VISCLOSKY, PETER J. (a Representative from Indiana)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: limit restrictions on the provision of abortion services to protect a women’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy (see H.R. 3471), H7939 [12NO]

Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1084), H1938 [25FE]

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see H.R. 1726), H1592 [4FE]

——— repeal authority to use against Iraq (see H.R. 3852), H2991 [7AP]

Black Ribbon Day: designate to recognize victims of Soviet Communist and Nazi regimes (see H. Res. 302), H1481 [28JA]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H21 [7JA]

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), H163 [10JA]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H2434 [13MR]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (see H.R. 274), H4685 [20MY]

——— establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 485), H5364 [12JN]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 1339), H1772 [11FE]

Dept. of HUD: support goals and ideals of Community Development Block Grant Program (see H. Res. 668), H6978 [28JY]

Dept. of Justice: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1318), H7455 [11SE]

Dept. of Labor: phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (see H.R. 831), H1512 [29JA]

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), H4017 [8MY]

——— expand the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship to include spouses of Armed Forces members who died in the line of duty (see H.R. 3441), H2066 [27FE]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 4950), H5724 [24JN]

Federal firefighters: provide that hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for overtime pay (see H.R. 1141), H3364 [30AP]

Firearms: ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background checks for commercial sales, and establish a National Commission on Mass Violence (see H.R. 1565), H2065 [27FE]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H2065 [27FE]

Health: extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see H.R. 2957), H4910 [28MY]

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

Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4166), H4685 [20MY]

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), H2302 [11MR]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H3241 [28AP]

——— require State licensure and performance guarantees for entities submitting bids under the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 4920), H5557 [19JN]

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

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 2553), H1938 [25FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3685), H73 [8JA]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H2962 [4AP]

Pope Francis: congratulate on election and recognize inspirational statements and actions (see H. Res. 440), H136 [9JA]

Postal Service: take all appropriate measures to ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 711), H7434 [10SE]

Pullman National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 3929), H3448 [6MY]

Taxation: exclude major professional sports leagues from qualifying as tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 3965), H2435 [13MR]

——— expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration (see H.R. 3970), H2099 [28FE]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H7996 [14NO]

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), H3144 [9AP]

Letters

Dept. of Defense funding for Guam infrastructure projects: by, Committee on Appropriations (House), S414 [16JA]

Remarks

Air Force: Counter-Electronics High Power Microwave Missile Project delivery vehicle funding, H5464 [18JN]

American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association: tribute to Penelope District #12 & #13 convention, E851• [28MY]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H440 [15JA]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), H7554 [16SE]

Armed Forces: prohibit funding for authorization of military force against Iraq, H5526 [19JN]

——— prohibit funding for use of military force in Iraq without congressional consultation, H5529 [19JN]

——— prohibit funding to implement rule allowing sexual history of victims of sexual assault to be admissible in courts-martial proceedings, H5533 [19JN]

Black History Month: observance, E229• [25FE]

Community Foundation Week: anniversary, E1610• [18NO]

Dept. of Defense: Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund funding, H5485 [18JN]

——— breast cancer research funding, H5461 [18JN]

——— decommissioning of nuclear missile silos as part of START Treaty nuclear force structure plan funding, H5478 [18JN]

——— Defense Health Program Alzheimer’s disease research funding, H5452 [18JN]

——— Defense Health Program study on challenges of caring for wounded warriors funding through reductions in Navy aircraft procurement funding, H5460 [18JN]

——— establish a grant program for nonprofit organizations to encourage use of assistance dogs by Armed Forces members and veterans, H5452 [18JN]

——— exempt from certain requirements on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels, H5527, H5540 [19JN]

——— include additional community partnerships through a competitive and merit-based process to enhance mental health programs for National Guard and Reserve components, H5442 [18JN]

——— Junior ROTC programs funding, H5443 [18JN]

——— limit retirement of A–10 aircraft, H5486 [18JN]

——— making appropriations, H440 [15JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4870), H5439, H5442, H5443, H5444, H5447, H5448, H5452, H5453, H5455, H5456, H5460, H5461, H5463, H5464, H5465, H5467, H5477, H5478, H5482, H5483, H5484, H5485, H5486 [18JN], H5517, H5518, H5520, H5524, H5525, H5526, H5527, H5528, H5529, H5530, H5532, H5533, H5536, H5537, H5538, H5540, H5541, H5548 [19JN], H5563, H5564, H5567, H5569, H5570 [20JN]

——— Office of Naval Research lithium ion-battery research and development funding, H5444 [18JN]

——— Preservation of the Force and Family Program funding through reductions in Special Operation Command flying hours funding, H5447, H5448 [18JN]

——— prohibit Defense Logistics Agency funding to implement SBA interim rule relative to procurement of footwear, H5570 [20JN]

——— prohibit funding for any contract to buy non-petroleum based fuels for the same purpose or as a drop-in substitute for petroleum, H5567 [20JN]

——— prohibit funding for appointment of atheist chaplains, H5525, H5526 [19JN]

——— prohibit funding for contracts with offerors or principals of offerors convicted of certain crimes within a certain period, H5483 [18JN]

——— prohibit funding for designing, implementing, administering, or carrying out certain climate change-related policies, H5528, H5529 [19JN]

——— prohibit funding for maintenance on certain unused facilities, H5536 [19JN]

——— prohibit funding for man-portable air defense systems in Syria, H5528 [19JN]

——— prohibit funding for the planning, design, refurbishing, or construction of a biofuels refinery unless specifically authorized by law, H5548 [19JN]

——— prohibit funding for transfer of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the individual’s country of origin or to any foreign country, H5517, H5518 [19JN]

——— prohibit funding for transfer of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Yemen, H5484, H5485 [18JN]

——— prohibit funding to furlough military technicians (dual status), H5532 [19JN]

——— prohibit funding to implement Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, H5538 [19JN]

——— prohibit funding to promulgate Dept. of Labor directive that certain recipients of health care-related Federal payments be treated as contractors by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, H5524 [19JN]

——— prohibit funding to propose, plan, or execute any additional base realignment and closure rounds, H5541 [19JN]

——— prohibit funding to provide housing on a military installation of an alien who is an unaccompanied minor and is not a dependent of an Armed Forces member, H5482, H5483 [18JN]

——— prohibit funding to provide material support or resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations or governments that support such organizations, H5569 [20JN]

——— prohibit funding to provide weapons in Syria, H5530 [19JN]

——— prohibit funding to restrict members of the Armed Services from contacting a Member of Congress, H5567 [20JN]

——— prohibit funding to retire, divest, or transfer KC–10 refueling tanker aircraft fleet, H5520 [19JN]

——— prohibit funding to transfer or divest the Electronic Proving Ground at Fort Huachuca, AZ, H5570 [20JN]

——— provide additional humanitarian assistance to Ukraine including agricultural tools and supplies, H5520 [19JN]

——— remove sunset provision from START Treaty nuclear force structure plan, H5477 [18JN]

——— sixth-generation fighter development funding, H5463 [18JN]

——— STARBASE program funding, H5456 [18JN]

——— study links between financial stress and suicide, H5465 [18JN]

——— treatment for service-connected illnesses and complications caused by exposure to open-air burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan funding, H5444 [18JN]

——— tribute to U.S. Navy Airborne Early Warning Squadron One, E183• [10FE]

Edgewater Systems for Balanced Living, Inc.: anniversary, E1511• [12NO]

FAA: extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), Senate amendments, H440 [15JA]

Federal contracts: prohibit funding for contractors who violate the Fair Labor Standards Act by refusing to pay employees for hours worked, H5537 [19JN]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5016), H6262 [15JY]

Fisher House Foundation, Inc.: funding, H5455 [18JN]

Gary, IN: anniversary of Gary Chamber of Commerce Lakeshore Classic basketball tournament, E1707• [3DE]

——— anniversary of St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, E1118• [8JY]

Gary Frontiers Service Club (organization): tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Breakfast honorees, E51• [13JA]

Hammond, IN: tribute to individuals taking oath of citizenship, E1115• [8JY]

Highland, IL: tribute to Labor and Community Awards honorees, E586• [28AP]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance, E1417• [16SE]

Ivy Tech Community College: tribute to Northwest regional campuses’ inductees into Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana, E1708• [3DE]

National Guard: drug interdiction and counter-drug activities funding through reductions in Dept. of Defense operation and maintenance funding, H5453 [18JN]

National Security Council: allegations of interference in authority of congressional oversight committees, H6262 [15JY]

——— funding, H6262 [15JY]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: intelligence community whistleblowing and source protection directorate funding, H5467 [18JN]

Pakistan: prohibit assistance funding, H5564 [20JN]

Schererville, IN: anniversary of Schererville Fire Dept., E1428• [17SE]

——— tribute to Croatian Fraternal Union Croatian Sons Lodge #170 Golden Member Banquet, E1620• [18NO]

Schrage, Michael and Jill: Calumet Council of the Boy Scouts Distinguished Citizen Award recipients, E1512• [12NO]

Syria: authorize assistance, including training, equipment, supplies, and sustainment to appropriately vetted Syrian groups to combat threat of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), H7554 [16SE]

Valparaiso, IN: dedication of Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 81 Union Hall, E848• [28MY]

Votes: position on missed, E431• [25MR]

Wrobel, Beth: Asian American Medical Association Crystal Globe Award recipient, E1516• [12NO]

Tributes

Ewachiw, Evan C., E1451• [19SE]

Hanas, Jerry, E1514• [12NO]

Landske, Sue, E1518• [12NO]

Leggieri, John A., E1310• [1AU]

Nangle, William E., E854• [28MY]