SCHOCK, AARON (a Representative from Illinois)

Amendments

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5219 [10JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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]

Air Force: modernize C–130H aircraft using alternative communication, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management program kits and ensure such aircraft meet applicable FAA regulations (see H.R. 5119), H7619 [16SE]

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), H1770 [11FE]

Armed Forces: extend maternity leave for women serving in the military (see H.R. 4628), H4058 [9MY]

——— 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), H6815 [24JY]

——— provide for behavioral health treatment for developmental disabilities under TRICARE (see H.R. 4630), H5399 [17JN]

Black Ribbon Day: designate to recognize victims of Soviet Communist and Nazi regimes (see H. Res. 509), H2991 [7AP]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H1777 [14FE]

Bureau of the Census: make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions (see H.R. 1078), H1481 [28JA]

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), H4061 [9MY]

Children and youth: prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care (see H.R. 4058), H2149 [4MR]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H3199 [10AP]

Crime: provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see H.R. 4225), H3242 [28AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: repeal a duplicative inspection and grading program for catfish (see H.R. 1313), H6746 [23JY]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (see H.R. 2996), H6815 [24JY]

Dept. of Defense: improve treatment of Armed Forces members and veterans who are victims of military sexual assault (see H.R. 3775), H5399 [17JN]

Dept. of Education: award grants for support of full-service community schools (see H.R. 5168), H6744 [23JY]

——— require certain information be included in loan disclosure statements prior to disbursement (see H.R. 5151), H6398 [17JY]

Dept. of HHS: provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 920), H1687 [6FE]

——— raise awareness of, and educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options (see H.R. 1984), H5495 [18JN]

——— 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), H3144 [9AP]

Dept. of Justice: improve the restitution process for child pornography victims by considering total losses, requiring timely restitution, and spreading costs among multiple defendants (see H.R. 4981), H6656 [22JY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish innovation in surface transportation program (see H.R. 4726), H6217 [14JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify which children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 3600), H2746 [27MR]

——— conduct study relative to claiming and interring of unclaimed remains of veterans (see H.R. 4446), H5495 [18JN]

——— enter into contracts for provision of medical care at non-departmental facilities for certain patients, assess health care delivery system, and limit employee awards and bonuses (see H.R. 4810), H5185 [9JN]

——— enter into contracts with health care providers to improve health care access and care coordination for veterans (see H.R. 3858), H5187 [9JN]

——— include the cost of applying to an institution of higher learning as part of the benefits provided under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 4793), H7619 [16SE]

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see H.R. 4031), H2611 [24MR]

——— require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see H.R. 921), H7188 [31JY]

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 (see H.R. 5059), H7893 [18SE]

Developing countries: provide assistance to support the rights of women and girls (see H.R. 3398), H4017 [8MY]

Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission: enhance operation (see H.R. 5203), H6859 [25JY]

Education: support the community schools model (see H.R. 3873), H2258 [6MR]

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), H6107 [10JY]

EPA: prohibit proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible (see H.R. 4012), H2260 [10MR]

——— 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]

FAA: issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (see H.R. 3708), H1659 [5FE]

FCC: extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 4969), H7676 [17SE]

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

——— provide for the regulation of medical software (see H.R. 3303), H7041 [29JY]

Federal agencies and departments: ensure functionality and security of new Federal websites that collect personally identifiable information (see H.R. 3635), H1659 [5FE]

——— require online posting of regulatory fines and provide for judicial review of administrative fines (see H.R. 5791), H8668 [4DE]

Federal aid programs: constitutional amendment to control entitlement spending (see H.J. Res. 126), H7887 [18SE]

——— encourage and support partnerships between the public and private sectors to improve our nation’s social programs (see H.R. 4885), H5493 [18JN]

FEMA: require rulemaking to address considerations in evaluating the need for public and individual disaster assistance (see H.R. 3925), H1252 [23JA]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H4476 [19MY]

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 4060), H4061 [9MY]

Foreign aid: ensure the provision of foreign assistance does not contribute to human trafficking and combat human trafficking by requiring greater transparency in recruitment of foreign workers (see H.R. 3344), H2199 [5MR]

Giving Tuesday: designate (see H. Res. 761), H8169 [20NO]

Government: restore the 10-year statute of limitations applicable to collection of debt by administrative offset (see H.R. 4491), H4017 [8MY]

Health: clarify application of antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of health care professionals and health plans and health care insurance issuers (see H.R. 4077), H5769 [25JN]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3121), H1939 [25FE]

——— support role of the U.S. in ensuring children in poor countries have access to vaccines and immunization through the GAVI Alliance (organization) (see H. Res. 688), H6859 [25JY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 3121), H1939 [25FE]

Health care professionals: protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 3722), H2854 [2AP]

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), H6397 [17JY]

Immigration: repeal sunset of the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program (see H.R. 4460), H5598 [20JN]

International Association of Insurance Supervisors: disapprove proposed measure to eliminate public observers (see H. Res. 735), H9045 [10DE]

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), H1687 [6FE]

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]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 318), H6977 [28JY]

Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4166), H3058 [8AP]

Lane A. Evans VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Galesburg, IL: designate (see H.R. 5700), H7978 [13NO]

Medicare: create alternative sanctions for technical noncompliance with the Stark rule limiting certain physician referrals (see H.R. 3776), H2098 [28FE]

——— extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (see H.R. 4067), H7041 [29JY]

——— modify payment for outpatient department procedures that utilize drugs as supplies (see H.R. 4857), H6297 [15JY]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H2803 [1AP]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 942), H2962 [4AP]

——— 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), H5187 [9JN]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 3991), H2199 [5MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (see H.R. 1173), H1687 [6FE]

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), H3199 [10AP]

Mexico: call for release of Andrew P. Tahmooressi (see H. Res. 620), H7297 [8SE]

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), H1939 [25FE]

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3867), H1246 [17JA]

National Teacher Day: observance (see H. Res. 571), H4061 [9MY]

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

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), H3448 [6MY]

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), H6656 [22JY]

——— 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), H6656 [22JY]

Obama, President: condemn failure to notify Congress before releasing Taliban leaders detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and express concerns over their release and repercussions of negotiating with terrorists (see H. Res. 644), H5824 [30JN]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 4158), H4685 [20MY]

Older Americans Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 3850), H7041 [29JY]

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), H5364 [12JN]

——— delay provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies until eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed (see H.R. 4805), H5187 [9JN]

——— repeal (see H.R. 3121), H1939 [25FE]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see H.R. 5213), H7389 [9SE]

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

Pharmaceuticals: clarify the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers (see H.R. 2315), H4910 [28MY]

Power resources: use revenues from offshore energy production to create jobs, reduce the deficit, invest in clean and renewable energy, clean up the environment, and rebuild infrastructure (see H.R. 787), H5725 [24JN]

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), H7041 [29JY]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 1653), H7434 [10SE]

Pullman National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 3929), H2854 [2AP]

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), H7297 [8SE]

Schools: clarify when certain academic assessments shall be administered (see H.R. 4172), H7893 [18SE]

Securities: determine a customer’s net equity based on the customer’s last statement, prohibit certain recoveries, and change how trustees are appointed (see H.R. 3482), H3144 [9AP]

Social Security: prevent disability fraud (see H.R. 5260), H7619 [16SE]

Tariff: eliminate on technological goods providing educational value for children (see H.R. 4748), H6977 [28JY]

——— recreational performance outerwear (see H.R. 5646), H8072 [18NO]

Taxation: amend nondiscrimination provisions of Internal Revenue Code to protect older, longer service participants in qualified retirement plans (see H.R. 5381), H8133 [19NO]

——— exclude dividends from controlled foreign corporations from the definition of personal holding company income for purposes of the personal holding company rules (see H.R. 4589), H5820 [26JN]

——— exempt aircraft management services from the ticket tax (see H.R. 5382), H8669 [4DE]

——— exempt private foundations from the tax on excess business holdings in the case of certain philanthropic enterprises which are independently supervised (see H.R. 5645), H7886 [18SE]

——— 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), H7189 [31JY]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H4476 [19MY]

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

——— extend special expensing rules for certain film and television productions and provide for special expensing for live theatrical productions (see H.R. 4878), H5495 [18JN]

——— improve and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 5504), H7674 [17SE]

——— improve certain education savings plans (see H.R. 4333), H4476 [19MY]

——— increase alternative tax liability limitation for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 4647), H4059 [9MY]

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

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

——— modify and make permanent certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 5806), H8932 [9DE]

——— modify depreciation recovery period for energy-efficient cool roof systems (see H.R. 4740), H7529 [15SE]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H5767 [25JN]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see H.R. 4719), H4911 [28MY]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (see H.R. 4457), H3195 [10AP]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 4365), H3448 [6MY]

——— permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 4429), H3057 [8AP]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1449), H6977 [28JY]

——— provide exception from passive loss rules for investments in high technology research small business pass-thru entities (see H.R. 4855), H5495 [18JN]

——— provide tax relief for major disaster areas declared in 2012, 2013, and 2014 (see H.R. 5082), H6135 [11JY]

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (see H.R. 4438), H3143 [9AP]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see H.R. 792), H7892 [18SE]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (see H.R. 4450), H3195 [10AP]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 333), H6746 [23JY]

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), H6977 [28JY]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 730), H7675 [17SE]

Wildlife: prohibit breeding and private possession of captive big cats except by accredited zoos and facilities and require registration of big cats currently in possession by private owners (see H.R. 1998), H7189 [31JY]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 3571), H224 [14JA]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H6217 [14JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Homeland Security: make U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services EB–5 regional center program permanent (see H.R. 4659), H4064 [13MY]

Dept. of HUD: establish maximum limitation on payment standard for housing choice vouchers under the Moving to Work demonstration program (see H.R. 5374), H7184 [31JY]

Everett McKinley Dirksen and Marigold Day: designate (see H. Res. 708), H7185 [31JY]

Flowers: adopt the marigold as the floral emblem of Congress (see H. Res. 708), H7185 [31JY]

India: recognize importance of 2014 elections (see H. Res. 607), H5023 [29MY]

Medicare: 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), H6976 [28JY]

Taxation: expand rehabilitation credit (see H.R. 5655), H7886 [18SE]

——— extend time period for contributing military death gratuities to Roth IRAs and Coverdell education savings accounts (see H.R. 4559), H3407 [1MY]

——— make permanent the rule allowing certain tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes (see H.R. 4619), H4015 [8MY]

——— make permanent the work opportunity tax credit (see H.R. 5264), H7125 [30JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Homeland Security: make U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services EB–5 regional center program permanent (H.R. 4659), H4064 [13MY]

Dept. of HUD: establish maximum limitation on payment standard for housing choice vouchers under the Moving to Work demonstration program (H.R. 5374), H7188 [31JY]

Medicare: enable hospital-based nursing programs that are affiliated with a hospital to maintain payments to hospitals for the costs of such programs (H.R. 5227), H6977 [28JY]

Taxation: expand rehabilitation credit (H.R. 5655), H7892 [18SE]

——— extend time period for contributing military death gratuities to Roth IRAs and Coverdell education savings accounts (H.R. 4559), H3408 [1MY]

——— make permanent the rule allowing certain tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes (H.R. 4619), H4016 [8MY]

——— make permanent the work opportunity tax credit (H.R. 5264), H7127 [30JY]

Remarks

Dept. of Education: award grants for support of full-service community schools (H.R. 5168), H6660 [23JY]

Dept. of HUD: section 8 housing voucher program funding, H5219 [10JN]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of the archeological site and surrounding land of the New Philadelphia, IL, town site (H.R. 930), H3215 [28AP]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5219 [10JN]

Itoo Society (organization): anniversary, E1076• [26JN]

National Eye Donor Month: observance, E465• [27MR]

Obama, President: condemn failure to notify Congress before releasing Taliban leaders detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and express concerns over their release and repercussions of negotiating with terrorists (H. Res. 644), H7332 [9SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), H2864 [3AP]

Taxation: make permanent the rule allowing certain tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes, H6371 [17JY]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 4719), H6371 [17JY]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (H.R. 1814), H2273, H2275, H2276• [11MR]

Tributes

Crane, Philip M., H7975 [13NO]

Dewitt, Thomas W., E1174• [16JY]