KISSELL, LARRY (a Representative from North Carolina)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: expand workforce of veterinarians specialized in care and conservation of wild animals and ecosystems and develop educational programs focused on wildlife and zoological veterinary medicine (see H.R. 3886), H439 [2FE]

Armed Forces: commend, make permanent, oppose proposals to diminish national security role of, and recognize the National Guard as the foundation of the Operational Reserve (see H. Con. Res. 129), H5923 [12SE]

——— grant family of members temporary annual leave during deployment of such members (see H.R. 6188), H5290 [25JY]

Army: expand authority to loan or donate excess small arms to certain eligible organizations for funeral and other ceremonial purposes (see H.R. 3981), H1428 [20MR]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see H.R. 3179), H5711 [2AU]

——— list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (see H.R. 3596), H221 [31JA]

CFTC: take certain actions to reduce excessive speculation in energy markets (see H.R. 4457), H2030 [19AP]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H1807 [29MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 4000), H692 [9FE]

Conservation of natural resources: strengthen the U.S. role in the international community in conserving natural resources to further global prosperity and security (see H.R. 6038), H4156 [27JN]

Credit: provide exception from definition of loan originator for certain loans made relative to manufactured homes and amend Truth in Lending Act to modify definition of high-cost mortgage (see H.R. 3849), H3733 [18JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: expand and improve opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 3236), H2447 [8MY]

——— modify the definition of the term biobased product (see H.R. 5873), H3362 [31MY]

——— repeal a duplicative inspection and grading program for catfish (see H.R. 4296), H4065 [26JN]

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see H.R. 3395), H1915 [17AP]

Dept. of Defense: establish a commission on urotrauma (see H.R. 1612), H4775 [10JY]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 3826), H2072 [24AP]

——— improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 885), H2569 [9MY]

——— strengthen connections to early childhood education programs (see H.R. 2794), H5526 [31JY]

Dept. of HHS: improve and enhance research and programs on childhood cancer survivorship (see H.R. 3015), H4775 [10JY]

——— provide States with incentives to require elementary and secondary schools to maintain, and permit school personnel to administer, epinephrine (see H.R. 3627), H966 [27FE]

——— repeal Patient-Centered Outcomes Research program and comparative effectiveness research funding (see H.R. 3827), H513 [6FE]

——— revise operations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (see H.R. 5998), H4686 [9JY]

Dept. of Justice: establish a system of background checks for employers and employees of the electronic life safety and security system installation and monitoring industry (see H.R. 1331), H2329 [7MY]

——— provide grants to assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in rapid recovery of missing individuals (see H.R. 4305), H4605 [28JN]

Dept. of Labor: disapprove rule relative to temporary non-agricultural employment of H–2B aliens in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 104), H3268 [30MY]

——— prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming (see H.R. 4157), H1916 [17AP]

Dept. of State: require investigations into and a report on attacks on the U.S. missions in Libya, Egypt, and Yemen (see H.R. 6511), H6275 [21SE]

Dept. of Transportation: modify the Interstate System Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Pilot Program by disallowing toll facilities in North Carolina (see H.R. 4174), H1367 [16MR]

——— prioritize local comments when selecting a toll pilot project (see H.R. 5713), H2644 [10MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 3612), H5711 [2AU]

——— establish an ophthalmologic service and Director of Ophthalmologic Services in the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 3216), H1154 [5MR]

——— improve assistance provided to women veterans, facilitate research on long-term reproductive health of veterans, and modify child care assistance for certain veterans (see H.R. 6527), H6275 [21SE]

Dover AFB, DE: tribute to Air Force Mortuary Operations, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H. Res. 229), H1392 [19MR]

Drugs: address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine (see H.R. 2242), H1101 [29FE]

——— ban the sale of certain synthetic drugs (see H.R. 1571), H1741 [28MR]

EPA: change the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to certain farms (see H.R. 3158), H3808 [19JN]

——— prohibit from regulating fossil fuel combustion waste (see H.R. 1391), H1428 [20MR]

ERISA: ensure health care coverage value and transparency for dental benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 4818), H4908 [17JY]

FDA: improve the safety of Internet pharmacies (see H.R. 4095), H2329 [7MY]

Federal employees: provide that fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as preference eligibles for treatment in civil service (see H.R. 4312), H1803 [29MR]

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), H641 [8FE]

——— limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (see H.R. 4367), H2570 [9MY]

——— provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see H.R. 5817), H6280 [21SE]

Firearms: more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 4269), H2716 [15MY]

Fish and fishing: prohibit the sale of billfish (see H.R. 2706), H4065 [26JN]

——— provide the necessary scientific information to properly implement annual catch limits (see H.R. 2304), H4157 [27JN]

Flag—U.S.: require purchase of domestically made U.S. flags for use by the Federal Government (see H.R. 1344), H5328 [26JY]

Foreign aid: ensure that a percentage of food aid provided in the form of certain agricultural commodities or their products must be transported on U.S. commercial vessels (see H.R. 6170), H5712 [2AU]

Foreign trade: apply countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 4105), H1099 [29FE]

——— prevent importation of merchandise into the U.S. in a manner that evades antidumping and countervailing duty orders (see H.R. 3057), H1915 [17AP]

Gospel Music Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 119), H6062 [14SE]

Gulf of Mexico: authorize use of certain offshore oil and gas platforms for artificial reefs (see H.R. 3429), H4065 [26JN]

Health: extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see H.R. 6043), H5923 [12SE]

——— prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services and require identification of the license of health care professionals (see H.R. 451), H1153 [5MR]

Homeless Assistance Act: amend definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ to include certain homeless children and youth (see H.R. 32), H1209 [6MR]

House Rules: prevent creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs (see H. Res. 623), H2330 [7MY]

Insurance: ensure transparency and proper operation of pharmacy benefit managers (see H.R. 1971), H1209 [6MR]

Iran: express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H1367 [16MR]

Israel: reaffirm strategic relationship with the U.S., direct the President to submit reports on U.S. actions to enhance this relationship, and assist in the defense of Israel (see H.R. 4133), H1274 [7MR]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H1571 [26MR]

Medicaid: require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 1219), H4685 [9JY]

Medicare: ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2267), H966 [27FE]

——— exempt blood glucose self-testing equipment and supplies furnished by small retail community pharmacies from competitive acquisition programs (see H.R. 1936), H3733 [18JN]

——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see H.R. 5943), H5766 [10SE]

——— extended coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions (see H.R. 2969), H4685 [9JY]

——— preserve access to ambulance services (see H.R. 1005), H5711 [2AU]

——— provide coverage of services of qualified respiratory therapists performed under the general supervision of a physician (see H.R. 941), H1428 [20MR]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program to further fair audits of and payments to pharmacies (see H.R. 4215), H3808 [19JN]

——— provide payments to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities for items and services provided to eligible veterans for non-service-connected conditions (see H.R. 814), H27 [17JA]

——— recognize attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients (see H.R. 3831), H6234 [20SE]

——— repeal certain changes to contracts with Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (see H.R. 5942), H5712 [2AU]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1546), H4685 [9JY]

——— strengthen and protect hospice programs (see H.R. 3506), H1915 [17AP]

——— study issues on access to intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) for beneficiaries in all care settings and establish demonstration project on benefits of coverage to administer IVIG in the home (see H.R. 1845), H4907 [17JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: exclude pathologists from incentive payments and penalties relative to the meaningful use of electronic health records (see H.R. 4066), H4908 [17JY]

Members of Congress: prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see H.R. 3643), H221 [31JA]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 1449), H220 [31JA]

National Cancer Prevention Day: designate (see H. Res. 538), H475 [3FE]

National Credit Union Administration: clarify authority to improve credit union safety and soundness (see H.R. 3993), H692 [9FE]

Native Americans: decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable (see H.R. 4154), H5010 [18JY]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1154 [5MR]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: require Federal agencies to submit and obtain approval to ensure and maximize the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of scientific information (see H.R. 5952), H3732 [18JN]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (see H.R. 3523), H1807 [29MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 1370), H3163 [18MY]

Patriot Guard Riders (organization): tribute to mission to show sincere respect for fallen Armed Forces members by attending funeral services of a fallen member as invited guests of the family (see H. Res. 669), H3363 [31MY]

Pharmaceuticals: clarify the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers (see H.R. 2672), H4685 [9JY]

Pharmacies: ensure and foster safety and quality of care and competitive marketplace by exempting independent pharmacies from antitrust laws in negotiations with health and health insurance providers (see H.R. 1946), H1101 [29FE]

PLO: oppose maintenance of an official office in the District of Columbia if they continue to unilaterally seek recognition of a Palestinian state or form a unified government with Hamas (see H. Res. 524), H187 [27JA]

Privacy: prohibit employers from requiring employees to provide access to personal online accounts (see H.R. 5684), H2566 [9MY]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 4104), H1392 [19MR]

Public lands: improve management of grazing leases and permits (see H.R. 4234), H2647 [10MY]

Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (see H. Res. 689), H4606 [28JN]

Salem, MA: recognize as birthplace of the National Guard (see H.R. 1339), H1497 [21MR]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 458), H5526 [31JY]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see H.R. 4089), H1392 [19MR]

Taxation: allow employers a credit against income tax as an incentive to partner with educational institutions to provide skills training for students (see H.R. 4249), H1542 [22MR]

——— allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040SR without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see H.R. 1058), H27 [17JA]

——— encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (see H.R. 5542), H4908 [17JY]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H1101 [29FE]

——— extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 3307), H5130 [23JY]

——— extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 2655), H4685 [9JY]

——— extend the research credit and increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (see H.R. 942), H5923 [12SE]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 3661), H2288 [27AP]

——— make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 3087), H1847 [16AP]

——— make permanent the increased deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 4032), H1210 [6MR]

——— promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H4907 [17JY]

——— promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and services (see H.R. 1860), H5860 [11SE]

——— provide exception to additional estate tax for severance of standing timber harvested consistent with a forest management plan (see H.R. 6439), H6151 [19SE]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1259), H6151 [19SE]

——— repeal the unearned income Medicare contribution (see H.R. 1549), H159 [24JA]

Transportation Security Administration: transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints to United Service Organizations, Inc. (USO) (see H.R. 2179), H1846 [16AP]

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: oppose (see H. Res. 814), H6428 [16NO]

——— prohibit funding to negotiate if such treaty restricts the right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 5846), H5860 [11SE]

Veterans: authorize military departments to provide an exception to standards for awarding the Purple Heart for World War II veterans whose service records are incomplete due to damage (see H.R. 6095), H5712 [2AU]

——— exempt health care programs from sequestration (see H.R. 3895), H1428 [20MR]

——— improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine (see H.R. 6107), H6578 [30NO]

Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC: support elimination of the ‘‘adult entertainment’’ section of the classified advertising website Backpage.com to terminate facilitation of online sex trafficking (see H. Res. 646), H2716 [15MY]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4271), H1847 [16AP]

Voting: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 5816), H3103 [17MY]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3001), H1741 [28MR]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 4965), H3363 [31MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Elvis Presley Day: designate (see H. Res. 818), H6469 [27NO]

Medicare: exempt certain hospice programs from the limitation applicable to payments for hospice care (see H.R. 6466), H6231 [20SE]

National Teacher Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 645), H2320 [7MY]

Tariff: chromate(4-), [7-amino-3-[(3-chloro-2-hydroxy-5-nitrophenyl)azo]-4-hydroxy-2-naphthalenesulfonato(3-)][6-amino-4-hydroxy-3-[(2-hydroxy 5-nitro-3-[(sulfophenyl)azo]-2-naphthalenesulfonato(4-)]-, tetrasodium (P 96-1335) (see H.R. 5146), H2270 [27AP]

——— ethanediamide, N-(2-ethoxyphenyl)-N’-(4-isodecylphenyl)- (see H.R. 5148), H2270 [27AP] (see H.R. 5327), H2316 [7MY]

——— 1,3-benzenedicarboxamide, N, N’-bis-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinyl)- (see H.R. 5152), H2270 [27AP]

——— 1-acetyl-4-(3-dodecyl-2,5-dioxo-1-pyrrolidinyl)-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine (see H.R. 5153), H2270 [27AP]

——— phosphorus trichloride with 1,1’-biphenyl and 2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)phenol reaction products (see H.R. 5147), H2270 [27AP]

——— pigment brown 25 (see H.R. 5149), H2270 [27AP]

——— pigment orange 62 (see H.R. 5150), H2270 [27AP]

——— reactive black 31 (see H.R. 5145), H2270 [27AP]

——— 3-dodecyl-1-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinyl)-2,5-pyrrolid inedione (see H.R. 5151), H2270 [27AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Medicare: exempt certain hospice programs from the limitation applicable to payments for hospice care (H.R. 6466), H6233 [20SE]

Tariff: chromate(4-), [7-amino-3-[(3-chloro-2-hydroxy-5-nitrophenyl)azo]-4-hydroxy-2-naphthalenesulfonato(3-)][6-amino-4-hydroxy-3-[(2-hydroxy 5-nitro-3-[(sulfophenyl)azo]-2-naphthalenesulfonato(4-)]-, tetrasodium (P 96-1335) (H.R. 5146), H2281 [27AP]

——— ethanediamide, N-(2-ethoxyphenyl)-N’-(4-isodecylphenyl)- (H.R. 5148), H2281 [27AP]

——— ethanediamide, N-(2-ethoxyphenyl)-N’-(4-isodecylphenyl)- (H.R. 5327), H2321 [7MY]

——— 1,3-benzenedicarboxamide, N, N’-bis-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinyl)- (H.R. 5152), H2281 [27AP]

——— 1-acetyl-4-(3-dodecyl-2,5-dioxo-1-pyrrolidinyl)-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine (H.R. 5153), H2281 [27AP]

——— phosphorus trichloride with 1,1’-biphenyl and 2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)phenol reaction products (H.R. 5147), H2281 [27AP]

——— pigment brown 25 (H.R. 5149), H2281 [27AP]

——— pigment orange 62 (H.R. 5150), H2281 [27AP]

——— reactive black 31 (H.R. 5145), H2281 [27AP]

——— 3-dodecyl-1-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinyl)-2,5-pyrrolid inedione (H.R. 5151), H2281 [27AP]

Remarks

Concord, NC: anniversary of Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast, E1335• [26JY]

——— anniversary of Concord Lions Club, E1451• [10SE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 5856), H4950 [18JY]

——— motorsports sponsorship funding, H4950 [18JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5855), H3536 [6JN]

FEMA: Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Response (SAFER) grants funding, H3536 [6JN]

FERC: transfer permitting approval authority over construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H3042 [17MY]

Gulf of Mexico: restore resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H3042 [17MY]

Norwood, NC: tribute to South Stanly High School boys’ baseball team, E981• [5JN]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H3042 [17MY]

Robeson County, NC: anniversary, E1513• [13SE]

Tributes

Auman, Allison, E2010• [30DE]

Autry, George R., Jr., E387• [20MR]

Bonner, Elizabeth, E2012• [30DE]

Davis, Alice, E2009• [30DE]

Deese, David, E2013• [30DE]

DiTraglia, Elena, E2012• [30DE]

Dugan, Sean, E2011• [30DE]

Ginis, Alexander, E2010• [30DE]

Hall, Jarrod, E2012• [30DE]

Henry, Hector, E1991• [21DE]

Honeycutt, Ashley, E2009• [30DE]

Irving, Paul, E2011• [30DE]

Kelley, Chris, E2013• [30DE]

Lambeth, Emma, E2012• [30DE]

Logelin, Joshua, E2011• [30DE]

Lozier, Georgia, E2012• [30DE]

MacLeod, Robert, E1941• [17DE]

Offenburg, Chaz, E2013• [30DE]

Pfister, Zach, E2010• [30DE]

Powell, Leanne, E2011• [30DE]

Purcell, William, E1956• [19DE]

Schuler, Christopher, E2012• [30DE]

Spaulding, Tony, E2010• [30DE]

Tann, Kevin, E2011• [30DE]

Thacker, Thomas, E2010• [30DE]