CASSIDY, BILL (a Representative from Louisiana)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (see H.R. 5939), H6403 (see H.R. 5939), H6455 [29JY]

Alcoholic beverages: support State based alcohol regulation, clarify evidentiary rules for alcohol matters, and ensure collection of all alcohol taxes (see H.R. 5034), H6684 [14SE]

American Heart Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1039), H603 [4FE]

Anacortes, WA: honor victims of Tesoro refinery fire and express condolences to their families and friends (see H. Res. 1262), H2641 [15AP]

Appropriations: establish an earmark moratorium, reduce discretionary spending by amount saved, and establish bicameral, bipartisan committee on budgetary, spending, and earmark processes (see H. Res. 1289), H2843 [22AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H424 [27JA]

Campbell, Robert M., Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 1499), H5986 [22JY]

Cervical Health Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1011), H332 [22JA]

Citizen Diplomacy Day: designate (see H. Res. 1402), H5547 [13JY]

Clean Air Act: promote certification of aftermarket conversion systems and thereby encourage increased use of alternative fueled vehicles (see H.R. 3431), H472 [2FE]

Coal: prohibit use of funds for carrying out certain policies and procedures that adversely affect domestic coal mining operations (see H.R. 6113), H7548 [17NO]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H6764 [15SE]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 1526), H648 [22FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: adjust status for certain Haitian orphans paroled into the U.S. after the earthquake (see H.R. 5283), H4216 [28MY]

———expand humanitarian parole policy to children legally confirmed as orphans eligible for intercountry adoption by Haiti prior to recent earthquake (see H.R. 4603), H972 [26FE]

Dept. of the Interior: lift moratorium on deepwater drilling operations (see H.R. 5525), H4505 [15JN]

———transmit to the House of Representatives certain information relative to the Treasured Landscape Initiative, designation of national monuments, and high priority land-rationalization efforts (see H. Res. 1406), H4331 [9JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: direct U.S. representatives to the IMF and World Bank to condition loans to Antigua and Barbuda on cooperation with efforts to provide redress to Stanford Financial Group fraud victims (see H. Res. 1129), H6684 [14SE]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: make improvements in the provision of Federal disaster assistance (see H.R. 3453), H2642 [15AP]

Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (see H.R. 5453), H4213 [28MY]

Education: tribute to special education teachers (see H. Con. Res. 284), H4780 [23JN]

EPA: disapprove rule relative to endangerment findings and regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (see H.J. Res. 77), H1027 [2MR]

Federal-State relations: recognize historic and continuing importance of Federalism and uphold States' rights (see H. Res. 1587), H6571 [30JY]

Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology: anniversary of EyeCare America program (see H. Res. 1226), H2643 [15AP]

Gulf of Mexico: express condolences to workers who died on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, recognize other workers, and commend rescuers and volunteers providing support to surviving families (see H. Res. 1347), H3824 [25MY]

———restore coastal areas affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (see H.R. 6112), H8030 [2DE]

Haiti: express condolences and support to citizens in aftermath of earthquake, support relief efforts, and commend crews of USNS Comfort and other naval vessels for medical relief efforts (see H. Res. 1048), H603 [4FE]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 4844), H2642 [15AP]

Health: ensure an up or down vote on certain health care legislation (see H. Res. 1188), H1595 [17MR]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5690), H5501 [1JY]

———provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (H.R. 3400), pass (see H.R. 4910), H4425 [14JN]

———repeal mandate that individuals purchase health insurance (see H.R. 4995), H5503 [1JY]

Hurricanes: observe anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, salute volunteers who assisted those affected by the storm, recognize efforts to rebuild, and commend persistence of the people of the Gulf Coast States (see H. Res. 1577), H6405 (see H. Res. 1577), H6457 [29JY]

———observe anniversary of Hurricane Rita, salute volunteers who assisted those affected by the storm, recognize efforts to rebuild, and commend persistence of the people of the Gulf Coast States (see H. Res. 1583), H6571 [30JY]

Lee, Nelle Harper: anniversary of publication of ``To Kill a Mockingbird'' (see H. Res. 1525), H5986 [22JY]

Mackey, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 1189), H2262 [23MR]

Medicare: exempt pharmacies and pharmacists from certain accreditation requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies to certain professionals (see H.R. 616), H1518 [16MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: clarify application of electronic health record payment incentives in cases of multi-campus hospitals (see H.R. 6072), H6684 [14SE]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2421), H1169 [4MR]

National Animal Rescue Day: designate (see H. Res. 767), H1657 [18MR]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1149), H3080 [29AP]

National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 996), H1324 [10MR]

National Choroideremia Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1507), H5503 [1JY]

National Day of Prayer: constitutionality (see H. Res. 1273), H3015 [28AP]

National Hepatitis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1302), H2936 [27AP]

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: anniversary (see H. Res. 1444), H7549 [17NO]

National Rice Month: anniversary (see H. Res. 1685), H7395 [29SE]

National Take a Child to a Park Week: designate (see H. Res. 1536), H6574 [30JY]

New Orleans Saints (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 1079, 1080), H609 [9FE]

Patents: create an exception from infringement for certain component parts used to repair another article of manufacture (see H.R. 3059), H7396 [29SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (see H.R. 4910), H4425 [14JN]

———repeal certain limitations on tax health care benefits (see H.R. 5923), H6402 (see H.R. 5923), H6454 [29JY]

———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 4985), H2642 [15AP]

Public welfare programs: repeal emergency fund for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 1277), H4215 [28MY]

Religion: reaffirm ``In God We Trust'' as the official motto of the U.S. and support and encourage its public display in all public buildings, public schools, and other government institutions (see H. Con. Res. 274), H3312 [11MY]

Slater, Robert K.: tribute (see H. Res. 792), H1104 [3MR]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see H.R. 5141), H6164 [27JY]

Spirit of '45 Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 226), H5618 [14JY]

Taxation: codify exclusion from gross income of medical care provided for Indians (see H.R. 3608), H1518 [16MR]

———establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 1205), H1169 [4MR]

———exclude from gross income remediation payments for hazardous drywall (see H.R. 4697), H932 [25FE]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 571), H6627 [10AU]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1547), H3824 [25MY]

———provide special rules for investments lost in a fraudulent Ponzi-type scheme (see H.R. 5058), H6684 [14SE]

———require payment of manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly and provide for Dept. of the Treasury assessment of certain criminal restitution (see H.R. 5552), H4873 [24JN]

University of Georgia: anniversary of Graduate School (see H. Res. 1372), H3703 [20MY]

World Hepatitis Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1302), H2936 [27AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Appropriations: require Congress to establish a searchable database on a public Internet site for congressional earmarks (see H.R. 5258), H3309 [11MY]

Dept. of the Interior: lift moratorium and ensure safety of deepwater drilling operations (see H.R. 5519), H4424 [14JN]

Louisiana State University: anniversary (see H. Res. 1072), H602 [4FE]

National Commission on Outer Continental Shelf Oil Spill Prevention: establish (see H.R. 6094), H6627 [10AU]

Taxation: ensure oil production excise tax will continue to pay for cleanup of, and damages incurred by current oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and any future spills (see H. Res. 1374), H3657 [19MY]

Motions

Dept. of the Interior: establish the Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing (H.R. 3534), H6558 [30JY]

Remarks

Baton Rouge, LA: Magnolia Mound Plantation recipient of American Association of Museums national accreditation, E1353 [19JY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), consideration (H. Res. 1203), H1849 [21MR]

Dept. of Labor: require certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that provide a national industry-recognized and portable credential (H.R. 4072), H7089 [28SE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish the Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing (H.R. 3534), H6500 [30JY]

———establish the Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing (H.R. 3534), motion to recommit, H6558 [30JY]

———lift moratorium on deepwater drilling operations, H5925 [22JY], H6558 [30JY]

Economy: importance of job creation, H666 [23FE]

Gulf of Mexico: express condolences to workers who died on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, recognize other workers, and commend rescuers and volunteers providing support to surviving families (H. Res. 1347), E950 [26MY]

Health: establish health savings accounts for all citizens, H742, H743 [23FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H731, H741, H742, H743 [23FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), H1461 [16MR], H1704, H1705, H1709 [19MR], H1787 [20MR], H2493 [13AP], H2891 [27AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), consideration (H. Res. 1203), H1849 [21MR]

Louisiana State University: anniversary, H1004 [2MR]

Medicaid: funding, H1704, H1705 [19MR]

———reform reimbursement payment system for physicians, H1705, H1709 [19MR]

National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling: authorize subpoena power (H.R. 5481), H4725 [23JN]

National School Psychology Week: designate (H. Res. 1645), H7087 [28SE]

National Women's History Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1174), H1709 [19MR]

New Orleans Saints (football team): tribute (H. Res. 1079), H1067 [3MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact on employment, H2493 [13AP]

Small Business Act: extend programs (S. 3839), H7090 [28SE]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (S. 3839), H7090 [28SE]

Votes: position on missed, H593 [4FE], H3725 [24MY], H3837 [26MY], H6940 [23SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H552 [3FE], H1024 [2MR], H1816 [20MR]