HURT, ROBERT (a Representative from Virginia)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H93 [15JA]

Amendments

SEC: improve consideration of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders (H.R. 1062), H2744 [17MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 1091), H5089 [25JY]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1797), H3655 [14JN]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H5589 [17SE]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H7688 [11DE]

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

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1869), H3289 [11JN]

Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area: authorize pedestrian and motorized vehicular access (see H.R. 819), H1721 [20MR]

CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (see H.R. 1874), H3253 [6JN]

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), H5768 [19SE]

Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs (House): establish (see H. Res. 119), H5404 [2AU]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 36), H1861 [9AP]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 3), H1568 [18MR]

Consumers: preclude law firms and licensed attorneys from the definition of a debt collector when taking certain actions (see H.R. 2892), H7446 [3DE]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H224 [22JA]

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]

Courts: exempt election officials from Federal jury service (see H.R. 775), H595 [15FE]

Credit: improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction (see H.R. 1077), H1861 [9AP]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: modify the definition of the term biobased product (see H.R. 979), H1317 [6MR]

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 State: prioritize fight against human trafficking according to congressional intent in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act without increasing the size of the Federal Government (see H.R. 2283), H5589 [17SE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales (see H.R. 1782), H2391 [26AP]

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), H1837 [25MR]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H8112 [12DE]

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: eliminate certain requirements under the renewable fuel program and prohibit approval of gasoline that contains greater than a certain percentage of ethanol (see H.R. 1462), H1908 [10AP]

——— exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements (see H.R. 2026), H3253 [6JN]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 51), H5176 [30JY]

——— prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 3133), H7111 [14NO]

Federal employees: provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (see H.R. 3223), H6225 [3OC]

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), H8126 [19DE]

——— improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 1553), H2025 [15AP]

——— provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see H.R. 749), H703 [27FE]

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

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

Health: 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), H3216 [5JN]

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

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members’ official allowances be applied to deficit or Federal debt reduction (see H.R. 496), H2161 [18AP]

Housing: protect American taxpayers and homeowners by creating a sustainable housing finance system (see H.R. 2767), H5834 [25SE]

Immigration: create a nonimmigrant H-2C work visa program for agricultural workers (see H.R. 1773), H2391 [26AP]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H1550 [15MR]

——— use parts of fines levied against companies that do business with Iran to establish a fund to pay claims to Americans held hostage in Iran and their families identified in a certain court case (see H.R. 904), H5655 [18SE]

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), H2404 [3MY]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 16), H8132 [23DE]

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), H5175 [30JY]

——— establish a market pricing program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 1717), H3216 [5JN]

——— provide entitlement to immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients (see H.R. 1428), H2604 [14MY]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see H.R. 1155), H1911 [10AP]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H1911 [10AP]

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: exempt emergency services volunteers from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3685), H8127 [19DE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2575), H7395 [2DE]

——— 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), H2400 [30AP]

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

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 1653), H3760 [18JN]

SEC: improve consideration of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders (see H.R. 1062), H1355 [12MR]

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]

Special days and holidays: provide that Washington’s Birthday be observed on February 22, rather than the third Monday in February of each year (see H.R. 681), H501 [13FE]

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H7446 [3DE]

——— express that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the economy (see H. Con. Res. 24), H3689 [17JN]

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

——— modify taxation of hard cider (see H.R. 2921), H8138 [3JA]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H7508 [4DE]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 494), H2604 [14MY]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 2429), H4178 [28JN]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 523), H1720 [20MR]

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

Unemployment: include discouraged and marginally attached workers in official measure of national unemployment (see H.R. 484), H1829 [21MR]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H5175 [30JY]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: codify exemptions for farming, forestry, and ranching relative to permit requirements for dredged or fill material (see H.R. 2581), H4174 [28JN]

EPA: implement guidelines for specification of certain dredged or fill material disposal sites (see H.R. 2937), H5343 [1AU]

FDA: waive or reduce certain fees applicable to generic drug facilities if such fees present a significant barrier to market entry due to limited resources or other circumstances (see H.R. 3631), H7394 [2DE]

Investments: provide a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers (see H.R. 1105), H1394 [13MR]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: prohibit from requiring public companies to use specific auditors or the use of different auditors on a rotating basis (see H.R. 1564), H2025 [15AP]

SEC: revise certain rules relative to the status of qualified prepaid tuition programs under securities laws (see H.R. 3029), H5397 [2AU]

Constitutional authority statements

Agriculture: codify exemptions for farming, forestry, and ranching relative to permit requirements for dredged or fill material (H.R. 2581), H4176 [28JN]

EPA: implement guidelines for specification of certain dredged or fill material disposal sites (H.R. 2937), H5346 [1AU]

FDA: waive or reduce certain fees applicable to generic drug facilities if such fees present a significant barrier to market entry due to limited resources or other circumstances (H.R. 3631), H7394 [2DE]

Investments: provide a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers (H.R. 1105), H1396 [13MR]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: prohibit from requiring public companies to use specific auditors or the use of different auditors on a rotating basis (H.R. 1564), H2026 [15AP]

SEC: revise certain rules relative to the status of qualified prepaid tuition programs under securities laws (H.R. 3029), H5401 [2AU]

Remarks

Budget: comparison between congressional and Obama administration proposals, H2069 [17AP]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H1637 [20MR], H2069 [17AP]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H2872 [22MY]

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), H4112 [27JN]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), H2515 [8MY]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), consideration (H. Res. 113), H1411 [14MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), consideration (H. Res. 215), H2674 [16MY]

Investments: provide a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers (H.R. 1105), H7472, H7487 [4DE]

——— provide a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers (H.R. 1105), motion to recommit, H7489 [4DE]

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

——— restrict eligibility of investment funds to those that do not own a controlling interest in companies that outsource American jobs, H7489 [4DE]

Medicare: reform, H1637 [20MR]

National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art, and U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 70), H6191 [3OC]

NIH: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 73), H6191 [3OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), H4562 [17JY]

——— repeal (H.R. 45), consideration (H. Res. 215), H2674 [16MY]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: prohibit from requiring public companies to use specific auditors or the use of different auditors on a rotating basis (H.R. 1564), H4182, H4183, H4184 [8JY]

SEC: ensure that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, and other national securites associations comply with the same cost-benefit analyses as the SEC, H2744, H2745 [17MY]

——— improve consideration of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders (H.R. 1062), H2733, H2744, H2745 [17MY]

——— protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 2374), H6863 [29OC]

Votes: position on missed, H567• [15FE], H1681• [20MR], H4231• [9JY], H5458• [10SE], H7294• [20NO]

Tributes

Byrd, Harry F., Jr., E1343• [19SE]

Cranston, Robert S., E206• [27FE]

Kowalchuk, Evelyn, E453• [12AP]

Putney, Lacey E., E1782• [3DE]

Roberts, Phillip R., E1555• [23OC]

Thackston, Carroll, E228• [28FE]