LABRADOR, RAÚL R. (a Representative from Idaho)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 1091), H1569 [18MR]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1797), H2656 [15MY]

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

Armed Forces: limit use of funds for introduction into hostilities (see H.R. 383), H280 [23JA]

——— require that the Purple Heart occupy a position of precedence above the new Distinguished Warfare Medal (see H.R. 833), H1568 [18MR]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H32 [3JA] (see H.J. Res. 24), H413 [6FE]

Bureau of the Census: repeal authority to conduct certain censuses (see H.R. 1638), H2300 [24AP]

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), H2656 [15MY]

Civilian Property Realignment Commission: establish (see H.R. 695), H703 [27FE]

Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs (House): establish (see H. Res. 119), H1829 [21MR]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 36), H2486 [7MY]

Congress: establish the style for amending laws (see H.R. 760), H2161 [18AP]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 61), H86 [14JA] (see H.R. 217), H173 [15JA]

Courts: reduce the number of Federal judgeships for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (see H.R. 2239), H3289 [11JN]

Crime: amend provisions relative to disclosures to governments by communications-related service providers of certain information consisting of or relating to communications (see H.R. 983), H6052 [30SE]

——— establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about receipt of military decorations or medals (see H.R. 258), H818 [28FE]

——— prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 732), H5589 [17SE]

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

——— repeal the nutrition entitlement programs and establish a food stamp block grant program (see H.R. 1355), H2656 [15MY]

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), H6344 [7OC]

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), H3988 [20JN]

Dept. of HHS: ensure women who access federally funded family planning services are given pregnancy option counseling including professional adoption counseling (see H.R. 3539), H7357 [21NO]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit tracking and cataloguing of purchases of multiple rifles and shotguns (see H.R. 2408), H5175 [30JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (see H.R. 2009), H2914 [22MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: permit certain Armed Forces members discharged or released due to service-connected disability to transfer Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 883), H813 [28FE]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 1406), H2125 [17AP]

——— make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 1772), H2391 [26AP]

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

——— repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 1461), H6225 [3OC]

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

Federal employees: eliminate statutory pay adjustment (see H.R. 273), H169 [15JA]

——— reduce size of the Federal workforce through attrition (see H.R. 824), H1632 [19MR]

Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2068), H3655 [14JN]

Federal-State relations: prohibit taxpayer bailouts of fiscally irresponsible State and local governments (see H.R. 3002), H5396 [2AU]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 2959), H7188 [18NO]

Forests: address bark beetle epidemic, drought, deteriorating forest health, and wildfire risk on Federal lands and increase State control of forest management in high-risk areas (see H.R. 818), H627 [25FE]

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

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), H1569 [18MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 1005), H1829 [21MR]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 45), H2535 [8MY]

Health care professionals: limit liability of volunteers who provide health care services in response to a disaster (see H.R. 1733), H2656 [15MY]

Immigration: eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase the per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see H.R. 633), H499 [13FE]

——— improve law enforcement within the interior of the U.S. by improving State and local enforcement, national security, removal of criminal aliens, visa security, and aid to officers (see H.R. 2278), H3250 [6JN]

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), H5348 [1AU]

Iran: call for release of Saeed Abedini and condemn persecution of religious minorities (see H. Res. 147), H1909 [10AP]

IRS: terminate employment of employees who take certain official actions for political purposes (see H.R. 2565), H4143 [27JN]

Mining and mineral resources: promote domestic production of critical minerals and materials (see H.R. 761), H594 [15FE]

Monuments and memorials: require certain procedures for designating national monuments (see H.R. 2192), H3289 [11JN]

National security: prohibit use of drones to kill U.S. citizens within the U.S. (see H.R. 1242), H2027 [15AP]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 1226), H4485 [11JY]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see H.R. 1962), H4370 [10JY]

NLRB: reform criteria for determining employee units appropriate for purposes of collective bargaining (see H.R. 2347), H5263 [31JY]

OMB: rescind certain unobligated discretionary appropriations (see H.R. 828), H1568 [18MR]

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), H6957 [30OC]

——— deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 1005), H1829 [21MR]

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

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate until the American Health Benefit Exchanges are functioning properly (see H.R. 3359), H6958 [30OC]

——— ensure coverage offered under multi-State qualified health plans offered in exchanges is consistent with the Federal abortion funding ban (see H.R. 346), H983 [5MR]

——— ensure that individuals can keep their health insurance coverage (see H.R. 3406), H6952 [30OC]

——— express that health insurance mandate violates the clause of the Constitution requiring that bills for raising revenue originate in the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 153), H2354 [25AP]

——— express that President Obama has violated section 3 of article II of the Constitution by refusing to enforce certain provisions (see H. Res. 425), H7358 [21NO]

——— prohibit funding to implement (see H.R. 2682), H4488 [15JY]

——— repeal (see H.R. 45), H2535 [8MY]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 763), H2656 [15MY]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 351), H5767 [19SE]

——— repeal provisions relative to premium tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies (see H.R. 1908), H3655 [14JN]

——— repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (see H.R. 1099), H2067 [16AP]

——— require full disclosure by health exchange plans of abortion coverage and abortion premium surcharges (see H.R. 3279), H6829 [28OC]

Power resources: achieve domestic energy independence by empowering States to control development and production of all forms of energy on all available Federal land (see H.R. 2511), H4215 [8JY]

Privacy: prevent mass collection of records of innocent Americans and provide greater accountability and transparency of Government surveillance activities and programs (see H.R. 2399), H4081 [26JN]

——— reform Federal authority to require production of business records, conduct surveillance, and certain forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes (see H.R. 3361), H6900 [29OC]

——— 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), H7253 [19NO]

Public debt: prioritize obligations for continued payment if the statutory debt ceiling is reached and appropriate funds for pay and allowances of the Armed Forces and civilian employees serving in combat zones (see H.R. 342), H6103 [1OC]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 807), H627 [25FE]

Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 2000), H5513 [11SE]

Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (see H.R. 596), H3654 [14JN]

Roads and highways: clarify regulation of the operation of longer combination vehicles on the Interstate Highway System in Idaho (see H.R. 3083), H6829 [28OC]

Rural areas: ensure that Federal Government receives maximum return on investment in the rural essential community facilities loan and grant programs and effective services to rural communities (see H.R. 1632), H2719 [16MY]

Taxation: make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 207), H3592 [13JN]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H2656 [15MY]

——— provide for reporting and disclosure by State and local public employee retirement pension plans (see H.R. 1628), H2656 [15MY]

——— reduce Federal tax on fuels by the amount of any increase in State fuel tax rates (see H.R. 1065), H1355 [12MR]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 2429), H5263 [31JY]

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

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 582), H413 [6FE]

——— 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), H2027 [15AP]

——— terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate income tax rate (see H.R. 259), H5476 [10SE]

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), H7608 [9DE]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H818 [28FE]

——— appropriate funds necessary for benefits and services in the event of a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3225), H6102 [1OC]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H3688 [17JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a program to generate dependable economic activity for counties and local governments containing National Forest System land through a management-focused approach (see H.R. 1294), H1718 [20MR]

Drugs: focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see H.R. 3382), H6951 [30OC]

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]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit further extension or establishment of national monuments in Idaho except by express authorization of Congress (see H.R. 1439), H1857 [9AP]

Power resources: promote timely exploration for geothermal resources under existing geothermal leases (see H.R. 1363), H1823 [21MR]

Public lands: improve management of grazing leases and permits (see H.R. 657), H500 [13FE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a program to generate dependable economic activity for counties and local governments containing National Forest System land through a management-focused approach (H.R. 1294), H1720 [20MR]

Drugs: focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (H.R. 3382), H6954 [30OC]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (H.R. 3133), H5766 [19SE]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit further extension or establishment of national monuments in Idaho except by express authorization of Congress (H.R. 1439), H1859 [9AP]

Power resources: promote timely exploration for geothermal resources under existing geothermal leases (H.R. 1363), H1827 [21MR]

Public lands: improve management of grazing leases and permits (H.R. 657), H503 [13FE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H6118 [2OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a program to generate dependable economic activity for counties and local governments containing National Forest System land through a management-focused approach, H5731 [19SE]

Dept. of Defense: tribute to living Medal of Honor recipients, H5639• [18SE]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6118 [2OC]

National forests: restore employment and educational opportunities in, and economic stability of, counties with Federal forest land, while reducing management costs and providing revenue sources from such land (H.R. 1526), H5731 [19SE]

National Security Agency: collection of Verizon Communications, Inc., customer phone records as part of counterterrorism efforts, H3295 [12JN]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1526), H5731 [19SE]

Subpoena Notices

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, H1535 [15MR]

Tributes

Fisher, Bernard F., H5845 [26SE]

Norris, Thomas R., H5845 [26SE]