EARMARKS/LIMITED TAX OR TARIFF BENEFITS

Declaratory Statements 

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 106), H164 [10JA]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), H7389 [9SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 130), H9046 [10DE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 131), H10318 [12DE]

California: address certain water-related concerns in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley (H.R. 3964), H1515 [31JA], H1593 [4FE]

Children and youth: prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care, extend and improve adoption incentives, and improve international child support recovery (H.R. 4980), H6746 [23JY]

——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care (H.R. 4058), H4686 [20MY]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 5682), H7940 [12NO]

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 (H.R. 4138), H2303 [11MR]

Dept. of Education: establish a demonstration program for competency-based education to allow higher education institutions to develop innovative ways to teach and reduce costs (H.R. 3136), H6657 [22JY]

——— revise counseling requirements for certain student loan borrowers (H.R. 4984), H6657 [22JY]

Dept. of Energy: expedite and approve permits to export natural gas to World Trade Organization countries (H.R. 6), H5641 [23JN]

Dept. of the Interior: incorporate surface mining stream buffer zone rule into State programs (H.R. 2824), H2149 [4MR], H2200 [5MR]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: prohibit the taking of privately held water rights and uphold longstanding State water laws (H.R. 3189), H2362 [12MR]

Drought: provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California (H.R. 5781), H8366 [3DE]

Employment: improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), H7619, H7620 [16SE]

EPA: promote new manufacturing by providing for greater transparency and timeliness in issuing air quality standards necessary to obtain preconstruction permits (H.R. 4795), H8033 [17NO]

Escambia County, FL: convey certain property formerly part of Santa Rosa National Monument and conveyed to Escambia County subject to restrictions on use and reconveyance (H.R. 2954), H1593 [4FE]

Federal agencies and departments: improve coordination of agency actions in preparation and adoption of environmental documents in order to streamline the Federal permitting process (H.R. 2641), H2199 [5MR]

Government regulations: provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 899), H2002 [26FE]

Immigration: establish a rule of construction clarifying the limitations on executive authority to provide certain forms of immigration relief (H.R. 5759), H8366 [3DE]

——— making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), H7042 [29JY]

——— prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5272), H7190 [31JY]

——— reform (H.R. 15), H5065 [30MY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4681), H5024 [29MY]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), H2303 [11MR]

National Environmental Policy Act: ensure application to the declaration of national monuments (H.R. 1459), H2611 [24MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees (H.R. 4414), H3243 [28AP]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), H2149 [4MR]

——— 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), H73 [8JA]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), H73 [8JA]

Power resources: increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (H.R. 4899), H5598, H5599 [20JN], H5725 [24JN]

——— 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), H7530 [15SE], H7619 [16SE]

——— require approval of construction, operation, or maintenance of oil or natural gas pipelines or electric transmission facilities at U.S. borders for import or export (H.R. 3301), H5641 [23JN]

Public welfare programs: prohibit assistance under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program from being accessed through an electronic benefit transfer card at stores that sell marijuana (H.R. 4137), H7530 [15SE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), H6217, H6218 [14JY], H6297 [15JY]

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 10), H3941 [7MY]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 3590), H1512 [29JA], H1515 [31JA], H1545 [3FE]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), H8273 [2DE]

Ukraine: provide for costs of loan guarantees (H.R. 4152), H2200 [5MR]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 5078), H7298 [8SE]