RAHALL, NICK J., II (a Representative from West Virginia)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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]

Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see H.R. 4807), H5072 [5JN]

——— 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), H6036 [9JY]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see H.R. 1726), H1481 [28JA]

——— provide for behavioral health treatment for developmental disabilities under TRICARE (see H.R. 4630), H4786 [21MY]

Bureau of Prisons: issue oleoresin capsicum spray (pepper spray) to officers and employees in Federal medium-security prisons and higher (see H.R. 4607), H5187 [9JN]

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), H5877 [8JY]

Children and youth: provide for identification and dissemination of best practices for medical professionals and other health care providers relative to neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 4888), H7189 [31JY]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4005), H1686 [6FE] (see H.R. 5769), H8225 [1DE]

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

Dept. of Defense: continue national security exemption from emissions regulations when an excess military vehicle is transferred to State or local firefighting agencies (see H.R. 5483), H7894 [18SE]

——— establish programs to track, retain, and analyze information relative to suicides involving Armed Forces Reserve components members and dependents of Armed Forces members (see H.R. 4504), H7979 [13NO]

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), H2696 [26MR]

——— improve college affordability by increasing maximum awards, allowing year-round eligibility, and extending duration limits relative to the Federal Pell Grant Program (see H.R. 4902), H5556 [19JN]

Dept. of Energy: authorize appropriations for fossil energy research and development programs (see H.R. 4553), H3407 [1MY]

Dept. of HHS: assist low-income individuals in obtaining recommended dental care (see H.R. 963), H3448 [6MY]

——— improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 4395), H4017 [8MY]

——— improve field emergency medical services (see H.R. 809), H3292 [29AP]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1252), H7388 [9SE]

——— provide grants for treatment of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, ecstasy, and PCP abuse (see H.R. 2130), H7434 [10SE]

Dept. of Labor: ensure that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner and protect miners from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) (see H.R. 5751), H8169 [20NO]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit closing or repurposing any propagation fish hatchery or aquatic species propagation program unless such action is expressly authorized by Congress (see H.R. 5026), H6656 [22JY]

Dept. of Transportation: allow advertisements and solicitations for passenger air transportation to state the base airfare of the transportation (see H.R. 4156), H2255 [6MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify which children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 3600), H2302 [11MR]

——— 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), H6108 [10JY] (see H.R. 5484), H7617 [16SE]

——— expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (see H.R. 897), H4060 [9MY]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters (see H.R. 4841), H5495 [18JN]

——— include the cost of applying to an institution of higher learning as part of the benefits provided under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 4793), H7619 [16SE]

——— provide additional points on competitive service entrance exam of preference eligible veterans applying for departmental positions (see H.R. 5023), H7189 [31JY]

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), H6297 [15JY]

Education: call on schools and State and local educational agencies to recognize that dyslexia has significant educational implications that must be addressed (see H. Res. 456), H5820 [26JN]

Endangered species: protect and conserve species and the lawful possession of certain ivory in the U.S. (see H.R. 5052), H6217 [14JY]

EPA: clarify authority to prohibit the specification of a defined area, or deny or restrict the use of a defined area for specification, as a disposal site (see H.R. 4854), H5362 [12JN]

——— nullify certain rules relative to carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing, new, or reconstructed fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (see H.R. 4813), H5185 [9JN]

——— 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), H6656 [22JY]

——— prohibit regulation of carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units under certain circumstances (see H.R. 4808), H5495 [18JN]

——— 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]

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

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), H2696 [26MR]

Financial institutions: clarify that prohibitions on investments in certain funds shall not be construed to require divestiture of certain collateralized debt obligations backed by trust-preferred securities (see H.R. 3819), H163 [10JA]

——— enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (see H.R. 1750), H3241 [28AP]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 2959), H21 [7JA]

——— provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the U.S. by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Depts. of State or Defense (see H.R. 2247), H72 [8JA]

——— update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 3335), H21 [7JA]

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

Horse Protection Act: provide increased protection for horses participating in shows, exhibitions, or sales (see H.R. 4098), H2000 [26FE]

Immigration: prevent expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and prohibit granting amnesty and work permits to illegal aliens (see H.R. 5160), H7190 [31JY]

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]

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), H3293 [29AP]

LIHEAP: revise formula for allocating funding to States (see H.R. 3860), H183 [13JA]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 16), H2066 [27FE]

Meals on Wheels Association of America: tribute (see H. Res. 526), H2744 [27MR]

Medicare: cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see H.R. 3662), H6107 [10JY]

——— 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), H1515 [31JA]

——— ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 4577), H7297 [8SE]

——— include information on the coverage of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity in the ‘‘Medicare and You Handbook’’ and coordinate programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2415), H4476 [19MY]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H5559 [19JN]

——— provide coverage of pulmonary self-management education and training services furnished by a qualified respiratory therapist in a physician practice (see H.R. 2619), H3199 [10AP]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 942), H4060 [9MY]

——— provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 794), H5023 [29MY]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 3991), H2149 [4MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (see H.R. 4015), H2258 [6MR]

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (see H. Res. 365), H1660 [5FE]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see H.R. 1010), H20 [7JA]

Mining and mineral resources: fund additional Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants for programs that provide hands-on mine safety skills training and certification in mine rescue and mine emergency response (see H.R. 4606), H4015 [8MY]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H1430 [27JA]

National Day of Prayer: observance (see H. Res. 547), H3409 [1MY]

National Police Week: designate (see H. Res. 578), H4064 [13MY]

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3867), H6297 [15JY]

NIH: reauthorize and extend Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers (see H.R. 594), H5186 [9JN]

——— submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H3409 [1MY]

Obama, President: condemn failure to notify Congress before releasing Taliban leaders detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and express concerns over their release and repercussions of negotiating with terrorists (see H. Res. 644), H5768 [25JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3979), H1545 [3FE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2575, 2988), H1881 [21FE]

——— repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 2835), H7297 [8SE]

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

Postal Service: take all appropriate measures to ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 711), H7298 [8SE]

Railroads: reauthorize Federal support for passenger rail programs (see H.R. 5449), H7454 [11SE]

Schools: clarify when certain academic assessments shall be administered (see H.R. 4172), H7979 [13NO]

Small business: suspend fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations (see H.R. 1321), H1659 [5FE]

Taxation: extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 3747), H1515 [31JA]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1659 [5FE]

——— extend the work opportunity tax credit for veterans (see H.R. 3395), H2991 [7AP]

——— increase alternative tax liability limitation for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 4647), H4476 [19MY]

——— increase the deduction allowed for student loan interest (see H.R. 1527), H3941 [7MY]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H1512 [29JA]

——— provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (see H.R. 1009), H1545 [3FE]

——— reduce the rate of tax on certain distilled spirits (see H.R. 4083), H6107 [10JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3824), H1432 [27JA]

Veterans: extend to all veterans with a serious service-connected injury eligibility to participate in the family caregiver services program (see H.R. 3383), H2748 [28MR]

——— provide for coordination between TRICARE and eligibility to make contributions to health savings accounts (see H.R. 4682), H5640 [23JN]

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]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: designate (see H. Res. 533), H2802 [1AP]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H6860 [25JY]

World War II: 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]

Motions

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), H6792 [24JY], H6847 [25JY]

National Environmental Policy Act: ensure application to the declaration of national monuments (H.R. 1459), H2681 [26MR]

Remarks

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), conference report, H7083 [30JY]

——— appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), motion to instruct conferees, H6792 [24JY], H6847, H6850 [25JY]

Barboursville, WV: tribute to Barboursville Intermediate Little League All-Stars baseball team, E1616• [18NO]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5769), H8302, H8305 [3DE]

Congress: provide for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution (H. Res. 676), consideration (H. Res. 694), H7063 [30JY]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), conference report, H4487, H4493 [20MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), E811• [22MY]

——— importance of maintaining strong National Guard and Reserves, H1236• [16JA]

Dept. of the Interior: incorporate surface mining stream buffer zone rule into State programs (H.R. 2824), H2625 [25MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: hiring of additional health care professionals funding, H6847, H6850 [25JY]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters, H6847, H6850 [25JY], H7083 [30JY]

EPA: prohibit imposing carbon dioxide emissions standards on fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units until carbon capture and storage is technologically and economically feasible (H.R. 2127), H4918 [29MY]

——— provide direction relative to establishment of emissions standards of greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (H.R. 3826), H2181 [5MR], H4918 [29MY]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H10304 [11DE]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (H.R. 850), H3439• [6MY]

Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system, H3439• [6MY]

——— independence anniversary, H3439• [6MY]

——— strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (H.R. 938), H3439• [6MY]

Logan, WV: Military Order of the Purple Heart Purple Heart City designee, E1105• [3JY]

Minimum wage: increase, H2681 [26MR]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (H.R. 1010), unanimous-consent request, H7063 [30JY]

National Commission on the Future of the Army: establish, E811• [22MY]

National Day of Prayer: observance, E622• [29AP]

National Environmental Policy Act: ensure application to the declaration of national monuments (H.R. 1459), motion to recommit, H2681 [26MR]

Prayer: constitutional amendment clarifying that the Constitution neither prohibits voluntary prayer nor requires prayer in schools (H.J. Res. 42), E622• [29AP]

Raleigh County, WV: anniversary of Upper Big Branch Mine disaster, E522• [4AP]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), H6249, H6253 [15JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), Senate amendment, H7173 [31JY]

Staff: tribute, E1828• [12DE]

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), H7315, H7320 [9SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, E1764 [9DE]

Tributes

Abbott, Mary C., E1354• [8SE]

Ballard, Jack D., E1650• [20NO]

Dingell, Representative, H8918 [9DE]

Farrell, Charlene, E785• [20MY]

Hechler, Kenneth W., E1492• [19SE]

Staton, David Michael, H3276 [29AP]