. 2964), H7084 [19JN]

———encourage alternative energy investments and job creation (see H.R. 1835), H6015 [21MY]

———expand credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use (see H.R. 622), H5406 [11MY]

———extend credit period for certain open-loop biomass facilities (see H.R. 2528), H9999 [25SE]

———improve access to health care by allowing a deduction for the health insurance costs of individuals and expanding health savings accounts (see H.R. 3610), H9806 [22SE]

———improve treatment of health savings accounts (see H.R. 3508), H9278 [31JY]

———make child tax credit permanent and allow for adjustments for inflation (see H.R. 793), H919 [3FE]

———provide permanent incentives for economic growth (see H.R. 470), H1607 [13FE]

———provide tax credit parity for electricity produced from renewable resources (see H.R. 2626), H9999 [25SE]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 275), H6014 [21MY]

———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see H.R. 510), H7446 [25JN]

Taxpayer March on Washington: tribute to participants (see H. Res. 870), H11790 [26OC]

Turkey: observance of Republic Day (see H. Res. 638), H8025 [13JY]

U.N.: condemn Human Rights Council report alleging Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity relative to operations in the Gaza Strip (see H. Res. 867), H12198 [2NO]

Veterans: increase dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses (see H.R. 2243), H6077 [2JN]

Vietnamese Refugees Day: designate (see H. Res. 342), H4735 [23AP]

Warner Robins, GA: tribute to Warner Robins Little League softball team (see H. Res. 742), H9962 [24SE]

Westport, NY: anniversary of Camp Dudley YMCA (see H. Res. 300), H5000 [29AP]

Women: establish programs to decrease need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents (see H.R. 2035), H5406 [11MY]

World Hepatitis Day: observance (see H. Res. 466), H5892 [20MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Education: recognize efforts of career and technical colleges to educate and train workers for position in high-demand industries (see H. Res. 880), H12141 [29OC]

House Rules: strengthen public disclosure of all earmark requests (see H. Res. 440), H5666 [14MY]

Louisiana State University: tribute to baseball team (see H. Res. 616), H7837 [8JY]

Medicare: apply an alternative payment amount for certain graduate medical education programs established to train residents displaced by natural disasters (see H.R. 2033), H4686 [22AP]

Tariff: cyclopentanone (see H.R. 1184), H2834 [25FE]

———glyoxylic acid (see H.R. 1183), H2834 [25FE]

Poems

``Day Liberty Cried,'' Scott Rogers, E2336 [22SE]

Remarks

Air pollution: impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, H6317 [9JN]

American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin: tribute, E1332 [8JN]

AmeriCorps: eligibility of Teach for America, Inc., for continued participation, H3549 [18MR]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), H768, H769 [28JA], H897 [3FE]

Baton Rouge, LA: St. James Episcopal Day School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E2843 [1DE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H3448 [17MR], H3622 [18MR]

———deficit, H768, H769 [28JA]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (H. Con. Res. 85), H4457 [2AP]

Cherry, IL: anniversary of Great Cherry Mine Disaster (H. Res. 752), H12332 [4NO]

China: support detained human rights activists Huang Qi and Tan Zuoren relative to investigation of the role poor construction and corruption played in death of children in school collapses during Sichuan earthquake (H. Res. 877), H12540 [6NO]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), H3549 [18MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop strategy to prevent over-classification of homeland security information and promote the sharing of unclassified homeland security information (H.R. 553), H897 [3FE]

Dept. of Transportation: study effect that limited air carrier service operations on certain routes has on the frequency of delays and cancellations, H5973 [21MY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H3621, H3622 [18MR]

Education: recognize efforts of career and technical colleges to educate and train workers for position in high-demand industries (H. Res. 880), H12330 [4NO]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and providing stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 915), H5973 [21MY]

Health: establish health savings accounts for all citizens, H13038, H13041 [17NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H3745 [23MR], H6977 [18JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3200), H8436 [21JY], H8903 [28JY], H9183, H9184, H9185, H9186, H9187, H9188, H9189, H9190 [30JY], H10527 [7OC], H11442, H11443, H11444, H11445, H11446, H11447, H11448, H11449 [15OC], H11575, H11576 [21OC], H11803, H11838, H11840 [27OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12194, H12195 [2NO], H12222, H12276 [3NO], H12540 [6NO], H12875, H12887 [7NO], H13038, H13041, H13042, H13043, H13044 [17NO]

———provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (H.R. 3400), H9188, H9189, H9190 [30JY], H11447, H11448, H11449 [15OC], H11575 [21OC], H11838 [27OC]

———urge Members of Congress favoring a public, federally-run health insurance option to forgo participation in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and agree to enroll in such option (H. Res. 615), H9184 [30JY]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (H.R. 1409), H3113 [10MR]

Louisiana State University: tribute to baseball team (H. Res. 616), H8832, H8834 [27JY]

Medicaid: solvency, H13043 [17NO]

Medicare: solvency, H11443, H11444, H11445, H11446 [15OC], H13044 [17NO]

Morris K. Udall Foundation: provide additional resources for operations and rename as the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation (H.R. 1035), H8835 [27JY]

National Family Literacy Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 878), H12333 [4NO]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, H3997 [25MR]

Point of order, H8834 [27JY]

Port Allen, LA: tribute to West Baton Rouge Museum for earning formal accreditation by the American Association of Museums, E2691 [3NO]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), H6317 [9JN]

———national energy policy, H3448 [17MR]

Small business: economic impact of increased tax rates, H13042 [17NO]

Spoelhof, William: tribute (H. Res. 91), H2893 [3MR]

Taxation: rates, H3621, H3622 [18MR]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, E2336 [22SE]

Votes: correction, H556 [27JA]

———position on missed, H5593 [14MY], H6584 [11JN], H12179 [2NO], H14903 [15DE]

World Hepatitis Day: observance, H5718 [19MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1600 [13FE], H4024 [25MR], H4060 [26MR], H15494 [16DE]

Tributes

Cary, Sue, E925 [22AP]

Cote, Michael, H15477 [16DE]

Marioneaux, Ory, Sr., E2645 [28OC]

Mayhall, Van R., E1777 [15JY]

Thames, Benton, E2965 [11DE]