GIBSON, CHRISTOPHER P. (a Representative from New York)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4770, H4772 [21MY]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4888 [28MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Africa: assist sub-Saharan African countries develop mix of power solutions for more broadly distributed electricity access to support poverty alleviation and drive economic growth (see H.R. 2548), H3409 [1MY]
Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4693), H8133 [19NO]
American Revolution: award a Congressional Gold Medal to the First Rhode Island Regiment in recognition of their dedicated service during the Revolutionary War (see H.R. 4045), H1770 [11FE]
Animals: establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (see H.R. 2847), H2066 [27FE]
Armed Forces: repeal authority to use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2324), H4476 [19MY]
——— require mental health assessments before enlistment or commissioning as an officer (see H.R. 4305), H4686 [20MY]
Business and industry: ensure that the treatment of illiquid swaps does not disadvantage certain non-financial end users who use them to manage business risk (see H.R. 4330), H2991 [7AP]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: adjust the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in order to avoid disproportionate penalties for hospitals treating vulnerable populations (see H.R. 4188), H5187 [9JN]
CFTC: specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions (see H.R. 5471), H7528 [15SE]
Children and youth: prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care, extend and improve adoption incentives, and improve international child support recovery (see H.R. 4980), H5827 [3JY]
——— 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), H3448 [6MY]
China: call for an end to organ harvesting from prisoners, investigate organ transplant practices, end persecution of the Falun Gong, and issue warnings to U.S. citizens about organ transplant practices (see H. Res. 281), H8366 [3DE]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 377), H7618 [16SE]
Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H2148 [4MR]
Corporal Juan Mariel Alcantara Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 4443), H4435 [15MY]
Crime: provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see H.R. 4225), H2746 [27MR]
Cynthia Jenkins Post Office Building, Springfield Gardens, NY: designate (see H.R. 3957), H1480 [28JA]
Dept. of Defense: award grants to fund research on orthotics and prosthetics (see H.R. 4852), H7455 [11SE]
Dept. of Education: award Early College Federal Pell Grants (see H.R. 5590), H7884 [18SE]
——— clarify cancellation of loans of Armed Forces members under the Federal Perkins Loan Program (see H.R. 4232), H2432 [13MR]
——— establish an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 1763), H183 [13JA]
Dept. of HHS: designate a Health Professional Shortage Area for maternity care (see H.R. 4385), H6656 [22JY]
——— establish a program to assist in importation and care for abused, injured, or abandoned nonhuman primates (see H.R. 3556), H7041 [29JY]
——— improve and enhance research and treatments of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer (see H.R. 2607), H7434 [10SE]
——— improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 4395), H5024 [29MY]
——— improve field emergency medical services (see H.R. 809), H4685 [20MY]
——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 920), H5319 [11JN]
——— raise awareness of, and educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options (see H.R. 1984), H6656 [22JY]
——— reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (see H.R. 4631), H4058 [9MY]
Dept. of HUD: establish a pilot program to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans (see H.R. 3743), H1773 [11FE]
——— establish the Brownfield Redevelopment and Economic Development Innovative Financing program to promote urban renewal (see H.R. 4173), H2256 [6MR]
——— support goals and ideals of Community Development Block Grant Program (see H. Res. 666), H6136 [11JY] (see H. Res. 668), H6215 [14JY]
Dept. of Justice: establish a permanent background check system for youth-serving organization volunteers (see H.R. 3902), H7389 [9SE]
Dept. of State: establish a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Peoples in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (see H.R. 5128), H6351 [16JY]
——— prioritize fight against human trafficking according to congressional intent in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act without increasing the size of the Federal Government (see H.R. 2283), H5319 [11JN]
Dept. of the Interior: increase prices for Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps (duck stamps) to fund acquisition of conservation easements for migratory birds (see H.R. 5069), H7893 [18SE]
Dept. of Transportation: set separate performance measures for motorized and non-motorized safety and allow States to set their own safety targets and to choose the best methods to meet them (see H.R. 3494), H2258 [6MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: award grants to establish, or expand upon, master’s degree or doctoral degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics (see H.R. 5432), H7456 [11SE]
——— carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 183), H7938 [12NO]
——— 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]
——— establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at Fort McClellan, AL (see H.R. 411), H4685 [20MY]
——— provide for additional qualification requirements for individuals appointed to marriage and family therapist positions (see H.R. 5398), H7241 [1AU]
——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see H.R. 4031), H4685 [20MY]
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), H6746 [23JY]
Depts. of Education and Justice: prohibit funds from being used to provide postsecondary courses in prisons (see H.R. 4081), H1937 [25FE]
Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H2645 [25MR]
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), H1881 [21FE]
EPA: authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (see H.R. 5764), H8868 [8DE]
——— eliminate certain requirements under the renewable fuel program and prohibit approval of gasoline that contains greater than a certain percentage of ethanol (see H.R. 1462), H2065 [27FE]
——— establish grant program to assist communities and local agriculture industry with meeting total maximum daily loads through upgraded sewer and wastewater systems and improved agriculture runoff practices (see H.R. 4739), H7041 [29JY]
Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4641), H4058 [9MY]
FAA: issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (see H.R. 3708), H2002 [26FE]
FAA Modernization and Reform Act: amend certain provisions (see H.R. 2591), H2746 [27MR]
Families and domestic relations: enhance pre- and post-adoptive support services (see H.R. 3423), H5249 [10JN]
FCC: extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 4969), H6746 [23JY]
Federal agencies and departments: call for adoption and use of accrual basis accounting principles for budgeting, financial reporting, and performance measures (see H. Res. 545), H3243 [28AP]
——— ensure functionality and security of new Federal websites that collect personally identifiable information (see H.R. 3635), H1720 [10FE]
Federal employees: expand training for Federal Government personnel related to trafficking in persons (see H.R. 4449), H4911 [28MY]
FEMA: delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (see H.R. 3370), H163 [10JA]
——— provide for flood insurance policies with higher deductibles and lower rates under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 4071), H1939 [25FE]
FERC: prohibit from issuing certain decisions that will raise costs for ratepayers (see H.R. 4327), H2743 [27MR]
Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H5368 [13JN]
Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 3992), H7041 [29JY]
Health: create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 1666), H3241 [28AP]
——— improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 36), H6746 [23JY]
Health care professionals: extend authorization for certain health care workforce loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1827), H3448 [6MY]
——— protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 3722), H3448 [6MY]
House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 223), H5819 [26JN]
Hudson River School: recognize contributions of painters to the U.S. (see H. Res. 480), H2645 [25MR]
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), H6657 [22JY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4136), H2097 [28FE]
Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 2328), H5249 [10JN]
Iran: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 109), H2199 [5MR]
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 (see H. Res. 657), H6108 [10JY]
Johnson, Henry: award Medal of Honor posthumously (see H.R. 5459), H7454 [11SE]
Korea, Republic of: provide high-skilled visas for nationals (see H.R. 1812), H2802 [1AP]
Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 318), H6815 [24JY]
LIHEAP: revise formula for allocating funding to States (see H.R. 3860), H183 [13JA]
Medicaid: apply the primary care payment rate to additional physician providers of primary care services (see H.R. 1838), H7189 [31JY]
——— cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1761), H7388 [9SE]
——— require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 855), H5364 [12JN]
Medicare: clarify policy relative to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services (see H.R. 2801), H5024 [29MY]
——— delay enforcement of two-midnight rule for short inpatient hospital stays until the implementation of a new payment methodology for short inpatient hospital stays (see H.R. 3698), H21 [7JA]
——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2504), H5364 [12JN]
——— improve audit effectiveness and efficiency in paying for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 5083), H6656 [22JY]
——— improve Medicare Advantage special needs plans (see H.R. 4484), H3196 [10AP]
——— include information on the coverage of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity in the ‘‘Medicare and You Handbook’’ and coordinate programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2415), H4476 [19MY]
——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1761), H7388 [9SE]
——— modify durable medical equipment face-to-face encounter documentation requirement (see H.R. 3833), H6656 [22JY]
——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 942), H2645 [25MR]
——— provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 794), H6977 [28JY]
——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 3991), H4685 [20MY]
Members of Congress: prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see H.R. 310), H1777 [14FE]
Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (see H.R. 3717), H3448 [6MY]
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]
National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3867), H223 [14JA]
National Teacher Day: observance (see H. Res. 571), H3446 [6MY]
New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 5503), H7674 [17SE]
NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H3448 [6MY]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay application of annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 3367), H5364 [12JN]
——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3979), H1659 [5FE]
——— 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 (see H.R. 3811), H19 [7JA]
——— 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), H5249 [10JN]
Pharmaceuticals: clarify the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers (see H.R. 2315), H2854 [2AP]
Postal Service: take all appropriate measures to ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 711), H7894 [18SE]
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), H2065 [27FE]
Public safety officers: extend public safety officers’ death benefits to fire police officers (see H.R. 1828), H3365 [30AP]
Schneier, Arthur: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2387), H1592 [4FE]
Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3465), H136 [9JA]
Space policy: promote development of a commercial asteroid resources industry for outer space and increase exploration and utilization of asteroid resources in outer space (see H.R. 5063), H6977 [28JY]
Specialist Theodore Matthew Glende Post Office, Rochester, NY: designate (see H.R. 5019), H6037 [9JY]
Sudan: condemn charge of apostasy and death sentence of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag and encourage U.S. efforts to support religious freedom (see H. Res. 601), H5073 [5JN]
Tariff: increase and adjust for inflation the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (see H.R. 1020), H3409 [1MY]
Taxation: exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2870), H3058 [8AP]
——— extend and expand the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 3490), H21 [7JA]
——— extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 3747), H3365 [30AP]
——— extend expensing of environmental remediation costs (see H.R. 4542), H3407 [1MY]
——— increase the deduction allowed for student loan interest (see H.R. 1527), H4910 [28MY]
——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H2066 [27FE]
——— modify energy credit to provide greater incentives for combined heat and power (CHP) and waste heat to power (WHP) energy efficiency technologies (see H.R. 4916), H5557 [19JN]
——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see H.R. 4719), H5065 [30MY]
——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 4365), H5024 [29MY]
——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see H.R. 1125), H3409 [1MY]
——— provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (see H.R. 1009), H3940 [7MY]
——— provide tax relief for major disaster areas declared in 2012, 2013, and 2014 (see H.R. 5082), H6135 [11JY]
Transportation: ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see H.R. 2468), H2148 [4MR]
Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1354), H3448 [6MY]
Travel Promotion Act: extend (see H.R. 4450), H5820 [26JN]
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), H7388 [9SE]
Ukraine: support democratic and European aspirations and their right to choose their own future free of intimidation and fear (see H. Res. 447), H1481 [28JA]
Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 4415), H3243 [28AP] (see H.R. 4970), H5877 [8JY]
Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H3058 [8AP]
——— provide for coordination between TRICARE and eligibility to make contributions to health savings accounts (see H.R. 4682), H6036 [9JY]
VFW: amend Federal charter to reflect service of women in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 5441), H7940 [12NO]
Vincent R. Sombrotto Post Office, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 2291), H72 [8JA]
Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 3899), H1687 [6FE]
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 (see H.R. 5078), H7190 [31JY]
Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 2901), H3199 [10AP]
Wildlife: prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (see H.R. 2856), H7189 [31JY]
World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H2914 [3AP]
World War II: 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), H3058 [8AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of HHS: provide research, training, and navigator services to youth and young adults on the verge of aging out of the secondary education system (see H.R. 5436), H7433 [10SE]
Diseases: provide for scientific framework relative to vector-borne diseases (see H.R. 4701), H4783 [21MY]
Forest Service: amend the Forest Legacy Program to authorize States to allow certain entities to acquire, hold, and manage conservation easements under the program (see H.R. 4551), H3407 [1MY]
Older Americans Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 3850), H162 [10JA]
Schools: clarify when certain academic assessments shall be administered (see H.R. 4172), H2256 [6MR]
Staff Sergeant Robert H. Dietz Post Office Building, Kingston, NY: designate (see H.R. 5087), H6135 [11JY]
Taxation: reduce the rate of tax on certain distilled spirits (see H.R. 4083), H1937 [25FE]
Wilderness Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 730), H7675 [17SE]
Constitutional authority statements
Dept. of HHS: provide research, training, and navigator services to youth and young adults on the verge of aging out of the secondary education system (H.R. 5436), H7433 [10SE]
Diseases: provide for scientific framework relative to vector-borne diseases (H.R. 4701), H4785 [21MY]
Forest Service: amend the Forest Legacy Program to authorize States to allow certain entities to acquire, hold, and manage conservation easements under the program (H.R. 4551), H3408 [1MY]
Older Americans Act: authorize appropriations (H.R. 3850), H163 [10JA]
Schools: clarify when certain academic assessments shall be administered (H.R. 4172), H2257 [6MR]
Staff Sergeant Robert H. Dietz Post Office Building, Kingston, NY: designate (H.R. 5087), H6136 [11JY]
Taxation: reduce the rate of tax on certain distilled spirits (H.R. 4083), H1938 [25FE]
Excerpts
‘‘Foundations of Our Faith and Calling’’, E590• [28AP]
Remarks
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), H7564 [16SE]
Crawford, David J.: Columbia County Association Distinguished Citizen of the Year award recipient, E620• [29AP]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4870), H5530 [19JN]
——— prohibit funding to provide weapons in Syria, H5530 [19JN]
Dept. of Justice: Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force funding through reductions in Bureau of the Census funding, H4888 [28MY]
Diseases: provide for scientific framework relative to vector-borne diseases (H.R. 4701), H7345 [9SE]
Dutchess County, NY: anniversary of Winnakee Land Trust, E1125• [9JY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H6081 [10JY]
FERC: prohibit funding to implement, administer, or enforce new Hudson Valley capacity zone, H6081 [10JY]
Kingston, NY: tribute to opening of Ulster County Patriots Project, E941• [10JN]
——— tribute to Washbourne House, H2898 [3AP]
Land and Water Conservation Fund: anniversary, H7627 [17SE]
National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 541), H2898 [3AP]
Religion: anniversary of Bruderhof communities, E590• [28AP]
Savchenko, Nadiya V.: call upon U.S. and U.N. to seek immediate release from detainment in Russia and return her to the Ukraine, H7047 [30JY]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4888 [28MY]
Syria: authorize assistance, including training, equipment, supplies, and sustainment to appropriately vetted Syrian groups to combat threat of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), H7564 [16SE]
Votes: position on missed, E1805• [12DE]
Women: combat international violence against women and girls (H.R. 3571), H2898 [3AP]
Tributes
Owens, Curt, E1771• [10DE]
Wicks, Frank, E1150• [14JY]