WILSON, CHARLES A. (a Representative from Ohio)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (see H.R. 5939), H6574 [30JY]

Alcoholic beverages: support State based alcohol regulation, clarify evidentiary rules for alcohol matters, and ensure collection of all alcohol taxes (see H.R. 5034), H2877 [26AP]

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 4671), H5503 [1JY]

Anacortes, WA: honor victims of Tesoro refinery fire and express condolences to their families and friends (see H. Res. 1262), H2698 [20AP]

Army: tribute to service and sacrifice of the 14th Armored Division during World War II (see H. Res. 1483), H4975 (see H. Res. 1483), H5204 [29JN]

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), H6763 [15SE]

Bankruptcy: improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see H.R. 4677), H2261 [23MR]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 78), H1027 [2MR]

———establish nonsecurity discretionary spending caps (see H.R. 4871), H1595 [17MR]

———increase long-term fiscal accountability of direct spending legislation (see H.R. 5954), H6404 (see H.R. 5954), H6455 [29JY]

———provide an optional fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests (see H.R. 5454), H5819 [20JY]

———require annual progress toward meeting fiscally responsible 5- and 10-year deficit and debt targets (see H.R. 5008), H2503 [13AP]

Bureau of Prisons: establish an Oleoresin Capsicum Spray Pilot Program (see H.R. 1990), H4677 [22JN]

Buy American Act: amend certain waivers providing greater transparency for exceptions to domestic sourcing requirements (see H.R. 4553), H648 [22FE]

———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), H3745 [24MY]

Cervical Health Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1011), H267 [20JA]

China: limit total value of Chinese goods procured by the U.S. Government in a year to not more than the total value of U.S. goods procured by the Chinese Government the preceding year (see H.R. 5312), H6684 [14SE]

Clarence D. Lumpkin Post Office, Columbus, OH: designate (see H.R. 4840), H1396 [12MR]

Clinton County, OH: anniversary (see H. Res. 1121), H933 [25FE]

Coal: prohibit use of funds for carrying out certain policies and procedures that adversely affect domestic coal mining operations (see H.R. 6113), H6681 [14SE]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1744), H3483 [13MY]

Contracts: allow contracting officers to consider information regarding domestic employment before awarding a Federal contract (see H.R. 5637), H5504 [1JY]

Credit: ensure that borrowers under federally related mortgage loans have an opportunity to inspect closing documents (see H.R. 4229), H1104 [3MR]

David John Donafee Post Office Building, Cleveland, OH: designate (see H.R. 5390), H3822 [25MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize loans to certain entities to make loans to consumers to implement energy efficiency measures to reduce home energy use (see H.R. 4785), H3124 [4MY]

Dept. of Commerce: authorize National Telecommunications and Information Administration to make grants for the establishment of information technology centers in rural areas (see H.R. 3413), H1359 [11MR]

Dept. of Defense: take illegal subsidization into account in evaluating proposals for contracts for major defense acquisition programs (see H.R. 5298), H3542 [18MY]

Dept. of Education: establish a program for displaced aerospace professionals to become certified elementary, secondary, or vocational school teachers (see H.R. 5093), H2798 [21AP]

Dept. of HHS: amend and reauthorize the Controlled Substance Monitoring Program (see H.R. 5710), H5502 [1JY]

———establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 745), H4779 [23JN]

———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see H.R. 1362), H6880 [22SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit the procurement of certain items unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced (see H.R. 3116), H1028 [2MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve appeals process and establish a commission to study judicial review of the determination of veterans' benefits (see H.R. 4121), H7155 (see H.R. 4121), H7213 [28SE]

———improve efficiency of processing certain claims for disability compensation by veterans (see H.R. 5928), H7156 (see H.R. 5928), H7213 [28SE]

———improve the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 5933), H6403 (see H.R. 5933), H6454 [29JY]

———provide expedited procedures for consideration of certain veterans claims (see H.R. 5549), H7156 (see H.R. 5549), H7213 [28SE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 5162), H3013 [28AP]

E.W. Scripps Co.: tribute to National Spelling Bee participants (see H. Res. 1494), H5303 [30JN]

Economy: invest in innovation through research and development and improve competitiveness of the U.S. (see H.R. 5116), H3278 [7MY]

———modify period used to calculate certain unemployment rates and encourage development of business incubators (see H.R. 5089), H2937 [27AP]

Education: increase Pell Grants for the children of fallen public safety officers (see H.R. 959), H1440 [15MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: promote environmental education (see H.R. 2054), H2460 [25MR]

Emil Bolas Post Office, Wadsworth, OH: designate (see H.R. 4536), H6164 [27JY] (see H.R. 4602), H6627 [10AU]

Employment: provide funds to States, local government, and community-based organizations to save and create local jobs through retention, restoration, or expansion of services needed by local communities (see H.R. 4812), H2505 [13AP]

EPA: disapprove rule relative to endangerment findings and regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (see H.J. Res. 76), H972 [26FE]

———exempt regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 4396), H972 [26FE]

———suspend action under the Clean Air Act with respect to carbon dioxide or methane pursuant to certain proceedings, other than with respect to motor vehicle emissions (see H.R. 4753), H1397 [12MR]

Executive Office of the President: require preparation of a quadrennial National Manufacturing Strategy (see H.R. 4692), H931 [25FE]

Federal aid programs: create a means to review and abolish Federal programs that are inefficient, duplicative, or in other ways wasteful of taxpayer funds (see H.R. 5568), H4676 [22JN]

———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]

Federal employees: amend methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System (see H.R. 5746), H6684 [14SE]

FTC: establish rules to prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices relative to the provision of funeral services (see H.R. 3655), H3274 [6MY]

Gambling: delay compliance date for certain regulations relative to prohibition on funding of unlawful Internet gambling (see H.R. 2266), H972 [26FE]

———provide for Dept. of the Treasury licensing of Internet gambling, consumer protections, and enforcement of the tax code (see H.R. 2267), H972 [26FE]

Government: make funds available to increase program integrity efforts and reduce wasteful government spending of taxpayer's dollars (see H.R. 5363), H3702 [20MY]

Health: make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 3652), H2697 [20AP]

———support efforts to extend the Health Coverage Tax Credit to provide access to affordable healthcare for Delphi Corp., retirees and other eligible individuals (see H. Res. 1628), H6882 [22SE]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit or Federal debt reduction (see H.R. 4825), H1519 [16MR]

Housing: ensure availability of loan guarantees for rural homeowners (see H.R. 5017), H2578 [14AP]

Housing Assistance Council: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 5122), H2842 [22AP]

Improper Payments Information Act: amend to prevent improper payments, improve recovery, and hold agencies accountable for improper payments (see H.R. 3393), H972 [26FE]

Insurance: increase maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program (see H.R. 5206), H3312 [11MY]

IRS: permit issuance of prospective guidance clarifying employment status of individuals for purposes of employment taxes and to prevent retroactive assessments relative to such clarifications (see H.R. 6128), H7397 [29SE]

Kent State University: anniversary of shootings by Ohio National Guardsmen (see H. Res. 1272), H2695 [20AP]

Klein, Gerda Weissmann: Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient (see H. Res. 1743), H8031 [2DE]

LIHEAP: reauthorize (see H.R. 4554), H648 [22FE]

Manufactured and Modular Housing Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 584), H3275 [6MY]

Medicare: include screening computed tomography colonography as a colorectal screening test (see H.R. 5461), H5819 [20JY]

———prevent the catastrophic loss of wage index reclassification (see H.R. 6512), H8286 [9DE]

———require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 4752), H1103 [3MR]

Mental health: change references in Federal law to mental retardation or mentally retarded individuals to references to an intellectual disability (see H.R. 4544), H2579 [14AP]

Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 1258), H2641 [15AP]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2057), H2460 [25MR]

NAFTA: withdrawal (see H.R. 4759), H1168 [4MR]

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 4671), H5503 [1JY]

National FFA Organization: mint coins in commemoration of founding (see H.R. 3464), H6627 [10AU]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 442), H6406 (see H.R. 442), H6457 [29JY]

National Lab Day: support ideals (see H. Res. 1213), H3124 [4MY]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1261), H2697 [20AP]

National Rifle Association: tribute to Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program (see H. Res. 1365), H3541 [18MY]

National Women's History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1174), H1358 [11MR]

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]

Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury (PABI): recognize as the leading cause of death and disability of children and young adults and endorse the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan (see H. Con. Res. 198), H1170 [4MR]

Pensions: allow time for pensions to fund benefit obligations due to economic circumstances in the financial markets (see H.R. 3936), H6809 [20SE]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 173), H1657 [18MR]

Radford University: anniversary (see H. Res. 1182), H2580 [14AP]

RV Centennial Celebration Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1073), H3824 [25MY]

SBA: increase loan limits and provide for low-interest refinancing for small businesses (see H.R. 4302), H2505 [13AP]

Secure and Fair Enforcement for (S.A.F.E.) Mortgage Licensing Act: exempt manufactured and modular housing retailers from requirements (see H.R. 5369), H5504 [1JY]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see H.R. 2006), H140 [13JA]

Social Security: increase maximum level of fees authorized to be charged by representatives relative to claims of entitlement to past-due benefits and require cost-of-living adjustments to such fees (see H.R. 1093), H6804 [16SE]

———oppose legislation raising the retirement age (see H. Res. 1670), H7154 (see H. Res. 1670), H7212 [28SE]

———prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (see H.R. 5714), H5545 [13JY]

———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), H387 [26JA]

States: carry out congressional redistricting in accordance with a process under which the public is informed of proposals and has the opportunity to participate in their development prior to adoption (see H.R. 4918), H2800 [21AP]

Supreme Court: urge the upholding of laws that allow the families and friends of fallen members of the Armed Forces to mourn their loved ones in peace and privacy (see H. Con. Res. 261), H2877 [26AP]

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 credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required by reason of a permanent change in the duty station of such member to another State (see H.R. 4693), H2505 [13AP]

———allow companies to utilize existing alternative minimum tax credits to create and maintain U.S. jobs (see H.R. 4850), H2579 [14AP]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 1203), H4677 [22JN]

———expand the rehabilitation credit for older buildings (see H.R. 3715), H41 [12JA]

———extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 3666), H6881 [22SE]

———extend the nonbusiness energy property credit to include insulated siding (see H.R. 4772), H1168 [4MR]

———extend the qualifying advanced energy project credit (see H.R. 5041), H2640 [15AP]

———extend the work opportunity credit for employers of recently discharged veterans (see H.R. 5400), H7156 (see H.R. 5400), H7213 [28SE]

———impose a tax on bonuses paid by Troubled Asset Relief Program recipients (see H.R. 4426), H424 [27JA]

———increase, make permanent, and index for inflation the deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses and modify definition of eligible educator to include preschool educators (see H.R. 3164), H146 [15JA]

———modify requirements for windows, doors, and skylights to be eligible for the credit for nonbusiness energy property (see H.R. 4112), H387 [26JA]

———modify rules relative to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees (see H.R. 3408), H3703 [20MY]

———provide incentives to encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity (see H.R. 1806), H3274 [6MY]

———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), H4780 [23JN]

———treat computer technology and equipment as eligible higher education expenses under certain college savings plans and allow certain individuals a credit for contributions to such plans (see H.R. 1351), H3273 [6MY]

Travis AFB, CA: tribute to civilian and military personnel of 60th Air Mobility Wing, 349th Air Mobility Wing, 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force, and 615th Contingency Response Wing (see H. Res. 1585), H6991 [23SE]

Treaties and agreements: enhance reciprocal market access for U.S. domestic producers in the negotiating process of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements (see H.R. 3786), H6763 [15SE]

Twain, Mark: tribute (see H. Res. 1733), H7758 [30NO]

University of Arizona: anniversary (see H. Res. 1145), H1359 [11MR]

University of Dayton: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 1456), H4638 [21JN]

University of Virginia: tribute to men's soccer team (see H. Res. 991), H141 [13JA]

USEC Privatization Act: entitle affected pension plan participants to payment for benefit increases not received (see H.R. 4082), H41 [12JA]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 333), H2579 [14AP]

West Virginia: tribute to efforts of the West Virginia National Guard and local responders for rescuing individuals from a downed military helicopter (see H. Res. 1153), H2506 [13AP]

Wilmington, OH: anniversary (see H. Res. 1121), H933 [25FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Contracts: require Federal contractors and subcontractors to comply with certain reporting requirements and transparency standards (see H.R. 5158), H2936 [27AP]

Dept. of Commerce: repeal public telecommunications facilities assistance program (see H.R. 5496), H4330 [9JN]

Higher Education Act: authorize student loan forgiveness for certain individuals employed in advanced energy professions (see H.R. 4736), H1102 [3MR]

Taxation: allow a business credit for small business loans (see H.R. 5277), H3310 [11MY]

———allow an individual to designate $3 on their income tax return to be used to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 5497), H4330 [9JN]

Veterans: require the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and Appalachian Regional Commission to carry out an outreach program for veterans who reside in Appalachia (see H.R. 5226), H3201 [5MY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H3205 [6MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1747 [20MR]

Remarks

Contracts: require Federal contractors and subcontractors to comply with certain reporting requirements and transparency standards (H.R. 5158), H2883 [27AP]

Dept. of Energy: establish the Home Star Retrofit Rebate Program (H.R. 5019), H5601 [14JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to make capital investments in eligible institutions to increase availability of credit for small businesses (H.R. 5297), H5600 [14JY]

Economy: importance of job creation, H5598, H5600, H5601, H5602 [14JY]

———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), H3548 [19MY]

———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), conference report, H5602 [14JY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), H1456 [16MR], H1748 [20MR]

Higher Education Act: authorize student loan forgiveness for certain individuals employed in advanced energy professions (H.R. 4736), H1033 [3MR]

Medicare: release of part D prescription drug benefit rebate checks, H4438 [15JN]

Memorial Day: observance, H3875 [27MY]

Social Security: anniversary, H5729 [20JY]

———privatization proposals, H5729 [20JY]

Taxation: allow an individual to designate $3 on their income tax return to be used to reduce the public debt (H.R. 5497), H4334 [10JN]

———rates, H2582 [15AP]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 5618), H5598 [14JY], H5620 [15JY]

Veterans: require the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and Appalachian Regional Commission to carry out an outreach program for veterans who reside in Appalachia (H.R. 5226), H3206 [6MY], H3875 [27MY]

Tributes

Tobin, David, E1265 [1JY]