OLSON, PETE (a Representative from Texas)

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), H2258 [6MR]

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see H.R. 1726), H2065 [27FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3787), H225 [14JA]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by requiring inclusion of Social Security numbers as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 3788), H474 [15JA]

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

Business and industry: affirm private equity plays an important role in growing and strengthening U.S. businesses and that it has fostered significant investment in the U.S. economy (see H. Res. 702), H7184 [31JY]

Children and youth: bolster U.S. diplomacy and assistance aimed at ensuring children have permanent, safe, nurturing, and loving families and strengthen intercountry adoption to the U.S. and around the world (see H.R. 4143), H2147 [4MR]

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]

——— establish fair and consistent eligibility requirements for graduate medical schools operating outside the U.S. and Canada (see H.R. 3903), H1240 [16JA]

Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see H.R. 2663), H2962 [4AP]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1551), H3409 [1MY]

Courts: prohibit recovery of damages in certain wrongful birth and wrongful life civil actions (see H.R. 4698), H5187 [9JN]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (see H.R. 3530), H184 [13JA]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking (see H.R. 3610), H3448 [6MY]

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

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), H5399 [17JN]

——— prohibit Federal education mandates (see H.R. 4008), H2066 [27FE]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (see H.R. 2536), H5024 [29MY]

Dept. of Energy: expedite and approve permits to export natural gas to World Trade Organization countries (see H.R. 6), H2255 [6MR]

Dept. of HHS: prevent abuse of dextromethorphan by restricting over-the-counter sales and bulk distribution (see H.R. 3969), H4017 [8MY]

——— revise and extend program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent deaths from chronic liver disease and liver cancer (see H.R. 3723), H1939 [25FE]

Dept. of Justice: report to Congress on the number of aliens unlawfully present in the U.S. who appear and fail to appear before immigration judges for certain proceedings (see H.R. 5118), H6657 [22JY]

Dept. of Labor: issue implementing regulations for drug testing under State unemployment compensation programs (see H.R. 4310), H3448 [6MY]

Dept. of State: 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), H6656 [22JY]

Dept. of Transportation: allow advertisements and solicitations for passenger air transportation to state the base airfare of the transportation (see H.R. 4156), H6352 [16JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H6746 [23JY]

——— conduct study relative to claiming and interring of unclaimed remains of veterans (see H.R. 4446), H7939 [12NO]

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

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see H.R. 4031), H2962 [4AP]

Doris Miller Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Waco, TX: designate (see H.R. 4199), H2486 [14MR]

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]

——— 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), H1939 [25FE]

Endangered Species Act: improve disclosure of funds expended to respond to lawsuits, dedicate employees to litigation, and cover attorneys fees (see H.R. 4316), H3242 [28AP]

——— require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species (see H.R. 4315), H3409 [1MY]

EPA: extend timeline to review and revise ambient air quality standards and delay decision on proposal to revise ozone standards (see H.R. 4947), H5723 [24JN]

——— 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 proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible (see H.R. 4012), H1686 [6FE]

——— prohibit regulation of carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units under certain circumstances (see H.R. 4808), H6297 [15JY]

——— promote new manufacturing by providing for greater transparency and timeliness in issuing air quality standards necessary to obtain preconstruction permits (see H.R. 4795), H5064 [30MY]

——— 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]

Executive branch of the Government: condemn for failure to meet the constitutional requirement to faithfully execute the law (see H. Res. 652), H5818 [26JN]

FCC: prohibit regulation of certain network management practices of broadband Internet access service providers (see H.R. 4070), H2002 [26FE]

FDA: approve certain drugs and biological products for use in a limited population of patients to address increases in bacterial and fungal resistance to drugs and biological products (see H.R. 3742), H2611 [24MR]

——— provide for the regulation of medical software (see H.R. 3303), H2611 [24MR]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit deduction of labor organization dues from the pay of Federal employees (see H.R. 4792), H5495 [18JN]

Federal employees: direct the employing authority of any officer or employee of the Federal Government who is in contempt of Congress to not pay such employee while they remain in contempt (see H.R. 4447), H4785 [21MY]

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), H134 [9JA]

FEMA: delay increases in premium rates for certain properties and allow monthly installments for flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program and increase funding for affordability study (see H.R. 3693), H1243 [16JA]

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), H3409 [1MY]

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 4060), H2962 [4AP]

Foreign aid: suspend foreign assistance to Mexico and certain Central American countries until sufficient action is taken to mitigate unlawful migration by their citizens (see H.R. 5014), H6108 [10JY]

George Thomas ‘Mickey’ Leland Post Office Building, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 78), H2991 [7AP]

Hamas (terrorist organization): condemn use of civilians as human shields, recognize breaches of international law, support Israel’s right of self-defense, and support Palestinians who reject terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 107), H7129 [30JY]

Health: clarify treatment of health care provider standards of care under Federal health care provisions (see H.R. 4750), H6746 [23JY]

——— create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 1666), H5399 [17JN]

——— improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 36), H7434 [10SE]

——— prevent establishment of Federal health care provider standards of care in medical malpractice cases (see H.R. 1473), H2065 [27FE]

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

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), H2258 [6MR]

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), H6746 [23JY]

Immigration: expedite removal of unaccompanied alien children who are not victims of a severe form of human trafficking and who do not have a fear of returning to their country of nationality or last residence (see H.R. 5053), H6746 [23JY] (see H.R. 5143), H6816 [24JY]

——— prevent expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and prohibit granting amnesty and work permits to illegal aliens (see H.R. 5160), H7041 [29JY]

——— 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]

——— provide for operational control of the international border of the U.S. (see H.R. 2220), H2001 [26FE]

India: recognize importance of 2014 elections (see H. Res. 607), H5320 [11JN]

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), H5073 [5JN]

——— 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), H2488 [18MR]

IRS: prohibit modification of the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare (see H.R. 3865), H1481 [28JA]

——— prohibit performance awards for employees who owe back taxes (see H.R. 4531), H4064 [13MY]

——— provide monetary awards to any individual who provides information pertaining to the electronic communications sent by Lois G. Lerner during her employment at the IRS (see H.R. 4958), H6108 [10JY]

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]

Korea, Republic of: provide high-skilled visas for nationals (see H.R. 1812), H6746 [23JY]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 946), H1592 [4FE]

Medicare: ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 4577), H6746 [23JY]

——— establish a provider system under which providers of services and suppliers representing a low risk for submitting fraudulent claims are provided certain claim review protections (see H.R. 3168), H2066 [27FE]

——— modify payment for outpatient department procedures that utilize drugs as supplies (see H.R. 4857), H6656 [22JY]

——— provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 4035), H5024 [29MY]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H5024 [29MY]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 5644), H9045 [10DE]

——— recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (see H.R. 1274), H5068 [2JN]

——— repeal rebasing of payments for home health services and replace such rebasing with a home health value-based purchasing program (see H.R. 5110), H7619 [16SE]

——— suspend application of rebasing of home health prospective payment amounts (see H.R. 4625), H6816 [24JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: curb waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 2305), H2001 [26FE]

Members of Congress: prohibit Members who retire before age 62 from receiving a cost-of-living increase prior to reaching retirement age (see H.R. 3787), H225 [14JA]

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), H474 [15JA]

Mexico: call for release of Andrew P. Tahmooressi (see H. Res. 620), H6037 [9JY]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H5065 [30MY]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H2362 [12MR]

National security: improve border security (see H.R. 4962), H6746 [23JY]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H3293 [29AP]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 4158), H3409 [1MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies until eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed (see H.R. 4805), H5495 [18JN]

——— ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services (see H.R. 4396), H3448 [6MY]

——— 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]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see H.R. 5213), H7619 [16SE]

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), H2914 [3AP]

Public debt: require Dept. of the Treasury reports to Congress on status of the debt, deficit reduction proposals, and impact of debt ceiling increase prior to potential debt ceiling increases (see H.R. 3579), H1720 [10FE]

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), H5024 [29MY]

Red River: provide legal certainty for property owners along the Red River in Texas (see H.R. 4979), H6297 [15JY]

Shinseki, Sec. of Veterans Affairs.: call for resignation relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefit claims backlog and delays in providing emergency health care (see H. Con. Res. 98), H5024 [29MY]

Social Security: exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 2745), H2199 [5MR]

——— 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), H7619 [16SE]

——— repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 5697), H8273 [2DE]

Specialist Keith Erin Grace Jr., Memorial Post Office, Baytown, TX: designate (see H.R. 4651), H5559 [19JN]

Taiwan Relations Act: affirm importance (see H. Res. 494), H2803 [1AP]

Taxation: clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (see H.R. 1292), H2065 [27FE]

——— improve access to health care by expanding health savings accounts (see H.R. 2194), H7388 [9SE]

——— make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see H.R. 2854), H2066 [27FE]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H5249 [10JN]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H7389 [9SE]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 2429), H1592 [4FE]

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4871), H5820 [26JN]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (see H.R. 4450), H5725 [24JN]

U.N.: promote transparency, accountability, and reform (see H.R. 3155), H2915 [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), H2002 [26FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HHS: provide for recommendations for development and use of clinical data registries for improvement of patient care (see H.R. 5214), H6976 [28JY]

EPA: give States adequate time to revise implementation plans to prevent emissions activity from contributing significantly to nonattainment in any other State relative to a national ambient air quality standard (see H.R. 4799), H5068 [2JN]

——— improve establishment of any lower ground-level ozone standards (see H.R. 5505), H7674 [17SE]

——— require decisions on whether naturally occurring or ‘‘exceptional’’ events cause air quality standard violations to be based on a preponderance of evidence and accord deference to State and local findings (see H.R. 4957), H5767 [25JN]

Immigration: disapprove the President’s expression of intent to expand amnesty to undocumented immigrants through Executive order after the 2014 congressional midterm elections (see H. Res. 741), H7887 [18SE]

——— express that it is unconstitutional for the President to continue to provide deferred action for childhood arrivals in enforcement of the immigration laws (see H. Res. 742), H7887 [18SE]

——— require consultation with State and local elected officials and a public hearing before awarding grants or contracts for housing facilities for unaccompanied alien children (see H.R. 5138), H6398 [17JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of HHS: provide for recommendations for development and use of clinical data registries for improvement of patient care (H.R. 5214), H6976 [28JY]

EPA: give States adequate time to revise implementation plans to prevent emissions activity from contributing significantly to nonattainment in any other State relative to a national ambient air quality standard (H.R. 4799), H5068 [2JN]

——— improve establishment of any lower ground-level ozone standards (H.R. 5505), H7675 [17SE]

——— require decisions on whether naturally occurring or ‘‘exceptional’’ events cause air quality standard violations to be based on a preponderance of evidence and accord deference to State and local findings (H.R. 4957), H5768 [25JN]

Immigration: require consultation with State and local elected officials and a public hearing before awarding grants or contracts for housing facilities for unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 5138), H6399 [17JY]

Declarations

Texas Declaration of Independence (excerpt), H2143 [4MR]

Letters

Siege at the Alamo: William B. Travis, H2195 [5MR]

Poems

‘‘Battling Boys of Benghazi’’, H3147 [10AP]

Remarks

Alvin, TX: Alvin Independent School District recipient of Houston-Galveston Area Council Clean Air Champion designation, E1564• [13NO]

Brown, Summer: Girl Scouts Silver Award recipient, E618• [29AP]

Browne, Jim: Texas Recreation and Park Society East Region Director of the Year award recipient, E241• [25FE]

Budget: deficit, H1943 [26FE], H2364 [13MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: anniversary of deaths of John M. Gibson and Jacob J. Chestnut, H6758 [24JY]

CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (H.R. 1874), H2933 [4AP]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 5682), H7970 [13NO]

Crime: stop exploitation through human trafficking (H.R. 3610), H4513 [20MY]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 1209), H4452 [19MY]

East Harris County Manufacturing Association: Workforce Development Committee recipient of the Economic Alliance Houston Port Region Board of Directors Visionary Award, E1600• [17NO]

Economy: importance of job creation, H2310 [12MR]

EPA: achievability of health-based proposal to revise ozone standards, H7538 [16SE]

Fields, Melissa: Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Dean Weese Outstanding Coach Award recipient, E1013• [18JN]

Grant, Marc: Texas Association of County Engineers and Road Administrators Road Administrator of the Year award recipient, E1558• [13NO]

Holder, Attorney General: impeach (H. Res. 411), H6663 [23JY]

Houston, TX: anniversary of deaths of firefighters killed in hotel fire, H4926 [29MY]

——— Memorial Hermann Texas Trauma Institute recipient of Texas Dept. of State Health Services Air Medical Service of the Year award, E1703• [2DE]

Israel: support Israel’s right of self-defense against Hamas (terrorist organization), H5862 [8JY]

Journal: question of approval, H3147 [10AP]

Katy, TX: tribute to Cinco Ranch High School robotics team, E1353• [8SE]

Khator, Renu: Indo-American Business Chamber (organization) Pride of India Award recipient, E1567• [13NO]

Libya: investigation and report on attack on U.S. consulate in Benghazi, H3147 [10AP]

Manvel, TX: tribute to Manvel High School girls’ basketball team, H2288• [11MR]

Martinez, Norma: Texas Public Risk Management Association Risk Professional of the Year award recipient, E1803• [12DE]

Mayock, Luke: Touchdown Club of Houston, TX, Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year award recipient, E1603• [17NO]

Nagorno-Karabakh: anniversary of genocide in Khojaly, E264• [27FE]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H1943 [26FE]

Pearland, TX: tribute to Pearland, TX, Independent School District Teachers of the Year award recipients, E1153• [14JY]

——— tribute to Pearland Force softball team, E1152• [14JY]

——— tribute to Pearland High School baseball team, E519• [4AP]

——— tribute to Pearland Oilers youth football team, E1757• [9DE]

——— tribute to Pearland Patriots youth football team, E1756• [9DE]

San Antonio, TX: tribute to defenders of the Alamo, H2195 [5MR]

Scott, Carol: Fort Bend, TX, Independent School District Hero for Children award recipient, E1563• [13NO]

Sheffield, Kendall: Gatorade, Inc., Texas Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year award recipient, E1152• [14JY]

Sugar Land, TX: Sugar Land Parks and Recreation recipient of Texas Recreation and Park Society Texas Gold Medal Award, E281• [28FE]

——— tribute to Clements High School boys’ soccer team, H3222 [28AP]

——— tribute to Fort Settlement Middle School Mars Rover team, E233• [25FE]

Texas: tribute to 22d Congressional District military academy appointees, E644• [30AP]

Texas Independence Day: observance, H2143 [4MR]

Udeshi, Devanshi: Girl Scouts Silver Award recipient, E118• [27JA]

Votes: position on missed, H7335• [9SE]

Walters, Nicole: tribute to participation in NASA Aerospace Scholars Program, E1796• [12DE]

Tributes

Bhadriraju, Krishna, E1696• [2DE]

Crain, Jake, E519• [4AP]

Hall, Representative, H8907 [9DE]

Hance, Kent, H3129 [9AP]

Homalon, William, E234• [25FE]

Martinez, Christian, E239• [25FE]

McDonald, Kayla, E1356• [8SE]

Morales, Ramon, E1068• [25JN]

Muscarello, Braden, E1352• [8SE]

Nussman, Cassidy, E1699• [2DE]

Regas, Ricky, E237• [25FE]

Shake, Heather, E791• [20MY]

Varghese, Shainy, E1151• [14JY]

Wells, Jason, E159• [4FE]