Rep. C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger

Recent Activity

• Jan. 12 Cosponsored HR2979: To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure funding for grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families, and for other purposes.

• Cosponsored HR678: To require the Commissioner of Social Security to revise the medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person diagnosed with Huntington's Disease and to waive the 24-month waiting period for Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by …

• Cosponsored HRES1008: Honoring the contributions of Catholic schools.

• Cosponsored HRES1009: Honoring the seven Americans killed in Khost, Afghanistan, on December 30, 2009, for their service to the United States, and for other purposes.

• Dec. 15 Cosponsored HR4371: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue using 2009 Medicare practice expense relative value units for certain cardiology services.

• Dec. 09 Cosponsored HR3852: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to improve and reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Program.

• Dec. 02 Cosponsored HRES946: Recognizing that the rate of unemployment in the United States has reached the level of a national crisis, and for other purposes.

• Dec. 01 Cosponsored HR4187: To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to make modifications to the Chesapeake Bay environmental restoration and protection program.

• Nov. 30 Cosponsored HR1718: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses.

• Nov. 16 Cosponsored HR4088: To ensure that the members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense who were killed or wounded in the shootings at Fort Hood are treated in the same manner as members who are killed or wounded in combat zones or civ…

• Nov. 15 Cosponsored HRES864: Congratulating President Obama for winning of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.

• Cosponsored HR3790: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner.

• Nov. 05 Cosponsored HR4054: To amend titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of disability rated and certified as total by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs as disability for purposes of such titles.

• Nov. 03 Cosponsored HR3791: Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2009

• Cosponsored HR1708: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to phase out the 24-month waiting period for disabled individuals to become eligible for Medicare benefits, to eliminate the waiting period for individuals with life-threatening conditions, and for oth…

• Nov. 02 Cosponsored HRES867: Calling on the President and the Secretary of State to oppose unequivocally any endorsement or further consideration of the "Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict" in multilateral fora.

• Oct. 28 Cosponsored HR3969: To extend and modify certain provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 relating to combating terrorism.

• Oct. 21 Cosponsored HR2733: To clarify the exemption for certain annuity contracts and insurance policies from Federal regulation under the Securities Act of 1933.

• Oct. 20 Cosponsored HR3712: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of and to commemorate the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

• Oct. 19 Cosponsored HR1207: To amend title 31, United States Code, to reform the manner in which the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is audited by the Comptroller General of the United States and the manner in which such audits are reported, and for other p…