HENSARLING, JEB (a Representative from Texas)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 7), H3096 [4JN]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1797), H3097 [4JN]

Agriculture: reform sugar price support program (see H.R. 693), H1568 [18MR]

Appropriations: make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending (see H.R. 56, 59), H3096 [4JN]

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

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

Armed Forces: ensure that Reserve members who have served on active duty or performed certain active service receive credit toward early receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see H.R. 2907), H6290 [4OC]

Boy Scouts: tribute to National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia (see H. Res. 305), H4725 [18JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H629 [25FE]

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1869), H3097 [4JN]

——— establish joint resolutions on the budget (see H.R. 1868), H3097 [4JN]

——— increase transparency in Federal budgeting (see H.R. 1872), H2532 [8MY]

——— require that, if the President’s budget does not achieve balance in the budget’s covered year, the President shall submit a supplemental unified budget by a certain date (see H.R. 444), H344 [4FE]

——— rescind certain Federal funds identified by States as unwanted and use such funds to reduce the Federal debt (see H.R. 282), H3288 [11JN]

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), H2532 [8MY]

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]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 61), H344 [4FE] (see H.R. 217), H173 [15JA]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 436), H4080 [26JN]

Crime: clarify the range of conduct punished as sex trafficking (see H.R. 2805), H5090 [25JY]

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

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 the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (see H.R. 2009), H4146 [27JN]

Dept. of Transportation: ensure that on-duty time for certain commercial motor vehicle drivers does not include waiting time at natural gas or oil well sites (see H.R. 1097), H3097 [4JN]

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), H5834 [25SE]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 1406), H2067 [16AP]

EPA: change the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to certain farms (see H.R. 311), H3096 [4JN]

——— repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 1461), H3097 [4JN]

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]

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]

——— repeal prohibition on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels (see H.R. 2478), H4037 [25JN]

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

Health: intensify stem cell research showing evidence of substantial clinical benefit to patients (see H.R. 1740), H3288 [11JN]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3121), H7188 [18NO]

——— 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), H3253 [6JN]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2300), H4215 [8JY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 1005), H3216 [5JN]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 45), H416 [6FE] (see H.R. 2300), H4215 [8JY] (see H.R. 3121), H7188 [18NO]

Housing: protect American taxpayers and homeowners by creating a sustainable housing finance system (see H.R. 2767), H4856 [22JY]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 2328), H6829 [28OC]

——— provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 762), H3096 [4JN]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H1328 [7MR]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 495), H4309 [9JY]

——— terminate employment of employees who take certain official actions for political purposes (see H.R. 2565), H4178 [28JN]

Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H1322 [6MR]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 946), H3592 [13JN]

Law enforcement: limit domestic use of drones in investigating regulatory and criminal offenses (see H.R. 637), H4214 [8JY]

——— protect prosecutors, judges, law enforcement officers, and their families from retaliation or intimidation and create stronger offenses for those who target public officials (see H.R. 1577), H3288 [11JN]

LSC: terminate (see H.R. 350), H3288 [11JN]

Medicaid: eliminate increased Federal medical assistance percentage under the State plan relative to newly eligible mandatory individuals to provide States with greater flexibility (see H.R. 1404), H3097 [4JN]

Motor vehicles: exempt certain class A driver’s license holders in the agriculture industry from requirement to obtain a hazardous material endorsement when operating certain service vehicles (see H.R. 1026), H3097 [4JN]

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), H6902 [29OC]

——— deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 1005), H3216 [5JN]

——— delay implementation (see H.R. 2809), H5548 (see H.J. Res. 62), H5547 [12SE]

——— 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), H4483 [11JY]

——— 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), H5513 [11SE]

——— repeal (see H.R. 45), H416 [6FE] (see H.R. 2300), H4215 [8JY] (see H.R. 3121), H7188 [18NO]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 763), H3216 [5JN]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 351), H294 [25JA]

——— repeal provisions relative to premium tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies (see H.R. 1908), H3097 [4JN]

——— require full disclosure by health exchange plans of abortion coverage and abortion premium surcharges (see H.R. 3279), H6594 [14OC]

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

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]

Sabin Vaccine Institute: anniversary (see H. Res. 114), H3097 [4JN]

Schools: express support for prayer at school board meetings (see H. Res. 250), H5885 [26SE]

——— prohibit Federal education funding for elementary or secondary schools that provide access to emergency postcoital contraception (see H.R. 2943), H6957 [30OC]

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

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), H344 [4FE]

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

Social Security Investment Commission: establish (see H.R. 370), H344 [4FE]

Sports: recognize heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting on public lands and ensure continued opportunities for those activities (see H.R. 1825), H3289 [11JN]

States: recognize authority to regulate oil and gas operations and promote American energy security, development, and job creation (see H.R. 2728), H5834 [25SE]

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

——— 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), H3991 [20JN]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 2429), H5834 [25SE]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 147), H432 [8FE]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 523), H2125 [17AP]

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

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 582), H3096 [4JN]

——— 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), H4177 [28JN]

——— terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 352), H372 [5FE]

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), H3256 [10JN]

Letters

Congressional Gold Medal Award to the World War II First Special Service Force: by, Committee on Financial Services (House), H2818 [21MY]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction: by, Committee on Financial Services (House), E881 [14JN]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act: by, Committee on Financial Services (House), H5447 [10SE]

Nuclear Iran Prevention Act: by, Committee on Financial Services (House), H5231 [31JY]

Outer Continental Shelf Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreements Authorization Act: by, Committee on Financial Services (House), H4103 [27JN]

Remarks

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, H219• [22JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 1797), H3741• [18JN]

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), H3936 [20JN]

——— reform sugar price support program, H3936 [20JN]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), request conference with the Senate (H. Res. 368), H6046 [30SE]

Ben Wheeler, TX: tribute to Martin’s Mill High School girls’ basketball team, E477• [17AP]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H1691 [20MR]

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 (H.R. 360), H2264 [24AP]

Congress: importance of bipartisanship, H6276 [4OC]

Dept. of HUD: establish additional requirements to improve fiscal safety and soundness of home equity conversion mortgage insurance program (H.R. 2167), H3299, H3300, H3301 [12JN]

Dept. of Labor: allow regulations to prevent fraud related to pensions and other retirement savings accounts, promote investment education and advice, and require financial service providers to disclose any fees, H6870 [29OC]

——— issue fiduciary duty rule to protect access to investment education and advice and assure reasonable financial compensation to financial service providers, H6867, H6868 [29OC]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2610), H5118 [30JY]

Economy: importance of job creation, H3299 [12JN]

FAA: Contract Tower Program funding, H5118 [30JY]

FEMA: temporarily increase borrowing authority for carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 41), H40, H41 [4JA]

Financial institutions: allow bank regulators to prevent speculation and manipulation in the commodity markets, particularly oil and biofuel prices, H6926 [30OC]

——— revise certain regulations governing financial assistance for swaps entities (H.R. 992), H6916, H6919, H6920 [30OC]

——— revise certain regulations governing financial assistance for swaps entities (H.R. 992), motion to recommit, H6926 [30OC]

Floods: transition from federally subsidized to private sector provision of flood insurance coverage, H40 [4JA]

Gosnell, Kermit: trial of women’s health clinic doctor for murder and violation of State law forbidding late term abortions, H3741• [18JN]

Hurricanes: making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, H40, H41 [4JA]

——— making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 152), H119• [15JA]

Investments: provide a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers (H.R. 1105), H7470, H7476, H7477, H7480, H7485, H7487 [4DE]

——— require private equity fund advisers to register with the SEC, H7487 [4DE]

Lakewood, TX: anniversary of Independence Day parade, E1001• [28JN]

Mabank, TX: anniversary of Four Mile Lutheran Church, E564• [26AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate, H6276 [4OC]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H6276 [4OC]

——— provide for participation in health care exchanges by the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, political appointees, and congressional staff and limit subsidies, H6046 [30SE], H6276 [4OC]

Public debt: prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), consideration (H. Res. 202), H2499 [8MY]

SEC: improve consideration of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders (H.R. 1062), H2731, H2732, H2735, H2736, H2741 [17MY]

——— protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 2374), H6855, H6856, H6865, H6867, H6868 [29OC]

——— protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 2374), motion to recommit, H6870 [29OC]

Securities: provide end user exemptions for certain derivative sales (H.R. 634), H3301, H3304 [12JN]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H219• [22JA]

Van Zandt County, TX: anniversary, E662• [15MY]

Votes: position on missed, E714• [21MY]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: adopt rules setting forth the application to cross-border swaps transactions of certain provisions relating to swaps (H.R. 1256), H3317, H3318, H3320, H3325 [12JN]

Reports filed

Activities During the 113th Congress: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H. Rept. 113–311), H8138 [3JA]

Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1564) (H. Rept. 113–142), H4212 [8JY]

Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 634) (H. Rept. 113–105), H3355 [12JN]

Financial Competitive Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1341) (H. Rept. 113–134), H4173 [28JN]

Retail Investor Protection Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2374) (H. Rept. 113–228), H5832 [25SE], H6051 [30SE]

SEC Deadline To Require Addition of a Particular Class of Securities to Those Exempted Under the Securities Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 701) (H. Rept. 113–58), H2653 [15MY]

SEC Regulatory Accountability Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1062) (H. Rept. 113–53), H2574 [13MY]

Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1105) (H. Rept. 113–276), H7364 [22NO]

Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 742) (H. Rept. 113–106), H3355 [12JN]

Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1256) (H. Rept. 113–103), H3256 [10JN]

Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 992) (H. Rept. 113–229), H5832 [25SE]

Rules

Committee on Financial Services (House), H578•–H586• [15FE]

Tributes

Brown, Chelsea, E710• [21MY]

Johnson, Representative Sam, H615• [25FE]

Kyle, Chris, H497• [13FE]

Massey, Terry E., E661• [15MY]

McDonald, Bob J., E736• [23MY]

Mork, Kari G., E198• [27FE]

Smith, Garrett O., E661• [15MY]