LATHAM, TOM (a Representative from Iowa)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 1091), H2065 [27FE]

Armed Forces: ensure that Reserve members who have served on active duty or performed certain active service receive credit toward early receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see H.R. 2907), H1545 [3FE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: delay enforcement of physician supervision regulations for critical access hospitals pending completion of analysis of impact of such regulations (see H.R. 3769), H2362 [12MR]

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), H6746 [23JY]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: resume processing adoption cases and issuance of exit permits for adopted Congolese children seeking to depart the country with their adoptive parents (see H. Res. 588), H5770 [25JN]

Conservation of natural resources: support voluntary, incentive-based, private land conservation in order to sustain natural resources to meet the needs of a growing population (see H. Con. Res. 95), H6816 [24JY]

Crime: provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see H.R. 4225), H3293 [29AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: require official White House meals and White House and Dept. of Agriculture cafeteria meals to be in compliance with nutrition requirements for school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 3686), H2488 [18MR]

Dept. of Defense: develop a plan to move U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) back to the continental U.S. (see H.R. 4434), H3142 [9AP]

Dept. of Education: complete a data analysis on the impact of the proposed gainful employment rule prior to finalizing such rule (see H.R. 4897), H5598 [20JN]

Dept. of Energy: recognize voluntary certification programs for air conditioning, furnace, boiler, heat pump, and water heater products energy conservation and efficiency (see H.R. 4219), H2855 [2AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see H.R. 4031), H2486 [14MR]

Diseases: improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see H.R. 4814), H7901 [19SE]

Education: call on schools and State and local educational agencies to recognize that dyslexia has significant educational implications that must be addressed (see H. Res. 456), H2149 [4MR]

EPA: prohibit release of sensitive data relative to livestock producers (see H.R. 4157), H3293 [29AP]

FDA: establish Federal labeling standards for food with genetically modified ingredients and natural foods (see H.R. 4432), H5725 [24JN]

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

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H5559 [19JN]

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

Foreign aid: require the President to establish guidelines for, and increase transparency of, foreign assistance programs (see H.R. 2638), H3365 [30AP]

Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 3992), H4830 [22MY]

FRS: establish a Small Business Advisory Board for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see H.R. 4383), H4836 [27MY]

FTC: revise regulations relative to definitions for funeral industry practices (see H.R. 4213), H2486 [14MR]

Interstate commerce: prevent undue disruption of interstate commerce by limiting civil actions against persons whose only role with regard to a product is as a lawful seller of the product (see H.R. 2746), H2962 [4AP]

Iran: ensure the emergency protection of Iranian dissidents living in Camp Liberty/Hurriya and to provide for their admission as refugees to the U.S. (see H.R. 3707), H2002 [26FE]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: improve enforcement of sanctions (see H.R. 1771), H4830 [22MY]

Korea, Republic of: provide high-skilled visas for nationals (see H.R. 1812), H5598 [20JN]

Medicare: 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), H1252 [23JA]

——— extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program (see H.R. 4780), H5725 [24JN]

——— improve audit effectiveness and efficiency in paying for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 5083), H7676 [17SE]

——— provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 4035), H1769 [11FE]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3877), H2002 [26FE]

——— provide coverage of pulmonary self-management education and training services furnished by a qualified respiratory therapist in a physician practice (see H.R. 2619), H2991 [7AP]

——— recognize attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients (see H.R. 2969), H5065 [30MY]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 3991), H2002 [26FE]

——— repeal rebasing of payments for home health services and replace such rebasing with a home health value-based purchasing program (see H.R. 5110), H6296 [15JY]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (see H.R. 4015), H2258 [6MR]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1070), H6815 [24JY]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H4834 [23MY]

Motor vehicles: require dealers to disclose the presence of event data recorders on new automobiles and require manufacturers to provide the option to enable or disable such devices (see H.R. 2414), H2361 [12MR]

National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 522), H3941 [7MY]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H1545 [3FE]

National Desert Storm Memorial Association: authorize to establish National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 503), H2645 [25MR]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 577), H4016 [8MY]

NIH: reauthorize and extend Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers (see H.R. 594), H6746 [23JY]

——— submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H4830 [22MY]

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), H5598 [20JN]

——— 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), H5559 [19JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3685), H474 [15JA]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3979), H1593 [4FE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2575), H2148 [4MR]

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), H1938 [25FE]

Renewable energy: establish a competitive grant program for renewable fuel infrastructure (see H.R. 4051), H2002 [26FE]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorize provision of technical assistance to small public water systems (see H.R. 654), H2065 [27FE]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see H. Res. 728), H8133 [19NO]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see H.R. 3590), H1432 [27JA]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for volunteer members of volunteer firefighting and emergency medical service organizations (see H.R. 2476), H4910 [28MY]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H7189 [31JY]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H1687 [6FE]

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 2807), H3409 [1MY]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H7189 [31JY]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 4365), H4834 [23MY]

——— provide for tax preferred savings accounts for dependent youth (see H.R. 4129), H3448 [6MY]

——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 956), H5065 [30MY]

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), H6815 [24JY]

U.N.: promote transparency, accountability, and reform (see H.R. 3155), H2915 [3AP]

VFW: amend Federal charter to reflect service of women in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 5441), H7677 [17SE]

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), H6746 [23JY]

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), H1243 [16JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 4745), H4836 [27MY]

Government: require government-wide application of continuous process improvement methods to reduce waste and improve effectiveness (see H.R. 5064), H6105 [10JY]

Taxation: expand certain exceptions to private activity bond rules for first-time farmers (see H.R. 4757), H5022 [29MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H4836 [27MY]

Government: require government-wide application of continuous process improvement methods to reduce waste and improve effectiveness (H.R. 5064), H6107 [10JY]

Taxation: expand certain exceptions to private activity bond rules for first-time farmers (H.R. 4757), H5023 [29MY]

Remarks

Adams, Brett: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E534• [7AP]

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), conference report, H1499• [29JA]

Amtrak: eliminate funding for routes that have total direct costs that are more than twice their revenue, H5231 [10JN]

——— funding, H5096 [9JN]

——— Office of Inspector General funding, H5169 [9JN]

Anliker, Cindy Hughes: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E543• [8AP]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H441 [15JA], H9276 [11DE]

Bakari, Ronald: Dept. of State Fulbright Award recipient, E93• [16JA]

Ball, Ellie: Library of Congress Letters About Literature State contest winner, E1040• [20JN]

Banasiak, Mike: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E538• [7AP]

Benesh, Joe: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E532• [7AP]

Berg, Bjorn: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E530• [7AP]

Beyer, Daniel: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E533• [7AP]

Blumberg, Philip: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E535• [7AP]

Campbell, Charley: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E527• [4AP]

Chittenden, Jennifer: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E537• [7AP]

Clogg, Carrie: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E546• [8AP]

Contracts: deny Federal contracts to contractors in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, H5219 [10JN]

Dayton, Michael: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E545• [8AP]

De Haan, Tyler: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E583• [10AP]

DePhillips, Niki: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 list honoree, E521• [4AP]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, H5159 [9JN]

——— Community Development Block Grant Program funding through reductions in HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, H5158 [9JN]

——— establish demonstration program to use private capital to retrofit and install energy efficiency measures at multifamily residential units, H5169 [9JN]

——— funding, H5221 [10JN]

——— Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program funding through reductions in information technology funding, H5157 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding to provide mortgage insurance for a principal residence of a mortgagor who provides only an individual taxpayer identification number, H5225 [10JN]

——— prohibit funding to retain legal counsel who is not an employee of either Dept. of HUD or Dept. of Justice, H5178 [9JN]

——— Public Housing Capital Fund and Public Housing Operating Fund funding, H5155 [9JN]

——— rental housing assistance program funding, H5162 [9JN]

——— Rural Housing Stability Assistance Program funding, H5161 [9JN]

——— section 8 housing voucher program funding, H5104, H5105 [9JN], H5219 [10JN]

Dept. of the Interior: assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources (H.R. 83), Senate amendment, H9276 [11DE]

Dept. of Transportation: capital investments funding grants for full funding grant agreements (FFGA) funding, H5218 [10JN]

——— Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety funding, H5220 [10JN]

——— Federal Transit Administration training and technical assistance to make public transit more accessible for people with disabilities and senior citizens funding, H5097 [9JN]

——— Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration funding, H5097 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding for any transportation project unless all contracts are compliant with the Buy American Act, H5183 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding for highway beautification, H5173 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration National Roadside Survey, H5180 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding for purchase of a camera to collect and store vehicle license plate numbers, H5180 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding for the use of unmanned aircraft systems as weapons while operating in the national airspace system, H5172 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding to approve foreign air carrier permit or exemption application of air carrier already holding air operators certificate that contravenes U.S. law or U.S.-EU Air Transport Agreement, H5175 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding to engage in activities with States to consider proposals relative to reduction of motorcycle fatalities, H5091 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding to engage in rulemaking to allow cell phone voice communications during passenger flights, H5223 [10JN]

——— prohibit funding to implement regulations that would mandate Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking or event data recorders in light-duty noncommercial passenger motor vehicles, H5223 [10JN]

——— prohibit Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program funding unless certain GAO recommendations are implemented, H5223 [10JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H5216 [10JN]

——— making appropriations, H441 [15JA], H9276 [11DE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5077, H5078, H5089, H5091, H5096, H5097, H5104, H5105, H5155, H5157, H5158, H5159, H5161, H5162, H5169, H5172, H5173, H5174, H5175, H5178, H5180, H5181, H5182, H5183, H5184 [9JN], H5216, H5218, H5219, H5220, H5221, H5222, H5223, H5225, H5231 [10JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4745), motion to recommit, H5238 [10JN]

——— prohibit funding for bonus award to contractors for work on projects that are behind schedule or over budget, H5182 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding from being used in contravention of the Buy American Act, H5218 [10JN]

Des Moines, IA: Metro Waste Authority recipient of American Forest & Paper Association Recycling Award, E766• [19MY]

Dix, Lincoln: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E548• [8AP]

FAA: Essential Air Service Program funding, H5184 [9JN]

——— extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), Senate amendments, H441 [15JA]

——— implement nighttime curfew at Burbank Bob Hope Airport, H5222 [10JN]

——— Standard Terminal Arrival Route funding, H5089 [9JN]

Farnsworth, David: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E549• [8AP]

Federal Railroad Administration: funding for inspections of nationwide crude oil routes, H5089 [9JN]

Florida: prohibit funding to establish a toll on any existing free lanes of Interstate 4, H5183 [9JN]

Gainer, Kate: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E550• [8AP]

Giles, Jason: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E551• [8AP]

Gilroy, Abbey: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E550• [8AP]

Grady, Alexandra: Distinguished Young Women (organization) Distinguished Young Woman of Iowa award recipient, E1021• [19JN]

Grand View University: tribute to football team, E4• [7JA]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H8862 [8DE]

Iowa Donor Network (organization): anniversary, E319• [6MR]

James, Christopher: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E544• [8AP]

Jansa, Andrea: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E699• [7MY]

Jared, Ashley: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E553• [9AP]

Kiesau, Jason: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E554• [9AP]

Kuder, Inc.: Dept. of Commerce President’s ‘‘E’’ Award recipient, E793• [21MY]

Lashier, Andy: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E558• [9AP]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling, H5174 [9JN]

Linebaugh, Jesse: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E557• [9AP]

Magg, Brad: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E556• [9AP]

McKinney, Matthew: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E563• [9AP]

Merrifield, Tanner: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Iowa, E247• [26FE]

Miller, Kelsie: Dept. of State Fulbright Award recipient, E96• [16JA]

Miller, William: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E564• [9AP]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: funding, H5238 [10JN]

Navy: prohibit funding for recapitalization of the Ready Reserve Force except in a manner consistent with the Buy American Act, H5181 [9JN]

Pham, Anne: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E561• [9AP]

Point of order, H5089, H5094, H5105, H5169, H5172, H5181, H5182, H5183, H5184 [9JN], H5218, H5223, H5226 [10JN]

Quinn, Kenneth M.: Iowa Award recipient, E816• [22MY]

Ranallo, Anthony: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E560• [9AP]

Reames, Wayne: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E559• [9AP]

Reavis, Jay: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E567• [10AP]

Reynolds, Alexandra: Dept. of State Fulbright Award recipient, E92• [16JA]

Risewick, JC: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E568• [10AP]

Rollenhagen, Erin: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E569• [10AP]

Schaeffer, Sienna E.: Presidential Scholars Foundation Presidential Scholar honoree, E768• [19MY]

Stackhouse, Andrea: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E571• [10AP]

Stark, Shane: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E572• [10AP]

Tamillo, Chrystal: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E574• [10AP]

Taylor, Rebecca: Dept. of State Fulbright Award recipient, E97• [16JA]

Thomas, Kimberley: Dept. of State Fulbright Award recipient, E100• [16JA]

Tyler, Mitch: American Network for Community Options and Resources Iowa Direct Support Professional of the Year award recipient, E764• [19MY]

Vande Hoef, Julie: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E579• [10AP]

Whipple, Timothy: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E577• [10AP]

White, Jason: Business Record (publication) Forty Under 40 honoree, E578• [10AP]

Wilson, Quinn: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Iowa, E248• [26FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H5235 [10JN], H8860–H8863 [8DE], E1755 [9DE], E1781 [10DE]

Reports filed

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4745) (H. Rept. 113–464), H4836 [27MY]

Tables

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5079, H5086 [9JN]

Tributes

Bradshaw, Judy, E1455• [19SE]

Collins, Tony, E510• [3AP]

Gustafson, Stan, E63• [14JA]

Hein, Emily, E61• [14JA]

Hill, James D., E1509• [12NO]

Jenkins, Quinton, E1039• [20JN]

Kaduce, Adam, E513• [3AP]

Kueter, Jeffrey, E1144• [11JY]

Latham, Representative, E1781• [10DE]

Lazard, Allen, E5• [7JA]

Schwab, Gregory J., E907• [5JN]