FORTENBERRY, JEFF (a Representative from Nebraska)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H58 [6JA]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), H4166 [14JN]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H926, H928, H929 [15FE], H1184, H1186 [17FE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4725 [7JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H5009 [13JY]

Appointments

House Democracy Partnership, H500 [26JA]

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), H7209 [1NO]

———prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 361), H553 [8FE]

———prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex or race (see H.R. 3541), H8075 [1DE]

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

Afghanistan-Pakistan Study Group: establish (see H.R. 1530), H3281 [12MY]

Alcoholic beverages: support State based alcohol regulation (see H.R. 1161), H5150 [18JY]

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), H4751 [7JY]

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), H2412 [6AP]

———eliminate per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty or service used to reduce minimum age at which Reserve component members may retire for non-regular service (see H.R. 1283), H2213 [31MR]

———encourage commercial air carriers to provide certain benefits to members traveling on official military orders and are being deployed or are returning from an overseas deployment (see H. Con. Res. 60), H4327 [16JN]

———ensure that Reserve members who have served on active duty or performed certain active service receive credit toward early receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see H.R. 181), H6551 [4OC]

Atomic Energy Act: require congressional approval of agreements for peaceful nuclear cooperation with foreign countries (see H.R. 1280), H2213 [31MR]

Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc.: revise Federal charter to reflect a change in eligibility requirements (see H.R. 2815), H6506 [3OC]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 2), H40 [5JA]

———establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 114), H2605 [12AP]

Bureau of the Census: make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions (see H.R. 931), H1574 [3MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H7929 [29NO]

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see H. Res. 61), H601 [9FE]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance or pollutant (see H.R. 2997), H7069 [25OC]

Combating Autism Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2005), H5966 [7SE]

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), H8187 [6DE]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H256 [18JA]

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), H5782 [29JY]

Cote d'Ivoire: provide humanitarian support in response to political crisis and support democracy (see H. Res. 85), H681 [10FE]

Courts: assert the standing of the House of Representatives to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in any Federal court litigation (see H. Res. 143), H1575 [3MR]

———prevent misuse of foreign law in Federal courts (see H.R. 973), H4187 [14JN]

Crime: establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about military service (see H.R. 1775), H4852 [11JY]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: expand and improve opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 3236), H6976 [14OC]

Dept. of Defense: establish policies and guidelines to ensure civilian and military law enforcement personnel charged with security functions on military installations will receive active shooter training (see H.R. 826), H1580 [4MR]

Dept. of Education: improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 885), H2039 [29MR]

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), H7999 [30NO]

———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see H.R. 2595), H5284 [20JY]

———make State child abuse and neglect grant funding contigent on enactment of laws making it a felony to fail to report child abuse to law enforcement or State child protective services agencies (see H.R. 3486), H7890 [18NO]

———provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (see H.R. 1629), H2912 [15AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering application for veterans status of an individual who performed service in the merchant marines during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H2213 [31MR]

Dept. of State: establish Special Envoy To Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia (see H.R. 440), H513 [26JA]

———improve and strengthen the Office of International Religious Freedom and require religious freedom training for Foreign Service officers (see H.R. 1856), H3870 (see H.R. 1856), H3911 [1JN]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H1620 [8MR]

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: exempt reimbursements of expenses for accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss from annual income determinations relative to veterans' pensions (see H.R. 923), H1574 [3MR]

———increase amount of Medal of Honor special pension (see H.R. 2318), H4526 [23JN]

———issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (see H.R. 2985), H6552 [4OC]

———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), H3343 [23MY]

Disabled: expand and intensify NIH and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention programs on translational research and related activities relative to Down syndrome (see H.R. 2696), H6344 [21SE]

———expand and intensify NIH programs on translational research and related activities relative to Down syndrome (see H.R. 2695), H6344 [21SE]

Diseases: require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than coverage provided for intravenously administered anticancer medications (see H.R. 2746), H7627 [15NO]

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), H6782 [11OC]

Executive Office of the President: require preparation of a quadrennial National Manufacturing Strategy (see H.R. 1366), H2536 [7AP]

Families and domestic relations: recognize contributions of fathers in the healthy development of children, support responsible fatherhood, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (see H. Res. 315), H4328 [16JN]

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), H393 [20JA]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 13), H2109 [30MR]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 639), H5019 [13JY]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H507 [26JA]

Government: clarify that the President and the Sec. of the Treasury have the authority to prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached (see H. Res. 369), H5734 [28JY]

Health: prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services and require identification of the license of health care professionals (see H.R. 451), H3410 [24MY]

House Rules: require that general appropriations for military construction and veterans' affairs be considered as stand-alone measures (see H. Res. 15), H204 [12JA]

Hydroelectric power: expand small-scale hydropower (see H.R. 795), H1908 [16MR]

Immigration: clarify classes of individuals born in the U.S. who are nationals and citizens of the U.S. at birth (see H.R. 140), H1988 [17MR]

———provide for naturalization of certain high school graduates (see H.R. 218), H1392 [28FE]

———reform by securing borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program (see H.R. 2000), H3753 [26MY]

Insurance: allow enforcement of State disclosure laws and access to courts for covered Holocaust-era insurance policy claims (see H.R. 890), H7332 [3NO]

———preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 1206), H3870 (see H.R. 1206), H3911 [1JN]

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha'is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 134), H2328 [5AP]

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

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

Medicare: provide coverage of comprehensive Alzheimer's disease and other dementia diagnosis and services to improve care and outcomes by increasing detection, diagnosis, care, and planning (see H.R. 1386), H3987 [2JN]

Members of Congress: prevent addresses of residences from appearing on voter registration lists and permit Members who seek candidacy for public office to verify State residency requirements via affidavit (see H.R. 423), H1392 [28FE]

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), H4751 [7JY]

Motor vehicles: exempt certain class A driver's license holders in the agriculture industry from requirement to obtain a hazardous material endorsement when operating certain service vehicles (see H.R. 2429), H6098 [12SE]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3510), H8967 [14DE]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 420), H7008 [24OC]

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]

National Park Service: acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program (see H.R. 2489), H4850 [11JY]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 89), H8320 [8DE]

Nuclear weapons: expand sanctions on individuals who transfer to Iran, Syria, or North Korea equipment or technology relevant to mining or milling uranium or support other proliferation activities (see H.R. 2105), H8728 [12DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: 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), H2213 [31MR]

———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 452), H5901 [9AU]

Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (see H.R. 872), H2039 [29MR]

Pharmacies: ensure and foster safety and quality of care and competitive marketplace by exempting independent pharmacies from antitrust laws in negotiations with health and health insurance providers (see H.R. 1946), H4330 [16JN]

Power resources: protect the bulk-power system and electric infrastructure critical to the defense and well-being of the U.S. against natural and manmade electromagnetic pulse threats and vulnerabilities (see H.R. 668), H6552 [4OC]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorize provision of technical assistance to small public water systems (see H.R. 1427), H5399 [22JY]

SEC: require companies and banks to disclose sanctionable investments and activities in Iran (see H.R. 740), H1580 [4MR]

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]

Special days and holidays: provide that Washington's Birthday be observed on February 22, rather than the third Monday in February, of each year (see H.R. 2268), H5240 [19JY]

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H8188 [6DE]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1964), H3646 (see H.R. 1964), H3684 [25MY]

———repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 2092), H4750 [7JY]

———repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 436), H3870 (see H.R. 436), H3911 [1JN]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 674), H1456 [1MR]

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), H6344 [21SE]

———include Western Hemisphere in the National Strategy for Counterterrorism's areas of focus with attention on Iran's growing presence and activity (see H. Res. 429), H7209 [1NO]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see H.R. 1639), H8262 [7DE]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons (see H.R. 3589), H9432 [15DE]

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), H6506 [3OC]

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom: reauthorize (see H.R. 1856), H3870 (see H.R. 1856), H3911 [1JN]

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

World Malaria Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 49), H3061 [4MY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 719), H1844 [15MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Animals: prohibit any Federal entity, in carrying out efforts to reduce effects of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change, from imposing a fee or tax on gaseous emissions emitted directly by livestock (see H.R. 279), H201 [12JA]

CPSC: exempt ordinary books and paper-based printed material from certain lead limits (see H.R. 272), H201 [12JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a program to provide covered institutions loans for conversion to use of biomass for energy generation (see H.R. 271), H201 [12JA]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit from issuing a final rule that prevents the agricultural employment of minors to detassel corn (see H.R. 3708), H9926 [16DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow certain veterans entitled to educational assistance to use such entitlement to start or purchase a qualifying business enterprise (see H.R. 3167), H6853 [12OC]

———allow transfer of educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to certain dependents for special education (see H.R. 276), H201 [12JA]

Homestead National Monument of America: expand boundary (see H.R. 275), H201 [12JA]

———rename as Homestead National Historical Park (see H.R. 274), H201 [12JA]

Housing Act: revise requirements for areas to be considered rural areas (see H.R. 273), H201 [12JA]

Human rights: prohibit provision of peacekeeping operations assistance to countries that recruit and use child soldiers (see H.R. 2519), H5018 [13JY]

Nuclear energy: improve and underscore importance of international nuclear safety cooperation for operating power reactors and support Convention on Nuclear Safety efforts (see H.R. 1326), H2266 [1AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services (see H.R. 1179), H1983 [17MR]

Roads and highways: exempt any road, highway, or bridge damaged by a natural disaster from duplicative environmental reviews if they are reconstructed in the same location (see H.R. 3347), H7330 [3NO]

Taxation: exempt renewable energy projects receiving Rural Energy for America Program grants from production tax credit offsets (see H.R. 277), H201 [12JA]

———extend and modify credits for alcohol used as fuel (see H.R. 404), H434 [24JA]

———provide for tax-exempt qualified small issue bonds to finance agricultural processing property (see H.R. 278), H201 [12JA]

Veterans: allow disabled veterans and their dependents to use Dept. of Defense commissary and exchange stores (see H.R. 1178), H1983 [17MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Animals: prohibit any Federal entity, in carrying out efforts to reduce effects of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change, from imposing a fee or tax on gaseous emissions emitted directly by livestock (H.R. 279), H203 [12JA]

CPSC: exempt ordinary books and paper-based printed material from certain lead limits (H.R. 272), H203 [12JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a program to provide covered institutions loans for conversion to use of biomass for energy generation (H.R. 271), H203 [12JA]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit from issuing a final rule that prevents the agricultural employment of minors to detassel corn (H.R. 3708), H9927 [16DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow certain veterans entitled to educational assistance to use such entitlement to start or purchase a qualifying business enterprise (H.R. 3167), H6854 [12OC]

———allow transfer of educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to certain dependents for special education (H.R. 276), H203 [12JA]

Homestead National Monument of America: expand boundary (H.R. 275), H203 [12JA]

———rename as Homestead National Historical Park (H.R. 274), H203 [12JA]

Housing Act: revise requirements for areas to be considered rural areas (H.R. 273), H203 [12JA]

Human rights: prohibit provision of peacekeeping operations assistance to countries that recruit and use child soldiers (H.R. 2519), H5019 [13JY]

Nuclear energy: improve and underscore importance of international nuclear safety cooperation for operating power reactors and support Convention on Nuclear Safety efforts (H.R. 1326), H2267 [1AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services (H.R. 1179), H1987 [17MR]

Roads and highways: exempt any road, highway, or bridge damaged by a natural disaster from duplicative environmental reviews if they are reconstructed in the same location (H.R. 3347), H7331 [3NO]

Taxation: exempt renewable energy projects receiving Rural Energy for America Program grants from production tax credit offsets (H.R. 277), H203 [12JA]

———extend and modify credits for alcohol used as fuel (H.R. 404), H435 [24JA]

———provide for tax-exempt qualified small issue bonds to finance agricultural processing property (H.R. 278), H203 [12JA]

Veterans: allow disabled veterans and their dependents to use Dept. of Defense commissary and exchange stores (H.R. 1178), H1987 [17MR]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 237), H3016 [4MY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), H4123, H4155, H4158, H4167 [14JN]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H1184, H1186 [17FE]

Armed Forces: direct the President, pursuant to the War Powers Resolution, to remove the U.S. Armed Forces from Libya (H. Con. Res. 51), H4016 [3JN]

———prohibit funding for deployment of ground troops in Libya (H. Res. 292), H4016 [3JN]

———withdrawal of troops from Iraq, H9909 [16DE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H2599 [12AP]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), H7788 [17NO]

———deficit, H2599 [12AP], H7788 [17NO]

CFTC: funding, H4155, H4158, H4167 [14JN]

Chad: military assistance funding, H1184 [17FE]

China: U.S. policy, H331 [19JA]

Committees of the House: instruct certain committees to report legislation replacing health care reform legislation (H. Res. 9), H366 [20JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: Rural Energy for America Program funding through reductions in Office of the Chief Information Officer, H4167 [14JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4726, H4733 [7JY]

Dept. of Energy: Global Threat Reduction Initiative funding, H5009 [13JY]

Dept. of HHS: proposal to require all health plans to cover certain birth control procedures and drugs, H7382 [4NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2017), H3942 [2JN]

Dept. of State: release of human rights report, H2600 [12AP]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H5009 [13JY]

Foreign aid: sterilization campaign support organizations funding, H1186 [17FE]

Hu Jintao: U.S. visit by Chinese President, H331 [19JA]

Human rights: prohibit provision of military assistance to countries that recruit and use child soldiers, H4726 [7JY]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws, H3942 [2JN]

Omaha, NE: express condolences to families of victims of Millard South High School shooting, H51 [6JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services (H.R. 358), consideration (H. Res. 430), H6879 [13OC]

Uganda: develop a strategy to support efforts to protect civilians and eliminate threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and authorize funds for relief, reconstruction, and transitional justice, H4733 [7JY]

Votes: position on missed, H5106 [15JY], E884 [12MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H350 [19JA], H505 [26JA]

Tributes

Brady, Gregory C., E2250 [14DE]