ADERHOLT, ROBERT B. (a Representative from Alabama)
Amendments
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5855), H3637 [7JN]
Appointments
British-American Interparliamentary Group, H3148 [18MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3803), H114 [23JA]
Arab countries: call for protection of religious minority rights and freedoms (see H. Res. 732), H4907 [17JY]
Armed Forces: tribute to members for service in Iraq (see H. Res. 528), H181 [25JA]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: improve operations of recovery auditors under the Medicare Integrity Program to increase transparency and accuracy in audits conducted by contractors (see H.R. 6575), H6578 [30NO]
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), H376 [1FE]
Corps of Engineers: provide construction and major rehabilitation funding for projects located on inland and intracoastal waterways (see H.R. 4342), H1805 [29MR]
Credit: provide exception from definition of loan originator for certain loans made relative to manufactured homes and amend Truth in Lending Act to modify definition of high-cost mortgage (see H.R. 3849), H2813 [16MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: modify the definition of the term biobased product (see H.R. 5873), H3808 [19JN]
Dept. of State: require report on designation of Boko Haram as a foreign terrorist organization (see H.R. 5822), H4908 [17JY]
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]
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), H79 [18JA]
FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H4064 [26JN]
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 6079), H4775 [10JY]
Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 1206), H6234 [20SE]
Iran: condemn continued persecution, imprisonment, and sentencing of Youcef Nadarkhani on the charge of apostasy (see H. Res. 556), H950 [24FE]
——— condemn President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the leaders of Iran for addressing the U.N. on Yom Kippur (see H. Con. Res. 139), H6276 [21SE]
IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 2569), H4656 [29JN]
Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H2813 [16MY]
National Eagle Scout Day: designate (see H. Res. 716), H4604 [28JN]
NLRB: disapprove rule relative to representation election procedures (see H.J. Res. 103), H3578 [6JN]
——— permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see H.R. 4385), H3976 [21JN]
Parks, Rosa: tribute (see H. Res. 832), H6806 [13DE]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services (see H.R. 1179), H375 [1FE]
——— repeal (see H.R. 6079), H4775 [10JY]
——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 1370), H6152 [19SE]
——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (see H.R. 1173), H27 [17JA]
——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 452), H1209 [6MR]
Power resources: streamline criteria for storage and dispensing of fuels, provide liability protection for fuel retailers, and ensure retailers’ equipment is safe and compatible to sell new fuels (see H.R. 4345), H5766 [10SE]
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]
Public welfare programs: disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H.J. Res. 118), H6001 [13SE]
——— prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H.R. 6140), H5079 [19JY]
Space policy: confirm full ownership rights for astronauts of certain artifacts from space missions (see H.R. 4158), H1272 [7MR]
Taxation: deny deduction for compensatory payments made to any person or governmental entity on account of the explosion on and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling unit (see H.R. 6579), H6326 [6NO]
——— promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H6314 [23OC]
——— 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), H3733 [18JN]
U.N.: oppose any resolution endorsing an international code of conduct for information security in order to preserve, enhance, and increase access to an open, global Internet (see H. Con. Res. 114), H3808 [19JN]
U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: oppose (see H. Res. 814), H6428 [16NO]
University of Alabama: tribute to football team (see H. Res. 518), H78 [18JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Conservation of energy: allow for innovations and alternative technologies that meet or exceed desired energy efficiency goals (see H.R. 4850), H2204 [26AP]
——— allow for innovations and alternative technologies that meet or exceed desired energy efficiency goals and make technical corrections to Federal energy efficiency laws (see H.R. 6582), H6323 [2NO]
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (see H.R. 5855), H3171 [25MY]
Tariff: man-made shells used in the manufacture of sleeping bags (see H.R. 4975), H2267 [27AP]
——— non-woven polypropylene zippered sleeping bag carry cases (see H.R. 4974), H2267 [27AP]
——— sleeping bag carry cases (see H.R. 4973), H2267 [27AP]
Constitutional authority statements
Conservation of energy: allow for innovations and alternative technologies that meet or exceed desired energy efficiency goals (H.R. 4850), H2208 [26AP]
——— allow for innovations and alternative technologies that meet or exceed desired energy efficiency goals and make technical corrections to Federal energy efficiency laws (H.R. 6582), H6323 [2NO]
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5855), H3171 [25MY]
Tariff: man-made shells used in the manufacture of sleeping bags (H.R. 4975), H2275 [27AP]
——— non-woven polypropylene zippered sleeping bag carry cases (H.R. 4974), H2275 [27AP]
——— sleeping bag carry cases (H.R. 4973), H2275 [27AP]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H5 [10JA]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H5 [10JA]
Poems
‘‘I’m Still Standing,’’ Albert C. Caswell, E1897• [11DE]
Remarks
Abortion: tribute to film ‘‘October Baby’’, H1523 [22MR]
Coast Guard: ensure completion of required energy audits, H3552 [6JN]
——— Great Lakes search and rescue operations funding, H3551 [6JN]
——— report on costs of reactivating or interest in purchasing Polar Sea (vessel) before decommissioning and disassembling for scrap, H3552 [6JN]
Committee on Appropriations (House): permission to file privileged reports, H2745 [16MY]
Conservation of energy: allow for innovations and alternative technologies that meet or exceed desired energy efficiency goals (H.R. 4850), H3985 [26JN]
——— allow for innovations and alternative technologies that meet or exceed desired energy efficiency goals and make technical corrections to Federal energy efficiency laws (H.R. 6582), H6604 [4DE]
Cullman, AL: tribute to Cullman Area Teenage Republican Club, E1450• [10SE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: across-the-board funding reduction exempting counterterrorism accounts, H3639 [7JN]
——— administrative spending, salaries, and expense accounts funding, H3531 [6JN]
——— Bureau of Customs and Border Protection air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement funding through reductions in environmental mitigation funding, H3540 [6JN]
——— Bureau of Customs and Border Protection salaries and expenses funding, H3529, H3537 [6JN]
——— Bureau of Customs and Border Protection salaries and expenses funding through reductions in National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility funding, H3538 [6JN]
——— cell phone communications in rural border areas funding, H3535 [6JN]
——— cybersecurity infrastructure funding, H3619, H3636, H3637 [7JN]
——— cybersecurity personnel funding, H3650 [7JN]
——— ensure sensitivity of treatment in the security screening process for children, the elderly, and the infirmed traveling by air, H3542 [6JN]
——— exempt from certain requirements on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels, H3623 [7JN]
——— Immigration and Customs Enforcement Child Exploitation Center funding, H3542, H3543 [6JN]
——— Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Investigations funding to combat child exploitation through reductions in detention and removal operations funding, H3541 [6JN]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 5855), H3499, H3505, H3529, H3530, H3531, H3532, H3533, H3534, H3535, H3536, H3537, H3538, H3540, H3541, H3542, H3543, H3544, H3549, H3551, H3552, H3556, H3557, H3560 [6JN], H3618, H3619, H3620, H3622, H3623, H3624, H3630, H3631, H3632, H3634, H3635, H3636, H3637, H3638, H3639, H3640, H3641, H3642, H3649 [7JN]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 5855), motion to recommit, H3650 [7JN]
——— Office of Civil Rights and Liberties funding, H3530 [6JN]
——— prohibit funding for Public Advocate position within Immigration and Customs Enforcement, H3622 [7JN]
——— prohibit funding to cities and towns that do not follow Federal immigration law, H3635 [7JN]
——— prohibit funding to enforce Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency, H3624 [7JN]
——— prohibit Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding for contravention of mandatory detention requirement for non-U.S. citizens convicted of certain crimes, H3642 [7JN]
——— provide training to State and local law enforcement to identify, process, and detain possible immigration offenders, H3634 [7JN]
——— science and technology research funding through reductions in National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility funding, H3560 [6JN]
——— supplement Bureau of Customs and Border Protection funding in Puerto Rico with general appropriations when a shortage occurs in Puerto Rico Trust Fund, H3632 [7JN]
Dept. of Justice: State Criminal Alien Assistance Program suspension of reimbursement to States for costs of incarcerating unknown documented aliens, H3544 [6JN]
Education: tribute to the Uni-Capitol Washington Internship Programme, E142• [6FE]
FEMA: Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Response (SAFER) grants funding, H3536 [6JN]
——— National Urban Search & Rescue Response System funding, H3533 [6JN]
——— Port Security Grant Program funding through reductions in National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility funding, H3556 [6JN]
——— State and local grant programs funding, H3534, H3556 [6JN], H3634 [7JN]
——— State and local rail and transit security grant programs funding, H3532 [6JN]
——— Urban Areas Security Initiative funding, H3650 [7JN]
——— Urban Areas Security Initiative funding through reductions in Dept. of Homeland Security science and technology research funding, H3557 [6JN]
Gadsden, AL: tribute to Gadsden Police Dept., Medal of Valor recipients, E1391• [2AU]
Iran: condemn continued persecution, imprisonment, and sentencing of Youcef Nadarkhani on the charge of apostasy (H. Res. 556), H1088 [29FE]
Law enforcement: respect individual dignity and operate on the basis of what constitutes criminal behavior, H3620 [7JN]
Point of order, H3537 [6JN], H3622 [7JN]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, E1481• [11SE]
Tornadoes: tribute to first responders in Alabama, E651• [25AP]
Transportation Security Administration: Federal Air Marshal Service funding, H3549 [6JN]
——— prohibit funding for behavior detection officers and the Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT) Program, H3641 [7JN]
——— prohibit funding for security officers or behavior detection officers outside an airport, H3631 [7JN]
——— prohibit funding to provide certain employees uniforms or badges resembling those of law enforcement officers, H3630 [7JN]
——— prohibit funding to restrict participation in Screening Partnership Program (SPP), H3640 [7JN]
——— surface transportation inspection program funding, H3638 [7JN]
Reports filed
Dept. of Homeland Security Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5855) (H. Rept. 112–492), H3171 [25MY]
Tributes
Colson, Charles W., H2803 [16MY]
Culbreth, Dennis, H1647 [28MR]
Duboise, Stephen, II, E828• [17MY]
Goldman, Arthur E. (Gene), E1444• [3AU]
Lightfoot, Robert M., Jr., E1955• [19DE]
Pierson, Jay, H6860 [18DE]
Schaffer, Gregory P., E331• [7MR]
Wetzel, Joshua, E1897• [11DE]