SCALISE, STEVE (a Representative from Louisiana)

Amendments

Budget: 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 (H.R. 444), H389 [6FE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2397), H4944 [23JY]

Dept. of Education: support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H4708 [18JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2609), H4324, H4330 [10JY]

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 (H.R. 367), H5317 [1AU]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 1091), H5403 [2AU]

——— 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), H3929 [19JN]

Blue Star Mothers of America Month: designate (see H. Res. 293), H5263 [31JY]

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

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H629 [25FE]

——— 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), H344 [4FE]

Bureau of the Census: make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions (see H.R. 1078), H1356 [12MR]

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: display plaque in National Statuary Hall recognizing Christian church services in the Capitol from 1800 to 1868, including attendees James Madison and Thomas Jefferson (see H.R. 1586), H2066 [16AP]

CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (see H.R. 1874), H2532 [8MY]

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), H2248 [23AP]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H2486 [7MY]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 36), H550 [14FE]

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), H86 [14JA] (see H.R. 217), H52 [4JA]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 436), H300 [29JA]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 732), H546 [14FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: repeal the nutrition entitlement programs and establish a food stamp block grant program (see H.R. 1355), H2125 [17AP]

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), H7053 [13NO]

Dept. of HHS: award certain asthma-related grants to States that permit trained school personnel to administer epinephrine (see H.R. 2094), H4040 [25JN]

——— award competitive grants to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents (see H.R. 718), H629 [25FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish conditions under which preclearance facilities may be established and preclearance operations may be conducted and provide customs services outside the U.S. (see H.R. 3488), H7109 [14NO]

——— prohibit appropriated funds from being used to pay for an abortion (see H.R. 493), H660 [26FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (see H.R. 2009), H2716 [16MY]

Dept. of Transportation: 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), H1357 [12MR]

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

Economic Development Administration: terminate (see H.R. 887), H814 [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), H2164 [19AP]

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), H5403 [2AU]

EPA: 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), H628 [25FE]

——— repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 1461), H1908 [10AP]

Fair Labor Standards Act: provide specific limited exemption for insurance claim adjustment work after a major disaster from overtime pay requirments (see H.R. 3179), H7188 [18NO]

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]

FBI: making automatic continuing appropriations for continuation of emergency and critical training programs in the event of a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3239), H6223 [3OC]

FCC: prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program (see H.R. 176), H2354 [25AP]

Federal agencies and departments: ensure all programs and activities continue during a Government shutdown that have funding derived from user fee revenue where funds are available (see H.R. 3288), H6545 [11OC]

——— 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]

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

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), H6901 [29OC]

——— delay increases in premium rates for certain properties and allow monthly installments for flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program and increase funding for affordability study (see H.R. 3693), H7687 [11DE]

——— improve the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 2199), H2955 [23MY]

——— reform the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 3013), H5397 [2AU]

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), H5922 [27SE]

——— improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 1553), H6676 [22OC]

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

Fish and fishing: develop a fishery management plan for Gulf of Mexico red snapper (see H.R. 3099), H5546 [12SE]

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

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H173 [15JA]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 335), H316 [1FE]

Health: improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 36), H1958 [11AP]

——— 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), H1360 [12MR]

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. 3121), H5654 [18SE]

Hobby Protection Act: amend to make unlawful the provision of assistance or support in violation of that Act (see H.R. 1849), H2483 [7MY] (see H.R. 2754), H4825 [19JY]

Housing: protect American taxpayers and homeowners by creating a sustainable housing finance system (see H.R. 2767), H5834 [25SE]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 2328), H5548 [12SE]

——— provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 762), H594 [15FE]

Internet: affirm U.S. policy to preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model (see H.R. 1580), H2065 [16AP]

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

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

——— terminate employment of employees who take certain official actions for political purposes (see H.R. 2565), H4310 [9JY]

Israel: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 30), H2027 [15AP]

——— strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H3990 [20JN]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 946), H980 [5MR]

Medicare: ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 846), H1721 [20MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: exclude pathologists from incentive payments and penalties relative to the meaningful use of electronic health records (see H.R. 1309), H4214 [8JY]

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), H982 [5MR]

——— permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see H.R. 3154), H5766 [19SE]

——— 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]

——— prohibit actions requiring quorum until quorum has been confirmed, constitutionality of certain appointments decided, or adjournment of current congressional session (see H.R. 1120), H1861 [9AP]

OMB: rescind certain unobligated discretionary appropriations (see H.R. 828), H658 [26FE]

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), H6827 [28OC]

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

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

——— make the individual health insurance mandate voluntary (see H.R. 3348), H6827 [28OC]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2575), H6225 [3OC]

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

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

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 763), H703 [27FE]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 351), H294 [25JA]

——— repeal provisions relative to premium tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies (see H.R. 1908), H2605 [14MY]

——— repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (see H.R. 1099), H1569 [18MR]

——— require full disclosure by health exchange plans of abortion coverage and abortion premium surcharges (see H.R. 3279), H6546 [11OC]

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), H4078 [26JN]

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), H4980 [23JY]

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]

Public welfare programs: prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H.R. 890), H814 [28FE]

Schools: express support for prayer at school board meetings (see H. Res. 250), H3251 [6JN]

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

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), H4177 [28JN]

Taxation: jointly address corporate and pass-through entity tax reform in a fiscally responsible manner and reduce rate differences between such entities while maintaining adequate forms of organization for businesses (see H. Res. 359), H5833 [25SE]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 523), H410 [6FE]

——— terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 352), H278 [23JA]

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]

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), H5476 [10SE]

Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (see H.R. 3486), H7608 [9DE]

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), H6957 [30OC]

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

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H1322 [6MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

FCC: consolidate reporting obligations to improve congressional oversight and reduce reporting burdens (see H.R. 2844), H5093 [26JY]

——— repeal certain television carriage, retransmission, and ownership regulations (see H.R. 3720), H8107 [12DE]

Firearms: update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 3335), H6768 [23OC]

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]

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

——— provide for taxpayers making donations with their income tax returns to the Federal Government to pay down the public debt (see H.R. 1571), H2025 [15AP]

Constitutional authority statements

FCC: consolidate reporting obligations to improve congressional oversight and reduce reporting burdens (H.R. 2844), H5093 [26JY]

——— repeal certain television carriage, retransmission, and ownership regulations (H.R. 3720), H8110 [12DE]

Firearms: update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (H.R. 3335), H6770 [23OC]

Taxation: provide for taxpayers making donations with their income tax returns to the Federal Government to pay down the public debt (H.R. 1571), H2027 [15AP]

Remarks

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

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), H5779 [20SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H6143 [2OC], H6237 [4OC]

Budget: 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 (H.R. 444), H367 [5FE], H389, H390 [6FE]

——— require the President’s budget to include a means-tested direct spending category and a nonmeans-tested direct spending category, H389, H390 [6FE]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H1692 [20MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H2869 [22MY]

Constitution—U.S.: uphold the Second Amendment right to bear arms, H2340 [25AP]

Corps of Engineers: construction account funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy administrative account funding, H4330 [10JY]

——— improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), H6715, H6753 [23OC]

——— Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico project for hurricane and storm damage reduction funding, H6715 [23OC]

——— prohibit funding to implement or enforce the Modified Charleston Method wetland mitigation methodology in Louisiana, H4324 [10JY]

——— provide cost-benefit analysis of national benefits of flood protection projects, H6753 [23OC]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2397), H4944, H4945 [23JY]

——— prohibit funding for any contract to buy non-petroleum based fuels for the same purpose or as a drop-in substitute for petroleum, H4944, H4945 [23JY]

Dept. of Education: prohibit Federal mandate requiring States to institute teacher evaluation programs, H4709 [18JY]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H4709 [18JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3187 [5JN]

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), H4126 [27JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2609), H4324, H4330 [10JY]

FCC: consolidate reporting obligations to improve congressional oversight and reduce reporting burdens (H.R. 2844), H5414, H5415, H5416 [9SE]

Federal agencies and departments: include a tax on carbon emissions under major rules that shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law, H5318 [1AU]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 367), H5313, H5318 [1AU]

FEMA: delay and phase-in increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program for certain properties, H3187 [5JN]

Gosnell, Kermit: trial of women’s health clinic doctor for murder and violation of State law forbidding late term abortions, H2329 [25AP]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6237 [4OC], H6582 [14OC]

Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act: raise cap on certain offshore oil and natural gas leasing revenue shared with Gulf Coast States, H4126 [27JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3121), H7004 [13NO], H7240, H7241 [19NO]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 3121), H7004 [13NO], H7240, H7241 [19NO]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), H2644 [15MY]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), consideration (H. Res. 215), H2672 [16MY]

NIH: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 73), H6143 [2OC]

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), H7131 [15NO]

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

——— ensure that individuals can keep their health insurance coverage, H7004 [13NO]

——— impact, H7240, H7241 [19NO]

——— implementation, H6582 [14OC]

——— prohibit funding to implement, H5779 [20SE]

——— repeal (H.R. 45), H2644 [15MY]

——— repeal (H.R. 45), consideration (H. Res. 215), H2672 [16MY]

——— repeal (H.R. 3121), H7004 [13NO], H7240, H7241 [19NO]

Public debt: ceiling, H6582 [14OC]

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

Sebelius, Sec. of HHS: assessment of propriety of fundraising efforts to promote the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H4134 [27JN]

Votes: position on missed, E702• [20MY]

Tributes

Bell, Megan, H2557 [9MY]

Boggs, Lindy, H5182 [31JY]

Taylor, Rod, E352• [21MR]