YARMUTH, JOHN A. (a Representative from Kentucky)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1084), H3198 [10AP]
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), H1770 [11FE]
Bankruptcy: make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 532), H2361 [12MR]
Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1869), H474 [15JA]
Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see H. Res. 461), H1241 [16JA]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer (see H.R. 5185), H8868 [8DE]
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), H6860 [25JY]
Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H2434 [13MR]
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), H5770 [25JN]
Conservation of energy: express that performance-based contracts for energy savings are a budget-neutral means to support reduced Government energy consumption while supporting jobs and economic development (see H. Res. 737), H7887 [18SE]
Copyrights: clarify definition of ‘‘widow’’ and ’’widower’’ to ensure protection for same-sex couples relative to passage of copyright rights to next of kin upon the death of a copyright holder (see H.R. 5617), H8072 [18NO]
Credit: establish a national usury rate for consumer credit transactions (see H.R. 5130), H7939 [12NO]
——— establish requirements for treatment of a private education loan upon the death or bankruptcy of a cosigner of the loans (see H.R. 4511), H4785 [21MY]
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), H183 [13JA]
——— establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (see H.R. 2996), H3242 [28AP]
Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H5187 [9JN]
——— authorize grant program to promote physical education, activity, fitness, and nutrition, and ensure healthy students (see H.R. 2178), H1719 [10FE]
Dept. of Energy: establish and carry out a comprehensive program to improve education and training for energy-related jobs to increase the number of minorities and women in the workforce (see H.R. 4526), H7676 [17SE]
Dept. of HHS: improve and enhance research and treatments of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer (see H.R. 2607), H1512 [29JA]
——— improve field emergency medical services (see H.R. 809), H2854 [2AP]
——— increase funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program for child care for families with infants or toddlers (see H.R. 5000), H5817 [26JN]
——— 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. 1339), H5399 [17JN]
Dept. of HUD: establish program enabling communities to address health, economic development, and conservation concerns through needed investments in parks, recreational areas, facilities, and programs (see H.R. 2424), H3242 [28AP]
——— support goals and ideals of Community Development Block Grant Program (see H. Res. 668), H7434 [10SE]
Dept. of Justice: improve the restitution process for child pornography victims by considering total losses, requiring timely restitution, and spreading costs among multiple defendants (see H.R. 4981), H5816 [26JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H6036 [9JY]
——— 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), H7996 [14NO]
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), H7996 [14NO]
Diseases: express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (see H. Res. 701), H7242 [1AU]
——— foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H3241 [28AP]
——— require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (see H.R. 1801), H7434 [10SE]
Drugs: exclude therapeutic hemp and cannabidiol from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 5226), H7434 [10SE]
——— reschedule marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act and allow for medicinal use of marijuana in accordance with State laws (see H.R. 689), H4476 [19MY]
Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 119), H6297 [15JY]
EPA: regulate wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy (see H.R. 2825), H5495 [18JN]
Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 4950), H5724 [24JN]
FDA: approve certain drugs and biological products for use in a limited population of patients to address increases in bacterial and fungal resistance to drugs and biological products (see H.R. 3742), H2611 [24MR]
——— 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]
FEC: establish and operate a website for the public to view the contents of political advertisements and require sponsors of advertisements to furnish such contents (see H.R. 648), H2746 [27MR]
FEMA: delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (see H.R. 3370), H20 [7JA]
Freedom Riders: award a Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of their unique contribution to civil rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel (see H.R. 4041), H5877 [8JY]
Health: create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 1666), H5249 [10JN]
Higher Education Act: establish requirements for preferred banking arrangements (see H.R. 4714), H4828 [22MY]
Immigrant Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 606), H5495 [18JN]
Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see H.R. 5051), H6035 [9JY]
Intelligence services: require Presidents’ annual budget submissions to include the total dollar amount requested for intelligence or intelligence-related activities of the Government (see H.R. 3855), H1545 [3FE]
Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 318), H6217 [14JY]
Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4166), H3058 [8AP]
Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1761), H3293 [29AP]
Medicare: modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1761), H3293 [29AP]
——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H7939 [12NO]
——— reduce incidence of diabetes among beneficiaries (see H.R. 962), H3292 [29AP]
Medicare/Medicaid: provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (see H.R. 1173), H1687 [6FE]
Mental health: maximize access of individuals with mental illness to community-based services and strengthen the impact of such services (see H.R. 4574), H4911 [28MY]
——— strengthen mental health infrastructure and firearm prohibitions for at-risk individuals, and improve reporting of mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 4783), H5063 [30MY]
Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see H.R. 1010), H1545 [3FE]
National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (see H. Res. 743), H7887 [18SE]
National Center for the Right to Counsel: establish (see H.R. 3407), H3242 [28AP]
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 577), H4016 [8MY]
National Mental Health No Stigma Week: designate (see H. Res. 572), H3446 [6MY]
National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 525), H3941 [7MY]
NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H3242 [28AP]
Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H3144 [9AP]
Political campaigns: reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors (see H.R. 20), H1657 [5FE]
Religion: condemn anti-Semitism and comparison of Israel to Nazis perpetrating the Holocaust and reject attempts to justify anti-Jewish hatred as an acceptable disapproval of political events in the Middle East (see H. Res. 707), H7297 [8SE]
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: ensure that recipients of assistance provide services to sexual and gender minority youth in a manner that is culturally competent (see H.R. 2955), H3242 [28AP]
Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3465), H6746 [23JY]
Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 between 1982 and 1992 (see H.R. 155), H2696 [26MR]
——— extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5364), H8171 [20NO]
——— provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1698), H6746 [23JY]
SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 3712), H1545 [3FE]
Summitt, Pat: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3836), H7979 [13NO]
Taxation: extend the work opportunity tax credit for veterans (see H.R. 3395), H4061 [9MY]
——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H3199 [10AP]
——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H6217 [14JY]
——— provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see H.R. 2737), H8171 [20NO]
Travel Promotion Act: extend (see H.R. 4450), H5495 [18JN]
Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3824), H474 [15JA] (see H.R. 4415), H3144 [9AP]
Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H1512 [29JA]
Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 3899), H5769 [25JN]
Women: ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see H.R. 1975), H7388 [9SE]
——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 113), H2744 [27MR]
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), H1515 [31JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Alcoholic beverages: anniversary of congressional declaration of bourbon whiskey as a distinctive product of the U.S. (see H. Res. 579), H4059 [9MY]
Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 107), H1241 [16JA]
Constitutional authority statements
Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (H.J. Res. 107), H1242 [16JA]
Remarks
Budget: allocation of funds, H6756 [24JY]
——— increase transparency in Federal budgeting (H.R. 1872), H2971, H2972, H2973 [7AP]
——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2015–2024 (H. Con. Res. 96), H3066, H3074 [9AP]
Congress: results of First Tee Congressional Challenge golf tournament, H5203 [10JN]
Dept. of the Interior: incorporate surface mining stream buffer zone rule into State programs (H.R. 2824), H2624 [25MR]
Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (H.J. Res. 119), H7405 [10SE]
EPA: promote new manufacturing by providing for greater transparency and timeliness in issuing air quality standards necessary to obtain preconstruction permits (H.R. 4795), H8137, H8139 [20NO]
Firearms: gun control, H62 [8JA], H5258 [11JN]
Iran: interim agreement allowing possession of nuclear enrichment and reprocessing capabilities and enhancement of nuclear technical capabilities, H242 [15JA]
Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, H34 [8JA]
Kentucky: implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H4926 [29MY]
Louisville, KY: tribute to Butler High School girls’ basketball team, H2860 [3AP]
Minimum wage: increase, H2657 [26MR]
Mining and mineral resources: place a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Dept. of HHS (H.R. 526), H2624 [25MR]
NIH: funding, H3066 [9AP]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: authorize health insurance issuers to offer current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3522), consideration (H. Res. 717), H7405 [10SE]
——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H7057 [30JY]
Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), H6228 [15JY]
Schools: frequency of school shootings, H5258 [11JN]
Taxation: improve the child tax credit (H.R. 4935), H6756 [24JY]
Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H4484 [20MY]
Votes: correction, E189• [10FE]
——— position on missed, E1425• [16SE]
Tributes
Giffords, Gabrielle, H62 [8JA]
McCall, Michael B., E1793• [10DE]
Waxman, Representative, H8139 [20NO]