CARTER, JOHN R. (a Representative from Texas)

Affidavits

Dept. of Justice funding to enforce certain accessibility regulations for the disabled relative to pools at public accommodations or provided by public entities: Hitesh Patel, H2406 [8MY]

Appointments

Committee to escort the President, H151 [24JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex or race (see H.R. 3541), H221 [31JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3803), H221 [31JA]

Africa: condemn atrocities and encourage efforts to end threats by the Lord’s Resistance Army and bring Joseph Kony and his top commanders to justice (see H. Res. 583), H1498 [21MR]

Agriculture: codify exemptions for farming, forestry, and ranching relative to permit requirements for dredged or fill material (see H.R. 4278), H2289 [27AP]

Arab countries: call for protection of religious minority rights and freedoms (see H. Res. 732), H6234 [20SE]

Armed Forces: award Purple Heart to members killed or wounded in terrorist attacks perpetrated within the U.S. (see H.R. 5144), H2270 [27AP]

——— ensure that relocation of an active duty servicemember away from the servicemember’s principal residence does not prevent the refinancing of a mortgage on that residence (see H.R. 4740), H2125 [25AP]

——— limit authority to detain U.S. citizens under authorizations for use of military force (see H.R. 3676), H1808 [29MR]

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

——— tribute to members for service in Iraq (see H. Res. 528), H181 [25JA]

Boys & Girls Clubs of America: tribute (see H. Res. 774), H6280 [21SE]

Brig. Gen. Robert E. Galer Post Office Building, Gainesville, TX: designate (see H.R. 6589), H6587 [3DE]

Budget: modify discretionary spending limits to take into account savings resulting from the reduction in the number of Federal employees and apply savings to defense and non-defense categories (see H.R. 3662), H159 [24JA]

China: ensure U.S. policy is guided by certain strategic objectives (see H. Res. 616), H3734 [18JN]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H2569 [9MY]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H727 [14FE]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 3811), H187 [27JA] (see H.R. 4000), H692 [9FE]

Crime: provide penalties for transporting minors in foreign commerce for the purposes of female genital mutilation (see H.R. 2221), H2134 [25AP]

Dept. of Defense: establish a commission on urotrauma (see H.R. 1612), H1391 [19MR]

Dept. of Education: reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 1342), H2647 [10MY]

Dept. of HHS: 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 Homeland Security: provide for annual reports on the status of operational control of international land and maritime borders of the U.S. and unlawful entries (see H.R. 6025), H5131 [23JY]

Dept. of Justice: prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property by seeking injunctions against foreign websites dealing in illegal content and goods, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3261), H160 [24JA]

——— revise certain accessibility regulations for the disabled relative to pools at public accommodations or provided by public entities (see H.R. 4256), H1570 [26MR]

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), H1642 [27MR]

——— prohibit finalization of proposed rule relative to domestic service employees (see H.R. 5970), H4775 [10JY]

Dept. of State: authorize payment of a reward to combat transnational organized crime and for information concerning foreign nationals wanted by international criminal tribunals (see H.R. 4077), H1543 [22MR]

——— designate the Qods Force, a unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, as a foreign terrorist organization (see H.R. 4228), H1847 [16AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 3612), H187 [27JA]

——— 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), H2715 [15MY]

——— establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at Fort McClellan, AL (see H.R. 2052), H6578 [30NO]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: expedite forest management projects relative to hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, and economic development (see H.R. 5744), H2712 [15MY]

Diseases: recognize potential for virtual elimination of pediatric HIV and AIDS and keeping HIV positive mothers alive (see H. Con. Res. 123), H2645 [10MY]

District of Columbia: support an appropriate site at the former Navy Dive School at the Washington Navy Yard for a memorial to honor Armed Forces members who have served as divers (see H. Con. Res. 87), H1392 [19MR]

Edwin L. Mechem U.S. Courthouse, Las Cruces, NM: designate (see H.R. 3742), H441 [2FE]

EPA: allow for the distribution, sale, and consumption of remaining inventories of over-the-counter chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) epinephrine inhalers (see H.R. 6190), H5290 [25JY]

——— prohibit awarding any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or financial assistance under the Clean Air Act for any program, project, or activity to occur outside the U.S. (see H.R. 4255), H1542 [22MR]

Europe: designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization and impose sanctions, provide information about Hezbollah to European allies, and support Bulgaria in investigating terrorist attack in Burgas (see H. Res. 834), H7264 [18DE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: preserve companionship services exemption for minimum wage and overtime pay (see H.R. 5969), H4775 [10JY]

Federal agencies and departments: treat relevant military training as sufficient to satisfy training or certification requirements for Federal licenses (see H.R. 4155), H3267 [30MY]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (see H.R. 1697), H694 [9FE]

——— limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (see H.R. 4367), H2570 [9MY]

Firearms: protect the right of individuals to bear arms at Corps of Engineers water resources development projects (see H.R. 1865), H2569 [9MY]

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), H6280 [21SE]

Government regulations: prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (see H.R. 4078), H943 [17FE]

Gulf of Mexico: authorize use of certain offshore oil and gas platforms for artificial reefs (see H.R. 3429), H5328 [26JY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 6079), H4684 [9JY]

Immigration: prohibit Federal funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specific State laws that support enforcement of Federal immigration laws (see H.R. 3842), H218 [31JA]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 6429), H6068 [18SE]

Insurance: allow enforcement of State disclosure laws and access to courts for covered Holocaust-era insurance policy claims (see H.R. 890), H3163 [18MY]

Iran: condemn continued persecution, imprisonment, and sentencing of Youcef Nadarkhani on the charge of apostasy (see H. Res. 556), H944 [17FE]

——— express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H1916 [17AP]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 2569), H2715 [15MY]

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), H1978 [18AP]

LSC: terminate (see H.R. 2774), H3662 [7JN]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H1915 [17AP]

Medicaid: increase price transparency of hospital information and provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs (see H.R. 5800), H3102 [17MY]

——— require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 1219), H27 [17JA]

Medicare: ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2267), H4907 [17JY]

——— extend physician payment rates (see H.R. 6142), H5008 [18JY]

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), H3105 [17MY]

NASA: preserve U.S. space leadership by establishing a Board of Directors to review and reform space programs and extend the term of the Administrator (see H.R. 6491), H6274 [21SE]

National Cancer Prevention Day: designate (see H. Res. 538), H903 [16FE]

National Desert Storm Memorial Association: authorize to establish National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 5914), H4869 [13JY]

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

National FFA Organization: mint coins in commemoration of founding (see H.R. 2418), H694 [9FE]

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]

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), H571 [7FE]

OSHA: authorize and expand the Voluntary Protection Programs to include more small businesses (see H.R. 1511), H376 [1FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services (see H.R. 1179), H726 [14FE]

——— repeal (see H.R. 6079), H4684 [9JY]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 1370), H5711 [2AU]

Power resources: clarify that a State has the sole authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing on Federal land within the boundaries of the State (see H.R. 4322), H1804 [29MR]

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]

Presidents of the U.S.: establish a moratorium on significant regulations imposed by a lame duck President (see H.R. 4607), H2066 [24AP]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 4104), H2447 [8MY]

Public debt: retain authority of Congress to borrow money on the credit of the U.S. and not cede this power to the President (see H. Res. 826), H7425 [20DE]

Public welfare programs: disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H.J. Res. 118), H6069 [18SE]

——— prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H.R. 6140), H5526 [31JY]

Russia: impose sanctions on persons responsible for detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, the conspiracy to defraud Russia of taxes on corporate profits, and other human rights violations (see H.R. 4405), H4908 [17JY]

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

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), H476 [3FE]

Syria: condemn targeted violence of vulnerable minority faith communities and call on U.S. to prioritize safety and security of these communities (see H. Res. 763), H6152 [19SE]

Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 2697), H476 [3FE]

Taxation: 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), H2813 [16MY]

——— exempt sales of natural gas for use in natural gas vehicles from the retail sales limitation on defining independent producers of petroleum products (see H.R. 1712), H182 [25JA]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 3728), H3105 [17MY]

——— repeal credit for plug-in electric drive vehicles (see H.R. 3768), H727 [14FE]

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 6048), H4603 [28JN]

——— require certain nonresident aliens to provide valid immigration documents to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 6165), H5631 [1AU]

Turkey: urge reopening of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Theological School of Halki without condition or further delay (see H. Res. 506), H1135 [1MR]

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: oppose (see H. Res. 814), H6587 [3DE]

——— prohibit funding to negotiate if such treaty restricts the right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 5846), H6280 [21SE]

Veterans: 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), H6828 [17DE]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3001), 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), H2329 [7MY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 3767), H513 [6FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Defense: require victims of attack at Fort Hood, TX, and their families be accorded the same treatment, benefits, and honors accorded to September, 11, 2001, terrorist attack victims and families (see H.R. 6630), H6622 [4DE]

Endangered species: halt premature proposed listing of certain central Texas salamander species resulting from a settlement agreement and take into account ongoing State and local conservation efforts (see H.R. 6219), H5327 [26JY]

Food industry: improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants, similar retail food establishments, and vending machines (see H.R. 6174), H5200 [24JY]

Tariff: photomask blanks (see H.R. 4902), H2205 [26AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Defense: require victims of attack at Fort Hood, TX, and their families be accorded the same treatment, benefits, and honors accorded to September, 11, 2001, terrorist attack victims and families (H.R. 6630), H6623 [4DE]

Endangered species: halt premature proposed listing of certain central Texas salamander species resulting from a settlement agreement and take into account ongoing State and local conservation efforts (H.R. 6219), H5327 [26JY]

Food industry: improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants, similar retail food establishments, and vending machines (H.R. 6174), H5201 [24JY]

Tariff: photomask blanks (H.R. 4902), H2209 [26AP]

Remarks

Armed Forces: award Purple Heart to members killed or wounded in terrorist attacks perpetrated within the U.S., H2794 [16MY]

Army: anniversary, H3486 [6JN]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H5521 [31JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H2794 [16MY]

——— impact of budget sequestration, H5518, H5520, H5521, H5522 [31JY]

Dept. of Education: prohibit from overreaching into academic affairs financial aid program eligibility (H.R. 2117), H982 [28FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding, H3545 [6JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5855), H3504, H3543, H3544, H3545, H3547, H3548 [6JN]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding to enforce certain accessibility regulations for the disabled relative to pools at public accommodations or provided by public entities, H2405 [8MY]

——— State Criminal Alien Assistance Program suspension of reimbursement to States for costs of incarcerating unknown documented aliens, H3543 [6JN]

Dept. of the Interior: limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (H.R. 3409), H6214 [20SE]

Dept. of Transportation: submit report estimating the number of lost jobs, fatalities and injuries, and the cost to the economy caused by new fuel economy standards for motor vehicles, H6214 [20SE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3318 [31MY]

Economy: impact of Government regulations, H207, H208, H209, H212, H213 [31JA]

FEMA: State and local grant programs funding through reductions in Dept. of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding, H3544 [6JN]

Fort Hood, TX: anniversary of Air Force 3d Weather Squadron, E520• [16AP]

Georgetown, TX: anniversary of Lone Star Model A Ford Club, E1810• [27NO]

Motor vehicles: effects of increase of corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards on vehicle pricing and safety, H209, H212, H213 [31JA]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2405 [8MY]

Temple, TX: closing of South Temple Post Office, H519 [7FE]

Transportation Security Administration: Federal Flight Deck Officer program funding, H3548 [6JN]

——— funding, H3547 [6JN]

Tributes

Burrow, George D., E709• [7MY]

Coley, Herbert A., E1883• [5DE]

Domeracki, Henry, E1264• [17JY]

Fu, Xiuqui (Bob), E1311• [24JY]

Hall, Representative, H6447 [27NO]