HARPER, GREGG (a Representative from Mississippi)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 1091), H5403 [2AU]

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

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H6829 [28OC]

Arab countries: call for protection of religious minority rights and freedoms and urge repeal of blasphemy laws (see H. Res. 106), H2249 [23AP]

Armed Forces: expand use of telehealth under TRICARE program for active servicemembers, their dependents, retirees, and veterans (see H.R. 3507), H7151 [15NO]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: provide that military technicians (dual status) shall be included in military personnel accounts for purposes of any issued orders (see H.R. 1014), H1911 [10AP]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H6225 [3OC]

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

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

CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (see H.R. 1874), H4146 [27JN]

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), H2535 [8MY]

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]

Clean Air Act: remove requirement for dealer certification of new light-duty motor vehicles (see H.R. 724), H6052 [30SE]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H6545 [11OC]

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

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 61), H173 [15JA] (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]

Cooperative Forestry Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 152), H1957 [11AP]

Courts: modify the composition of the southern judicial district of Mississippi to improve judicial efficiency (see H.R. 2871), H5436 [9SE] (see H.R. 2898), H5260 [31JY]

Credit: improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction (see H.R. 1077), H5589 [17SE]

——— 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: establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about receipt of military decorations or medals (see H.R. 258), H168 [15JA]

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), H2571 [9MY]

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: protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1893), H2533 [8MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish a National Pediatric Research Network (see H.R. 225), H84 [14JA]

——— establish safeguards and standards of quality for research and transplantation of organs infected with HIV (see H.R. 698), H4858 [22JY]

——— exempt employers from taxes, penalties, or suits for failure to offer insurance coverage for certain women’s preventive services on the basis of religious belief or moral conviction (see H.R. 973), H982 [5MR]

——— improve and enhance research and treatments of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer (see H.R. 2607), H4175 [28JN]

——— limit copayment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the amount applicable to drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier (see H.R. 460), H3216 [5JN]

——— reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children’s hospitals (see H.R. 297), H178 [18JA]

——— 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 State: develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan at the triennial International Civil Aviation Organization Assembly (see H.R. 1151), H2575 [13MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (see H.R. 2009), H4309 [9JY]

Diseases: foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H7357 [21NO]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H7446 [3DE]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 1406), H1994 [12AP]

EPA: clarify general duty clause of Clean Air Act as it applies to chemical facility accidental release prevention (see H.R. 888), H4979 [23JY]

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

——— exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements (see H.R. 2026), H3655 [14JN]

——— require a report on economic impact of certain energy-related rules and prohibit finalization of such rules that will cause significant adverse effects to the economy (see H.R. 1582), H4858 [22JY]

——— require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions (see H.R. 2948), H5343 [1AU]

Fair Labor Standards Act: provide specific limited exemption for insurance claim adjustment work after a major disaster from overtime pay requirements (see H.R. 3179), H6957 [30OC]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment on parental rights (see H.J. Res. 50), H4524 [16JY]

——— constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 51), H4524 [16JY]

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

FCC: consolidate reporting obligations to improve congressional oversight and reduce reporting burdens (see H.R. 2844), H5176 [30JY]

FDA: strengthen regulation of compounding drugs by pharmacies (see H.R. 3089), H5554 [16SE]

FEC: extend authority to impose civil money penalties on the basis of a schedule of established and published penalties and expand such authority to certain other violations (see H.R. 3487), H7109 [14NO]

Federal agencies and departments: 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]

FEMA: delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (see H.R. 3370), H6901 [29OC]

——— delay increases in premium rates for certain properties and allow monthly installments for flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program and increase funding for affordability study (see H.R. 3693), H8113 [12DE]

——— reform the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 3013), H6644 [16OC]

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), H4827 [19JY]

Firearms: more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 1290), H1718 [20MR]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 1276), H1717 [20MR]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H6770 [23OC]

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

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), H1829 [21MR]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3121), H6412 [8OC]

——— 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), H2719 [16MY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 3121), H6412 [8OC]

Housing Act: revise census data and population requirements for areas to be considered rural areas (see H.R. 858), H1430 [14MR]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 2328), H6770 [23OC]

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

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H2027 [15AP]

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

Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H5089 [25JY]

Iuka, MS: approve transfer of Yellow Creek Port properties (see H.R. 3044), H5398 [2AU]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: improve enforcement of sanctions (see H.R. 1771), H4214 [8JY]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 946), H980 [5MR] (see H.R. 3485), H7109 [14NO]

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

MAGIC Foundation: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 313), H5404 [2AU]

Medicaid: extend rules regarding supplemental needs trusts for beneficiaries to trusts established by such beneficiaries (see H.R. 2123), H4485 [11JY]

Medicare: amend payments to long-term care hospitals (see H.R. 3599), H7447 [3DE]

——— delay enforcement of two-midnight rule for short inpatient hospital stays until the implementation of a new payment methodology for short inpatient hospital stays (see H.R. 3698), H8132 [23DE]

——— delay implementation of competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) and diabetic testing supply mail order program (see H.R. 2375), H4040 [25JN]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 1201), H3253 [6JN]

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

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2504), H4078 [26JN]

——— establish a market pricing program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 1717), H2298 [24AP]

——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see H.R. 1787), H5655 [18SE]

——— permit certain providers licensed in a State to provide telemedicine services to certain beneficiaries in a different State (see H.R. 3077), H5589 [17SE]

——— provide entitlement to immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients (see H.R. 1428), H6998 [12NO]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 942), H1958 [11AP]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H1550 [15MR]

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), H4524 [16JY]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H6770 [23OC]

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

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

——— delay implementation (see H.R. 2809), H5548 [12SE]

——— ensure coverage offered under multi-State qualified health plans offered in exchanges is consistent with the Federal abortion funding ban (see H.R. 346), H344 [4FE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2575), H5404 [2AU]

——— prohibit funding to implement (see H.R. 2682), H5052 [24JY]

——— 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), H6999 [12NO]

——— repeal (see H.R. 3121), H6412 [8OC]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 763), H1398 [13MR]

——— 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 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]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H. Res. 56), H413 [6FE]

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]

Roads and highways: waive certain vehicle weight limitations on any segment of U.S. Route 78 in Mississippi that is designated as part of the Interstate Highway System (see H.R. 2628), H4308 [9JY]

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), H550 [14FE]

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

Securities: determine a customer’s net equity based on the customer’s last statement, prohibit certain recoveries, and change how trustees are appointed (see H.R. 3482), H7109 [14NO]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security (see H.R. 2154), H2953 [23MY]

Social Security: repeal Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program maintenance of effort requirements to provide for more program flexibility for States (see H.R. 1472), H1909 [10AP]

——— replace Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program with a block grant to the States (see H.R. 567), H455 [12FE]

Taxation: constitutional amendment to limit congressional power to impose a tax on failure to purchase goods or services (see H.J. Res. 28), H4215 [8JY]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H500 [13FE]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1331 [11MR]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 207), H950 [4MR]

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

——— provide for continued eligibility for the health care tax credit for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. pension recipients eligible for the credit (see H.R. 2783), H5477 [10SE]

——— remove deduction for charitable contributions from overall limitation on itemized deductions (see H.R. 1479), H2067 [16AP]

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

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 483), H416 [6FE]

——— 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]

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]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H416 [6FE]

——— ensure education and training received by Armed Forces members and veterans better assists them in obtaining civilian certifications and licenses (see H.R. 1796), H2392 [26AP]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H2249 [23AP]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H1828 [21MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Labor: phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (see H.R. 831), H659 [26FE]

Disabled: authorize grants for the transition of youths with significant disabilities to adulthood (see H.R. 509), H370 [5FE]

——— improve individualized education program and facilitate the transition of children with disabilities to adulthood (see H.R. 510), H370 [5FE]

——— provide assistance to States to develop and implement transition plans for developmentally disabled individuals who are transitioning from the secondary school system into adulthood (see H.R. 511), H370 [5FE]

Election Assistance Commission: terminate (see H.R. 1994), H2654 [15MY]

EPA: amend the renewable fuel program to require the cellulosic biofuel requirement to be based on actual production (see H.R. 550), H411 [6FE]

Health: improve provision of telehealth services under Medicare and other Federal health care programs (see H.R. 3306), H6675 [22OC]

Medicare: permit direct payment to pharmacies for certain compounded drugs for a specific beneficiary for use through an implanted infusion pump (see H.R. 232), H84 [14JA]

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. 1724), H2349 [25AP] (see H.R. 2019), H2716 [16MY]

Political campaigns: terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions and terminate the Election Assistance Commission (see H.R. 260), H168 [15JA]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorize provision of technical assistance to small public water systems (see H.R. 654), H500 [13FE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Labor: phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (H.R. 831), H660 [26FE]

Disabled: authorize grants for the transition of youths with significant disabilities to adulthood (H.R. 509), H371 [5FE]

——— improve individualized education program and facilitate the transition of children with disabilities to adulthood (H.R. 510), H371 [5FE]

——— provide assistance to States to develop and implement transition plans for developmentally disabled individuals who are transitioning from the secondary school system into adulthood (H.R. 511), H371 [5FE]

Election Assistance Commission: terminate (H.R. 1994), H2655 [15MY]

EPA: amend the renewable fuel program to require the cellulosic biofuel requirement to be based on actual production (H.R. 550), H414 [6FE]

Health: improve provision of telehealth services under Medicare and other Federal health care programs (H.R. 3306), H6676 [22OC]

Medicare: permit direct payment to pharmacies for certain compounded drugs for a specific beneficiary for use through an implanted infusion pump (H.R. 232), H85 [14JA]

NIH: provide for a pediatric research initiative through use of funds saved by terminating taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 1724), H2352 [25AP]

——— provide for a pediatric research initiative through use of funds saved by terminating taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 2019), H2718 [16MY]

Political campaigns: terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions and terminate the Election Assistance Commission (H.R. 260), H171 [15JA]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorize provision of technical assistance to small public water systems (H.R. 654), H503 [13FE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H6177 [3OC], H6607 [16OC]

Letters

Kids First Research Act: Emily Shetty, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, H7660 [11DE]

——— Global Genes Project (organization), H7659 [11DE]

——— Jeffrey Brewer, JDRF (organization), H7660 [11DE]

——— Jeffrey Cohen, National Fragile X Foundation, H7659 [11DE]

——— Jim Kaufman, Children’s Hospital Association, H7661 [11DE]

——— Liz Feld, Autism Speaks (organization), H7660 [11DE]

——— Nick Manetto, Coalition for Pediatric Medical Research, H7660 [11DE]

——— Sara Hart Weir, National Down Syndrome Society, H7659 [11DE]

Student Success Act: Barbara Trader, TASH (organization), H4704• [18JY]

——— James H. Wendorf, National Center for Learning Disabilities, H4703• [18JY]

——— Jess Butler, Autism National Committee, Inc., H4703• [18JY]

——— Marty Ford, The Arc of the U.S. (organization), H4703• [18JY]

Remarks

Budget: temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), H244 [23JA]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall for ceremony to honor the life and legacy of Nelson R. Mandela on his birthday (H. Con. Res. 43), H4231 [9JY]

——— permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 14), H997 [6MR]

——— permit use of rotunda for presentation of Congressional Gold Medal to Muhammad Yunus (H. Con. Res. 20), H997 [6MR]

Dept. of Education: restore cap on percentage of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities participating in alternate assessments, H4698 [18JY]

——— 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), H4698 [18JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish a National Pediatric Research Network (H.R. 225), H324 [4FE]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6142 [2OC]

Mississippi College: anniversary, E1411• [1OC]

NIH: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 73), H6142 [2OC]

——— provide for a pediatric research initiative through use of funds saved by terminating taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 2019), H7659 [11DE]

Northern Mariana Islands: convey certain submerged lands (S. 256), H5453 [10SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1628 [19MR]

Tributes

Berry, George, Sr., H6835 [29OC]

Chalk, Franklin E., Sr., E1553• [23OC]

Drummond, Louis, E906• [18JN]

Jones, Darrell D., E1557• [23OC]