PETERSON, COLLIN C. (a Representative from Minnesota)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 7), H473 [15JA]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 1091), H1719 [10FE]

American Motorcyclist Association: anniversary (see H. Res. 650), H5820 [26JN]

American Revolution: award a Congressional Gold Medal to the First Rhode Island Regiment in recognition of their dedicated service during the Revolutionary War (see H.R. 4045), H2991 [7AP]

Arlington National Cemetery: provide a site for a memorial marker to honor the memory of Army 24th Infantry Division members who received the Medal of Honor (see H. Con. Res. 37), H2099 [28FE]

Armed Forces: afford each member of a Reserve component with the opportunity for a physical examination before separation from the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2841), H2696 [26MR]

——— authorize the award of a military service medal to members exposed to ionizing radiation as a result of participation in testing nuclear weapons or other circumstances (see H.R. 4778), H6400 [17JY]

Aviation: ensure any requirement providing for screening, testing, or treatment of an airman or air traffic controller for a sleep disorder is adopted pursuant to a rulemaking proceeding (see H.R. 3578), H21 [7JA]

Budget: clarify that the standard setting body designated pursuant to the Securities Act, Securities Investor Protection Corp., and Public Accounting Oversight Board funding is not subject to the sequester (see H.R. 4270), H2484 [14MR]

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: reform the Border Patrol agent pay schedule (see H.R. 3463), H2302 [11MR]

Burma: call for an end to the persecution of the Rohingya people and respect of internationally recognized human rights for all ethnic and religious minority groups (see H. Res. 418), H2435 [13MR]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: adjust the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in order to avoid disproportionate penalties for hospitals treating vulnerable populations (see H.R. 4188), H3242 [28AP]

CFTC: reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (see H.R. 4413), H2990 [7AP]

Children and youth: bolster U.S. diplomacy and assistance aimed at ensuring children have permanent, safe, nurturing, and loving families and strengthen intercountry adoption to the U.S. and around the world (see H.R. 4143), H3144 [9AP]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H2148 [4MR]

Conservation of natural resources: support voluntary, incentive-based, private land conservation in order to sustain natural resources to meet the needs of a growing population (see H. Con. Res. 95), H3365 [30AP]

Copyrights: provide for the payment of royalties for the performance of sound recordings fixed before a certain date (see H.R. 4772), H5770 [25JN]

Courts: clarify liability protections regarding emergency use of automated external defibrillators (see H.R. 2135), H3242 [28AP]

CPSC: require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (see H.R. 4864), H5363 [12JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: consult with Indian tribes to make grants and enter into agreements with eligible entities to conduct research and education and training programs to protect and preserve Native American seeds (see H.R. 3782), H2746 [27MR]

——— publish a strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in National Forest System trail maintenance (see H.R. 4886), H7129 [30JY]

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. 1563), H7939 [12NO]

Dept. of Defense: provide certain members of Reserve components of the Armed Forces who are victims of sex-related offenses with access to a special victims’ counsel (see H.R. 4863), H5824 [30JN]

Dept. of Education: improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 822), H2148 [4MR]

Dept. of HHS: assist low-income individuals in obtaining recommended dental care (see H.R. 963), H3241 [28AP]

——— authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (see H.R. 274), H4016 [8MY]

——— establish a grant program to recruit, train, deploy, and professionally support psychiatric physicians in Indian health programs (see H.R. 2037), H3242 [28AP]

——— expand the definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, radioactive, and other extrinsic agents (see H.R. 3548), H4017 [8MY]

——— limit copayment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the amount applicable to drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier (see H.R. 460), H6860 [25JY]

——— reauthorize and modernize the Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 3854), H3242 [28AP]

——— reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (see H.R. 4631), H4786 [21MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: make U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services EB–5 regional center program permanent (see H.R. 4659), H5250 [10JN]

Dept. of HUD: support goals and ideals of Community Development Block Grant Program (see H. Res. 668), H6978 [28JY]

Dept. of Transportation: allow advertisements and solicitations for passenger air transportation to state the base airfare of the transportation (see H.R. 4156), H2697 [26MR]

——— establish a pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure credit assistance pilot program (see H.R. 3978), H2697 [26MR]

——— establish and implement a fatigue management plan for railroads (see H.R. 4576), H6746 [23JY]

——— improve the Highway Safety Improvement Program (see H.R. 4336), H2915 [3AP]

——— modify final rule relative to flightcrew member duty and rest requirements for passenger operations of air carriers to apply to all-cargo operations (see H.R. 182), H2802 [1AP]

——— set separate performance measures for motorized and non-motorized safety and allow States to set their own safety targets and to choose the best methods to meet them (see H.R. 3494), H2803 [1AP]

——— temporarily waive certain vehicle weight limits for covered logging vehicles (see H.R. 4115), H2065 [27FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out pilot program to reduce shortage of psychiatrists in Veterans Health Administration by offering competitive employment incentives to certain psychiatrists (see H.R. 4234), H5725 [24JN]

——— clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H1592 [4FE]

——— establish a national center for diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service (see H.R. 4816), H6816 [24JY]

——— establish a task force on Agent Orange exposure (see H.R. 4408), H6107 [10JY]

——— 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. 958), H5725 [24JN]

——— improve authority to hire psychiatrists (see H.R. 2540), H6137 [11JY]

——— provide certain disabled veterans beneficiary travel program coverage for travel for certain special disabilities rehabilitation (see H.R. 1284), H6107 [10JY]

——— provide unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war (see H.R. 1725), H6137 [11JY]

——— require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see H.R. 921), H3292 [29AP]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs, review discharge or separation of certain individuals, and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (see H.R. 5059), H7129 [30JY]

Diseases: foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H7979 [13NO]

——— mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 3680), H5249 [10JN]

——— provide for scientific framework relative to vector-borne diseases (see H.R. 4701), H4783 [21MY]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 119), H6353 [16JY]

Endangered species: protect and conserve species and the lawful possession of certain ivory in the U.S. (see H.R. 5052), H6353 [16JY] (see H.R. 5886), H9303 [11DE]

EPA: assist municipalities and regional sewer authorities that would experience a significant hardship raising revenue for projects and activities for construction of wastewater treatment works (see H.R. 3862), H3941 [7MY]

——— preserve existing rights and responsibilities relative to non-prohibited discharges of dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 5071), H6106 [10JY]

——— provide direction relative to establishment of emissions standards of greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (see H.R. 3826), H134 [9JA]

——— set reasonable limits on stringency and timing of proposed regulations for new residential wood heaters, forced-air furnaces, and residential masonry heaters (see H.R. 4407), H3243 [28AP]

Equal Access to Justice Act: require Federal agencies to report payments made due to court cases to which the U.S. is a party and the Administrative Conference of the U.S. to compile and publish such data (see H.R. 2919), H2434 [13MR]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 4950), H5724 [24JN]

FDA: ensure that certain facilities continue to be treated as alcohol-related facilities, notwithstanding the distribution of spent grains resulting from the production of alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 4430), H3293 [29AP]

Federal agencies and departments: call for adoption and use of accrual basis accounting principles for budgeting, financial reporting, and performance measures (see H. Res. 545), H3144 [9AP]

Federal firefighters: provide that hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for overtime pay (see H.R. 1141), H3058 [8AP]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H7676 [17SE]

——— improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 1553), H4685 [20MY]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 2959), H4785 [21MY]

——— update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 3335), H1777 [14FE]

Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 3992), H2002 [26FE]

FTC: revise regulations relative to definitions for funeral industry practices (see H.R. 4213), H2435 [13MR]

GAO: make permanent the requirement for annual reports on reviews of the accuracy of Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical budget submissions (see H.R. 806), H6107 [10JY]

Hamas (terrorist organization): condemn use of civilians as human shields, recognize breaches of international law, support Israel’s right of self-defense, and support Palestinians who reject terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 107), H7041 [29JY]

Health: extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see H.R. 2957), H3293 [29AP]

——— promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (see H.R. 3116), H5399 [17JN]

——— provide for coverage of medically necessary food under Federal health programs (see H.R. 3665), H3242 [28AP]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H5023 [29MY]

Immigration: treat all unaccompanied alien children crossing the U.S. Southern border equally, allow for voluntary reunification with family, and expedite due process for claims to remain in the U.S. (see H.R. 5114), H6860 [25JY]

Iran: ensure the emergency protection of Iranian dissidents living in Camp Liberty/Hurriya and to provide for their admission as refugees to the U.S. (see H.R. 3707), H2002 [26FE]

Israel: reaffirm support for right to defend itself against rocket attacks from Hamas (terrorist organization) and condemn and call for an end to such attacks (see H. Res. 657), H6037 [9JY]

——— strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H2148 [4MR]

James L. Oberstar Memorial Highway: designate (see H.R. 4926), H5597 [20JN]

James L. Oberstar Memorial Post Office, Chisholm, MN: designate (see H.R. 4927), H5725 [24JN]

James L. Oberstar National Scenic Byway: designate (see H.R. 4926), H5597 [20JN]

James L. Oberstar U.S. Dept. of Transportation Building Complex, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 4644), H4058 [9MY]

Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4166), H3058 [8AP]

Mayo Clinic: anniversary (see H. Res. 534), H2802 [1AP]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1761), H7979 [13NO]

Medicare: delay enforcement of two-midnight rule for short inpatient hospital stays until the implementation of a new payment methodology for short inpatient hospital stays (see H.R. 3698), H1659 [5FE]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 1180), H3364 [30AP] (see H.R. 1201), H5824 [30JN]

——— ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 4577), H6977 [28JY]

——— improve audit effectiveness and efficiency in paying for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 5083), H7893 [18SE]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 2500), H4017 [8MY]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1761), H7979 [13NO]

——— permit certain providers licensed in a State to provide telemedicine services to certain beneficiaries in a different State (see H.R. 3077), H4017 [8MY]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3877), H3242 [28AP]

——— provide coverage of certified adult day care services (see H.R. 3334), H3242 [28AP]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H3242 [28AP]

——— provide entitlement to immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients (see H.R. 1428), H3241 [28AP]

——— provide for coverage of home as a site of care for infusion therapy (see H.R. 5435), H7433 [10SE]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 3991), H3293 [29AP]

——— require State licensure and performance guarantees for entities submitting bids under the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 4920), H7893 [18SE]

——— require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1102), H9304 [11DE]

——— strengthen and protect hospice programs (see H.R. 2302), H3365 [30AP]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1070), H3241 [28AP]

Multiple System Atrophy Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 518), H3294 [29AP]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H1545 [3FE]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 577), H4016 [8MY]

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H3242 [28AP]

North Country National Scenic Trail: revise route to extend trail into Vermont to connect with Appalachian National Scenic Trail (see H.R. 4736), H4829 [22MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employees’ dependents access to tax credits if the cost of family coverage through the employer is greater than a certain percentage of household income (see H.R. 4865), H5363 [12JN]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2575), H1719 [10FE]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 763), H9045 [10DE]

——— 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. 2453), H5024 [29MY]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see H.R. 5213), H7619 [16SE]

Pensions: provide an election for funding parity for charity-sponsored pensions (see H.R. 2134), H1659 [5FE]

Pope Francis: congratulate on election and recognize inspirational statements and actions (see H. Res. 440), H136 [9JA]

Railroads: require a minimum of 2-person crews for freight trains (see H.R. 3040), H135 [9JA]

Regulatory Improvement Commission: establish (see H.R. 4646), H5725 [24JN]

Renewable energy: establish a competitive grant program for renewable fuel infrastructure (see H.R. 4051), H1939 [25FE]

Smith-Lever Act: observe anniversary and recognize role in establishing Cooperative Extension system providing agricultural education through land-grant universities (see H. Con. Res. 86), H1937 [25FE]

SSA: require the President to transmit the annual budget without revisions to Congress (see H.R. 3997), H2066 [27FE]

Sudan: condemn charge of apostasy and death sentence of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag and encourage U.S. efforts to support religious freedom (see H. Res. 601), H5365 [12JN]

Tariff: increase and adjust for inflation the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (see H.R. 1020), H5364 [12JN]

Taxation: allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see H.R. 1620), H6137 [11JY]

——— allow the work opportunity credit for hiring veterans or Ready Reserve or National Guard members, make such credit permanent, and expand and make permanent the employer wage credit for active duty servicemen (see H.R. 3649), H5725 [24JN]

——— broaden special rules for certain governmental health reimbursement arrangements to include plans established by political subdivisions (see H.R. 4567), H7434 [10SE]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 4837), H7434 [10SE]

——— extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 3747), H2611 [24MR]

——— increase the deduction allowed for student loan interest (see H.R. 1527), H4685 [20MY]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H8931 [9DE]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 4365), H4785 [21MY]

——— provide a credit for costs of certain infertility treatments (see H.R. 1851), H6036 [9JY]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1449), H3409 [1MY]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 5438), H7433 [10SE]

Telephones: improve service in rural areas and express that no entity may unreasonably discriminate against telephone users in those areas (see H. Res. 536), H7894 [18SE]

Terrorism: declassify the classified pages of the Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001 (see H. Res. 428), H7894 [18SE]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (see H.R. 4450), H3195 [10AP]

Truth in Lending Act: provide that residential mortgage loans held on portfolio qualify as qualified mortgages relative to the presumption of ability to repay requirements (see H.R. 2673), H7455 [11SE]

U.S. Access Board: develop accessibility guidelines for electronic instructional materials and related information technologies in institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3505), H3242 [28AP]

Veterans: extend to all veterans with a serious service-connected injury eligibility to participate in the family caregiver services program (see H.R. 3383), H6107 [10JY]

——— improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine (see H.R. 2001), H5725 [24JN]

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. 5078), H6135 [11JY]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 56), H73 [8JA]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 113), H2744 [27MR]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H6217 [14JY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (see H.R. 3544), H7189 [31JY]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to Monuments Men in recognition of their role in preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works of art, and articles of cultural importance (see H.R. 3658), H2362 [12MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: resume processing adoption cases and issuance of exit permits for adopted Congolese children seeking to depart the country with their adoptive parents (see H. Res. 588), H4475 [19MY]

Taxation: modify and extend special expensing rules for certain film, television, and theatrical productions (see H.R. 5497), H7617 [16SE]

Constitutional authority statements

Taxation: modify and extend special expensing rules for certain film, television, and theatrical productions (H.R. 5497), H7618 [16SE]

Lists

Committee on Agriculture (House) Democratic staff, H1486 [29JA]

Remarks

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), conference report, H1485, H1496 [29JA]

CFTC: exempt registered investment companies (RICs) from duplicative registration and regulatory requirements when such companies are currently registered with and regulated by the SEC, H5637 [23JN]

——— reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 4413), H5613, H5623, H5636, H5637 [23JN]

——— specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions (H.R. 5471), H8243 [2DE]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: resume processing adoption cases and issuance of exit permits for adopted Congolese children seeking to depart the country with their adoptive parents (H. Res. 588), H5840 [8JY]

GAO: study and publish report on efficiencies in CFTC leasing and rental costs, H5636 [23JN]

James L. Oberstar Memorial Highway: designate (H.R. 4926), H8846 [8DE]

James L. Oberstar National Scenic Byway: designate (H.R. 4926), H8846 [8DE]

Kilian, Eric: Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association Police Officer of the Year award recipient, E1289• [31JY]

Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (H.R. 935), H7104 [30JY]

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom: reauthorize (H.R. 4653), H5837, H5838 [8JY]

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 (H.R. 5078), H7317 [9SE]

Tributes

Frenzel, Bill, H8126• [19NO]

Oberstar, James L., E779• [20MY]

Slayton, Cherie, E1833• [12DE]