KING, STEVE (a Representative from Iowa)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4870), H5543 [19JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H6051 [10JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H5002 [29MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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), H2435 [13MR]

Armed Forces: repeal bans on military personnel carrying firearms on military bases (see H.R. 3199), H5559 [19JN]

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), H6036 [9JY]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H2803 [1AP]

Colleges and universities: ensure appropriate spending of taxpayer funds on student aid, access to information to make informed choices about postsecondary education, and oppose Federal rating system (see H. Res. 614), H6217 [14JY]

Congress: provide for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution relative to implementation of immigration laws (see H. Res. 757), H8072 [18NO]

Courts: provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (see H.R. 5233), H7530 [15SE]

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

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), H7939 [12NO]

Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 5520), H7894 [18SE]

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), H7456 [11SE]

——— prohibit regulation of carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units under certain circumstances (see H.R. 4808), H5320 [11JN]

——— provide direction relative to establishment of emissions standards of greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (see H.R. 3826), H1432 [27JA]

Federal agencies and departments: ensure functionality and security of new Federal websites that collect personally identifiable information (see H.R. 3635), H1432 [27JA]

——— establish uniform requirements for thorough economic analysis of regulations by Federal agencies based on sound principles (see H.R. 3863), H1432 [27JA]

——— 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), H1511 [29JA]

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), H5769 [25JN]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (see H.R. 1750), H4910 [28MY]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 2959), H1515 [31JA]

Freedom of speech: reaffirm commitment to constitutional protection (see H. Res. 621), H5400 [17JN]

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), H6217 [14JY]

Gambling: restore long-standing U.S. policy that the Federal Wire Act prohibits all forms of Internet gambling (see H.R. 4301), H5640 [23JN]

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), H1246 [17JA]

Immigration: expand definition of an unauthorized alien to include aliens who have not been admitted to and are not lawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 5761), H8226 [1DE]

——— express concerns regarding the President’s responsibility to address the border crisis (see H. Res. 687), H7042 [29JY]

——— impose sanctions on countries that have refused or unreasonably delayed repatriation of an alien who is a national of that country or have an excessive repatriation failure rate (see H.R. 2602), H1243 [16JA]

——— reform policies relative to family-sponsored immigrants and reduce the number of such immigrants (see H.R. 477), H1242 [16JA]

Iran: express concerns relative to extending the interim agreement with Iran regarding its nuclear program (see H. Con. Res. 109), H7041 [29JY]

——— provide congressional review of nuclear agreements (see H.R. 4967), H5767 [25JN]

Iraq: protect religious minorities from persecution by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) (see H. Res. 683), H7242 [1AU]

——— recognize the campaign of genocide against the Kurdish people in Iraq and reaffirm U.S. friendship with such people (see H. Res. 422), H2748 [28MR]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: improve enforcement of sanctions (see H.R. 1771), H4785 [21MY]

Labor unions: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see H.R. 2021), H2258 [6MR]

Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see H.R. 3426), H1780 [18FE]

——— 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), H4685 [20MY]

——— extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program (see H.R. 4780), H5063 [30MY]

——— improve audit effectiveness and efficiency in paying for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 5083), H7893 [18SE]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 942), H4685 [20MY]

——— recognize attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients (see H.R. 2969), H4017 [8MY]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 3991), H1939 [25FE]

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), H4834 [23MY]

Muslim Brotherhood (organization): designate as terrorist organization and impose sanctions against persons who knowingly provide material support or resources (see H.R. 5194), H7129 [30JY]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H1773 [11FE]

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3867), H2854 [2AP]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H2696 [26MR]

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H3242 [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), H5319 [11JN]

——— 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), H5364 [12JN]

Palestinian Authority: suspend foreign aid and designate as a terrorist organization pending dissolution of unity Government with Hamas (terrorist organization) and recognition of Israel’s right to exist (see H. Res. 622), H5363 [12JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2575), H474 [15JA]

——— prevent a taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers (see H.R. 3541), H73 [8JA]

——— provide that the individual health insurance mandate not apply until the employer health insurance mandate is enforced without exceptions (see H.R. 4064), H2066 [27FE]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H2854 [2AP]

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

Small Business Saturday: designate (see H. Res. 728), H7980 [13NO]

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), H2199 [5MR]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see H.R. 3590), H1243 [16JA]

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), H7190 [31JY]

Taxation: increase alternative tax liability limitation for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 4647), H7996 [14NO]

——— provide a credit dependent on enactment of State qualified scholarship tax credits and allowed against Federal income tax for charitable contributions to certain education investment organizations (see H.R. 422), H1481 [28JA]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 494), H2302 [11MR]

U.N.: deny admission to the U.S. any U.N. representative who has engaged in espionage or terrorist activities, or poses a national security threat, against the U.S. (see H.R. 4357), H2915 [3AP]

Venezuela: support freedom of expression and assembly, condemn violence and intimidation of country’s political opposition, and call for international support for democratic reform (see H. Res. 488), H2002 [26FE]

Veterans: clarify that individuals who attended a military preparatory school but never joined the Armed Forces may not claim veteran status for purposes of contracting preferences and benefits (see H.R. 3469), H2002 [26FE]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 2901), H7893 [18SE]

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), H3144 [9AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Immigration: support authority of the Governors of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California to deploy the National Guard to secure the international border of the U.S. within their States (see H. Res. 675), H6399 [17JY]

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]

Constitutional authority statements

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

Poems

‘‘High Flight,’’ John G. Magee, Jr., H8664 [4DE]

Proposals

Keeping Families Together Act, H5869 [8JY]

Support authority of the Governors of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California to deploy the National Guard to secure the international border of the U.S. within their States, H6345 [16JY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions, H1704 [10FE]

Armed Forces: authorize enlistment of certain aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. and provide a way for such aliens to be lawfully admitted to the U.S. through U.S. military service (H.R. 2377), H2957–H2960 [4AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced, H1703 [10FE]

California: address certain water-related concerns in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley (H.R. 3964), H1587 [4FE]

Communism: failures of the Marxist system, H1929–H1932 [25FE]

Congress: provide for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution (H. Res. 676), H7120 [30JY]

Constitution—U.S.: importance of Bill of Rights, H5863 [8JY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H4823 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), consideration (H. Res. 590), H4707 [21MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4870), H5543 [19JN]

——— prohibit funding to transfer weapons to the PLO, H5543 [19JN]

Dept. of Education: protect students from higher education costs and increased student loan interest rates, H1702 [10FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit funding to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce memos from John T. Morton relative to immigration enforcement priorities and guidance on prosecutorial discretion, H2849 [2AP]

Dept. of Justice: investigation of Dept. of Homeland Security discretionary enforcement decisions regarding certain immigration violations funding, H4900 [28MY]

——— prohibit Office of Justice Programs funding to jurisdictions that have illegal immigration sanctuary policies, H5002 [29MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H6051 [10JY]

——— prohibit funding by related agencies to implement or enforce Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage requirements for Federal contracts, H6051 [10JY]

Federal agencies and departments: require all officials who stop enforcing a law for any reason to report to Congress (H.R. 3973), H2345, H2346 [12MR]

Foreign policy: comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, H5712 [24JN]

Health: protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities, H1704 [10FE]

History: parallels of events preceding World War II to situation in Ukraine, H2294–H2299 [11MR]

——— significance of the Iron Curtain and the destruction of the Berlin Wall, H2291 [11MR]

Holder, Attorney General: enforcement of certain laws and constitutionality of certain executive actions, H3052 [8AP]

House of Representatives: legislative process, H2957 [4AP]

Immigration: call for the President to take action to mitigate the humanitarian crisis involving unaccompanied alien children attempting to cross illegally into the U.S., H6949–H6953 [28JY]

——— cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students, H8155–H8158 [20NO]

——— establish a rule of construction clarifying the limitations on executive authority to provide certain forms of immigration relief (H.R. 5759), consideration (H. Res. 770), H8373 [4DE]

——— impact of Executive order to cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students on increase in unaccompanied alien children attempting to cross illegally into the U.S., H5717–H5719 [24JN], H5865–H5869 [8JY]

——— making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), H7121–H7123 [30JY], H7227 [1AU]

——— opposition to amnesty for illegal aliens, H2848–H2851 [2AP], H5717–H5719 [24JN]

——— prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5272), H7231 [1AU]

——— reform, H1540–H1543 [3FE], H2848–H2851 [2AP], H2959 [4AP], H4822–H4825 [22MY], H5717–H5719 [24JN], H5865–H5869 [8JY], H7120 [30JY], H8155–H8158 [20NO]

——— reform (S. 744), H6948 [28JY]

——— request for emergency funds to address the increase in unaccompanied alien children attempting to cross illegally into the U.S., H6343 [16JY]

Information technology: impact on public opinion, H5712 [24JN]

Iraq: takeover of cities by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) and call for U.S. intervention, H5714–H5716 [24JN]

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, H7027 [29JY]

Minimum wage: level, H1540 [3FE]

National objectives: economic recovery, H1707 [10FE], H3052 [8AP]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H1540–H1543 [3FE]

——— evaluation of administration relative to constitutional role of Congress and separation of powers, H1703–H1707 [10FE], H2849–H2851 [2AP], H6948 [28JY], H8664–H8667 [4DE]

——— evaluation of administration relative to enforcement of immigration laws, H6343 [16JY]

——— evaluation of foreign policy, H1587–H1590 [4FE]

——— evaluation of war on terrorism and Middle East policies, H1932–H1935 [25FE], H5714–H5716 [24JN]

——— use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H8155 [20NO], H8665 [4DE]

Palestinian Authority: suspend foreign aid until the repeal of resolutions that provide a salary to anyone imprisoned in Israel due to participation in the struggle against occupation (H. Res. 542), H2908, H2909 [3AP]

Palestinians: U.S. policy, H2908, H2909 [3AP]

Parliamentary inquiry, H8158 [20NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services, H4823 [22MY]

——— express that President Obama has violated section 3 of article II of the Constitution by refusing to enforce employer mandate provisions, H2850 [2AP]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H1704–H1707 [10FE], H3052 [8AP], H6342 [16JY]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), H2863 [3AP]

Political science: principles of conservatism, H3051 [8AP]

Presidents of the U.S.: constitutional requirement to faithfully execute the law, H6342 [16JY]

Privacy: reform Federal authority to require production of business records, and conduct surveillance and information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes (H.R. 3361), consideration (H. Res. 590), H4707 [21MY]

——— reform Federal authority to require production of business records, conduct surveillance, and certain forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes (H.R. 3361), H4796 [22MY]

ProEnglish (organization): anniversary, E1763• [9DE]

Public debt: ceiling, H1701, H1707 [10FE]

Putin, Vladimir: impact of nationalism and anti-Western sentiment on U.S.-Russia relations, H5716 [24JN]

——— political agenda of Russian President, H2291 [11MR]

Religion: historical impact of Judeo-Christian values, H1929 [25FE], H5863 [8JY]

Russia: U.S. policy, H1587 [4FE]

Schumer, Senator: characterization of remarks regarding Representative Steve King’s views on immigration, H4822, H4824 [22MY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4900 [28MY], H5002 [29MY]

Taxation: clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (H.R. 1292), H1543 [3FE]

Ukraine: oppose Russian involvement in political situation, H2291, H2294 [11MR]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H1540 [3FE]

Venezuela: support freedom of expression and assembly, condemn violence and intimidation of country’s political opposition, and call for international support for democratic reform (H. Res. 488), H1929 [25FE]

Votes: position on missed, H2208• [6MR], H7314• [9SE], E328•, E332• [6MR], E1374• [9SE], E1397• [11SE], E1400• [15SE], E1668• [1DE]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Immigration: characterization of remarks on Hispanic community, S2597 [1MY], S3392 [4JN], S3560 [11JN]

Tributes

Alons, Dwayne, H8663 [4DE]

Latham, Representative, H8861 [8DE]