CASSIDY, BILL (a Representative from Louisiana)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H57 [6JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 361), H3343 [23MY]

———prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (see H.R. 3), H393 [20JA]

Alcoholic beverages: support State based alcohol regulation (see H.R. 1161), H4946 [12JY]

American Legion: provide for an additional power under its Federal charter to provide guidance and leadership to individual departments and posts, but not control of activities of such entities (see H.R. 2369), H6344 [21SE]

Antigua and Barbuda: suspend aid, cooperate with U.S. officials, transfer seized assets, make contributions to victims, and condition international loans relative to Stanford Financial Group fraud (see H. Res. 507), H10015 [20DE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 2), H40 [5JA]

———rescind certain Federal funds identified by States as unwanted and use such funds to reduce the Federal debt (see H.R. 1358), H3411 [24MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H6627 [5OC]

Children and youth: extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (see H.R. 1895), H6233 [15SE]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H10017 [20DE]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H471 [25JA]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 735), H4529 [23JN]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal wage rate requirements (see H.R. 745), H2412 [6AP] (see H.R. 746), H1039 (see H.R. 746), H1070 [16FE]

Dentists: enhance roles of dentists and allied dental personnel in the national disaster response framework (see H.R. 570), H598 [9FE]

Dept. of Education: reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 471), H554 [8FE]

Dept. of HHS: award competitive grants to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents (see H.R. 2874), H7830 [17NO]

———establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H7892 [18NO]

———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1195), H8319 [8DE]

Dept. of Justice: decision to not defend the Defense of Marriage Act (see H. Con. Res. 25), H1989 [17MR]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit from implementing certain rules relative to employment of aliens in the U.S. for temporary employment (see H.R. 3162), H7258 [2NO]

Dept. of State: establish Special Envoy To Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia (see H.R. 440), H1581 [4MR]

Dept. of the Interior: allow offshore energy exploration, development, and production operations under drilling permits previously issued by the Minerals Management Service (see H.R. 840), H1390 [28FE]

———conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales (see H.R. 1230), H2917 [15AP]

———eradicate and control nutria in Maryland, Louisiana, and other coastal States (see H.R. 1829), H4750 [7JY]

———establish an environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 49), H2108 [30MR]

———extend Outer Continental Shelf leases in the Gulf of Mexico to accommodate permitting delays and provide operators time to meet new drilling and safety requirements (see H.R. 993), H1722 [10MR]

———require each offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in areas with most prospective oil and gas resources (see H.R. 1231), H2935 [2MY]

———take immediate action to streamline the shallow and deepwater oil and natural gas drilling permitting process (see H. Res. 140), H1575 [3MR]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H1456 [1MR]

Disasters: improve provision of Federal disaster assistance (see H.R. 57), H6673 [6OC]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 645), H4946 [12JY]

Ecology and environment: preempt regulation of, action relating to, or consideration of greenhouse gases relative to any Federal policy to mitigate climate change (see H.R. 910), H1621 [8MR]

EPA: change the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to certain farms (see H.R. 3158), H6853 [12OC]

———consider the impact on employment levels and economic activity prior to issuing a regulation, policy statement, or guidance, or implementing any new or substantially altered program (see H.R. 1872), H4946 [12JY]

———establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard for coarse particulate matter and limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust in certain areas (see H.R. 1633), H6978 [14OC]

———exempt components used in manufacture of hunting and recreational shooting ammunition and fishing tackle from regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (see H.R. 1558), H6098 [12SE]

———provide additional time to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators (see H.R. 2250), H5127 [15JY]

FCC: disapprove rule with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices (see H.J. Res. 37), H1392 [28FE]

———prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see H.R. 642), H6098 [12SE]

———prohibit from further regulating the Internet (see H.R. 96), H36 [5JA]

FDA: ensure appointments to advisory committees are made to promote scientific and technical expertise while minimizing conflicts of interest (see H.R. 3206), H6975 [14OC]

———make clarifications relative to persons accredited to review reports and make recommendations for initial classification of devices (see H.R. 3205), H6975 [14OC]

———provide incentives for the development of qualified infectious disease products (see H.R. 2182), H7715 [16NO]

———provide predictability, consistency, and transparency to the premarket review process (see H.R. 3209), H6976 [14OC]

———reaffirm the Safe Medical Devices Act by requiring establishment of a schedule and issuance of regulations relative to device approval process (see H.R. 3208), H6975 [14OC]

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 10), H6139 [13SE]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (see H.R. 1697), H6010 [8SE]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 822), H5019 [13JY]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 58), H5374 [21JY]

Fish and fishing: provide the necessary scientific information to properly implement annual catch limits (see H.R. 2304), H4457 [22JN]

Gulf of Mexico: facilitate safe and timely production of energy resources (see H.R. 1229), H2917 [15AP]

———provide for payments to certain natural resource trustees to assist in restoring natural resources damaged as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (see H.R. 1228), H2293 [4AP]

———restore coastal areas affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (see H.R. 56), H34 [5JA]

———restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (see H.R. 3096), H6624 [5OC]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 104), H725 [11FE]

Health: improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 157), H6233 [15SE]

———prohibit conditioning licensure of a health care provider upon participation in a health plan (see H.R. 969), H1664 [9MR]

———repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees (see H.R. 1744), H4038 [3JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 2), H103 [6JA]

Health care facilities: protect interests of residents of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in certain class action lawsuits and Dept. of Justice actions (see H.R. 2032), H6922 [13OC]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H9946 [19DE]

IMF: repeal authority to provide certain loans to the IMF, repeal increase in the U.S. quota in that Fund, and certain other authorities, and rescind related appropriations (see H.R. 2313), H8320 [8DE]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 1206), H2293 [4AP]

———provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 371), H394 [20JA]

Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H5087 [14JY]

Labor unions: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 972), H5150 [18JY]

Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 1093), H5374 [21JY]

Medicare: ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 3269), H7831 [17NO]

———modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 2108), H4034 [3JN]

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and oppose a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state (see H. Res. 268), H4038 [3JN]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 1736), H5661 [27JY]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 433), H7209 [1NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 433), H7209 [1NO]

National Animal Rescue Day: designate (see H. Res. 220), H3871 (see H. Res. 220), H3912 [1JN]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 420), H7892 [18NO]

NRC: permit a Commissioner to continue to serve if a successor is not timely appointed and confirmed (see H.R. 2068), H4038 [3JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: monitor activities relative to air pollution (see H.R. 2021), H4038 [3JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow waiver of certain requirements when the requirement would result in a significant decrease in access to coverage or significant increase in premiums or other costs (see H.R. 984), H1844 [15MR]

———modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services (see H.R. 358), H435 [24JA]

———protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services (see H.R. 1179), H6552 [4OC]

———repeal (see H.R. 2), H103 [6JA]

———repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 1370), H6457 [23SE]

———repeal certain limitations on health care benefits (see H.R. 605), H1040 (see H.R. 605), H1071 [16FE]

———repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (see H.R. 1173), H6988 [21OC]

———repeal prohibition on using medical savings account funds to purchase over-the-counter medications (see H.R. 2529), H5581 [26JY]

———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 452), H4529 [23JN]

———repeal provisions relative to annual period for disenrollment from Medicare Advantage plans to elect to receive original Medicare fee-for-service benefits (see H.R. 1580), H7892 [18NO]

Public debt: prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached (see H.R. 421), H3343 [23MY]

Sergeant Richard Franklin Abshire Post Office Building, Abbeville, LA: designate (see H.R. 3412), H7577 [14NO]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see H.R. 4), H200 [12JA] (see H.R. 144), H38 [5JA]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1332), H5240 [19JY]

———repeal Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program maintenance of effort requirements (see H.R. 1683), H3646 (see H.R. 1683), H3684 [25MY]

Tariff Act: increase dollar amount requirements for articles and merchandise under administrative exemptions and entry under regulations provisions (see H.R. 1653), H6855 [12OC]

Taxation: allow a temporary dividends received deduction for certain taxable years (see H.R. 1834), H7928 [29NO]

———encourage natural gas vehicle investments and job creation (see H.R. 1380), H2858 [14AP]

———encourage natural gas vehicle investments and job creation, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1380), H5020 [13JY]

———extend placed in service date for the low-income housing credit rule applicable to the Gulf Opportunity Zone (see H.R. 559), H3410 [24MY]

———improve access to health care by allowing a deduction for the health insurance costs of individuals and expanding health savings accounts (see H.R. 369), H394 [20JA]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1327), H3870 (see H.R. 1327), H3911 [1JN]

———provide special rules for investments lost in a fraudulent Ponzi-type scheme (see H.R. 1635), H4279 [15JN]

———repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1259), H6552 [4OC]

———repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 436), H1392 [28FE]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 674), H3062 [4MY]

Telecommunications: return unused or reclaimed stimulus funds made available for broadband awards (see H.R. 1343), H2328 [5AP]

Terrorism: award Congressional Gold Medals in honor of the men and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 3421), H8262 [7DE]

Twain, Mark: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2453), H9432 [15DE]

U.N.: prohibit funding for the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) (see H.R. 2059), H6626 [5OC]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 886), H3281 [12MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HHS: revise and extend program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent deaths from liver cancer (see H.R. 3381), H7397 [4NO]

Medicare: establish a pilot program providing for monthly fee-based payments for direct primary care medical homes for Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibles and other beneficiaries (see H.R. 3315), H7256 [2NO]

Taxation: exempt sales of natural gas for use in natural gas vehicles from the retail sales limitation on defining independent producers of petroleum products (see H.R. 1712), H3060 [4MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of HHS: revise and extend program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent deaths from liver cancer (H.R. 3381), H7399 [4NO]

Medicare: establish a pilot program providing for monthly fee-based payments for direct primary care medical homes for Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibles and other beneficiaries (H.R. 3315), H7257 [2NO]

Taxation: exempt sales of natural gas for use in natural gas vehicles from the retail sales limitation on defining independent producers of petroleum products (H.R. 1712), H3061 [4MY]

Remarks

Baton Rouge, LA: tribute to Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., Pelican Chapter for construction of new restroom facilities for the Boy Scouts of America, Istrouma Area Council, E1152 [22JN]

Dept. of Energy: expedite consideration and approval of construction and operation of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 1938), H7268 [3NO]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit issuance of Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas drilling permits without certification of worst-case discharge scenario, H3138 [10MY]

Economy: express sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H. Res. 501), H9992 [20DE]

———importance of job creation, H6878 [13OC]

Gulf of Mexico: facilitate safe and timely production of energy resources (H.R. 1229), H3138 [10MY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H288 [19JA]

Medicaid: impact of increased funding obligations on States, H288 [19JA], H1430 [1MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: implementation, H1430 [1MR]

———modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services (H.R. 358), consideration (H. Res. 430), H6878 [13OC]

———repeal (H.R. 2), H288 [19JA]

Power resources: support enhanced oil recovery technology, H9800 [16DE]

Votes: position on missed, H2685 [14AP], H5409 [25JY], H6197 [15SE], H9905 [16DE]

Tributes

Martin, Dalton V., E144 [8FE]