BARROW, JOHN (a Representative from Georgia)

Amendments

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2609), H4311 [9JY], H4330 [10JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to pay death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3274), H6411 [8OC]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by requiring inclusion of Social Security numbers as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 3788), H8124 [19DE]

Aviation: ensure any requirement providing for screening, testing, or treatment of an airman or air traffic controller for a sleep disorder is adopted pursuant to a rulemaking proceeding (see H.R. 3578), H7395 [2DE]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H7053 [13NO]

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1869), H4524 [16JY]

——— require the President to submit a budget to Congress listing current fiscal year spending levels for proposed programs and separate amounts for proposed spending increases (see H.R. 2686), H4524 [16JY]

C.W. Bill Young Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL: designate (see H.R. 3302), H6674 [22OC]

China: call for an end to organ harvesting from prisoners, investigate organ transplant practices, end persecution of the Falun Gong, and issue warnings to U.S. citizens about organ transplant practices (see H. Res. 281), H5176 [30JY]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley honoring the 50th anniversary of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing (see H.R. 360), H1322 [6MR]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 377), H2161 [18AP]

Clean Air Act: remove requirement for dealer certification of new light-duty motor vehicles (see H.R. 724), H3288 [11JN]

Commission on Government Transformation: establish (see H.R. 2675), H4524 [16JY]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 3), H1547 [15MR]

Credit: modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (see H.R. 1779), H7188 [18NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: create competition in canned tuna purchasing program to strengthen buying power, increase availability to school lunch and nutrition programs, and create jobs in canning industry (see H.R. 2842), H5088 [25JY]

——— modify the definition of the term biobased product (see H.R. 979), H2719 [16MY]

Dept. of Commerce: produce, with other relevant agencies, a report on enhancing the competitiveness of the U.S. in attracting foreign direct investments (see H.R. 2052), H2802 [20MY]

Dept. of HHS: award certain asthma-related grants to States that permit trained school personnel to administer epinephrine (see H.R. 2094), H4178 [28JN]

——— provide cardiomyopathy education, awareness, and risk assessment materials and resources and disseminate such materials by State educational agencies to identify more at-risk families (see H.R. 565), H1860 [9AP]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 920), H3995 [24JN]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1252), H1993 [12AP]

——— revise operations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (see H.R. 2143), H2952 [23MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering the application for veterans status of an individual who performed service as a coastwise merchant seaman during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H1718 [20MR]

Dept. of Labor: issue interim occupational safety and health standard regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (see H.R. 691), H545 [14FE]

Dept. of Transportation: delay implementation of regulation changing the hours-of-service rule for commercial truck drivers pending a GAO assessment of such regulation (see H.R. 3413), H7188 [18NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at Fort McClellan, AL (see H.R. 411), H6676 [22OC]

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 32), H7111 [14NO]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: establish a specific timeline to achieve integrated electronic health records (see H.R. 2590), H4524 [16JY]

Depts. of Homeland Security and the Treasury: provide authority to more aggressively enforce trade laws relative to textile or apparel articles (see H.R. 3558), H7608 [9DE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3689), H7627 [10DE]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H1959 [11AP]

EPA: exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements (see H.R. 2026), H2717 [16MY]

——— 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. 959), H981 [5MR]

——— withdraw proposed order pertaining to the pesticide sulfuryl fluoride (see H.R. 1496), H2719 [16MY]

FAA: ensure advancement of safety of small airplanes and continued development of the general aviation industry (see H.R. 1848), H2605 [14MY] (see H.R. 3363), H6958 [30OC]

FCC: prohibit from adopting certain rules or policies relating to multichannel video programming distributors (see H.R. 3196), H6999 [12NO]

Federal agencies and departments: create an expedited procedure to enact GAO recommendations for consolidation and elimination to reduce duplication (see H.R. 2506), H4599 [17JY]

——— improve energy efficiency in Federal facilities by encouraging entrance into energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts (see H.R. 2689), H4599 [17JY]

——— modify the Do Not Pay Initiative and improve detection, prevention, and recover of improper payments to deceased individuals (see H.R. 3555), H7309 [20NO]

——— promote strategic sourcing principles (see H.R. 2694), H4599 [17JY]

——— review efforts to reduce travel expenses through the use of video conferencing (see H.R. 2643), H4369 [10JY]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (see H.R. 1750), H3760 [18JN]

——— improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 1553), H3760 [18JN]

Food industry: improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants, similar retail food establishments, and vending machines (see H.R. 1249), H1629 [19MR]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H5922 [27SE]

Government: prohibit Members of Congress, President, Vice-President, and executive department heads from receiving pay and prioritize payments to seniors, military, and veterans during Government shutdowns (see H.R. 3152), H6012 [28SE]

Government regulations: ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (see H.R. 2542), H4142 [27JN]

Health: make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 1146), H1396 [13MR]

House of Representatives: encourage Speaker to immediately request a conference and appoint conferees to complete fiscal year 2014 budget resolution with the Senate (see H. Res. 174), H2397 [26AP]

——— prohibit operation of an exercise facility for Members during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3276), H6546 [11OC]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 2328), H3355 [12JN]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H1860 [9AP]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 495), H4979 [23JY]

Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H1829 [21MR]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 16), H1431 [14MR]

Mandela, Nelson R.: tribute (see H. Res. 434), H8113 [12DE]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1761), H7446 [3DE]

——— require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 855), H4039 [25JN]

Medicare: ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 846), H700 [27FE]

——— establish a market pricing program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 1717), H2438 [6MY]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H4370 [10JY]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1761), H7446 [3DE]

——— promote health care technology innovation and access to medical devices and services for which patients choose to self-pay (see H.R. 3681), H7607 [9DE]

——— provide eligible individuals with single chronic diseases access to medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 1024), H7253 [19NO]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 942), H2570 [9MY]

——— repeal certain changes to contracts with Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (see H.R. 805), H2958 [23MY]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 713), H2067 [16AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: delay implementation schedule of the reductions of disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 1920), H7111 [14NO]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 134), H56 [4JA]

——— 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. 310), H176 [18JA]

——— provide that Members shall be paid last whenever the U.S. cannot satisfy obligations in a timely manner because public debt ceiling has been reached (see H.R. 1884), H2533 [8MY]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H1860 [9AP]

NIH: provide for a pediatric research initiative through use of funds saved by terminating taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (see H.R. 2019), H4146 [27JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3350), H6999 [12NO]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate and penalties for violating such mandate until Federal enrollment website is fully functional (see H.R. 3425), H6953 [30OC]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2988), H5396 [2AU]

——— repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 2835), H5088 [25JY]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 763), H629 [25FE]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 351), H1398 [13MR]

Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 915), H7394 [2DE]

Postal Service: recalculate and restore retirement annuity obligations, eliminate Retiree Health Benefits Fund prefunding requirement, restrict closure of facilities, create innovation incentives, and maintain level of service (see H.R. 630), H7153 [15NO]

Refuse disposal: encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal ash and establish requirements for management and disposal of coal ash that are protective of human health and the environment (see H.R. 2218), H3014 [3JN]

Ryan, Leo J.: tribute (see H. Res. 423), H7252 [19NO]

States: carry out congressional redistricting in accordance with a process under which the public is informed of proposals and has the opportunity to participate in their development prior to adoption (see H.R. 337), H599 [15FE]

Taxation: allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040SR without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see H.R. 38), H28 [3JA]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H6829 [28OC]

——— extend the work opportunity tax credit for veterans (see H.R. 3327), H7112 [14NO]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H7357 [21NO]

——— prevent further restriction of Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 4), H3760 [18JN]

——— provide a credit for costs of certain infertility treatments (see H.R. 1851), H5922 [27SE]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 523), H410 [6FE]

——— repeal the employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 903), H814 [28FE]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 2309), H3991 [20JN]

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. 333), H6770 [23OC]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H3288 [11JN]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H1720 [20MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Augusta Canal National Heritage Area: reauthorize (see H.R. 3201), H5921 [27SE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 4), H32 [3JA]

——— provide the President with the authority to exempt a portion of civilian Dept. of Defense personnel accounts covering personnel who have served in the Armed Forces from sequestration (see H.R. 2614), H4212 [8JY]

——— provide the President with the authority to exempt civilian Dept. of Defense personnel accounts from sequestration (see H.R. 2613), H4212 [8JY]

——— reduce Federal spending (see H.R. 37), H28 [3JA]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize Matching Grant Program for School Security (see H.R. 2583), H4174 [28JN]

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 223), H84 [14JA]

Immigration: improve worksite enforcement, prevent crime, and gain operational control of the borders (see H.R. 2124), H2952 [23MY]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to prohibit an increase in compensation from taking effect until a House election has intervened (see H.J. Res. 33), H1320 [6MR]

——— reduce rates of basic pay (see H.R. 37), H28 [3JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal portions (see H.R. 37), H28 [3JA]

Constitutional authority statements

Augusta Canal National Heritage Area: reauthorize (H.R. 3201), H5922 [27SE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 4), H38 [3JA]

——— provide the President with the authority to exempt a portion of civilian Dept. of Defense personnel accounts covering personnel who have served in the Armed Forces from sequestration (H.R. 2614), H4213 [8JY]

——— provide the President with the authority to exempt civilian Dept. of Defense personnel accounts from sequestration (H.R. 2613), H4213 [8JY]

——— reduce Federal spending (H.R. 37), H34 [3JA]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize Matching Grant Program for School Security (H.R. 2583), H4176 [28JN]

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (H.R. 223), H85 [14JA]

Immigration: improve worksite enforcement, prevent crime, and gain operational control of the borders (H.R. 2124), H2955 [23MY]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to prohibit an increase in compensation from taking effect until a House election has intervened (H.J. Res. 33), H1322 [6MR]

——— reduce rates of basic pay (H.R. 37), H34 [3JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal portions (H.R. 37), H34 [3JA]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H705 [28FE], H1640 [20MR]

Remarks

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), H3875, H3909 [19JN], H3955 [20JN]

——— restore integrity to and strengthen payment limitation rules for commodity payments and benefits to farmers, H3955 [20JN]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H1640 [20MR]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 377), H3107 [5JN]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H2869 [22MY]

——— importance of bipartisanship, H2792 [20MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform crop insurance program, H3909 [19JN]

——— repeal Market Access Program, H3875 [19JN]

Dept. of Commerce: produce, with other relevant agencies, a report on enhancing the competitiveness of the U.S. in attracting foreign direct investments (H.R. 2052), H5412 [9SE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2397), H4965 [23JY]

——— prohibit funding to furlough civilian employees, H4965 [23JY]

Economy: impact of budget sequestration, H705 [28FE], H3931 [20JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2609), H4330 [10JY]

——— prohibit funding by related agencies for the purchase or lease of new motor vehicles, H4330 [10JY]

Equal Pay Act: anniversary, H3107 [5JN]

FAA: ensure advancement of safety of small airplanes and continued development of the general aviation industry (H.R. 1848), H4494 [16JY]

Government: prohibit Members of Congress, President, Vice-President, and executive department heads from receiving pay and prioritize payments to seniors, military, and veterans during Government shutdowns (H.R. 3152), H6241 [4OC]

——— shutdown relative to budget process, H6241 [4OC]

IRS: allegations of misspent funds, H4148 [28JN]

——— investigate allegations that the 501(c)4 tax-exempt status of certain political groups was subject to additional scrutiny, H2721 [17MY]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to prohibit an increase in compensation from taking effect until a House election has intervened (H.J. Res. 33), H1551 [18MR]

——— encourage donation of frequent flyer miles to the Fisher House Foundation, Inc., Hero Miles Program, H7699 [12DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3350), H7063 [14NO]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), H4552 [17JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate, H6692 [23OC]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), H4552 [17JY]

——— repeal implementation of the employer health insurance mandate, H4320 [10JY]

Supreme Court: decision in Shelby County v. Holder relative to constitutionality of preclearance of attempts to change voting qualifications or prerequisites to voting, H4046 [26JN]

Tributes

Benton, Terrell W., Jr., H554 [15FE]

Connell, Jack, H1433 [15MR]

Dingell, Representative, H4136, H4139 [27JN]

Edenfield, Silas, H3220 [6JN]

Markey, Representative, H4137 [27JN]

Murphy, William Q., Jr., E1244• [2AU]

Webb, Brandon, H4729 [19JY]