COOPER, JIM (a Representative from Tennessee)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: assist sub-Saharan African countries develop mix of power solutions for more broadly distributed electricity access to support poverty alleviation and drive economic growth (see H.R. 2548), H6957 [30OC]

Agriculture: reform sugar price support program (see H.R. 693), H2248 [23AP]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 847), H818 [28FE]

Animals: prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1094), H4524 [16JY]

Appropriations: establish legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions (see H.R. 1870), H4524 [16JY]

Armed Forces: commend, make permanent, oppose proposals to diminish national security role of, and recognize the National Guard as the foundation of the Operational Reserve (see H. Res. 75), H4524 [16JY]

Boy Scouts: tribute to National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia (see H. Res. 305), H4827 [19JY]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H7688 [11DE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 4), H87 [14JA]

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1869), H4370 [10JY]

——— increase long-term fiscal accountability of direct spending legislation (see H.R. 2518), H4485 [11JY]

——— prohibit consideration of a concurrent resolution providing for adjournment unless the House has adopted a conference report on the budget resolution (see H. Res. 424), H7508 [4DE]

——— provide the President with the authority to exempt civilian Dept. of Defense personnel accounts from sequestration (see H.R. 2613), H5052 [24JY]

——— require the President to submit a budget to Congress listing current fiscal year spending levels for proposed programs and separate amounts for proposed spending increases (see H.R. 2686), H4483 [11JY]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see H.R. 684), H2299 [24AP]

C.W. Bill Young Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL: designate (see H.R. 3302), H6674 [22OC]

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. 3323), H6768 [23OC]

——— require State child welfare agencies to promptly report information on missing or abducted children to law enforcement authorities (see H.R. 680), H501 [13FE]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley honoring the 50th anniversary of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing (see H.R. 360), H1549 [15MR]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 377), H279 [23JA]

——— prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 1755), H2351 [25AP]

Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see H.R. 812), H627 [25FE]

Commission on Government Transformation: establish (see H.R. 2675), H4524 [16JY]

Committee on Sexual Assault and Abuse in the Armed Forces (House, Special): establish (see H. Res. 213), H2775 [17MY]

Congressional Research Service: provide public Internet access to certain publications (see H. Res. 110), H1357 [12MR]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry (see H.R. 1616), H5175 [30JY]

Corporations: constitutional amendment to clarify application of the words people, person, or citizen in the Constitution to corporations, limited liability companies, or other corporate entities (see H.J. Res. 21), H1633 [19MR]

Corps of Engineers: prohibit from taking action to establish a restricted area prohibiting public access to waters downstream of a dam (see H.R. 826), H2027 [15AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform crop insurance program (see H.R. 1995), H2654 [15MY]

Dept. of Defense: establish centers of excellence in prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of health conditions relating to exposure to open-air burn pits (see H.R. 2510), H4078 [26JN]

——— provide for auditable financial statements (see H.R. 3184), H5882 [26SE]

Dept. of HHS: better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of victims under adoption assistance and foster care programs (see H.R. 1732), H4524 [16JY]

——— provide preferences for certain services, designate an Administration on Aging individual responsible for support, and provide transportation services for holocaust survivors (see H.R. 2064), H3289 [11JN]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 124), H4726 [18JY]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit certain cell phone voice communications during passenger flights (see H.R. 3676), H7689 [11DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate one U.S. city each year as an ‘‘American World War II City’’ (see H.R. 864), H2396 [26AP]

——— establish a Medal for Distinguished Public Service to honor veterans who make remarkable and distinguished contributions to their communities (see H.R. 154), H4598 [17JY]

——— issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (see H.R. 1598), H4145 [27JN]

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 32), H4523 [16JY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: establish a specific timeline to achieve integrated electronic health records (see H.R. 2590), H4485 [11JY]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H1861 [9AP]

Drugs: make any substance containing hydrocodone a schedule II drug under the Controlled Substances Act (see H.R. 1285), H1718 [20MR]

Economy: provide for fiscal gap and generational accounting analysis in the legislative process, the President’s budget, and annual long-term fiscal outlook reports (see H.R. 2967), H5344 [1AU]

EPA: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste in order to protect water supplies (see H.R. 1837), H2436 [6MY]

Federal Advisory Committee Act: increase transparency of Federal advisory committees (see H.R. 1104), H4726 [18JY]

Federal agencies and departments: create an expedited procedure to enact GAO recommendations for consolidation and elimination to reduce duplication (see H.R. 2506), H4524 [16JY]

——— enhance authority to pay cash awards to employees for making cost saving disclosures (see H.R. 1931), H3216 [5JN]

——— improve energy efficiency in Federal facilities by encouraging entrance into energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts (see H.R. 2689), H4522 [16JY]

——— modify the Do Not Pay Initiative and improve detection, prevention, and recover of improper payments to deceased individuals (see H.R. 3555), H7309 [20NO]

——— promote strategic sourcing principles (see H.R. 2694), H4599 [17JY]

——— provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost of, performance by, and areas for improvements for Government programs (see H.R. 1423), H1856 [9AP]

——— review efforts to reduce travel expenses through the use of video conferencing (see H.R. 2643), H4524 [16JY]

Federal employees: provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (see H.R. 3223), H6103 [1OC]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 1553), H2438 [6MY]

Firearms: ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background checks for commercial sales, and establish a National Commission on Mass Violence (see H.R. 1565), H3592 [13JN]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: provide for designation of judges by the Speaker and minority leader of the House, the majority and minority leaders of the Senate, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (see H.R. 2586), H4485 [11JY]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 1276), H1717 [20MR]

——— prevent importation of merchandise into the U.S. in a manner that evades antidumping and countervailing duty orders (see H.R. 1440), H1857 [9AP]

General William H. Gourley Federal Outpatient Clinic—A Joint VA-DOD Health Care Facility, Marina, CA: designate (see H.R. 272), H3253 [6JN]

GPO: establish and maintain a public website allowing access to electronic copies of all congressionally mandated reports (see H.R. 1380), H1824 [21MR]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 715), H4523 [16JY]

House of Representatives: encourage Speaker to immediately request a conference and appoint conferees to complete fiscal year 2014 budget resolution with the Senate (see H. Res. 174), H2247 [23AP]

——— limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 223), H599 [15FE]

Insurance: require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1531), H1991 [12AP]

Investments: provide a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers (see H.R. 1105), H1394 [13MR]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H2913 [22MY]

Iraq: recognize the campaign of genocide against the Kurdish people in Iraq and reaffirm U.S. friendship with such people (see H. Res. 422), H7608 [9DE]

Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H5089 [25JY]

Korean Peninsula: recognize historic importance of Korean War and U.S. alliance with South Korea, honor service of U.S. forces, end nuclear proliferation by North Korea, and encourage peace and reunification (see H. Con. Res. 41), H4486 [11JY]

Law enforcement officers: encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout U.S. to disseminate information when an officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 180), H703 [27FE]

Mandela, Nelson R.: tribute (see H. Res. 434), H7689 [11DE]

Medal of Honor: award to Bennie G. Adkins, Donald P. Sloat, and certain other veterans who were previously recommended (see H.R. 3304), H6675 [22OC]

Medicare: eliminate delay in including oral-only end-stage renal disease-related drugs in the prospective payment system (see H.R. 413), H281 [23JA]

——— provide entitlement to immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients (see H.R. 1325), H1837 [25MR] (see H.R. 1428), H1856 [9AP]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 942), H6052 [30SE]

——— provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 794), H4214 [8JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: curb waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 2305), H3592 [13JN]

Members of Congress: prohibit automatic salary adjustments for the remainder of the 113th Congress (see H.R. 636), H4523 [16JY]

——— reduce rate of compensation by percentage equal to reduction in pay of Federal employees subject to sequestration-related furloughs (see H.R. 2677), H4483 [11JY]

——— reduce rate of pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3236), H6290 [4OC]

Mother’s Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 1905), H5589 [17SE]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 262), H168 [15JA]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 409), H7051 [13NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 409), H7051 [13NO]

National Cancer Prevention Day: designate (see H. Res. 50), H342 [4FE]

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 69), H547 [14FE]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 203), H3097 [4JN]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H1398 [13MR]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 1803), H5589 [17SE]

NOAA: establish a National Flood Research and Education Center (see H.R. 3034), H5398 [2AU]

Peace Corps: allow former volunteers to use the seal, emblem, or name of Peace Corps on death announcements and grave stones (see H.R. 1573), H5655 [18SE]

Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 915), H4488 [15JY]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 269), H169 [15JA]

Pope Francis: congratulate on election and recognize inspirational statements and actions (see H. Res. 440), H8113 [12DE]

Presidential Youth Council: establish (see H.J. Res. 68), H6052 [30SE]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 1653), H3760 [18JN]

Public debt: apply debt ceiling only to debt held by the public and adjust debt ceiling for increases in the gross domestic product (see H.R. 3148), H7153 [15NO]

Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (see H.R. 596), H2299 [24AP]

Slavery: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution which officially abolished slavery (see H.R. 2633), H4524 [16JY]

Social Security: revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington’s disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington’s disease (see H.R. 1015), H1861 [9AP]

Supreme Court: promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (see H.R. 2902), H7153 [15NO]

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H500 [13FE]

——— make permanent rule providing 5-year amortization of expenses incurred in creating or acquiring music or music copyrights (see H.R. 2731), H4724 [18JY]

——— make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see H.R. 2854), H5173 [30JY]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H2775 [17MY]

Transportation Security Administration: transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints to nonprofit organizations that provide places of rest and recuperation at airports for Armed Forces members (see H.R. 1095), H6052 [30SE]

Veterans: improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine (see H.R. 2001), H2654 [15MY]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 11), H504 [13FE]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 56), H5344 [1AU]

——— 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), H2959 [23MY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H177 [18JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Defense: provide, for purposes of mitigating the effects of a sequestration, with transfer authority relative to amounts made available to the Dept. in future fiscal years (see H.R. 2883), H5260 [31JY]

Members of Congress: prohibit payment of death gratuities to the surviving heirs of deceased Members (see H.R. 3594), H7353 [21NO]

——— 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. 310), H176 [18JA]

——— provide that Members shall be paid last whenever the U.S. cannot satisfy obligations in a timely manner because public debt ceiling has been reached (see H.R. 1884), H2533 [8MY]

States: carry out congressional redistricting in accordance with a process under which the public is informed of proposals and has the opportunity to participate in their development prior to adoption (see H.R. 337), H222 [22JA]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Defense: provide, for purposes of mitigating the effects of a sequestration, with transfer authority relative to amounts made available to the Dept. in future fiscal years (H.R. 2883), H5261 [31JY]

Members of Congress: prohibit payment of death gratuities to the surviving heirs of deceased Members (H.R. 3594), H7356 [21NO]

——— 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 (H.R. 310), H177 [18JA]

——— provide that Members shall be paid last whenever the U.S. cannot satisfy obligations in a timely manner because public debt ceiling has been reached (H.R. 1884), H2534 [8MY]

States: carry out congressional redistricting in accordance with a process under which the public is informed of proposals and has the opportunity to participate in their development prior to adoption (H.R. 337), H223 [22JA]

Remarks

Budget: temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), H246• [23JA], H2498 [8MY]

Corps of Engineers: prohibit from taking action to establish a restricted area prohibiting public access to waters downstream of a dam (S. 982), H2826 [21MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), H3337 [12JN], H3522, H3523, H3571, H3572 [13JN]

——— maintain all current intercontinental ballistic missile silos in warm status, H3522, H3523 [13JN]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: tribute to members, E490• [18AP]

Investments: provide a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers (H.R. 1105), H7476 [4DE]

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 (H.R. 310), H246• [23JA]

Public debt: prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), consideration (H. Res. 202), H2498 [8MY]

U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): funding through reduction in Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency funding, H3571, H3572 [13JN]

Votes: position on missed, E682• [16MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H6826 [28OC]

Tributes

Daniels, Charlie, E153• [14FE]