BRADY, KEVIN (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior: reform and enhance Outer Continental Shelf energy leasing programs, provide equitable revenue sharing for coastal States, and reorganize the Minerals Management Service (H.R. 2231), H4120 [27JN]

Appointments

Committee on Economics (Joint), H25 [3JA]

Committee to escort Republic of Korea President Park Geun-hye into the House Chamber, H2487 [8MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: 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 lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 1091), H1356 [12MR]

——— 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), H4080 [26JN]

Armed Forces: provide for the continuance of pay and allowances for members, including Reserve components during any period of lapsed appropriations (see H.R. 3026), H5397 [2AU]

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

Clean Air Act: remove requirement for dealer certification of new light-duty motor vehicles (see H.R. 724), H4145 [27JN]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 36), H177 [18JA]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H173 [15JA]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: land exchange with Sabine River Authority, TX (see H.R. 3411), H6952 [30OC]

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]

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), H4081 [26JN]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and restructure the adoption incentives grant program and extend Family Connection Grant Program (see H.R. 3205), H6677 [22OC]

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop a comprehensive strategy to gain and maintain operational control of the international borders of the U.S. (see H.R. 1417), H2396 [26AP]

——— permit U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recognition of a State court order amending an internationally adopted child’s birth date or name (see H.R. 3386), H8112 [12DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (see H.R. 2009), H4524 [16JY]

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

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]

EPA: repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 1461), H2396 [26AP]

FAA: modify appropriations (see H.R. 1432), H2161 [18AP]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 3133), H5765 [19SE]

Federal agencies and departments: 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), H3357 [12JN]

Federal aid programs: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance (see H.R. 1502), H2027 [15AP]

Federal employees: establish certain procedures for allowing the recording of in-person or telephonic interactions by Executive branch employees with individuals (see H.R. 2711), H4597 [17JY]

——— prohibit the use of Federal funds for real property or a project or program named for an individual currently serving as a Member of Congress or President of the U.S. (see H.R. 1826), H2404 [3MY]

——— provide for investigative leave requirements relative to Senior Executive Service employees (see H.R. 2579), H5263 [31JY]

——— provide that fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as preference eligibles for treatment in civil service (see H.R. 1832), H6999 [12NO]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 1553), H5655 [18SE]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 578), H550 [14FE]

——— update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 3335), H7312 [20NO]

Foreign trade: amend Harmonized Tariff Schedule to modify temporarily certain rates of duty (see H.R. 2708), H5052 [24JY]

——— exempt cargo containers containing trace residue from certain customs laws in order to streamline legitimate trade (see H.R. 2806), H5404 [2AU]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend (see H.R. 2709), H5052 [24JY]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 335), H221 [22JA]

Health: prohibit conditioning licensure of a health care provider upon participation in a health plan (see H.R. 969), H1861 [9AP]

——— 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), H1360 [12MR]

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), H177 [18JA]

Houston, TX: express condolences to families of firefighters killed in hotel fire (see H. Res. 246), H3095 [4JN]

Immigration: clarify classes of individuals born in the U.S. who are nationals and citizens of the U.S. at birth (see H.R. 140), H3592 [13JN]

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 (see H.R. 2775), H5436 [9SE]

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

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H2299 [24AP]

——— support freedom and civil liberties, and free and fair elections, condemn human rights violations, and lift restrictions on freedoms of assembly, association, and expression (see H. Res. 252), H3251 [6JN]

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), H1721 [20MR]

IRS: ensure that employees are familiar with and act in accord with certain taxpayer rights (see H.R. 2768), H5263 [31JY]

——— establish new procedures relative to groups applying for tax-exempt status (see H.R. 2532), H5090 [25JY]

——— implement a taxpayer bill of rights, including the right to be informed and assisted, the right of appeal, and right of confidentiality (see H. Res. 280), H5090 [25JY]

——— impose a moratorium on conferences (see H.R. 2533), H5090 [25JY] (see H.R. 2769), H5263 [31JY]

——— impose recordkeeping requirements to substantiate costs incurred in carrying out responsibilities (see H.R. 2683), H4483 [11JY]

——— improve transparency and efficiency relative to audits and communications with taxpayers (see H.R. 2530), H5090 [25JY]

——— make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 495), H5589 [17SE]

——— prohibit asking taxpayers questions relative to religious, political, or social beliefs (see H.R. 2531), H5090 [25JY]

——— 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), H4485 [11JY]

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

Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H2404 [3MY]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 946), H980 [5MR]

Motor vehicles: repeal corporate average fuel economy standards (see H.R. 2445), H4371 [10JY]

National Desert Storm Memorial Association: authorize to establish National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 503), H6998 [12NO]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 1803), H6957 [30OC]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H5403 [2AU]

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), H5051 [24JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: 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), H2066 [16AP]

——— ensure that personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is secured with proper privacy and data security safeguards (see H.R. 3299), H6957 [30OC]

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

——— 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), H2391 [26AP]

——— 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), H3015 [3JN]

——— repeal the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program in the individual market (see H.R. 3489), H7109 [14NO]

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

Paul Brown U.S. Courthouse, Sherman, TX: designate (see H.R. 185), H818 [28FE]

Public debt: require Dept. of the Treasury reports to Congress on status of the debt, deficit reduction proposals, and impact of debt ceiling increase prior to potential debt ceiling increases (see H.R. 3579), H7353 [21NO]

Russia: disapprove law ending adoptions of Russian children by U.S. citizens, urge reconsideration of law, and prioritize processing of adoptions of children matched before enactment (see H. Res. 24), H85 [14JA]

Sabin Vaccine Institute: anniversary (see H. Res. 114), H1396 [13MR]

Senate: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H. Res. 431), H7689 [11DE]

Sergeant William Moody Post Office Building, Burleson, TX: designate (see H.R. 3060), H5399 [2AU]

Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 1708), H5589 [17SE]

Taxation: clarify eligibility for the child tax credit (see H.R. 2778), H4856 [22JY]

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

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H5396 [2AU]

——— 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), H4524 [16JY]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H2775 [17MY]

——— rename the section of the Internal Revenue Code known as the spousal individual retirement account as the Kay Bailey Hutchison Spousal IRA (see H.R. 2289), H3250 [6JN]

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

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H28 [3JA]

——— require individuals to include their Social Security numbers on the income tax return as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 556), H4857 [22JY]

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

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]

Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (see H.R. 3486), H7109 [14NO]

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

Voting: permit States to require voter registration applicants who use the Federal mail voter registration application form to provide additional information as a condition of acceptance of the form (see H.R. 2409), H3991 [20JN]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H4145 [27JN]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Dept. of HHS: establish an interagency coordinating committee on pulmonary hypertension (see H.R. 2073), H2838 [21MY]

Dept. of the Interior: issue an oil and gas leasing program under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act for 2016–2020 (see H.R. 2265), H3215 [5JN]

Federal employees: clarify that furloughed Federal employees who receive back pay may not also receive unemployment compensation for the same time period (see H.R. 3447), H6997 [12NO]

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

Medicare: apply budget neutrality on a State-specific basis in the calculation of hospital wage index floor for non-rural areas (see H.R. 2053), H2802 [20MY]

Social Security: expand permissive exclusion from participation in Federal health care programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities (see H.R. 2925), H5342 [1AU]

Taxation: clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (see H.R. 3581), H7353 [21NO]

——— exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2870), H5259 [31JY]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 2429), H3927 [19JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Centennial Monetary Commission: establish (H.R. 1176), H1429 [14MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish an interagency coordinating committee on pulmonary hypertension (H.R. 2073), H2839 [21MY]

Dept. of the Interior: issue an oil and gas leasing program under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act for 2016–2020 (H.R. 2265), H3215 [5JN]

Federal employees: clarify that furloughed Federal employees who receive back pay may not also receive unemployment compensation for the same time period (H.R. 3447), H6998 [12NO]

FRS: improve functioning and transparency of the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee (H.R. 1174), H1429 [14MR]

Medicare: apply budget neutrality on a State-specific basis in the calculation of hospital wage index floor for non-rural areas (H.R. 2053), H2803 [20MY]

Social Security: expand permissive exclusion from participation in Federal health care programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities (H.R. 2925), H5346 [1AU]

Taxation: clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (H.R. 3581), H7355 [21NO]

——— exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (H.R. 2870), H5261 [31JY]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 2429), H3928 [19JN]

Remarks

Appropriations: legislative process, H2555 [9MY]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H8081 [12DE]

Budget: repeal and replace current fiscal year sequestration, H2555 [9MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023, H8081 [12DE]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H1619, H1623, H1624 [19MR]

Dept. of Defense: tribute to living Medal of Honor recipients, H5631 [18SE]

Dept. of the Interior: include areas requested by States in environmental review process for energy leasing plans, H4120, H4121 [27JN]

——— reform and enhance Outer Continental Shelf energy leasing programs, provide equitable revenue sharing for coastal States, and reorganize the Minerals Management Service (H.R. 2231), H4120, H4121 [27JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), H2554 [9MY], H2701 [16MY]

House of Representatives: dismiss contest of Texas’ Twenty-Eighth Congressional District election (H. Res. 127), E343• [20MR]

——— encourage Speaker to immediately request a conference and appoint conferees to complete fiscal year 2014 budget resolution with the Senate, H2554 [9MY]

——— legislative program, H2554, H2555, H2556 [9MY]

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), H5523, H5527, H5528 [12SE]

Magnolia, TX: Union Pacific Railroad Train Town award recipient, E129• [12FE]

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, H8081 [12DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), H4547 [17JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), H4547 [17JY]

——— repeal (H.R. 45), H2554 [9MY], H2701 [16MY]

Public debt: prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), H2556 [9MY]

SEC: improve consideration of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders (H.R. 1062), H2554 [9MY]

Social Security: expand permissive exclusion from participation in Federal health care programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities (H.R. 2925), E1200• [1AU]

Taxation: rename the section of the Internal Revenue Code known as the spousal individual retirement account as the Kay Bailey Hutchison Spousal IRA (H.R. 2289), H4007 [25JN]

Reports filed

Joint Economic Report: Committee on Economics (Joint) (H. Rept. 113–289), H7687 [11DE]

Tributes

Bates, William, Jr. (Randy), E1824• [10DE]

Dill, Andy, E1359• [20SE]

DuBois, Cindy Ann Kosser, E1029• [9JY]

Flake, Nancy, E170• [15FE]

Harris, Roy, E1054• [11JY]

Knauff, Tara Howard, E1534• [22OC]

Kyle, Chris, H497• [13FE]

Martineau, Russell J., E828• [6JN]

Pickleman, John E., E1827• [10DE]

Sellers, Patrick, E347• [21MR]

Smith, Judy, E1058• [15JY]

Weeks, William S., E116• [8FE]

Williams, Robert, E1435• [4OC]