BOUSTANY, CHARLES W., JR. (a Representative from Louisiana)

Amendments

FERC: transfer permitting approval authority over construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 4348), H1944 [18AP]

Gulf of Mexico: restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), H1944 [18AP]

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), H1944 [18AP]

Articles and editorials

Cajun Towns Feud About Sausage With Links to the Past, Timothy W. Martin, Wall Street Journal, E1168• [28JN]

More Businesses May Pull Plug on Welfare Cash Cards, Chris Ingalls, KING5.com (Internet site), H318 [1FE]

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]

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

African Growth and Opportunity Act: add South Sudan to list of eligible countries and extend third country fabric program (see H.R. 5986), H3974 [21JN]

Armed Forces: ensure repeal of ‘‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’’ does not infringe upon the free exercise of religion and rights of conscience of members, including chaplains (see H.R. 3828), H476 [3FE]

——— protect child custody arrangements for parents who are members (see H.R. 4201), H2289 [27AP]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see H.R. 5986), H3974 [21JN]

Commission To Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities: establish (see H.R. 6655), H6806 [13DE]

Congress: approve construction, operation, and maintenance of the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian border to the South Dakota/Nebraska border (see H.R. 6164), H5130 [23JY]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 3811), H158 [24JA] (see H.R. 4000), H692 [9FE]

Crime: establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about military service (see H.R. 1775), H4685 [9JY]

Defense Production Act: clarify interpretation does not allow confiscation of personal property or forced conscription into the Armed Forces, unwilling labor, or relinquishing of goods or services without compensation (see H. Con. Res. 110), H1742 [28MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend suspension of limitation on the period for which certain borrowers are eligible for Farm Service Agency guaranteed assistance (see H.R. 1422), H5078 [19JY]

——— repeal rule on nutrition standards that impose caloric limits in the national school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 6418), H6302 [5OC]

Dept. of Commerce: produce, with other relevant agencies, a report on enhancing the competitiveness of the U.S. in attracting foreign direct investments (see H.R. 5910), H5712 [2AU]

Dept. of HHS: eliminate authority to limit ability of medical providers to conduct lawful businesses (see H.R. 6320), H5705 [2AU]

——— exempt employers from taxes, penalties, or suits for failure to offer insurance coverage for certain women’s preventive services on the basis of religious belief or moral conviction (see H.R. 6097), H4828 [11JY]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit tracking and cataloguing purchases of multiple rifles and shotguns (see H.R. 3814), H945 [17FE]

Dept. of Labor: disapprove rule relative to temporary non-agricultural employment of H–2B aliens in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 104), H944 [17FE]

——— prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming (see H.R. 4157), H1808 [29MR]

Disasters: provide tax relief relative to Hurricane Isaac disaster area (see H.R. 6459), H6231 [20SE]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): modify textile and apparel rules of origin (see H.R. 5986), H3974 [21JN]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H4157 [27JN]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 3461), H1571 [26MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 13), H1135 [1MR]

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

Gospel Music Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 119), H6062 [14SE]

Hague Convention on International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance: implement (see H.R. 4282), H1739 [28MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 6079), H4775 [10JY]

Hobby Protection Act: amend to make unlawful the provision of assistance or support in violation of that Act (see H.R. 5977), H5712 [2AU]

Iran: express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H2648 [10MY]

IRS: disapprove rule relative to the health insurance premium tax credit (see H.J. Res. 112), H5079 [19JY]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H3363 [31MY]

Medicare: modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 2108), H1807 [29MR]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program to further fair audits of and payments to pharmacies (see H.R. 4215), H5766 [10SE]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1546), H5202 [24JY]

Moldova: extend normal trade relations status (see H.R. 6156), H5293 [25JY]

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

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1101 [29FE]

NLRB: disapprove rule relative to representation election procedures (see H.J. Res. 103), H901 [16FE]

Obama, President: appoint special counsel to investigate operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms (see H. Res. 532), H374 [1FE]

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]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services (see H.R. 1179), H512 [6FE]

——— repeal (see H.R. 6079), H4775 [10JY]

Ports: recognize importance to the U.S. economy and national security, strengthen seaport-related infrastructure, and express gratitude to port employees (see H. Res. 592), H1427 [20MR]

Presidential appointments: disapprove appointment of certain officers or employees during a congressional recess of less than 3 days and express that such appointments are unconstitutional (see H. Res. 509), H27 [17JA]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 4104), H1392 [19MR]

Public debt: disapprove the President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (see H.J. Res. 98), H8 [13JA]

Public welfare programs: prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H.R. 6140), H5079 [19JY]

Rihani, Ameen: tribute to life and work and anniversary of publication of the first Arab-American novel, ‘‘The Book of Khalid’’ (see H. Res. 608), H1805 [29MR]

Russia: extend normal trade relations status (see H.R. 6156), H5293 [25JY]

Securities: protect transactions in the U.S. from enforcement of certain excise taxes imposed by foreign governments (see H.R. 6616), H6587 [3DE]

——— provide one-time payments from the SIPC Fund for customers during a pending lawsuit by the SEC against the Securities Investor Protection Corp. (see H.R. 4002), H692 [9FE]

SSA: protect information received related to deceased individuals (see H.R. 3475), H2329 [7MY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for patent box profit from the use of U.S. patents (see H.R. 6353), H5707 [2AU]

——— clarify that any person who, for commercial purposes, makes available for consumer use a machine capable of producing tobacco products, is a manufacturer of tobacco products (see H.R. 4134), H1978 [18AP]

——— exclude dividends from controlled foreign corporations from the definition of personal holding company income for purposes of the personal holding company rules (see H.R. 6660), H7425 [20DE]

——— expedite consideration of comprehensive tax reform legislation (see H.R. 6169), H5200 [24JY]

——— extend allowance for bonus depreciation for certain business assets (see H.R. 4196), H1543 [22MR]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (see H.R. 8), H5200 [24JY]

——— extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 3307), H803 [15FE]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 4336), H1804 [29MR]

——— modify certain rules applicable to real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 5746), H3808 [19JN]

——— modify depreciation recovery period for energy-efficient cool roof systems (see H.R. 2962), H220 [31JA]

——— modify the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 2082), H3267 [30MY]

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see H. Con. Res. 144), H6679 [7DE]

——— permit health plans without a deductible for prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care to be treated as high deductible plans relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 6162), H5078 [19JY]

——— promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and services (see H.R. 1860), H5202 [24JY]

——— provide an increased penalty in certain cases of fraudulent understatement of a taxpayer’s liability by a tax return preparer (see H.R. 5630), H2443 [8MY]

——— provide exception to additional estate tax for severance of standing timber harvested consistent with a forest management plan (see H.R. 6439), H6280 [21SE]

——— provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 1802), H3163 [18MY]

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 6048), H4656 [29JN]

——— require individuals to provide their Social Security number in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 1956), H2329 [7MY]

——— support and strengthen tax incentives for retirement savings (see H. Con. Res. 101), H901 [16FE]

Telecommunications: prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program (see H.R. 3481), H6310 [16OC]

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: oppose (see H. Res. 814), H6428 [16NO]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3001), H1741 [28MR]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 3767), H4158 [27JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Foreign trade: prevent importation of merchandise into the U.S. in a manner that evades antidumping and countervailing duty orders (see H.R. 5708), H2644 [10MY]

Health: provide adequate technical assistance and other support to States for long-term care partnership program (see H.R. 6300), H5705 [2AU]

Members of Congress: clarify whether a House Member is subject to a deduction in pay due to absence by defining absent as missing any vote held in the House on a given day (see H.R. 6085), H4684 [9JY]

Social Security: permit hospitals to make incentive payments to physicians to promote quality and efficiency (see H.R. 6176), H5201 [24JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Foreign trade: prevent importation of merchandise into the U.S. in a manner that evades antidumping and countervailing duty orders (H.R. 5708), H2646 [10MY]

Health: provide adequate technical assistance and other support to States for long-term care partnership program (H.R. 6300), H5709 [2AU]

Members of Congress: clarify whether a House Member is subject to a deduction in pay due to absence by defining absent as missing any vote held in the House on a given day (H.R. 6085), H4685 [9JY]

Social Security: permit hospitals to make incentive payments to physicians to promote quality and efficiency (H.R. 6176), H5201 [24JY]

Letters

Countervailing duties application to nonmarket economy countries: C. David Veal, American Shrimp Processors Association, H1169 [6MR]

Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act: by, H328 [1FE]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 6083), H4660 [9JY]

——— sugar price support program funding, H4660 [9JY]

Coles, Dewey L.: National Infantry Association Order of St. Maurice award recipient, E130• [3FE]

Corps of Engineers: ensure that amounts credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are used for harbor maintenance, H3355 [31MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: include multi-year price decline protections in the Agriculture Risk Coverage program, H4660 [9JY]

Dept. of Energy: phase out the innovative technology loan guarantee program and provide taxpayer protections from pending program participants (H.R. 6213), H5932 [13SE]

Dept. of the Interior: replace President Obama’s proposed Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program with a congressional plan that will conduct additional lease sales (H.R. 6082), H5172 [24JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: address delays in expansion of medical facility in Lafayette, LA, and construction of new medical facility in Lake Charles, LA, H1369 [19MR]

——— expedite delivery of health care to veterans at VA community-based outpatient clinics in Lafayette, LA, and Lake Charles, LA, H2143 [26AP]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5325), H3355 [31MY]

FERC: transfer permitting approval authority over construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 4348), H1944 [18AP]

——— transfer permitting approval authority over construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 4348), consideration (H. Res. 619), H1926 [18AP]

Foreign trade: apply countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (H.R. 4105), H1168 [6MR]

Gaudet, Eric: Macy’s, Inc., Bob Hope Band Scholarship Award recipient, E1815• [27NO]

Gulf of Mexico: restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), H1944 [18AP]

——— 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), consideration (H. Res. 619), H1926 [18AP]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance, H1926, H1944 [18AP]

Health: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), H1476, H1477 [21MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4736 [10JY]

Lafayette, LA: tribute to Teurlings Catholic High School girls’ softball team, E744• [9MY]

Libya: commend U.S. public servants who died in attack on U.S. consulate in Benghazi, express condolences to families of victims, condemn the attack, and call for perpetrators to be brought to justice, H5979 [13SE]

Louisiana: tribute to Cajun culture and food, E1168• [28JN]

Obama, President: evaluation of energy policies, H1399 [20MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements, H3606 [7JN]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H327 [1FE]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), consideration (H. Res. 522), H195 [31JA]

——— repeal (H.R. 6079), H4736 [10JY]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board, H1476, H1477 [21MR]

Power resources: develop plan to increase oil and gas exploration, development, and production under oil and gas leases of Federal lands in response to Strategic Petroleum Reserve drawdown (H.R. 4480), consideration (H. Res. 691), H3817 [20JN]

——— national energy policy, H3817 [20JN]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and amend the program of block grants to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 3659), H315 [1FE]

——— require States to implement policies to prevent assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program from being used in strip clubs, casinos, and liquor stores (H.R. 3567), H315, H317, H320, H321 [1FE]

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), H1944 [18AP]

——— 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), consideration (H. Res. 619), H1926 [18AP]

Russia: extend normal trade relations status, H5977, H5978, H5979 [13SE]

Sergeant Richard Franklin Abshire Post Office Building, Abbeville, LA: designate (H.R. 3412), H3998 [26JN]

Taxation: extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), H5582 [1AU]

——— increase participation in medical flexible spending arrangements, H3606 [7JN]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 436), H3606 [7JN]

University of Louisiana at Lafayette: tribute to marching band, E1815• [27NO]

Votes: position on missed, E811• [16MY]

Resolutions by organizations

Sugar price support program funding: St. Mary Parish, LA, Chamber of Commerce, E1206• [9JY]

Subpoena Notices

27th Judicial District Court for the Parish of St. Landry, LA, H5329 [30JY]

Tributes

Dreier, Representative, H5976 [13SE]

Duhon, Woodrow R., E1208• [9JY]