JENKINS, LYNN (a Representative from Kansas)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4733 [21MY]

Appointments

Committee to escort the President, H1473 [28JA]

Committee to escort Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko into the House Chamber, H7680 [18SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 7), H1431 [27JA]

Africa: welcome leaders to U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit and trade ministers to Forum of the African Growth Opportunity Act (see H. Res. 699), H7242 [1AU]

Armed Forces: modify per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty or service used to reduce minimum age at which Reserve component members may retire for non-regular service (see H.R. 690), H7188 [31JY]

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), H1545 [3FE]

Bankruptcy: exempt firearms from claims of creditors (see H.R. 3933), H1593 [4FE]

Business and industry: encourage compensation transparency (see H.R. 5256), H7124 [30JY]

CBO: prepare long-term scoring estimates for reported bills and joint resolutions that could have significant economic and fiscal effects outside normal scoring periods (see H.R. 4444), H3143 [9AP]

Centennial Monetary Commission: establish (see H.R. 1176), H5073 [5JN]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 732), H72 [8JA]

——— provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see H.R. 4225), H2915 [3AP]

Dept. of Education: combat campus sexual violence (see H.R. 5354), H7183 [31JY]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (see H.R. 2536), H5640 [23JN]

Dept. of HHS: designate a Health Professional Shortage Area for maternity care (see H.R. 4385), H7129 [30JY]

——— expand the definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, radioactive, and other extrinsic agents (see H.R. 3548), H4017 [8MY]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 1339), H4476 [19MY]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 920), H4060 [9MY]

——— reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (see H.R. 4631), H4064 [13MY]

Dept. of Justice: clarify standard required for importation of sporting arms (see H.R. 4135), H2435 [13MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see H.R. 4031), H3242 [28AP]

Diseases: mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 3680), H6746 [23JY]

Drugs: encourage development and use of new antimicrobial drugs in order to treat antibiotic-resistant infections (see H.R. 4187), H2746 [27MR]

Economy: promote economic growth and job creation and strengthen strategic partnerships with U.S. allies (see H.R. 4139), H2147 [4MR]

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]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H20 [7JA]

EPA: 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), H6297 [15JY]

——— 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), H2302 [11MR]

FCC: extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 4969), H7297 [8SE]

FDA: provide for the regulation of medical software (see H.R. 3303), H2803 [1AP]

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board: make more independent, accountable, and transparent to improve Federal financial accounting concepts and standards (see H.R. 4678), H5024 [29MY]

Federal agencies and departments: ensure functionality and security of new Federal websites that collect personally identifiable information (see H.R. 3635), H474 [15JA]

——— include language in certain health-care-related educational and advertising materials indicating such materials are produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense (see H.R. 3420), H184 [13JA]

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

——— require all officials who stop enforcing a law for any reason to report to Congress (see H.R. 3973), H2302 [11MR]

——— 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]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H5024 [29MY]

——— clarify that prohibitions on investments in certain funds shall not be construed to require divestiture of certain collateralized debt obligations backed by trust-preferred securities (see H.R. 3819), H474 [15JA]

——— modify exemptions for small creditors and mortgage loan servicers (see H.R. 4521), H5073 [5JN]

——— require a study of appropriate capital requirements for mortgage servicing assets for nonsystemic banking institutions (see H.R. 4042), H2486 [14MR]

Firearms: modify definition of ‘‘antique firearm’’ (see H.R. 4749), H6656 [22JY]

Freedom Riders: award a Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of their unique contribution to civil rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel (see H.R. 4041), H6746 [23JY]

FRS: 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), H7894 [18SE]

Health care professionals: protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 3722), H7242 [1AU]

Immigration: prohibit funding for granting deferred action or other immigration relief to aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 5768), H8273 [2DE]

Information technology: ensure the integrity of any software, firmware, or product developed for or purchased by the Federal Government that uses a third party or open source component (see H.R. 5793), H8668 [4DE]

International Association of Insurance Supervisors: disapprove proposed measure to eliminate public observers (see H. Res. 735), H7940 [12NO]

IRS: improve transparency and efficiency relative to audits and communications with taxpayers (see H.R. 2530), H1938 [25FE]

——— prohibit asking taxpayers questions relative to religious, political, or social beliefs (see H.R. 2531), H1938 [25FE]

——— prohibit modification of the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare (see H.R. 3865), H1243 [16JA]

——— prohibit performance awards for employees who owe back taxes (see H.R. 4531), H3363 [30AP]

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]

Meals on Wheels Association of America: tribute (see H. Res. 526), H3243 [28AP]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1761), H5249 [10JN]

Medicare: create alternative sanctions for technical noncompliance with the Stark rule limiting certain physician referrals (see H.R. 3776), H2302 [11MR]

——— eliminate 3-day prior hospitalization requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services in qualified skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 3531), H2362 [12MR]

——— enable hospital-based nursing programs that are affiliated with a hospital to maintain payments to hospitals for the costs of such programs (see H.R. 5227), H7894 [18SE]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2504), H1772 [11FE]

——— improve integrity (see H.R. 5780), H8932 [9DE]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1761), H5249 [10JN]

——— promote health care technology innovation and access to medical devices and services for which patients choose to self-pay (see H.R. 3681), H4834 [23MY]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3877), H7979 [13NO]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H6656 [22JY]

——— provide eligible individuals with single chronic diseases access to medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 1024), H20 [7JA]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 3991), H1592 [4FE]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1070), H7676 [17SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: implement a demonstration project to examine costs and benefits of providing payments for health care services provided by purpose-built, continuing care retirement communities to beneficiaries (see H.R. 2376), H6656 [22JY]

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 401), H2001 [26FE]

Mexico: call for release of Andrew P. Tahmooressi (see H. Res. 620), H7190 [31JY]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H3448 [6MY]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H2746 [27MR]

National Teacher Day: observance (see H. Res. 571), H3446 [6MY]

Nazi Party—World War II: terminate Social Security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution (see H.R. 5739), H8132 [19NO]

NLRB: permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see H.R. 3154), H135 [9JA]

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: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3474), H2258 [6MR]

——— delay application of annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 3367), H2803 [1AP]

——— delay provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies until eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed (see H.R. 4805), H5072 [5JN]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3979), H1514 [31JA]

——— 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), H5024 [29MY]

——— require States with failed health care exchanges to reimburse the Federal Government for amounts provided for establishment and operation of such exchanges (see H.R. 4677), H4475 [19MY]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see H.R. 5213), H6976 [28JY]

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

Religion: condemn anti-Semitism and comparison of Israel to Nazis perpetrating the Holocaust and reject attempts to justify anti-Jewish hatred as an acceptable disapproval of political events in the Middle East (see H. Res. 707), H7894 [18SE]

Smith-Lever Act: observe anniversary and recognize role in establishing Cooperative Extension system providing agricultural education through land-grant universities (see H. Con. Res. 86), H4686 [20MY]

Social Security: provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see H.R. 4930), H6297 [15JY]

——— revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington’s disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington’s disease (see H.R. 1015), H5640 [23JN]

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]

Summitt, Pat: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3836), H2435 [13MR]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Res. 561), H3364 [30AP]

Tariff: eliminate on technological goods providing educational value for children (see H.R. 4748), H8072 [18NO]

Taxation: allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see H.R. 1620), H7188 [31JY]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H2065 [27FE]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 4837), H6297 [15JY]

——— extend look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations (see H.R. 4464), H3196 [10AP]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 4717), H4828 [22MY]

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

——— modify and make permanent bonus depreciation (see H.R. 4718), H4828 [22MY]

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

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (see H.R. 4438), H3243 [28AP]

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), H5073 [5JN]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: establish application process for interested parties to apply for a county to be designated as a rural area (see H.R. 2672), H2696 [26MR]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 2901), H1687 [6FE]

World War I: designate memorials to the service of Armed Forces members (see H.R. 4489), H3365 [30AP]

——— mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H3413 [2MY]

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), H163 [10JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

House of Representatives: anniversary of rejection of the Lecompton Constitution of the Territory of Kansas for admission of Kansas to the Union as a pro-slavery State (see H. Con. Res. 79), H1511 [29JA]

Medicare: extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (see H.R. 4067), H1780 [18FE]

——— provide payment for anesthesia services by anesthesiologists in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as for services by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 4781), H5063 [30MY]

——— treat audiologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing services, improve access to audiology services available for coverage, and enable beneficiaries to have their choice of audiologists (see H.R. 5304), H7181 [31JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 4118), H2097 [28FE]

Taxation: improve certain education savings plans (see H.R. 4333), H2744 [27MR]

——— improve the child tax credit (see H.R. 4935), H5639 [23JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Medicare: extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (H.R. 4067), H1780 [18FE]

——— provide payment for anesthesia services by anesthesiologists in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as for services by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists (H.R. 4781), H5064 [30MY]

——— treat audiologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing services, improve access to audiology services available for coverage, and enable beneficiaries to have their choice of audiologists (H.R. 5304), H7185 [31JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), H2098 [28FE]

Taxation: improve certain education savings plans (H.R. 4333), H2745 [27MR]

——— improve the child tax credit (H.R. 4935), H5640 [23JN]

Letters

Medicare enforcement instruction extension of supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals: Dennis A. Hachenberg, H7340 [9SE]

——— Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, H7340 [9SE]

——— Tom Bell, Kansas Hospital Association, H7340 [9SE]

Save American Workers Act: Mike Aitken, Society for Human Resource Management, H2865 [3AP]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H2308 [12MR], H2699 [27MR]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H1463, H1465 [28JA]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4733, H4734, H4735 [21MY]

——— prohibit conversion of previously contracted functions to performance by Federal employees, H4733, H4734, H4735 [21MY]

IRS: prohibit modification of the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare (H.R. 3865), H1946 [26FE]

Mars, Inc.: tribute to opening of manufacturing facility in Topeka, KS, H2699 [27MR]

Medicare: extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (H.R. 4067), H7340, H7341 [9SE]

National Rural Health Day: observance, H8077 [19NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), H2309 [12MR]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), H2168, H2169, H2173 [5MR]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), motion to recommit, H2176 [5MR]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3685), H67 [8JA]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), H2309 [12MR]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), H2865, H2870 [3AP]

——— 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), H148 [10JA]

——— preserve provisions that protect consumers from premium increases, provide tax credits and rebates, and prohibit discrimination on the basis of pre-existing conditions, H2176 [5MR]

Taxation: clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (H.R. 3043), H7628 [17SE]

——— eliminate marriage penalty in child tax credit, H6826, H6829, H6831 [25JY]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (H.R. 647), H8285 [3DE]

——— improve the child tax credit (H.R. 4935), H6826, H6828, H6829, H6830, H6831 [25JY]

——— make permanent the reduced recognition period for built-in gains for S corporations (H.R. 4453), H5326 [12JN]

——— modify and make permanent bonus depreciation (H.R. 4718), H6117 [11JY]

——— modify and make permanent certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relative to charitable contributions (H.R. 5806), H9001 [10DE]

——— permanently extend lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit, H6828, H6829, H6830 [25JY]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (H.R. 1814), H2309 [12MR]

——— require individuals to include their Social Security numbers on the income tax return as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit, H6827 [25JY]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: establish application process for interested parties to apply for a county to be designated as a rural area (H.R. 2672), H3950 [8MY]

Statements

Prohibit Conversion of Previously Contracted Dept. of Defense Functions to Performance by Federal Employees: American Conservative Union, H4735 [21MY]

——— American Legion, H4734 [21MY]

——— Business Coalition for Fair Competition, H4735 [21MY]

——— Competitive Enterprise Institute, H4735 [21MY]

——— Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors (MAPPS), H4735 [21MY]

——— National Veteran Small Business Coalition, H4735 [21MY]

——— Textile Rental Services Association, H4735 [21MY]

Tributes

Trusdale, Pam, E9• [7JA]