RICHMOND, CEDRIC L. (a Representative from Louisiana)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3628 [25MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2017), H3890, H3893 [1JN]
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2584), H5464, H5465 [25JY]
Appointments
House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards, H2902 [15AP]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Africa: support efforts to provide humanitarian relief to mitigate the effects of drought and avert famine in the Horn of Africa (see H. Res. 361), H5581 [26JY]
Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 401), H4187 [14JN]
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), H4751 [7JY]
Armed Forces: encourage commercial air carriers to provide certain benefits to members traveling on official military orders and are being deployed or are returning from an overseas deployment (see H. Con. Res. 60), H4327 [16JN]
bin Laden, Osama: tribute to President Obama and military and intelligence agencies for successful completion of the operation that led to death in Pakistan (see H. Res. 240), H3063 [4MY]
Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 36), H435 [24JA]
Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H5399 [22JY]
Children and youth: require State child welfare agencies to promptly report information on missing or abducted children to law enforcement authorities (see H.R. 3741), H10014 [20DE]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1519), H2664 [13AP]
Combating Autism Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2005), H4460 [22JN]
Committee on Job Creation (Joint, Select): establish (see H.R. 2835), H6233 [15SE]
Cote d'Ivoire: provide humanitarian support in response to political crisis and support democracy (see H. Res. 85), H681 [10FE]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish the Eva M. Clayton Fellows Program to provide fellowships on the eradication of world hunger and malnutrition (see H.R. 3437), H7713 [16NO]
Dept. of HHS: provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1195), H4037 [3JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: enhance Federal Protective Service ability to provide adequate security for the prevention of terrorist activities and for the promotion of homeland security (see H.R. 176), H5923 [19AU]
———establish Cybersecurity Compliance Division and enhance security and resiliency of the Nation's cyber and physical infrastructure against terrorism and other cyber attacks (see H.R. 174), H1726 [10MR]
Dept. of Justice: establish guidelines to prevent and address occurrences of bullying, provide grants to States for related programs, and reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (see H.R. 83), H7332 [3NO]
Dept. of Labor: provide grants to the National Urban League for an Urban Jobs Program (see H.R. 683), H924 [15FE]
Dept. of the Interior: take immediate action to streamline the shallow and deepwater oil and natural gas drilling permitting process (see H. Res. 140), H1575 [3MR]
Diseases: establish a grant program to provide screenings for glaucoma to individuals determined to be at high risk for glaucoma (see H.R. 353), H5150 [18JY]
———require reporting on the implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and on the status of international progress on universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment (see H.R. 1880), H3279 [12MY]
Economy: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (see H.R. 3743), H10014 [20DE]
———urge Congress to consider and pass critical jobs legislation to address the crisis facing communities of color and nationwide (see H. Res. 348), H5018 [13JY]
Employment: establish the Detroit Jobs Trust Fund (see H.R. 2920), H6552 [4OC]
Families and domestic relations: provide grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families (see H.R. 2193), H4460 [22JN]
Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty: establish (see H.R. 3300), H7333 [3NO]
Federal Railroad Administration: require a percentage of funding be expended through small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (see H.R. 3513), H7927 [29NO]
FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 3628), H8318 [8DE]
Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 3461), H8728 [12DE]
Firearms: ensure that individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require a background check for every firearm sale (see H.R. 1781), H6673 [6OC]
George Thomas `Mickey' Leland Post Office Building, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 73), H1252 (see H.R. 73), H1364 [18FE]
Gulf of Mexico: allow damage payments from BP P.L.C., in connection with the Deepwater Horizon blowout and explosion, to be included in gross income ratably over a certain number of years (see H.R. 2821), H7209 [1NO]
———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), H4529 [23JN]
Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H3281 [12MY]
Housing: require home inspections conducted for property with federally related mortgages be conducted by State-licensed or certified home inspectors and include such inspections in settlement statements (see H.R. 2191), H4277 [15JN]
Houston (TX) Forward Times: anniversary (see H. Res. 160), H1725 [10MR]
Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H7929 [29NO]
Jordan, Barbara: tribute (see H. Res. 90), H1253 (see H. Res. 90), H1364 [18FE]
Labor unions: recognize importance in ensuring a strong middle class by advocating for equitable wages, humane work conditions, improved benefits, and increased civic engagement by workers (see H. Res. 452), H7207 [1NO]
Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3618), H8318 [8DE]
Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H6506 [3OC]
Medicaid: require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 1219), H4586 [1JY]
Memphis, TN: recognize struggle of 1968 sanitation workers strike to voice grievances and reach a workplace rights agreement and contributions of strike participants (see H. Res. 198), H2266 [1AP]
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), H4530 [23JN]
Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 2954), H6231 [15SE]
Music and dance: preserve knowledge and promote education about jazz (see H.R. 2823), H5923 [19AU] (see H.R. 2823), H5938 [6SE]
NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 19), H1178 (see H. Con. Res. 19), H1197 [17FE]
National Baseball Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 2527), H5084 [14JY]
National Dance Day: designate (see H. Res. 342), H5020 [13JY]
National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 402), H6098 [12SE]
National School Breakfast Week: observance (see H. Res. 153), H1619 [8MR]
Native Americans: improve education (see H.R. 3569), H8967 [14DE]
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), H4577 [24JN]
———ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H4460 [22JN]
Public debt: increase statutory limit (see H.R. 2663), H5660 [27JY]
SBA: reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (see H.R. 1425), H2533 [7AP]
Schools: provide assistance for the modernization, renovation, and repair of elementary and secondary school buildings and community colleges (see H.R. 2948), H7134 [26OC]
Sergeant Richard Franklin Abshire Post Office Building, Abbeville, LA: designate (see H.R. 3412), H7577 [14NO]
Shuttlesworth, Fred L.: tribute (see H. Res. 432), H6853 [12OC]
Small Business Saturday: designate (see H. Res. 468), H7831 [17NO]
Social Security: ensure any reform prevents the reduction of benefits or an increase in retirement age (see H. Con. Res. 64), H5087 [14JY]
Taxation: encourage natural gas vehicle investments and job creation (see H.R. 1380), H2536 [7AP]
———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]
———extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 2655), H8320 [8DE]
———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H6626 [5OC]
———repeal certain shipping investment withdrawal rules and provide an incentive to reinvest foreign shipping earnings in the U.S. (see H.R. 1031), H4794 [8JY]
Transportation: provide flexibility in use of Federal funding for certain transit functions to local entities (see H.R. 3200), H8881 [13DE]
Transportation Security Administration: allow transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) applicants to remotely apply for issuance, renewal, or activation (see H.R. 3173), H6853 [12OC]
———ensure that certain transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) do not expire before deadline for implementation of electronic readers for such credentials (see H.R. 1105), H1842 [15MR]
U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 886), H7332 [3NO]
Voting: constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 28), H6674 [6OC]
———require States offering early voting in Federal elections to establish minimum early voting period and prohibit States from imposing certain identification requirements to vote or register to vote (see H.R. 3163), H7258 [2NO]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 69), H4457 [22JN]
World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 2447), H4748 [7JY]
Young, Charles: provide for posthumous promotion to brigadier general in the Army (see H.R. 1015), H5966 [7SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of the Treasury: transfer unobligated and repaid funds from the Small Business Lending Fund to the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (see H.R. 2807), H5895 [5AU]
Disasters: forgo recoupment of liabilities relative to certain disaster assistance (see H.R. 2265), H4364 [21JN]
———prohibit any requirement of a budgetary offset for emergency disaster assistance (see H.R. 2455), H4748 [7JY]
Health: establish a registry to ensure that certain individuals who may have been exposed to formaldehyde have an opportunity to register and receive medical treatment (see H.R. 2138), H4035 [3JN]
SBA: extend participation term for small business concerns affected by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita in certain programs (see H.R. 2808), H5895 [5AU]
———improve microenterprise technical assistance and capacity building grant program and establish an Office of Youth Entrepreneurship (see H.R. 2809), H5895 [5AU] (see H.R. 2809), H5938 [6SE]
———waive interest for certain loans relative to damage caused by certain recent hurricanes (see H.R. 1336), H2266 [1AP]
Taxation: extend placed in service date for the low-income housing credit rule applicable to the Gulf Opportunity Zone (see H.R. 559), H550 [8FE]
Constitutional authority statements
Dept. of the Treasury: transfer unobligated and repaid funds from the Small Business Lending Fund to the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (H.R. 2807), H5896 [5AU]
Disasters: forgo recoupment of liabilities relative to certain disaster assistance (H.R. 2265), H4365 [21JN]
———prohibit any requirement of a budgetary offset for emergency disaster assistance (H.R. 2455), H4749 [7JY]
Health: establish a registry to ensure that certain individuals who may have been exposed to formaldehyde have an opportunity to register and receive medical treatment (H.R. 2138), H4037 [3JN]
SBA: extend participation term for small business concerns affected by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita in certain programs (H.R. 2808), H5896 [5AU]
———improve microenterprise technical assistance and capacity building grant program and establish an Office of Youth Entrepreneurship (H.R. 2809), H5896 [5AU]
———waive interest for certain loans relative to damage caused by certain recent hurricanes (H.R. 1336), H2268 [1AP]
Taxation: extend placed in service date for the low-income housing credit rule applicable to the Gulf Opportunity Zone (H.R. 559), H552 [8FE]
Lists
Armed Forces members killed in military action in Afghanistan, H2991 [3MY]
Remarks
Afghanistan: report on congressional delegation trip, H2986, H2987, H2991 [3MY]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), conference report, H7781
Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H951 [16FE], H1380 [28FE]
Armed Forces: tribute to members killed in military action in Afghanistan, H2986, H2987, H2991 [3MY]
Black History Month: observance, H1380 [28FE]
Budget: allocation of funds, H2336 [6AP]
———deficit, H3057 [4MY]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement: funding through reductions in BLM Rangeland Management Fund funding, H5464 [25JY]
Corps of Engineers: Lower Mississippi River deep draft navigation channel maintenance dredging funding, H4806 [11JY]
Democratic Party: national agenda, H3980-H3983 [2JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3628, H3629 [25MY]
———prohibit funding for restructuring or closure of shipyard manufacturing complex in Avondale, LA, H3628, H3629 [25MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2017), H3890, H3893 [1JN]
Dept. of the Interior: require each offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in areas with most prospective oil and gas resources (H.R. 1231), H3170 [11MY]
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2584), H5464, H5465 [25JY]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H3056-H3058 [4MY]
———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), Senate amendments, H10002 [20DE]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H4806 [11JY]
Faulk, Marshall: Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, E215
Federal-State relations: role of the Constitution relative to establishment of States' rights, H2530, H2531 [7AP]
FEMA: prohibit attempts to recoup disaster relief funds from individuals, H3890 [1JN]
———prohibit offset requirement for any emergency disaster assistance funds, H3893 [1JN]
Gulf of Mexico: facilitate safe and timely production of energy resources (H.R. 1229), H3170 [11MY]
Louisiana: coastal wetlands restoration funding, H5030 [14JY]
New Orleans Hornets (basketball team): tribute to care packages for troops in Afghanistan, H3058 [4MY]
Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (H.R. 4), H1529, H1543 [3MR]
Taxation: prohibit tax increase on middle class, H1543 [3MR]
———rates, H3057 [4MY]
———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements to payments made to corporations, payments for property and other gross proceeds, and rental property expense payments, H1543 [3MR]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: North American Wetlands Conservation Fund funding through reductions in BLM land and resources management funding, H5465 [25JY]
Votes: position on missed, H7781
Tributes
Brown, Tara R., H2991 [3MY]
Hermanson, Matthew D., H2991 [3MY]
Jackson Lee, Representative, H2986 [3MY]
Lowery, Joseph E., E1793
Price, Daniel B., E2334
Rebennack, Malcolm (Dr. John), E611
Starks, Michael, E209
Villanueva, Jonathan, H2991 [3MY]