GRANGER, KAY (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

C.W. Bill Young funeral attendees, H6778 [28OC]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

AID: expand the number of scholarships available to Pakistani women under the Merit and Needs-Based Scholarship Program (see H.R. 3583), H7353 [21NO]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H1430 [14MR]

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]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 11), H316 [1FE]

——— delay sequestration (see H.R. 607), H629 [25FE]

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1762), H2536 [8MY]

Bureau of the Census: make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions (see H.R. 1078), H1993 [12AP]

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

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), H5767 [19SE]

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), H5885 [26SE]

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), H1720 [20MR]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H5342 [1AU]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 3), H1547 [15MR] (see H.R. 334), H301 [29JA]

Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see H.R. 2663), H5884 [26SE]

Crime: clarify the range of conduct punished as sex trafficking (see H.R. 2805), H5049 [24JY]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (see H.R. 3530), H7251 [19NO]

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]

——— enhance assistance for victims of sexual assault committed by members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2002), H2654 [15MY]

——— provide victims of sexual assault ‘‘rape shield’’ protections and the right to representation by a Special Victims’ Counsel under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (see H.R. 3767), H8109 [12DE]

——— require Inspector General investigation of allegations of retaliatory personnel actions in response to protected communications regarding sexual assault (see H.R. 1864), H3253 [6JN]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see H.R. 1281), H6957 [30OC]

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

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit certain cell phone voice communications during passenger flights (see H.R. 3676), H7689 [11DE]

Disasters: provide eligibility for public broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance (see H.R. 2647), H4369 [10JY]

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: prohibit funding to be used to implement or enforce a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases (see H.R. 621), H629 [25FE]

——— require congressional review of certain rules (see H.R. 2916), H6053 [30SE]

FAA Modernization and Reform Act: amend certain provisions (see H.R. 2591), H5767 [19SE]

FDA: permit the sale of, and access to, ‘‘research use only’’ products in diagnostic tests (see H.R. 3005), H5884 [26SE]

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), H294 [25JA]

——— require each agency to repeal two existing regulations before issuing a new regulation (see H.R. 2997), H7153 [15NO]

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), H7188 [18NO]

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

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 3036), H8127 [19DE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 45), H2604 [14MY]

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), H3991 [20JN]

Hunger: recognize importance of U.S. leadership in addressing the challenge of global maternal and child malnutrition (see H. Res. 254), H7689 [11DE]

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), H5263 [31JY]

——— preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 2328), H5090 [25JY]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H4370 [10JY]

Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-rocket defense system and authorize cooperation on the David’s Sling, Arrow, and Arrow 3 anti-missile defense systems (see H.R. 2717), H5263 [31JY]

——— independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 30), H1994 [12AP]

——— strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H4488 [15JY]

Jordan: recognize long-term partnership and friendship with the U.S. and commend response to Syrian humanitarian crisis by hosting refugees fleeing conflict (see H. Res. 222), H4040 [25JN]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 16), H596 [15FE]

Mandela, Nelson R.: tribute (see H. Res. 434), H7689 [11DE]

Medicare: establish a payment option to freely contract, without penalty, for fee-for-service items and services, while allowing beneficiaries to use their benefits (see H.R. 1310), H7311 [20NO]

——— establish a provider system under which providers of services and suppliers representing a low risk for submitting fraudulent claims are provided certain claim review protections (see H.R. 3168), H5802 [20SE]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H3288 [11JN]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 2500), H5655 [18SE]

——— prevent budget sequestration from impacting payment for physician-administered drugs (see H.R. 1416), H2913 [22MY]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 713), H6412 [8OC]

Motor vehicles: repeal corporate average fuel economy standards (see H.R. 2445), H4485 [11JY]

National Park Service: acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program (see H.R. 1033), H1633 [19MR]

——— mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H1398 [13MR]

National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 1786), H3929 [19JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of certain provisions (see H.R. 607), H629 [25FE]

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

——— prohibit funding to implement (see H.R. 2682), H5404 [2AU]

——— repeal (see H.R. 45), H2604 [14MY]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 763), H3760 [18JN]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 351), H1568 [18MR]

Paul Brown U.S. Courthouse, Sherman, TX: designate (see H.R. 185), H599 [15FE]

Power resources: promote energy security of European allies through opening of the Southern Gas Corridor (see H. Res. 284), H4143 [27JN]

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), H2914 [22MY]

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]

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

Social Security: 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), H5348 [1AU]

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), H2803 [20MY]

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H5403 [2AU]

——— express that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the economy (see H. Con. Res. 24), H1721 [20MR]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1360 [12MR]

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

——— provide a taxpayer bill of rights for small businesses (see H.R. 3479), H7312 [20NO]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H2393 [26AP]

——— 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 estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 2429), H4040 [25JN]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 523), H1632 [19MR]

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

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 2309), H3592 [13JN]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1354), H3654 [14JN]

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

Children and youth: bolster U.S. diplomacy and assistance aimed at ensuring children have permanent, safe, nurturing, and loving families and strengthen intercountry adoption to the U.S. and around the world (see H.R. 3323), H6768 [23OC]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (see H.R. 2855), H5172 [30JY]

World War II: 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), H7566 [5DE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2855), H5174 [30JY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), H5778 [20SE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2397), H5018 [24JY]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations, H5778 [20SE]

Egypt: prohibit use of funds for military or paramilitary operations, H5018 [24JY]

Votes: position on missed, H7334• [21NO], E360• [21MR], E1706• [19NO]

Reports filed

Dept. of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2855) (H. Rept. 113–185), H5172 [30JY]

Tributes

Johnson, Representative Sam, H611 [25FE]

Kyle, Chris, H491 [13FE]

Viola, Alex A., E1769• [3DE]

Young, C.W. Bill, H6815 [28OC]