PERRIELLO, THOMAS S.P. (a Representative from Virginia)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5136), H4065 [27MY]
Economy: invest in innovation through research and development and improve competitiveness of the U.S. (H.R. 5116), H3401 [12MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
African Americans: honor and celebrate contributions to U.S. transportation and infrastructure (see H. Res. 1085), H647 [22FE]
———recognize challenges Black veterans faced when returning home after serving in the Armed Forces, their military sacrifices, and their patriotism (see H. Con. Res. 238), H834 [24FE]
American Craft Beer Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1297), H2937 [27AP]
American Diabetes Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1690), H7500 [16NO]
Animals: prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1326), H40 [12JA]
Armed Forces: ensure that Reserve members who have served on active duty or performed certain active service receive credit toward early receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see H.R. 208), H3079 [29AP]
———provide pay increase for members of uniformed services (see H.R. 4427), H3079 [29AP]
Aviation: establish limitations on the approval of cooperative arrangements between 2 or more air carriers or between an air carrier and a foreign air carrier (see H.R. 4788), H5617 [14JY]
———express gratitude for contributions that U.S. air traffic controllers make to keep the traveling public safe and U.S. airspace running efficiently (see H. Res. 1401), H4507 [15JN]
Bankruptcy: exempt firearms from claims of creditors (see H.R. 5827), H6164 [27JY]
Buy American Act: clarify applicability to products purchased for use of legislative branch (see H.R. 2039), H6683 [14SE]
———increase requirement for American-made content and tighten waiver provisions (see H.R. 4351), H1104 [3MR]
———require total domestic content in green technologies purchased by Federal agencies, States using Federal funds, and property eligible for certain renewable energy tax credits (see H.R. 5792), H5818 [20JY]
Campbell, Robert M., Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 1499), H6043 [26JY]
Civil War—U.S.: establish a commission to commemorate sesquicentennial (see H.R. 4771), H6573 [30JY]
Colonel George Juskalian Post Office Building, Centreville, VA: designate (see H.R. 6392), H7394 [29SE]
Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H6991 [23SE]
Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1744), H602 [4FE]
CPSC: prohibit manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of children's jewelry containing cadmium, barium, or antimony (see H.R. 4428), H138 [13JA]
Credit: exempt certain nonprofit housing organizations from certain licensing requirements for residential mortgage loan originators (see H.R. 4400), H266 [20JA]
———protect consumers from usury (see H.R. 1640), H423 [27JA]
Crime: prevent video depictions of animal cruelty (see H.R. 5092), H3824 [25MY] (see H.R. 5566), H4676 [22JN]
———provide penalties for transporting minors in foreign commerce for the purposes of female genital mutilation (see H.R. 5137), H3202 [5MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: assist eligible schools and nonprofit entities to implement farm to school programs that improve access to local foods in eligible schools (see H.R. 5456), H4214 [28MY]
———authorize loans to certain entities to make loans to consumers to implement energy efficiency measures to reduce home energy use (see H.R. 4785), H1219 [9MR]
———establish Office of Rural Broadband Initiatives (see H.R. 4545), H1028 [2MR]
Dept. of Commerce: reduce matching requirement for Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program participants (see H.R. 4393), H2642 [15AP]
Dept. of Education: allow certain Armed Forces members who served on active duty to be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program (see H.R. 3943), H194 [19JA]
———establish and administer an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 2377), H1104 [3MR]
Dept. of Energy: carry out a research program to reduce manufacturing and construction costs relative to nuclear reactors (see H.R. 5163), H3013 [28AP]
———carry out programs to develop and demonstrate two small modular nuclear reactor designs (see H.R. 5164), H3013 [28AP]
———establish the Home Star Retrofit Rebate Program (see H.R. 5019), H3014 [28AP]
———implement country-of-origin disclosure requirements for motor vehicle fuels (see H.R. 4512), H556 [3FE]
Dept. of HHS: ensure patient choice in pharmacies by regulating pharmacy benefit managers and improving access to prescription drugs for certain individuals (see H.R. 4199), H266 [20JA]
———include problem and pathological gambling in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration programs and establish grant program to address consequences of problem gambling (see H.R. 2906), H556 [3FE]
Dept. of Justice: establish a grant program to benefit domestic minor victims of sex trafficking (see H.R. 5575), H5986 [22JY]
Dept. of Labor: establish a technical school training subsidy program (see H.R. 5594), H5677 [15JY]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of the General of the Army George Catlett Marshall National Historic Site at Dodona Manor in Leesburg, VA (see H.R. 3757), H1324 [10MR]
———conduct proposed oil and gas lease sale for areas of the Outer Continental Shelf a certain distance beyond the coastal zone of Virginia (see H.R. 4942), H2456 [25MR]
Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H3014 [28AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize individuals pursuing rehabilitation, education, or training programs to receive work-study allowances for outreach services provided through congressional offices (see H.R. 4765), H1168 [4MR]
———improve appeals process and establish a commission to study judicial review of the determination of veterans' benefits (see H.R. 4121), H7396 [29SE]
———improve efficiency of processing certain claims for disability compensation by veterans (see H.R. 5928), H7397 [29SE]
———improve the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 5933), H6403 (see H.R. 5933), H6454 [29JY]
———make certain improvements to comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans (see H.R. 4810), H1323 [10MR]
———provide expedited procedures for consideration of certain veterans claims (see H.R. 5549), H7397 [29SE]
Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 2103), H4387 [10JN]
———provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see H.R. 5268), H3871 [26MY]
Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 1609), H6627 [10AU]
District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 5162), H3013 [28AP]
Economy: invest in innovation through research and development and improve competitiveness of the U.S. (see H.R. 5116), H3278 [7MY]
Emergency Commission To End the Trade Deficit: establish (see H.R. 1875), H1104 [3MR]
Executive Office of the President: require preparation of a quadrennial National Manufacturing Strategy (see H.R. 4692), H931 [25FE]
Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4116), H4425 [14JN]
Federal aid programs: increase benefits for seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities for one month in 2011 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 5987), H6567 [30JY]
Financial institutions: provide financial assistance to community development financial institutions to help defray the costs of operating small dollar loan programs (see H.R. 4694), H932 [25FE]
Firearms: update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 1074), H4330 [9JN]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 47), H4425 [14JN]
———require purchase of domestically made U.S. flags for use by the Federal Government (see H.R. 2853), H5676 [15JY]
Health: provide for transparency in health care pricing (see H.R. 4700), H932 [25FE]
Height, Dorothy I.: tribute (see H. Res. 1281), H2799 [21AP]
Housing: establish the Residential Construction Loan Guarantee Program to guarantee loans made to eligible home building companies for viable building projects (see H.R. 5409), H4636 [17JN]
Human rights: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 4594), H3079 [29AP]
Insurance: increase maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program (see H.R. 5206), H3745 [24MY]
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), H1519 [16MR]
James L. Oberstar U.S. Dept. of Transportation Building Complex, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 6507), H8264 [8DE]
Kellogg, Will Keith (W.K.): tribute (see H. Res. 1172), H2643 [15AP]
LIHEAP: reauthorize (see H.R. 4554), H603 [4FE]
Medicare: require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 4752), H1657 [18MR]
Medicare/Medicaid: enhance penalties to combat fraud, establish a data-mining system and biometric technology program, and support GAO study on Medicare administrative contractors (see H.R. 5044), H3274 [6MY]
Members of Congress: reduce pay, eliminate automatic salary adjustments, and establish a limit on the amount which may be appropriated for House Members' Representational Allowances (see H.R. 4761), H3441 [12MY]
———reduce rates of basic pay (see H.R. 4720), H1170 [4MR]
Mining and mineral resources: improve transparency and reduce trade in conflict minerals (see H.R. 4128), H424 [27JA]
Monroe, James: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4329), H756 [23FE]
NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 242), H932 [25FE]
National Baseball Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 6534), H8597 [16DE]
National Craniofacial Acceptance Month: designate (see H. Res. 1603), H6991 [23SE]
National Dairy Month: support goals (see H. Res. 1368), H3541 [18MY]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1637), H7156 (see H. Res. 1637), H7214 [28SE]
National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 442), H4387 [10JN]
National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 2521), H3274 [6MY]
National Rifle Association: tribute to Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program (see H. Res. 1365), H3541 [18MY]
National Week of Hope: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1206), H2506 [13AP]
New Mexico (U.S.S.): tribute (see H. Res. 1132), H2319 [24MR]
Ohio State University: tribute to football team (see H. Res. 1047), H423 [27JA]
Oklahoma City, OK: remember victims of attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (see H. Res. 1206), H2506 [13AP]
Palladio, Andrea: anniversary of birth (see H. Con. Res. 259), H5712 [19JY]
Political campaigns: prohibit foreign influence, prevent Federal contractors from making expenditures, and establish additional spending disclosure requirements relative to Federal elections (see H.R. 5175), H3312 [11MY]
———require corporations to identify their chief executive officer or labor organizations to identify their president in certain campaign-related communications (see H.R. 4527), H556 [3FE]
Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 173), H4331 [9JN]
Radford University: anniversary (see H. Res. 1182), H1440 [15MR]
Roads and highways: protect and conserve lands contiguous with the Blue Ridge Parkway (see H.R. 4524), H386 [26JA]
SBA: establish and carry out a direct lending program for small business concerns (see H.R. 4295), H141 [13JA]
———make grants to small business concerns to assist the commercialization of research developed with funds received under the second phase of the Small Business Innovation Research Program (see H.R. 4549), H3274 [6MY]
Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see H.R. 5141), H6573 [30JY]
Social Security: 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), H2642 [15AP]
Taxation: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti (see H.R. 4462), H193 [19JA]
———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1646), H327 [21JA]
———allow companies to utilize existing alternative minimum tax credits to create and maintain U.S. jobs (see H.R. 4850), H2642 [15AP]
———allow manufacturing businesses to establish tax-free manufacturing reinvestment accounts to assist them in providing for new equipment and facilities and workforce training (see H.R. 6025), H6569 [30JY]
———allow the low income housing credit to be carried back 5 years (see H.R. 4109), H3658 [19MY]
———create jobs through infrastructure investment, extending Emergency Fund for Job Creation and Assistance, and eliminating loopholes that encourage companies to move operations offshore (see H.R. 5893), H6282 [28JY]
———establish tax-preferred Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts (see H.R. 4309), H141 [13JA]
———extend the work opportunity credit for employers of recently discharged veterans (see H.R. 5400), H3871 [26MY]
———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 571), H1169 [4MR]
———provide a credit against tax for expenses paid or incurred in non-clinical research for neglected diseases (see H.R. 3156), H387 [26JA]
———provide a temporary exclusion of the gain on the sale or exchange of certain small business stock (see H.R. 4236), H327 [21JA]
———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1547), H3311 [11MY]
———provide for a permanent exclusion from gross income for employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 5600), H7397 [29SE]
———provide incentives to encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity (see H.R. 1806), H387 [26JA]
———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 4278), H3658 [19MY]
———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see H.R. 690), H423 [27JA]
———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations or for property and eliminate loopholes that encourage companies to move operations offshore (see H.R. 5982), H6567 [30JY]
Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H648 [22FE]
Terrorism: strike medals in commemoration of anniversary of terrorist attacks and establishment of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center (see H.R. 4684), H833 [24FE]
Twain, Mark: tribute (see H. Res. 1733), H7758 [30NO]
Uganda: develop a strategy to support efforts to protect civilians and eliminate threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and authorize funds for relief, reconstruction, and transitional justice (see H.R. 2478), H327 [21JA]
Veterans: establish a pilot program to encourage employment of veterans in energy-related positions (see H.R. 4592), H555 [3FE]
World War II: commemorate anniversary of conclusion (see H. Con. Res. 296), H5502 [1JY]
———tribute to Armed Forces members who gave their lives in the June 6, 1944 (D-Day), amphibious landing at Normandy, France (see H. Res. 1251), H2845 [22AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Antitrust policy: restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (see H.R. 4626), H646 [22FE]
Blue Ridge Parkway: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 294), H5303 [30JN]
Booker T. Washington National Monument: expand boundary (see H.R. 5512), H4386 [10JN]
Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and stalking (see H.R. 6461), H7757 [30NO]
National Public Works Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1125), H1027 [2MR]
Political campaigns: apply ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals to domestic corporations whose shareholders include any foreign principals (see H.R. 4523), H386 [26JA]
Railroad Retirement Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1463), H4677 [22JN]
Transportation: rescind amounts authorized for certain surface transportation programs (see H.R. 5604), H4876 [25JN]
Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 4667), H754 [23FE]
Remarks
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact of stimulus funding on job creation, H1305, H1306 [10MR]
Antitrust policy: restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (H.R. 4626), H744, H745, H746, H748, H749, H750 [23FE], H782 [24FE]
Armed Forces: extend certain enhanced mortgage and mortgage foreclosure protections (H.R. 3976), H2183 [22MR]
———extend certain enhanced mortgage and mortgage foreclosure protections (S. 4058), H8980 [22DE]
Atkins, Rose: Virginia Association of School Superintendents Virginia Superintendent of the Year award recipient, E1025
Budget: deficit, H365 [26JA], H5753 [20JY]
Buy American Act: increase requirement for American-made content and tighten waiver provisions (H.R. 4351), H1015 [2MR]
Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and stalking (H.R. 6461), E2055
Dept. of Agriculture: authorize loans to certain entities to make loans to consumers to implement energy efficiency measures to reduce home energy use (H.R. 4785), H6779 [16SE]
Dept. of Energy: establish the Home Star Retrofit Rebate Program (H.R. 5019), H3634 [19MY]
Dept. of the Interior: establish the Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing (H.R. 3534), H6543 [30JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans (S. 1963), H2728 [21AP]
———provide medical care to family members of disabled veterans who serve as caregivers to such veterans, H2728 [21AP]
Economy: importance of job creation, H366 [26JA], H1015 [2MR], H1176 [9MR], H3633, H3635 [19MY]
———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), H363 [26JA]
———national objectives priority assignments, H361, H363, H364, H365, H366, H367, H368 [26JA], H3633, H3634, H3635 [19MY], H5533 [13JY]
———promote economic recovery through green jobs and infrastructure, H363, H364 [26JA]
———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), H367 [26JA]
Edison2 (business): tribute for participation in the X Prize Foundation Progressive Automotive X Prize competition, E1697
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify Federal responsibility for stormwater pollution (S. 3481), H8978 [22DE]
Financial institutions: improve accountability and transparency in the financial system, end ``too big to fail'', end bailouts, and protect consumers from abusive financial services practices (S. 3217), H2882 [27AP]
Florida Keys Scenic Highway: Dept. of Transportation All-American Road designee (H. Res. 917), H2233, H2234 [23MR]
Foreign trade: clarify that fundamental exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is actionable under U.S. countervailing and antidumping duty laws (H.R. 2378), H7268 [29SE]
James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner Federal Building, Jackson, MS: designate (H.R. 3562), H2235, H2237 [23MR]
Keysville, VA: Eureka Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1736
Land and Water Conservation Fund: allocate certain percentage of funding for projects that secure recreational public access to Federal lands for hunting, fishing, and other outdoor recreation, H6543 [30JY]
National Public Works Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1125), H2231, H2232, H2233 [23MR]
Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H364 [26JA]
Pittsylvania County, VA: tribute to Olde Dominion Agricultural Complex, E411
Point of order, H2237 [23MR]
Political campaigns: prohibit expenditures by corporations with significant foreign government ownership or cumulative majority ownership by foreign nationals, H4822 [24JN]
———prohibit foreign influence, prevent Federal contractors from making expenditures, and establish additional spending disclosure requirements relative to Federal elections (H.R. 5175), H4822 [24JN], H5533 [13JY]
Populist Caucus: agenda, H1015 [2MR]
Railroad Retirement Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1463), H5748 [20JY]
Small business: improve access to credit, H3633, H3634 [19MY]
Sudan: implement Comprehensive Peace Agreement between Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army to help ensure peace and stability, H6873 [22SE]
Taxation: extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (H.R. 1132), E980
———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations or for property and eliminate loopholes that encourage companies to move operations offshore (H.R. 5982), H6480 [30JY]
Transportation: rescind amounts authorized for certain surface transportation programs (H.R. 5604), H5751, H5752, H5753 [20JY], E1212
University of Virginia: tribute to women's rowing team, E1811
Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 4667), H2185 [22MR]
Virginia: tribute to Blue Ridge Council Boy Scout Troop #184, E2200
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H4971 [29JN]
Tributes
Altice, William D. (Danny), E1456
Archie, Ruby Batts, H4912 [29JN], E1243
Bol, Manute, H4951 [29JN]
Dillon, Posey W., E1456
Hooker, J. Clyde, Jr., E1421
Molleda Ramirez, Fernando J., E2216
Pleasant-Lacks, Henrietta, E1008
Sugg, Irvin D., Sr., E1323