NOEM, KRISTI L. (a Representative from South Dakota)

Amendments

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2609), H4255 [9JY], H4351 [10JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, H6557 [12OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex (see H.R. 447), H550 [14FE]

——— 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), H2392 [26AP]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H4145 [27JN]

Animals: designate the North American bison as the national mammal of the U.S. (see H.R. 3400), H6952 [30OC]

Armed Forces: exempt retired pay of certain disabled veterans from full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment and prevent adverse impact of such adjustment on Survivor Benefit Plan annuities (see H.R. 3789), H8125 [19DE]

——— require that the Purple Heart occupy a position of precedence above the new Distinguished Warfare Medal (see H.R. 833), H1837 [25MR]

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), H5403 [2AU]

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

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1869), H7446 [3DE]

——— modify discretionary spending limits to take into account savings resulting from the reduction in the number of Federal employees and freeze pay for Members of Congress when there is a Federal deficit (see H.R. 593), H430 [8FE]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see H.R. 684), H544 [14FE]

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

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), H1720 [20MR]

Clean Air Act: remove requirement for dealer certification of new light-duty motor vehicles (see H.R. 724), H5884 [26SE]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 36), H2125 [17AP]

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), H178 [18JA] (see H.R. 217), H224 [22JA]

Crime: clarify the range of conduct punished as sex trafficking (see H.R. 2805), H5263 [31JY]

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

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

——— 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), H1426 [14MR]

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 Inspector General investigation of allegations of retaliatory personnel actions in response to protected communications regarding sexual assault (see H.R. 1864), H2571 [9MY]

——— require notification of congressional defense committees about certain sensitive military operations (see H.R. 1904), H2567 [9MY]

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), H1328 [7MR]

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

——— provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (see H.R. 2703), H5513 [11SE]

Dept. of the Interior: modify Pilot Project offices of the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project (see H.R. 767), H594 [15FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: limit the face value of issued coins (see H.R. 220), H84 [14JA]

——— prohibit from enforcing health care reform (see H.R. 2009), H5348 [1AU]

Dept. of Transportation: delay implementation of regulation changing the hours-of-service rule for commercial truck drivers pending a GAO assessment of such regulation (see H.R. 3413), H7112 [14NO]

——— ensure any requirement providing for screening, testing, or treatment of individuals operating commercial motor vehicles for sleep disorders is adopted pursuant to a rulemaking proceeding (see H.R. 3095), H5589 [17SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H2299 [24AP]

——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 679), H1911 [10AP]

——— establish standards for access to care for veterans seeking health care from departmental medical facilities (see H.R. 241), H7311 [20NO]

——— provide eligibility for beneficiary travel for veterans seeking treatment or care for military sexual trauma in specialized outpatient or residential program facilities (see H.R. 2974), H5803 [20SE]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H7394 [2DE]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 1406), H1911 [10AP]

EPA: amend guidelines governing the handling of lead-based paint during remodeling or renovation activities (see H.R. 2093), H4040 [25JN]

——— exempt components used in manufacture of hunting and recreational shooting ammunition and fishing tackle from regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (see H.R. 322), H703 [27FE]

——— prohibit imposing carbon dioxide emissions standards on fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units until carbon capture and storage is technologically and economically feasible (see H.R. 3140), H5765 [19SE]

ERISA: modify definition of fiduciary to exclude appraisers of employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 2041), H4726 [18JY]

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), H4980 [23JY]

——— 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: 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]

——— reform process by which agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents (see H.R. 2122), H4309 [9JY]

——— require periodic review and automatic termination of Federal regulations (see H.R. 309), H1828 [21MR]

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]

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), H3655 [14JN]

——— improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 1553), H2396 [26AP]

Firearms: allow certain off-duty and retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms to protect children in a school zone (see H.R. 2541), H4142 [27JN]

——— establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 2959), H8112 [12DE]

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

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3121), H6957 [30OC]

——— 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), H3096 [4JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 3121), H6957 [30OC]

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), H3097 [4JN]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H2300 [24AP]

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

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), H5263 [31JY]

Investments: prevent consideration of legislation that would tax or confiscate personal savings accounts or assets to provide financial relief for private businesses (see H. Res. 129), H1829 [21MR]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H2803 [20MY]

IRS: prevent discriminatory misconduct against taxpayers by IRS officers and employees (see H.R. 1950), H2656 [15MY]

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

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), H5403 [2AU]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 16), H1431 [14MR]

Medal of Honor: award to Bennie G. Adkins, Donald P. Sloat, and certain other veterans who were previously recommended (see H.R. 3304), H6675 [22OC]

Medicare: distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 1201), H3097 [4JN]

——— ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 846), H2535 [8MY]

——— prevent budget sequestration from impacting payment for physician-administered drugs (see H.R. 1416), H2354 [25AP]

Members of Congress: deny retirement credit for service as a Member in the case of a former Member convicted of a felony (see H.R. 2092), 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), H2067 [16AP]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H2125 [17AP]

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), H4599 [17JY]

Olympic Games: disapprove International Olympic Committee proposal to eliminate wrestling from the Summer Olympic Games, urge its reinstatement, and commend U.S. Olympic Committee support of wrestling (see H. Res. 71), H950 [4MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation (see H.R. 2809), H5922 [27SE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3685), H7627 [10DE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2575), H5436 [9SE]

——— prohibit funding to implement (see H.R. 2682), H5263 [31JY]

——— repeal (see H.R. 3121), H6957 [30OC]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 763), H2248 [23AP]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 351), H703 [27FE]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 30), H417 [6FE]

——— lower the maximum rate of compensation for employees (see H.R. 1006), H1721 [20MR]

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), H7357 [21NO]

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

Sports: recognize heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting on public lands and ensure continued opportunities for those activities (see H.R. 1825), H4598 [17JY]

Taxation: allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040SR without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see H.R. 38), H1568 [18MR]

——— clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (see H.R. 3043), H5513 [11SE]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H1993 [12AP]

——— 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), H2027 [15AP]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 1129), H3929 [19JN]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 207), H2655 [15MY]

——— make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see H.R. 2854), H5263 [31JY]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 2429), H3927 [19JN]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 523), H410 [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), H1720 [20MR]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 2309), H5175 [30JY]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1354), H4598 [17JY]

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

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H6957 [30OC]

——— 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]

——— ensure education and training received by Armed Forces members and veterans better assists them in obtaining civilian certifications and licenses (see H.R. 1796), H2656 [15MY]

——— increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 569), H1398 [13MR]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H7688 [11DE]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H818 [28FE]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H1549 [15MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Corps of Engineers: clarify that States maintain authority to control the quantity of water in the mainstem reservoir attributable to the natural flows of the Missouri River within their boundaries (see H.R. 2741), H4724 [18JY]

——— notify the public of certain flood predictions for the Missouri River System (see H.R. 2742), H4725 [18JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: convey cemeteries located on National Forest System land in the Black Hills National Forest to local South Dakota communities maintaining such cemeteries (see H.R. 291), H170 [15JA]

——— establish Office of Tribal Relations (see H.R. 1894), H2533 [8MY]

——— extend certain supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs (see H.R. 1607), H2123 [17AP]

——— modify crop insurance ineligibility requirements for producers that produce an annual crop on native sod (see H.R. 686), H544 [14FE]

——— prohibit regulations establishing certain limits for the school lunch program (see H.R. 3663), H7566 [5DE]

Dept. of Defense: improve prevention and response to sexual assaults (see H.R. 2227), H3014 [3JN]

Dept. of Education: reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 2296), H3251 [6JN]

Forests: promote rehabilitation and restoration of Federal land impacted by catastrophic events and redirect certain funding to mechanical forest treatment and salvage operations due to such events (see H.R. 1511), H1956 [11AP]

Law enforcement: enhance training and cooperation to respond to and prevent domestic violence and sexual assault in Indian country, bring perpetrators to justice, and commission a GAO study (see H.R. 1836), H2436 [6MY]

Medicare: clarify policy relative to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services (see H.R. 2801), H4978 [23JY]

National forests: declare state of emergency and implement hazardous fuel reduction projects for extreme fire hazard and unsafe conditions caused by pine beetle infestations, drought, disease, or storm damage (see H.R. 1895), H2533 [8MY]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 1226), H1548 [15MR]

Constitutional authority statements

——— notify the public of certain flood predictions for the Missouri River System (H.R. 2742), H4726 [18JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: convey cemeteries located on National Forest System land in the Black Hills National Forest to local South Dakota communities maintaining such cemeteries (H.R. 291), H172 [15JA]

——— establish Office of Tribal Relations (H.R. 1894), H2535 [8MY]

——— extend certain supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs (H.R. 1607), H2124 [17AP]

——— modify crop insurance ineligibility requirements for producers that produce an annual crop on native sod (H.R. 686), H547 [14FE]

Dept. of Defense: improve prevention and response to sexual assaults (H.R. 2227), H3015 [3JN]

Dept. of Education: reauthorize Impact Aid Program (H.R. 2296), H3252 [6JN]

Medicare: clarify policy relative to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services (H.R. 2801), H4979 [23JY]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (H.R. 1226), H1549 [15MR]

Remarks

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 1797), H3738 [18JN]

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs, H2444 [7MY]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), H2916 [23MY], H3728 [18JN], H3901, H3902 [19JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), H6350 [8OC], H6465 [10OC]

Blizzards: disaster assistance to South Dakota, H6350 [8OC], H6428 [9OC]

Bureau of Reclamation: rural water projects funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy administration and solar energy programs funding, H4255 [9JY]

Constitution—U.S.: uphold the Second Amendment right to bear arms, H2338 [25AP]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), H6739 [23OC]

——— prohibit issuance of rules that would charge a fee for surplus water from Missouri River reservoirs, H4351 [10JY], H6739 [23OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: convey cemeteries located on National Forest System land in the Black Hills National Forest to local South Dakota communities maintaining such cemeteries (H.R. 291), H2410 [6MY]

——— Livestock Indemnity Program funding, H6350 [8OC], H6465 [10OC]

——— repeal Biodiesel Fuel Education Program, H3901, H3902 [19JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), H3339 [12JN]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), consideration (H. Res. 260), H3374 [13JN]

——— improve prevention and response to sexual assaults, H3339 [12JN], H3374 [13JN]

——— require Inspector General investigation of allegations of retaliatory personnel actions in response to protected communications regarding sexual assault (H.R. 1864), H4059 [26JN]

——— tribute to living Medal of Honor recipients, H5630 [18SE]

Dept. of Labor: increase State allotments for workforce training programs for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, H1473 [15MR]

Economy: importance of job creation, H3371 [13JN]

——— national objectives priority assignments, H3298 [12JN]

Employment: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), H1473 [15MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2609), H4255 [9JY], H4351 [10JY]

FEMA: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 85), H6428 [9OC]

Miller, Tom: South Dakota Governor’s Award for Outstanding Citizen With a Disability recipient, E1201• [1AU]

Votes: correction, H3939• [20JN]

Tributes

German, Kelly, H5664 [19SE]

Thompson, Hazel, H5664 [19SE]