BLACKBURN, MARSHA (a Representative from Tennessee)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), H3558 [13JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3213 [5JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2609), H4326 [10JY]

Appointments

Committee on Ethics (House): investigative subcommittees, H1316 [6MR]

Articles and editorials

Tennessee Voices—Health Care Law Must Be Delayed, S6861 [24SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices (see H. Res. 206), H2533 [8MY]

——— prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex (see H.R. 447), H315 [1FE]

——— prohibit Federal education funding for elementary and secondary schools that provide on-campus access to abortion providers (see H.R. 1122), H1395 [13MR]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 7), H2602 [14MY]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1797), H2392 [26AP]

Agriculture: reform sugar price support program (see H.R. 693), H545 [14FE]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H5403 [2AU]

Appropriations: making continuing (see H.J. Res. 62), H5547 [12SE]

——— provide for automatic continuing resolutions (see H.R. 1164), H1425 [14MR]

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see H.R. 1726), H2656 [15MY]

——— issue a forever stamp to honor sacrifices of members who are still prisoner, missing, or unaccounted for (see H.R. 2794), H5093 [26JY]

ATF: make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition (see H.R. 339), H222 [22JA]

Blue Star Mothers of America Month: designate (see H. Res. 293), H5263 [31JY]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H7111 [14NO]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H32 [3JA]

——— encourage Federal employees to suggest ways to make sensible or efficient budget reductions within their employing agency and protect employees under whistleblower protection laws (see H. Res. 173), H2300 [24AP]

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1869), H2775 [17MY]

——— establish joint resolutions on the budget (see H.R. 1868), H2532 [8MY]

——— modify discretionary spending limits to take into account savings resulting from the reduction in the number of Federal employees and freeze pay for Members of Congress when there is a Federal deficit (see H.R. 593), H703 [27FE]

——— rescind certain Federal funds identified by States as unwanted and use such funds to reduce the Federal debt (see H.R. 282), H504 [13FE]

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

Centennial Monetary Commission: establish (see H.R. 1176), H1426 [14MR]

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. 1250), H2404 [3MY]

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), H5404 [2AU]

Christmas Day: express that the symbols and traditions of Christmas should be protected for use by those who celebrate Christmas (see H. Res. 448), H8126 [19DE]

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), H1632 [19MR]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H2436 [6MY]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see H.R. 863), H701 [27FE]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 36), H1332 [11MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 3), H1547 [15MR] (see H.R. 334), H221 [22JA]

——— require specification of the source of authority under the U.S. Constitution for the enactment of laws (see H.R. 109), H31 [3JA]

Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see H.R. 2663), H4482 [11JY]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H86 [14JA]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 436), H300 [29JA]

Corps of Engineers: prohibit from taking action to establish a restricted area prohibiting public access to waters downstream of a dam (see H.R. 826), H1322 [6MR]

Courts: clarify liability protections regarding emergency use of automated external defibrillators (see H.R. 2135), H2952 [23MY]

——— modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 778), H2958 [23MY]

Credit: modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (see H.R. 1779), H3655 [14JN]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 732), H546 [14FE]

Davis-Bacon Act: raise threshold dollar amount of contracts subject to the prevailing wage requirements (see H.R. 1637), H2157 [18AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow States to implement a work requirement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicants (see H.R. 3055), H5399 [2AU]

——— modify the definition of the term biobased product (see H.R. 979), H2299 [24AP]

——— prohibit partnerships with foreign governments to promote enrollment in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and terminate Partnership for Nutrition Assistance Initiative with Mexico (see H.R. 1882), H2914 [22MY]

——— repeal a duplicative inspection and grading program for catfish (see H.R. 1313), H1821 [21MR]

——— repeal authority to make performance-based bonus payments to States for recruiting additional people to enroll in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 1182), H1426 [14MR]

——— repeal the nutrition entitlement programs and establish a food stamp block grant program (see H.R. 1355), H1823 [21MR]

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see H.R. 1563), H2396 [26AP]

Dept. of Defense: declare the attack at Fort Hood, TX, a terrorist attack and ensure victims of such attack and their families receive the same honors and benefits as those killed or wounded in overseas combat zones (see H.R. 3111), H5587 [17SE]

——— establish a task force on urotrauma (see H.R. 984), H2027 [15AP]

——— provide certain TRICARE beneficiaries with opportunity to retain access to TRICARE Prime (see H.R. 1971), H3016 [3JN]

——— require Inspector General investigation of allegations of retaliatory personnel actions in response to protected communications regarding sexual assault (see H.R. 1864), H2571 [9MY]

Dept. of Education: allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 2456), H4040 [25JN]

Dept. of HHS: award certain asthma-related grants to States that permit trained school personnel to administer epinephrine (see H.R. 2094), H3289 [11JN]

——— ensure women who access federally funded family planning services are given pregnancy option counseling including professional adoption counseling (see H.R. 3539), H7357 [21NO]

——— require certain family planning projects and programs to provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 3062), H5399 [2AU]

——— transfer Prevention and Public Health Fund funds to extend the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan and eliminate uninsured time requirement for the Plan (see H.R. 1549), H2067 [16AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish conditions under which preclearance facilities may be established and preclearance operations may be conducted and provide customs services outside the U.S. (see H.R. 3488), H7109 [14NO]

——— secure critical infrastructure against electromagnetic pulses (see H.R. 3410), H7312 [20NO]

Dept. of Labor: modify employee protective arrangements for public transportation projects (see H.R. 2537), H5263 [31JY]

Dept. of State: develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan at the triennial International Civil Aviation Organization Assembly (see H.R. 1151), H2719 [16MY]

Dept. of the Interior: develop a cadastre of Federal real property to assist with land management, conservation, and development and identify land that no longer needs to be federally owned (see H.R. 916), H1399 [13MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: notify taxpayers each time the taxpayers’ information is accessed by the IRS (see H.R. 3074), H6999 [12NO]

——— prohibit from enforcing health care reform (see H.R. 2009), H2716 [16MY]

——— provide for transparency of payments made from the Judgment Fund (see H.R. 317), H224 [22JA]

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), H7508 [4DE]

——— prohibit funding to State or local governments to check helmet usage or create checkpoints for motorcycle riders and urge focus on crash prevention and rider education and training (see H.R. 1861), H3097 [4JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), H2575 [13MY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: establish a prize program to award a prize and contract for the development of a fully-integrated electronic health records program (see H.R. 2055), H4081 [26JN]

Diseases: foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H1861 [9AP]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1186), H2913 [22MY]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H2125 [17AP]

Education: allow a State to opt out of K–12 educational grant programs and the requirements of those programs and provide a tax credit to taxpayers in such a State (see H.R. 2394), H3687 [17JN]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 1406), H1911 [10AP]

——— make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 1772), H2391 [26AP]

EPA: amend guidelines governing the handling of lead-based paint during remodeling or renovation activities (see H.R. 2093), H3097 [4JN]

——— disapprove rule establishing new source performance standards to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new powerplants (see H.J. Res. 64), H5833 [25SE]

——— exempt components used in manufacture of hunting and recreational shooting ammunition and fishing tackle from regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (see H.R. 322), H176 [18JA]

——— remove authority to retroactively disapprove permits to discharge dredged or fill material into navigable waters that have been issued by the Corps of Engineers (see H.R. 524), H410 [6FE]

——— require congressional review of certain rules (see H.R. 2916), H5342 [1AU]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 3133), H6412 [8OC]

FCC: prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program (see H.R. 176), H2396 [26AP]

FDA: approve certain drugs and biological products for use in a limited population of patients to address increases in bacterial and fungal resistance to drugs and biological products (see H.R. 3742), H8108 [12DE]

——— exempt certain user fees from budget sequestration (see H.R. 2725), H5263 [31JY]

——— strengthen and secure the pharmaceutical distribution supply chain to protect consumers from counterfeit pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 1919), H2567 [9MY]

Federal agencies and departments: clarify guidelines for including certain property on the National Register or as a National Historic Landmark relative to objections by agency heads based on national security (see H.R. 3687), H7627 [10DE]

——— create a centralized website for reports issued by inspectors general (see H.R. 2221), H4309 [9JY]

——— enhance authority to pay cash awards to employees for making cost saving disclosures (see H.R. 1931), H2568 [9MY]

——— ensure high standards for use of scientific information (see H.R. 1287), H1861 [9AP]

——— include language in certain educational and advertising materials indicating that such materials are produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense (see H.R. 3308), H6829 [28OC]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 367), H278 [23JA]

——— require approval by agency head for conferences costing above a certain limit (see H.R. 283), H169 [15JA]

——— require periodic review and automatic termination of Federal regulations (see H.R. 309), H950 [4MR]

——— require procurement from the private sector the goods and services necessary for operations and management of certain Government agencies (see H.R. 1072), H1355 [12MR]

Federal employees: provide for investigative leave requirements relative to Senior Executive Service employees (see H.R. 2579), H4173 [28JN]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: require competition for contracts, provide an adjustment period to phasing out mandatory source status, and improve inmate access to reintegration opportunities (see H.R. 2098), H2910 [22MY]

Federal-State relations: prohibit taxpayer bailouts of fiscally irresponsible State and local governments (see H.R. 3002), H5396 [2AU]

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), H5476 [10SE]

——— improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 1553), H2438 [6MY]

Firearms: allow certain off-duty and retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms to protect children in a school zone (see H.R. 2541), H4142 [27JN]

——— establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 2959), H6999 [12NO]

——— limit authority of States and local governments to collect taxes relative to the sale of certain firearms or ammunition or payable for background checks required for sales of firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 2361), H4178 [28JN]

——— update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 3335), H7053 [13NO]

Foreign trade: improve trade promotion policies and programs (see H.R. 1909), H3289 [11JN]

FRS: improve functioning and transparency of the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee (see H.R. 1174), H1426 [14MR]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H283 [23JA]

Health: extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see H.R. 2957), H5343 [1AU]

——— improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 36), H284 [23JA]

——— make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 1146), H1861 [9AP]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3121), H5654 [18SE]

——— prevent establishment of Federal health care provider standards of care in medical malpractice cases (see H.R. 1473), H4370 [10JY]

——— prohibit conditioning licensure of a health care provider upon participation in a health plan (see H.R. 969), H981 [5MR]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 940), H949 [4MR]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2300), H7508 [4DE]

——— repeal mandate that new employees of certain employers be automatically enrolled in the employer’s health benefits plan (see H.R. 1254), H4145 [27JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 45), H2575 [13MY] (see H.R. 2300), H7508 [4DE] (see H.R. 3121), H5654 [18SE]

Holder, Attorney General: express no confidence and call for resignation due to lack of monitoring and actions relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels in Mexico (see H. Res. 35), H3254 [6JN]

Housing: protect American taxpayers and homeowners by creating a sustainable housing finance system (see H.R. 2767), H6644 [16OC]

Human rights: provide protections for sexually exploited and trafficked girls in the U.S. and create criminal or civil penalties for anyone who buys or sells a child through a system of child trafficking (see H. Res. 387), H6675 [22OC]

Immigration: improve law enforcement within the interior of the U.S. by improving State and local enforcement, national security, removal of criminal aliens, visa security, and aid to officers (see H.R. 2278), H3250 [6JN]

Insurance: allow individuals to opt out of minimum required health benefits by permitting insurance issuers to offer qualified health plans that offer alternative benefits to the benefits otherwise required (see H.R. 3450), H7312 [20NO]

——— allow States to determine the age discount in their health insurance market in order to prevent an increase in young people’s premiums (see H.R. 544), H411 [6FE]

——— condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational (see H.R. 2775), H5052 [24JY]

——— delay enrollment in health plans in State or Federal exchanges until rules are published establishing income verification procedures for premium subsidy eligibility (see H.R. 2789), H5176 [30JY]

——— facilitate prompt and efficient adjusting of claims in the case of natural and other disasters and losses and encourage licensing of claims adjusters (see H.R. 2156), H2953 [23MY]

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

——— require health insurance issuers and group health plans to disclose information regarding how certain taxes and fees impact the amount of premiums (see H.R. 1205), H2719 [16MY]

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: prohibit U.S. contributions (see H.R. 662), H629 [25FE]

Internet: affirm U.S. policy to preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model (see H.R. 1580), H2065 [16AP]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H3253 [6JN]

——— prohibit the gaining of nuclear weapons capability and maximize U.S. diplomatic influence to achieve a negotiated settlement regarding Iran’s nuclear weapons program (see H.R. 3292), H6604 [15OC]

Iraq: condemn attack on Iranian dissidents at Camp Hurriya, call for resettlement of camp residents, allow outside assessment of the camp, and return residents to Camp Ashraf to improve protection (see H. Res. 89), H2656 [15MY]

——— recognize the campaign of genocide against the Kurdish people in Iraq and reaffirm U.S. friendship with such people (see H. Res. 422), H7252 [19NO]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 495), H2066 [16AP]

——— prevent discriminatory misconduct against taxpayers by IRS officers and employees (see H.R. 1950), H2656 [15MY]

——— prohibit hiring of additional employees to implement, administer, or enforce health insurance reform (see H.R. 1993), H2775 [17MY]

——— prohibit implementation or enforcement of health care reform until certifications are made that there is not discriminatory misconduct against taxpayers by IRS officers and employees (see H.R. 2022), H2804 [20MY]

——— terminate employment of employees who take certain official actions for political purposes (see H.R. 2565), H4310 [9JY]

Israel: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 30), H2027 [15AP]

——— strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H6957 [30OC]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: improve enforcement of sanctions (see H.R. 1771), H4370 [10JY]

Labor unions: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see H.R. 2021), H2717 [16MY]

——— prohibit preemption from State identity theft laws (see H.R. 2473), H3989 [20JN]

——— prohibit preemption from State stalking laws (see H.R. 2472), H3989 [20JN]

——— protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 3485), H7109 [14NO]

Medicaid: permit States to reduce amount of home equity exempted to determine eligibility and eliminate the maintenance of effort requirement for long-term care assistance (see H.R. 1703), H2297 [24AP]

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), H2298 [24AP]

——— exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 800), H596 [15FE]

——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see H.R. 1787), H2913 [22MY]

——— include information on the coverage of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity in the ‘‘Medicare and You Handbook’’ and coordinate programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2415), H3758 [18JN]

——— permit direct payment to pharmacies for certain compounded drugs for a specific beneficiary for use through an implanted infusion pump (see H.R. 232), H284 [23JA]

——— prevent budget sequestration from impacting payment for physician-administered drugs (see H.R. 1416), H2027 [15AP]

——— provide eligible individuals with single chronic diseases access to medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 1024), H5922 [27SE]

——— provide entitlement to immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients (see H.R. 1325), H1821 [21MR] (see H.R. 1428), H1856 [9AP]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 942), H2775 [17MY]

——— reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (see H.R. 2810), H5263 [31JY]

——— repeal certain changes to contracts with Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (see H.R. 805), H2161 [18AP]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 713), H1568 [18MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: amend certain requirements and penalties that would impede eligible professionals from adopting electronic health records to improve patient care (see H.R. 1331), H1822 [21MR]

——— exclude pathologists from incentive payments and penalties relative to the meaningful use of electronic health records (see H.R. 1309), H4080 [26JN]

Members of Congress: 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]

Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 212), H2574 [13MY]

Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see H.R. 2918), H7153 [15NO]

Monuments and memorials: provide for State approval of national monuments (see H.R. 382), H280 [23JA]

National Desert Storm Memorial Association: authorize to establish National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 503), H7357 [21NO]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H950 [4MR]

National wildlife refuges: require new refuges may not be established except as expressly authorized by statute (see H.R. 638), H499 [13FE]

Natural gas: provide for timely consideration of all licenses, permits, and approvals required under Federal law relative to siting, construction, expansion, or operation of pipeline projects (see H.R. 1900), H3760 [18JN]

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), H3216 [5JN]

NLRB: modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see H.R. 795), H596 [15FE]

——— permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see H.R. 3154), H5766 [19SE]

OMB: rescind certain unobligated discretionary appropriations (see H.R. 828), H1911 [10AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3474), H7312 [20NO]

——— 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), H6827 [28OC] (see H.R. 3522), H7357 [21NO]

——— delay implementation (see H.J. Res. 62), H5547 [12SE]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2667), H4482 [11JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2668), H4482 [11JY]

——— ensure coverage offered under multi-State qualified health plans offered in exchanges is consistent with the Federal abortion funding ban (see H.R. 346), H2655 [15MY]

——— ensure that personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is secured with proper privacy and data security safeguards (see H.R. 3299), H7053 [13NO]

——— exclude individuals who receive health insurance coverage pursuant to collective bargaining from tax credits and reductions in cost-sharing (see H.R. 3093), H5546 [12SE]

——— exempt veterans from requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage (see H.R. 2876), H5768 [19SE]

——— express that health insurance mandate violates the clause of the Constitution requiring that bills for raising revenue originate in the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 153), H5263 [31JY]

——— express that President Obama has violated section 3 of article II of the Constitution by refusing to enforce certain provisions (see H. Res. 425), H7310 [20NO]

——— make the individual health insurance mandate voluntary (see H.R. 3348), H6827 [28OC]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2575), H4173 [28JN]

——— prevent a taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers (see H.R. 3541), H7312 [20NO]

——— prohibit funding to implement (see H.R. 2682), H5263 [31JY]

——— protect personal and financial information by requiring certain certifications by entities awarded funds to operate a navigator program or other exchange activities (see H.R. 3429), H8113 [12DE]

——— provide a hardship exemption from the individual health insurance mandate if an individual can attest they have been unable to enroll in an exchange (see H.R. 3338), H6774 [24OC]

——— provide for participation in health care exchanges or other newly created plans by the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, and Federal employees (see H.R. 1780), H5403 [2AU]

——— provide that the only health plans available to Federal employees responsible for administering such Act are those created under such Act or offered through exchanges (see H.R. 3170), H6225 [3OC]

——— repeal (see H.R. 45), H2575 [13MY] (see H.R. 2300), H7508 [4DE] (see H.R. 3121), H5654 [18SE]

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

——— repeal certain limitations on health care benefits (see H.R. 1248), H1629 [19MR]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 351), H278 [23JA]

——— repeal provisions relative to annual period for disenrollment from Medicare Advantage plans to elect to receive original Medicare fee-for-service benefits (see H.R. 2453), H5090 [25JY]

——— repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (see H.R. 1099), H1569 [18MR]

——— require full disclosure by health exchange plans of abortion coverage and abortion premium surcharges (see H.R. 3279), H6453 [9OC]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (see H.R. 3362), H7153 [15NO]

Power resources: achieve domestic energy independence by empowering States to control development and production of all forms of energy on all available Federal land (see H.R. 2511), H4078 [26JN]

——— promote energy security of European allies through opening of the Southern Gas Corridor (see H. Res. 284), H7608 [9DE]

Privacy: update privacy protections for electronic communications information that is stored by third-party service providers in order to protect consumer privacy while meeting law enforcement needs (see H.R. 1852), H2804 [20MY]

Public debt: prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 807), H627 [25FE]

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]

Schools: express support for prayer at school board meetings (see H. Res. 250), H3251 [6JN]

Senate: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H. Res. 431), H7566 [5DE]

Social Security: replace Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program with a block grant to the States (see H.R. 567), H412 [6FE]

——— revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington’s disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington’s disease (see H.R. 1015), H1958 [11AP]

Sports: recognize heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting on public lands and ensure continued opportunities for those activities (see H.R. 1825), H3097 [4JN]

SSA: prevent identity theft associated with publication of the Death Master File (see H.R. 2720), H5052 [24JY]

States: permit exemptions from certain requirements of Federal environmental laws for producers of agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1304), H1911 [10AP]

Tariff: increase and adjust for inflation the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (see H.R. 1020), H2249 [23AP]

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H1911 [10AP]

——— establish Small Business Start-Up Savings Accounts (see H.R. 774), H595 [15FE]

——— express that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the economy (see H. Con. Res. 24), H1427 [14MR]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H7357 [21NO]

——— make imprisonment mandatory for unauthorized disclosure or inspection of returns and return information and willful oppression under color of law by officers and employees of the U.S. (see H.R. 2557), H5052 [24JY]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 207), H1549 [15MR]

——— make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see H.R. 2854), H5173 [30JY]

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 2807), H5049 [24JY]

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see H. Con. Res. 8), H170 [15JA]

——— permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 127), H5833 [25SE]

——— permit health plans without a deductible for prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care to be treated as high deductible plans relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 1675), H2246 [23AP]

——— provide a credit dependent on enactment of State qualified scholarship tax credits and allowed against Federal income tax for charitable contributions to certain education investment organizations (see H.R. 422), H292 [25JA]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H2536 [8MY]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1449), H7446 [3DE]

——— provide for taxpayers making donations with their income tax returns to the Federal Government to pay down the public debt (see H.R. 1571), H2025 [15AP]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 2429), H4310 [9JY]

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

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 582), H413 [6FE]

——— terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 352), H278 [23JA]

——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 956), H5802 [20SE]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 2309), H3286 [11JN]

Terrorism: require all foreign terrorists who attack the U.S. be considered enemy combatants to be tried by military tribunals instead of civilian courts (see H.R. 1081), H1721 [20MR]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see H.R. 792), H703 [27FE]

Transportation Security Administration: transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints to nonprofit organizations that provide places of rest and recuperation at airports for Armed Forces members (see H.R. 1095), H4598 [17JY]

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: oppose (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1396 [13MR]

Unemployment: include discouraged and marginally attached workers in official measure of national unemployment (see H.R. 484), H342 [4FE]

Veterans: appropriate funds necessary for benefits and services in the event of a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3225), H6102 [1OC]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H1991 [12AP]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1186), H2913 [22MY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H629 [25FE]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to Monuments Men in recognition of their role in preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works of art, and articles of cultural importance (see H.R. 3658), H8136 [26DE]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H1632 [19MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Appalachian Regional Commission: add Hickman, Perry, and Wayne Counties, TN, to the Appalachian region (see H.R. 67), H29 [3JA]

Appropriations: make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending (see H.R. 56, 57, 58, 59), H29 [3JA]

Armed Forces: ensure allowances of members covered by Pay Our Military Act include Dept. of Defense military tuition assistance programs (see H.R. 3275), H6411 [8OC]

Computers: improve cybersecurity by collaborating with industry, enhancing information sharing, strengthening criminal statutes for cyber crimes, and updating Federal security standards (see H.R. 1468), H1909 [10AP]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 61), H29 [3JA]

Dept. of Energy: require reports on acquisitions by certain foreign persons of companies receiving U.S. research and development funding (see H.R. 221), H84 [14JA]

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

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 2264), H3215 [5JN]

FDA: provide for the regulation of medical software (see H.R. 3303), H6675 [22OC]

Health care professionals: limit liability of volunteers who provide health care services in response to a disaster (see H.R. 1733), H2349 [25AP]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2264), H3215 [5JN]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 762), H594 [15FE]

National parks and recreation areas: modify boundary of Shiloh National Military Park in Tennessee and Mississippi and establish Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield as an affiliated area of the National Park System (see H.R. 63), H29 [3JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation (see H.R. 2809), H5049 [24JY]

Social Security: establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and suspend investment of such funds until certain legislation is enacted (see H.R. 370), H279 [23JA]

Social Security Investment Commission: establish (see H.R. 370), H279 [23JA]

Taxation: make permanent rule providing 5-year amortization of expenses incurred in creating or acquiring music or music copyrights (see H.R. 2731), H4724 [18JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Appalachian Regional Commission: add Hickman, Perry, and Wayne Counties, TN, to the Appalachian region (H.R. 67), H35 [3JA]

Appropriations: make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending (H.R. 56), H34 [3JA]

——— make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending (H.R. 57), H35 [3JA]

——— make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending (H.R. 58), H35 [3JA]

——— make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending (H.R. 59), H35 [3JA]

Armed Forces: ensure allowances of members covered by Pay Our Military Act include Dept. of Defense military tuition assistance programs (H.R. 3275), H6412 [8OC]

Computers: improve cybersecurity by collaborating with industry, enhancing information sharing, strengthening criminal statutes for cyber crimes, and updating Federal security standards (H.R. 1468), H1910 [10AP]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (H.R. 61), H35 [3JA]

Dept. of Energy: require reports on acquisitions by certain foreign persons of companies receiving U.S. research and development funding (H.R. 221), H85 [14JA]

Dept. of HHS: revise operations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (H.R. 2143), H2956 [23MY]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (H.R. 2264), H3215 [5JN]

FDA: provide for the regulation of medical software (H.R. 3303), H6676 [22OC]

Health care professionals: limit liability of volunteers who provide health care services in response to a disaster (H.R. 1733), H2352 [25AP]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws (H.R. 2264), H3215 [5JN]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (H.R. 762), H597 [15FE]

National parks and recreation areas: modify boundary of Shiloh National Military Park in Tennessee and Mississippi and establish Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield as an affiliated area of the National Park System (H.R. 63), H35 [3JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation (H.R. 2809), H5051 [24JY]

Social Security: establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and suspend investment of such funds until certain legislation is enacted (H.R. 370), H282 [23JA]

Social Security Investment Commission: establish (H.R. 370), H282 [23JA]

Taxation: make permanent rule providing 5-year amortization of expenses incurred in creating or acquiring music or music copyrights (H.R. 2731), H4725 [18JY]

Letters

Investigate allegations that the 501(c)4 tax-exempt status of certain political groups was subject to additional scrutiny: Kevin Kookogey, Linchpins of Liberty (organization), H7178 [18NO]

Remarks

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, H209 [22JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 1797), H3731, H3732, H3735, H3740 [18JN]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), H5825 [25SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H5927, H5936, H5991 [28SE], H6115 [2OC], H6292 [5OC], H6347 [8OC], H6465 [10OC]

Budget: require annual budget submission by the President provide an estimate of the cost per taxpayer of the deficit (H.R. 668), H961 [5MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H1610 [19MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H2850 [22MY]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (H.R. 61), H76 [14JA]

Corps of Engineers: prohibit from taking action to establish a restricted area prohibiting public access to waters downstream of a dam (S. 982), H2826 [21MY]

Crime: amend stalking laws, H748 [28FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), H3604 [14JN]

——— overseas contingency operations account funding, H3604 [14JN]

——— permit the performance of religious services on military property by military chaplains and other personnel during a lapse in appropriations (H. Con. Res. 58), H6295 [5OC]

——— require Inspector General investigation of allegations of retaliatory personnel actions in response to protected communications regarding sexual assault (H.R. 1864), H4060 [26JN]

Dept. of Education: support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 303), H4613 [18JY]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit funding to implement rules regarding ceiling fans and ceiling fan light kits, H4326 [10JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3154, H3213 [5JN]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), H2514 [8MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2609), H4326 [10JY]

Gosnell, Kermit: trial of women’s health clinic doctor for murder and violation of State law forbidding late term abortions, H3740 [18JN]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6115 [2OC], H6347 [8OC]

Harwell, Beth: Operation Andrew Group (organization) Joe and Honey Rodgers Christian Civic Leader of the Year Award recipient, E1535• [22OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3121), H5901 [27SE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 3121), H5901 [27SE]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), H2682, H2683, H2686, H2688 [16MY]

Insurance: condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational (H.R. 2775), H5519 [12SE]

IRS: investigate allegations that the 501(c)4 tax-exempt status of certain political groups was subject to additional scrutiny, H7177 [18NO]

Lawrenceburg, TN: tribute to Babe Ruth Baseball League 13-year-old team, E1545• [22OC]

Meador, Jo Walker: Cecil Scaife Visionary Award recipient, E1780• [3DE]

myLIFEspeaks (organization): tribute, E1575• [28OC]

Nashville, TN: tribute to South Nashville Little League All-Stars baseball team, E1540• [22OC]

——— tribute to South Nashville Little League baseball team, E1229• [2AU]

National Police Week: observance, E708• [21MY]

Obama, President: evaluation of policies relative to coal industry, H4046 [26JN]

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), H7133 [15NO]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to offer current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3350), consideration (H. Res. 413), H7124 [15NO]

——— delay implementation, H5991 [28SE]

——— delay implementation (H.R. 2809), H5900, H5901 [27SE]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), H4553 [17JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), H4553 [17JY]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H6115 [2OC], H6690 [23OC]

——— impact on the public debt, H6496 [11OC]

——— implementation, H4320 [10JY], H6596 [15OC]

——— prohibit funding to implement, H5825 [25SE], H5927, H5936 [28SE]

——— repeal (H.R. 45), H2682, H2683, H2686, H2688 [16MY]

——— repeal (H.R. 3121), H5901 [27SE]

Public debt: ceiling, H6465 [10OC]

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 (H.R. 2218), H5057 [25JY]

SOURCE Nashville (organization): tribute to SOURCE Award recipients, E1377• [26SE]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H209 [22JA]

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit funding for security officers outside an airport, H3213 [5JN]

——— screener uniform funding, H3154 [5JN]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (S. 47), H748 [28FE]

Tributes

Browder, Dewey, E548• [25AP]

Currie, Charles, E728• [23MY]

Graham, Georgia K., H6690 [23OC]

Moody, Ed, E135• [13FE]

Palmer, Steven R., E1143• [25JY]

Walker, Mike, E139• [13FE]

Welch, Ted, E609• [7MY]