DAINES, STEVE (a Representative from Montana)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4678 [20MY], H4720 [21MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4870), H5477 [18JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5174 [9JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Indian Trust Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 4388), H2913 [3AP]

Angelou, Maya: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring life (see H. Res. 684), H6814 [24JY]

Armed Forces: afford each member of a Reserve component with the opportunity for a physical examination before separation from the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2841), H7619 [16SE]

Children and youth: extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (see H.R. 3481), H3409 [1MY]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: resume processing adoption cases and issuance of exit permits for adopted Congolese children seeking to depart the country with their adoptive parents (see H. Res. 588), H5770 [25JN]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (see H.R. 3530), H1659 [5FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: publish a strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in National Forest System trail maintenance (see H.R. 4886), H7189 [31JY]

Dept. of Education: expand higher education opportunities by allowing States to develop their own systems of accrediting educational institutions, curricula, programs, and courses (see H.R. 4612), H5598 [20JN]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (see H.R. 2536), H6352 [16JY]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (see H.R. 4631), H4476 [19MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop and provide risk-based, performance-based cybersecurity standards for information technology requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see H.R. 3847), H162 [10JA]

——— improve discipline, accountability, and transparency in acquisition program management (see H.R. 4228), H2432 [13MR]

——— modify and reauthorize Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program (see H.R. 4007), H2803 [1AP]

Dept. of Justice: 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), H6036 [9JY]

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), H1938 [25FE]

Dept. of Transportation: extend motor carrier exemption from hours of service regulations in the transportation of propane and other home heating fuels to address shortages (see H.R. 4076), H2066 [27FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enter into contracts for provision of medical care at non-departmental facilities for certain patients, assess health care delivery system, and limit employee awards and bonuses (see H.R. 4810), H5185 [9JN]

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see H.R. 4031), H4476 [19MY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs, review discharge or separation of certain individuals, and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (see H.R. 5059), H6105 [10JY]

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]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3689), H6137 [11JY]

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), H1770 [11FE]

EPA: preserve existing rights and responsibilities relative to non-prohibited discharges of dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 5071), H7893 [18SE]

——— provide direction relative to establishment of emissions standards of greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (see H.R. 3826), H134 [9JA]

FAA: issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (see H.R. 3708), H4476 [19MY]

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), H6108 [10JY]

——— require certain financial regulators to determine whether new regulations or orders are duplicative or inconsistent with existing Federal regulations (see H.R. 4466), H6036 [9JY]

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), H2001 [26FE]

——— limit circumstances in which official time may be used by a Federal employee (see H.R. 107), H5494 [18JN]

Federal-State relations: require Federal agencies to look at a person’s legal residence when determining marital status and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 3829), H474 [15JA]

Financial institutions: modify exemptions for small creditors and mortgage loan servicers (see H.R. 4521), H6107 [10JY]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 2959), H3199 [10AP]

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

FRS: establish a Small Business Advisory Board for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see H.R. 4383), H4785 [21MY]

FTC: establish the Office for the Prevention of Fraud Targeting Seniors (see H.R. 1953), H7128 [30JY]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H20 [7JA]

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), H1481 [28JA]

Human rights: identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking, review trafficking prevention efforts, and improve trafficking victims’ assistance grants (see H.R. 5135), H6397 [17JY]

Intelligence services: require Presidents’ annual budget submissions to include the total dollar amount requested for intelligence or intelligence-related activities of the Government (see H.R. 3855), H1773 [11FE]

Iran: provide congressional review of nuclear agreements (see H.R. 4967), H5824 [30JN]

Medicare: extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (see H.R. 4067), H2486 [14MR]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 3991), H1773 [11FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: amend certain requirements and penalties that would impede eligible professionals from adopting electronic health records to improve patient care (see H.R. 1331), H3413 [2MY]

Mexico: call for release of Andrew P. Tahmooressi (see H. Res. 620), H7940 [12NO]

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

Mount Reagan: designate (see H.R. 4017), H5249 [10JN]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H4017 [8MY]

National Day of Prayer: observance (see H. Res. 547), H3243 [28AP]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: prohibit from relinquishing control over the Internet domain name system (see H.R. 4367), H3243 [28AP]

Native Americans: establish a demonstration program to provide rental assistance and supportive housing for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans (see H.R. 3418), H5024 [29MY]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H3409 [1MY]

NIH: reauthorize and extend Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers (see H.R. 594), H2199 [5MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3474), H2302 [11MR]

——— exempt certain educational institutions from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 4775), H7041 [29JY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3979), H1659 [5FE]

——— 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), H7619 [16SE]

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), H3198 [10AP]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see H. Res. 728), H8226 [1DE]

Taxation: clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (see H.R. 3043), H2611 [24MR]

——— extend publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels (see H.R. 1696), H7529 [15SE]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 4717), H5770 [25JN]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H2434 [13MR]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 4365), H4686 [20MY]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H72 [8JA]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1449), H3365 [30AP]

——— reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 1918), H5877 [8JY]

Telephones: improve service in rural areas and express that no entity may unreasonably discriminate against telephone users in those areas (see H. Res. 536), H7242 [1AU]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1354), H4910 [28MY]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (see H.R. 4450), H4911 [28MY]

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), H5877 [8JY]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: exempt nonprofit low-income housing providers from certain mortgage, servicing, and appraisal requirements (see H.R. 3529), H1246 [17JA]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H6217 [14JY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H473 [15JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bear Root Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Billings, MT: designate (see H.R. 5763), H8169 [20NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: repeal provisions requiring uniform State driver’s licenses and State identification cards (see H.R. 4073), H1880 [21FE]

Dept. of the Interior: contract with eligible Indian tribes to manage land buy-back programs and require that certain amounts be deposited into interest bearing accounts (see H.R. 5020), H5875 [8JY]

——— extend water contract between the U.S. and the East Bench Irrigation District (see H.R. 4508), H3291 [29AP]

——— take lands and mineral rights on the reservation of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana and other culturally important lands into trust (see H.R. 4350), H2801 [1AP]

——— use designated funding to pay for construction of authorized rural water projects (see H.R. 4420), H3057 [8AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure that service animals of patients receiving inpatient care at medical facilities are able to access such patients’ rooms (see H.R. 5333), H7182 [31JY]

East Rosebud Creek: designate segments for inclusion in National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 5543), H7882 [18SE]

Endangered species: protect and conserve species and the lawful possession of certain ivory in the U.S. (see H.R. 5052), H6105 [10JY]

EPA: prohibit regulation of carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units under certain circumstances (see H.R. 4850), H5362 [12JN]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: ensure amounts are made available for projects to provide recreational public access to public lands (see H.R. 3962), H1510 [29JA]

Montana: extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the Gibson Dam (see H.R. 5867), H9302 [11DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: temporarily exempt certain Medicare and Medicaid providers from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 5098), H6215 [14JY]

Taxation: extend and improve the Indian coal production tax credit (see H.R. 4785), H5063 [30MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Bear Root Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Billings, MT: designate (H.R. 5763), H8171 [20NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: repeal provisions requiring uniform State driver’s licenses and State identification cards (H.R. 4073), H1880 [21FE]

Dept. of the Interior: contract with eligible Indian tribes to manage land buy-back programs and require that certain amounts be deposited into interest bearing accounts (H.R. 5020), H5876 [8JY]

——— extend water contract between the U.S. and the East Bench Irrigation District (H.R. 4508), H3292 [29AP]

——— take lands and mineral rights on the reservation of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana and other culturally important lands into trust (H.R. 4350), H2802 [1AP]

——— use designated funding to pay for construction of authorized rural water projects (H.R. 4420), H3057 [8AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure that service animals of patients receiving inpatient care at medical facilities are able to access such patients’ rooms (H.R. 5333), H7186 [31JY]

Endangered species: protect and conserve species and the lawful possession of certain ivory in the U.S. (H.R. 5052), H6106 [10JY]

EPA: prohibit regulation of carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units under certain circumstances (H.R. 4850), H5363 [12JN]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: ensure amounts are made available for projects to provide recreational public access to public lands (H.R. 3962), H1511 [29JA]

Montana: extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the Gibson Dam (H.R. 5867), H9304 [11DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: temporarily exempt certain Medicare and Medicaid providers from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 5098), H6216 [14JY]

Taxation: extend and improve the Indian coal production tax credit (H.R. 4785), H5064 [30MY]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H4923 [29MY]

Remarks

Adams Memorial Foundation, Inc.: extend legislative authority to establish a commemorative work in honor of John Adams and his legacy (H.R. 3802), H6619, H6620 [22JY]

Big Horn County, MT: groundbreaking of Apsaalooke Warrior Apartments complex on Crow Reservation, H3948 [8MY]

Billings, MT: tribute to Will James Middle School Science Bowl team, H3251 [29AP]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2015–2024 (H. Con. Res. 96), H3034 [8AP]

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize development of non-Federal hydropower and issuance of leases of power privileges at certain projects, H7847 [18SE]

——— authorize early repayment of obligations within the Northport Irrigation District in Nebraska (H.R. 4562), H6612, H6613 [22JY]

——— rural water projects funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy renewable energy and administration accounts funding, H5995 [9JY]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, H3358 [30AP], H7847 [18SE]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H6808 [24JY]

——— legislative priorities, H6807, H6808 [24JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H8876 [9DE]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4678, H4679 [20MY], H4725 [21MY]

——— decommissioning of nuclear missile silos as part of START Treaty nuclear force structure plan funding, H5478 [18JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4870), H5477, H5478 [18JN]

——— remove sunset provision from START Treaty nuclear force structure plan, H4678, H4679 [20MY], H5477 [18JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: improve discipline, accountability, and transparency in acquisition program management (H.R. 4228), H5147 [9JN]

Dept. of the Interior: extend water contract between the U.S. and the East Bench Irrigation District (H.R. 4508), H6612 [22JY]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit funding to implement regulations that increase minimum levels of financial responsibility for the transportation of passengers or property, H5174, H5175 [9JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (H.R. 4031), H4691 [21MY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5174, H5175 [9JN]

East Rosebud Creek: designate segments for inclusion in National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 5543), H7888 [18SE]

Endangered Species Act: require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species (H.R. 4315), consideration (H. Res. 693), H6990 [29JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H5995 [9JY]

EPA: exempt components used in manufacture of hunting and recreational shooting ammunition and fishing tackle from regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act, H1567 [4FE]

——— impact of Government regulations on coal industry, H6042 [10JY]

——— provide direction relative to establishment of emissions standards of greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (H.R. 3826), H4925 [29MY]

Equal Access to Justice Act: require Federal agencies to report payments made due to court cases to which the U.S. is a party and the Administrative Conference of the U.S. to compile and publish such data (H.R. 2919), H3432 [6MY]

IRS: disappearance of emails relative to investigation of alleged targeting of conservative nonprofit groups, H6757 [24JY]

Israel: reaffirm support for right to defend itself against rocket attacks from Hamas (terrorist organization) and condemn and call for an end to such attacks, H7028 [29JY]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: ensure amounts are made available for projects to provide recreational public access to public lands (H.R. 3962), H1502 [29JA]

Members of Congress: reduce a portion of salaries for failure to adopt a concurrent budget resolution which does not provide for a balanced budget (H.R. 522), H3034 [8AP]

Montana: tribute to students who participated in National History Day (organization) Competition, H5405 [18JN]

——— withdraw Federal land on North Fork watershed located in the vicinity of Flathead National Forest from location, entry, and patent under mining laws (H.R. 2259), H2127 [4MR]

National Environmental Policy Act: ensure application to the declaration of national monuments (H.R. 1459), H2659 [26MR]

Native Americans: ratify a water settlement agreement affecting the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (H.R. 3716), H6613, H6615 [22JY]

Nuclear weapons: maintain a triad of strategic nuclear delivery systems, H4725 [21MY]

Obama, President: use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H8136 [20NO]

Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park: adjust boundaries to include Hinchliffe Stadium (H.R. 2430), H6615, H6616 [22JY]

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. 3522), H7399 [10SE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), Senate amendment, H8876 [9DE]

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (H.R. 3811), H32 [8JA]

——— temporarily exempt certain Medicare and Medicaid providers from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 5098), H6314 [16JY]

Power resources: remove Government obstacles to domestic energy production, ensure transport of energy, lower energy costs, and enable businesses to access energy to create and sustain jobs (H.R. 2), H7847 [18SE]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 3590), H1567 [4FE]

Taxation: extend and improve the Indian coal production tax credit (H.R. 4785), E1023• [19JN]

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions, H6374 [17JY]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 4719), H6374 [17JY]

Transportation: improve transportation services in rural areas, H5193 [10JN]

Tributes

Bernier, William D., E1225• [24JY]

Buska, Donald, H3395 [1MY]

Dunn, Joseph J., H7629 [17SE]

Lambert, Annette, H5735 [25JN]

Zhang, Jesse, H4485 [20MY]