STEWART, CHRIS (a Representative from Utah)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex (see H.R. 447), H315 [1FE]

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

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1797), H2392 [26AP]

Agriculture: reform sugar price support program (see H.R. 693), H1632 [19MR]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H3760 [18JN]

Appropriations: making continuing (see H.J. Res. 62), H5554 [16SE]

Armed Forces: afford each member prior to separation from service with an electronic copy of medical records and the opportunity for a physical examination (see H.R. 3045), H5398 [2AU]

——— appropriate funds necessary to ensure that civilian and contractor personnel, Coast Guard, and Reserve components continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3232), H6174 [2OC]

——— 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]

——— require that the Purple Heart occupy a position of precedence above the new Distinguished Warfare Medal (see H.R. 833), H1398 [13MR]

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1869), H7111 [14NO]

——— 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]

Centennial Monetary Commission: establish (see H.R. 1176), H6829 [28OC]

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), H4488 [15JY]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 36), H2354 [25AP]

Computers: advance cybersecurity research, development, and technical standards (see H.R. 756), H703 [27FE]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 3), H1828 [21MR] (see H.R. 334), H301 [29JA]

——— establish the style for amending laws (see H.R. 760), H818 [28FE]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H224 [22JA]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 436), H5262 [31JY]

Dept. of Defense: review the Integrated Disability Evaluation System (see H.R. 2076), H4214 [8JY]

Dept. of Education: establish a demonstration program to provide skills to classroom teachers and staff who work with children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 1509), H2719 [16MY]

Dept. of Energy: enhance the energy security of U.S. allies by approving exports of natural gas to NATO countries, Japan, or any country found that such exports would enhance U.S. national security (see H.R. 580), H1721 [20MR]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit certain grants to States that do not provide for minimal terms of imprisonment for certain child abusers (see H.R. 1311), H2249 [23AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop a comprehensive strategy to gain and maintain operational control of the international borders of the U.S. (see H.R. 1417), H2027 [15AP]

——— permit U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recognition of a State court order amending an internationally adopted child’s birth date or name (see H.R. 3386), H8112 [12DE]

——— secure critical infrastructure against electromagnetic pulses (see H.R. 3410), H7188 [18NO]

——— submit annual report to Congress on immigration policy directives to ensure that such directives are subject to rulemaking process (see H.R. 3611), H7354 [21NO]

Dept. of Justice: limit awarding of fees and other expenses in cases brought against agencies of the U.S. (see H.R. 3037), H5398 [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]

Dept. of the Interior: convey to States all right, title, and interest in, and to a percentage of, the mineral royalties and other amounts required to be paid relative to public land and deposits in the State (see H.R. 1972), H2602 [14MY]

——— issue an oil and gas leasing program under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act for 2016–2020 (see H.R. 2265), H3929 [19JN]

——— reform and enhance Outer Continental Shelf energy leasing programs, provide equitable revenue sharing for coastal States, and reorganize the Minerals Management Service (see H.R. 2231), H3253 [6JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (see H.R. 2009), H2914 [22MY]

——— provide for transparency of payments made from the Judgment Fund (see H.R. 317), H176 [18JA]

——— reimburse States that use State funds to operate national parks during the Government shutdown (see H.R. 3286), H6544 [11OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 679), H950 [4MR]

——— issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (see H.R. 1598), H2123 [17AP]

——— make memorial headstones and markers available for purchase for members of Reserve components who performed certain training (see H.R. 2310), H3655 [14JN]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: establish a prize program to award a prize and contract for the development of a fully-integrated electronic health records program (see H.R. 2055), H4146 [27JN]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: expedite forest management projects relative to hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, and economic development (see H.R. 1345), H1822 [21MR]

——— prohibit from taking action on public lands which impede border security on such lands (see H.R. 2398), H4178 [28JN]

——— prohibit the taking of privately held water rights and uphold longstanding State water laws (see H.R. 3189), H6569 [12OC]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1186), H3216 [5JN]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H1721 [20MR]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 1406), H2067 [16AP]

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), H5922 [27SE]

EPA: call for public listening sessions on regulations targeting carbon dioxide emissions from existing powerplants in States most directly impacted by such regulations (see H. Con. Res. 59), H6493 [10OC]

——— change the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to certain farms (see H.R. 311), H301 [29JA]

——— require certain procedures in the conduct of a study of potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources (see H.R. 2850), H5173 [30JY]

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

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 51), H5093 [26JY]

——— prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 3133), H5765 [19SE]

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]

——— require periodic review and automatic termination of Federal regulations (see H.R. 309), H294 [25JA]

——— require procurement from the private sector the goods and services necessary for operations and management of certain Government agencies (see H.R. 1072), H1431 [14MR]

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

——— provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (see H.R. 3223), H6225 [3OC]

Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2068), H3991 [20JN]

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

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 2959), H6999 [12NO]

Forest Service: convey certain parcels of land to Fruit Heights, UT (see H.R. 993), H1318 [6MR]

Forests: address bark beetle epidemic, drought, deteriorating forest health, and wildfire risk on Federal lands and increase State control of forest management in high-risk areas (see H.R. 818), H1632 [19MR]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H1911 [10AP]

Health: 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), H2965 [24MY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 45), H2535 [8MY] (see H.R. 3121), H5654 [18SE]

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]

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]

Housing: enable Federal and State chartered banks and thrifts to meet the credit needs of homebuilders, and provide liquidity and ensure stable credit for meeting the need for new homes (see H.R. 1255), H7628 [10DE]

——— protect American taxpayers and homeowners by creating a sustainable housing finance system (see H.R. 2767), H6902 [29OC]

Insurance: allow States to determine the age discount in their health insurance market in order to prevent an increase in young people’s premiums (see H.R. 544), H818 [28FE]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H2161 [18AP]

——— support freedom and civil liberties, and free and fair elections, condemn human rights violations, and lift restrictions on freedoms of assembly, association, and expression (see H. Res. 252), H3251 [6JN]

IRS: ensure that employees are familiar with and act in accord with certain taxpayer rights (see H.R. 2768), H5176 [30JY]

——— impose a moratorium on conferences (see H.R. 2769), H5176 [30JY]

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

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: improve enforcement of sanctions (see H.R. 1771), H4178 [28JN]

Law enforcement officers: increase age limit for appointment as a Federal law enforcement officer for individuals discharged or released from active duty in the Armed Forces under honorable conditions (see H.R. 461), H341 [4FE]

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: eliminate increased Federal medical assistance percentage under the State plan relative to newly eligible mandatory individuals to provide States with greater flexibility (see H.R. 1404), H2161 [18AP]

Medicare: establish a market pricing program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 1717), H4080 [26JN]

Mining and mineral resources: promote domestic production of critical minerals and materials (see H.R. 761), H594 [15FE]

——— transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see H.R. 2918), H7153 [15NO]

Monuments and memorials: place additional requirements on the establishment of national monuments (see H.R. 250), H2066 [16AP]

——— provide for State approval of national monuments (see H.R. 382), H294 [25JA]

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), H1829 [21MR]

——— repeal corporate average fuel economy standards (see H.R. 2445), H4371 [10JY]

NASA: making continuing appropriations (see H.J. Res. 94), H6604 [15OC]

National Desert Storm Memorial Association: authorize to establish National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 503), H2027 [15AP]

National Environmental Policy Act: ensure application to the declaration of national monuments (see H.R. 1459), H1908 [10AP]

NOAA: prioritize and redirect resources to a program of attainable advances in improving weather forecasting and prediction of high impact weather events (see H.R. 2413), H3758 [18JN]

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), H6999 [12NO]

——— delay implementation (see H.R. 2809), H5768 [19SE] (see H.J. Res. 62), H5554 [16SE]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate until the American Health Benefit Exchanges are functioning properly (see H.R. 3359), H6999 [12NO]

——— 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), H2535 [8MY] (see H.R. 3121), H5654 [18SE]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 763), H2161 [18AP]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 351), H416 [6FE]

——— repeal provisions relative to premium tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies (see H.R. 1908), H3991 [20JN]

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]

——— protect the bulk-power system and electric infrastructure critical to the defense and well-being of the U.S. against natural and manmade electromagnetic pulse threats and vulnerabilities (see H.R. 2417), H3758 [18JN]

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]

Public debt: prioritize obligations for continued payment if the statutory debt ceiling is reached and appropriate funds for pay and allowances of the Armed Forces and civilian employees serving in combat zones (see H.R. 342), H344 [4FE]

——— prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached by treating public debt payments, Social Security benefits, and Armed Forces allowances equally (see H.R. 149), H294 [25JA]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 807), H2396 [26AP]

Public lands: improve management of grazing leases and permits (see H.R. 657), H2299 [24AP]

——— reauthorize and expand authorities used by the Forest Service and the BLM for hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, forest restoration, and watershed restoration (see H.R. 2588), H5404 [2AU]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H. Res. 56), H413 [6FE]

Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (see H.R. 596), H3357 [12JN]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorize provision of technical assistance to small public water systems (see H.R. 654), H2570 [9MY]

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]

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]

Stanislaus National Forest: permit certain activities to be conducted on Federal land within the Emigrant Wilderness at the same level as before wilderness designation (see H.R. 3606), H7354 [21NO]

Taxation: constitutional amendment to limit congressional power to impose a tax on failure to purchase goods or services (see H.J. Res. 28), H3253 [6JN]

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

——— facilitate water leasing and water transfers to promote conservation and efficiency (see H.R. 3023), H5397 [2AU]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H7357 [21NO]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 2429), H4980 [23JY]

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

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 582), H629 [25FE]

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

Utah: authorize a land exchange between the Ute Indian Tribe and the State Institutional Trust Land Administration (see H.R. 356), H278 [23JA]

——— convey certain public land within the boundaries of Camp Williams to support training and readiness of the Utah National Guard (see H.R. 462), H341 [4FE]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H2125 [17AP]

——— appropriate funds necessary for benefits and services in the event of a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3225), H6102 [1OC]

——— 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. 303), H983 [5MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: acknowledge donor contributions at Visitor Center (see H.R. 588), H1549 [15MR]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1186), H3216 [5JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of the Interior: enter into agreements with States to allow continued operation of certain facilities and programs which would cease operating during a Federal Government shutdown (see H.R. 3311), H6767 [23OC]

EPA: provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications and public participation (see H.R. 1422), H1856 [9AP]

Executive Office of the President: prohibit funding for certain Presidential travel until public tours of the White House resume (see H. Res. 111), H1357 [12MR]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit further extension or establishment of national monuments in Utah except by express authorization of Congress (see H.R. 758), H594 [15FE]

Rogers, Lori L.: relief (see H.R. 2427), H3759 [18JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of the Interior: enter into agreements with States to allow continued operation of certain facilities and programs which would cease operating during a Federal Government shutdown (H.R. 3311), H6769 [23OC]

EPA: provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications and public participation (H.R. 1422), H1858 [9AP]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit further extension or establishment of national monuments in Utah except by express authorization of Congress (H.R. 758), H597 [15FE]

Rogers, Lori L.: relief (H.R. 2427), H3759 [18JN]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H3099 [5JN], H5925 [28SE], H6679 [23OC]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), H5665 [19SE]

Budget: deficit, H154 [15JA], H6234 [4OC]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H1614 [19MR]

Constitution—U.S.: uphold the Second Amendment right to bear arms, H940 [4MR]

Dept. of Defense: allow public-private competition for certain programs, projects, or activities, H3535 [13JN]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), H3535 [13JN]

——— tribute to living Medal of Honor recipients, H5629 [18SE]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H3105 [5JN]

Executive Office of the President: prohibit funding for certain Presidential travel until public tours of the White House resume, H1417 [14MR]

Federal agencies and departments: prevent abuse of power and Government overreach, H5184 [31JY]

Firearms: gun control, H940 [4MR]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6234 [4OC], H6421 [9OC], H6582 [14OC]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), H2591 [14MY]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit further extension or establishment of national monuments in Utah except by express authorization of Congress (H.R. 758), H554 [15FE]

National Small Business Week: observance, H3768 [19JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate, H4818 [19JY]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H7094 [14NO]

——— implementation, H6234 [4OC], H6582 [14OC]

——— prohibit funding to implement, H5665 [19SE]

——— repeal (H.R. 45), H2591 [14MY]

Pioneer Day: observance, H5054 [25JY]

Public debt: ceiling, H154 [15JA], H6421 [9OC], H6582 [14OC]

Taxation: reform the Federal tax code, H2077 [17AP]

Veterans: tribute, H6883 [29OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H4024 [25JN]

Resignations

Committee on Homeland Security (House), H7638 [11DE]

Committee on Natural Resources (House), H7638 [11DE]

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H7638 [11DE]

Tributes

Hess, Jay, H6883 [29OC]

Monson, Frances J., H2851 [22MY]

Russell, John, H6883 [29OC]

Williams, Daryl, H6883 [29OC]