THORNBERRY, MAC (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H3123, H3124 [18MY]

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), H3481 [5JN]

Agriculture: reduce regulatory burden on the agricultural sector of the national economy (see H.R. 3323), H441 [2FE]

Armed Forces: protect child custody arrangements for parents who are members (see H.R. 4201), H1916 [17AP]

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

Brig. Gen. Robert E. Galer Post Office Building, Gainesville, TX: designate (see H.R. 6589), H6369 [14NO]

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

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

Dept. of Defense: modify award of Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program administrative absence days to exempt Reserve members whose mobilization began before changes to the program took effect (see H.R. 4045), H1543 [22MR]

Dept. of HHS: enable States to establish reinsurance programs or high risk pools to ensure that high risk individuals are able to access health insurance (see H.R. 6283), H5860 [11SE]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit administration or enforcement of certain accessibility regulations for the disabled relative to pools at public accommodations or provided by public entities (see H.R. 4200), H2134 [25AP]

Dept. of Labor: establish Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health to oversee contractor employee benefits of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (see H.R. 1030), H5009 [18JY]

——— prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming (see H.R. 4157), H1642 [27MR]

Dept. of State: 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), H1210 [6MR]

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), H2813 [16MY]

——— improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 3461), H115 [23JA]

FRS: improve functioning and transparency of the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee (see H.R. 4180), H1808 [29MR]

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

Insurance: provide savings by permitting pass-through funding for State authorized public entity health benefits pools (see H.R. 6234), H5524 [31JY]

Iran: express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H1498 [21MR]

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]

Medicare: allow individuals to opt out of certain benefits and allow such individuals to be eligible for health savings accounts (see H.R. 2435), H159 [24JA]

——— exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 905), H5202 [24JY]

——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see H.R. 5943), H3734 [18JN]

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

——— provide for payment for services of qualified radiologist assistants (see H.R. 3032), H2663 [11MY]

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

National security: provide for greater interagency experience through the development of a national security and homeland security human capital strategy and interagency rotational service by employees (see H.R. 2314), H1359 [9MR]

NLRB: modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see H.R. 2978), H3976 [21JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: prevent from establishing health care provider standards of care in medical malpractice or medical product liability cases (see H.R. 816), H3733 [18JN]

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

POW: ensure availability of the writ of habeas corpus for any person who is detained in the U.S. (see H.R. 4388), H1976 [18AP]

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]

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

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

Salem, MA: recognize as birthplace of the National Guard (see H.R. 1339), H1497 [21MR]

Tariff Act: increase dollar amount requirements for articles and merchandise under administrative exemptions and entry under regulations provisions (see H.R. 1653), H1497 [21MR]

Taxation: allow qualified scholarship funding corporations to access tax-exempt financing for alternative private student loans (see H.R. 6209), H6397 [15NO]

——— 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), H2072 [24AP]

——— improve access to health care by expanding health savings accounts (see H.R. 2010), H376 [1FE]

——— reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 1675), H1543 [22MR]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1259), H1391 [19MR]

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

——— require individuals to provide their Social Security number in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 1956), H3661 [7JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Education: authorize domestic dissemination of information and material about the U.S. intended primarily for foreign audiences (see H.R. 5736), H2645 [10MY]

Taxation: provide for equalization of the excise tax on liquefied natural gas and per energy equivalent of diesel (see H.R. 3832), H181 [25JA]

Constitutional authority statements

Education: authorize domestic dissemination of information and material about the U.S. intended primarily for foreign audiences (H.R. 5736), H2647 [10MY]

Taxation: provide for equalization of the excise tax on liquefied natural gas and per energy equivalent of diesel (H.R. 3832), H182 [25JA]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H185 [27JA], H3701 [12JN], H5719 [7AU], H6809 [17DE], H7431 [24DE]

Letters

Dept. of Defense detention of enemy combatants: several former Government officials, H3080 [17MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H185 [27JA], H3701 [12JN], H5719 [7AU], H7431 [24DE]

Remarks

Afghanistan: ensure funds provided for Armed Forces operations are only used for safe and orderly withdrawal of U.S. military forces and Dept. of Defense contractors, H3011 [17MY]

Armed Forces: limit authority to detain U.S. citizens under authorizations for use of military force, H7387 [20DE]

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H2789 [16MY], H2998, H3005, H3009, H3010, H3011, H3022, H3025, H3078, H3080 [17MY], H3126 [18MY]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), conference report, H7387 [20DE]

——— ensure detainees on U.S. soil have access to due process, the court system, and will not be detained indefinitely by the military, H2998, H3078, H3080 [17MY]

——— establish an interagency organization to coordinate military cyber operations, H3126 [18MY]

——— ground-based midcourse defense system funding, H3025 [17MY]

——— prohibit unmanned aerial vehicle strikes on targets based upon patterns of behavior or targets with an unknown identity, H3009 [17MY]

——— V–22 Osprey funding, H3022 [17MY]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 4628), consideration (H. Res. 631), H2149 [26AP]

Economy: avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, H7557• [1JA]

House of Representatives: find Attorney General Holder in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H. Res. 711), H4414• [28JN]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 631), H2149 [26AP]

Information technology: improve Federal information security (H.R. 4257), H2191 [26AP]

Law enforcement: coordinate efforts to protect U.S. border cities from drug trafficking, gunrunning, illegal alien smuggling, violence, and kidnapping along and across U.S. borders (H.R. 915), Senate amendment, H6439• [27NO]

Mineral Wells, TX: tribute to Mineral Wells Independent School District and American Legion Post 75 Veterans Day of Remembrance program, E1948• [18DE]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (H.R. 3523), H2163 [26AP]

——— allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (H.R. 3523), consideration (H. Res. 631), H2149 [26AP]

Pakistan: prohibit assistance, H3010 [17MY]

POW: ensure availability of the writ of habeas corpus for any person who is detained in the U.S., H3005, H3080 [17MY]

Taxation: extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), Senate amendments, H7557• [1JA]

Texas: tribute to Medal of Honor recipients, E706• [7MY]

Texas Panhandle Honor Flight (organization): tribute, E1556• [19SE]

Tributes

Sullivan, John V., H1630 [27MR]