ROSKAM, PETER J. (a Representative from Illinois)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4776 [21MY]
Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5016), H6186 [14JY]
Appointments
Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (House, Select), H4046 [9MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: exempt retired pay of certain disabled veterans from full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment and prevent adverse impact of such adjustment on Survivor Benefit Plan annuities (see H.R. 3789), H73 [8JA]
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), H1512 [29JA]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: adjust the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in order to avoid disproportionate penalties for hospitals treating vulnerable populations (see H.R. 4188), H7389 [9SE]
Children and youth: allow State child protective services systems to better serve the needs of children who are victims of trafficking (see H.R. 4636), H6108 [10JY]
——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care (see H.R. 4058), H1776 [14FE]
——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care, extend and improve adoption incentives, and improve international child support recovery (see H.R. 4980), H6297 [15JY]
Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H2962 [4AP]
Copyrights: provide for the payment of royalties for the performance of sound recordings fixed before a certain date (see H.R. 4772), H8072 [18NO]
Crime: provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see H.R. 4225), H2803 [1AP]
——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (see H.R. 3530), H1481 [28JA]
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), H7619 [16SE]
Dept. of Education: establish an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 1763), H183 [13JA]
——— limit authority to issue regulations, rules, grant conditions and guidance materials in order to support decision-making functions of local educational agencies (see H.R. 1386), H2485 [14MR]
——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (see H.R. 2536), H6860 [25JY]
Dept. of HHS: reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (see H.R. 4631), H4830 [22MY]
——— 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), H4910 [28MY]
Dept. of State: renegotiate with Iraq provisions of original agreement relative to the return of the Iraqi Jewish Archive to Iraq (see H. Res. 505), H2256 [6MR]
Dept. of Transportation: prohibit funding to State or local governments to check helmet usage or create checkpoints for motorcycle riders and urge focus on crash prevention and rider education and training (see H.R. 1861), H135 [9JA]
——— set separate performance measures for motorized and non-motorized safety and allow States to set their own safety targets and to choose the best methods to meet them (see H.R. 3494), H73 [8JA]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see H.R. 4031), H2803 [1AP]
Diseases: improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see H.R. 4814), H6860 [25JY]
Families and domestic relations: strengthen families’ engagement in the education of their children (see H.R. 2662), H20 [7JA]
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), H6107 [10JY]
——— provide an alternative process for review of safety and effectiveness of nonprescription sunscreen active ingredients (see H.R. 4250), H5399 [17JN]
Federal agencies and departments: ensure functionality and security of new Federal websites that collect personally identifiable information (see H.R. 3635), H1512 [29JA]
Federal employees: expand training for Federal Government personnel related to trafficking in persons (see H.R. 4449), H6107 [10JY]
Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H5877 [8JY]
——— 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]
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]
Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H1243 [16JA]
India: recognize importance of 2014 elections (see H. Res. 607), H5023 [29MY]
Insurance: exclude from the definition of health insurance coverage certain medical stop-loss insurance obtained by certain plan sponsors of group health plans (see H.R. 3462), H7676 [17SE]
IRS: 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: condemn murders of teenagers by members of Hamas (terrorist organization) and Mohammed Abu Khdeir by extremists and call for halt to attacks and recognition for Israel’s right to exist (see H. Res. 665), H6106 [10JY]
——— 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), H6037 [9JY]
Lane A. Evans VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Galesburg, IL: designate (see H.R. 5700), H7978 [13NO]
Medicare: crack down on fraud to protect seniors and people with disabilities (see H.R. 5732), H8071 [18NO]
——— establish Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration program to show that reduced copayments or coinsurance can increase utilization, improve clinical outcomes, and lower health care expenditures (see H.R. 5183), H7676 [17SE]
——— improve integrity (see H.R. 5780), H8272 [2DE]
——— modify payment for outpatient department procedures that utilize drugs as supplies (see H.R. 4857), H5363 [12JN]
——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 713), H8171 [20NO]
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), H136 [9JA]
Mexico: call for release of Andrew P. Tahmooressi (see H. Res. 620), H6977 [28JY]
Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H3365 [30AP]
Muslim Brotherhood (organization): designate as terrorist organization and impose sanctions against persons who knowingly provide material support or resources (see H.R. 5194), H6814 [24JY]
NIH: expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (see H.R. 4221), H7676 [17SE]
——— submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H5249 [10JN]
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), H2260 [10MR]
——— delay application of annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 3367), H7041 [29JY]
——— 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), H1545 [3FE]
——— repeal the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program in the individual market (see H.R. 3489), H7434 [10SE]
Peace Corps: allow former volunteers to use the seal, emblem, or name of Peace Corps on death announcements and grave stones (see H.R. 1573), H3241 [28AP]
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), H7128 [30JY]
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), H7185 [31JY]
Russia: impose sanctions and provide additional assistance to Ukraine (see H.R. 5782), H9305 [11DE]
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), H7389 [9SE]
Sports: improve integrity and safety of interstate horseracing (see H.R. 2012), H5877 [8JY]
Tariff: eliminate on technological goods providing educational value for children (see H.R. 4748), H7189 [31JY]
Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H2434 [13MR]
——— exempt student workers from determination of higher education institutions’ employer health care shared responsibility (see H.R. 5262), H7894 [18SE]
——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 4837), H6746 [23JY]
——— 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), H4910 [28MY]
——— modify and make permanent bonus depreciation (see H.R. 4718), H4828 [22MY]
——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H5824 [30JN]
——— permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 4429), H3243 [28AP]
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), H3058 [8AP]
Ukraine: provide military assistance (see H.R. 5190), H7456 [11SE]
——— support democratic and European aspirations and their right to choose their own future free of intimidation and fear (see H. Res. 447), H1720 [10FE]
Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H1592 [4FE]
Vietnamese Conflict: recognize contributions of Khmer and Lao/Hmong Freedom Fighters of Cambodia and Laos in support and defense of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Res. 596), H8072 [18NO]
Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 2901), H3941 [7MY]
World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H6217 [14JY]
World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (see H.R. 3544), H2362 [12MR]
——— 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
Dept. of Education: prohibit Federal funding to institutions of higher education that boycott Israeli academic institutions or scholars (see H.R. 4009), H1686 [6FE]
Drugs: encourage development and use of new antimicrobial drugs in order to treat antibiotic-resistant infections (see H.R. 4187), H2300 [11MR]
Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 4158), H2255 [6MR]
Constitutional authority statements
Dept. of Education: prohibit Federal funding to institutions of higher education that boycott Israeli academic institutions or scholars (H.R. 4009), H1686 [6FE]
Drugs: encourage development and use of new antimicrobial drugs in order to treat antibiotic-resistant infections (H.R. 4187), H2301 [11MR]
Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (H.R. 4158), H2256 [6MR]
Remarks
Africa: assist sub-Saharan African countries develop mix of power solutions for more broadly distributed electricity access to support poverty alleviation and drive economic growth (H.R. 2548), E320• [6MR]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2015–2024 (H. Con. Res. 96), H3027 [8AP]
Burns & McDonnell (company): inclusion in Daily Herald Business Ledger (publication) ‘‘Best Places To Work in Illinois’’ list, E1492• [19SE]
——— inclusion in Fortune (publication) ‘‘Best Companies To Work For’’ list, E1492• [19SE]
Children and youth: prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care (H.R. 4058), H4527 [20MY]
Dept. of Education: prohibit Federal funding to institutions of higher education that boycott Israeli academic institutions or scholars (H.R. 4009), H1552 [4FE]
Dept. of Energy: eliminate environmental cleanup reimbursement backlog, H5981 [9JY]
Dept. of HHS: reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (H.R. 4631), H5693 [24JN]
Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs, review discharge or separation of certain individuals, and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (H.R. 5059), H8903 [9DE]
Diseases: Alzheimer’s disease research funding, H5873 [8JY]
——— develop international plans of action to address Alzheimer’s disease and dementia (H. Res. 489), H5873 [8JY]
——— develop plan of action to address Alzheimer’s disease, H5872, H5873 [8JY]
Elza, Steve: Illinois Teacher of the Year award recipient, E1817• [12DE]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H5981 [9JY]
EPA: prohibit proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible (H.R. 4012), H8092 [19NO]
Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5016), H6186, H6187 [14JY]
IRS: improve transparency and efficiency relative to audits and communications with taxpayers (H.R. 2530), H1917, H1919 [25FE]
——— prohibit asking taxpayers questions relative to religious, political, or social beliefs (H.R. 2531), H1919, H1920, H1921 [25FE]
——— prohibit modification of the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare (H.R. 3865), H1967 [26FE]
——— taxpayer services funding through reductions in enforcement account funding, H6186, H6187 [14JY]
Magenium Solutions, LLC: inclusion in Daily Herald Business Ledger (publication) ‘‘Best Places To Work in Illinois’’ list, E1376• [10SE]
Magner, Sue: AARP Director’s Award for Distinguished Service recipient, E704• [7MY]
Medicare: increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (H.R. 1507), H5873 [8JY]
Middle East: religious persecution of Christians, H6818 [25JY]
Mueller & Co., LLP: inclusion in Daily Herald Business Ledger (publication) ‘‘Best Places To Work in Illinois’’ list, E1384• [10SE]
NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (H.R. 4351), H5873 [8JY]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), H2871 [3AP]
St. Charles, IL: tribute to St. Charles Episcopal Church youth participants in Mission in the Mountains program to rebuild and repair homes in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky, E1147• [11JY]
Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (H.R. 647), H8320 [3DE], E1824• [12DE]
——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions, H6375 [17JY]
——— modify and make permanent bonus depreciation (H.R. 4718), H6114, H6115, H6116 [11JY]
——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 4719), H6375 [17JY]
Tributes
Alsup, Michael, E1075• [26JN]
Blaney, Heather, E767• [19MY]
Heisley, Michael, Sr., E727• [9MY]
Hughes, Allison, E1499• [19SE]
Loane, Jack, E1145• [11JY]
McBride, Jerry (JR), E1604• [17NO]
Pradel, A. George, E842• [28MY]
Rudenshiold, Eric, E1813• [12DE]
Severino, Michael, E853• [28MY]
Tiknis, Bill (Tik), E1637• [19NO]
Wahl, Michael, E1814• [12DE]