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

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4310, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H6782 [13DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3803), H1274 [7MR]

Animals: designate the North American bison as the national mammal of the U.S. (see H.R. 6304), H5705 [2AU]

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), H3977 [21JN]

——— 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), H2134 [25AP]

Budget: provide for greater transparency and honesty in Federal budget process (see H.R. 3844), H803 [15FE]

Civil liberties: protect individual privacy against unwarranted governmental intrusion through the use of domestic unmanned aerial vehicles commonly called drones (see H.R. 5925), H4828 [11JY]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H5293 [25JY]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 4000), H692 [9FE]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1588), H2033 [19AP]

Corps of Engineers: revise Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual to ensure greater storage capacity to prevent serious downstream flooding, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2942), H3700 [8JN]

Crime: establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about military service (see H.R. 1775), H4656 [29JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: modify the definition of the term biobased product (see H.R. 5873), H5526 [31JY]

——— repeal a duplicative inspection and grading program for catfish (see H.R. 4296), H2034 [19AP]

——— repeal authority to make performance-based bonus payments to States for recruiting additional people to enroll in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 3652), H572 [7FE]

Dept. of Education: encourage effective teachers and innovative education programs in schools (see H.R. 3990), H691 [9FE]

——— support State and local accountability for public education and inform parents of their schools’ performance (see H.R. 3989), H691 [9FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H2072 [24AP]

——— provide States with incentives to require elementary and secondary schools to maintain, and permit school personnel to administer, epinephrine (see H.R. 3627), H376 [1FE]

——— revise and expand the 340B Drug Pricing Program to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (see H.R. 2674), H726 [14FE]

Dept. of Justice: revise certain accessibility regulations for the disabled relative to pools at public accommodations or provided by public entities (see H.R. 4256), H1847 [16AP]

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

——— prohibit finalization of proposed rule relative to domestic service employees (see H.R. 5970), H4606 [28JN]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales, provide fair revenue sharing for coastal States, and formulate offshore energy development plans to generate infrastructure revenue (see H.R. 3410), H441 [2FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 3612), H5328 [26JY]

Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior: expedite forest management projects relative to hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, and economic development (see H.R. 5744), H3177 [29MY]

Economy: encourage job creation through trade, tax, labor, health care, and court reforms, a balanced budget amendment, Alaskan energy development, Federal workforce reduction, and regulatory flexibility (see H.R. 3487), H2569 [9MY]

EPA: amend guidelines governing the handling of lead-based paint during remodeling or renovation activities (see H.R. 5911), H3660 [7JN]

——— provide reasonable limits, control, and oversight over use of aerial surveillance of farmers (see H.R. 5961), H3806 [19JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: preserve companionship services exemption for minimum wage and overtime pay (see H.R. 3066), H441 [2FE] (see H.R. 5969), H4606 [28JN]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment on parental rights (see H.J. Res. 110), H6234 [20SE]

Foreign trade: apply countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 4105), H1210 [6MR]

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), H4828 [11JY]

House Rules: prevent creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs (see H. Res. 623), H4865 [12JY]

Housing Act: revise census data and population requirements for areas to be considered rural areas (see H.R. 6416), H6234 [20SE]

Hydroelectric power: protect the Federal Columbia River Power System, Power Marketing Administration customers, and Bureau of Reclamation dams and facilities and promote hydropower generation (see H.R. 6247), H6234 [20SE]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 1206), H3267 [30MY]

Iran: condemn continued persecution, imprisonment, and sentencing of Youcef Nadarkhani on the charge of apostasy (see H. Res. 556), H1018 [28FE]

——— express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H2716 [15MY]

Israel: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 115), H2212 [26AP]

——— 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), H2134 [25AP]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 2040), H571 [7FE]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H512 [6FE]

Medicare: clarify application of secondary payer rules (see H.R. 1063), H948 [21FE]

——— extend reasonable cost contracts (see H.R. 2770), H6152 [19SE]

——— provide for a primary care graduate medical education pilot project to improve access to the primary care workforce (see H.R. 3667), H3267 [30MY]

NLRB: disapprove rule relative to representation election procedures (see H.J. Res. 103), H1274 [7MR]

——— permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see H.R. 4385), H3700 [8JN]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (see H.R. 3523), H1017 [28FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services (see H.R. 1179), H571 [7FE]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H441 [2FE]

——— suspend bonus authority for certain postal officials in any year in which a postal retail facility or mail processing facility is closed (see H.R. 4270), H1641 [27MR]

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

Public lands: improve management of grazing leases and permits (see H.R. 4234), H1496 [21MR]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend relative to consumer confidence reports by community water systems (see H.R. 1340), H220 [31JA]

Schools: express support for prayer at school board meetings (see H. Res. 662), H3103 [17MY]

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H1428 [20MR]

——— extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 3307), H441 [2FE]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 3728), H2329 [7MY]

——— make permanent the individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends (see H.R. 3091), H5130 [23JY]

——— modify incentives for production of biodiesel (see H.R. 2238), H476 [3FE]

——— prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions and return previously distributed funds for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5912), H3660 [7JN]

——— promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H2447 [8MY]

——— promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and services (see H.R. 1860), H4775 [10JY]

——— provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses (see H.R. 9), H1571 [26MR]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1327), H2813 [16MY]

——— require individuals to provide their Social Security number in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 1956), H3363 [31MY]

Veterans: exempt health care programs from sequestration (see H.R. 3895), H1018 [28FE]

——— expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303, 333), H6233 [20SE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4970), H2267 [27AP]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: clarify provisions relative to regulation of municipal advisors (see H.R. 2827), H1741 [28MR]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 4965), H2266 [27AP]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 719), H1543 [22MR]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 3767), H1017 [28FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: extend certain supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs (see H.R. 4948), H2206 [26AP]

Corps of Engineers: notify the public of certain flood predictions for the Missouri River System (see H.R. 5717), H2644 [10MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify maximum distance between Farm Service Agency county offices for purposes of the closure or relocation of a county office (see H.R. 4330), H1804 [29MR]

——— convey cemeteries located on National Forest System land in the Black Hills National Forest to local South Dakota communities maintaining such cemeteries (see H.R. 3874), H374 [1FE]

——— modify crop insurance ineligibility requirements for producers that produce an annual crop on native sod (see H.R. 5879), H3362 [31MY]

National forests: declare state of emergency and implement hazardous fuel reduction projects for extreme fire hazard and unsafe conditions caused by pine beetle infestations, drought, disease, or storm damage (see H.R. 4331), H1804 [29MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Agriculture: extend certain supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs (H.R. 4948), H2210 [26AP]

Corps of Engineers: notify the public of certain flood predictions for the Missouri River System (H.R. 5717), H2646 [10MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify maximum distance between Farm Service Agency county offices for purposes of the closure or relocation of a county office (H.R. 4330), H1806 [29MR]

——— convey cemeteries located on National Forest System land in the Black Hills National Forest to local South Dakota communities maintaining such cemeteries (H.R. 3874), H375 [1FE]

——— modify crop insurance ineligibility requirements for producers that produce an annual crop on native sod (H.R. 5879), H3363 [31MY]

National forests: declare state of emergency and implement hazardous fuel reduction projects for extreme fire hazard and unsafe conditions caused by pine beetle infestations, drought, disease, or storm damage (H.R. 4331), H1806 [29MR]

Letters

Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act: Mike and Lori Peskey, H6154 [20SE]

Remarks

AbilityOne Program: tribute, E1667• [28SE]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 6083), H5139 [24JY], H5654 [2AU], H5865 [12SE], H5927 [13SE], H6154 [20SE]

——— extend certain supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs, H5139 [24JY]

——— make supplemental agricultural disaster assistance available with costs offset by changes to certain conservation programs (H.R. 6233), H5654 [2AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: convey cemeteries located on National Forest System land in the Black Hills National Forest to local South Dakota communities maintaining such cemeteries (H.R. 3874), H2681 [15MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H3024 [17MY]

——— long-range penetrating bomber aircraft funding, H3024 [17MY]

Dept. of Energy: Office of Science funding through reductions in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program funding, H3379 [1JN]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming (H.R. 4157), H5164 [24JY]

Ellsworth AFB, SD: anniversary, H2820 [17MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5325), H3379 [1JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4747 [10JY]

Native Americans: decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable, H2773 [16MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact on tax burden, H4747 [10JY]

——— repeal (H.R. 6079), H4747 [10JY]

Sacagawea: anniversary of death, E1517• [13SE]

Taxation: provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses (H.R. 9), H1996 [19AP]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4970), H2773 [16MY]

Votes: position on missed, H69• [18JA], E41• [18JA]

Weather: effect of drought on agriculture, H5927 [13SE]

Tributes

Abdnor, James, H2824 [17MY]

Janklow, William J., E41• [18JA]