Rep. Paul Tonko

Recent Activity

• Jan. 26 Cosponsored HR2906: To amend the Public Health Service Act to specifically include problem and pathological gambling in programs of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and to establish a national program to address the harmful consequences …

• Sponsored HR4549: To authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to make grants to small business concerns to assist the commercialization of research developed with funds received under the second phase of the Small Business Innovation Resear…

• Cosponsored HRES1047: Commending The Ohio State University Buckeyes football team for its victory in the 2010 Rose Bowl.

• Jan. 18 Cosponsored HR3838: To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to provide incentive grants to promote alternatives to incarcerating delinquent juveniles.

• Jan. 12 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.

• Cosponsored HR4448: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the Newtown Battlefield located in Chemung County, New York, and the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park Sys…

• Cosponsored HR734: To direct the Secretary of Transportation to study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation.

• Jan. 11 Cosponsored HR4204: To establish national centers of excellence for the treatment of depressive and bipolar disorders.

• Cosponsored HRES862: Congratulating the staff, students, and faculty at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy for winning the 2009 Star Innovator in the Intel Schools of Distinction competition.

• Dec. 15 Cosponsored HR4155: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds for financing clean energy improvements under State and local property assessed clean energy programs.

• Cosponsored HR4376: To amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to prohibit discrimination on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit.

• Cosponsored HR4393: To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to reduce the matching requirement for participants in the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program.

• Sponsored HR4402: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve access to nutritious meals for young children in child care.

• Dec. 14 Sponsored HR4325: To establish a grant program to assist schools in establishing a universal free classroom breakfast program.

• Dec. 10 Cosponsored HR4290: To establish the New Economy Grant Program through the Department of Labor to create public works jobs on State and local lands and community-based public interest projects, to direct aid to State and local governments for the retention and rehir…

• Cosponsored HR4300: To amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish a national usury rate for consumer credit card accounts under open end consumer credit plans, and for other purposes.

• Dec. 02 Cosponsored HRES864: Congratulating President Obama for winning of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.

• Nov. 30 Cosponsored HR3598: Energy and Water Research Integration Act

• Nov. 18 Cosponsored HR4135: To keep Americans working by strengthening and expanding short-time compensation programs that provide employers with an alternative to layoffs.

• Nov. 17 Cosponsored HR4099: To establish incentives to increase the energy efficiency of federally assisted housing.