KIND, RON (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), H4188 [14JN], H4246 [15JN]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H781 [14FE], H1222, H1223 [18FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3708 [26MY]

Ecology and environment: preempt regulation of, action relating to, or consideration of greenhouse gases relative to any Federal policy to mitigate climate change (H.R. 910), H2383 [6AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: authorize producers on a farm to produce fruits and vegetables for processing on the base acres of the farm (see H.R. 2675), H5660 [27JY]

———promote local and regional farm and food systems (see H.R. 3286), H7206 [1NO]

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), H6415 [22SE]

APEC Business Travel Program: establish to issue Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards to business and Government leaders engaged in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) business (see H.R. 2042), H6182 [14SE]

Armed Forces: improve provision of Federal transition, rehabilitation, vocational, and unemployment benefits to members and veterans (see H.R. 1941), H3646 (see H.R. 1941), H3684 [25MY]

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 114), H2917 [15AP]

Bureau of Prisons: establish an Oleoresin Capsicum Spray Pilot Program (see H.R. 1175), H7399 [4NO]

Business and industry: promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (see H.R. 1240), H4187 [14JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H6922 [13OC]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1519), H2664 [13AP]

———prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 1397), H3162 [10MY]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H10017 [20DE]

Commission To Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities: establish (see H.R. 3653), H9929 [16DE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H7209 [1NO]

Congress: prohibit securities and commodities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress and require additional reporting of securities transaction by Members and employees (see H.R. 1148), H8125 [2DE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Fund (see H.R. 502), H4037 [3JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H6921 [13OC]

Dept. of the Interior: clear a proposed project in the Lower St. Croix Wild and Scenic River (see H.R. 850), H1454 [1MR]

———grant permanent authority to authorize States to issue electronic duck stamps (see H.R. 3117), H6671 [6OC]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow for increased flexibility in payments for State veterans homes (see H.R. 2530), H5782 [29JY]

———deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 1025), H2109 [30MR]

———improve comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans (see H.R. 2559), H5375 [21JY]

———inter in national cemeteries individuals who supported the U.S. in Laos during the Vietnamese Conflict era (see H.R. 3192), H6920 [13OC]

———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. 178), H601 [9FE]

Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 3357), H7330 [3NO]

Diseases: expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 2505), H7830 [17NO]

———promote increased awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of atrial fibrillation to address the high morbidity and mortality rates and to prevent avoidable associated hospitalizations (see H. Res. 295), H4674 [6JY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 645), H2667 [13AP]

Dover AFB, DE: tribute to Air Force Mortuary Operations (see H. Res. 229), H3344 [23MY]

Egypt: express solidarity with Egyptian people, condemn use of violence against protesters, express gratitude toward Egyptian military for restraint, and support transition to a representative government (see H. Res. 88), H1040 (see H. Res. 88), H1071 [16FE]

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. 991), H4037 [3JN]

EPA: prohibit from regulating fossil fuel combustion waste (see H.R. 1391), H3758 [26MY]

ERISA: require a lifetime income disclosure (see H.R. 677), H723 [11FE]

Executive Office of the President: require preparation of a quadrennial National Manufacturing Strategy (see H.R. 1366), H4187 [14JN]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (see H.R. 2644), H5897 [5AU]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 822), H2667 [13AP]

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

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 58), H2667 [13AP]

Foreign policy: establish guidelines for U.S. foreign assistance programs (see H.R. 3159), H7069 [25OC]

Forest Service: protect certain roadless areas (see H.R. 3465), H7829 [17NO]

GPO: establish and maintain a public website allowing access to electronic copies of all congressionally mandated reports (see H.R. 1974), H4076 [13JN]

Health: make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 2104), H3985 [2JN]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H7333 [3NO]

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 453), H6552 [4OC]

———require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to Federal debt reduction (see H.R. 262), H471 [25JA]

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. 111), H37 [5JA]

Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H4530 [23JN]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 2569), H5125 [15JY]

Labor unions: recognize importance in ensuring a strong middle class by advocating for equitable wages, humane work conditions, improved benefits, and increased civic engagement by workers (see H. Res. 452), H7207 [1NO]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: ensure amounts are made available for projects to provide recreational public access (see H.R. 1997), H3759 [26MY]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 21), H1770 [11MR]

Medicare: apply frailty adjustment under the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) payment rules to certain specialized Medicare Advantage plans for special needs individuals (see H.R. 3691), H9430 [15DE]

———clarify application of secondary payer rules (see H.R. 1063), H1796 [14MR]

———exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 905), H1573 [3MR]

———extend certain geographic practice cost index adjustments (see H.R. 3258), H7068 [25OC]

———extend reasonable cost contracts (see H.R. 2770), H5884 [1AU]

———extended coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions (see H.R. 2969), H6271 [20SE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1546), H4329 [16JN]

———study issues on access to intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) for beneficiaries in all care settings and establish demonstration project on benefits of coverage to administer IVIG in the home (see H.R. 1845), H3218 [11MY]

———treat certain provider taxes as allowable costs for purposes of reimbursements to critical access hospitals (see H.R. 1398), H2410 [6AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: clarify application of electronic health record payment incentives in cases of multi-campus hospitals (see H.R. 2500), H4945 [12JY]

———provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (see H.R. 1589), H2910 [15AP]

Members of Congress: prevent payment if the public debt limit is reached and clarify pay would not be recouped retroactively (see H.R. 2653), H5579 [26JY]

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), H4590 [5JY]

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

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

Norway: condemn terrorist attacks in Oslo and Utoya Island and express condolences and support to those affected by the attack (see H. Res. 380), H5733 [28JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: 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]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1404), H3411 [24MY]

Postal Service: amend methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System (see H.R. 1351), H6043 [9SE]

———ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H3162 [10MY]

Salem, MA: recognize as birthplace of the National Guard (see H.R. 1339), H9928 [16DE]

SBA: reform the HUBZone program for small business concerns (see H.R. 2131), H9928 [16DE]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (see H.R. 3606), H8317 [8DE]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see H.R. 584), H1180 (see H.R. 584), H1199 [17FE]

Social Security: expand permissive exclusion from participation in Federal health care programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities (see H.R. 675), H723 [11FE]

———extend eligibility period for SSI benefits for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants (see H.R. 3083), H7134 [26OC]

Taxation: allow eligible veterans to use qualified veterans mortgage bonds to refinance home loans (see H.R. 834), H1390 [28FE]

———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), H3806 [31MY]

———create jobs through infrastructure investment (see H.R. 992), H1722 [10MR]

———expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 1244), H2037 [29MR]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H9928 [16DE]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2088), H6344 [21SE]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (see H.R. 2644), H5897 [5AU]

———extend look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations (see H.R. 2735), H5883 [1AU]

———extend the work opportunity credit for employers of recently discharged veterans (see H.R. 865), H1621 [8MR]

———increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 1738), H6344 [21SE]

———increase alternative tax liability limitation for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 2198), H7069 [25OC]

———increase the credit for research expenses and allow the credit to be assigned (see H.R. 132), H38 [5JA]

———make all veterans eligible for home loans under the veterans mortgage revenue bond program (see H.R. 1595), H2910 [15AP]

———make permanent the deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 880), H1524 [2MR]

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

———modify depreciation recovery period for energy-efficient cool roof systems (see H.R. 2962), H9928 [16DE]

———modify the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 2082), H8125 [2DE]

———permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see H.R. 1265), H9928 [16DE]

———permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 749), H1726 [10MR]

———permanently extend treatment of certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1747), H3107 [5MY]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H8187 [6DE]

———provide a renewable electricity integration credit (see H.R. 2391), H4574 [24JN]

———provide a standard deduction for business use of a home (see H.R. 1827), H3217 [11MY]

———provide for deductibility of charitable contributions to agricultural research organizations (see H.R. 2959), H6231 [15SE]

———provide for S corporation reform (see H.R. 1478), H2603 [12AP]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 1236), H7399 [4NO]

———reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 1675), H2933 [2MY]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 674), H6854 [12OC]

———treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses (see H.R. 1614), H2911 [15AP]

———treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 2649), H5579 [26JY]

———treat computer technology and equipment as eligible higher education expenses under certain college savings plans and allow certain individuals a credit for contributions to such plans (see H.R. 529), H549 [8FE]

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), H8188 [6DE]

Transportation: provide flexibility in use of Federal funding for certain transit functions to local entities (see H.R. 3200), H7161 [27OC]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 886), H7332 [3NO]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 333), H553 [8FE]

Wildlife refuges: issue a Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 2236), H4327 [16JN]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 69), H4457 [22JN]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 2447), H6922 [13OC]

Worldwide Day of Play: designate (see H. Res. 410), H6413 [22SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Education: improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1057), H1796 [14MR]

Dept. of the Interior: carry out programs and activities for connecting children and families with the outdoors (see H.R. 3353), H7330 [3NO]

———develop a cadastre of Federal real property to assist with land management, conservation, and development and identify land that no longer needs to be federally owned (see H.R. 1620), H2911 [15AP]

ERISA: make technical modifications relative to the Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act and the Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act (see H.R. 2656), H5579 [26JY]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1456), H2569 [8AP]

Pensions: reduce administrative burdens and encourage retirement plan formation and retention (see H.R. 3561), H8135 [5DE]

Public lands: sustain fish, plants, and wildlife (see H.R. 3496), H7890 [18NO]

Taxation: allow a business credit for investments in rural microbusinesses (see H.R. 2858), H5964 [7SE]

———encourage retirement savings by modifying requirements of employer-established individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1534), H2854 [14AP]

———extend and expand tax relief for national disasters (see H.R. 2718), H5882 [1AU]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: protect, restore, enhance, and manage migratory bird populations, their habitats, and the ecosystems they rely on, through voluntary actions on public and private lands (see H.R. 1917), H3301 [13MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Education: improve academic content standards for physical education (H.R. 1057), H1796 [14MR]

Dept. of the Interior: carry out programs and activities for connecting children and families with the outdoors (H.R. 3353), H7332 [3NO]

———develop a cadastre of Federal real property to assist with land management, conservation, and development and identify land that no longer needs to be federally owned (H.R. 1620), H2915 [15AP]

ERISA: make technical modifications relative to the Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act and the Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act (H.R. 2656), H5580 [26JY]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1456), H2571 [8AP]

Pensions: reduce administrative burdens and encourage retirement plan formation and retention (H.R. 3561), H8135 [5DE]

Public lands: sustain fish, plants, and wildlife (H.R. 3496), H7892 [18NO]

Taxation: allow a business credit for investments in rural microbusinesses (H.R. 2858), H5965 [7SE]

———encourage retirement savings by modifying requirements of employer-established individual retirement accounts (H.R. 1534), H2856 [14AP]

———extend and expand tax relief for national disasters (H.R. 2718), H5885 [1AU]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: protect, restore, enhance, and manage migratory bird populations, their habitats, and the ecosystems they rely on, through voluntary actions on public and private lands (H.R. 1917), H3303 [13MY]

Letters

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations: Bill Meadows and John Nau, H5458 [25JY]

Poems

``Pack Is Back, and How!'' Albert C. Caswell, E332 [28FE]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: conservation programs funding, E1209 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2112), H4246, H4247, H4248, H4250, H4265 [15JN], E1121 [16JN], E1209 [24JN]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H1220, H1222, H1223, H1224, H1270 [18FE]

Budget: comply with pay-as-you-go requirement, H7843 [18NO]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), H7843, H7873 [18NO]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, H5855 [1AU]

———deficit, H7873 [18NO]

CCC: Brazil Cotton Institute funding, H1222, H1223, H1270 [18FE], H4246, H4247, H4248, H4250 [15JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: farm subsidies funding, H1270 [18FE]

———reform payment limitation rules for farm subsidies, H4265 [15JN]

———WIC funding, E1121 [16JN]

Dept. of Defense: Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle program funding, H1223 [18FE]

———Surface Launch Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile System program funding, H1223 [18FE]

Dept. of the Interior: Land and Water Conservation Fund funding, H5557 [26JY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2584), H5458 [25JY], H5557 [26JY]

Eau Claire, WI: tribute to Eau Claire South Middle School Odyssey of the Mind team, E1235 [6JY]

Ecology and environment: preempt regulation of, action relating to, or consideration of greenhouse gases relative to any Federal policy to mitigate climate change (H.R. 910), H2384 [6AP]

Education Sciences Reform Act: technical amendment (S. 365), H5855 [1AU]

EPA: exempt farmers, ranchers, and small businesses from regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, H2384 [6AP]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (H.R. 822), E2093 [18NO]

Foreign trade: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program and certain trade preference programs, H6834 [12OC]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend (H.R. 2832), Senate amendment, H6834 [12OC]

Green Bay Packers (football team): tribute, H799 [15FE], E332 [28FE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H297 [19JA]

Insurance: prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions in health insurance coverage, H297 [19JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: IRS funding for implementation of federally-imposed mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance, H1220 [18FE]

———repeal (H.R. 2), H297 [19JA]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (H.R. 4), H1535, H1536 [3MR]

Taxation: prohibit tax increase on middle class, H1535, H1536 [3MR]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements to payments made to corporations, payments for property and other gross proceeds, and rental property expense payments, H1535, H1536 [3MR]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), Senate amendment, H7660 [16NO]

Tucson, AZ: condemn shootings at ``Congress on Your Corner'' event, express condolences to friends and families of victims, commend first responders, and honor service of Representative Giffords (H. Res. 32), H196 [12JA]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: prohibit funding limitations for listing of endangered species and critical habitat designations, H5557 [26JY]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3078), H6801, H6807 [12OC]

———require improvement of labor rights and security for workers before approval and implementation, H6801 [12OC]

U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3080), H6807, H6816 [12OC]

U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3079), H6807 [12OC]

Veterans: reduce unemployment by ensuring training and transition assistance and providing incentives to employers for hiring veterans, H7660 [16NO]

Votes: position on missed, E69 [19JA], E646, E647 [6AP], E2094 [18NO]

Tributes

Aschom, Norb, E1051 [3JN]

Rodgers, Aaron, H799 [15FE]