UPTON, FRED (a Representative from Michigan)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Amtrak: propose a pet policy that allows passengers to transport domesticated cats and dogs on certain trains (see H.R. 2066), H4599 [17JY]

Armed Forces: express importance of easing the transition of members and their families from military to civilian life (see H. Res. 104), H6771 [23OC]

——— 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), H8138 [3JA]

Black Ribbon Day: designate to recognize victims of Soviet Communist and Nazi regimes (see H. Res. 302), H7358 [21NO]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H7111 [14NO]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H173 [15JA]

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

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]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H5342 [1AU]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 3), H1547 [15MR]

Corps of Engineers: establish the Great Lakes Navigation System (see H.R. 2273), H3592 [13JN]

——— prevent the spread of Asian carp into the Great Lakes and their tributaries (see H.R. 985), H1318 [6MR]

Credit: improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction (see H.R. 1077), H4726 [18JY]

——— modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (see H.R. 1779), H5884 [26SE]

——— provide for removal of default information from a borrower’s credit report with respect to certain rehabilitated education loans (see H.R. 2561), H5834 [25SE]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 366), H6775 [24OC]

Dept. of Defense: 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), H3655 [14JN]

Dept. of HHS: improve and enhance research and treatments of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer (see H.R. 2607), H4175 [28JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: 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]

Dept. of the Treasury: limit the face value of issued coins (see H.R. 220), H550 [14FE]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H7311 [20NO]

Elizabeth L. Kinnunen Post Office Building, Munising, MI: designate (see H.R. 2223), H7446 [3DE]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 1406), H1994 [12AP]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment on parental rights (see H.J. Res. 50), H3759 [18JN]

FDA: reauthorize user fee programs relating to generic new animal drugs (see H.R. 1408), H1856 [9AP]

——— reauthorize user fee programs relating to new animal drugs (see H.R. 1407), H1856 [9AP]

——— strengthen and secure the pharmaceutical distribution supply chain to protect consumers from counterfeit pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 1919), H2567 [9MY]

Federal agencies and departments: 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 certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 688), H544 [14FE]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H3654 [14JN]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 335), H284 [23JA]

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), H2803 [20MY]

Iran: call for release of Saeed Abedini and condemn persecution of religious minorities (see H. Res. 147), H3097 [4JN]

——— impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H1398 [13MR]

——— use parts of fines levied against companies that do business with Iran to establish a fund to pay claims to Americans held hostage in Iran and their families identified in a certain court case (see H.R. 904), H1721 [20MR]

IRS: 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), H3929 [19JN]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 16), H6770 [23OC]

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (see H.R. 2810), H5049 [24JY]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H1829 [21MR]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 1226), H5262 [31JY]

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), H3760 [18JN]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (see H.R. 624), H2027 [15AP]

Officer James Bonneau Memorial Post Office, Jackson, MI: designate (see H.R. 3534), H7252 [19NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation (see H.R. 2809), H5768 [19SE]

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: designate certain lands and inland water as wilderness (see H.R. 163), H51 [4JA]

Sports: recognize heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting on public lands and ensure continued opportunities for those activities (see H.R. 1825), H2913 [22MY]

Taxation: oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see H. Con. Res. 8), H170 [15JA]

——— 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), H5922 [27SE]

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), H3990 [20JN]

War of 1812: anniversary of the Battles of River Raisin (see H. Res. 37), H177 [18JA]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

FDA: strengthen regulation of human drug compounding and drug supply chain security (see H.R. 3204), H5921 [27SE]

Israel: improve U.S.-Israel energy cooperation (see H.R. 3677), H7607 [9DE] (see H.R. 3683), H7627 [10DE]

Parlak, Ibrahim: relief (see H.R. 682), H502 [13FE]

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]

Power resources: require approval of construction, operation, or maintenance of oil or natural gas pipelines or electric transmission facilities at U.S. borders for import or export (see H.R. 3301), H6674 [22OC]

Constitutional authority statements

FDA: strengthen regulation of human drug compounding and drug supply chain security (H.R. 3204), H5922 [27SE]

Israel: improve U.S.-Israel energy cooperation (H.R. 3677), H7608 [9DE]

——— improve U.S.-Israel energy cooperation (H.R. 3683), H7627 [10DE]

Parlak, Ibrahim: relief (H.R. 682), H504 [13FE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H295 [29JA], H8129 [23DE], H8133 [26DE]

Letters

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act: by, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H6852 [29OC]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction: by, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), E880 [14JN]

Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act: by, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), E935 [20JN]

HIV Organ Policy Equity Act: by, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H6970 [12NO]

Keep Your Health Plan Act: by, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), E1690• [18NO]

——— Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), E1691• [18NO]

Kids First Research Act: Clifford A. Hudis, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), H7654 [11DE]

——— Dean Crowe, Rally Foundation, H7655 [11DE]

——— Eileen Braun, Angelman Syndrome Foundation, H7654 [11DE]

——— Jennifer L. Howse, March of Dimes Foundation, H7655 [11DE]

——— Jessica Hester, Brooke’s Blossoming Hope for Childhood Cancer Foundation, H7655 [11DE]

——— Kathleen A. Casey, Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation, H7655 [11DE]

——— Scott Kennedy, Solving Kids’ Cancer (organization), H7656 [11DE]

Modify requirements relative to the availability of pipeline safety regulatory documents: by, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H4496 [16JY]

Motions

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H295 [29JA]

Remarks

Animals: improve sanctuary system for surplus chimpanzees, H6963 [12NO]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H6141 [2OC], H8081 [12DE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023, H8081 [12DE]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H2866 [22MY]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), motion to recommit, H2893 [22MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish a National Pediatric Research Network, H6963 [12NO]

——— establish a National Pediatric Research Network (H.R. 225), H323 [4FE]

——— establish safeguards and standards of quality for research and transplantation of organs infected with HIV (S. 330), H6967, H6968 [12NO]

——— reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (H.R. 307), Senate amendment, H834 [4MR]

——— reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (S. 252), H6961, H6963, H6966 [12NO]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2609), H4242 [9JY]

FDA: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 77), H6328 [7OC]

——— reauthorize user fee programs relating to new animal drugs and generic new animal drugs (S. 622), H2992 [3JN]

——— strengthen and secure the pharmaceutical distribution supply chain to protect consumers from counterfeit pharmaceuticals (H.R. 1919), H2979 [3JN]

——— strengthen regulation of human drug compounding and drug supply chain security (H.R. 3204), H5946, H5960, H5965 [28SE]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6141 [2OC], H6328 [7OC]

Hazardous substances: Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H4242 [9JY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), H2702• [16MY]

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, H8081 [12DE]

Natural gas: provide for timely consideration of all licenses, permits, and approvals required under Federal law relative to siting, construction, expansion, or operation of pipeline projects (H.R. 1900), H7317 [21NO]

NIH: funding, H7664, H7665 [11DE]

——— making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 73), H6141 [2OC]

——— provide for a pediatric research initiative through use of funds saved by terminating taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 2019), H7653, H7654, H7657, H7664, H7665 [11DE]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3350), motion to recommit, H7141, H7143 [15NO]

——— authorize State insurance commissioners to investigate and fine instances of arbitrary insurance cancellations and excessive or unjustified premium increases, H7141 [15NO]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), H4549 [17JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), H4549 [17JY]

——— repeal (H.R. 45), H2702• [16MY]

Pipelines: treatment of tar sands or oil sands transported through proposed Keystone XL Pipeline as crude oil relative to contributions to Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, H2893 [22MY]

Point of order, H7141 [15NO]

Portage, MI: anniversary, E137• [13FE]

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), H5058 [25JY]

Reports filed

Activities During the 113th Congress: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Rept. 113–305), H8131 [23DE]

Affirm U.S. Policy To Preserve and Advance the Multistakeholder Internet Governance Model: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1580) (H. Rept. 113–50), H2404 [3MY]

Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2218) (H. Rept. 113–148), H4368 [10JY]

Collinsville Renewable Energy Promotion Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 316) (H. Rept. 113–7), H341 [4FE]

Dept. of HHS Support for Graduate Medical Education Programs in Children’s Hospitals Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 297) (H. Rept. 113–3), H340 [4FE]

Energy Consumers Relief Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1582) (H. Rept. 113–164), H4856 [22JY]

FCC Consolidated Reporting Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2844) (H. Rept. 113–189), H5434 [9SE]

FDA User Fee Programs Relating to New Animal Drugs Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1407) (H. Rept. 113–188), H5395 [2AU]

Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2226) (H. Rept. 113–178), H5172 [30JY]

Federal Facility Accountability Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2318) (H. Rept. 113–180), H5172 [30JY]

Helping Sick Americans Now Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1549) (H. Rept. 113–45), H2164 [19AP]

HIV Organ Policy Equity Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 698) (H. Rept. 113–181), H5172 [30JY]

Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 267) (H. Rept. 113–6), H341 [4FE]

Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2810) (H. Rept. 113–247), H6996 [12NO]

National Pediatric Research Network Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 225) (H. Rept. 113–4), H340 [4FE]

Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1900) (H. Rept. 113–269), H7187 [18NO]

Northern Route Approval Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3) (H. Rept. 113–61), H2773 [17MY]

Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2279) (H. Rept. 113–179), H5172 [30JY]

Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 271) (H. Rept. 113–86), H2802 [20MY]

Safeguarding America’s Pharmaceuticals Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1919) (H. Rept. 113–93), H3014 [3JN]

School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2094) (H. Rept. 113–182), H5172 [30JY]

Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 235) (H. Rept. 113–5), H340 [4FE]

Rules

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H311•–H314• [1FE]

Tributes

Houghton, Amory, Jr., H7669 [11DE]

Moody, Pat, E303• [14MR]

Tompkins, Deke, E348• [21MR]