WITTMAN, ROBERT J. (a Representative from Virginia)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4870), H5541 [19JN]

Power resources: increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (H.R. 4899), H5782, H5787 [26JN]

Articles and editorials

Chesapeake Homecoming, Julia Moskin, New York (NY) Times, E598• [28AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 7), H473 [15JA]

Agriculture: prohibit Federal interference in interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products in final package form for human consumption between States that allow the sale of such products (see H.R. 4308), H2855 [2AP]

Armed Forces: authorize use of military force against nations, organizations, or persons responsible for the attack against U.S. personnel in Benghazi, Libya (see H.R. 4599), H3939 [7MY]

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), H5820 [26JN]

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

Courts: modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 778), H2257 [6MR]

Crime: prohibit and deter theft of metal (see H.R. 867), H2148 [4MR]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (see H.R. 3530), H1659 [5FE]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit a reduction in funding for defense commissary system pending the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission report (see H.R. 4217), H2697 [26MR]

Dept. of HHS: provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1252), H2258 [6MR]

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), H20 [7JA]

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 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]

——— extend the pilot program on assisted living services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 3958), H2258 [6MR]

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), H7996 [14NO]

Diseases: provide for scientific framework relative to vector-borne diseases (see H.R. 4701), H5187 [9JN]

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), H4785 [21MY]

EPA: prohibit regulation of carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units under certain circumstances (see H.R. 4808), H5320 [11JN]

Federal agencies and departments: ensure functionality and security of new Federal websites that collect personally identifiable information (see H.R. 3635), H1545 [3FE]

——— reform Federal hiring process by allowing agencies to share information about potential job candidates (see H.R. 5174), H6744 [23JY]

——— require each agency to repeal two existing regulations before issuing a new regulation (see H.R. 2997), H5065 [30MY]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H6977 [28JY]

——— enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (see H.R. 1750), H5598 [20JN]

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 4060), H5598 [20JN]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 2959), H73 [8JA]

Health: promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (see H.R. 3116), H2258 [6MR]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H2001 [26FE]

Immigration: enhance competitiveness through encouragement of high-skilled immigration (see H.R. 2131), H3058 [8AP]

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 109), H7456 [11SE]

Labor unions: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see H.R. 2021), H5024 [29MY]

——— protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 3485), H7676 [17SE]

Medicare: count a period of outpatient observation in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1179), H4910 [28MY]

——— 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), H1515 [31JA]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 1180), H163 [10JA]

——— 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), H7996 [14NO]

——— provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 4035), H2149 [4MR]

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), H5559 [19JN]

——— continue use of quarterly reporting period for health care providers to demonstrate meaningful uses under electronic health records incentive payment programs (see H.R. 5481), H7996 [14NO]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 762), H8169 [20NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 762), H8169 [20NO]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H3198 [10AP]

NIH: establish and maintain an undiagnosed diseases network (see H.R. 1591), H2258 [6MR]

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), H5820 [26JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3979), H1545 [3FE]

——— prevent a taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers (see H.R. 3541), H1432 [27JA]

POW: prohibit transfer of unprivileged enemy belligerents to the U.S. (see H.R. 4836), H6297 [15JY]

Power resources: increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (see H.R. 4899), H5556 [19JN]

Privacy: reform Federal authority to require production of business records, conduct surveillance, and certain forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes (see H.R. 3361), H4434 [15MY]

Russia: allow adoptions initiated before law ending adoptions of Russian children by U.S. citizens to proceed, express sadness over abuse and deaths of adopted children, and prevent future abuse (see H. Res. 34), H21 [7JA]

Ships and vessels: provide for the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign recipients (see H.R. 3470), H2696 [26MR]

Social Security: prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (see H.R. 781), H6977 [28JY]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1317), H4910 [28MY]

——— allow credits for establishment of franchises with veterans (see H.R. 3725), H1593 [4FE]

——— allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 1476), H135 [9JA]

——— extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 3747), H6860 [25JY]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H7529 [15SE]

——— make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 4933), H6108 [10JY]

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

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H6860 [25JY]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1449), H3365 [30AP]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 494), H2854 [2AP]

——— reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 1918), H1659 [5FE]

Terrorism: restrict travel to certain countries where terrorist organizations are active to participate in armed conflict or provide support to entities engaged in armed conflict (see H.R. 4223), H7455 [11SE]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (see H.R. 4450), H5559 [19JN]

U.S. Access Board: develop accessibility guidelines for electronic instructional materials and related information technologies in institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3505), H1659 [5FE]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H2001 [26FE]

VFW: amend Federal charter to reflect service of women in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 5441), H7996 [14NO]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: exempt nonprofit low-income housing providers from certain mortgage, servicing, and appraisal requirements (see H.R. 3529), H1780 [18FE]

World War I: designate memorials to the service of Armed Forces members (see H.R. 4489), H3240 [28AP]

——— mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H3058 [8AP]

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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Taxation: exclude from gross income certain combat zone compensation of civilian Federal employees (see H.R. 4621), H4015 [8MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Taxation: exclude from gross income certain combat zone compensation of civilian Federal employees (H.R. 4621), H4016 [8MY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), H7561 [16SE]

BLM: prohibit land increase until centralized database of lands identified suitable for disposal by Resource Management Plans is publicly accessible via a website, H1673 [6FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2015–2024 (H. Con. Res. 96), E603• [28AP]

Chesapeake Bay: require OMB to prepare a crosscut budget for restoration activities in the watershed and require EPA to develop and implement an adaptive management plan, H1673 [6FE]

——— require OMB to prepare a crosscut budget for restoration activities in the watershed and require EPA to develop and implement an adaptive management plan (S. 1000), H8879 [9DE]

Congress: legislative priorities, E1288• [31JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H8624, H8631• [4DE]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4547 [20MY]

——— Defense Commissary Agency funding, H138 [10JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4870), H5541, H5542 [19JN]

——— prohibit funding to propose, plan, or execute any additional base realignment and closure rounds, H5541, H5542 [19JN]

Dept. of the Interior: allow addition of lease sales to a finalized 5-year oil and gas leasing plan, H5782, H5783 [26JN]

——— grant permanent authority to authorize States to issue electronic duck stamps, H1566 [4FE]

——— partner with colleges and universities, including historically Black colleges and universities and veteran serving institutions, in South Atlantic States to promote geological and geophysical education, H5787, H5788 [26JN]

Escambia County, FL: convey certain property formerly part of Santa Rosa National Monument and conveyed to Escambia County subject to restrictions on use and reconveyance (H.R. 2954), H1673 [6FE]

Fredericksburg, VA: tribute to high school seniors enlisting in the Armed Forces, E675• [6MY]

James Madison University: tribute to Center for International Stabilization and Recovery, E1586• [14NO]

Lottsburg, VA: tribute to Northumberland High School baseball team, E1051• [23JN]

NOAA: prohibit funding to develop, approve, or implement new catch share programs along certain areas of the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico, E951• [11JN]

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), H7328 [9SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), Senate amendment, H8624, H8631• [4DE]

Power resources: increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (H.R. 4899), H5782, H5783, H5787, H5788 [26JN]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance, E702• [7MY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), E951• [11JN]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 3590), H1566 [4FE]

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), H7561 [16SE]

Votes: position on missed, H2786• [1AP], E796• [21MY]

Warsaw, VA: tribute to Rappahannock High School girls’ softball team, E1050• [23JN]

Tributes

Bromley, Eric H., E1836• [12DE]

Croxton, Travis and Ryan, E598• [28AP]

Gore, Michael, H7056 [30JY]

Hall, Darren, E417• [24MR]

Hoffman, Roy, H7056 [30JY]