NOEM, KRISTI L. (a Representative from South Dakota)

Amendments

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H934 [15FE], H1325 [18FE]

Appointments

Committee to escort Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the House Chamber, H3348 [24MY]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 374), H8125 [2DE]

Alcoholic beverages: support State based alcohol regulation (see H.R. 1161), H2858 [14AP]

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), H2412 [6AP]

Budget: balance through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending (see H.R. 1848), H3987 [2JN]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 2), H1727 [10MR]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (see H.R. 2560), H5240 [19JY]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see H.R. 3179), H8077 [1DE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H5373 [21JY]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance or pollutant (see H.R. 2997), H7892 [18NO]

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), H7892 [18NO]

Conservation of energy: repeal phase-out of incandescent light bulbs (see H.R. 91), H3758 [26MY]

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), H5489 [25JY]

Corps of Engineers: revise Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual to ensure greater storage capacity to prevent serious downstream flooding (see H.R. 2942), H6231 [15SE]

———take into account all available hydrologic data in conducting Missouri River basin operations (see H.R. 2579), H6183 [14SE]

Credit: require lender or servicer of a home mortgage, upon a request by the homeowner for a short sale, to make a prompt decision whether to allow the sale (see H.R. 1498), H3646 (see H.R. 1498), H3684 [25MY]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 2299), H6344 [21SE]

Dallas Mavericks (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 311), H4327 [16JN]

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 409), H6098 [12SE]

Dept. of Education: provide States and local educational agencies with maximum flexibility in using certain Federal education funds (see H.R. 2445), H4748 [7JY]

———reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 1342), H2291 [4AP]

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

———limit awarding of fees and lawsuits, reform reimbursement eligibility, and compile, and make publicly available, certain data relating to the Equal Access to Justice Act (see H.R. 1996), H3644 (see H.R. 1996), H3682 [25MY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales (see H.R. 1230), H2109 [30MR]

———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]

———require each offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in areas with most prospective oil and gas resources (see H.R. 1231), H2109 [30MR]

Dept. of Transportation: clarify congressional intent of agricultural hours-of-service regulations relative to the delivery of agricultural commodities and farm supplies (see H.R. 3265), H7133 [26OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 1025), H2667 [13AP]

———improve certain laws relative to employment and training of veterans (see H.R. 2433), H6233 [15SE]

———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), H2108 [30MR]

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), H7008 [24OC] (see H.R. 910), H1666 [9MR]

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), H4750 [7JY]

———remove the gray wolf from the list of threatened or endangered species (see H.R. 509), H725 [11FE]

EPA: 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), H2918 [15AP]

———provide additional time to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators (see H.R. 2250), H5240 [19JY]

———provide that certain rules on emission standards for reciprocating internal combustion engines have no force or effect on certain engines used to generate electricity or operate a water pump (see H.R. 3185), H7400 [4NO]

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), H4278 [15JN]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 3461), H9929 [16DE]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 822), H3304 [13MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 13), H1580 [4MR]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H6921 [13OC]

Government: prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 2402), H5020 [13JY]

Government regulations: prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (see H.R. 2898), H6344 [21SE]

Government-sponsored enterprises: suspend compensation packages for senior executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and compensate such executives in accordance with executive branch senior employees pay rates (see H.R. 1221), H9928 [16DE]

GSA: convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to house a National Women's History Museum (see H.R. 1269), H4529 [23JN]

Gulf of Mexico: facilitate safe and timely production of energy resources (see H.R. 1229), H2109 [30MR]

Health: repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees (see H.R. 1744), H4076 [13JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 2), H141 [11JA]

Holder, Attorney General: express no confidence due to lack of monitoring and actions during investigation into whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels (see H. Res. 490), H9432 [15DE]

Housing: enable Federal and State chartered banks and thrifts to meet the credit needs of homebuilders, and provide liquidity and ensure stable credit for meeting the need for new homes (see H.R. 1755), H3344 [23MY]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 371), H5019 [13JY]

Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H6344 [21SE]

Labor unions: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 972), H1664 [9MR]

———protect State requirements for a secret ballot election of labor organizations (see H.R. 1047), H1768 [11MR]

Medicare: ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 3269), H7893 [18NO]

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), H4530 [23JN]

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

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]

NLRB: clarify membership criteria for collective bargaining units and timing of elections of labor organizations (see H.R. 3094), H6855 [12OC]

———repeal rule requiring employers to post notices relative to the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 2854), H6098 [12SE]

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 (see H.R. 2), H141 [11JA]

———repeal certain limitations on health care benefits (see H.R. 605), H3758 [26MY]

———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 452), H5399 [22JY]

Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (see H.R. 872), H1666 [9MR]

Public lands: release certain wilderness study areas from management as de facto wilderness areas and release certain National Forest System roadless areas from certain land use restrictions (see H.R. 1581), H2910 [15AP]

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

Social Security: prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (see H.R. 1509), H4037 [3JN]

Taxation: expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 1244), H6233 [15SE]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H2857 [14AP]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see H.R. 476), H1456 [1MR]

———prevent further restriction of Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Res. 25), H2216 [31MR]

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

———provide for an employee election on Form W-4 to have amounts deducted and withheld from wages to be used to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 2411), H4795 [8JY]

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

———reduce the corporate income tax rate and change to a more territorial method of taxing corporations (see H.R. 937), H1797 [14MR]

———repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1259), H2106 [30MR]

———repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 436), H2917 [15AP]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 674), H4075 [13JN]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1002), H1723 [10MR]

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), H8881 [13DE]

Transportation: limit claims relative to decisions to issue permits, licenses, and approvals for highway and public transportation capital projects (see H.R. 2426), H5240 [19JY]

Twain, Mark: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2453), H9432 [15DE]

U.N.: prohibit funding for the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) (see H.R. 2059), H7257 [2NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Clean Air Act: conform the definition of renewable biomass to the definition given in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act (see H.R. 1920), H3301 [13MY]

EPA: 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), H2912 [15AP]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 2335), H4527 [23JN]

Renewable energy: facilitate development of wind energy resources on Federal lands (see H.R. 2172), H4185 [14JN]

Taxation: terminate ethanol tax credits (see H.R. 2231), H4327 [16JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Clean Air Act: conform the definition of renewable biomass to the definition given in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act (H.R. 1920), H3303 [13MY]

EPA: 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 (H.R. 1633), H2916 [15AP]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (H.R. 2335), H4529 [23JN]

Renewable energy: facilitate development of wind energy resources on Federal lands (H.R. 2172), H4186 [14JN]

Taxation: terminate ethanol tax credits (H.R. 2231), H4329 [16JN]

Letters

Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act: several organizations, H8276 [8DE]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), H4125 [14JN], H4291 [16JN], E1260 [7JY]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H1326 [18FE], H2395 [6AP]

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 (H.R. 1297), H2395 [6AP]

Avon, SD: Avon Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1934 [26OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, H2395 [6AP]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), H5272 [20JY]

———deficit, H2395 [6AP]

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), H709 [11FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Biomass Crop Assistance Program funding, H4125 [14JN]

Dept. of Defense: B-1 bomber funding, H4715 [7JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4715 [7JY]

Economy: address issues relative to senior citizens, H7122 [26OC]

———impact of Government regulations, H709 [11FE]

———importance of job creation, H4356 [21JN]

———national objectives priority assignments, H5272 [20JY]

EPA: 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 (H.R. 1633), H8276, H8287 [8DE]

———exclude certain uncontrollable dust events from determinations of whether an area is in compliance with the coarse particulate matter standard, H8287 [8DE]

———national primary ambient air quality standard modification applicable to coarse particulate matter funding, H1326 [18FE]

Estelline, SD: Sharon F. Delzer Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1935 [26OC]

FAA: authorize appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 658), H2135 [31MR]

———Essential Air Service Program funding, H2135 [31MR]

FEMA: allow flexibility in determining the trigger date for flood insurance relative to large-scale events, H4899 [12JY]

———extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program to achieve reforms to improve financial integrity of program and increase role of private markets in management of flood insurance risk (H.R. 1309), H4899 [12JY]

Hayti, SD: Hamlin Junior High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1934 [26OC]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H308 [19JA]

Medicare: reform, H7122 [26OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 2), H308 [19JA]

Power resources: ethanol blender pump or storage facilities construction funding, H4291 [16JN]

Republican Party: national agenda, H4356 [21JN]

South Dakota: express condolences and support for people affected by Missouri River flooding, H3928 [2JN]

Votes: position on missed, H1811 [15MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H6179 [14SE]