LaMALFA, DOUG (a Representative from California)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H90 [15JA]

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2397), H4963 [23JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2609), H4358, H4371 [10JY]

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), H5754 [19SE]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (H.R. 624), H2132 [18AP]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1526), H5754 [19SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex (see H.R. 447), H315 [1FE]

——— prohibit Federal education funding for elementary and secondary schools that provide on-campus access to abortion providers (see H.R. 1122), H1395 [13MR]

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

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1797), H3256 [10JN]

——— require parental notification and intervention for minors seeking an abortion (see H.R. 3601), H7354 [21NO]

Agriculture: codify exemptions for farming, forestry, and ranching relative to permit requirements for dredged or fill material (see H.R. 2581), H5052 [24JY]

——— express that all direct and indirect subsidies that benefit the production or export of sugar by all major sugar producing and consuming countries should be eliminated (see H. Con. Res. 39), H3653 [14JN]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H2775 [17MY]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require a plaintiff to provide a defendant with an opportunity to voluntarily correct a violation prior to commencing civil action (see H.R. 994), H1318 [6MR]

Appropriations: making continuing (see H.J. Res. 62), H5590 [17SE]

Armed Forces: afford each member prior to separation from service with an electronic copy of medical records and the opportunity for a physical examination (see H.R. 3045), H5477 [10SE]

——— appropriate funds necessary to ensure that civilian and contractor personnel, Coast Guard, and Reserve components continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3232), H6454 [9OC]

——— ensure repeal of ‘‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’’ does not infringe upon the free exercise of religion and rights of conscience of members, including chaplains (see H.R. 914), H815 [28FE]

——— repeal bans on military personnel carrying firearms on military bases (see H.R. 3199), H5883 [26SE]

——— require that the Purple Heart occupy a position of precedence above the new Distinguished Warfare Medal (see H.R. 833), H1430 [14MR]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H6999 [12NO]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget and that each agency and department’s funding is justified (see H.J. Res. 36), H1427 [14MR]

——— constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 24), H413 [6FE] (see H.J. Res. 35), H1427 [14MR]

——— encourage Federal employees to suggest ways to make sensible or efficient budget reductions within their employing agency and protect employees under whistleblower protection laws (see H. Res. 173), H2300 [24AP]

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1869), H3995 [24JN]

——— 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), H372 [5FE]

——— rescind certain Federal funds identified by States as unwanted and use such funds to reduce the Federal debt (see H.R. 282), H504 [13FE]

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize conduit facilities for hydropower development under Federal reclamation law (see H.R. 678), H1721 [20MR]

——— authorize development of non-Federal hydropower and issuance of leases of power privileges at certain projects (see H.R. 1963), H2804 [20MY]

Bureau of the Census: make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions (see H.R. 1078), H1861 [9AP]

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

California: amend Wild and Scenic Rivers Act relative to a FERC project located on a segment of the Lower Merced River (see H.R. 934), H949 [4MR]

Centennial Monetary Commission: establish (see H.R. 1176), H1426 [14MR]

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), H2404 [3MY]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H3016 [3JN]

Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs (House): establish (see H. Res. 119), H1548 [15MR]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 36), H818 [28FE]

Congress: establish the style for amending laws (see H.R. 760), H818 [28FE]

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

——— remove knowledge of age as an element of the offense for sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, or coercion (see H.R. 1690), H2246 [23AP]

——— require court order to subpoena telephone records from service providers in any criminal investigation (see H.R. 2014), H2914 [22MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: include California as a separate Federal milk marketing order upon the petition and approval of California dairy producers (see H.R. 1396), H1825 [21MR]

——— modify the definition of the term biobased product (see H.R. 979), H1399 [13MR]

——— repeal authority to make performance-based bonus payments to States for recruiting additional people to enroll in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 1182), H2354 [25AP]

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]

——— require victims of attack at Fort Hood, TX, and their families be accorded the same treatment, benefits, and honors accorded to September, 11, 2001, terrorist attack victims and families (see H.R. 705), H5655 [18SE]

Dept. of HHS: award competitive grants to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents (see H.R. 718), H2570 [9MY]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize water rights settlement with the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians (see H.R. 2508), H4078 [26JN]

——— enter into agreements with States to allow continued operation of certain facilities and programs which would cease operating during a Federal Government shutdown (see H.R. 3311), H7053 [13NO]

——— reform and enhance Outer Continental Shelf energy leasing programs, provide equitable revenue sharing for coastal States, and reorganize the Minerals Management Service (see H.R. 2231), H3094 [4JN]

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

——— prohibit payment of surcharges for commemorative coin programs to private organizations or entities (see H.R. 1218), H1547 [15MR]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: educate staff and inform veterans about the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights (see H.R. 3408), H7053 [13NO]

——— establish standards for access to care for veterans seeking health care from departmental medical facilities (see H.R. 241), H5655 [18SE]

——— identify persons other than next of kin that are eligible to request headstones or markers for veterans’ graves (see H.R. 2018), H5348 [1AU]

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), H3216 [5JN]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1186), H3654 [14JN]

——— award Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (see H. Res. 325), H5345 [1AU]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H1861 [9AP]

Education: allow a State to opt out of K–12 educational grant programs and the requirements of those programs and provide a tax credit to taxpayers in such a State (see H.R. 2394), H3687 [17JN]

Egypt: limit U.S. economic assistance and oppose World Bank and IMF assistance (see H.R. 2544), H4371 [10JY]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H5435 [9SE]

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]

——— establish a regulatory review process for proposed rules dealing with agricultural entities (see H.R. 2776), H4856 [22JY]

——— exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements (see H.R. 2026), H3357 [12JN]

——— repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 1461), H5435 [9SE]

——— withdraw proposed order pertaining to the pesticide sulfuryl fluoride (see H.R. 1496), H1955 [11AP]

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), H4371 [10JY]

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

FDA: exempt certain user fees from budget sequestration (see H.R. 2725), H5263 [31JY]

Federal agencies and departments: clarify guidelines for including certain property on the National Register or as a National Historic Landmark relative to objections by agency heads based on national security (see H.R. 3687), H7627 [10DE]

——— include language in certain educational and advertising materials indicating that such materials are produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense (see H.R. 3308), H6957 [30OC]

——— 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), H344 [4FE]

——— repeal prohibition on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels (see H.R. 2478), H7111 [14NO]

——— require each agency to repeal two existing regulations before issuing a new regulation (see H.R. 2997), H6546 [11OC]

——— require periodic review and automatic termination of Federal regulations (see H.R. 309), H2958 [23MY]

Federal aid programs: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance (see H.R. 1502), H2249 [23AP]

Federal employees: prohibit use of Federal funds for official portraits of Members of Congress or heads of executive or legislative branch agencies or offices (see H.R. 1594), H2123 [17AP]

——— reduce size of the Federal workforce through attrition (see H.R. 824), H818 [28FE]

——— terminate any Federal employee who refuses to answer questions or gives false testimony in a congressional hearing (see H.R. 2458), H4485 [11JY]

Federal-State relations: prohibit taxpayer bailouts of fiscally irresponsible State and local governments (see H.R. 3002), H5884 [26SE]

Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 688), H5175 [30JY]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 2959), H7395 [2DE]

——— facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States (see H.R. 2463), H3988 [20JN]

——— limit amount of ammunition purchased or possessed by certain Federal agencies (see H.R. 1764), H2390 [26AP]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 578), H550 [14FE]

——— provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the U.S. by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Depts. of State or Defense (see H.R. 2247), H3655 [14JN]

——— update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 3335), H7312 [20NO]

Flood Control Act: amend relative to credit for in-kind contributions (see H.R. 2293), H3251 [6JN]

Foreign aid: ensure that a percentage of food aid provided in the form of certain agricultural commodities or their products must be transported on U.S. commercial vessels (see H.R. 1678), H2246 [23AP]

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), H5175 [30JY]

——— authorize the Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to enter into agreements authorizing State foresters to provide certain forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration and protection services (see H.R. 2401), H5051 [24JY]

——— expedite the salvage of fire-killed timber in Stanislaus National Forest, Yosemite National Park, and BLM lands impacted by the Rim Fire in California (see H.R. 3188), H5883 [26SE]

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

——— remove mandate on the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee to focus on maximum employment (see H.R. 492), H550 [14FE]

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

General William H. Gourley Federal Outpatient Clinic—A Joint VA-DOD Health Care Facility, Marina, CA: designate (see H.R. 272), H3760 [18JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3121), H5654 [18SE]

——— 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), H1550 [15MR]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2300), H5175 [30JY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 1005), H1431 [14MR]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 45), H224 [22JA] (see H.R. 2300), H5175 [30JY] (see H.R. 3121), H5654 [18SE]

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), H3689 [17JN]

House of Representatives: call for civil action in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge certain executive branch actions (see H. Res. 442), H8109 [12DE]

House Rules: require a reading of the names of Armed Forces members who died in the previous month as a result of combat operations (see H. Res. 412), H7110 [14NO]

Immigration: 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), H6829 [28OC]

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), H5176 [30JY]

——— delay enrollment in health plans in State or Federal exchanges until rules are published establishing income verification procedures for premium subsidy eligibility (see H.R. 2789), H5404 [2AU]

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

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H1860 [9AP]

——— prohibit the gaining of nuclear weapons capability and maximize U.S. diplomatic influence to achieve a negotiated settlement regarding Iran’s nuclear weapons program (see H.R. 3292), H6604 [15OC]

IRS: exclude from labor-management relations provisions of the U.S. Code (see H.R. 2679), H4483 [11JY]

——— prohibit implementation or enforcement of health care reform until certifications are made that there is not discriminatory misconduct against taxpayers by IRS officers and employees (see H.R. 2022), H2914 [22MY]

Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H2958 [23MY]

James ‘Jim’ Kohnen Post Office, Dublin, CA: designate (see H.R. 1671), H2246 [23AP]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: improve enforcement of sanctions (see H.R. 1771), H4145 [27JN]

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]

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), H1836 [25MR]

Medicare: prevent budget sequestration from impacting payment for physician-administered drugs (see H.R. 1416), H2396 [26AP]

——— provide eligible individuals with single chronic diseases access to medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 1024), H4979 [23JY]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 713), H7253 [19NO]

Monuments and memorials: ensure that memorials commemorating the service of the U.S. Armed Forces may contain religious symbols (see H.R. 1497), H1955 [11AP]

——— provide for State approval of national monuments (see H.R. 382), H280 [23JA]

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), H1911 [10AP]

——— repeal corporate average fuel economy standards (see H.R. 2445), H4371 [10JY]

National Desert Storm Memorial Association: authorize to establish National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 503), H7357 [21NO]

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 (see H.R. 1526), H1990 [12AP]

National security: prohibit use of drones to kill U.S. citizens within the U.S. (see H.R. 1242), H1721 [20MR]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 1226), H4177 [28JN]

——— grant Indian tribes jurisdiction over crimes of domestic violence that occur in the Indian country of that tribe (see H.R. 780), H629 [25FE]

——— restore opportunity by the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe for tribal economic development on terms that are equal and fair (see H.R. 1144), H7357 [21NO]

Nelson ‘Mac’ MacWilliams Post Office Building, Ramona, CA: designate (see H.R. 1356), H1823 [21MR]

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. 2019), H5051 [24JY]

NLRB: declare certain agency actions have no force or effect until final resolution of pending lawsuits relative to recess appointments of certain members and prohibit further actions (see H.R. 976), H1322 [6MR]

——— modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see H.R. 795), H596 [15FE]

——— prevent certain appointees from receiving salaries and a quorum of the Board from taking agency actions until final resolution of pending lawsuits relative to recess appointments (see H.R. 557), H411 [6FE]

Oak Creek, WI: recognize anniversary and condemn shootings at Sikh Temple of Wisconsin and express condolences to victims’ families and friends and gratitude to responders to the shootings (see H. Res. 334), H5399 [2AU]

Oaths: require congressional approval prior to changes in oaths for military enlistment, civil service or uniformed services appointments, and appointment as a cadet or midshipman at military service academy (see H.R. 3416), H7053 [13NO]

OMB: require the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to publish proposed Federal regulations on a monthly basis (see H.R. 2804), H5049 [24JY]

Palestinians: restrict funds for the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 1337), H7052 [13NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3474), H7312 [20NO]

——— 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), H6999 [12NO]

——— deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 1005), H1431 [14MR]

——— delay implementation (see H.R. 2809), H5404 [2AU] (see H.J. Res. 62), H5590 [17SE]

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

——— exempt veterans from requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage (see H.R. 2876), H6493 [10OC]

——— 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), H5263 [31JY]

——— express that President Obama has violated section 3 of article II of the Constitution by refusing to enforce certain provisions (see H. Res. 425), H7310 [20NO]

——— express that President Obama has violated section 3 of article II of the Constitution by refusing to enforce employer mandate provisions (see H. Con. Res. 45), H4599 [17JY]

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

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (see H.R. 3731), H8138 [3JA]

——— prevent a taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers (see H.R. 3541), H7508 [4DE]

——— prohibit funding to implement (see H.R. 2682), H4483 [11JY]

——— repeal (see H.R. 45), H224 [22JA] (see H.R. 2300), H5175 [30JY] (see H.R. 3121), H5654 [18SE]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 763), H2404 [3MY]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 351), H2437 [6MY]

——— repeal provisions relative to premium tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies (see H.R. 1908), H2567 [9MY]

——— repeal unless initial enrollment target for exchanges has been met (see H.R. 3784), H8117 [16DE]

——— require full disclosure by health exchange plans of abortion coverage and abortion premium surcharges (see H.R. 3279), H6453 [9OC]

Peralta, Rafael: award Medal of Honor posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 26), H1630 [19MR]

Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (see H.R. 935), H1911 [10AP]

Power resources: clarify that a State has the sole authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing on Federal land within the boundaries of the State (see H.R. 2513), H4078 [26JN]

——— protect the bulk-power system and electric infrastructure critical to the defense and well-being of the U.S. against natural and manmade electromagnetic pulse threats and vulnerabilities (see H.R. 2417), H3758 [18JN]

Privacy: 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), H7312 [20NO]

——— 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), H4598 [17JY]

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]

——— prioritize payment of pay and allowances to Armed Forces members and Federal law enforcement officers if the statutory debt ceiling is reached or there is a funding gap (see H.R. 55), H5554 [16SE]

——— retain authority of Congress to borrow money on the credit of the U.S. and not cede this power to the President (see H. Res. 360), H5883 [26SE]

Public lands: improve management of grazing leases and permits (see H.R. 657), H2248 [23AP]

Rural areas: recognize that access to hospitals and other health care providers for patients in rural areas is essential to the survival and success of communities (see H. Res. 356), H7188 [18NO]

Schools: express support for prayer at school board meetings (see H. Res. 250), H7053 [13NO]

——— prohibit Federal education funding for elementary or secondary schools that provide access to emergency postcoital contraception (see H.R. 2943), H5656 [18SE]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1526), H1990 [12AP]

Senate: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H. Res. 431), H7566 [5DE]

Shasta-Trinity National Forest: provide for a land exchange with the Trinity Public Utilities District of Trinity County, CA (see H.R. 3326), H8127 [19DE]

Social Security: increase full retirement age and early retirement age (see H.R. 1160), H1425 [14MR]

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

Taxation: allow a credit against tax for qualified elementary and secondary education tuition (see H.R. 1381), H1824 [21MR]

——— allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see H.R. 1620), H5834 [25SE]

——— constitutional amendment to limit congressional power to impose a tax on failure to purchase goods or services (see H.J. Res. 28), H1431 [14MR]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H5089 [25JY]

——— establish Small Business Start-Up Savings Accounts (see H.R. 774), H595 [15FE]

——— exclude from gross income payments under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and certain amounts received under the Indian Health Professions Scholarship Program (see H.R. 3391), H6951 [30OC]

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

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H5435 [9SE]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 207), H2485 [7MY]

——— permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 127), H3688 [17JN]

——— provide a credit dependent on enactment of State qualified scholarship tax credits and allowed against Federal income tax for charitable contributions to certain education investment organizations (see H.R. 422), H292 [25JA]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H2571 [9MY]

——— provide for deductibility of charitable contributions to agricultural research organizations (see H.R. 2671), H4482 [11JY]

——— provide tax incentives for the donation of wild game meat (see H.R. 3728), H8107 [12DE]

——— provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the current income tax system (see H.R. 1040), H1829 [21MR]

——— 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 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), H703 [27FE]

——— terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 352), H550 [14FE]

Transportation Security Administration: transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints to nonprofit organizations that provide places of rest and recuperation at airports for Armed Forces members (see H.R. 1095), H4858 [22JY]

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: oppose (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1396 [13MR]

U.S. Sentencing Commission: establish penalties for causing environmental damage while cultivating marijuana or other controlled substances on Federal lands or trespassing on private property (see H.R. 2735), H4724 [18JY]

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

——— clarify that individuals who attended a military preparatory school but never joined the Armed Forces may not claim veteran status for purposes of contracting preferences and benefits (see H.R. 3469), H7050 [13NO]

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]

Voting: permit States to require voter registration applicants who use the Federal mail voter registration application form to provide additional information as a condition of acceptance of the form (see H.R. 2409), H4599 [17JY]

Whistleblowing: provide whistleblower protection for union employees (see H.R. 3637), H7445 [3DE]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1186), H3654 [14JN]

——— award Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (see H. Res. 325), H5345 [1AU]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H2248 [23AP]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H1359 [12MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Blue Star Mothers of America Month: designate (see H. Res. 293), H4308 [9JY]

CFTC: provide equal treatment for utility special entities using utility operations-related swaps (see H.R. 1038), H1330 [11MR]

Dept. of the Interior: take land into trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians (see H.R. 3313), H6767 [23OC]

FEMA: allow repair, expansion, and construction, without elevation, of agricultural structures located in special flood hazard zones under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 3315), H6767 [23OC]

Constitutional authority statements

CFTC: provide equal treatment for utility special entities using utility operations-related swaps (H.R. 1038), H1330 [11MR]

Dept. of the Interior: take land into trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians (H.R. 3313), H6769 [23OC]

FEMA: allow repair, expansion, and construction, without elevation, of agricultural structures located in special flood hazard zones (H.R. 3315), H6769 [23OC]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H4601 [18JY], H5591 [18SE], H5835 [26SE], H7397 [3DE]

Letters

Public Power Risk Management Act: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H3308 [12JN]

——— Stephen Brobeck, Consumer Federation of America, H3308 [12JN]

Remarks

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), H3727 [18JN], H3852, H3886, H3904 [19JN]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), H5896 [27SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H5931, H5937 [28SE], H6050 [30SE], H6335 [7OC]

——— making continuing (H.R. 933), H1317 [6MR]

Armed Forces: ensure free exercise of religion, H7102 [14NO]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1317 [6MR]

——— balance, H5931 [28SE], H6335 [7OC]

——— 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), H187 [22JA]

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize conduit facilities for hydropower development under Federal reclamation law (H.R. 678), H1883 [10AP]

——— require small conduit hydropower projects to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act, H1883 [10AP]

California: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2114 [17AP]

CFTC: provide equal treatment for utility special entities using utility operations-related swaps (H.R. 1038), H3307, H3309 [12JN]

Coal: importance to national energy policy, H2114 [17AP]

Congress: importance of bipartisanship, H6157 [2OC]

Corps of Engineers: prohibit funding to regulate farming, forestry, and ranching activities exempted under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H4358 [10JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow States to implement drug testing program for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicants, H3886 [19JN]

——— olive oil import restrictions, H3904 [19JN]

——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), H5711 [19SE]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H3852 [19JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2397), H4963 [23JY]

——— prohibit funding for payment of any fines assessed against a military installation by the California Air Resources Board, H4963 [23JY]

——— tribute to living Medal of Honor recipients, H5631 [18SE]

Dept. of Justice: limit efforts to seek damages beyond actual damage to property, public lands and firefighting and restoration costs in States with laws limiting such damages, H5754 [19SE]

Dept. of Transportation: provide flexibility to transfer funds to prevent FAA furloughs, H2331 [25AP]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2609), H4358 [10JY]

Families and domestic relations: importance of fathers in the healthy development of children, H3755 [18JN]

Forest Service: streamline post-wildfire efforts by including reforestation, site rehabilitation and salvage operations as a part of suppression efforts, H5754, H5755 [19SE]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6171 [2OC], H6205 [3OC], H6451, H6452 [9OC], H6602 [15OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3121), H5931 [28SE], H7262 [20NO]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 3121), H5931 [28SE], H7262 [20NO]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), H2694 [16MY]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), consideration (H. Res. 215), H2677 [16MY]

Intelligence services: ensure U.S. citizens are not authorized targets for surveillance in assessing cyber threats, H2132, H2133 [18AP]

Journal: question of approval, H7403 [3DE]

Memorial Day: observance, H2942 [23MY]

National Day of Prayer: observance, H2378 [26AP]

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), H5467 [10SE], H5751, H5754, H5755 [19SE]

——— waive judicial review on any timber salvage project resulting from a wildfire, H5751 [19SE]

National Park Service: call for removal of barricades around open, outdoor memorials during Government shutdown, H6451 [9OC], H6602 [15OC]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (H.R. 624), H2132, H2133 [18AP]

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 (H.R. 3350), H6980 [12NO]

——— delay implementation (H.R. 2809), H5904 [27SE]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate, H6335 [7OC]

——— economic impact on middle class families, H6050 [30SE]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H6560 [12OC], H7089 [14NO], H7262 [20NO]

——— implementation, H6157, H6171 [2OC], H6452 [9OC]

——— prohibit funding to implement, H5896 [27SE], H5931, H5937 [28SE], H6050 [30SE]

——— provide for participation in health care exchanges by the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, political appointees, and congressional staff and limit subsidies, H6452 [9OC]

——— repeal (H.R. 45), H2694 [16MY]

——— repeal (H.R. 45), consideration (H. Res. 215), H2677 [16MY]

——— repeal (H.R. 3121), H5931 [28SE], H7262 [20NO]

Public debt: ceiling, H5931 [28SE], H6335 [7OC]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached, H5937 [28SE]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), H2544 [9MY], H5846 [26SE]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1526), H5467 [10SE], H5751, H5754, H5755 [19SE]

Veterans: making continuing appropriations for benefits (H.J. Res. 72), H6205 [3OC]

Votes: correction, H6556• [12OC]

Tributes

Larrabee, Eric, E1666• [14NO]

Reed, Hazel, H7493 [4DE]

Reynolds, Hilton (Hank), H7620 [10DE]

Worthington, Cal, H5484 [11SE]