CHAFFETZ, JASON (a Representative from Utah)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 1091), H2645 [25MR]

Aviation: limit fees charged to passengers of air carriers (see H.R. 5462), H7619 [16SE]

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), H5186 [9JN]

Constitution—U.S.: protect the separation of powers by allowing Congress to authorize a civil action against the President or executive branch for failure to execute laws (see H.R. 4138), H2147 [4MR]

Courts: provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (see H.R. 5233), H7297 [8SE]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (see H.R. 3530), H2803 [1AP]

DEA: improve regulation of anabolic steroids (see H.R. 4771), H5770 [25JN]

Dept. of Defense: develop a plan to move U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) back to the continental U.S. (see H.R. 4434), H3142 [9AP]

Dept. of Justice: appoint a special counsel to investigate the alleged targeting of conservative nonprofit groups by the IRS (see H. Res. 565), H3413 [2MY]

——— improve the restitution process for child pornography victims by considering total losses, requiring timely restitution, and spreading costs among multiple defendants (see H.R. 4981), H7041 [29JY]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: provide certain Western States assistance in the development of statewide conservation and management plans for the protection and recovery of sage grouse species (see H.R. 4716), H4828 [22MY]

Education: support State authority and flexibility in establishing student academic standards and denounce the President’s coercion of States into adopting the Common Core State Standards (see H. Res. 476), H1777 [14FE]

Endangered species: require, in counting the species in a State for determining whether the species is endangered or threatened, inclusion of the number of the species on State and private lands (see H.R. 4256), H2484 [14MR]

EPA: require decisions on whether naturally occurring or ‘‘exceptional’’ events cause air quality standard violations to be based on a preponderance of evidence and accord deference to State and local findings (see H.R. 4957), H5767 [25JN]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit certain agencies from using or purchasing certain firearms and require GAO report on Federal units receiving tactical training that respond to certain high-risk situations (see H.R. 4934), H5770 [25JN]

——— require all officials who stop enforcing a law for any reason to report to Congress (see H.R. 3973), H1511 [29JA]

——— require each agency to repeal two existing regulations before issuing a new regulation (see H.R. 2997), H2645 [25MR]

Federal-State relations: constitutional amendment to give States the right to repeal Federal laws and regulations when ratified by the legislatures of two-thirds of the several States (see H.J. Res. 115), H4784 [21MY]

Financial institutions: modify exemptions for small creditors and mortgage loan servicers (see H.R. 4521), H6816 [24JY]

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 4060), H6746 [23JY]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 2959), H7893 [18SE]

Forest Service: stop implementation of travel management rule and incorporate needs and input of affected communities before taking any travel management action affecting access to units derived from public domain (see H.R. 4272), H5826 [3JY]

Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 3992), H3242 [28AP]

FTC: issue rules to promote competition and help consumers save money by giving them the freedom to choose where they buy prescription pet medications (see H.R. 4023), H1718 [10FE]

Government: require retention of records of high level officials (see H.R. 5181), H6745 [23JY]

Immigration: expedite removal of unaccompanied alien children who are not victims of a severe form of human trafficking and who do not have a fear of returning to their country of nationality or last residence (see H.R. 5053), H6137 [11JY]

——— reform policies relative to family-sponsored immigrants and reduce the number of such immigrants (see H.R. 477), H1515 [31JA]

ITC: protect domestic industries from abusive patent litigation (see H.R. 4763), H7189 [31JY]

Libya: terminate nonimmigration status for Libyan and third country nationals acting on behalf of Libyan entities who are engaging in aviation maintenance, flight operations, or nuclear-related studies or training (see H.R. 5401), H7295 [8SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: continue use of quarterly reporting period for health care providers to demonstrate meaningful uses under electronic health records incentive payment programs (see H.R. 5481), H7894 [18SE]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H4785 [21MY]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H1430 [27JA]

National Park Service: refund to States all State funds used to reopen and temporarily operate a unit of the National Park System during the Government shutdown (see H.R. 4353), H2801 [1AP]

Nazi Party—World War II: deny Social Security and other benefits to individuals whose citizenship has been revoked or renounced on the basis of their participation in Nazi persecution (see H.R. 5706), H7979 [13NO]

NIH: reauthorize and extend Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers (see H.R. 594), H6399 [17JY]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 4158), H2255 [6MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal provisions relative to annual period for disenrollment from Medicare Advantage plans to elect to receive original Medicare fee-for-service benefits (see H.R. 2453), H5364 [12JN]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H2148 [4MR]

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 631), H5598 [20JN]

Privacy: update privacy protections for electronic communications information that is stored by third-party service providers in order to protect consumer privacy while meeting law enforcement needs (see H.R. 1852), H5559 [19JN]

Taxation: make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H1772 [11FE]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H7996 [14NO]

——— regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 2992), H5495 [18JN]

Truth in Lending Act: provide that residential mortgage loans held on portfolio qualify as qualified mortgages relative to the presumption of ability to repay requirements (see H.R. 2673), H6815 [24JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Gambling: restore long-standing U.S. policy that the Federal Wire Act prohibits all forms of Internet gambling (see H.R. 4301), H2694 [26MR]

Immigration: expedite removal of unaccompanied alien children, implement tough ‘‘credible fear’’ standards, reduce asylum fraud, protect communities from gangs, and provide Border Patrol access to Federal lands (see H.R. 5137), H6398 [17JY]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 108), H6398 [17JY]

Taxation: exclude major professional sports leagues from qualifying as tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 3965), H1510 [29JA]

Constitutional authority statements

Gambling: restore long-standing U.S. policy that the Federal Wire Act prohibits all forms of Internet gambling (H.R. 4301), H2695 [26MR]

Immigration: expedite removal of unaccompanied alien children, implement tough ‘‘credible fear’’ standards, reduce asylum fraud, protect communities from gangs, and provide Border Patrol access to Federal lands (H.R. 5137), H6399 [17JY]

Taxation: exclude major professional sports leagues from qualifying as tax-exempt organizations (H.R. 3965), H1511 [29JA]

Remarks

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: reform the Border Patrol agent pay schedule (S. 1691), H8945, H8949, H8951 [10DE]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: develop and implement shared electronic health records, H4484 [20MY]

Federal agencies and departments: eliminate duplication and waste in information technology acquisition and management (H.R. 1232), H1899 [25FE]

Highland, UT: tribute to Lone Peak High School boys’ basketball team, E442• [26MR]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 108), H6391 [17JY]

Taxation: make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (H.R. 3086), H6140 [14JY], H6233 [15JY]

Technology: allow consumers to unlock mobile wireless devices for interoperability purposes (H.R. 1123), H1907 [25FE]

——— allow consumers to unlock mobile wireless devices for interoperability purposes (S. 517), H6835 [25JY]

Votes: position on missed, E200• [11FE]

Tributes

Davis, France A., E491• [2AP]