RIGELL, E. SCOTT (a Representative from Virginia)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), H3533, H3556, H3582, H3585 [13JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2397), H4943 [23JY]

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), H4127 [27JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1797), H3592 [13JN]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H4214 [8JY]

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2084), H3253 [6JN]

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]

——— modify per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty or service used to reduce minimum age at which Reserve component members may retire for non-regular service (see H.R. 690), H4370 [10JY]

——— preserve tuition assistance programs for members by rescinding unobligated amounts for foreign assistance to Egypt (see H.R. 1039), H1431 [14MR]

——— require that the Purple Heart occupy a position of precedence above the new Distinguished Warfare Medal (see H.R. 833), H950 [4MR]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3790, 3792), H8125 [19DE]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H6902 [29OC]

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

——— 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]

——— require the President to submit a budget to Congress listing current fiscal year spending levels for proposed programs and separate amounts for proposed spending increases (see H.R. 2686), H4599 [17JY]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see H.R. 684), H1430 [14MR]

Chesapeake Bay: require OMB to prepare a crosscut budget for restoration activities in the watershed and require EPA to develop and implement an adaptive management plan (see H.R. 739), H2248 [23AP]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see H.R. 863), H8112 [12DE]

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

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1551), H2125 [17AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit partnerships with foreign governments to promote enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and terminate Partnership for Nutrition Assistance Initiative with Mexico (see H.R. 1882), H3016 [3JN]

——— repeal a duplicative inspection and grading program for catfish (see H.R. 1313), H2535 [8MY]

Dept. of Defense: improve Uniform Code of Military Justice relative to sex-related offenses committed by members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1867), H2605 [14MY]

——— provide service records of veterans to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs in an efficient electronic format (see H.R. 1729), H2486 [7MY]

——— 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: require certain family planning projects and programs to provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 3062), H5399 [2AU]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering the application for veterans status of an individual who performed service as a coastwise merchant seaman during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H2067 [16AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide for transparency of payments made from the Judgment Fund (see H.R. 317), H432 [8FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: educate staff and inform veterans about the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights (see H.R. 3408), H7112 [14NO]

——— establish standards for access to care for veterans seeking health care from departmental medical facilities (see H.R. 241), H2535 [8MY]

——— improve authority to hire psychiatrists (see H.R. 2540), H5348 [1AU]

——— prohibit medical exam requests of veterans who have submitted sufficient evidence provided by non-departmental medical professionals and improve efficiency of disability claims processing (see H.R. 1980), H5348 [1AU]

——— 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), H1860 [9AP]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: establish a specific timeline to achieve integrated electronic health records (see H.R. 2590), H4599 [17JY]

Diseases: issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research (see H.R. 1508), H5884 [26SE]

FAA: issue regulations on secondary cockpit barriers (see H.R. 1775), H4178 [28JN]

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), H455 [12FE]

——— require periodic review and automatic termination of Federal regulations (see H.R. 309), H2396 [26AP]

Federal employees: provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (see H.R. 3223), H6052 [30SE]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 1553), H2161 [18AP]

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

——— prevent gun trafficking (see H.R. 452), H341 [4FE]

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]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 1276), H2354 [25AP]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H5802 [20SE]

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]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2300), H5548 [12SE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 2300), H5548 [12SE]

Independent Government Waste Reduction Board: establish (see H.R. 530), H1549 [15MR]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H1721 [20MR]

IRS: prohibit hiring of additional employees to implement, administer, or enforce health insurance reform (see H.R. 1993), H2775 [17MY]

Israel: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 30), H1994 [12AP]

——— strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H1829 [21MR]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 946), H5175 [30JY]

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]

Medicaid: increase required State match for newly eligible individuals and apply savings against sequestration reductions (see H.R. 3667), H7566 [5DE]

Medicare: establish a market pricing program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 1717), H5802 [20SE]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H5802 [20SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: delay implementation schedule of the reductions of disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 1920), H7253 [19NO]

Members of Congress: 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), H176 [18JA]

——— provide that Members shall be paid last whenever the U.S. cannot satisfy obligations in a timely manner because public debt ceiling has been reached (see H.R. 1884), H2533 [8MY]

——— reduce rate of pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3160), H5834 [25SE]

NIH: reauthorize and extend Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers (see H.R. 594), H1632 [19MR]

NLRB: permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see H.R. 3154), H7111 [14NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: discontinue eligibility of former Members of Congress and their dependents in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program if such Act is repealed (see H.R. 2894), H6999 [12NO]

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

——— prohibit funding to implement (see H.R. 2682), H5513 [11SE]

——— repeal (see H.R. 2300), H5548 [12SE]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 763), H1958 [11AP]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 351), H2604 [14MY]

Pennsylvania: reauthorize Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area, Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, and Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Area (see H.R. 2360), H4146 [27JN]

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), H7508 [4DE]

Social Security: provide that the waiting period for disability insurance benefits shall not apply to recovering servicemembers (see H.R. 1488), H2485 [7MY]

Syria: establish a Syrian war crimes tribunal (see H. Con. Res. 51), H5477 [10SE]

Taxation: 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), H2485 [7MY]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H5051 [24JY]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H2804 [20MY]

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

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H28 [3JA]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1354), H7052 [13NO]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H1860 [9AP]

——— 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), H2536 [8MY]

——— expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 333), H4370 [10JY]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H2775 [17MY]

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

——— tribute to veterans on anniversaries of major battles (see H. Res. 230), H2838 [21MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Congress: restrict adjournments unless the House involved has passed a budget resolution and provided funding for the Government for the entire fiscal year (see H. Con. Res. 9), H222 [22JA]

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

Economy: achieve a Federal spending target of 20 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and a Federal revenue target of 20 percent of GDP by the end of calendar year 2020 (see H. Res. 20), H53 [4JA]

Members of Congress: make matching contributions to Thrift Savings Fund contingent on Congress completing action on budget resolution reducing the deficit (see H.R. 143), H32 [3JA]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of the Interior: conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales (H.R. 1782), H2394 [26AP]

Members of Congress: make matching contributions to Thrift Savings Fund contingent on Congress completing action on budget resolution reducing the deficit (H.R. 143), H37 [3JA]

Lists

Armed Forces members killed in during shooting down of helicopter in Afghanistan, H5268 [1AU]

Poems

‘‘Dear Jon,’’ Albert C. Caswell, E1901• [19DE]

‘‘To Overcome,’’ Albert C. Caswell, E687• [16MY]

Remarks

Appropriations: legislative process, H4982 [24JY]

Armed Forces: anniversary of members killed during shooting down of helicopter in Afghanistan, H5268 [1AU]

Dept. of Defense: Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund funding, H4943, H4944 [23JY]

——— allow public-private competition for certain programs, projects, or activities, H3533, H3534 [13JN]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), H3533, H3534 [13JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2397), H4943, H4944 [23JY]

Dept. of Energy: Medium Energy Nuclear Physics Program funding, H4358 [10JY]

——— Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) funding, H4358 [10JY]

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), H4088, H4127, H4128 [27JN]

——— require Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to complete environmental impact statement on seismic testing in the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf, H4127, H4128 [27JN]

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

Virginia Beach, VA: anniversary of Seatack Community, H2807 [21MY]

Statements

Tribute to Elie Wiesel: Israel Zoberman, E386• [9AP]

Tributes

Dozier, Jonathan, E1900• [19DE]

Fleischmann, Max, Jr., H4088 [27JN]

Nelson, Michael A., E1347• [19SE]

Redman, Jason, E687• [16MY]

Steffes, Nicholette P., E1285• [11SE]

Whitson, Andrew S., H1638 [20MR]