AMASH, JUSTIN (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3660 [25MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4586 [1JY], H4590 [5JY], H4612 [6JY], H4690, H4751 [7JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2017), H3807 [31MY], H3873, H3904, H3905, H3914 [1JN]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2584), H5490 [25JY], H5563 [26JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), H4044 [9JN], H4056, H4059 [13JN]

Appointments

Committee on Economics (Joint), H501 [26JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 361), H8319 [8DE]

———prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (see H.R. 3), H435 [24JA]

Afghanistan: require the President to transmit a plan with timeframe and completion date and reports with status updates on the transition of U.S. military and security operations to the Government of Afghanistan (see H.R. 1735), H3106 [5MY]

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), H2572 [8AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation and increasing the debt limit (see H.J. Res. 56), H3001 [3MY]

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

Bureau of the Census: make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions (see H.R. 931), H3806 [31MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: accept a statue of Gerald R. Ford from the people of Michigan for placement (see H. Con. Res. 27), H1619 [8MR]

Consumers: delay implementation of proposed or final rules relative to reasonable and proportional fees and rules for electronic debit transactions (see H.R. 1081), H2935 [2MY]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H553 [8FE]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 735), H2572 [8AP]

Corps of Engineers: study feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins (see H.R. 892), H1573 [3MR]

Davis-Bacon Act: raise threshold dollar amount of contracts subject to the prevailing wage requirements (see H.R. 3135), H6672 [6OC]

Dept. of Education: allow States to enter into performance agreements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 2514), H7333 [3NO]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide taxpayers a receipt for an income tax payment which itemizes the portion of the payment which is allocable to various Government spending categories (see H.R. 1527), H6855 [12OC]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 645), H3062 [4MY]

Elizabeth L. Kinnunen Post Office Building, Munising, MI: designate (see H.R. 3378), H9929 [16DE]

FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see H.R. 642), H680 [10FE]

Federal employees: reduce size of the Federal workforce through attrition (see H.R. 3029), H7258 [2NO]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H554 [8FE]

Government-sponsored enterprises: establish a term for conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and provide conditions for continued operations, wind down, and dissolution of such enterprises (see H.R. 1182), H7715 [16NO]

GPO: establish and maintain a public website allowing access to electronic copies of all congressionally mandated reports (see H.R. 1974), H6855 [12OC]

Health: repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees (see H.R. 1744), H8125 [2DE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 2), H33 [5JA]

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]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services (see H.R. 358), H2215 [31MR]

———repeal (see H.R. 2), H33 [5JA]

———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 452), H3062 [4MY]

Political campaigns: prohibit executive agencies from requiring the disclosure of political contributions by an entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract (see H.R. 2008), H3754 [26MY]

Public debt: prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached (see H.R. 421), H1621 [8MR]

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

Taxation: reduce the corporate income tax rate (see H.R. 609), H679 [10FE]

———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), H4529 [23JN]

———repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 436), H7257 [2NO]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 674), H5926 [23AU]

Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (see H.R. 3264), H7715 [16NO]

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit a pat down search of a minor for purposes of air transportation security without the consent and presence of a parent (see H.R. 1510), H2918 [15AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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. 1442), H2569 [8AP]

———direct the President to remove the U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan (see H.J. Res. 49), H1842 [15MR]

Budget: constitutional amendment to establish a spending limit (see H.J. Res. 73), H5373 [21JY]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 81), H6977 [14OC]

Libya: cease use of force by U.S. Armed Forces unless such use of force is authorized by Congress (see H.R. 1212), H2036 [29MR]

Constitutional authority statements

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. 1442), H2570 [8AP]

———direct the President to remove the U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan (H.J. Res. 49), H1843 [15MR]

Budget: constitutional amendment to establish a spending limit (H.J. Res. 73), H5374 [21JY]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 81), H6978 [14OC]

Libya: cease use of force by U.S. Armed Forces unless such use of force is authorized by Congress (H.R. 1212), H2037 [29MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H2573 [11AP]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (H.R. 3), H3028 [4MY]

Armed Forces: prohibit expansion of Presidential authorization for use of military force to include associated forces, H3660, H3661, H3663 [25MY]

———prohibit funding to support military operations in Libya, H4690 [7JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: accept a statue of Gerald R. Ford from the people of Michigan for placement (H. Con. Res. 27), H1778 [14MR]

Dept. of Defense: allow public-private competition for certain programs, projects, or activities, H4612 [6JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3660, H3661, H3663 [25MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4612 [6JY], H4690 [7JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2017), H3904, H3905 [1JN]

———prohibit funding for advanced airport full body scanners, H3904 [1JN]

———prohibit funding for any action by a political appointee to delay, vacate, or reverse any decision to make records available pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, H3905 [1JN]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2584), H5563 [26JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: prohibit funding for any project named for a current U.S. Senator or U.S. President, H4059 [13JN]

———prohibit funding for enforcement of Davis-Bacon Act wage rate requirements, H4056 [13JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), H4056, H4059 [13JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H212 [18JA]

National Park Service: National Capital Performing Arts/Capital Concerts program funding, H5563 [26JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 2), H212 [18JA]

Tributes

Ford, Betty, H4867 [12JY]