ROSS, MIKE (a Representative from Arkansas)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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), H727 [14FE]

Armed Forces: award Purple Heart to members killed or wounded in terrorist attacks perpetrated within the U.S. (see H.R. 5144), H2270 [27AP]

——— provide equity between regular and Reserve component members in the computation of disability retired pay for members wounded in action (see H.R. 4177), H1847 [16AP]

Bureau of Prisons: establish an Oleoresin Capsicum Spray Pilot Program (see H.R. 1175), H1807 [29MR]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1519), H3404 [1JN]

Commodity Exchange Act: clarify definition of swap dealer (see H.R. 3527), H115 [23JA]

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

Dept. of Commerce: produce, with other relevant agencies, a report on enhancing the competitiveness of the U.S. in attracting foreign direct investments (see H.R. 5910), H3977 [21JN]

Dept. of HHS: assist low-income individuals in obtaining recommended dental care (see H.R. 4091), H2569 [9MY]

——— clarify standards relative to suspension, revocation, and limitation of laboratory certification (see H.R. 6118), H4863 [12JY]

——— establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see H.R. 2595), H1273 [7MR]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 6155), H6152 [19SE]

——— provide cardiomyopathy education, awareness, and risk assessment materials and resources and disseminate such materials by State educational agencies to identify more at-risk families (see H.R. 3625), H5766 [10SE]

——— provide grants for treatment of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, ecstasy, and PCP abuse (see H.R. 5711), H2644 [10MY]

——— provide States with incentives to require elementary and secondary schools to maintain, and permit school personnel to administer, epinephrine (see H.R. 3627), H945 [17FE]

——— reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 2679), H115 [23JA]

Dept. of Justice: provide grants to assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in rapid recovery of missing individuals (see H.R. 4305), H2570 [9MY]

——— revise certain accessibility regulations for the disabled relative to pools at public accommodations or provided by public entities (see H.R. 4256), H1570 [26MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), H2211 [26AP]

——— inter in national cemeteries individuals who supported the U.S. in Laos during the Vietnamese Conflict era (see H.R. 3192), H159 [24JA]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: expedite forest management projects relative to hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, and economic development (see H.R. 5744), H2712 [15MY]

Diseases: expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see H.R. 1672), H441 [2FE]

——— improve diagnosis and treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (see H.R. 2123), H3661 [7JN]

——— raise awareness, improve education, and encourage research and treatment of psychosocial needs of children, adolescents, and young adults diagnosed with a childhood cancer and their families (see H. Res. 262), H1018 [28FE]

EPA: allow for the distribution, sale, and consumption of remaining inventories of over-the-counter chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) epinephrine inhalers (see H.R. 6190), H5290 [25JY]

——— amend guidelines governing the handling of lead-based paint during remodeling or renovation activities (see H.R. 5911), H3734 [18JN]

——— amend the renewable fuel program to allow domestic alternative fuel to be used to satisfy a portion of the required applicable volume of renewable fuel (see H.R. 3773), H697 [13FE]

FDA: improve the safety of Internet pharmacies (see H.R. 4095), H1016 [28FE]

——— provide incentives for the development of qualified infectious disease products (see H.R. 2182), H2329 [7MY]

Federal agencies and departments: intensify efforts to identify, prevent, and recover payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse within Federal spending (see H.R. 4053), H900 [16FE]

Financial institutions: limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (see H.R. 4367), H3164 [18MY]

Fish and fishing: ensure continuation of successful fisheries mitigation programs (see H.R. 5931), H4656 [29JN]

Food industry: improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants, similar retail food establishments, and vending machines (see H.R. 6174), H5200 [24JY]

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

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 460), H28 [17JA]

Government: require procurement from the private sector the goods and services necessary for operations and management of certain Government agencies (see H.R. 1474), H1017 [28FE]

Health: create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 6157), H6152 [19SE]

——— reauthorize certain programs for individuals with traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 4238), H2329 [7MY]

House Rules: prevent creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs (see H. Res. 623), H2072 [24AP]

Housing Act: revise requirements for areas to be considered rural areas (see H.R. 273), H6318 [26OC]

Insurance: require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child’s congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 1955), H376 [1FE]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H115 [23JA]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 3364), H1428 [20MR]

——— require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 1219), H1846 [16AP]

Medicare: extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see H.R. 5943), H4065 [26JN]

——— extended coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions (see H.R. 2969), H945 [17FE]

——— improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see H.R. 2020), H903 [16FE]

——— improve diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema and reduce costs relative to treatment of complications of lymphedema (see H.R. 2499), H3733 [18JN]

——— preserve access to ambulance services (see H.R. 1005), H1571 [26MR]

——— protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see H.R. 3859), H513 [6FE]

——— provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education and conduct research to improve cancer symptom management (see H.R. 3790), H1306 [8MR]

——— 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), H1497 [21MR]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program to further fair audits of and payments to pharmacies (see H.R. 4215), H1808 [29MR]

——— repeal certain changes to contracts with Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (see H.R. 5942), H3699 [8JN]

——— strengthen and protect hospice programs (see H.R. 3506), H1807 [29MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: curb waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 3399), H1017 [28FE]

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), H476 [3FE]

Migratory Bird Treaty Act: provide certain exemptions relative to taking of migratory game birds (see H.R. 6665), H6806 [13DE]

National FFA Organization: mint coins in commemoration of founding (see H.R. 2418), H28 [17JA]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1101 [29FE]

Nicky ‘Nick’ Daniel Bacon Post Office, Rose Bud, AR: designate (see H.R. 3870), H374 [1FE]

North American Wetlands Conservation Act: extend authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects (see H.R. 1960), H726 [14FE]

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), H1543 [22MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 452), H1153 [5MR]

Postal Service: recalculate and restore retirement annuities, eliminate requirement to pre-fund health benefits fund, restrict facility closures, and create incentives to maintain levels of service (see H.R. 3591), H3662 [7JN]

Power resources: streamline criteria for storage and dispensing of fuels, provide liability protection for fuel retailers, and ensure retailers’ equipment is safe and compatible to sell new fuels (see H.R. 4345), H1811 [30MR]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 4104), H2569 [9MY]

Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program: improve (see H.R. 4018), H1916 [17AP]

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

Sidney ‘Sid’ Sanders McMath Post Office Building, Little Rock, AR: designate (see H.R. 3869), H374 [1FE]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (see H.R. 3606), H513 [6FE]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see H.R. 4089), H965 [27FE]

Taxation: encourage greater use of propane as a transportation fuel (see H.R. 2014), H79 [18JA]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H3267 [30MY]

——— extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 3307), H1391 [19MR]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 4202), H2813 [16MY]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness and provide exclusions from income for certain payments under the National Mortgage Settlement (see H.R. 4290), H2212 [26AP]

——— extend the research credit and increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (see H.R. 942), H4656 [29JN]

——— make permanent the individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends (see H.R. 3091), H3267 [30MY]

——— permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see H.R. 1265), H3700 [8JN]

——— provide a business tax credit for resilient construction (see H.R. 5839), H6298 [28SE]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 436), H2569 [9MY] (see H.R. 5906), H3660 [7JN]

Veterans: issue a Victory for Veterans stamp (see H.R. 6121), H4863 [12JY]

——— provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (see H.R. 4124), H1572 [26MR]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: clarify provisions relative to regulation of municipal advisors (see H.R. 2827), H1428 [20MR]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 3526), H512 [6FE]

Year of the Girl: designate (see H. Res. 460), H28 [17JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Tariff: allyl bromide (see H.R. 4792), H2126 [25AP]

——— bifenazate (see H.R. 4773), H2125 [25AP]

——— bis(2,3-dibromopropyl ether) of tetrabromobisphenol A (see H.R. 4787), H2126 [25AP]

——— butralin (see H.R. 4786), H2126 [25AP]

——— daminozide (see H.R. 4784), H2126 [25AP]

——— etridiazole (see H.R. 4789), H2126 [25AP]

——— 4,4’-butylidenebis [3-methyl 6 tert butylphenol] (see H.R. 4781), H2126 [25AP]

——— 4,4’-methylenebis(2-chloroaniline) (see H.R. 4791), H2126 [25AP]

——— 4,4’-thiobis[2-(1,1-di-methylethyl)-5-methyl-phenol] (see H.R. 4777), H2126 [25AP]

——— ipconazole (see H.R. 4783), H2126 [25AP]

——— magnesium hydroxide (see H.R. 4794), H2126 [25AP]

——— N,N-hexane-1,6-diylbis(3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-phenylpropionamide)) (see H.R. 4778), H2126 [25AP]

——— 1,3-dibromo-5-dimethylhydantoin (see H.R. 4793), H2126 [25AP]

——— paraquat dichloride (see H.R. 4774), H2125 [25AP]

——— paraquat dichloride and inerts (see H.R. 4785), H2126 [25AP]

——— pentaerythritol tetrakis[3-(dodecylthio)propionate] (see H.R. 4776), H2126 [25AP]

——— phosphoric acid, tris (2-ethylhexyl) ester (see H.R. 4788), H2126 [25AP]

——— propargite (see H.R. 4775), H2126 [25AP]

——— 2,5-bis(1,1-dimethylpropyl)-1,4-benzenediol (see H.R. 4779), H2126 [25AP]

——— 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinone (see H.R. 4790), H2126 [25AP]

——— 2,2’-methylenebis (4 methyl 6 tert butylphenol) (see H.R. 4782), H2126 [25AP]

——— 2,2’-(2-methylpropylidene) bis(4,6-dimethylphenol) (see H.R. 4780), H2126 [25AP]

——— urea resins (see H.R. 4795), H2126 [25AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Tariff: allyl bromide (H.R. 4792), H2133 [25AP]

——— bifenazate (H.R. 4773), H2132 [25AP]

——— bis(2,3-dibromopropyl ether) of tetrabromobisphenol A (H.R. 4787), H2133 [25AP]

——— butralin (H.R. 4786), H2133 [25AP]

——— daminozide (H.R. 4784), H2133 [25AP]

——— etridiazole (H.R. 4789), H2133 [25AP]

——— 4,4’-butylidenebis [3-methyl 6 tert butylphenol] (H.R. 4781), H2132 [25AP]

——— 4,4’-methylenebis(2-chloroaniline) (H.R. 4791), H2133 [25AP]

——— 4,4’-thiobis[2-(1,1-di-methylethyl)-5-methyl-phenol] (H.R. 4777), H2132 [25AP]

——— ipconazole (H.R. 4783), H2133 [25AP]

——— magnesium hydroxide (H.R. 4794), H2133 [25AP]

——— N,N-hexane-1,6-diylbis(3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-phenylpropionamide)) (H.R. 4778), H2132 [25AP]

——— 1,3-dibromo-5-dimethylhydantoin (H.R. 4793), H2133 [25AP]

——— paraquat dichloride and inerts (H.R. 4785), H2133 [25AP]

——— paraquat dichloride (H.R. 4774), H2132 [25AP]

——— pentaerythritol tetrakis[3-(dodecylthio)propionate] (H.R. 4776), H2132 [25AP]

——— phosphoric acid, tris (2-ethylhexyl) ester (H.R. 4788), H2133 [25AP]

——— propargite (H.R. 4775), H2132 [25AP]

——— 2,5-bis(1,1-dimethylpropyl)-1,4-benzenediol (H.R. 4779), H2132 [25AP]

——— 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinone (H.R. 4790), H2133 [25AP]

——— 2,2’-methylenebis (4 methyl 6 tert butylphenol) (H.R. 4782), H2132 [25AP]

——— 2,2’-(2-methylpropylidene) bis(4,6-dimethylphenol) (H.R. 4780), H2132 [25AP]

——— urea resins (H.R. 4795), H2133 [25AP]

Remarks

Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus: tribute to annual Trap, Skeet, and Sporting Clay Competition, H3034 [17MY]

FTC: approval of merger between Express Scripts, Inc., and Medco, E704• [7MY]

National Association of Chain Drug Stores: observance of RxIMPACT Day, E381• [19MR]

Votes: position on missed, H6024• [14SE], E1657• [25SE]

Tributes

Childs, Gregory L., E1016• [7JN]

Fry, Edward D., II, E34• [18JA]

Owens, Corey C., E1109• [21JN]

Shea, Thomas M. (Ken), E1873• [4DE]

Wise, Benjamin, E67• [24JA]