SENSENBRENNER, F. JAMES, JR. (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Appointments

C.W. Bill Young funeral attendees, H6778 [28OC]

House of Representatives Private Calendar Official Objectors, H4168 [28JN]

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), H3015 [3JN]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1797), H2804 [20MY]

Agriculture: reform sugar price support program (see H.R. 693), H703 [27FE]

Appropriations: making continuing (see H.J. Res. 62), H5547 [12SE]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see H.R. 1008), H1958 [11AP]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H7312 [20NO]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H32 [3JA]

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1869), H2914 [22MY]

——— exempt the Crime Victims Fund from sequestration (see H.R. 2238), H4980 [23JY]

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: provide for gathering of copyright and trademark information on merchandise presented for examination (see H.R. 22), H3288 [11JN]

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

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), H5435 [9SE]

Children and youth: bolster U.S. diplomacy and assistance aimed at ensuring children have permanent, safe, nurturing, and loving families and strengthen intercountry adoption to the U.S. and around the world (see H.R. 3323), H6768 [23OC]

China: call for an end to organ harvesting from prisoners, investigate organ transplant practices, end persecution of the Falun Gong, and issue warnings to U.S. citizens about organ transplant practices (see H. Res. 281), H5090 [25JY]

——— oppose membership in U.N. Human Rights Council (see H. Res. 327), H5923 [27SE]

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]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H2536 [8MY]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 36), H2575 [13MY]

Computers: clarify definition of ‘‘access without authorization,’’ eliminate redundant laws allowing charges to be brought for violations of such access, and reform penalties for violations (see H.R. 2454), H3988 [20JN]

Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see H.R. 2663), H5767 [19SE]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 61), H173 [15JA] (see H.R. 217), H1958 [11AP]

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]

Corporal Justin D. Ross Post Office Building, Green Bay, WI: designate (see H.R. 1228), H1548 [15MR]

Credit: improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction (see H.R. 1077), H2775 [17MY]

Crime: amend provisions relative to disclosures to governments by communications-related service providers of certain information consisting of or relating to communications (see H.R. 983), H2299 [24AP]

Cushing, Alonzo H.: award the Medal of Honor for acts of valor during the Civil War (see H.R. 2106), H2911 [22MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: define urban rodent control for clarifying control of nuisance mammals and birds carried out by Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service wildlife services program and private sector (see H.R. 730), H2027 [15AP]

——— reform crop insurance program (see H.R. 1995), H2654 [15MY]

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]

——— modify authorities relative to procedures for courts-martial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice by removing prosecution of serious crimes from the chain of command (see H.R. 2016), H4178 [28JN]

Dept. of Education: increase accountability of nonprofit athletic associations by requiring member institutions to protect the health and education of student athletes (see H.R. 2903), H5341 [1AU]

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 State: affirm that scientific and technical studies and analyses support that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is an environmentally sound project (see H. Res. 214), H2654 [15MY]

——— develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan at the triennial International Civil Aviation Organization Assembly (see H.R. 1151), H1861 [9AP]

——— establish Special Envoy To Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia (see H.R. 301), H550 [14FE]

——— prioritize fight against human trafficking according to congressional intent in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act without increasing the size of the Federal Government (see H.R. 2283), H4309 [9JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (see H.R. 2009), H3357 [12JN]

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), H7153 [15NO]

Diseases: foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H6643 [16OC]

Egypt: limit U.S. economic assistance and oppose World Bank and IMF assistance (see H.R. 2544), H4142 [27JN]

——— prohibit U.S. assistance (see H.R. 276), H169 [15JA]

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]

——— make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 1772), H2391 [26AP]

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]

——— prohibit funding to be used to implement or enforce a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases (see H.R. 621), H599 [15FE]

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

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

Falkland Islands: recognize referendum to remain a self-governing British Overseas Territory (see H. Res. 170), H2159 [18AP]

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), H703 [27FE]

——— include language in certain educational and advertising materials indicating that such materials are produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense (see H.R. 3308), H6829 [28OC]

——— 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 Prison Industries, Inc.: require competition for contracts, provide an adjustment period to phasing out mandatory source status, and improve inmate access to reintegration opportunities (see H.R. 2098), H2910 [22MY]

Financial institutions: provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see H.R. 749), H818 [28FE]

Foreign aid: limit assistance to Iran, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Syria, Egypt, and Pakistan (see H.R. 1922), H2567 [9MY]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 1276), H2125 [17AP]

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

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: ensure compliance by certain countries and establish procedures for prompt return of children abducted to other countries (see H.R. 3212), H6770 [23OC]

Health: improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 36), H3654 [14JN]

——— prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services and require identification of the license of health care professionals (see H.R. 1427), H2535 [8MY]

——— 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]

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), H3016 [3JN]

Immigration: enhance competitiveness through encouragement of high-skilled immigration (see H.R. 2131), H2952 [23MY]

——— 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), H3250 [6JN]

India: praise religious diversity and commitment to tolerance and equality, and reaffirm need to protect the rights and freedoms of religious minorities (see H. Res. 417), H7187 [18NO]

Information technology: specify circumstances in which a person may acquire geolocation information through an electronic communications device (see H.R. 1312), H1821 [21MR]

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: prohibit U.S. contributions (see H.R. 662), H1328 [7MR]

Iran: call for release of Saeed Abedini and condemn persecution of religious minorities (see H. Res. 147), H5436 [9SE]

——— 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), H2605 [14MY]

——— impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H1328 [7MR]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 495), H3096 [4JN]

——— prevent discriminatory misconduct against taxpayers by IRS officers and employees (see H.R. 1950), H2775 [17MY]

Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H1430 [14MR]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: improve enforcement of sanctions (see H.R. 1771), H3097 [4JN]

Korea, Republic of: provide high-skilled visas for nationals (see H.R. 1812), H5548 [12SE]

Law enforcement: limit domestic use of drones in investigating regulatory and criminal offenses (see H.R. 637), H1328 [7MR]

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), H3097 [4JN]

——— count a period of outpatient observation in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1179), H3592 [13JN]

——— count the negotiated price of drugs provided free or at nominal charge under compassionate treatment programs towards incurred out-of-pocket costs (see H.R. 1239), H7357 [21NO]

——— ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 846), H2604 [14MY]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2504), H4371 [10JY]

——— establish a market pricing program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 1717), H2656 [15MY]

——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see H.R. 1787), H5513 [11SE]

——— include screening computed tomography colonography as a colorectal screening test (see H.R. 991), H4309 [9JY]

——— 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]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 942), H949 [4MR]

——— reduce incidence of diabetes among beneficiaries (see H.R. 962), H6493 [10OC]

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 401), H280 [23JA]

Motor vehicles: require dealers to disclose the presence of event data recorders on new automobiles and require manufacturers to provide the option to enable or disable such devices (see H.R. 2414), H3758 [18JN]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 409), H7365 [22NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 409), H7365 [22NO]

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 69), H1332 [11MR]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H818 [28FE]

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), H3655 [14JN]

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]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation (see H.J. Res. 62), H5547 [12SE]

——— ensure coverage offered under multi-State qualified health plans offered in exchanges is consistent with the Federal abortion funding ban (see H.R. 346), H2066 [16AP]

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

——— prevent implementation and enforcement (see H.R. 2125), H3097 [4JN]

——— provide for participation in health care exchanges by the President, Vice President, and cabinet officials in same manner as Members of Congress and congressional staff (see H.R. 1735), H2536 [8MY]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 763), H1322 [6MR]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 351), H2535 [8MY]

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), H4309 [9JY]

Russia: disapprove law ending adoptions of Russian children by U.S. citizens, urge reconsideration of law, and prioritize processing of adoptions of children matched before enactment (see H. Res. 24), H173 [15JA]

Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1008), H1958 [11AP]

Taxation: disclose certain tax return information relative to identity theft (see H.R. 926), H1550 [15MR]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H4488 [15JY]

——— exclude from income amounts received from certain unlawful discrimination claims and allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards from such claims (see H.R. 2509), H4078 [26JN]

——— express that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the economy (see H. Con. Res. 24), H4081 [26JN]

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 2807), H8112 [12DE]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H2393 [26AP]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1449), H2535 [8MY]

——— provide for reporting and disclosure by State and local public employee retirement pension plans (see H.R. 1628), H5655 [18SE]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 2429), H6676 [22OC]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 147), H32 [3JA] (see H.R. 177), H2535 [8MY]

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

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 582), H504 [13FE]

——— 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), H1430 [14MR]

U.S. Parole Commission: provide for continued performance of functions (see H.R. 3190), H5883 [26SE]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H7608 [9DE]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 2901), H5341 [1AU]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H1860 [9AP]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H1632 [19MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Courts: provide an Inspector General for the judicial branch (see H.R. 1203), H1427 [14MR]

Crime: modernize, shorten, and simplify the Federal criminal code (see H.R. 1860), H2483 [7MY]

——— provide for protection of maritime navigation and prevention of nuclear terrorism (see H.R. 1073), H1355 [12MR]

Dept. of HHS: exempt employers from taxes, penalties, or suits for failure to offer insurance coverage for certain women’s preventive services on the basis of religious belief or moral conviction (see H.R. 973), H982 [5MR]

——— issue regulations to make available a searchable Medicare claims and payment database (see H.R. 2843), H5088 [25JY]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit funding to State or local governments to check helmet usage or create checkpoints for motorcycle riders and urge focus on crash prevention and rider education and training (see H.R. 1861), H2483 [7MY]

EPA: provide comprehensive assessment of scientific and technical research on implications of the use of mid-level ethanol blends (see H.R. 875), H701 [27FE]

——— require use of commercially available volume of cellulosic biofuel in setting requirements for the renewable fuel program (see H.R. 796), H596 [15FE]

FERC: establish a regional transmission planning process (see H.R. 2762), H4825 [19JY]

Immigration: provide for admission to the U.S. of certain Tibetans (see H.R. 2080), H2838 [21MY]

NIH: expand research activities for functional gastrointestinal and motility disorders (see H.R. 842), H659 [26FE]

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), H6900 [29OC]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 1944), H2568 [9MY]

Science: ensure public access to published materials concerning scientific research and development activities funded by Federal science agencies (see H.R. 3157), H5801 [20SE]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3465), H7050 [13NO]

Taxation: regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 2992), H5396 [2AU]

——— remove deduction for charitable contributions from overall limitation on itemized deductions (see H.R. 1479), H1909 [10AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Courts: provide an Inspector General for the judicial branch (H.R. 1203), H1429 [14MR]

Crime: modernize, shorten, and simplify the Federal criminal code (H.R. 1860), H2485 [7MY]

——— provide for protection of maritime navigation and prevention of nuclear terrorism (H.R. 1073), H1358 [12MR]

Dept. of HHS: exempt employers from taxes, penalties, or suits for failure to offer insurance coverage for certain women’s preventive services on the basis of religious belief or moral conviction (H.R. 973), H983 [5MR]

——— issue regulations to make available a searchable Medicare claims and payment database (H.R. 2843), H5089 [25JY]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit funding to State or local governments to check helmet usage or create checkpoints for motorcycle riders and urge focus on crash prevention and rider education and training (H.R. 1861), H2485 [7MY]

EPA: provide comprehensive assessment of scientific and technical research on implications of the use of mid-level ethanol blends (H.R. 875), H703 [27FE]

——— require use of commercially available volume of cellulosic biofuel in setting requirements for the renewable fuel program (H.R. 796), H598 [15FE]

FERC: establish a regional transmission planning process (H.R. 2762), H4826 [19JY]

Immigration: provide for admission to the U.S. of certain Tibetans (H.R. 2080), H2839 [21MY]

NIH: expand research activities for functional gastrointestinal and motility disorders (H.R. 842), H660 [26FE]

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 (H.R. 3361), H6901 [29OC]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 1944), H2570 [9MY]

Science: ensure public access to published materials concerning scientific research and development activities funded by Federal science agencies (H.R. 3157), H5802 [20SE]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3465), H7051 [13NO]

Taxation: regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (H.R. 2992), H5400 [2AU]

——— remove deduction for charitable contributions from overall limitation on itemized deductions (H.R. 1479), H1910 [10AP]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H8115 [16DE]

Financial statements

Personal, E1292• [11SE]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H8116 [16DE]

Remarks

Crime: provide for protection of maritime navigation and prevention of nuclear terrorism (H.R. 1073), H2784 [20MY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2397), H5025 [24JY]

Privacy: prohibit funding to any U.S. agency, including the National Security Agency, to collect records that pertain to persons not subject to an investigation, H5025 [24JY]

Refuse disposal: encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal ash and establish requirements for management and disposal of coal ash that are protective of human health and the environment (H.R. 2218), H5060• [25JY]

Supreme Court: hearing of arguments in Shelby County v. Holder relative to constitutionality of preclearance of attempts to change voting qualifications or prerequisites to voting, H652 [26FE]

Votes: position on missed, E1221• [2AU]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H369 [5FE], H406 [6FE]

Subpoena Notices

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, H1537 [15MR]