AUSTRIA, STEVE (a Representative from Ohio)

Appointments

Committee to escort the Speaker-elect to the Chair, H3 [5JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion (see H.R. 3130), H6671 [6OC]

———prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 361), H1180 (see H.R. 361), H1199 [17FE]

———prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (see H.R. 3), H393 [20JA]

American Legion: provide for an additional power under its Federal charter to provide guidance and leadership to individual departments and posts, but not control of activities of such entities (see H.R. 2369), H4795 [8JY]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (see H.R. 1297), H2268 [1AP]

———designate the Honor and Remember Flag as an official symbol to recognize and honor members who died in the line of duty (see H.R. 546), H1456 [1MR]

bin Laden, Osama: tribute to President Obama, former President George W. Bush, and military and intelligence agencies for successful completion of the operation that led to death in Pakistan (see H. Res. 241), H6183 [14SE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 2), H357 [19JA]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (see H.R. 2560), H5125 [15JY]

Business and industry: establish strategy to encourage manufacturing in the U.S. and the repatriation of manufacturing jobs (see H.R. 516), H509 [26JA]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H5897 [5AU]

Child Protection and Safety Act: reauthorize certain programs (see H.R. 2870), H7258 [2NO]

Clothing industry: provide preferential duty treatment to certain apparel articles of the Philippines (see H.R. 2387), H4574 [24JN]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1588), H4673 [6JY]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H1040 (see H.R. 217), H1071 [16FE]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 735), H5966 [7SE]

Council on Environmental Quality: report to Congress annually on the number of permits for which applications have been submitted and that have not been issued because an environmental impact statement is pending (see H.R. 1049), H1768 [11MR]

Crime: enhance penalties for possession or financial facilitation of access to child pornography and require Internet service providers to assist child pornography and exploitation investigations (see H.R. 1981), H9928 [16DE]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 2299), H4456 [22JN]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal wage rate requirements (see H.R. 745), H6978 [14OC]

Dept. of Defense: expand State licensure exception to allow certain health care professionals to work across State lines without having to obtain a new license (see H.R. 1832), H3305 [13MY]

Dept. of Education: allow States to enter into performance agreements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 2514), H5966 [7SE]

———prohibit from overreaching into academic affairs and financial aid program eligibility (see H.R. 2117), H4188 [14JN]

Dept. of Energy: allow research, development, and demonstration program for American Centrifuge Project (see H.R. 3759), H10015 [20DE]

Dept. of HHS: award competitive grants to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents (see H.R. 2874), H7406 [10NO]

———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1195), H3806 [31MY]

———provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1426), H6626 [5OC]

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (see H.R. 1852), H3870 (see H.R. 1852), H3911 [1JN]

Dept. of Justice: decision to not defend the Defense of Marriage Act (see H. Con. Res. 25), H1770 [11MR]

———remove arbitrary and anticompetitive limitations from the grant program for Internet Crimes Against Children task force program training (see H.R. 3470), H7829 [17NO]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study of alternatives for commemorating and interpreting the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the early years of the national parks (see H.R. 1022), H1724 [10MR]

———install in the area of the World War II Memorial a suitable plaque or inscription with the words that Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed on D-Day, June 6, 1944 (see H.R. 2070), H3987 [2JN]

———study suitability and feasibility of designating prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest sites on Rota, Northern Mariana Islands, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 1141), H1906 [16MR]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H1456 [1MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist in identification of unclaimed and abandoned human remains to determine if any such remains are eligible for burial in a national cemetery (see H.R. 2051), H7399 [4NO]

———deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for benefit purposes (see H.R. 210), H4329 [16JN]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 645), H3646 (see H.R. 645), H3684 [25MY]

Drugs: increase penalties for operators of pill mills (see H.R. 1065), H2917 [15AP]

Ecology and environment: preempt regulation of, action relating to, or consideration of greenhouse gases relative to any Federal policy to mitigate climate change (see H.R. 750), H6010 [8SE] (see H.R. 910), H1770 [11MR]

Endangered species: allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species (see H.R. 990, 991), H6415 [22SE]

EPA: disapprove rule relative to national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants from the Portland cement manufacturing industry and standards of performance for Portland cement plants (see H.J. Res. 42), H3646 (see H.J. Res. 42), H3684 [25MY]

———establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard for coarse particulate matter and limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust in certain areas (see H.R. 1633), H7999 [30NO]

———exempt components used in manufacture of hunting and recreational shooting ammunition and fishing tackle from regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (see H.R. 1558), H6344 [21SE]

———exempt regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 97), H513 [26JA]

———prohibit from regulating fossil fuel combustion waste (see H.R. 1391), H3646 (see H.R. 1391), H3684 [25MY]

———provide additional time to issue achievable standards for cement manufacturing facilities (see H.R. 2681), H6273 [20SE]

———require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions (see H.R. 2401), H5966 [7SE]

F.E. Warren AFB, WY: transfer ownership of two bells taken from the town of Balangiga on the island of Samar, Philippines to the people of the Philippines (see H. Con. Res. 18), H2412 [6AP]

FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see H.R. 642), H3062 [4MY]

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 10), H513 [26JA]

———reform process by which agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents (see H.R. 3010), H7258 [2NO]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 822), H2858 [14AP]

———facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States (see H.R. 3065), H6456 [23SE]

———protect the right of individuals to bear arms at Corps of Engineers water resources development projects (see H.R. 1865), H3278 [12MY]

———provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the U.S. by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Depts. of State or Defense (see H.R. 615), H3806 [31MY]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 58), H3758 [26MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 13), H2040 [29MR]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 639), H680 [10FE]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H2575 [11AP]

Government: prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 2402), H5087 [14JY]

GSA: transfer administrative jurisdiction, custody, and control of a building in the District of Columbia to the National Gallery of Art and relocate the FTC from such building (see H.R. 690), H1040 (see H.R. 690), H1071 [16FE]

Health: intensify stem cell research showing evidence of substantial clinical benefit to patients (see H.R. 2951), H6674 [6OC]

———prohibit use of funds for implementation or enforcement of any Federal mandate to purchase health insurance (see H.R. 154), H3343 [23MY]

———reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (see H.R. 5), H1392 [28FE]

———repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees (see H.R. 1744), H4578 [24JN]

———repeal mandate that individuals purchase health insurance (see H.R. 21), H3410 [24MY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 127), H3220 [11MY]

———rescind funds appropriated to the Health Insurance Reform Implementation Fund (see H.R. 38), H3220 [11MY]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H9946 [19DE]

Hunting and trapping: recognize hunting heritage and provide opportunities for continued hunting on public lands (see H.R. 2834), H6415 [22SE]

Immigration: exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from numerical limitations on immigrant visas (see H.R. 2115), H4034 [3JN]

Insurance: allow enforcement of State disclosure laws and access to courts for covered Holocaust-era insurance policy claims (see H.R. 890), H5905 [12AU]

———preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 1206), H1984 [17MR]

———provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 371), H3758 [26MY]

Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H5399 [22JY]

Jibilian, Arthur: award Medal of Honor (see H.R. 3623), H8881 [13DE]

Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 1093), H4037 [3JN]

Law enforcement officers: permit State and local officers to be candidates for sheriff (see H.R. 498), H508 [26JA]

Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H4750 [7JY]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 21), H1390 [28FE]

Marine Sgt. Jeremy E. Murray Post Office, Rootstown, OH: designate (see H.R. 725), H3344 [23MY]

Medicaid: require States to report information on payments to abortion providers (see H.R. 593), H6921 [13OC]

Medicare: exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 905), H7008 [24OC]

———repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 1041), H1988 [17MR]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1546), H6457 [23SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: clarify application of electronic health record payment incentives in cases of multi-campus hospitals (see H.R. 2500), H5399 [22JY]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 343), H354 [19JA]

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and oppose a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state (see H. Res. 268), H4038 [3JN]

———support right of Israel to annex Judea and Samaria if the Palestinian Authority continues to press for unilateral Palestinian statehood at the U.N. (see H. Res. 394), H6273 [20SE]

Monuments and memorials: ensure that memorials commemorating the service of the U.S. Armed Forces may contain religious symbols (see H.R. 290), H553 [8FE]

National Baseball Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 2527), H5084 [14JY]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 420), H3646 (see H.R. 420), H3684 [25MY]

National Mediation Board: apply the same procedures, including voting standards, to direct decertification of a labor organization as is applied to elections to certify a representative (see H.R. 3538), H8075 [1DE]

New Zealand: express condolences to those affected by earthquake and pledge support in rescue and recovery efforts (see H. Res. 139), H2040 [29MR]

NLRB: clarify membership criteria for collective bargaining units and timing of elections of labor organizations (see H.R. 3094), H7009 [24OC]

———repeal rule requiring employers to post notices relative to the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 2833), H6183 [14SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow waiver of certain requirements when the requirement would result in a significant decrease in access to coverage or significant increase in premiums or other costs (see H.R. 984), H2858 [14AP]

———constitutionality (see H. Res. 475), H10017 [20DE]

———deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 127), H3220 [11MY]

———modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services (see H.R. 358), H394 [20JA]

———provide fiscal accountability by converting direct funding into authorizations of appropriations and rescinding unobligated direct funding (see H.R. 1286), H2917 [15AP]

———repeal certain limitations on health care benefits (see H.R. 605), H2917 [15AP]

———repeal prohibition on using medical savings account funds to purchase over-the-counter medications (see H.R. 2529), H5085 [14JY]

———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 452), H2857 [14AP]

———repeal provisions relative to annual period for disenrollment from Medicare Advantage plans to elect to receive original Medicare fee-for-service benefits (see H.R. 1580), H2910 [15AP]

Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (see H.R. 872), H1988 [17MR]

Philippines: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 275), H3409 [24MY]

Power resources: expand domestic fossil fuel production, develop more nuclear power, and expand renewable electricity (see H.R. 909), H2605 [12AP]

———use revenues from offshore energy production to create jobs, reduce the deficit, invest in clean and renewable energy, clean up the environment, and rebuild infrastructure (see H.R. 1861), H4038 [3JN]

Public debt: disapprove the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (see H.J. Res. 77), H5964 [7SE]

Reagan, Ronald: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 497), H508 [26JA]

Securities: constitutional amendment to prohibit the U.S. from owning stock in private corporations (see H.J. Res. 22), H434 [24JA]

———constitutional amendment to prohibit the U.S. from owning stock in private corporations, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.J. Res. 22), H513 [26JA]

Shuttlesworth, Fred L.: tribute (see H. Res. 432), H6853 [12OC]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see H.R. 4), H200 [12JA] (see H.R. 144), H38 [5JA]

Social Security: establish a procedure to safeguard the surpluses of the Social Security and Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Funds (see H.R. 1630), H2935 [2MY]

———exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 787), H3111 [5MY]

———expand permissive exclusion from participation in Federal health care programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities (see H.R. 675), H2934 [2MY]

———invest trust funds in marketable interest-bearing securities and insured certificates of deposit, and protect trust funds from public debt limit (see H.R. 219), H3000 [3MY]

Special days and holidays: recognize importance of protecting symbols and traditions of Christmas (see H. Res. 489), H10017 [20DE]

Sri Lanka: commend U.N. efforts to implement human rights accountability, call for investigation of war crimes and other human rights violations, and allow greater freedom of movement (see H. Res. 177), H6273 [20SE]

Taxation: allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for restitution and other State judicial debts that are past due (see H.R. 1416), H5286 [20JY]

———allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040SR without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see H.R. 1058), H2858 [14AP]

———exempt sales of natural gas for use in natural gas vehicles from the retail sales limitation on defining independent producers of petroleum products (see H.R. 1712), H3060 [4MY]

———increase participation in medical flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 1004), H3806 [31MY]

———increase standard charitable mileage rate for delivery of meals to elderly, disabled, frail, and at-risk individuals (see H.R. 499), H2934 [2MY]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1964), H3408 [24MY]

———permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see H.R. 1265), H2917 [15AP]

———prevent further restriction of Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Res. 25), H776 [14FE]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H4852 [11JY]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1327), H5888 [1AU]

———provide for a designation of tax overpayments to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 2214), H5399 [22JY]

———repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1259), H6782 [11OC]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 177), H553 [8FE]

———repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 436), H4459 [22JN]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 674), H2216 [31MR]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 462), H507 [26JA]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1002), H3758 [26MY]

Terrorism: award Congressional Gold Medals in honor of the men and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 3421), H7929 [29NO]

———award Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Medal to memorials established at 3 sites honoring individuals killed in terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 2864), H5964 [7SE]

Twain, Mark: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2453), H8881 [13DE]

U.N.: prohibit funding for the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) (see H.R. 2059), H6626 [5OC]

———promote transparency, accountability, and reform (see H.R. 2829), H6979 [14OC]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 886), H3758 [26MY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 719), H6415 [22SE]

Young, Charles: provide for posthumous promotion to brigadier general in the Army (see H.R. 1015), H4750 [7JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study of the Colonel Charles Young Home in Xenia, OH, and associated locations to assess potential inclusion in the National Park System (see H.R. 799), H1250 (see H.R. 799), H1361 [18FE]

Philippines: express condolences to victims of Tropical Storm Washi and ensuing floods, reaffirm friendship, and pledge support to assist in disaster relief, recovery, and reconstruction (see H. Res. 505), H10015 [20DE]

Taxation: improve access to health care by allowing a deduction for the health insurance costs of individuals and expanding health savings accounts (see H.R. 369), H394 [20JA]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study of the Colonel Charles Young Home in Xenia, OH, and associated locations to assess potential inclusion in the National Park System (H.R. 799), H1251, H1363 [18FE]

Taxation: improve access to health care by allowing a deduction for the health insurance costs of individuals and expanding health savings accounts (H.R. 369), H396 [20JA]

Poems

``100 Years,'' Albert C. Caswell, E1419 [27JY]

Proclamations

Tribute to J. Timothy Campbell: by, E232 [15FE]

Remarks

Agna, Mary: Greene County, OH, Women's Hall of Fame inductee, E1776 [5OC]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 44), H1421 [1MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), H2456 [7AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), H2745 [14AP]

Arnold, Margaret: Greene County, OH, Women's Hall of Fame inductee, E1775 [5OC]

Budget: cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), H5169 [19JY]

Committees of the House: direct certain standing committees to inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed regulations and orders from Federal agencies (H. Res. 72), H696 [11FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3692 [26MY]

———require report on cost-analysis of migrating management headquarters of Air Force Enterprise Logistics Systems Program Executive Office, H3692 [26MY]

Dobo, Jan: Greene County, OH, Women's Hall of Fame inductee, E1773 [5OC]

Economy: impact of Government regulations, H696 [11FE]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (H.R. 822), H7664 [16NO]

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and oppose a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state, E1718 [23SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services (H.R. 358), H6891 [13OC]

Reynolds, Macy: Greene County, OH, Women's Hall of Fame inductee, E1780 [5OC]

Skinn, Sandy: Greene County, OH, Women's Hall of Fame inductee, E1771 [5OC]

Votes: position on missed, H120 [7JA], H3935 [2JN]

Wiseman, Alice: Greene County, OH, Women's Hall of Fame inductee, E1770 [5OC]

Wittenberg University: tribute to women's volleyball team, E2326 [20DE]

Wright-Patterson AFB, OH: grand opening of Fisher House, E650 [6AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H252 [18JA]

Tributes

Barr, Douglas R., E983 [27MY]

Cary, Mitchell, E1506 [5AU]

Gire, Joshua S., E645 [6AP]

Gum, Don R., E1506 [5AU]

Hersack, Richard A., E1122 [16JN]

Hopper, Suzanne Waughtel, E17 [6JA], E38 [7JA]

Houston, Phillip C., E819 [5MY]

Lanni, Joseph A., E928 [23MY]

Miller, Clarence E., E1506 [5AU], E1512 [9AU]

Roberts, Harry M. (Mike), E1532 [26AU]

Rosa, Richard M., E930 [23MY]

Smith, Mark A., E1104 [15JN]

Turner, John, E1319 [14JY]

Zajbel, Barbara A., E654 [6AP]