RICE, TOM (a Representative from South Carolina)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3080, Water Resources Reform and Development Act, H7080 [14NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1797), H3357 [12JN]

Armed Forces: equalize treatment under the Survivor Benefit Plan accorded Reserve component members who die from injury or illness incurred during inactive duty training with members who die on active duty (see H.R. 1770), H2390 [26AP]

——— 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), H4039 [25JN]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by requiring inclusion of Social Security numbers as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 3788), H8124 [19DE]

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

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1869), H2775 [17MY]

——— require annual budget submission by the President provide an estimate of the cost per taxpayer of the deficit (see H.R. 668), H950 [4MR]

——— 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]

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

Clean Air Act: remove requirement for dealer certification of new light-duty motor vehicles (see H.R. 724), H2438 [6MY]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 36), H1994 [12AP]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H1568 [18MR]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (see H.R. 3080), H5834 [25SE]

Crime: require court order to subpoena telephone records from service providers in any criminal investigation (see H.R. 2014), H2959 [23MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: modify the definition of the term biobased product (see H.R. 979), H2535 [8MY]

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 HHS: prohibit replacement of existing coding system for disease and diagnosis classifications in implementing Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standards (see H.R. 1701), H6770 [23OC]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 920), H5262 [31JY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish requirements for oil and natural gas leasing of areas on the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of South Carolina (see H.R. 771), H595 [15FE]

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), H6952 [30OC]

——— 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), H1993 [12AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H5402 [2AU]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1186), H2438 [6MY]

EPA: exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements (see H.R. 2026), H5348 [1AU]

——— repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 1461), H2719 [16MY]

FAA: modify appropriations (see H.R. 1432), H2067 [16AP]

FCC: prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program (see H.R. 176), H1568 [18MR]

Federal agencies and departments: allow interagency transfers of funds to provide more flexibility for the agency to comply with a sequestration order (see H.R. 816), H627 [25FE]

——— 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), H2066 [16AP]

——— reduce waste and implement cost savings and revenue enhancement (see H.R. 1999), H2654 [15MY]

——— require each agency to repeal two existing regulations before issuing a new regulation (see H.R. 2997), H5396 [2AU]

——— require periodic review and automatic termination of Federal regulations (see H.R. 309), H2164 [19AP]

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

——— modernize the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 3319), H6957 [30OC]

——— terminate any Federal employee who refuses to answer questions or gives false testimony in a congressional hearing (see H.R. 2458), H4310 [9JY]

FEMA: delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (see H.R. 3370), H7357 [21NO]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 1553), H3216 [5JN]

Firearms: repeal Federal laws mandating gun-free zones around schools (see H.R. 35), H1398 [13MR]

Foreign trade: prevent importation of merchandise into the U.S. in a manner that evades antidumping and countervailing duty orders (see H.R. 1440), H6052 [30SE]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 335), H550 [14FE]

Health: provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2300), H5263 [31JY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 45), H416 [6FE] (see H.R. 2300), H5263 [31JY]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H6998 [12NO]

Immigration: admit for permanent residence certain aliens who have postgraduate degrees in certain fields of study and exempt such aliens from H–1B nonimmigrant numerical limitations (see H.R. 1227), H1861 [9AP]

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: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 109), H6605 [15OC]

——— impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H984 [5MR]

IRS: clarify application of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act and require convening of a regulatory review panel for certain rules (see H.R. 3169), H6594 [14OC]

——— prevent discriminatory misconduct against taxpayers by IRS officers and employees (see H.R. 1950), H2574 [13MY]

Israel: Jerusalem reunification (see H. Con. Res. 48), H5436 [9SE]

——— strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H2248 [23AP]

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]

Medicaid: require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 855), H5262 [31JY]

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), H4524 [16JY]

——— establish a market pricing program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 1717), H5403 [2AU]

——— provide eligible individuals with single chronic diseases access to medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 1024), H5435 [9SE]

——— reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (see H.R. 2810), H6604 [15OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: delay implementation schedule of the reductions of disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 1920), H6604 [15OC]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 41), H2247 [23AP]

——— prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see H.R. 310), H5402 [2AU]

Mother’s Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 1905), H5348 [1AU]

National Desert Storm Memorial Association: authorize to establish National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 503), H7507 [4DE]

National Entrepreneurs Day: designate (see H. Res. 401), H6954 [30OC]

National Security Agency: require Director and Inspector General to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate (see H.R. 3436), H6953 [30OC]

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), H5262 [31JY]

NLRB: modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see H.R. 795), H2485 [7MY]

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

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: apply provisions to Delegates and Resident Commissioners and certain congressional staff (see H.R. 2010), H2716 [16MY]

——— 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]

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

——— 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), H5263 [31JY]

——— repeal (see H.R. 45), H416 [6FE] (see H.R. 2300), H5263 [31JY]

——— 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), H2027 [15AP]

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

——— require Members of Congress to disclose determinations of official staff who will be required to obtain health insurance through an exchange (see H.R. 3595), H7508 [4DE]

Privacy: 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), H2804 [20MY]

Sebelius, Sec. of HHS: provide for a reduction in pay until the healthcare.gov website is certified as fully functional (see H.R. 3785), H8117 [16DE]

Sports: recognize heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting on public lands and ensure continued opportunities for those activities (see H.R. 1825), H5262 [31JY]

Tariff: increase and adjust for inflation the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (see H.R. 1020), H2400 [30AP]

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H6103 [1OC]

——— express that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the economy (see H. Con. Res. 24), H5263 [31JY]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 1129), H2775 [17MY]

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

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 483), H416 [6FE]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 523), H2248 [23AP]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see H.R. 792), H5403 [2AU]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1354), H2535 [8MY]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1186), H2438 [6MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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]

South Carolina: remove certain properties from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System (see H.R. 3226, 3227), H6102 [1OC]

Constitutional authority statements

South Carolina: remove certain properties from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System (H.R. 3226), H6103 [1OC]

——— remove certain properties from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System (H.R. 3227), H6103 [1OC]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H6130 [2OC]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), consideration (H. Res. 370), H6130 [2OC]

Bicameral Working Group on Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth: establish (H.R. 3273), consideration (H. Res. 373), H6373 [8OC]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H1612 [19MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H2789 [20MY], H2865 [22MY]

Dept. of Transportation: provide flexibility to transfer funds to prevent FAA furloughs, H2330 [25AP]

District of Columbia: making continuing appropriations and allowing use of local funds (H.J. Res. 71), consideration (H. Res. 370), H6130 [2OC]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H6235 [4OC]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6235 [4OC], H6373 [8OC], H6464 [10OC]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), H2686 [16MY]

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

National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art, and U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 70), consideration (H. Res. 370), H6130 [2OC]

New Directions (organization): tribute to Life Line program, E697• [17MY]

NIH: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 73), consideration (H. Res. 370), H6130 [2OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), H4817 [19JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), H4817 [19JY]

——— economic impact on middle class families, H6070 [1OC]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H6212 [3OC]

——— impact on job creation and hiring, H6235 [4OC]

——— implementation, H6130 [2OC]

——— repeal, H4817 [19JY]

——— repeal (H.R. 45), H2686 [16MY]

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

Taiwan: observance of National Day, E1448• [7OC]

Taxation: reform the Federal tax code, H1997 [15AP]

Veterans: making continuing appropriations for benefits (H.J. Res. 72), consideration (H. Res. 370), H6130 [2OC]

Tributes

Antwine, Joseph, E1760• [2DE]

Causey, Tim, E741• [23MY]

Willard, Jonathan (Tig), E1161• [30JY]