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HR 5852 — To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that spouses and widows or widowers of certain veterans and members of the armed forces receive preference with respect to employment in the competitive service, and for other purposes.

HR 5718 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to revise the new market tax credit rules for population census tracts with low populations.

HR 5637 — To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain golf bags.

HR 4053 — Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012

HR 3566 — Fairness in Foreclosures Act of 2011

HR 3519 — To amend to exempt the Medicare program from fallback sequestration under the Budget Control Act of 2011.

HR 3405 — Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support Act

HR 3367 — Disabled Public Safety Officers Fairness Act of 2011

HR 3071 — Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2011

HR 2785 — Athletic Trainers' Equal Access to Medicare Act of 2011

HR 2410 — College Debt Swap Act of 2011

HR 2159 — PROSTATE Act

HR 1449 — Motor Vehicle Owners Right to Repair Act of 2011

HR 1361 — Restroom Gender Parity in Federal Buildings Act

HR 1106 — Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act

HR 683 — Urban Jobs Act of 2011

HRES 235 — Recognizing April 23 as National Sovereignty and Children's Day in Turkey.

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HR 5214 — To designate the United States courthouse located at 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York, as the "Hugh L. Carey United States Courthouse".

HR 5215 — To designate the United States bankruptcy courthouse located at 271 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York, as the "Conrad Duberstein United States Bankruptcy Courthouse".

HR 5190 — Comprehensive Immigration Reform Commission Act of 2006

HR 4451 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make residents of Puerto Rico eligible for the refundable portion of the child tax credit.

HR 1677 — For the relief of Kuan He Wu.

HR 1209 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1915 Fulton Street in Brooklyn, New York, as the "Congresswoman Shirley A. Chisholm Post Office Building".

HR 872 — Improving Access to Nurse-Midwifery Care Act of 2005

HR 287 — Legal Immigrant Health Restoration Act of 2005

HR 288 — Civil Rights Amendments Act of 2005

HR 286 — Medicaid Obesity Treatment Act of 2005

HR 238 — Educational Empowerment Act

HR 234 — To amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses.

HR 237 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the exemption from income tax for social clubs found to be practicing prohibited discrimination.

HR 236 — To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban toys which in size, shape, or overall appearance resemble real handguns.

HRES 893 — Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any reauthorization of the Ryan White CARE Act of 1990 should not impose catastrophic losses in funding for States with the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS, and for other purposes.

HCONRES 266 — Expressing the sense of Congress that Cote d'Ivoire be encouraged and supported by the United States in its efforts to hold democratic elections in the very near future.

HCONRES 13 — Expressing the sense of the Congress that Harriet Tubman should have been paid a pension for her service as a nurse and scout in the United States Army during the Civil War.

HR 6389 — PROSTATE Act

HR 6267 — Complete the Networx Telecommunications Transition Act

HR 6086 — To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide for certain disclosures under section 552 of title 5, United States Code, (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), and for other purposes.

HR 5983 — Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act of 2010

HR 5941 — Anti-Redlining and Anti-Mortgage Fraud Act of 2010

HR 5930 — Consumer Protection in Airline Ticket Validity Act of 2010

HR 5815 — Inspector General Authority Improvement Act of 2010

HR 5740 — To provide for the mandatory recall of adulterated or misbranded drugs.

HR 5708 — Urban Jobs Act of 2010

HR 4869 — Restroom Gender Parity in Federal Buildings Act

HR 4828 — Housing Nondiscrimination Act of 2010

HR 4098 — Secure Federal File Sharing Act

HR 3718 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make residents of Puerto Rico eligible for the refundable portion of the child tax credit.

HR 3686 — To authorize appropriations for the Federal Trade Commission for certain international technical assistance activities.

HR 2646 — Government Accountability Office Improvement Act of 2010

HR 2182 — Enhanced Oversight of State and Local Economic Recovery Act

HR 2057 — Motor Vehicle Owners Right to Repair Act of 2009

HR 1804 — Federal Retirement Reform Act of 2009

HR 1361 — Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support Act

HR 1326 — Great Ape Protection Act of 2009

HR 1137 — Athletic Trainers' Equal Access to Medicare Act of 2009

HR 1101 — Midwifery Care Access and Reimbursement Equity Act of 2009

HR 936 — National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009

HR 795 — Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act

HR 734 — Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2009

HR 36 — Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2009

HR 35 — Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2009

HRES 1014 — Recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of North American Inclusion Month.

HRES 926 — Honoring former Representative Shirley Chisholm, on the occasion of the 85th anniversary of her birth, for her dedication and for providing an example of selfless service.

HRES 119 — Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in the One Hundred Eleventh Congress.

HCONRES 298 — Expressing the sense of Congress that the videotaping or photographing of police engaged in potentially abusive activity in a public place should not be prosecuted in State or Federal courts.

HCONRES 227 — Supporting the goals and ideals of National Urban Crimes Awareness Week.

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HR 7179 — National Obesity Prevention Act of 2008

HR 6654 — Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support Act

HR 6044 — To authorize appropriations for the Federal Trade Commission for certain international technical assistance activities.

HR 5942 — National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2008

HR 5937 — To facilitate the preservation of certain affordable housing dwelling units.

HR 5852 — Great Ape Protection Act

HR 5734 — Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2008

HR 5669 — Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act of 2008

HR 5471 — To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to prescribe rules requiring distinctive markings on toy and look-alike firearms.

HR 5447 — Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act

HR 4453 — Underage Drinking Prevention Act of 2007

HR 4352 — To provide $30,000,000 in funding to the Department of Education to provide assistance to public school districts for the prevention of drug resistant infections.

HR 4251 — Flu Vaccine Availability Act of 2008

HR 4200 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for medical research related to developing qualified infectious disease products.

HR 4194 — Underage Drinking Prevention Act of 2007

HR 3267 — Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2007

HR 3179 — Local Preparedness Acquisition Act

HR 3011 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure adequate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals under part B of the Medicare Program.

HR 2870 — Healthy Schools Act of 2007

HR 2770 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals under part B of the Medicare Program by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price.

HR 2694 — Motor Vehicle Owners Right to Repair Act of 2007

HR 2552 — Hepatitis C Epidemic Control and Prevention Act of 2007

HR 1903 — Post-Prostate Cancer Treatment Equity Act of 2007

HR 1870 — Contractor Tax Enforcement Act

HR 1846 — Medicare Access to Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services Improvement Act of 2007

HR 1178 — Physician Assistants Continuity of Care Act of 2007

HR 1107 — Dietary Supplement and Healthy Meal Replacement Tax Parity Act of 2007

HR 964 — Spy Act

HR 864 — Midwifery Care Access and Reimbursement Equity Act of 2007

HR 820 — Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2007

HR 789 — Office of Men's Health Act of 2007

HR 693 — Restroom Gender Parity in Federal Buildings Act of 2007

HR 694 — Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act of 2007

HR 572 — Comprehensive Immigration Reform Commission Act of 2007

HR 431 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make residents of Puerto Rico eligible for the refundable portion of the child tax credit.

HR 425 — To amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses.

HR 427 — Legal Immigrant Health Restoration Act of 2007

HR 426 — Medicaid Obesity Treatment Act of 2007

HR 429 — To designate the United States courthouse located at 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York, as the "Hugh L. Carey United States Courthouse".

HR 428 — To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban toys which in size, shape, or overall appearance resemble real handguns.

HR 430 — To designate the United States bankruptcy courthouse located at 271 Cadman Plaza East in Brooklyn, New York, as the 'Conrad B. Duberstein United States Bankruptcy Courthouse'.

HRES 1394 — Applauding organizations that engage in the prevention of domestic violence and provide outreach and support services for victims.

HRES 280 — Congratulating Thomas Jefferson High School on winning the 2006-2007 PSAL New York City A-League Girls Basketball Championship.

HRES 279 — Congratulating East New York Transit Technical High School of Brooklyn, New York, on winning the 2006-2007 PSAL New York City Boys Basketball Championship.

HRES 255 — Congratulating the Florida A&M University "Marching 100" Band for all of its accomplishments, including its performance in the Super Bowl XLI halftime show.

HR 3012 — To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service, located at 315 Empire Boulevard in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, as the "James E. Davis Post Office Building".

HR 2980 — Medicare Payment Update for Certified Nurse-Midwives Act

HR 2272 — Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act of 2003

HR 2024 — Medicaid Obesity Treatment Act of 2003

HR 1410 — To amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses.

HR 1110 — State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act of 2003

HR 747 — Telecommunications Development Fund Improvement Act of 2003

HR 322 — Legal Immigrant Health Restoration Act of 2003

HR 214 — Civil Rights Amendments Act of 2003

HR 213 — Educational Empowerment Act

HR 211 — To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban toys which in size, shape, or overall appearance resemble real handguns.

HR 212 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the exemption from income tax for social clubs found to be practicing prohibited discrimination.

HRES 447 — Recognizing the horrific effects of obstetric fistulas and urging that programs be initiated to prevent and treat obstetric fistulas.

HCONRES 329 — Congratulating the people and Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the twelfth anniversary of the independence of Kazakhstan and praising longstanding and growing friendship between the United States and Kazakhstan.

HCONRES 7 — Expressing the sense of the Congress that Harriet Tubman should have been paid a pension for her service as a nurse and scout in the United States Army during the Civil War.

HR 5471 — State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act of 2002

HR 4901 — Home Respiratory Medication Patient Protection Act of 2002

HR 4824 — Urban Asthma Assistance Act

HR 3602 — Certified Nurse Midwifery Medicare Services Act of 2001

HR 1832 — Hydroelectric Licensing and Incentives Act of 2001

HR 1735 — Telecommunications Development Fund Improvement Act

HR 1641 — Medicaid Obesity Treatment Act of 2001

HR 1528 — Legal Immigrant Health Restoration Act of 2001

HR 1034 — NTIA Digital Network Technology Program Act

HR 722 — For the relief of Desmond J. Burke.

HR 216 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the exemption from income tax for social clubs found to be practicing prohibited discrimination.

HR 221 — Educational Empowerment Act

HR 217 — Civil Rights Amendments Act of 2001

HR 215 — To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban toys which in size, shape, or overall appearance resemble real handguns.

HRES 51 — Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Argentina should provide an immediate and final resolution to the Buenos Aires Yoga School case.

HCONRES 511 — Congratulating the people and Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the eleventh anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan and praising longstanding and growing friendship between the United States and Kazakhstan.

HCONRES 92 — Expressing the sense of the Congress that Harriet Tubman should have been paid a pension for her service as a nurse and scout in the United States Army during the Civil War.

HR 5584 — Educational Empowerment Act

HR 4477 — Digital Bridge Trust Fund Act

HR 3498 — Telecommunications Development Fund Improvement Act

HR 3416 — For the relief of Desmond J. Burke.

HR 2817 — Certified Nurse Midwifery Medicare Services Act of 1999

HR 2335 — Hydroelectric Licensing Process Improvement Act of 1999

HR 1750 — Community Revitalization and Brownfield Cleanup Act of 1999

HR 1280 — To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban toys which in size, shape, or overall appearance resemble real handguns.

HR 753 — Fairness in IRS Debt Payment Act of 1999

HR 752 — Airline Passenger Fairness Act

HR 312 — Medicare Contractor Reform Amendments of 1999

HR 311 — Civil Rights Amendments Act of 1999

HR 310 — To make any State whose child poverty rate increases by 5 percent or more in a fiscal year ineligible for a high performance bonus for the next fiscal year under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families.

HR 309 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the exemption from income tax for social clubs found to be practicing prohibited discrimination.

HR 305 — Office of Inspector General Oversight Council Act of 1999

HR 301 — Medicaid Infant Mortality Amendments of 1999

HR 300 — To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to fund adolescent health demonstration projects.

HR 307 — To amend section 552a of title 5, United States Code, to provide for the maintenance of certain health information in cases where a health care facility has closed or a health benefit plan sponsor has ceases to do business.

HR 299 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program for the collection of information relating to the use of children and individuals with mental disabilities as subjects in biomedical and behavioral research.

HR 304 — Comprehensive Health Access District Act

HR 308 — Health Fraud and Abuse Act of 1999

HR 302 — Medicaid Women's Basic Health Coverage Act of 1999

HR 298 — Comprehensive Health Access District Act

HRES 656 — Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of India should take immediate steps to end the human rights abuses by government forces in India, and for other purposes.

HRES 622 — Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Argentina should provide an immediate and final resolution to the Buenos Aires Yoga School case.

HCONRES 374 — Expressing the sense of the Congress that Harriet Tubman should have been paid a pension for her service as a nurse and scout in the United States Army during the Civil War.

HCONRES 138 — Expressing the sense of the Congress concerning the adverse impact of the current administration Medicare payment policy for noninvasive positive pressure ventilators on individuals with severe respiratory diseases.

HCONRES 98 — Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the regulatory burdens imposed by the Health Care Financing Administration on suppliers of durable medical equipment under the Medicare Program.

HR 5099 — A bill to amend the Bilingual Education Act.

HJRES 337 — A joint resolution to designate the month of March 1984 as "National Social Work Month".

HJRES 213 — A joint resolution designating February 7, 1984, as "Eubie Blake Day".

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HR 4297 — Minority Health Amendments Act

HR 4797 — Student-Athlete Right-to-Know Act

HR 4634 — A bill for the relief of Merrill L. Johnson-Lannen.

HR 3585 — Agricultural Extended Retirement Credit Act of 1987

HR 3233 — A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to protect farm animals used in nonagricultural research and to prohibit the unnecessary surgery or alteration of animals.

HR 2594 — A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the unnecessary surgery or alteration of animals.

HR 2593 — A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to protect farm animals used in non-agricultural research.

HR 2088 — A bill to amend the Bilingual Education Act to authorize the inclusion under family English literacy programs of courses designed to enable aliens who are otherwise eligible for temporary resident status under section 245A of the Immigration and Nationality Act to achieve a minimal understanding of ordinary English and a knowledge and understanding of the history and government of the United States.

HCONRES 107 — A concurrent resolution urging the full funding of certain student financial assistance programs.

HR 5537 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a deduction for tuition paid for the college education of children of the taxpayer.

HR 5536 — Medicaid Family Care Act of 1990

HR 4672 — To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from excluding individuals from donating blood.

HR 3129 — Agricultural Extended Retirement Credit Act of 1990

HR 2766 — To amend the Animal Welfare Act to include mice, rats, and birds within the definition of animals protected under the Act.

HR 1862 — For the relief of Merrill L. Johnson-Lannen.

HR 1454 — Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act

HCONRES 240 — Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Department of Defense should give top priority to redirecting resources transferred from U.S. European defense forces to the war on drugs, specifically by lending additional support to Department of Defense efforts at international drug interdiction and the establishment of up-to-date communication links between the agencies battling the flow of drugs into the nation.

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HR 6132 — To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for comprehensive substance abuse treatment programs for pregnant women and caretaker parents.

HR 5903 — Youth Homicide Violence Reduction and Mediation Act of 1992

HR 5391 — College Financial Aid Protection Act of 1992

HR 4962 — Physician Assistant Incentive Act of 1992

HR 4963 — Primary Care Health Practitioner Incentive Act of 1992

HR 4507 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the reduced medicare payment provision for new physicians.

HR 4048 — Urgent Urban Recovery Assistance Act of 1991

HR 2580 — Waste Export and Import Prohibition Act

HR 2489 — Medicaid Family Care Act of 1991

HR 2157 — Coach and Athlete's Bill of Rights

HR 1898 — To amend the Social Security Act to repeal the reduced Medicare reimbursement for new physicians.

HR 1653 — Agricultural Extended Retirement Credit Act of 1991

HR 838 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a deduction for tuition paid by parents for the college education of their children or paid by certain independent taxpayers for their own college education.

HR 754 — Nonprofit Tax-Exempt Organization Insured Deposits Act

HJRES 550 — Designating the week beginning October 18, 1992, as "National Radon Action Week".

HJRES 229 — Designating July 15, 1991, as "National Minority Organ Donor Encouragement Day".

HR 5061 — Federal Integrated Spent Fuel and High-Level Waste Management Act of 1994

HR 4795 — Act to Improve the American Diet

HR 4771 — Federal Mandate Accountability and Reform Act of 1994

HR 4294 — Comprehensive Health Access District Act

HR 3706 — Waste Export and Import Prohibition Act

HR 3289 — College Financial Aid Protection Act of 1993

HR 3057 — To renew patent numbered 3,387,268, relating to a quotation monitoring unit, for a period of ten years.

HR 2904 — Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1993

HR 2833 — To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a survey and investigation of the site containing the graves of American Revolutionary War soldiers and sailors, located on a section of the Brooklyn Navy Yard in the city of New York.

HR 2387 — Physician Assistant Incentive Act of 1993

HR 2386 — Primary Care Health Practitioner Incentive Act of 1993

HR 2266 — An act for the relief of Orlando Wayne Naraysingh

HR 423 — Civil Rights Amendments Act of 1993

HR 424 — Pollution Prevention, Community Recycling, and Incinerator Control Act

HR 422 — Youth Homicide Violence Reduction and Mediation Act of 1993

HRES 368 — Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the inclusion in any comprehensive benefits package under health care reform of mammography screenings for women under the age of 50.

HCONRES 272 — Calling upon the Secretary of State to instruct the American Embassy and Consular officials throughout the world to convey the concern of the American people over the desecration of the dead and to assist groups and individuals who seek to protect the integrity of cemeteries and the repose of the dead.

HCONRES 243 — Expressing the sense of the Congress that any legislation that is enacted to provide for national health care reform should provide for compensation for poison control center services, and that a commission should be established to study the delivery and funding of poison control services.

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HR 3893 — Waste Export and Import Prohibition Act

HR 3930 — Insurance Claims Privacy Protection Act

HR 3866 — To waive temporarily the Medicaid enrollment composition rule for certain health maintenance organizations.

HR 3871 — To waive temporarily the Medicaid enrollment composition rule for certain health maintenance organizations.

HR 3101 — Mother and Child Protection Act of 1996

HR 3132 — Medicare Contractor Reform Amendments of 1996

HR 1850 — Health Fraud and Abuse Act of 1995

HR 1782 — Election Day Registration Act of 1995

HR 1750 — Primary Care Health Practitioner Incentive Act of 1995

HR 1751 — Physician Assistant Incentive Act of 1995

HR 1622 — To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban toys which in size, shape, or overall appearance resemble real handguns.

HR 901 — To renew patent numbered 3,387,268, relating to a quotation monitoring unit, for a period of 10 years.

HR 381 — Comprehensive Health Access District Act

HR 380 — Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1995

HR 382 — Civil Rights Amendments Act of 1995

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HR 4872 — Certified Nurse Midwifery Medicare Services Act of 1998