TURNER, ROBERT L. (a Representative from New York)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
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), H7208 [1NO]
Amtrak: provide for certain tunnel life safety and rehabilitation projects (see H.R. 3025), H6413 [22SE]
Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 835), H9928 [16DE]
Animals: prohibit shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption (see H.R. 2966), H7929 [29NO]
Armed Forces: provide for treatment of autism under TRICARE (see H.R. 2288), H9928 [16DE]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 2), H6458 [23SE]
CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance or pollutant (see H.R. 2997), H7892 [18NO]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 2299), H7009 [24OC]
Cuba: exclude from admission to the U.S. aliens who contribute to Cuba's development of petroleum resources and impose sanctions on and prohibit such development (see H.R. 2047), H8187 [6DE]
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), H8728 [12DE]
———implement the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan (see H.R. 2600), H7069 [25OC]
Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize certain programs (see H.R. 3116), H6671 [6OC]
Dept. of the Interior: allow construction and operation of natural gas pipeline facilities in Gateway National Recreation Area (see H.R. 2606), H7209 [1NO]
———delegate to States certain authorities relative to management of cormorants (see H.R. 3074), H7929 [29NO]
Dept. of Transportation: issue categorical exclusions from environmental assessment requirements for certain highway construction activities (see H.R. 3327), H7831 [17NO]
European Union: urge to maintain arms embargo against China (see H. Res. 356), H8882 [13DE]
Export Administration Act: renew (see H.R. 2122), H7830 [17NO]
Fish and fishing: extend authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries (see H.R. 3061), H8262 [7DE]
Holder, Attorney General: express no confidence due to lack of monitoring and actions during investigation into whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels (see H. Res. 490), H9432 [15DE]
Immigration: clarify law prohibiting issuance of certain visas to nationals of countries that refuse or unreasonably delay repatriation (see H.R. 3256), H7579 [14NO]
Insurance: allow enforcement of State disclosure laws and access to courts for covered Holocaust-era insurance policy claims (see H.R. 890), H6854 [12OC]
Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H7208 [1NO]
Judge, Mychal: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2580), H7627 [15NO]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3387), H7627 [15NO]
Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3510), H7927 [29NO]
National Clandestine Service of the CIA NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office, Monroe, NY: designate (see H.R. 3593), H9929 [16DE]
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), H10027 [23DE]
Private Isaac T. Cortes Post Office, Bronx, NY: designate (see H.R. 3413), H7577 [14NO]
Radioactive substances: apply measures to foreign persons who transfer to Iran, Syria, or North Korea goods, services, or technology that could aid such countries in extracting or milling domestic sources of uranium (see H.R. 2105), H7208 [1NO]
Robert H. Jackson U.S. Courthouse, Buffalo, NY: designate (see H.R. 3556), H8124 [2DE]
Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H9432 [15DE]
———make equitable the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 2412), H7627 [15NO]
———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1327), H8076 [1DE]
———provide for a designation of tax overpayments to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 2214), H7399 [4NO]
———repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 436), H7830 [17NO]
Technology: improve laws relative to cybersecurity (see H.R. 3674), H9430 [15DE]
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), H8077 [1DE]
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), H8881 [13DE]
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]
———promote transparency, accountability, and reform (see H.R. 2829), H6344 [21SE]
U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 886), H6673 [6OC]
World War II: ensure that U.S. courts provide a forum for claims brought against any railroad arising from the deportation of individuals to Nazi concentration camps (see H.R. 1193), H7069 [25OC]
Letters
Election of Robert L. Turner to the House of Representatives: Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House of Representatives, H6195 [15SE]
———Robert A. Brehm and Todd D. Valentine, New York Board of Elections, H6195 [15SE]
Oaths of office
House of Representatives, H6195, H6229 [15SE]
Remarks
APEC Business Travel Program: establish to issue Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards to business and Government leaders engaged in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) business (H.R. 2042), H7034, H7035 [25OC]
House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H6196 [15SE]
Insurance: allow enforcement of State disclosure laws and access to courts for covered Holocaust-era insurance policy claims (H.R. 890), H7632 [16NO]
Votes: position on missed, H6329
World War II: ensure that U.S. courts provide a forum for claims brought against any railroad arising from the deportation of individuals to Nazi concentration camps (H.R. 1193), H7632 [16NO]
Remarks in House relative to
Tribute, H6196 [15SE]