WENSTRUP, BRAD R. (a Representative from Ohio)

Amendments

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H5998 [9JY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4487), H3386 [1MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3230, Veteran Access to Care Act, H5429 [18JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit Federal education funding for elementary and secondary schools that provide on-campus access to abortion providers (see H.R. 1122), H183 [13JA]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 1091), H163 [10JA]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H163 [10JA]

Armed Forces: authorize enlistment of certain aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. and provide a way for such aliens to be lawfully admitted to the U.S. through U.S. military service (see H.R. 2377), H2361 [12MR]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see H.R. 1726), H1687 [6FE]

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), H2435 [13MR]

Children and youth: prohibit funding of any research or treatment in which wards of the State are subjected to greater than minimal risk to their health with no minimal prospect of direct benefit (see H.R. 4989), H6400 [17JY]

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), H8033 [17NO]

Credit: create a Federal charter for Internet consumer credit corporations (see H.R. 1566), H2434 [13MR]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (see H.R. 2996), H2962 [4AP]

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), H7893 [18SE]

Dept. of HHS: 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), H2962 [4AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify ability to undertake law enforcement and border security activities within the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument (see H.R. 5164), H6655 [22JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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]

——— make certain improvements in information security (see H.R. 4370), H2853 [2AP]

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see H.R. 4031), H3242 [28AP]

Diseases: foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H3144 [9AP]

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), H7042 [29JY]

EPA: carry out a pilot program to work with municipalities seeking to develop and implement integrated plans to meet Federal Water Pollution Control Act wastewater and stormwater obligations (see H.R. 2707), H2696 [26MR]

FAA: issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (see H.R. 3708), H2962 [4AP]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 3133), H1243 [16JA]

FCC: extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 4969), H7189 [31JY]

Federal agencies and departments: clarify guidelines for including certain property on the National Register or as a National Historic Landmark relative to objections by agency heads based on national security (see H.R. 3687), H2002 [26FE]

——— ensure functionality and security of new Federal websites that collect personally identifiable information (see H.R. 3635), H224 [14JA]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H7189 [31JY]

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 4060), H7189 [31JY]

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

——— limit amount of ammunition purchased or possessed by certain Federal agencies (see H.R. 1764), H7996 [14NO]

Food industry: improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants, similar retail food establishments, and vending machines (see H.R. 1249), H1938 [25FE]

FRS: nullify certain guidance by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and provide requirements for guidance issued by the Bureau relative to indirect auto lending (see H.R. 5403), H8226 [1DE]

Government: restore the 10-year statute of limitations applicable to collection of debt by administrative offset (see H.R. 4491), H5725 [24JN]

Health: make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 1146), H1431 [27JA]

Health care professionals: limit liability of volunteers who provide health care services in response to a disaster (see H.R. 1733), H6860 [25JY]

Immigration: prevent expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and prohibit granting amnesty and work permits to illegal aliens (see H.R. 5160), H7129 [30JY]

——— provide for operational control of the international border of the U.S. (see H.R. 2220), H5769 [25JN]

Iraq: call for urgent international intervention on behalf of Iraqi civilians facing dire humanitarian crisis and severe persecution in Nineveh Plain region (see H. Con. Res. 110), H7190 [31JY]

——— protect religious minorities from persecution by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) (see H. Res. 683), H7242 [1AU]

Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-rocket defense system and authorize cooperation on the David’s Sling, Arrow, and Arrow 3 anti-missile defense systems (see H.R. 2717), H135 [9JA]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 3485), H7041 [29JY]

Lance Corporal Wesley G. Davids and Captain Nicholas J. Rozanski Memorial Post Office, Dublin, OH: designate (see H.R. 4919), H5557 [19JN]

Medicare: provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3877), H2991 [7AP]

——— provide eligible individuals with single chronic diseases access to medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 1024), H1431 [27JA]

——— provide for payment for services of qualified radiologist assistants (see H.R. 1148), H1431 [27JA]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1070), H3198 [10AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: amend certain requirements and penalties that would impede eligible professionals from adopting electronic health records to improve patient care (see H.R. 1331), H7041 [29JY]

Members of Congress: reduce a portion of salaries for failure to adopt a concurrent budget resolution which does not provide for a balanced budget (see H.R. 522), H2065 [27FE]

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), H2962 [4AP]

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

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: prohibit from relinquishing control over the Internet domain name system until GAO submits report on the system (see H.R. 4342), H4061 [9MY]

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H8033 [17NO]

NLRB: permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see H.R. 3154), H184 [13JA]

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), H6860 [25JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3685), H163 [10JA]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3979), H1545 [3FE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2575), H1252 [23JA]

——— repeal provisions relative to annual period for disenrollment from Medicare Advantage plans to elect to receive original Medicare fee-for-service benefits (see H.R. 2453), H5725 [24JN]

——— require Members of Congress to disclose determinations of official staff who will be required to obtain health insurance through an exchange (see H.R. 3595), H163 [10JA]

Pope Francis: congratulate on election and recognize inspirational statements and actions (see H. Res. 440), H6353 [16JY]

Power resources: protect the bulk-power system and electric infrastructure critical to the defense and well-being of the U.S. against natural and manmade electromagnetic pulse threats and vulnerabilities (see H.R. 2417), H7128 [30JY]

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), H3409 [1MY]

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), H9045 [10DE]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see H.R. 3590), H163 [10JA]

Taxation: exempt aircraft management services from the ticket tax (see H.R. 5382), H7242 [1AU]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H7893 [18SE]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H1431 [27JA]

Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (see H.R. 3486), H6815 [24JY]

Truth in Lending Act: provide that residential mortgage loans held on portfolio qualify as qualified mortgages relative to the presumption of ability to repay requirements (see H.R. 2673), H7128 [30JY]

Veterans: clarify that individuals who attended a military preparatory school but never joined the Armed Forces may not claim veteran status for purposes of contracting preferences and benefits (see H.R. 3469), H2002 [26FE]

——— provide for coordination between TRICARE and eligibility to make contributions to health savings accounts (see H.R. 4682), H6656 [22JY]

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), H7190 [31JY]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H6400 [17JY]

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), H2486 [14MR]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1513 [31JA]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H1513 [31JA]

Remarks

Adams County Health & Wellness Coalition: Ohio Dept. of Health Healthy Ohio Healthy Community GOLD award recipient, E713• [8MY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4800), H5283 [11JN]

Agriculture Extension Act: anniversary, E710• [8MY]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), H7642 [17SE], E1463• [19SE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2015–2024 (H. Con. Res. 96), H3074 [9AP]

Congress: accomplishments of the 113th Congress, H2840, H2842 [2AP]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, H2840 [2AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: support alternative methods to tree removal to combat Asian long-horned beetle, H5283 [11JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4729, H4730 [21MY]

——— close detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H4729, H4730 [21MY]

Dept. of Energy: Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund funding through reductions in energy efficiency and renewable energy and administration funding, H5998 [9JY]

Employment: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), H2840 [2AP]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H5998 [9JY]

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 367), H2843 [2AP]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5016), H6317 [16JY]

House of Representatives: prohibit funding for delivery of printed copies of the Clerk of the House Daily Calendar of the House to any Member, H3386 [1MY]

IRS: disappearance of emails relative to investigation of alleged targeting of conservative nonprofit groups, H7025 [29JY]

——— prohibit funding for certain activities relative to organizations seeking 501(c)4 tax-exempt status, H6317 [16JY]

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, H7027 [29JY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4487), H3386 [1MY]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to constitutional role of Congress and separation of powers, H1731 [11FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H2842 [2AP]

——— implementation, H1731 [11FE]

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), H7642 [17SE], E1463• [19SE]

Terrace Park, OH: tribute to St. Thomas Episcopal Church Parish Choir and Choristers visit to Washington, DC, E1105• [3JY]

Votes: position on missed, E497• [2AP], E1501• [19SE]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines, H1602 [5FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2742 [27MR]

Tributes

Descarreaux, Denis, E718• [8MY]

Frye, Wayne T., H2471• [14MR]

Jones, Dave, E1752• [8DE]

Magee, William T., H1926 [25FE]

Umanos, Jerry, H3396 [1MY]