WALORSKI, JACKIE (a Representative from Indiana)

Amendments

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), H3905 [19JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), H3586 [13JN], H3595 [14JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2397), H4974 [23JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2610), H5093 [26JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1797), H3256 [10JN]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H7153 [15NO]

Appropriations: making continuing (see H.J. Res. 62), H5590 [17SE]

Armed Forces: 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]

——— appropriate funds necessary to ensure that civilian personnel and Reserve components continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3241), H6322 [5OC]

——— appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members and supporting civilian and contractor personnel continue to receive pay for active service during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3210), H6011 [28SE]

——— appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3230), H6174 [2OC]

——— 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]

Blue Star Mothers of America Month: designate (see H. Res. 293), H4599 [17JY]

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

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1869), H3256 [10JN]

——— 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 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), H372 [5FE]

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), H8112 [12DE]

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), H5404 [2AU]

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]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 36), H1959 [11AP]

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. 217), H86 [14JA]

Credit: modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (see H.R. 1779), H4214 [8JY]

Crime: clarify the range of conduct punished as sex trafficking (see H.R. 2805), H5263 [31JY]

——— establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about receipt of military decorations or medals (see H.R. 258), H2354 [25AP]

——— prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 366), H6412 [8OC]

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), H6546 [11OC]

Dept. of HHS: provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1252), H3654 [14JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (see H.R. 2009), H2804 [20MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H7394 [2DE]

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

——— establish a commission or task force to evaluate the backlog of disability claims (see H.R. 2189), H5403 [2AU]

——— establish a priority for processing claims for compensation for veterans who have attained a certain age, are terminally ill, or have a life-threatening illness (see H.R. 2382), H5348 [1AU]

——— improve accountability to the Inspector General (see H.R. 2072), 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]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), 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), H1911 [10AP]

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), H6411 [8OC]

FDA: exempt certain user fees from budget sequestration (see H.R. 2725), H7395 [2DE]

——— strengthen and secure the pharmaceutical distribution supply chain to protect consumers from counterfeit pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 1919), H3016 [3JN]

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), H455 [12FE]

Federal employees: eliminate statutory pay adjustment (see H.R. 273), H178 [18JA]

——— provide for investigative leave requirements relative to Senior Executive Service employees (see H.R. 2579), H5175 [30JY]

Food industry: improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants, similar retail food establishments, and vending machines (see H.R. 1249), H3256 [10JN]

Fountain County Veterans Memorial Post Office, Covington, IN: designate (see H.R. 2802), H4978 [23JY]

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), H7608 [9DE]

Health: make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 1146), H5655 [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), H949 [4MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 45), H2604 [14MY]

Human rights: provide protections for sexually exploited and trafficked girls in the U.S. and create criminal or civil penalties for anyone who buys or sells a child through a system of child trafficking (see H. Res. 387), H6675 [22OC]

Iran: call for release of Saeed Abedini and condemn persecution of religious minorities (see H. Res. 147), H5404 [2AU]

——— impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H1860 [9AP]

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

——— prevent discriminatory misconduct against taxpayers by IRS officers and employees (see H.R. 1950), H2720 [16MY]

——— terminate employment of employees who take certain official actions for political purposes (see H.R. 2565), H4485 [11JY]

Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H2570 [9MY]

Medicare: ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 846), H4214 [8JY]

——— establish a market pricing program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 1717), H5655 [18SE]

——— permit certain providers licensed in a State to provide telemedicine services to certain beneficiaries in a different State (see H.R. 3077), H8118 [16DE]

——— prevent budget sequestration from impacting payment for physician-administered drugs (see H.R. 1416), H2125 [17AP]

——— provide eligible individuals with single chronic diseases access to medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 1024), H7188 [18NO]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 713), H6604 [15OC]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1070), H7357 [21NO]

Members of Congress: deny retirement credit for service as a Member in the case of a former Member convicted of a felony (see H.R. 2092), H2910 [22MY]

——— reduce rate of pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3160), H6053 [30SE]

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 401), H1860 [9AP]

National cemeteries: provide authority to reconsider decisions to inter or honor the memory of a person in a national cemetery and disinter remains of Michael L. Anderson from Fort Custer National Cemetery (see H.R. 3106), H5656 [18SE]

National Desert Storm Memorial Association: authorize to establish National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 503), H7688 [11DE]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H2125 [17AP]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (see H. Res. 167), H2486 [7MY]

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. 1724), H2349 [25AP] (see H.R. 2019), H2716 [16MY]

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), H6902 [29OC]

——— delay implementation (see H.R. 2809), H5834 [25SE] (see H.J. Res. 62), H5590 [17SE]

——— 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), H5436 [9SE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3685), H7627 [10DE]

——— 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), H5175 [30JY]

——— provide for participation in health care exchanges by the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, political appointees, and congressional staff and limit subsidies (see H.R. 3076), H5834 [25SE]

——— repeal (see H.R. 45), H2604 [14MY]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 763), H2604 [14MY]

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

——— require full disclosure by health exchange plans of abortion coverage and abortion premium surcharges (see H.R. 3279), H6594 [14OC]

Pensions: provide an election for funding parity for charity-sponsored pensions (see H.R. 2134), H7395 [2DE]

Petroleum: grant EPA waivers giving communities flexibility in use of fuel blends and require the EPA and Dept. of Energy to conduct a fuel system requirements harmonization study (see H.R. 2823), H5087 [25JY]

Public debt: prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 807), H2299 [24AP]

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 (see H.R. 2218), H3760 [18JN]

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

Sports: recognize heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting on public lands and ensure continued opportunities for those activities (see H.R. 1825), H5262 [31JY]

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), H2354 [25AP]

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H7111 [14NO]

——— express that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the economy (see H. Con. Res. 24), H5349 [1AU]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 2429), H4524 [16JY]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 483), H416 [6FE]

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

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 582), H413 [6FE]

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: oppose (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1633 [19MR]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H2958 [23MY]

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

——— 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]

——— increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 569), H2027 [15AP]

——— require college courses that are approved for purposes of Dept. of Veterans Affairs educational assistance programs to charge veterans tuition and fees at the in-State tuition rate (see H.R. 357), H2535 [8MY]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H4309 [9JY]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 38), H1992 [12AP]

Dept. of Defense: require Inspector General investigation of allegations of retaliatory personnel actions in response to protected communications regarding sexual assault (see H.R. 1864), H2484 [7MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide eligibility for beneficiary travel for veterans seeking treatment or care for military sexual trauma in specialized outpatient or residential program facilities (see H.R. 2974), H5344 [1AU]

Constitutional authority statements

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 38), H1993 [12AP]

Dept. of Defense: require Inspector General investigation of allegations of retaliatory personnel actions in response to protected communications regarding sexual assault (H.R. 1864), H2485 [7MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide eligibility for beneficiary travel for veterans seeking treatment or care for military sexual trauma in specialized outpatient or residential program facilities (H.R. 2974), H5347 [1AU]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1333 [12MR]

Excerpts

‘‘Building Indiana’s Community College—My 40-Year Journey’’ Gerald G. Lamkin, E339• [20MR]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H3219 [6JN]

Remarks

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 1797), H3691 [18JN]

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), H3905, H3906 [19JN]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), H5668 [19SE]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that civilian and contractor personnel, Coast Guard, and Reserve components continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3232), H6189 [3OC]

——— appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), consideration (H. Res. 370), H6126 [2OC]

——— modify authorities and responsibilities of courts-martial convening authorities relative to charges of sexual assault or other sex-related offenses, H3634 [14JN]

Boy Scouts: anniversary of partnership with Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, E1562• [23OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1336 [12MR]

——— deficit, H153 [15JA]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H1708 [20MR]

Bullard’s Farm Market (business): Greater Elkhart, IN, Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year award recipient, H3931 [20JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: prevent imposition of fees on Christmas tree sales, H3905 [19JN]

——— prevent tax on Christmas trees, H3906 [19JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H8042 [12DE]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), H3219 [6JN], H3340 [12JN], H3532, H3573 [13JN], H3595 [14JN]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), consideration (H. Res. 260), H3375 [13JN]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), motion to recommit, H3634 [14JN]

——— establish a mandatory minimum sentence of discharge or dismissal, and confinement, for certain sex-related crimes committed by Armed Forces members, H3532 [13JN]

——— improve prevention and response to sexual assaults, H3340 [12JN], H3375 [13JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2397), H4974 [23JY]

——— prohibit the transfer or release of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Yemen, H3595 [14JN], H4974 [23JY]

——— require Inspector General investigation of allegations of retaliatory personnel actions in response to protected communications regarding sexual assault, H3219 [6JN], H3340 [12JN], H8042 [12DE]

——— require Inspector General investigation of allegations of retaliatory personnel actions in response to protected communications regarding sexual assault (H.R. 1864), H2538 [9MY], H4057, H4058, H4061 [26JN]

Dept. of the Interior: provide for proper Federal management and oversight of transboundary hydrocarbon reservoirs of the Outer Continental Shelf (H.R. 1613), H4318 [10JY]

——— 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), H4318 [10JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (H.R. 2009), H5185 [31JY]

Economy: importance of job creation, H3371 [13JN]

Elkhart County, IN: tribute to job growth, H6210 [3OC]

Federal employees: provide for investigative leave requirements relative to Senior Executive Service employees (H.R. 2579), H5185 [31JY]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6126 [2OC]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), H2596 [14MY]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), motion to recommit, H2704 [16MY]

Holifield, James: Indiana Association of School Principals Indiana Middle School Principal of the Year award recipient, E1343• [19SE]

Iran: oppose development of nuclear weapons and possession of enrichment and reprocessing capabilities and provide relief from sanctions only upon complete abandonment of nuclear weapons program, H7496 [4DE]

IRS: impose a moratorium on conferences (H.R. 2769), H5185 [31JY]

——— terminate employment of employees who take certain official actions for political purposes (H.R. 2565), H5185 [31JY]

Manufacturing Day: observance, H6210 [3OC]

Medal of Honor: award to Bennie G. Adkins, Donald P. Sloat, and certain other veterans who were previously recommended (H.R. 3304), concur in Senate amendments (H. Res. 441), H8042 [12DE]

National Police Week: observance, H2722 [17MY]

National Small Business Week: observance, H3931 [20JN]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance, E630• [9MY]

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), H7081 [14NO]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), H4532 [17JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), H4532 [17JY]

——— preserve certain provisions relative to women, children, and pre-existing conditions, H2704 [16MY]

——— prohibit funding to implement, H5668 [19SE]

——— repeal (H.R. 45), H2596 [14MY]

——— repeal (H.R. 45), motion to recommit, H2704 [16MY]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H4318 [10JY]

Public debt: ceiling, H153 [15JA]

Syria: U.S. policy, H3573 [13JN]

Veterans: making continuing appropriations for benefits (H.J. Res. 72), consideration (H. Res. 370), H6126 [2OC]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (S. 47), H740 [28FE]

Votes: position on missed, H2377• [26AP], E612• [7MY], E1838• [11DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2389 [26AP], H2432 [6MY]

Tributes

Beer, Robert J., E500• [18AP]

Braun, Ralph W., E160• [14FE]

Duker, Adam A., E856• [14JN]

Hechlinski, Betty, E211• [28FE]

Heckard, Donald H., E339• [20MR]

Hesburgh, Theodore M., E716• [21MY]

Johnston, Walter P., E737• [23MY]

Mast, Leslie, E1434• [4OC]