Legislation

Sponsored — A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for the unveiling of a statue of Frederick Douglass.

Sponsored — Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2013

Sponsored — Maple Tapping Access Program Act

Sponsored — Patent Quality Improvement Act of 2013

Sponsored — Rural Hospital Access Act of 2013

Sponsored — American Opportunity Tax Credit Permanence and Consolidation Act of 2013

Sponsored — Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2013

Sponsored — A resolution providing for members on the part of the Senate of the Joint Committee on Printing and the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library.

Sponsored — Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013

Sponsored — Driver Fatigue Prevention Act

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the types of livestock for which bonus depreciation is available.

Sponsored — Dairy Augmentation for Increased Retail in Yogurt products (DAIRY) Act

Sponsored — Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Reauthorization Act of 2013

Sponsored — An original resolution authorizing expenditures by committees of the Senate for the period March 1, 2013, through September 30, 2013.

Sponsored — A resolution authorizing the reporting of committee funding resolutions for the period March 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013.

Sponsored — An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Sponsored — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs.

Sponsored — Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2013

Sponsored — A bill for the relief of Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical.