HENSARLING, JEB (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Committee to escort the President, H151 [24JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3803), H2813 [16MY]

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

Consumers: provide relief for artificially high gas prices (see H.R. 1777), H6234 [20SE]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 735), H115 [23JA]

Credit: prohibit Federal agencies from guaranteeing, making, or insuring a mortgage secured by a residence in a jurisdiction that has used eminent domain to take a residential mortgage (see H.R. 6397), H6234 [20SE]

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), H2329 [7MY]

Ecology and environment: preempt regulation of, action relating to, or consideration of greenhouse gases relative to any Federal policy to mitigate climate change (see H.R. 750), H4064 [26JN]

Federal employees: extend pay limitation for Members of Congress and Federal employees (see H.R. 6726), H7565 [1JA]

FERC: transfer permitting approval authority over construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 3548), H571 [7FE]

Financial institutions: limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (see H.R. 4367), H2289 [27AP]

Firearms: provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the U.S. by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Depts. of State or Defense (see H.R. 615), H802 [15FE]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H3976 [21JN]

Health: repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees (see H.R. 1744), H1741 [28MR]

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

Highway Trust Fund: permit a State to elect to receive the State’s contribution in lieu of its Federal-aid highway program apportionment (see H.R. 632), H1428 [20MR]

IMF: repeal authority to provide certain loans to the IMF, repeal increase in the U.S. quota in that Fund, and certain other authorities, and rescind related appropriations (see H.R. 2313), H1391 [19MR]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 1206), H1134 [1MR]

——— repeal medical loss ratio requirements for health insurance (see H.R. 2077), H1154 [5MR]

Iran: express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H2329 [7MY]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 2569), H3167 [22MY]

Israel: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 115), H1805 [29MR]

Labor unions: protect State requirements for a secret ballot election of labor organizations (see H.R. 1047), H2134 [25AP]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H3105 [17MY]

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

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1274 [7MR]

NLRB: permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see H.R. 4385), H1976 [18AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services (see H.R. 1179), H1017 [28FE]

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

Paul Brown U.S. Courthouse, Sherman, TX: designate (see H.R. 6633), H6765 [12DE]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 4104), H1306 [8MR]

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

——— provide information on total spending on means-tested welfare programs, provide additional work requirements, and provide overall spending limit on means-tested welfare programs (see H.R. 1167), H4064 [26JN]

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

Social Security: replace Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program with a block grant to the States (see H.R. 4160), H3707 [15JN]

Taxation: repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1259), H1100 [29FE]

——— require individuals to provide their Social Security number in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 1956), H3700 [8JN]

Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (see H.R. 3264), H1306 [8MR]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: require the President to provide a report detailing the sequester required by the Budget Control Act (see H.R. 5872), H3362 [31MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Budget: require the President to provide a report detailing the sequester required by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5872), H3362 [31MY]

Remarks

Appropriations: establish legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions (H.R. 3521), H607 [8FE]

Brownsboro, TX: Chandler Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1569• [19SE]

Budget: application of fair-market value accounting method to certain Federal credit and loan guarantee programs, H536 [7FE]

——— increase transparency in Federal budgeting (H.R. 3581), H536 [7FE]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2602, H2603 [10MY]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act by eliminating certain taxpayer subsidies, H4921 [18JY]

——— require the President to provide a report detailing the sequester required by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5872), H4921 [18JY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), H1671, H1672 [28MR]

Business and industry: require emerging growth companies to fully comply with say-on-pay and golden parachute shareholder vote requirements, H1254, H1255 [7MR]

CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (H.R. 3582), H398 [2FE]

Dept. of Defense: impact of budget sequestration, H4921 [18JY]

Government regulations: require publicly traded companies to disclose the number of domestic and foreign employees, H1281, H1282 [8MR]

Health: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), H1462 [21MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4799 [11JY]

Love of the Lake (organization): anniversary, E1733• [2NO]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, H398 [2FE], H1461 [21MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H326 [1FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 6079), H4799 [11JY]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board, H1462 [21MR]

Point of order, H1240 [7MR]

SEC: provide online information and conduct outreach to inform small businesses and women-, veteran-, and minority-owned businesses of efforts to improve access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies, H1284, H1285 [8MR]

——— report on increase in initial public offerings, specifically in the manufacturing and high technology industry, resulting from efforts to improve access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies, H1283, H1284 [8MR]

——— study effects of financial speculation on domestic oil and gasoline prices on emerging growth companies, H1259, H1260 [7MR]

Securities: require brokers underwriting initial public offerings for emerging growth companies be held to strict liability for publicly released research and that certain communications be filed with the SEC, H1256 [7MR]

Small business: adjust emerging growth company definition for inflation, H1250 [7MR]

——— increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), H1164 [6MR], H1237, H1239, H1240, H1241, H1242, H1244, H1249, H1250, H1252, H1254, H1255, H1256, H1258, H1259, H1260 [7MR], H1277, H1281, H1282, H1283, H1284, H1285 [8MR]

——— modify revenue threshold for emerging growth companies to remain eligible for exemptions from certain regulations, H1250 [7MR]

——— prohibit communication between emerging growth companies and accredited investors, H1258 [7MR]

——— require that companies not be considered emerging growth companies if they have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt over the prior three years, H1252 [7MR]

Taxation: expedite consideration of comprehensive tax reform legislation (H.R. 6169), H5668 [2AU]

Trinity Valley Community College: tribute to women’s basketball team, E492• [29MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Frank, Representative: apology for previous remarks, H6741 [12DE]

Tributes

Flake, Representative, H7419 [20DE]

Hall, Representative, H6447 [27NO]

Knight, Jeffrey, E1002• [6JN]

Madgwick, Henry, E494• [29MR]

McKee, R. Scott, E1003• [6JN]

Pence, Representative, H7419 [20DE]

Roach, Robert, E1004• [6JN]