YOUNG, DON (a Representative from Alaska)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4741, H4742 [21MY]

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), H1676 [6FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: promote and enhance urban agricultural production and agricultural research in urban areas (see H.R. 5616), H7885 [18SE]

American Indian Trust Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 4388), H2913 [3AP]

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: exempt retired pay of certain disabled veterans from full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment and prevent adverse impact of such adjustment on Survivor Benefit Plan annuities (see H.R. 3789), H163 [10JA]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3790), H163 [10JA]

Bankruptcy: exempt firearms from claims of creditors (see H.R. 3933), H1659 [5FE]

BLM: permanently withdraw, reserve, and transfer lands used for military purposes in Alaska, Nevada, and New Mexico to the appropriate military department (see H.R. 4253), H2483 [14MR]

Children and youth: provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 498), H7388 [9SE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 231), H4017 [8MY]

Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see H.R. 2663), H3448 [6MY]

Conservation of natural resources: establish more efficient and effective policies and processes for departments and agencies engaged in or providing support to international conservation (see H.R. 2935), H2991 [7AP]

Dept. of Education: repeal suspension of eligibility for grants, loans, and work assistance for drug-related offenses (see H.R. 3510), H474 [15JA]

Dept. of HHS: improve and enhance research and treatments of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer (see H.R. 2607), H5024 [29MY]

——— include certain areas within the frontier and remote areas levels designations (see H.R. 5592), H7884 [18SE]

——— reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (see H.R. 4631), H4058 [9MY]

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), H7188 [31JY]

Dept. of State: establish a U.S. Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs (see H.R. 4538), H3364 [30AP]

Dept. of Transportation: allow advertisements and solicitations for passenger air transportation to state the base airfare of the transportation (see H.R. 4156), H2303 [11MR]

——— reauthorize the State Infrastructure Bank program (see H.R. 3872), H2066 [27FE]

——— set separate performance measures for motorized and non-motorized safety and allow States to set their own safety targets and to choose the best methods to meet them (see H.R. 3494), H5830 [7JY]

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), H2915 [3AP]

——— inter in national cemeteries individuals who supported the U.S. in Laos during the Vietnamese Conflict era (see H.R. 3369), H4061 [9MY]

——— require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see H.R. 921), H3058 [8AP]

Diseases: mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 3680), H7676 [17SE]

——— require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (see H.R. 1801), H4910 [28MY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3689), H1481 [28JA]

Economy: promote economic growth and job creation and strengthen strategic partnerships with U.S. allies (see H.R. 4139), H2147 [4MR]

EPA: disapprove rule relative to garnishment of non-Federal wages to collect delinquent non-tax debts owed to the U.S. without first obtaining a court order (see H.J. Res. 118), H6106 [10JY]

——— nullify certain rules relative to carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing, new, or reconstructed fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (see H.R. 4813), H5185 [9JN]

——— prohibit certain exports of electronic waste (see H.R. 2791), H2302 [11MR]

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 1461), H2485 [14MR]

Executive branch of the Government: condemn for failure to meet the constitutional requirement to faithfully execute the law (see H. Res. 652), H5818 [26JN]

FAA: revise hiring practices for air traffic controller positions and establish Air Traffic Control Education and Training Advisory Committee (see H.R. 5675), H8273 [2DE]

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]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1362), H1719 [10FE]

——— ensure the percentage increase in rates of pay for prevailing wage employees is equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality (see H.R. 3573), H474 [15JA]

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: improve the Compliance, Safety, Accountability initiative (see H.R. 5532), H8171 [20NO]

Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5545), H7882 [18SE]

Firearms: modify definition of ‘‘antique firearm’’ (see H.R. 4749), H5320 [11JN]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 578), H3241 [28AP]

——— update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 3335), H73 [8JA]

Forest Service: stop implementation of travel management rule and incorporate needs and input of affected communities before taking any travel management action affecting access to units derived from public domain (see H.R. 4272), H5187 [9JN]

Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 3992), H5024 [29MY]

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), H7434 [10SE]

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

——— promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (see H.R. 3116), H4910 [28MY]

Health care professionals: limit liability of volunteers who provide health care services in response to a disaster (see H.R. 1733), H3409 [1MY]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H6137 [11JY]

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), H136 [9JA]

Immigration: provide for repatriation of unaccompanied alien children (see H.R. 5079), H6135 [11JY]

Information technology: specify circumstances in which a person may acquire geolocation information through an electronic communications device (see H.R. 1312), H1772 [11FE]

Intelligence services: require Presidents’ annual budget submissions to include the total dollar amount requested for intelligence or intelligence-related activities of the Government (see H.R. 3855), H1720 [10FE]

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), H5824 [30JN]

——— 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), H2002 [26FE]

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 (see H. Res. 657), H6108 [10JY]

James L. Oberstar U.S. Dept. of Transportation Building Complex, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 4644), H4831 [22MY]

Korea, Republic of: provide high-skilled visas for nationals (see H.R. 1812), H2746 [27MR]

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

Medicare: apply exceptions process fairly for tiered formulary drugs in prescription drug plans (see H.R. 2827), H4910 [28MY]

——— count the negotiated price of drugs provided free or at nominal charge under compassionate treatment programs towards incurred out-of-pocket costs (see H.R. 1239), H2854 [2AP]

——— 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]

——— include information on the coverage of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity in the ‘‘Medicare and You Handbook’’ and coordinate programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2415), H3409 [1MY]

——— limit charges for contract health services provided to Indians by Medicare providers of services and suppliers (see H.R. 4843), H5318 [11JN]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 2500), H5024 [29MY]

——— modify durable medical equipment face-to-face encounter documentation requirement (see H.R. 3833), H2854 [2AP]

——— provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 4035), H3448 [6MY]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3877), H2696 [26MR]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H5024 [29MY]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 942), H5068 [2JN]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program and transparency of payment methodology of pharmacies (see H.R. 4437), H4911 [28MY]

——— repeal rebasing of payments for home health services and replace such rebasing with a home health value-based purchasing program (see H.R. 5110), H6296 [15JY]

Monuments and memorials: require congressional approval, provide restrictions on the use of national monuments, and establish requirements for declaration of marine national monuments (see H.R. 4988), H5817 [26JN]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H1881 [21FE]

National parks and recreation areas: provide a lifetime America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Pass to any veteran with a service-connected disability (see H.R. 3976), H1511 [29JA]

Native Americans: amend legislation concerning taxable income to members of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (see H.R. 3608), H1593 [4FE]

——— establish a program to award contracts to certain tribal organizations, Indian corporations, public school districts, and States (see H.R. 4328), H2743 [27MR]

——— reauthorize program to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages (see H.R. 5765), H8169 [20NO]

——— revoke the charter of incorporation of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma (see H.R. 4002), H1658 [5FE]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H2098 [28FE]

NIH: expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (see H.R. 4221), H5319 [11JN]

——— submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H3365 [30AP]

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

Older Americans Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 3850), H3409 [1MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: temporarily exempt certain Medicare and Medicaid providers from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 5098), H7939 [12NO]

Philippines: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of Typhoon Haiyan (see H.R. 3771), H1659 [5FE]

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: 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), H6977 [28JY]

Public lands: provide for no net increase in acreage of certain Federal lands (see H.R. 4423), H3448 [6MY]

Roads and highways: clarify regulation of the operation of longer combination vehicles on the Interstate Highway System in Idaho (see H.R. 3083), H2098 [28FE]

Ships and vessels: establish nationally uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel (see H.R. 5609), H7885 [18SE]

SSA: continue to make Social Security number printouts and benefit verification letters available at field offices (see H.R. 4964), H6108 [10JY]

Sudan: condemn charge of apostasy and death sentence of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag and encourage U.S. efforts to support religious freedom (see H. Res. 601), H5365 [12JN]

Taiwan Relations Act: affirm importance (see H. Res. 494), H2611 [24MR]

Taxation: clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (see H.R. 3043), H2803 [1AP]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H2066 [27FE]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H6977 [28JY]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 4365), H5024 [29MY]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1449), H3409 [1MY]

Transportation Security Administration: exempt certain flights in Hawaii and Alaska from increased aviation security service fees (see H.R. 3934), H1431 [27JA]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1354), H224 [14JA]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (see H.R. 4450), H3293 [29AP]

U.N.: promote transparency, accountability, and reform (see H.R. 3155), H1772 [11FE]

U.S. Access Board: develop accessibility guidelines for electronic instructional materials and related information technologies in institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3505), H4061 [9MY]

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom: reauthorize (see H.R. 4653), H5250 [10JN]

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]

——— 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. 303), H2001 [26FE]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: exempt nonprofit low-income housing providers from certain mortgage, servicing, and appraisal requirements (see H.R. 3529), H2803 [1AP]

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]

Weather: enhance planning, preparation, and dissemination of best practices for extreme weather to increase resiliency, improve regional coordination, and mitigate financial risk (see H.R. 5314), H7181 [31JY]

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), H2645 [25MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Alaska: prescribe an additional requirement for the designation of marine sanctuaries off the coast (see H.R. 5389), H7184 [31JY]

——— retain and provide for future use of certain land on Point Spencer, support missions and duties of the Coast Guard, and convey certain Point Spencer lands to Bering Straits Native Corp., and the State (see H.R. 4668), H4434 [15MY]

Bethel, AK: convey certain property to Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp. (see H.R. 5736), H8071 [18NO]

Contracts: amend laws relative to justification and approval of all sole-source contracts exceeding a certain amount (see H.R. 5211), H6859 [25JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see H.R. 5012), H5818 [26JN]

Dept. of Commerce: provide notice of certification that no further corrective action is required at sites and operable units covered by Pribilof Islands Environmental Restoration agreement (see H.R. 5885), H9303 [11DE]

Endangered species: protect and conserve species and the lawful possession of certain ivory in the U.S. (see H.R. 5886), H9303 [11DE]

GSA: convey certain Federal property in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska to the Olgoonik Corp. (see H.R. 5167), H6655 [22JY]

Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act: expedite civil actions, claims, and appeals (see H.R. 5092), H6135 [11JY]

Medicare: extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program (see H.R. 4780), H5063 [30MY]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4277), H2488 [18MR]

Native Americans: facilitate ability of Indian tribes to integrate the employment, training, and related services from diverse Federal sources (see H.R. 5671), H7887 [18SE]

Taxation: encourage charitable contributions of real property for conservation purposes by Native corporations (see H.R. 4721), H4828 [22MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Alaska: prescribe an additional requirement for the designation of marine sanctuaries off the coast (H.R. 5389), H7188 [31JY]

——— retain and provide for future use of certain land on Point Spencer, support missions and duties of the Coast Guard, and convey certain Point Spencer lands to Bering Straits Native Corp., and the State (H.R. 4668), H4434 [15MY]

Bethel, AK: convey certain property to Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp. (H.R. 5736), H8071 [18NO]

Contracts: amend laws relative to justification and approval of all sole-source contracts exceeding a certain amount (H.R. 5211), H6860 [25JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (H.R. 5012), H5819 [26JN]

Dept. of Commerce: provide notice of certification that no further corrective action is required at sites and operable units covered by Pribilof Islands Environmental Restoration agreement (H.R. 5885), H9304 [11DE]

Endangered species: protect and conserve species and the lawful possession of certain ivory in the U.S. (H.R. 5886), H9304 [11DE]

GSA: convey certain Federal property in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska to the Olgoonik Corp. (H.R. 5167), H6656 [22JY]

Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act: expedite civil actions, claims, and appeals (H.R. 5092), H6136 [11JY]

Medicare: extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program (H.R. 4780), H5064 [30MY]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4277), H2488 [18MR]

Native Americans: facilitate ability of Indian tribes to integrate the employment, training, and related services from diverse Federal sources (H.R. 5671), H7892 [18SE]

Taxation: encourage charitable contributions of real property for conservation purposes by Native corporations (H.R. 4721), H4829 [22MY]

Remarks

Alaska: retain and provide for future use of certain land on Point Spencer, support missions and duties of the Coast Guard, and convey certain Point Spencer lands to Bering Straits Native Corp., and the State (H.R. 4668), E756• [15MY]

Alaska Native Allotment Act: approve certain Alaska Native veteran land allotment application and convey land associated with such application, H1676 [6FE], H2978 [7AP]

Arapaho National Forest: adjust boundary (H.R. 4846), H7950 [13NO]

Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial: designate (H.R. 4751), H7272, H7273 [8SE]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4005), H2775 [1AP]

——— clarify disposition of assets associated with Long-Range Navigation (LORAN) stations, H2775 [1AP]

Denali Commission: terminate, H6029 [9JY]

Dept. of HUD: Native American Housing Block Grant program funding, H5212 [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), H3214, H3215 [28AP]

——— conduct a special resource study to evaluate significance of Mill Springs Battlefield in Pulaski and Wayne Counties, KY, and feasibility of inclusion in the National Park System (H.R. 298), H3212, H3213 [28AP]

——— maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch, ID (H.R. 4283), H7270, H7271 [8SE]

——— study suitability and feasibility of designating the Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, NY, as a unit of the National Park System (H.R. 1501), H3218 [28AP]

——— take certain land into trust for the benefit of Morongo Band of Mission Indians in California (H.R. 4867), H7951 [13NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5212 [10JN]

Endangered species: allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species, H1565 [4FE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H6029 [9JY]

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), H1676 [6FE]

Fairbanks, AK: anniversary of Fairbanks North Star Borough, E487• [1AP]

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve: allow for the harvest of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit people (H.R. 3110), H3215 [28AP]

GSA: convey a parcel of real property in Albuquerque, NM, to the Amy Biehl High School Foundation (H.R. 3998), H5380, H5381 [17JN]

——— convey certain Federal property in Alaska to Anchorage, AK (H.R. 3786), H5379, H5380 [17JN]

——— convey certain Federal property in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska to the Olgoonik Corp. (H.R. 5167), H7948 [13NO]

Monuments and memorials: approve location of a memorial to commemorate the slaves and free African Americans who fought for independence in the American Revolution (H.J. Res. 120), H7273 [8SE]

Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest: preserve the Green Mountain Lookout in Glacier Peak Wilderness (S. 404), H2978 [7AP]

National Law Enforcement Museum Act: extend museum construction termination date (H.R. 4120), H3217, H3218 [28AP]

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association: tribute to Electrification Sustainability Program in South Sudan, H5833 [8JY]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4329), H8251 [2DE]

Public utilities: exempt from the Lacey Act Amendments certain water transfers by the North Texas Municipal Water District and the Greater Texoma Utility Authority (H.R. 4032), H3216, H3217 [28AP]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), H6257 [15JY]

Shasta-Trinity National Forest: provide for a land exchange with the Trinity Public Utilities District of Trinity County, CA (H.R. 3326), H7949, H7950 [13NO]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 3590), H1565 [4FE]

Taxation: make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions, H6374 [17JY]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 4719), H6374 [17JY]

Tremont, ME: remove a use restriction on transferred land formerly a part of Acadia National Park (H.R. 4527), H7271 [8SE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: exempt certain Alaskan Native articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible migratory bird parts (H.R. 3109), H7269, H7270 [8SE]

Reports filed

In the Matter of Allegations Relating to Representative Don Young: Committee on Ethics (House) (H. Rept. 113–487), H5597 [20JN]

Tributes

Coble, Representative, H2775 [1AP]

Erickson, Randy, H5833 [8JY]