SMITH, JASON (a Representative from Missouri)

Amendments

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 3590), H1579 [4FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 1091), H6107 [10JY]

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2084), H5319 [11JN]

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3790), H73 [8JA]

——— 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), H73 [8JA]

China: call for an end to organ harvesting from prisoners, investigate organ transplant practices, end persecution of the Falun Gong, and issue warnings to U.S. citizens about organ transplant practices (see H. Res. 281), H7619 [16SE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 231), H7456 [11SE]

Constitution—U.S.: protect the separation of powers by allowing Congress to authorize a civil action against the President or executive branch for failure to execute laws (see H.R. 4138), H2147 [4MR]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1551), H1772 [11FE]

Courts: provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (see H.R. 5233), H7242 [1AU]

Crime: provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see H.R. 4225), H3144 [9AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beneficiaries to show valid photo identification when purchasing items with program benefits (see H.R. 4006), H1686 [6FE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (see H.R. 2996), H2854 [2AP]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit closure or reduced operation of military commissary stores and exchange stores (see H.R. 3996), H1773 [11FE]

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

Dept. of the Interior: increase prices for Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps (duck stamps) to fund acquisition of conservation easements for migratory birds (see H.R. 5069), H6106 [10JY]

Dept. of Transportation: extend motor carrier exemption from hours of service regulations in the transportation of propane and other home heating fuels to address shortages (see H.R. 4076), H2149 [4MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out pilot program to reduce shortage of psychiatrists in Veterans Health Administration by offering competitive employment incentives to certain psychiatrists (see H.R. 4234), H6816 [24JY]

——— clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H5399 [17JN]

——— 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), H5249 [10JN]

——— improve care provided to newborn children (see H.R. 5475), H8072 [18NO]

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see H.R. 4031), H3448 [6MY]

——— reimburse non-departmental medical providers for provision of certain hospital care and medical services to veterans (see H.R. 5131), H7041 [29JY]

Endangered Species Act: disclose to States the basis of determinations and ensure use of information provided by State, tribal, and county governments in decisionmaking (see H.R. 4317), H4686 [20MY]

——— place caps on attorneys fees for suits filed under such Act (see H.R. 4318), H4476 [19MY]

——— publish and make available for public comment a draft economic analysis at the time a proposed rule to designate critical habitat is published (see H.R. 4319), H7242 [1AU]

——— require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species (see H.R. 4315), H4830 [22MY]

EPA: consider and report on the benefits of any rule addressing carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions from any electric utility generating unit (see H.R. 5300), H7126 [30JY]

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

——— 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), H7242 [1AU]

——— prohibit regulation of carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units under certain circumstances (see H.R. 4808), H5877 [8JY]

——— 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]

——— provide for certain special congressional review procedures for EPA rulemakings (see H.R. 5034), H6297 [15JY]

——— set reasonable limits on stringency and timing of proposed regulations for new residential wood heaters, forced-air furnaces, and residential masonry heaters (see H.R. 4407), H4476 [19MY]

Federal agencies and departments: require online posting of regulatory fines and provide for judicial review of administrative fines (see H.R. 5791), H9305 [11DE]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 2959), H1243 [16JA]

——— provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the U.S. by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Depts. of State or Defense (see H.R. 2247), H1243 [16JA]

——— update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 3335), H474 [15JA]

Harry S. Truman Union Station, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 4638), H4058 [9MY]

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), H1720 [10FE]

IRS: prohibit modification of the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare (see H.R. 3865), H1659 [5FE]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 318), H473 [15JA]

Lt. Daniel P. Riordan Post Office, St. Louis, MO: designate (see H.R. 5386), H7184 [31JY]

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), H7242 [1AU]

——— 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), H6137 [11JY]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 3991), H4785 [21MY]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H4785 [21MY]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H3242 [28AP]

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3867), H2362 [12MR]

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

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 4158), H5024 [29MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 351), H6217 [14JY]

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

Pharmacies: ensure and foster safety and quality of care and competitive marketplace by exempting independent pharmacies from antitrust laws in negotiations with health and health insurance providers (see H.R. 1188), H1719 [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), H4828 [22MY]

Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson Post Office, St. Louis, MO: designate (see H.R. 5385), H7184 [31JY]

Sgt. Zachary M. Fisher Post Office, St. Louis, MO: designate (see H.R. 5387), H7184 [31JY]

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), H3199 [10AP]

St. Louis, MO: designate as the National Chess Capital (see H. Res. 169), H1687 [6FE]

Tariff: make certain luggage and travel articles eligible for duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (see H.R. 2139), H5249 [10JN]

Taxation: expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 4837), H8868 [8DE]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H4476 [19MY]

——— extend special expensing rules for certain film and television productions and provide for special expensing for live theatrical productions (see H.R. 4878), H7893 [18SE]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 4717), H7529 [15SE]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H1772 [11FE]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (see H.R. 4457), H3293 [29AP]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (see H.R. 4450), H6137 [11JY]

Veterans: provide for coordination between TRICARE and eligibility to make contributions to health savings accounts (see H.R. 4682), H7242 [1AU]

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), H6217 [14JY]

World War I: designate memorials to the service of Armed Forces members (see H.R. 4489), H5495 [18JN]

——— mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H3413 [2MY]

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), H3058 [8AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Federal agencies and departments: establish a process for the review of rules and sets of rules (see H.R. 4874), H5398 [17JN]

Ozark National Scenic Riverways: administer in accordance with general management plan for that unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 4182), H2256 [6MR]

——— transfer all Federal land, facilities, and other assets to Missouri for purposes of maintaining a State park (see H.R. 4029), H1718 [10FE]

Constitutional authority statements

Federal agencies and departments: establish a process for the review of rules and sets of rules (H.R. 4874), H5398 [17JN]

Ozark National Scenic Riverways: administer in accordance with general management plan for that unit of the National Park System (H.R. 4182), H2257 [6MR]

——— transfer all Federal land, facilities, and other assets to Missouri for purposes of maintaining a State park (H.R. 4029), H1719 [10FE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H5251 [11JN]

Letters

Constitutional amendment to require balanced budget: by, E636• [30AP]

Remarks

Behavioral Health Response (nonprofit organization): anniversary, E1558• [13NO]

Blanton, Luke: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1561• [13NO]

Constitution Day: observance, H7629 [17SE]

Constitution—U.S.: protect the separation of powers by allowing Congress to authorize a civil action against the President or executive branch for failure to execute laws (H.R. 4138), H2438 [14MR]

Corps of Engineers: closure of Mississippi River section to daytime river traffic, H7905 [12NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), E830• [22MY]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: prohibit the taking of privately held water rights and uphold longstanding State water laws (H.R. 3189), H2393 [13MR]

Howard, Diane: Zonta Club of Cape Girardeau, MO, Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E1621• [18NO]

Immigration: establish a rule of construction clarifying the limitations on executive authority to provide certain forms of immigration relief (H.R. 5759), H8637 [4DE]

Joos, Kimberlee P.: Zonta Club of Cape Girardeau, MO, Celebration Award recipient, E1623• [18NO]

Kasten, Mary: Cape Girardeau (MO) Southeast Missourian ‘‘Spirit of America’’ Award recipient, E1116• [8JY]

Myers, Reagan: Mariana Islands Young Citizen of the Year award recipient, E1572• [13NO]

Navy: F/A–18E, F/A–18F, and EA–18G aircraft funding, E830• [22MY]

Oregon County, MO: anniversary of visit by The Beatles (musical group), E1203• [22JY]

Ozark National Scenic Riverways: allow continued use of motorized vessels, H1579 [4FE]

Park Hills, MO: anniversary of Serenity Hospice Care, E1570• [13NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), H2918 [4AP]

Potosi, MO: anniversary of First Assembly of God Church, E1614• [18NO]

Rolla, MO: anniversary of Optimist Club of Rolla, E766• [19MY]

——— anniversary of Russell House domestic violence shelter, E184• [10FE]

Smith-Lever Act: observe anniversary and recognize role in establishing Cooperative Extension system providing agricultural education through land-grant universities, E309• [5MR]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 3590), H1579 [4FE]

St. James, MO: Golden LivingCenter recipient of American Health Care Association Gold-Excellence in Quality National Quality Award, E1696• [2DE]

Travis, Trevor-Lee: Civil Air Patrol General Billy Mitchell Award recipient, E448• [26MR]

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 (H.R. 5078), H7948 [13NO]

Tributes

Allred, Curtis, E1084• [26JN]

Anderson, Stanley (Scott), E382• [13MR]

Bollinger, Sandra, E1616• [18NO]

Brown, Gary, E595• [28AP]

Cook, Donald L., E761• [19MY]

Cook, Lisa, E1617• [18NO]

Coomer, Joshua, E237• [25FE]

Cottingham, William, E804• [21MY]

Crites-Leoni, Abbie, E1612• [18NO]

Everett, Laurie, E1619• [18NO]

Harty, Norm, E234• [25FE]

Hawes, Clyde, E1690• [2DE]

Hecht, Kathy, E1625• [18NO]

Johns, Debbie A., E1067• [25JN]

Jones, Sharon, E373• [13MR]

Kelly, Garnett, E1276• [30JY]

Kirby, Donna J., E77• [15JA]

McGinnis, Leroy, E1072• [25JN]

Mitchell, Lloyd, E480• [1AP]

Nordman, Ernest T., E232• [25FE]

Owens, Timothy, H3148 [10AP]

Proffer, Clan (Bud), E377• [13MR]

Rust, Don, E714• [8MY]

Sheets, Jay, E604• [28AP]

Stoppelman, Ron, E1087• [26JN]

Stratton, Chuck, E55• [13JA]

Wright, George P., E189• [10FE]