MELANCON, CHARLIE (a Representative from Louisiana)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alabama: express condolences to families of victims of shooting rampage (see H. Res. 341), H4689 [22AP]

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]

Antitrust policy: provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (see H.R. 233), H8960 [28JY]

Armed Forces: authorize members to designate anyone as the person authorized to direct disposition of the remains of the member if the member dies while on active duty (see H.R. 1633), H6014 [21MY]

———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), H13354 [19NO]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1209), H3835 [24MR]

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]

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 60), H3749 [23MR]

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

Construction industries: recognize importance and sustainability of U.S. hardwoods industry and urge such products be given full consideration in programs for constructing environmentally preferable buildings (see H. Res. 81), H4689 [22AP]

CPSC: study drywall imported from China from 2004 through 2007 (see H.R. 1977), H5401 [7MY]

Credit: exempt certain nonprofit housing organizations from certain licensing requirements for residential mortgage loan originators (see H.R. 4400), H15501 [16DE]

Decade of Vision: designate (see H. Res. 366), H5893 [20MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 745), H11515 [20OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Gulf Coast Civic Works Commission (see H.R. 2269), H5306 [6MY]

Dept. of the Interior: reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see H.R. 3742), H12288 [3NO]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H6014 [21MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: limit compensation to officers and directors of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (see H.R. 857), H1041 [4FE]

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. 734), H1520 [12FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 2254), H10520 [6OC]

———improve outreach programs (see H.R. 32), H9962 [24SE]

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), H7947 [9JY]

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

Disasters: ensure availability and affordability of homeowners' insurance coverage for catastrophic events (see H.R. 2555), H6009 [21MY]

Diseases: continue research into causes, treatment, education, and an eventual cure for diabetes, commend those involved, and support designation of Latino Diabetes Awareness Month (see H. Res. 69), H7706 [26JN]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see H.R. 1740), H4061 [26MR]

———increase support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Res. 35), H13467 [2DE]

FCC: study uses of amateur radio for emergency and disaster relief communications, identify impediments to deployment of such communications, and make recommendations for relief of such impediments (see H.R. 2160), H7741 [7JY]

Federal Accounting Oversight Board: establish (see H.R. 1349), H7947 [9JY]

Federal agencies and departments: require review of Government programs for purposes of assessing their performance and improving their operations, and establish the Performance Improvement Council (see H.R. 2142), H15503 [16DE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (see H.R. 1346), H4734 [23AP]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 1174), H3749 [23MR]

———provide for the National Flood Insurance Program to make available multiperil coverage for damage resulting from windstorms or floods (see H.R. 1264), H2923 [3MR]

Fish and fishing: prohibit additional requirements for the control of Vibrio vulnificus applicable to post-harvest processing of oysters (see H.R. 4022), H12588 [6NO]

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

Food: require disclosure of nutritional information on food offered for sale in food service establishments (see H.R. 1398), H6415 [9JN]

Foreign countries: take action against certain judgment evading foreign states and state-owned corporations of such states (see H.R. 2493), H13267 [18NO]

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), H8009 [10JY]

George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies: tribute (see H. Res. 528), H6538 [10JN]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 621), H9281 [31JY]

Health: prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 169), H12365 [4NO]

———provide for the licensure of biosimilar and interchangeable biological products (see H.R. 1548), H5097 [4MY]

Health Care Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute: establish (see H.R. 2502), H11713 [22OC]

Hillerich & Bradsby Co.: anniversary of production of Louisville Slugger baseball bat (see H. Res. 314), H6620 [11JN]

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 3025), H7706 [26JN]

House Rules: 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]

———require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet prior to consideration by the House (see H. Res. 554), H8357 [17JY]

Immigration: reform by securing borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program (see H.R. 3308), H8706 [23JY]

Insurance: 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: 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), H4130 [30MR]

———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H5892 [20MY]

Johnson, Jim: tribute (see H. Res. 693), H9808 [22SE]

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 (see H.R. 1409), H3144 [10MR]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 49), H7147 [23JN]

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

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

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

Medicaid: use historical averages to calculate the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage for disaster affected States (see H.R. 4047), H13069 [17NO]

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]

———delay date on which accreditation requirement applies to suppliers of durable medical equipment that are pharmacies (see H.R. 3663), H10069 [29SE]

———exempt pharmacies and pharmacists from certain accreditation requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies to certain professionals (see H.R. 616), H6306 [8JN]

———exempt unsanctioned State-licensed retail pharmacies from surety bond requirements for suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (see H.R. 1970), H9730 [17SE]

Motor vehicles: recognize contributions of dealerships and provide closed dealerships an opportunity to obtain a franchise when manufacturers seek partners to open future dealerships (see H. Res. 713), H13355 [19NO]

———restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H7706 [26JN]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see H.R. 2245), H7837 [8JY]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see H.R. 2554), H6008 [21MY]

National Data Privacy Day: designate (see H. Res. 31), H486 [22JA]

National Day of Service and Remembrance: observance (see H. Res. 718), H9343 [8SE]

National Diabetes Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 914), H13266 [18NO]

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

National Eye Institute: anniversary (see H. Res. 366), H5893 [20MY]

National Hurricane Research Initiative: establish (see H.R. 327), H89 [8JA]

National Nutrition Month: designate (see H. Res. 274), H4027 [25MR]

National World War I Museum: designate Liberty Memorial as National World War I Memorial (see H.R. 1849), H9281 [31JY]

NATO: commend role in trans-Atlantic peace and articulate a vision and strategy for the future (see H. Res. 152), H3056 [5MR]

———tribute to NATO School (see H. Res. 527), H6538 [10JN]

New Orleans, LA: anniversary of school integration (see H. Res. 901), H12587 [6NO]

Newman, Paul: tribute (see H. Res. 18), H196 [13JA]

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]

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), H3835 [24MR]

Power resources: promote alternative and renewable fuels and domestic energy production (see H.R. 3009), H8960 [28JY]

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

Radioactive substances: prohibit importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the U.S. (see H.R. 515), H324 [14JA]

Real Salt Lake (soccer team): tribute (see H. Res. 942), H13466 [2DE]

Red Cross Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 311), H4584 [21AP]

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

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (see H.R. 1557), H3526 [17MR]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security (see H.R. 2429), H13629 (see H.R. 2429), H14372 [8DE]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H69 [7JA]

Summitt, Pat: tribute (see H. Res. 196), H5401 [7MY]

Susan G. Komen for the Cure (organization): observe anniversary of Susan G. Komen National Race for the Cure and commend transition to Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure (see H. Con. Res. 109), H5793 [19MY]

Suzuki, Ichiro: tribute (see H. Res. 750), H10000 [25SE]

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

Taxation: allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see H.R. 2452), H12197 [2NO]

———encourage alternative energy investments and job creation (see H.R. 1835), H6904 [16JN]

———expand credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use (see H.R. 622), H1520 [12FE]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1132), H13002 [16NO]

———make certain disaster relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4052), H12587 [6NO]

———reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 836), H11458 [15OC]

———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see H.R. 510), H12456 [5NO]

———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (see H.R. 4154), H13467 [2DE]

———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1194), H11383 [14OC]

Tay-Sachs Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 692), H9492 [14SE]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1521), H4584 [21AP]

Tubman, Harriet: establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, NY, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, MD (see H.R. 1078), H1605 [13FE]

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]

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: prohibit recommendations from being used to deny health insurance coverage of mammography services and other items or services (see H. Res. 971), H14981 [15DE]

Weather: authorize NASA and NOAA to procure, launch, and operate the next generation of weather forecasting satellites (see H.R. 3654), H9998 [25SE]

Women: establish programs to decrease need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents (see H.R. 2035), H4686 [22AP]

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), H2836 [25FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Borel, Calvin: tribute (see H. Res. 429), H5485 [12MY] (see H. Res. 632), H8008 [10JY]

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), H14743 [10DE]

Dept. of the Interior: study suitability and feasibility of designating sites in the Lower Mississippi River Area in Louisiana as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 1041), H1519 [12FE]

Insurance: prohibit insurers from canceling or refusing to renew homeowners insurance policies because of the presence of certain types of drywall in the home (see H.R. 4094), H13068 [17NO]

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]

Medicare: provide for a grace period in which durable medical equipment suppliers may meet accreditation and surety bond requirements (see H.R. 4240), H13628 (see H.R. 4240), H14371 [8DE]

Public safety officers: provide adequate benefits to officers injured or killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 2441), H5665 [14MY] (see H.R. 4338), H15499 [16DE]

Taxation: clarify capital gain or loss treatment of the sale or exchange of mitigation credits earned by restoring wetlands (see H.R. 3609), H9738 [21SE]

———extend placed-in-service date requirement for low-income housing credit for certain disaster areas (see H.R. 3929), H11790 [26OC]

Remarks

Budget: comply with pay-as-you-go requirement, H915 [3FE]

———deficit, H915, H917 [3FE], H1064 [9FE]

———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 (H.R. 2920), H8416 [21JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (H. Con. Res. 85), H4416, H4417 [2AP]

Bush, George W.: evaluation of economic policies, H1064 [9FE]

Contracts: prohibit use of funds for contracts with Halliburton Co., KBR Inc., or subsidiaries or affiliates, if such contractor requires employees or contractors to sign mandatory arbitration clauses regarding certain claims, H11800 [27OC]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3326), H11800 [27OC]

Economy: provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), E2970 [11DE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12122 [29OC]

Health care professionals: home health care service funding, H12122 [29OC]

House of Representatives: importance of bipartisanship, H918 [3FE]

Nicholls State University: prohibit funding for the Institute for Seafood Studies project, H6968 [17JN]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), H6968 [17JN]

Tributes

Page, Robert P., H3150 [11MR]

Treen, David C., H12068 [29OC]