YOUNG, DON (a Representative from Alaska)

Amendments

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), H3914 [19JN]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), H6746 [23OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), H3542, H3543, H3544 [13JN]

Dept. of Education: support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H4680 [18JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2610), H5125 [30JY]

Employment: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), H1472 [15MR]

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Memorial Park: develop, maintain, and administer an annex in Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 622), H454 [12FE]

Amtrak: propose a pet policy that allows passengers to transport domesticated cats and dogs on certain trains (see H.R. 2066), H7395 [2DE]

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]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see H.R. 1726), H6902 [29OC]

ATF: make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition (see H.R. 339), H301 [29JA]

Aviation: ensure any requirement providing for screening, testing, or treatment of an airman or air traffic controller for a sleep disorder is adopted pursuant to a rulemaking proceeding (see H.R. 3578), H7395 [2DE]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see H.R. 1008), H1319 [6MR]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H6999 [12NO]

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen: anniversary (see H. Res. 209), H2534 [8MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 2), H3289 [11JN]

Bureau of the Census: make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions (see H.R. 1078), H2404 [3MY]

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), H5403 [2AU]

Children and youth: revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see H.R. 2734), H6545 [11OC]

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]

Commission on America and Its Veterans: establish (see H.R. 1492), H2804 [20MY]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H2486 [7MY]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 36), H2300 [24AP]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 61, 217), H86 [14JA]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 525), H4979 [23JY]

Crime: establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about receipt of military decorations or medals (see H.R. 258), H168 [15JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a program to generate dependable economic activity for counties and local governments containing National Forest System land through a management-focused approach (see H.R. 1294), H1718 [20MR]

——— modify the definition of the term biobased product (see H.R. 979), H1317 [6MR]

Dept. of Commerce: issue a fishing capacity reduction loan to refinance existing loan funding the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Fishing Capacity Reduction Program (see H.R. 2646), H4369 [10JY]

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]

——— develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 741), H1860 [9AP]

——— 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), H3760 [18JN]

——— review operation of certain ships during the Vietnam Era (see H.R. 1494), H1955 [11AP]

Dept. of Education: strengthen connections to early childhood education programs (see H.R. 791), H595 [15FE]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (see H.R. 274), H1430 [14MR]

——— establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 485), H416 [6FE]

——— limit copayment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the amount applicable to drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier (see H.R. 460), H950 [4MR]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 920), H5554 [16SE]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1252), H2719 [16MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish conditions under which preclearance facilities may be established and preclearance operations may be conducted and provide customs services outside the U.S. (see H.R. 3488), H7253 [19NO]

Dept. of Justice: make grants to States that have in place laws that terminate the parental rights of men who father children through rape (see H.R. 2772), H5834 [25SE]

Dept. of Labor: phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (see H.R. 831), H659 [26FE]

Dept. of the Interior: develop a cadastre of Federal real property to assist with land management, conservation, and development and identify land that no longer needs to be federally owned (see H.R. 916), H1399 [13MR]

——— expedite a program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, including at least one lease sale in the Reserve each year during a certain period (see H.R. 1964), H2602 [14MY]

——— study suitability and feasibility of designating prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest sites on Rota, Northern Mariana Islands, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 674), H501 [13FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (see H.R. 2009), H3655 [14JN]

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]

——— 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), H5546 [12SE]

——— ensure that on-duty time for certain commercial motor vehicle drivers does not include waiting time at natural gas or oil well sites (see H.R. 1097), H1357 [12MR]

——— improve contracting opportunities for veteran-owned small businesses for authorized highway and transit projects (see H.R. 2906), H7608 [9DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H411 [6FE]

——— make certain records available to educational institutions where veterans or persons receiving educational assistance are enrolled (see H.R. 2749), H4825 [19JY]

——— 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), H5174 [30JY]

——— require entrance into contracts with community health care providers to improve access to health care for veterans in highly rural areas (see H.R. 635), H499 [13FE]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: issue permits, easements, or other necessary authorizations to facilitate natural gas, oil, and petroleum product pipelines and related facilities on eligible Federal lands (see H.R. 1587), H2066 [16AP]

Disasters: provide eligibility for public broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance (see H.R. 2647), H4369 [10JY]

Diseases: commend progress made by anti-tuberculosis programs (see H. Res. 133), H1825 [21MR]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H8112 [12DE]

Drugs: prohibit Federal prosecution of residents who are acting in accordance with their State’s marijuana laws (see H.R. 1523), H1990 [12AP]

Education: provide relief to State education budgets during a recovering economy and help fulfill the Federal mandate to provide higher education opportunities for Native Americans (see H.R. 1658), H2158 [18AP]

EPA: amend guidelines governing the handling of lead-based paint during remodeling or renovation activities (see H.R. 2093), H3097 [4JN]

——— exempt components used in manufacture of hunting and recreational shooting ammunition and fishing tackle from regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (see H.R. 322), H176 [18JA]

——— exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements (see H.R. 2026), H2775 [17MY]

——— make permanent the moratorium on certain regulations and fines governing incidental discharges from commercial vessels under a certain size (see H.R. 3464), H7447 [3DE]

——— provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications and public participation (see H.R. 1422), H4145 [27JN]

——— reduce workforce (see H.R. 3641), H8113 [12DE]

——— remove authority to retroactively disapprove permits to discharge dredged or fill material into navigable waters that have been issued by the Corps of Engineers (see H.R. 524), H2775 [17MY]

——— require congressional review of certain rules (see H.R. 2916), H5342 [1AU]

ERISA: ensure health care coverage value and transparency for dental benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 1798), H5435 [9SE]

FAA: ensure advancement of safety of small airplanes and continued development of the general aviation industry (see H.R. 1848), H2571 [9MY] (see H.R. 3363), H6958 [30OC]

——— issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (see H.R. 3708), H8132 [23DE]

——— issue regulations on secondary cockpit barriers (see H.R. 1775), H3289 [11JN]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment on parental rights (see H.J. Res. 50), H4524 [16JY]

FDA: require that genetically engineered food and foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients be labeled accordingly (see H.R. 1699), H2297 [24AP]

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]

——— 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: allow conversion of temporary seasonal wildland firefighters and other seasonal employees in Federal land management agencies to permanent seasonal positions (see H.R. 533), H411 [6FE]

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

——— terminate any Federal employee who refuses to answer questions or gives false testimony in a congressional hearing (see H.R. 2458), H4081 [26JN]

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), H4827 [19JY]

——— improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 1553), H6676 [22OC]

——— provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 688), H544 [14FE]

——— provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see H.R. 749), H703 [27FE]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 2959), H6770 [23OC]

——— facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States (see H.R. 2463), H3988 [20JN]

——— more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 1290), H1718 [20MR]

——— provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the U.S. by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Depts. of State or Defense (see H.R. 2247), H5548 [12SE]

Fish and fishing: support fisheries and communities that rely upon them, clear regulatory burdens, and streamline Federal fisheries management (see H.R. 799), H1958 [11AP]

Flag—U.S.: provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased firefighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medical technicians, and other rescue workers (see H.R. 558), H412 [6FE]

Foreign aid: ensure that a percentage of food aid provided in the form of certain agricultural commodities or their products must be transported on U.S. commercial vessels (see H.R. 1678), H2246 [23AP]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 1276), H1717 [20MR]

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), H627 [25FE]

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

Great Ape Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1328), H1822 [21MR]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 44), H28 [3JA]

Health: create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 1666), H5834 [25SE]

——— improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 36), H950 [4MR]

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), H3254 [6JN]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 715), H7507 [4DE]

Housing Act: revise census data and population requirements for areas to be considered rural areas (see H.R. 858), H1430 [14MR]

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), H1568 [18MR]

——— preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 2328), H5554 [16SE]

——— require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1531), H1991 [12AP]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H1550 [15MR]

——— 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), H1568 [18MR]

Iraq: condemn attack on Iranian dissidents at Camp Hurriya, call for resettlement of camp residents, allow outside assessment of the camp, and return residents to Camp Ashraf to improve protection (see H. Res. 89), H2300 [24AP]

IRS: prevent discriminatory misconduct against taxpayers by IRS officers and employees (see H.R. 1950), H2656 [15MY]

Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system (see H.R. 1130), H1395 [13MR]

——— include in the visa waiver program (see H.R. 300), H170 [15JA]

——— 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), H4485 [11JY]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 16), H703 [27FE]

Marine Turtle Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1329), H1822 [21MR]

Medicaid: apply the primary care payment rate to additional physician providers of primary care services (see H.R. 1838), H4858 [22JY]

——— require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 855), H5589 [17SE]

Medicare: allow certain hospitals in Puerto Rico to qualify for incentives for adoption and meaningful use of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology (see H.R. 1379), H1824 [21MR]

——— clarify policy relative to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services (see H.R. 2801), H7446 [3DE]

——— 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), H4309 [9JY]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2504), H6053 [30SE]

——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see H.R. 1787), H5348 [1AU]

——— extend the hold harmless provision for small rural hospitals and sole community hospitals under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (see H.R. 2578), H6545 [11OC]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H2535 [8MY]

——— prevent budget sequestration from impacting payment for physician-administered drugs (see H.R. 1416), H3688 [17JN]

——— provide eligible individuals with single chronic diseases access to medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 1024), H6289 [4OC]

——— provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 794), H4214 [8JY]

——— reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (see H.R. 2810), H5176 [30JY]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 713), H2958 [23MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: delay implementation schedule of the reductions of disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 1920), H5884 [26SE]

——— exclude pathologists from incentive payments and penalties relative to the meaningful use of electronic health records (see H.R. 1309), H4214 [8JY]

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

Monuments and memorials: provide for State approval of national monuments (see H.R. 382), H416 [6FE]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 262), H168 [15JA]

National Credit Union Administration: clarify authority to improve credit union safety and soundness (see H.R. 719), H2027 [15AP]

National Desert Storm Memorial Association: authorize to establish National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 503), H370 [5FE]

National forests: restore employment and educational opportunities in, and economic stability of, counties with Federal forest land, while reducing management costs and providing revenue sources from such land (see H.R. 1526), H1990 [12AP]

National Marine Technology Week: designate (see H. Res. 324), H5345 [1AU]

National Museum of the American People: support formation of a bipartisan Presidential commission to study establishment (see H. Con. Res. 27), H1959 [11AP]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H950 [4MR]

National wildlife refuges: require new refuges may not be established except as expressly authorized by statute (see H.R. 638), H499 [13FE]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 1226), H4726 [18JY]

——— provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 1803), H6999 [12NO]

Native Hawaiian Education Act: strengthen (see H.R. 2287), H3250 [6JN]

Nevada: provide for sale or transfer of certain Federal lands (see H.R. 2455), H4146 [27JN]

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), H4485 [11JY]

——— reauthorize and extend Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers (see H.R. 594), H1632 [19MR]

NOAA: establish constituent-driven program to collect priority coastal geospatial data and support information platform capable of efficiently integrating coastal data to manage the coastal region (see H.R. 1382), H1824 [21MR]

——— improve ability to address severe marine debris events (see H.R. 1425), H1856 [9AP]

——— provide certain funds to eligible entities for activities to address marine debris impacts of 2011 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami (see H.R. 1491), H1955 [11AP]

North American Wetlands Conservation Act: extend authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects (see H.R. 2208), H4146 [27JN]

Northern Mariana Islands: convey certain submerged lands (see H.R. 573), H412 [6FE]

Olympic Games: disapprove International Olympic Committee proposal to eliminate wrestling from the Summer Olympic Games, urge its reinstatement, and commend U.S. Olympic Committee support of wrestling (see H. Res. 71), H1959 [11AP]

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), H6957 [30OC]

——— delay implementation (see H.R. 2809), H5803 [20SE]

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

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 763), H2775 [17MY]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 351), H6957 [30OC]

Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 915), H1829 [21MR]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 30), H432 [8FE]

Power resources: authorize noncompetitive leasing of certain areas adjoining other lands for which a qualified company or individual holds a preexisting right to develop geothermal resources (see H.R. 2004), H2840 [21MY]

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 Health Service: appoint doctors of chiropractic to regular and reserved corps (see H.R. 171), H3929 [19JN]

Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 2000), H2654 [15MY]

Railroads: require a minimum of 2-person crews for freight trains (see H.R. 3040), H5656 [18SE]

Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (see H.R. 596), H4145 [27JN]

Roads and highways: amend laws relative to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate system (see H.R. 612), H454 [12FE]

Rural areas: ensure that Federal Government receives maximum return on investment in the rural essential community facilities loan and grant programs and effective services to rural communities (see H.R. 1632), H2157 [18AP]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1199), H1829 [21MR]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1526), H1990 [12AP]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 between 1982 and 1992 (see H.R. 155), H2803 [20MY]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1795), H3253 [6JN]

——— revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington’s disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington’s disease (see H.R. 1015), H2959 [23MY]

Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1008), H1319 [6MR]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see H.R. 3590), H7508 [4DE]

——— recognize heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting on public lands and ensure continued opportunities for those activities (see H.R. 1825), H2404 [3MY]

SSA: prevent identity theft associated with publication of the Death Master File (see H.R. 2720), H6594 [14OC]

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H1911 [10AP]

——— exclude from gross income payments under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and certain amounts received under the Indian Health Professions Scholarship Program (see H.R. 3391), H6951 [30OC]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1331 [11MR]

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 2807), H5049 [24JY]

——— modify exclusion for transportation benefits (see H.R. 2288), H5767 [19SE]

——— provide a deduction for purchase of secure gun storage or safety device for the securing of firearms (see H.R. 1883), H3289 [11JN]

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

——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see H.R. 1125), H3760 [18JN]

——— recognize Indian tribal governments for purposes of determining under the adoption credit whether a child has special needs (see H.R. 2332), H3356 [12JN]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 494), H2604 [14MY]

——— reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 1918), H2567 [9MY]

——— remove deduction for charitable contributions from overall limitation on itemized deductions (see H.R. 1479), H2067 [16AP]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 2429), H6412 [8OC]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 523), H2125 [17AP]

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H28 [3JA]

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 582), H1398 [13MR]

Territories: clarify application of Federal election laws to certain jurisdictions (see H.R. 1018), H1360 [12MR]

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), H2535 [8MY]

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

Veterans: 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. 333), 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), H1430 [14MR]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H3760 [18JN]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 1877), H2532 [8MY]

World Tuberculosis Day: support goals (see H. Res. 133), H1825 [21MR]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Filipino veterans (see H.R. 111), H372 [5FE]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H3096 [4JN]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

African Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 39), H28 [3JA]

Alaska: establish Niblack and Bokan Mountain mining area road corridor (see H.R. 587), H413 [6FE]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide for the settlement of certain claims (see H.R. 740), H547 [14FE] (see H.R. 1306), H1719 [20MR]

Alexander Creek, AK: recognize as a Native village (see H.R. 1103), H1357 [12MR]

Anchorage, AK: convey certain property from the U.S. to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (see H.R. 623), H454 [12FE]

——— provide for unencumbering of title to non-Federal land owned by the city for purposes of economic development by conveying Federal reversion interest to the city (see H.R. 585), H413 [6FE]

Aquaculture: prohibit authorization of commercial finfish aquaculture operations in the exclusive economic zone except in accordance with a law authorizing such action (see H.R. 753), H594 [15FE]

Asian Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 39), H28 [3JA]

BLM: provide small miner waivers from claim maintenance fees for a period of time after written receipt of defects is provided to the claimant to cure defects or pay the claim maintenance fee (see H.R. 1307), H1719 [20MR]

Coast Guard: lease tidelands and submerged lands under control of the Coast Guard for periods longer than five years (see H.R. 3379), H6901 [29OC]

Dept. of HHS: authorize advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service by providing a 2-fiscal-year budget authority (see H.R. 3229), H6102 [1OC]

Dept. of the Interior: empower federally recognized Indian tribes to accept restricted fee tribal lands (see H.R. 2718), H4598 [17JY]

——— establish an environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 49), H29 [3JA]

——— issue permits for a microhydro project in nonwilderness areas in, and acquire land from Doyon Tourism, Inc., for Denali National Park and Preserve (see H.R. 586), H413 [6FE]

——— issue right-of-way permits for natural gas pipeline transportation utility systems in nonwilderness areas within the Denali National Park and Preserve (see H.R. 586), H413 [6FE]

Endangered species: allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada (see H.R. 1819), H2393 [26AP]

——— allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species (see H.R. 1818), H2393 [26AP]

Endangered Species Act: promote sustainable-use conservation and harmonize with Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (see H.R. 1866), H2484 [7MY]

FBI: transfer criminal enforcement and investigative authority and functions of the EPA to the FBI (see H.R. 3281), H6453 [9OC]

FDA: require labeling of genetically-engineered fish (see H.R. 584), H413 [6FE]

Fish and fishing: prevent escapement of genetically altered salmon (see H.R. 1667), H2245 [23AP]

Forest Service: resolve title issues involving real property and equipment acquired using funds provided under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program (see H.R. 754), H594 [15FE]

Fort Wainwright, AK: provide for continued lease or eventual conveyance of certain Federal land within the military reservation (see H.R. 414), H281 [23JA]

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve: allow for the harvest of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit people (see H.R. 3110), H5587 [17SE]

GSA: convey certain Federal property in Alaska to Anchorage, AK (see H.R. 3786), H8117 [16DE]

Hydrographic Services Improvement Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1399), H1825 [21MR]

Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2219), H3014 [3JN]

Native Americans: facilitate development of energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands (see H.R. 1548), H1992 [12AP]

NOAA: limit maritime liens on fishing licenses (see H.R. 1147), H1396 [13MR]

Public lands: establish a streamlined process through which a State may claim authority over and responsibility for management of Federal lands located in the State without claiming ownership of the land (see H.R. 3294), H6604 [15OC]

Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 39), H28 [3JA]

Taxation: provide tax incentives for the donation of wild game meat (see H.R. 3728), H8107 [12DE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: exempt certain Alaskan Native articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible migratory bird parts (see H.R. 3109), H5587 [17SE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: acknowledge donor contributions at Visitor Center (see H.R. 588), H413 [6FE]

Walter Harper Talkeetna Ranger Station, Talkeetna, AK: designate (see H.R. 586), H413 [6FE]

Constitutional authority statements

African Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 39), H34 [3JA]

Alaska: establish Niblack and Bokan Mountain mining area road corridor (H.R. 587), H416 [6FE]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide for the settlement of certain claims (H.R. 1306), H1720 [20MR]

——— provide for the settlement of certain claims (H.R. 740), H549 [14FE]

Alexander Creek, AK: recognize as a Native village (H.R. 1103), H1359 [12MR]

Anchorage, AK: convey certain property from the U.S. to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (H.R. 623), H455 [12FE]

——— provide for unencumbering of title to non-Federal land owned by the city for purposes of economic development by conveying Federal reversion interest to the city (H.R. 585), H416 [6FE]

Aquaculture: prohibit authorization of commercial finfish aquaculture operations in the exclusive economic zone except in accordance with a law authorizing such action (H.R. 753), H597 [15FE]

Asian Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 39), H34 [3JA]

BLM: provide small miner waivers from claim maintenance fees for a period of time after written receipt of defects is provided to the claimant to cure defects or pay the claim maintenance fee (H.R. 1307), H1720 [20MR]

Coast Guard: lease tidelands and submerged lands under control of the Coast Guard for periods longer than five years (H.R. 3379), H6902 [29OC]

Dept. of HHS: authorize advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service by providing a 2-fiscal-year budget authority (H.R. 3229), H6103 [1OC]

Dept. of the Interior: empower federally recognized Indian tribes to accept restricted fee tribal lands (H.R. 2718), H4598 [17JY]

——— establish an environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska (H.R. 49), H34 [3JA]

——— issue permits for a microhydro project in nonwilderness areas in, and acquire land from Doyon Tourism, Inc., for Denali National Park and Preserve (H.R. 586), H416 [6FE]

——— issue right-of-way permits for natural gas pipeline transportation utility systems in nonwilderness areas within the Denali National Park and Preserve (H.R. 586), H416 [6FE]

Endangered species: allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada (H.R. 1819), H2395 [26AP]

——— allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species (H.R. 1818), H2395 [26AP]

Endangered Species Act: promote sustainable-use conservation and harmonize with Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (H.R. 1866), H2485 [7MY]

FBI: transfer criminal enforcement and investigative authority and functions of the EPA to the FBI (H.R. 3281), H6453 [9OC]

FDA: require labeling of genetically-engineered fish (H.R. 584), H416 [6FE]

Fish and fishing: prevent escapement of genetically altered salmon (H.R. 1667), H2247 [23AP]

Forest Service: resolve title issues involving real property and equipment acquired using funds provided under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program (H.R. 754), H597 [15FE]

Fort Wainwright, AK: provide for continued lease or eventual conveyance of certain Federal land within the military reservation (H.R. 414), H283 [23JA]

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve: allow for the harvest of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit people (H.R. 3110), H5588 [17SE]

GSA: convey certain Federal property in Alaska to Anchorage, AK (H.R. 3786), H8118 [16DE]

Hydrographic Services Improvement Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1399), H1828 [21MR]

Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2219), H3015 [3JN]

Native Americans: facilitate development of energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands (H.R. 1548), H1993 [12AP]

NOAA: limit maritime liens on fishing licenses (H.R. 1147), H1398 [13MR]

Public lands: establish a streamlined process through which a State may claim authority over and responsibility for management of Federal lands located in the State without claiming ownership of the land (H.R. 3294), H6604 [15OC]

Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 39), H34 [3JA]

Taxation: provide tax incentives for the donation of wild game meat (H.R. 3728), H8110 [12DE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: exempt certain Alaskan Native articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible migratory bird parts (H.R. 3109), H5588 [17SE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: acknowledge donor contributions at Visitor Center (H.R. 588), H416 [6FE]

Walter Harper Talkeetna Ranger Station, Talkeetna, AK: designate (H.R. 586), H416 [6FE]

Letters

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act: Representative Doc Hastings, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H6853 [29OC]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H6852 [29OC]

Water system construction in Alaskan native villages: by, E1225• [2AU]

——— Representative Lucas, Committee on Agriculture (House), E1225• [2AU]

Remarks

Anchorage, AK: convey certain property from the U.S. to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (H.R. 623), H6852, H6853 [29OC]

Arizona: convey certain land inholdings owned by the U.S. to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona (H.R. 507), H2411 [6MY]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), H6747, H6748 [23OC]

——— require contracting with private sector surveying and mapping firms, H6747, H6748 [23OC]

Crooked River: adjust boundary to provide water certainty for Prineville, OR (H.R. 2640), H6850, H6851, H6852 [29OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: convey cemeteries located on National Forest System land in the Black Hills National Forest to local South Dakota communities maintaining such cemeteries (H.R. 291), H2410 [6MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), H3545 [13JN]

——— clarify regulations governing awarding of sole-source contracts, H3545 [13JN]

——— strategic seaports infrastructure funding, H3545 [13JN]

Dept. of Education: ensure continued support for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian education programs, H4690, H4693 [18JY]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H4690, H4693 [18JY]

Dept. of Labor: increase State allotments for workforce training programs for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, H1472, H1473 [15MR]

Dept. of the Interior: streamline and ensure onshore energy permitting, provide for onshore leasing certainty, and give certainty to oil shale development (H.R. 1965), H7212, H7213 [19NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2610), H5125 [30JY]

Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial: designate (H.R. 330), H6853 [29OC]

Employment: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), H1472, H1473 [15MR]

FAA: exempt Alaska and Hawaii from certain restrictions in receiving Essential Air Service Program funding, H5125 [30JY]

Forest Service: convey Lake Hill Administrative Site in Summit County, CO (H.R. 2337), H6854, H6855 [29OC]

Fort Wainwright, AK: provide for continued lease or eventual conveyance of certain Federal land within the military reservation (H.R. 414), E55• [23JA]

Native Americans: facilitate development of energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands, H7212, H7213 [19NO]

——— making continuing appropriations for BIA, Bureau of Indian Education, and Indian Health Service (H.J. Res. 80), H6551 [12OC]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: permit King Cove Native Corp., land conveyance in exchange for construction of single-lane gravel emergency road access through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, H514 [14FE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: acknowledge donor contributions at Visitor Center (H.R. 588), H2409 [6MY]

——— acknowledge donor contributions at Visitor Center (H.R. 588), concur in Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 264), H3660 [17JN]

Votes: position on missed, H568• [15FE], E234• [4MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H948 [4MR]

Tributes

Bourdukofsky, Mary N. (Aunty), E1008• [28JN]