WILLIAMS, ROGER (a Representative from Texas)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H4485 [11JY]

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

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that civilian personnel and Reserve components continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3241), H6290 [4OC]

——— award Purple Heart to members killed or wounded in terrorist attacks perpetrated within the U.S. and clarify eligibility of such members for combat-related special compensation (see H.R. 3049), H5398 [2AU]

——— ensure allowances of members covered by Pay Our Military Act include Dept. of Defense military tuition assistance programs (see H.R. 3275), H6454 [9OC]

——— 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]

——— 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), H8124 [19DE]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H7153 [15NO]

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1869), H2840 [21MY]

——— 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), H5262 [31JY]

Clean Air Act: remove requirement for dealer certification of new light-duty motor vehicles (see H.R. 724), H7446 [3DE]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 36), H1399 [13MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 3), H2570 [9MY]

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

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (see H.R. 3080), H5834 [25SE]

Credit: improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction (see H.R. 3211), H8112 [12DE]

Crime: clarify the range of conduct punished as sex trafficking (see H.R. 2805), H5090 [25JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve and extend the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 1510), H1956 [11AP]

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see H.R. 1563), H7052 [13NO]

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]

——— require victims of attack at Fort Hood, TX, and their families be accorded the same treatment, benefits, and honors accorded to September, 11, 2001, terrorist attack victims and families (see H.R. 705), H950 [4MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: incorporate into design and construction of reconfigured and new ports of entry certain concerns relative to border location-dependent businesses (see H.R. 2213), H6604 [15OC]

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), H7357 [21NO]

——— ensure any requirement providing for screening, testing, or treatment of individuals operating commercial motor vehicles for sleep disorders is adopted pursuant to a rulemaking proceeding (see H.R. 3095), H5656 [18SE]

——— prohibit certain cell phone voice communications during passenger flights (see H.R. 3676), H7689 [11DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend homeless veterans reintegration programs (see H.R. 2150), H2953 [23MY]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H1861 [9AP]

EPA: reduce workforce (see H.R. 3641), H7508 [4DE]

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]

——— require each agency to repeal two existing regulations before issuing a new regulation (see H.R. 2997), H5396 [2AU]

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

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), H7188 [18NO]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 2959), H6829 [28OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3121), H5922 [27SE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 45), H2535 [8MY] (see H.R. 3121), H5922 [27SE]

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), H3289 [11JN]

——— impeach (see H. Res. 411), H7110 [14NO]

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: protect American taxpayers and homeowners by creating a sustainable housing finance system (see H.R. 2767), H5884 [26SE]

Iran: 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]

——— prohibit the gaining of nuclear weapons capability and maximize U.S. diplomatic influence to achieve a negotiated settlement regarding Iran’s nuclear weapons program (see H.R. 3292), H6604 [15OC]

IRS: prevent discriminatory misconduct against taxpayers by IRS officers and employees (see H.R. 1950), H2574 [13MY]

Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H1328 [7MR]

Jordan: recognize long-term partnership and friendship with the U.S. and commend response to Syrian humanitarian crisis by hosting refugees fleeing conflict (see H. Res. 222), H4146 [27JN]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 946), H5175 [30JY]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 16), H7053 [13NO]

Medicare: extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see H.R. 1787), H4370 [10JY]

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), H3357 [12JN]

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), H5922 [27SE] (see H.J. Res. 62), H5554 [16SE]

——— express that health insurance mandate violates the clause of the Constitution requiring that bills for raising revenue originate in the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 153), H1992 [12AP]

——— prohibit funding to implement (see H.R. 2682), H4599 [17JY]

——— repeal (see H.R. 45), H2535 [8MY] (see H.R. 3121), H5922 [27SE]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 763), H3357 [12JN]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 351), H6998 [12NO]

Paul Brown U.S. Courthouse, Sherman, TX: designate (see H.R. 185), H818 [28FE]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H6545 [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]

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

Secondary School Student Athletes’ Bill of Rights: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 72), H3991 [20JN]

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

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H4309 [9JY]

——— rename the section of the Internal Revenue Code known as the spousal individual retirement account as the Kay Bailey Hutchison Spousal IRA (see H.R. 2289), H3991 [20JN]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 2429), H4310 [9JY]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 523), H5174 [30JY]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 2309), H3358 [12JN]

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), H5175 [30JY]

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

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H2775 [17MY]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to Monuments Men in recognition of their role in preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works of art, and articles of cultural importance (see H.R. 3658), H8136 [26DE]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Medicare: establish a provider system under which providers of services and suppliers representing a low risk for submitting fraudulent claims are provided certain claim review protections (see H.R. 3168), H5802 [20SE]

Motor vehicles: repeal corporate average fuel economy standards (see H.R. 2445), H3928 [19JN]

Sergeant William Moody Post Office Building, Burleson, TX: designate (see H.R. 3060), H5399 [2AU]

Constitutional authority statements

Medicare: establish a provider system under which providers of services and suppliers representing a low risk for submitting fraudulent claims are provided certain claim review protections (H.R. 3168), H5802 [20SE]

Motor vehicles: repeal corporate average fuel economy standards (H.R. 2445), H3929 [19JN]

Sergeant William Moody Post Office Building, Burleson, TX: designate (H.R. 3060), H5402 [2AU]

Letters

Impact of budget sequestration on Dept. of Defense: by, H665 [27FE]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H5771 [20SE], H6239 [4OC]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), H5772 [20SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H5926 [28SE], H6119 [2OC]

Armed Forces: 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), H6239 [4OC]

——— ensure free exercise of religion, H7099 [14NO]

Budget: deficit, H155 [15JA]

——— 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), H381 [6FE]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H1603 [19MR], H1678 [20MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H2849 [22MY]

Constitution—U.S.: uphold the Second Amendment right to bear arms, H938 [4MR]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), H6713 [23OC]

——— Sabine-Neches Waterway deepening project funding, H6713 [23OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: making continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (H.J. Res. 75), H6239 [4OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), H3368 [13JN]

——— funding, H6905 [30OC]

——— impact of budget sequestration, H6905 [30OC]

——— require victims of attack at Fort Hood, TX, and their families be accorded the same treatment, benefits, and honors accorded to September, 11, 2001, terrorist attack victims and families (H.R. 705), H1581 [19MR]

Dept. of Education: Impact Aid Program funding, H6610 [16OC]

Economy: impact of budget sequestration, H665 [27FE]

——— importance of job creation, H3220 [6JN], H5352 [2AU]

FAA: ensure advancement of safety of small airplanes and continued development of the general aviation industry (H.R. 1848), H4494 [16JY]

Federal employees: eliminate statutory pay adjustment (H.R. 273), consideration (H. Res. 66), H520 [14FE]

Firearms: gun control, H938 [4MR]

Gosnell, Kermit: trial of women’s health clinic doctor for murder and violation of State law forbidding late term abortions, H1932 [11AP]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6106, H6119 [2OC], H6239 [4OC]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), consideration (H. Res. 215), H2672 [16MY]

IRS: investigate allegations that the 501(c)4 tax-exempt status of certain political groups was subject to additional scrutiny, H2723 [17MY]

Motor vehicles: repeal corporate average fuel economy standards (H.R. 2445), H4148 [28JN]

Obama, President: travel costs, H3769 [19JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation (H.R. 2809), H5903 [27SE]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate, H4374 [11JY]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H7087 [14NO]

——— prohibit funding to implement, H5772 [20SE], H5926 [28SE]

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

Public debt: ceiling, H155 [15JA]

States: recognize authority to regulate oil and gas operations and promote American energy security, development, and job creation (H.R. 2728), H7263 [20NO]

Stephenville, TX: tribute to Stephenville High School football team, H608 [25FE]

Support Our Soldiers (organization): tribute, E742• [23MY]

Veterans: making continuing appropriations for benefits (H.J. Res. 72), H6106 [2OC], H6239 [4OC]

Votes: position on missed, H2377• [26AP]

Tributes

Johnson, Representative Sam, H613 [25FE]

Kyle, Chris, E101• [5FE]