LIPINSKI, DANIEL (a Representative from Illinois)

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. 3805), H114 [23JA]

——— prohibit Federal assistance for telemedicine abortions and ban interstate abortions using telemedicine technology (see H.R. 5731), H2645 [10MY]

——— prohibit Federal education funding for elementary and secondary schools that provide on-campus access to abortion providers (see H.R. 6173), H5712 [2AU]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3803), H114 [23JA]

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory cattle (see H.R. 3704), H5202 [24JY]

——— promote local and regional farm and food systems (see H.R. 3286), H512 [6FE]

——— provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 3798), H5202 [24JY]

Armed Forces: commend, make permanent, oppose proposals to diminish national security role of, and recognize the National Guard as the foundation of the Operational Reserve (see H. Con. Res. 129), H5202 [24JY]

Business and industry: accelerate research, development, and innovation in manufacturing to improve competitiveness (see H.R. 6081), H4684 [9JY]

——— list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (see H.R. 3596), H513 [6FE]

Buy American Act: require a certain percentage of domestic content in green technologies purchased by Federal agencies, States using Federal funds, and property eligible for certain renewable energy tax credits (see H.R. 6217), H5326 [26JY]

Buy American Week: designate (see H. Res. 705), H4657 [29JN]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H6061 [14SE]

Corps of Engineers: provide construction and major rehabilitation funding for projects located on inland and intracoastal waterways (see H.R. 4342), H2134 [25AP]

Crime: establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about military service (see H.R. 1775), H5130 [23JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: expand and improve opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 3236), H1306 [8MR]

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see H.R. 3395), H4157 [27JN]

Dept. of Defense: clarify the requirement to procure footwear from American sources (see H.R. 2955), H182 [25JA]

——— declassify information relative to missing and unaccounted-for members of the Armed Forces (see H. Res. 485), H1101 [29FE]

Dept. of Education: revise rule requiring for-profit colleges from receiving a certain percentage of revenue from non-Federal sources to count military and veterans’ education benefits under such rule (see H.R. 4055), H4828 [11JY]

Dept. of Energy: consider water intensity in energy research, development, and demonstration programs to help guarantee efficient, reliable, and sustainable delivery of energy and water resources (see H.R. 5827), H3267 [30MY]

Dept. of HHS: clarify standards relative to suspension, revocation, and limitation of laboratory certification (see H.R. 6118), H6001 [13SE]

——— reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 2679), H2134 [25AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: modify requirements for the visa waiver program (see H.R. 3855), H218 [31JA]

——— prohibit appropriated funds from being used to pay for an abortion (see H.R. 5646), H2813 [16MY]

——— provide certain information to intellectual property right owners of semiconductor chip products to facilitate identification of suspected counterfeit microchips (see H.R. 6012), H5202 [24JY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of the Pullman Historic Site in Chicago, IL (see H.R. 3894), H1274 [7MR]

——— establish production incentive fee for lands leased for oil or natural gas on which production is not occurring (see H.R. 927), H2329 [7MY]

Dept. of Transportation: develop commercial areas around rail stations to help finance rail corridor infrastructure and operational expenses (see H.R. 4361), H1845 [16AP]

——— establish a program to assist veterans to acquire commercial driver’s licenses (see H.R. 3666), H572 [7FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop a comprehensive policy to improve outreach and transparency to veterans and Armed Forces members through provision of information on institutions of higher learning (see H.R. 4057), H2447 [8MY]

——— establish an honorary Excellence in Veterans Education Award (see H.R. 4052), H3733 [18JN]

——— establish an open burn pit registry to ensure that Armed Forces members exposed to toxic chemicals and fumes in Afghanistan or Iraq receive information regarding such exposure (see H.R. 3337), H571 [7FE]

——— establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H4605 [28JN]

——— improve educational counseling opportunities for veterans (see H.R. 6101), H5712 [2AU]

——— provide certain disabled veterans beneficiary travel program coverage for travel for certain special disabilities rehabilitation (see H.R. 3687), H5728 [7AU]

EPA: prohibit from regulating fossil fuel combustion waste (see H.R. 1391), H1428 [20MR]

FAA: reform regulations regarding enforcement actions against pilots, clarify statutory deference related to the NTSB, require notice to airmen (NOTAM) posting, and reform medical certification process (see H.R. 3816), H158 [24JA]

Federal agencies and departments: treat relevant military training as sufficient to satisfy training or certification requirements for Federal licenses (see H.R. 4155), H4158 [27JN]

Financial institutions: limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (see H.R. 4367), H4158 [27JN]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 13), H2813 [16MY]

Foreign aid: ensure that a percentage of food aid provided in the form of certain agricultural commodities or their products must be transported on U.S. commercial vessels (see H.R. 6170), H6001 [13SE]

Foreign trade: apply countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 4105), H1099 [29FE]

Fraternal organizations: tribute to tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies for charitable works and volunteer activities in communities across the country (see H. Con. Res. 116), H6152 [19SE]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H966 [27FE]

Global Science Program for Security, Competitiveness, and Diplomacy: establish (see H.R. 6303), H5705 [2AU]

Government: optimize Federal data center usage and efficiency (see H.R. 6278), H6001 [13SE]

High-Performance Computing Act: authorize activities for support of networking and information technology research (see H.R. 3834), H186 [27JA]

Immigration: make detention and deportation mandatory for illegal aliens convicted of drunk driving (see H.R. 3808), H6298 [28SE]

Insurance: require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child’s congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 1955), H2569 [9MY]

Iran: condemn continued persecution, imprisonment, and sentencing of Youcef Nadarkhani on the charge of apostasy (see H. Res. 556), H1101 [29FE]

——— express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H2289 [27AP]

Israel: reaffirm strategic relationship with the U.S., direct the President to submit reports on U.S. actions to enhance this relationship, and assist in the defense of Israel (see H.R. 4133), H2288 [27AP]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H2569 [9MY]

Medicare: clarify application of secondary payer rules (see H.R. 1063), H2288 [27AP]

——— exempt blood glucose self-testing equipment and supplies furnished by small retail community pharmacies from competitive acquisition programs (see H.R. 1936), H6152 [19SE]

——— extended coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions (see H.R. 2969), H159 [24JA]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program to further fair audits of and payments to pharmacies (see H.R. 4215), H5292 [25JY]

Members of Congress: prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see H.R. 3643), H5009 [18JY]

Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 640), H2274 [27AP]

National Eagle Scout Day: designate (see H. Res. 716), H4604 [28JN]

National Museum of the American People: support formation of a bipartisan Presidential commission to study establishment (see H. Con. Res. 63), H2716 [15MY]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of establishment (see H.R. 5840), H3977 [21JN]

National Water Research and Development Initiative: implement (see H.R. 5826), H3267 [30MY]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1306 [8MR]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: establish a committee to identify and coordinate international science and technology cooperation (see H.R. 5916), H3660 [7JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure coverage offered under multi-State qualified health plans offered in exchanges is consistent with the Federal abortion funding ban (see H.R. 4971), H2267 [27AP]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 4010), H1154 [5MR]

Privacy: prohibit employers from requiring employees to provide access to personal online accounts (see H.R. 5684), H4158 [27JN]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 4104), H3733 [18JN]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (see H.R. 14), H1496 [21MR]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1648), H5292 [25JY]

Science: establish scientific standards and protocols across forensic disciplines (see H.R. 6106), H4862 [12JY]

SEC: require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees (see H.R. 3875), H4656 [29JN]

Space policy: confirm full ownership rights for astronauts of certain artifacts from space missions (see H.R. 4158), H1272 [7MR]

Taxation: allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of tax as contributions to the homeless veterans assistance fund (see H.R. 3352), H5130 [23JY]

——— encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (see H.R. 5542), H5202 [24JY]

——— exempt certain shipping from harbor maintenance tax (see H.R. 1533), H159 [24JA]

——— extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 3307), H2715 [15MY]

——— permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see H.R. 1265), H5202 [24JY]

——— restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 2669), H1306 [8MR]

Veterans: require States to ensure that training received by a veteran while on active duty is taken into consideration in granting certain State certifications or licenses (see H.R. 4115), H5131 [23JY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: acknowledge donor contributions at Visitor Center (see H.R. 6291), H5704 [2AU]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3001), H1210 [6MR]

Water pollution: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1375), H3404 [1JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: establish educational seminars at U.S. ports of entry to improve ability of personnel to classify and appraise articles imported into the U.S. in accordance with customs laws (see H.R. 6110), H4862 [12JY]

Business and industry: promote growth and competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing (see H.R. 5865), H3266 [30MY]

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see H. Res. 523), H158 [24JA]

Dept. of HHS: provide for public disclosure of charges for certain hospital and ambulatory surgical center treatment episodes (see H.R. 5709), H2644 [10MY]

Members of Congress: support and promote the respectful and dignified disposal of worn and tattered U.S. flags (see H. Res. 757), H5707 [2AU]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 552), H902 [16FE]

Olympic Games: express that clothing issued to athletes representing the U.S. should be made in the U.S. (see H. Res. 731), H4907 [17JY]

——— require the U.S. Olympic Committee to ensure that goods donated or supplied to athletes are substantially made in the U.S. (see H.R. 6132), H4907 [17JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: establish educational seminars at U.S. ports of entry to improve ability of personnel to classify and appraise articles imported into the U.S. in accordance with customs laws (H.R. 6110), H4863 [12JY]

Business and industry: promote growth and competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing (H.R. 5865), H3266 [30MY]

Dept. of HHS: provide for public disclosure of charges for certain hospital and ambulatory surgical center treatment episodes (H.R. 5709), H2646 [10MY]

Olympic Games: require the U.S. Olympic Committee to ensure that goods donated or supplied to athletes are substantially made in the U.S. (H.R. 6132), H4907 [17JY]

Remarks

AthletiCo Physical and Occupational Therapy (company): tribute, E260• [28FE]

Business and industry: promote growth and competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing (H.R. 5865), H5834 [11SE]

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (H. Res. 523), H225 [1FE]

Chicago, IL: Academy for Global Citizenship recipient of Dept. of Education Green Ribbon Schools award, E914• [31MY]

——— anniversary of Sts. Peter and Paul Baseball Club, E763• [10MY]

——— anniversary of VFW Rhine Post 2729, E1723• [26OC]

——— tribute to Hurley Elementary School Science Bowl Team for participation in the National Science Bowl, E764• [10MY]

Computers: advance cybersecurity research, development, and technical standards (H.R. 2096), H2219, H2221 [27AP]

DeCraene, Peter: NSF Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching recipient, E1170• [28JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), H4047 [26JN]

FERC: transfer permitting approval authority over construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H3048 [17MY]

Gold Eagle Co.: Dept. of Commerce President’s ‘‘E’’ Award recipient, E765• [10MY]

Gulf of Mexico: restore resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H3048 [17MY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4785 [11JY]

High-Performance Building Week: observance, E852• [18MY]

High-Performance Computing Act: authorize activities for support of networking and information technology research (H.R. 3834), H2226 [27AP]

Homer Glen, IL: International Dark Sky Association International Dark Sky Community award recipient, E1219• [10JY]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 552), H734 [15FE]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: observance, E1613• [21SE]

NSF: Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Program funding, H2415 [8MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H325 [1FE], H4785 [11JY]

——— repeal (H.R. 6079), H4785 [11JY]

Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S., H3048 [17MY]

Railroads: positive train control requirements implementation funding, H4047 [26JN]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H3048 [17MY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2415 [8MY]

Small Business Saturday: observance, E1780• [16NO]

St. Xavier University: tribute to football team, E28• [17JA]

Taxation: provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (H.R. 2866), E852• [18MY]

Villanova, William: Illinois State Crime Commission Police Chief of the Year award recipient, E557• [17AP]

Western Springs, IL: St. John of the Cross Parish School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1513• [13SE]

Tributes

Bednarz, Anthony, E52• [23JA]

Bernas, Thomas, E854• [18MY]

Blazonczyk, Eddie, Sr., E934• [31MY]

Cacciottolo, Concetta and Carmen, E762• [10MY]

Costello, Representative, H5903, H5906 [12SE]

Goodfriend, Lenore, E494• [29MR]

Griffin, Dan, E1928• [13DE]

Hall, Representative, E1819• [28NO]

Kokaska, Jim, E1930• [13DE]

Malinowski, Edward F., E1657• [25SE]

Mallis, Eugenia Muros, E558• [17AP]

McCollum, Dan, E1656• [25SE]

McShane, James E., E78• [25JA]

Moore, Richard E., E389• [20MR]

Murney, Florence Klein, E1394• [3AU]

Pucinski, Roman C., E1464• [10SE]

Smolik, Scott, E1927• [13DE]

Stachon, Joseph J., E1721• [26OC]

Zilka, Richard, E1058• [18JN]