HUELSKAMP, TIM (a Representative from Kansas)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4800), H5250 [10JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion (see H.R. 5551), H7882 [18SE]

Armed Forces: repeal bans on military personnel carrying firearms on military bases (see H.R. 3199), H7241 [1AU]

ATF: prohibit from requiring disclosure of race or ethnicity in the transfer of a firearm (see H.R. 5555), H7901 [19SE]

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), H184 [13JA]

Children and youth: prohibit funding of any research or treatment in which wards of the State are subjected to greater than minimal risk to their health with no minimal prospect of direct benefit (see H.R. 4989), H6400 [17JY]

Courts: prohibit recovery of damages in certain wrongful birth and wrongful life civil actions (see H.R. 4698), H4783 [21MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit implementation of certain nutrition rules on food sold at schools as fundraisers (see H.R. 5417), H7530 [15SE]

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see H.R. 1563), H20 [7JA]

Dept. of Defense: continue national security exemption from emissions regulations when an excess military vehicle is transferred to State or local firefighting agencies (see H.R. 5483), H7894 [18SE]

——— prohibit closure or reduced operation of military commissary stores and exchange stores (see H.R. 3996), H1658 [5FE]

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), H5320 [11JN]

——— prohibit Federal education mandates (see H.R. 4008), H1881 [21FE]

Dept. of HHS: award competitive grants to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents (see H.R. 718), H2991 [7AP]

Dept. of State: offer rewards for information regarding the attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission at Benghazi, Libya (see H.R. 4530), H3363 [30AP]

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]

——— establish the Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans program (see H.R. 5686), H7996 [14NO]

——— make certain improvements in information security (see H.R. 4370), H2915 [3AP]

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see H.R. 4031), H1769 [11FE]

Diseases: ban new visas to citizens from ebola-affected countries and ban travel to the U.S. for any person who is not a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident who traveled through an ebola-affected country (see H.R. 5688), H7996 [14NO]

Economy: create jobs by revising Federal labor laws, decreasing regulatory burdens, providing comprehensive energy reform, and streamlining access to investment capital (see H.R. 4304), H2746 [27MR]

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]

Endangered Species Act: disclose to States the basis of determinations and ensure use of information provided by State, tribal, and county governments in decisionmaking (see H.R. 4317), H4476 [19MY]

——— improve disclosure of funds expended to respond to lawsuits, dedicate employees to litigation, and cover attorneys fees (see H.R. 4316), H4476 [19MY]

——— place caps on attorneys fees for suits filed under such Act (see H.R. 4318), H4476 [19MY]

——— require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species (see H.R. 4315), H4830 [22MY]

EPA: clarify authority to prohibit the specification of a defined area, or deny or restrict the use of a defined area for specification, as a disposal site (see H.R. 4854), H5362 [12JN]

——— disapprove rule relative to garnishment of non-Federal wages to collect delinquent non-tax debts owed to the U.S. without first obtaining a court order (see H.J. Res. 118), H6217 [14JY]

——— nullify certain rules relative to carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing, new, or reconstructed fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (see H.R. 4813), H5185 [9JN]

——— prohibit release of sensitive data relative to livestock producers (see H.R. 4157), H2362 [12MR]

——— provide for certain special congressional review procedures for EPA rulemakings (see H.R. 5034), H6656 [22JY]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit deduction of labor organization dues from the pay of Federal employees (see H.R. 4792), H5064 [30MY]

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), H1593 [4FE]

Financial institutions: require a study of appropriate capital requirements for mortgage servicing assets for nonsystemic banking institutions (see H.R. 4042), H2915 [3AP]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 2959), H2488 [18MR]

FRS: establish requirements for policy rules and blackout periods of the Federal Open Market Committee and for certain activities of the Board of Governors (see H.R. 5018), H6400 [17JY]

——— nullify certain guidance by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and provide requirements for guidance issued by the Bureau relative to indirect auto lending (see H.R. 5403), H7940 [12NO]

——— provide for a notice and comment period before the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issues guidance (see H.R. 4811), H6036 [9JY]

Health Care Compact: grant congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 110), H2991 [7AP]

Holder, Attorney General: impeach (see H. Res. 411), H1939 [25FE]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H7939 [12NO]

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]

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), H225 [14JA]

IRS: prohibit modification of the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare (see H.R. 3865), H1545 [3FE]

——— prohibit performance awards for employees who owe back taxes (see H.R. 4531), H3941 [7MY]

Medicare: ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 4577), H7529 [15SE]

——— 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), H2362 [12MR]

Mexico: call for release of Andrew P. Tahmooressi (see H. Res. 620), H5877 [8JY]

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

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

NLRB: clarify membership criteria for collective bargaining units, timing of elections of labor organizations, and employer participation in union election process (see H.R. 4320), H5495 [18JN]

——— require provision of lists of employees eligible to vote in labor organization elections and one additional form of personal contact information (see H.R. 4321), H5399 [17JN]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 4158), H2645 [25MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3979), H1593 [4FE]

Power resources: free the private sector to harness domestic energy resources to create jobs and generate economic growth by removing statutory and administrative barriers (see H.R. 4286), H2803 [1AP]

Public welfare programs: help individuals receiving assistance under means-tested welfare programs obtain self-sufficiency and provide information on total spending and an overall spending limit on such programs (see H.R. 4731), H4828 [22MY]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see H.R. 5285), H7125 [30JY]

SBA: clarify that the use of electronic signatures and records in loan and related financing programs is permitted (see H.R. 5599), H7884 [18SE]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 2164), H4685 [20MY]

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

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), H4910 [28MY]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Res. 561), H3413 [2MY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for health insurance premiums for anyone who purchases independent coverage for an individual or family (see H.R. 4600), H3940 [7MY]

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), H6656 [22JY]

U.N.: terminate U.S. membership (see H.R. 75), H2696 [26MR]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: reverse listing of lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species and prevent further consideration of such listing pending implementation of conservation plans and measures (see H.R. 4866), H5363 [12JN]

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), H6353 [16JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve oversight of contracts awarded to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans (see H.R. 4281), H2565 [21MR]

Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, Junction City, KS: designate (see H.R. 5788), H8365 [3DE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve oversight of contracts awarded to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans (H.R. 4281), H2566 [21MR]

Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, Junction City, KS: designate (H.R. 5788), H8365 [3DE]

Remarks

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, H457 [15JA]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 465), H1451 [28JA]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), conference report, H7083 [30JY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2015–2024 (H. Con. Res. 96), H3163 [10AP]

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 (H.R. 4810), H5200 [10JN]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters, H7083 [30JY]

——— prohibit funding for senior executive bonuses, H3341 [30AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), H3341 [30AP]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H5979 [9JY]

Families and domestic relations: importance of marriage, H1761, H1762, H1763, H1764 [11FE]

——— tribute to adoption services, H457 [15JA]

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 (H.R. 3829), H1763 [11FE]

National Marriage Week: observance, H1761, H1762, H1764 [11FE]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H1442 [28JA]

Supreme Court: hearing of arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Sebelius relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, H2606 [24MR]

Votes: position on missed, E826• [22MY], E1158• [15JY]

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, H5979 [9JY]

——— 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), consideration (H. Res. 715), H7311 [9SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H4782 [21MY]

Statements

Invisible Family: Kristin Stowers, E419• [24MR]

Tributes

Stowers, Kristin, E419• [24MR]