COOPER, JIM (a Representative from Tennessee)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2647, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strength, H10488 [6OC]
———S. 454, Weapons Acquisition System Reform Through Enhancing Technical Knowledge and Oversight Act, H5549 [13MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
African Americans: tribute to Medal of Honor recipients and contributions of Armed Forces members (see H. Res. 185), H3338 [11MR]
Armed Forces: commend soldiers and civilian personnel stationed at Fort Gordon, GA (see H. Con. Res. 206), H12142 [29OC]
———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]
———express gratitude for service of Coast Guard and Marine Corps aircraft pilots and crewmembers lost off the coast of California (see H. Res. 891), H13003 [16NO]
———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), H13354 [19NO]
———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1209), H3835 [24MR]
———recognize vital role family readiness volunteers play in supporting service members and their families (see H. Res. 408), H5668 [14MY]
———tribute to meritorious service of aviators shot down over, or otherwise forced to land in, hostile territory yet evaded enemy capture or were captured but subsequently escaped (see H. Res. 925), H13353 [19NO]
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 435), H5581 [13MY]
Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 185), H3338 [11MR]
Black Music Month: anniversary (see H. Res. 476), H6077 [2JN]
BLS: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 152), H7024 [18JN]
Budget: extend discretionary spending caps and pay-as-you-go for direct spending (see H.R. 2116), H4839 [27AP]
———reinstitute and update the pay-as-you-go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration (see H.R. 2920), H6971 [17JN]
Cates, Clifton B.: encourage the Navy to name an appropriate ship in honor (see H. Res. 330), H4524 [2AP]
Children and youth: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1064), H6538 [10JN]
———provide grants to States to establish or expand quality programs providing home visitation for families with young children and families expecting children (see H.R. 2667), H6744 [12JN]
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]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 12), H28 [6JA]
Congress: prohibit consideration of measures that appropriate funds for earmarks to private, for-profit entities (see H.R. 2512), H5890 [20MY]
Consumer Product Safety Act: exempt second-hand sellers of certain products from lead content and certification requirements (see H.R. 968), H2603 [23FE]
Contracts: require accountability for personnel performing private security functions under Federal contracts (see H.R. 2177), H4999 [29AP]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1913), H4735 [23AP]
Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 874), H4129 [30MR]
Dept. of HHS: authorize States to use John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program funds for private school tuition vouchers and public school transportation costs for foster children (see H.R. 2072), H4732 [23AP]
———conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases (see H.R. 2149), H10408 [30SE]
Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H4524 [2AP]
Dept. of the Treasury: require certain additional calculations to be included in the annual financial statement covering accounts and associated activities of the executive branch (see H.R. 943), H1157 [10FE]
Disasters: provide eligibility for an heir of a deceased homeowner to receive certain housing-related disaster assistance (see H.R. 1059), H3527 [17MR]
Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (see H.R. 11), H27 [6JA]
Diseases: catalyze change in the care and treatment of diabetes (see H.R. 1402), H8410 [20JY]
———conduct a joint Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs study on the incidence of breast cancer among Armed Forces members and veterans (see H.R. 3926), H12365 [4NO]
———identify causes and cure, expand data collection, and study access to and quality of care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see H.R. 930), H3146 [10MR]
———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see H.R. 1740), H9281 [31JY]
Education: encourage teaching of U.S. Constitution to high school students in their senior year (see H. Res. 686), H9283 [31JY]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 3017), H7249 [24JN]
FCC: prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany (see H.R. 1084), H7023 [18JN]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1310), H2979 [4MR]
Flatt, Lester: tribute (see H. Res. 583), H7446 [25JN]
Forest Service: protect certain roadless areas (see H.R. 3692), H10455 [1OC]
Franklin, John Hope: tribute (see H. Res. 301), H4251 [31MR] (see H. Res. 320), H4523 [2AP]
Fuller, Millard: tribute (see H. Res. 385), H5062 [30AP]
Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 621), H9491 [14SE]
Health: achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services and reform organization of primary care delivery through Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs expansion (see H.R. 1296), H2978 [4MR]
———apply antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1204), H3642 [18MR]
———expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions, and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 463), H603 [27JA]
———provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage (see H.R. 1321), H3052 [5MR]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 873), H3105 [9MR]
———support efforts to reduce infant mortality (see H. Res. 260), H6156 [3JN]
Health care facilities: recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers (see H. Con. Res. 144), H10070 [29SE]
History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star-Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2097), H7947 [9JY]
House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 3025), H7249 [24JN]
———require posting on the Office of the Clerk Internet site a record of recorded votes taken in the House and require Members to link their Internet sites to such record (see H. Res. 287), H4026 [25MR]
House Rules: reduce suballocations to reflect floor amendments to general appropriation bills (see H. Res. 343), H4582 [21AP]
———repeal rule relative to statutory limit on the public debt (see H. Res. 965), H14827 [11DE]
———require each standing committee to hold periodic hearings on waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs that committee may authorize (see H. Res. 40), H196 [13JA]
Indonesia: condemn bombings in Jakarta hotels, express condolences for victims, and support efforts to prosecute attacks and combat terrorism (see H. Res. 675), H8707 [23JY]
Insurance: regulate federally chartered or licensed insurers, agencies, and producers to ensure their stability and financial integrity and to protect policyholders and consumers (see H.R. 1880), H6973 [17JN]
———require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1691), H3834 [24MR]
Iran: expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H5308 [6MY]
Iraq: deplore ongoing violence by Iraqi security forces against the residents of Camp Ashraf and call on Iraqi Government to ensure the well-being of such residents (see H. Res. 704), H13467 [2DE]
John S. Wilder Post Office Building, Somerville, TN: designate (see H.R. 1817), H4688 [22AP]
Medicaid: provide for a demonstration project on reimbursements for stabilization of emergency medical conditions by non-publicly owned or operated institutions for mental diseases (see H.R. 1415), H5485 [12MY]
Medicare: establish an accountable care organization pilot program to reduce the growth of expenditures and improve health outcomes (see H.R. 2959), H7022 [18JN]
Mother's Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 388), H5062 [30AP]
Music and dance: declare country music as a uniquely American art form and honor its contributions to American life and culture (see H. Res. 650), H10521 [6OC]
NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see H.R. 2245), H8025 [13JY]
National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 831), H11714 [22OC]
National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 831), H11714 [22OC]
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 391), H5097 [4MY]
National Immunization Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 709), H9731 [17SE]
National Military Appreciation Month: support goals and objectives (see H. Con. Res. 84), H5063 [30AP]
National Women's Health Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 120), H5307 [6MY]
Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 31), H602 [27JA]
New York LPD 21 (U.S.S.): commissioning (see H. Res. 856), H11712 [22OC]
News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see H.R. 985), H1247 [11FE]
Nobel Prize: recognition of President Obama for peace (see H. Res. 864), H13629 (see H. Res. 864), H14373 [8DE]
Nuclear weapons: support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see H. Res. 790), H11112 [7OC]
Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1243), H4525 [2AP]
Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1826), H4250 [31MR]
Power resources: enhance research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies (see H.R. 3585), H10070 [29SE]
Project HOPE (organization): anniversary (see H. Res. 666), H8495 [21JY]
Radio: provide parity in performance rights to artists for use of their sound recordings (see H.R. 848), H2603 [23FE]
Randolph, A. Philip: tribute (see H. Res. 150), H11582 [21OC]
Real Salt Lake (soccer team): tribute (see H. Res. 942), H13466 [2DE]
Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) Consortium: encourage institutions of higher education to seek membership (see H. Res. 491), H7086 [19JN]
Summitt, Pat: tribute (see H. Res. 196), H2874 [26FE]
Taxation: establish an auction and revenue collection mechanism for a carbon market that ensures price stability with environmental integrity (see H.R. 1666), H3748 [23MR]
———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see H.R. 16), H28 [6JA]
———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1547), H6155 [3JN]
———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (see H.R. 4154), H13467 [2DE]
Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H3055 [5MR]
Tower of Hope (organization): commend efforts to provide assistance dogs to wounded veterans and support goals and ideals of creating a Tower of Hope Day (see H. Res. 291), H9731 [17SE]
Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (see H.R. 2935), H9443 [10SE]
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 348), H4841 [27AP]
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse: anniversary (see H. Res. 730), H10000 [25SE]
Warner Robins, GA: tribute to Warner Robins Little League softball team (see H. Res. 742), H9962 [24SE]
Washington (State): honor citizen-soldiers, including the 81st Brigade Combat Team (Heavy) of the Washington Army National Guard and Air National Guard (see H. Res. 627), H9207 [30JY]
White House Conference on Children and Youth: convene (see H.R. 618), H442 [21JA]
William C. Tallent Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Knoxville, TN: designate (see H.R. 402), H160 [9JA]
World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see H.R. 347), H922 [3FE]
———tribute to the 30th Infantry Division (Old Hickory) of the U.S. Army (see H. Res. 494), H8185 [15JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: rename as Medicare Payment and Access Commission, restructure as independent executive agency, and reform (see H.R. 2718), H6264 [4JN]
Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (see H.R. 1557), H3526 [17MR]
Remarks
Votes: position on missed, H14480
Tributes
Jones, Todd, H11113 [8OC]
Temple, Edward S., E1226
von Dohlen, David, E1546