CULBERSON, JOHN ABNEY (a Representative from Texas)

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), H1642 [27MR]

——— prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex or race (see H.R. 3541), H1915 [17AP]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3803), H1916 [17AP]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 835), H6279 [21SE]

Aviation: require certain air carriers and their agents and ticket agents to disclose certain costs and fees (see H.R. 3867), H374 [1FE]

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), H79 [18JA]

——— subject the pay of the President, Vice-President, and Members of Congress to any sequestration order (see H.R. 6438), H6151 [19SE]

Bureau of the Census: make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions (see H.R. 931), H903 [16FE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: display plaque in National Statuary Hall recognizing Christian church services in the Capitol from 1800 to 1868, including attendees James Madison and Thomas Jefferson (see H.R. 4182), H1304 [8MR]

CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (see H.R. 3582), H79 [18JA]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H4686 [9JY]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 824), H6622 [4DE]

Congress: 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), H5292 [25JY]

——— increase penalties for counterfeit drug trafficking (see H.R. 3668), H2813 [16MY]

Dept. of Education: allow States to enter into performance agreements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 2514), H2715 [15MY]

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), H5712 [2AU]

Dept. of State: require investigations into and a report on attacks on the U.S. missions in Libya, Egypt, and Yemen (see H.R. 6511), H6318 [26OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), H2569 [9MY]

——— establish an honorary Excellence in Veterans Education Award (see H.R. 4052), H2813 [16MY]

——— improve supervision of fiduciaries of veterans (see H.R. 5948), H5631 [1AU]

Diseases: expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see H.R. 1672), H3163 [18MY]

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), H2715 [15MY]

Economy: extend tax relief for all Americans and replace defense sequester with responsible spending reductions (see H.R. 6688), H7359 [19DE]

FDA: create a pathway for premarket notification and review of laboratory-developed tests (see H.R. 3207), H1847 [16AP]

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

Foreign aid: provide limitations (see H.R. 6452), H6298 [28SE]

——— suspend aid to Libya and Egypt until a formal apology is issued condemning attacks on, and safety of personnel is assured at U.S. Embassies in Benghazi, Libya and Cairo, Egypt (see H. Res. 783), H6298 [28SE]

Government-sponsored enterprises: establish a term for conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and provide conditions for continued operations, wind down, and dissolution of such enterprises (see H.R. 1182), H2715 [15MY]

Health: provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see H.R. 3000), H1428 [20MR]

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

House Rules: prevent creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs (see H. Res. 623), H3707 [15JN]

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]

——— provide for a comprehensive strategy to counter growing presence and hostile activity in the Western Hemisphere (see H.R. 3783), H77 [18JA]

Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system (see H.R. 4229), H2716 [15MY]

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

——— 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]

Law enforcement: limit domestic use of drones in investigating regulatory and criminal offenses (see H.R. 6199), H5291 [25JY]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H3707 [15JN]

Medicare: allow individuals to opt out of certain benefits and allow such individuals to be eligible for health savings accounts (see H.R. 2435), H1017 [28FE]

——— repeal reduction in disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 3633), H1428 [20MR]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 6721), H7566 [1JA]

National Desert Storm Memorial Association: authorize to establish National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 5914), H3808 [19JN]

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

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 2335), H903 [16FE]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1808 [29MR]

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

——— permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see H.R. 4385), H2647 [10MY]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: tribute to establishment of Federal interagency neuroscience working group (see H. Res. 613), H3578 [6JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services (see H.R. 1179), H694 [9FE]

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

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

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]

Presidential appointments: prevent payment for services to individuals appointed during a Senate recess to fill a vacancy that existed when the Senate was in session (see H.R. 3770), H441 [2FE]

Public debt: establish a point of order to prohibit extension of the debt limit unless a concurrent budget resolution has been agreed to and is in effect (see H.R. 3778), H115 [23JA]

——— 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), H6675 [5DE]

Public welfare programs: disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H.J. Res. 118), H6062 [14SE]

——— 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), H2715 [15MY]

Salem, MA: recognize as birthplace of the National Guard (see H.R. 1339), H1543 [22MR]

Schools: prohibit Federal education funding for elementary or secondary schools that provide access to emergency postcoital contraception (see H.R. 4046), H801 [15FE]

Securities: 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]

Social Security: replace Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program with a block grant to the States (see H.R. 4160), H1306 [8MR]

Space policy: confirm full ownership rights for astronauts of certain artifacts from space missions (see H.R. 4158), H2134 [25AP]

——— express that delays in implementing a clear mission for the space program represents a threat to American exceptionalism, the economy, and national security (see H. Con. Res. 124), H2713 [15MY]

Taiwan: resume normal diplomatic relations (see H. Con. Res. 122), H6069 [18SE]

Taxation: clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (see H.R. 3720), H3404 [1JN]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H6069 [18SE]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 1244), H440 [2FE]

——— modify timing rules for determining gross income relative to certain construction contracts (see H.R. 1993), H5923 [12SE]

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

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

——— terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate income tax rate (see H.R. 3308), H2715 [15MY]

——— terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate income tax rate, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3308), H3164 [18MY]

——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 2649), H1274 [7MR]

Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (see H.R. 3264), H2288 [27AP]

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: oppose (see H. Res. 814), H6469 [27NO]

Voting: require each individual who desires to vote in an election for Federal office to provide the appropriate election official with a government-issued photo identification (see H.R. 6408), H6469 [27NO]

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

Yousafzai, Malala: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 6588), H6343 [13NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (see H.R. 5854), H3171 [25MY]

Federal agencies and departments: consolidate duplicative and overlapping Government programs (see H.R. 6729), H7565 [1JA]

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]

Constitutional authority statements

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3171 [25MY]

Federal agencies and departments: consolidate duplicative and overlapping Government programs (H.R. 6729), H7566 [1JA]

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 (H.R. 6491), H6277 [21SE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H2035 [23AP], H2041 [24AP], H4871 [17JY], H6285 [28SE]

Motions

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3358 [31MY]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H2035 [23AP], H7587 [3JA]

Remarks

Budget: reform the budget baseline to remove automatic increases in discretionary accounts and to require a comparison to the previous year’s spending levels (H.R. 3578), H422, H423, H424 [2FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H3152 [18MY]

——— Energy Conservation Investment Program funding, H3321 [31MY]

——— ensure detainees on U.S. soil have access to due process, the court system, and will not be detained indefinitely by the military, H3152 [18MY]

——— provide VA medical personnel access to medical records of soldiers in order to coordinate care and treatment, H3317 [31MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5855), H3628, H3635 [7JN]

——— prohibit funding to cities and towns that do not follow Federal immigration law, H3635 [7JN]

——— prohibit funding to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce memos from John Morton relative to immigration enforcement priorities and guidance on prosecutorial discretion, H3628 [7JN]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specific State laws that support enforcement of Federal immigration laws, H2421 [8MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: address issues in management of Orlando, FL, VA Medical Center construction project, H3319 [31MY]

——— construction of VA health care center offsite from Butler, PA, Medical Center, H3318 [31MY]

——— ensure timely payments to non-VA medical providers, H3317 [31MY]

——— medical and prosthetic research funding through reductions in Dept. of Defense base closure account funding, H3358 [31MY]

——— National Energy Conservation Policy Act energy management requirements funding, H3326 [31MY]

——— permit Office of Inspector General to review practices relative to collection and content of bids for certain veterans’ hospital construction projects, H3327 [31MY]

——— post-traumatic stress disorder and brain trauma treatment funding, H3327 [31MY]

——— prohibit funding to hire a new director of a national cemetery who is not a veteran, H3342 [31MY]

——— protect freedom of speech of veterans service organizations participating in funerals or memorial services at veterans’ cemeteries, H3343 [31MY]

——— report to Congress a plan to eliminate backlog of benefit claims, H3317 [31MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: allow use of project labor agreements for Federal construction projects, H3332, H3333, H3334, H3335 [31MY]

——— exempt from certain requirements on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels, H3344 [31MY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3309, H3317, H3318, H3319, H3321, H3324, H3326, H3327, H3332, H3333, H3334, H3335, H3341, H3342, H3344, H3346 [31MY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), motion to recommit, H3358 [31MY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), unanimous-consent agreemnet, H3331 [31MY]

——— prohibit funding to enforce wage rate requirements for contracts under the Davis-Bacon Act, H3346 [31MY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), H4050 [26JN]

Israel: reaffirm relationship with the U.S. and right of self-defense, H1145 [5MR]

Point of order, H3341 [31MY]

POW: ensure availability of the writ of habeas corpus for any person who is detained in the U.S., H3152 [18MY]

Rice University: anniversary, H4790 [11JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2421 [8MY]

Veterans: prohibit funding to enter into contracts that do not give small businesses owned and controlled by veterans any available preference, H3342 [31MY]

——— recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits, H3341 [31MY]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: funding, H4050 [26JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H20 [17JA], H112 [23JA], H156 [24JA], H177 [25JA], H724 [14FE], H964 [27FE], H1302 [8MR], H1839 [16AP], H3575 [6JN], H4681 [9JY], H5289 [25JY], H5325 [26JY], H5920 [12SE], H6577 [30NO], H6698 [11DE], H6826 [17DE], H7421 [20DE]

Reports filed

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans’ Services: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5854) (H. Rept. 112–491), H3171 [25MY]

Tables

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3311–H3314 [31MY]

Tributes

Bohannon, Glen D., H6594 [4DE]

Cuellar, Representative, H3318 [31MY]

Hall, Representative, H6446 [27NO]