PETERSON, COLLIN C. (a Representative from Minnesota)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion (see H.R. 3130), H6979 [14OC]

———prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex or race (see H.R. 3541), H8075 [1DE]

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

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), H5019 [13JY]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (see H.R. 1297), H2572 [8AP]

———appropriate funds to ensure prompt payment of death gratuity payments upon the death of members when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (see H.R. 1469), H2570 [8AP]

———eliminate per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty or service used to reduce minimum age at which Reserve component members may retire for non-regular service (see H.R. 1283), H5781 [29JY]

———prevent disruptions at military funerals (see H.R. 1591), H4577 [24JN]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 2), H40 [5JA] (see H.J. Res. 10), H5087 [14JY]

———provide an optional fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests (see H.R. 1043), H1768 [11MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H5897 [5AU]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance or pollutant (see H.R. 2997), H6342 [21SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1519), H9946 [19DE]

Combating Autism Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2005), H5966 [7SE]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H7627 [15NO]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H1989 [17MR]

Congress: prohibit securities and commodities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress and require additional reporting of securities transaction by Members and employees (see H.R. 1148), H7714 [16NO]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 1831), H7069 [25OC]

Corps of Engineers: study feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins (see H.R. 892), H7134 [26OC]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 2299), H4456 [22JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: expand and improve opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 3236), H8077 [1DE]

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. 1947), H4366 [21JN]

———award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 820), H1456 [1MR]

———improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1057), H6043 [9SE]

———reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 1342), H2917 [15AP]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H5966 [7SE]

———establish Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 531), H6626 [5OC]

———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see H.R. 2595), H6011 [8SE]

———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1195), H6010 [8SE]

———provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1426), H6043 [9SE]

———revise and expand the 340B Drug Pricing Program to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (see H.R. 2674), H6011 [8SE]

Dept. of Justice: limit awarding of fees and lawsuits, reform reimbursement eligibility, and compile, and make publicly available, certain data relating to the Equal Access to Justice Act (see H.R. 1996), H3762 [27MY]

Dept. of State: designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization (see H.R. 3698), H9925 [16DE]

———remove People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) from list of foreign terrorist organizations (see H. Res. 60), H1180 (see H. Res. 60), H1200 [17FE]

Dept. of the Interior: delegate to States certain authorities relative to management of cormorants (see H.R. 3074), H6505 [3OC]

———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), H1797 [14MR]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H3343 [23MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide taxpayers a receipt for an income tax payment which itemizes the portion of the payment which is allocable to various Government spending categories (see H.R. 1527), H4366 [21JN]

Dept. of Transportation: clarify congressional intent of agricultural hours-of-service regulations relative to the delivery of agricultural commodities and farm supplies (see H.R. 3265), H7133 [26OC]

———prohibit provision of grants or funds to State or local governments for any program to check helmet usage or create checkpoints for a motorcycle riders (see H.R. 904), H6415 [22SE]

———promulgate a rule to improve the daytime and nighttime visibility of agricultural equipment that may be operated on a public road (see H.R. 843), H1727 [10MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate one U.S. city each year as an ``American World War II City'' (see H.R. 2717), H7830 [17NO]

———establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H3161 [10MY]

———repeal prohibition on collective bargaining on matters regarding compensation of employees other than rates of basic pay (see H.R. 807), H6673 [6OC]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 178), H1392 [28FE]

Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial: designate (see H.R. 320), H3000 [3MY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 645), H2917 [15AP]

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), H1574 [3MR]

Endangered species: allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species (see H.R. 991), H3162 [10MY]

———prohibit treatment of the gray wolf in Minnesota, Wisonsin, and Michigan as an endangered species (see H.R. 838), H1390 [28FE]

———remove the gray wolf from the list of threatened or endangered species (see H.R. 509), H684 [10FE]

EPA: 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), H4946 [12JY]

———exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements (see H.R. 2541), H6273 [20SE]

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

———provide States increased flexibility in implementing regional haze management standards through State implementation plans (see H.R. 3379), H7929 [29NO]

ERISA: ensure health care coverage value and transparency for dental benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 1809), H5966 [7SE]

FCC: disapprove rule with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices (see H.J. Res. 37), H1253 (see H.J. Res. 37), H1364 [18FE]

Federal agencies and departments: reform process by which agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents (see H.R. 3010), H6412 [22SE]

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), H4038 [3JN]

———restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 1489), H7208 [1NO]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 822), H1580 [4MR]

———facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States (see H.R. 3065), H6456 [23SE]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 58), H2917 [15AP]

Floods: ensure that Federal assistance for construction of certain emergency levees is not conditioned on the subsequent dismantlement of those levees, except as provided for in a status certificate (see H.R. 3251), H7007 [24OC]

Foreign policy: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 304), H6782 [11OC]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 639), H5966 [7SE]

Government: require accountability and transparency in Federal spending (see H.R. 2146), H6978 [14OC]

GSA: convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to house a National Women's History Museum (see H.R. 1269), H3870 (see H.R. 1269), H3911 [1JN]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 104), H4946 [12JY]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H3305 [13MY]

Insurance: allow enforcement of State disclosure laws and access to courts for covered Holocaust-era insurance policy claims (see H.R. 890), H9432 [15DE]

———ensure transparency and proper operation of pharmacy benefit managers (see H.R. 1971), H6011 [8SE]

———increase maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program (see H.R. 115), H6415 [22SE]

Korean War: call for repatriation of POW/MIA and abductees (see H. Res. 376), H7929 [29NO]

Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 1093), H3062 [4MY]

Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H6098 [12SE]

Master Sergeant Daniel L. Fedder Post Office, Pine City, MN: designate (see H.R. 3220), H6976 [14OC]

Medicaid: require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 1219), H6010 [8SE]

Medicare: count a period of outpatient observation in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1543), H6043 [9SE]

———exempt blood glucose self-testing equipment and supplies furnished by small retail community pharmacies from competitive acquisition programs (see H.R. 1936), H5966 [7SE]

———extend reasonable cost contracts (see H.R. 2770), H7830 [17NO]

———improve diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema and reduce costs relative to treatment of complications of lymphedema (see H.R. 2499), H5966 [7SE]

———preserve access to ambulance services (see H.R. 1005), H5966 [7SE]

———promote medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 891), H6010 [8SE]

———provide coverage of comprehensive Alzheimer's disease and other dementia diagnosis and services to improve care and outcomes by increasing detection, diagnosis, care, and planning (see H.R. 1386), H6098 [12SE]

———provide for annual mailing of statements of beneficiary part A contributions and benefits in coordination with annual mailing of Social Security account statements (see H.R. 1252), H2216 [31MR]

———provide for coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see H.R. 2195), H6043 [9SE]

———provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 831), H6043 [9SE]

———recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (see H.R. 2787), H6098 [12SE]

———repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 1041), H5966 [7SE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1546), H6043 [9SE]

———treat certain provider taxes as allowable costs for purposes of reimbursements to critical access hospitals (see H.R. 1398), H5966 [7SE]

Motor vehicles: exempt certain class A driver's license holders in the agriculture industry from requirement to obtain a hazardous material endorsement when operating certain service vehicles (see H.R. 2429), H6098 [12SE]

National Baseball Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 2527), H5084 [14JY]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 420), H2917 [15AP]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: retain ban on lobbying State legislators using Federal tax dollars and urge focus on motorcycle crash prevention and rider education and training (see H. Res. 239), H6416 [22SE]

National Women's History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 165), H1769 [11MR]

Native Americans: help fulfill Federal mandate to provide higher educational opportunities (see H.R. 3040), H8077 [1DE]

———improve education (see H.R. 3569), H8967 [14DE]

———provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 27), H33 [5JA]

Norway: condemn terrorist attacks in Oslo and Utoya Island and express condolences and support to those affected by the attack (see H. Res. 380), H5782 [29JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: 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), H9946 [19DE]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2970), H6552 [4OC]

Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (see H.R. 872), H1523 [2MR]

Postal Service: amend methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System (see H.R. 1351), H4037 [3JN]

———ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H2040 [29MR]

———prevent closure or consolidation of post offices (see H. Con. Res. 7), H2040 [29MR]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 1916), H5399 [22JY]

Real estate: proposed settlement between Dept. of Justice, State attorneys general, and mortgage services relative to mortgage fraud and the economic crisis (see H. Con. Res. 85), H9432 [15DE]

Roads and highways: amend laws relative to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate system (see H.R. 763), H1580 [4MR] (see H.R. 801), H1250 (see H.R. 801), H1361 [18FE]

———encourage transportation right-of-way managers to adopt integrated vegetation management practices, including plantings of native forbs and grasses to provide habitats for pollinators (see H.R. 2381), H5966 [7SE]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend relative to consumer confidence reports by community water systems (see H.R. 1340), H5966 [7SE]

———reauthorize provision of technical assistance to small public water systems (see H.R. 1427), H2533 [7AP]

SBA: reform the HUBZone program for small business concerns (see H.R. 2131), H5966 [7SE]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 458), H2572 [8AP]

Ships and vessels: waive requirement to report the arrival at any port or place within the U.S. of a vessel of Canada if the vessel does not anchor or dock at any harbor within the customs territory of the U.S. (see H.R. 2661), H7400 [4NO]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see H.R. 4), H200 [12JA] (see H.R. 144), H104 [6JA]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 between 1982 and 1992 (see H.R. 1001), H6182 [14SE]

———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. 718), H4037 [3JN]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for volunteer members of volunteer firefighting and emergency medical service organizations (see H.R. 2488), H4850 [11JY]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1479), H5966 [7SE]

———allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040S without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see H.R. 1058), H3162 [10MY]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H4459 [22JN]

———extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 3307), H7255 [2NO]

———extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 2655), H6674 [6OC]

———increase alternative tax liability limitation for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 2198), H5966 [7SE]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1964), H3408 [24MY]

———modify incentives for production of biodiesel (see H.R. 2238), H4327 [16JN]

———permanently extend treatment of certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1747), H5966 [7SE]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H6457 [23SE]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1327), H2667 [13AP]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 1236), H2917 [15AP]

———restrict benefits of Reverse Morris Trust transactions by removing incentives to sell off assets tax free by creating spinoff companies that assume large amounts of debt (see H.R. 2604), H5782 [29JY]

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]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see H.R. 1639), H4366 [21JN]

Transportation: ensure that new vehicles enable fuel competition so as to reduce the strategic importance of oil to the U.S. (see H.R. 1687), H3112 [5MY]

Trucking industry: improve truck parking facilities (see H.R. 1803), H4946 [12JY]

U.N.: prohibit funding for the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) (see H.R. 2059), H6552 [4OC]

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

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. 303), H1456 [1MR] (see H.R. 333), H353 [19JA]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 69), H4457 [22JN]

———remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 47), H4188 [14JN]

———remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.J. Res. 47), H4530 [23JN]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 719), H3111 [5MY]

———award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 2447), H6674 [6OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: enter into building leasing agreements (see H.R. 2392), H4574 [24JN]

———offset dairy producer income reductions when margin between milk prices and feed costs is less than certain amount, establish dairy market stabilization program, and amend milk marketing orders (see H.R. 3062), H6456 [23SE]

Native Americans: provide for the use and distribution of the funds awarded to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, et al, by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Docket Numbers 19 and 188 (see H.R. 1272), H2106 [30MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Agriculture: enter into building leasing agreements (H.R. 2392), H4577 [24JN]

———offset dairy producer income reductions when margin between milk prices and feed costs is less than certain amount, establish dairy market stabilization program, and amend milk marketing orders (H.R. 3062), H6457 [23SE]

Native Americans: provide for the use and distribution of the funds awarded to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, et al, by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Docket Numbers 19 and 188 (H.R. 1272), H2108 [30MR]

Press releases

Americans for Prosperity Applauds Representatives Collin Peterson, Dan Boren and Nick Rahall for Supporting EPA Preemption: Americans for Prosperity (organization), H2372 [6AP]

Remarks

Agriculture: reduce the adjusted gross income eligible for receipt of farm subsidies, H4294 [16JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), H4248, H4264, H4266, H4270, H4271 [15JN], H4285, H4287, H4290, H4294, H4297 [16JN]

CCC: Brazil Cotton Institute funding, H4248 [15JN], H4287 [16JN]

CFTC: require finalization of swap data-reporting rules before promulgating final block trade or real-time reporting criteria rules, H4270, H4271 [15JN]

Committees of the House: direct certain standing committees to inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed regulations and orders from Federal agencies (H. Res. 72), H697 [11FE]

Communicating for Agriculture Foundation: anniversary, E1566 [8SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service cormorant population control funding, H4297 [16JN]

———reform payment limitation rules for farm subsidies, H4264, H4266 [15JN]

———Wildlife Services livestock protection program funding, H4285 [16JN]

Ecology and environment: preempt regulation of, action relating to, or consideration of greenhouse gases relative to any Federal policy to mitigate climate change (H.R. 910), H2356 [6AP]

Economy: impact of Government regulations, H697 [11FE]

FDA: recall of grapes and tomatoes for salmonella contamination, H8087 [2DE]

Federal agencies and departments: reform process by which agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents (H.R. 3010), H8087 [2DE]

Power resources: ethanol blender pump or storage facilities construction funding, H4290 [16JN]

Votes: correction, E2078 [17NO]

Reports filed

Activities During the 111th Congress: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H. Rept. 111-703), H33 [5JA]