TIPTON, SCOTT R. (a Representative from Colorado)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H167 [9JA]

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4755 [25JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), H2643 [29AP]

Forests: implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (H.R. 2647), H5003 [9JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: call for U.S. recognition of the Taliban as a foreign terrorist organization (see H. Con. Res. 13), H814 [4FE]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 2903), H5404 [22JY]

American Indian Trust Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 2760), H4343 [12JN]

Apollo space program: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of first manned moon landing (see H.R. 2726), H5118 [13JY]

Arapaho National Forest: adjust boundary (see H.R. 1324), H1850 [23MR]

BLM: incorporate needs and input of affected communities before taking any travel management action affecting access to public lands (see H.R. 1555), H3921 [8JN]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H3254 [15MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H42 [6JA]

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H2032 [25MR]

Bureau of Reclamation: require an infrastructure needs assessment report listing major repair and rehabilitation needs at water delivery system facilities (see H.R. 1107), H1368 [26FE]

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. 1343), H1663 [16MR]

Chaplain (Capt.) Dale Goetz Memorial Post Office Building, Colorado Springs, CO: designate (see H.R. 382), H1084 [20FE]

China: call for an end to forced organ harvesting, investigate organ transplant abuses, end persecution of the Falun Gong, and respond to state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience (see H. Res. 343), H6180 [18SE]

Christmas Day: express that the symbols and traditions of Christmas should be protected for use by those who celebrate Christmas (see H. Res. 564), H9306 [11DE]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to participants in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act (see H.R. 431), H664 [28JA]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H7347 [29OC]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1671), H9026 [7DE]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 525), H5975 [11SE]

Copyrights: provide fair treatment of radio stations and artists for the use of sound recordings (see H.R. 1733), H9329 [15DE]

Courts: appoint additional Federal district judges for the district of Colorado (see H.R. 2919), H4770 [25JN]

Credit: clarify that points and fees in connection with a mortgage loan do not include certain compensation amounts already taken into account in setting the interest rate on such loan (see H.R. 3393), H6180 [18SE]

——— exclude from credit reports medical debt that is recently delinquent or has been paid, provide for a timetable for verification of medical debt, and increase efficiency of credit markets with more perfect information (see H.R. 2362), H4594 [23JN]

——— improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction (see H.R. 685), H1806 [19MR]

——— provide a safe harbor from certain requirements relative to qualified mortgages for residential mortgage loans held on an originating depository institution’s portfolio (see H.R. 1210), H1565 [3MR]

——— provide a temporary license for certain mortgage loan originators transitioning between bank and nonbank entities (see H.R. 2121), H4774 [25JN]

Credit provide that residential mortgage loans held on portfolio qualify as qualified mortgages relative to the presumption of ability to repay requirements (see H.R. 1113), H1368 [26FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit regulations establishing certain limits for the school lunch program (see H.R. 1504), H1803 [19MR]

——— publish a strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in National Forest System trail maintenance (see H.R. 845), H8281 [17NO]

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see H.R. 985), H5980 [15SE]

Dept. of Energy: enhance the energy security of U.S. allies by approving exports of natural gas to NATO countries, Japan, or any country to which exports would enhance U.S. national security (see H.R. 287), H356 [13JA]

——— make transparent direct and indirect costs incurred by power marketing administrations for compliance with environmental laws impacting fish and wildlife conservation (see H.R. 1869), H2420 [22AP]

Dept. of HHS: provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1312), H2271 [15AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering the application for veterans status of an individual who performed service as a coastwise merchant seaman during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H6706 [29SE]

Dept. of Justice: improve the restitution process for child pornography victims by considering total losses, requiring timely restitution, and spreading costs among multiple defendants (see H.R. 595), H661 [28JA]

——— provide State officials with access to criminal history information relative to certain financial service providers required to undergo State criminal background checks (see H.R. 2643), H5332 [21JY]

Dept. of the Interior: convey to States all right, title, and interest in, and to a percentage of, the mineral royalties and other amounts required to be paid relative to public land and deposits in the State (see H.R. 945), H1034 [12FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: bring the Financial Stability Oversight Council and Office of Financial Research into the regular appropriations process (see H.R. 3340), H6180 [18SE]

——— improve transparency of the Financial Stability Oversight Council and improve the systemically important financial institution (SIFI) designation process (see H.R. 1550), H7390 [2NO]

——— provide for transparency of payments made from the Judgment Fund (see H.R. 1669), H2311 [16AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H1806 [19MR]

——— extend authorization for construction of medical center in Aurora, CO, and enter into an agreement with the Corps of Engineers to manage such construction (see H.R. 593), H660 [28JA] (see H.R. 1681), H2212 [14AP]

——— issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (see H.R. 91), H2794 [1MY]

——— provide for removal or demotion of employees based on performance or misconduct (see H.R. 1994), H4594 [23JN]

——— transfer authority for construction of future major medical facility projects to the Corps of Engineers (see H.R. 1681), H2212 [14AP]

——— use authorities to furnish health care at non-departmental facilities to veterans who live more than a certain distance from the closest departmental facility that furnishes the necessary care (see H.R. 577), H639 [27JA]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 167), H157 [8JA]

——— provide certain Western States assistance in the development of statewide conservation and management plans for the protection and recovery of sage grouse species (see H.R. 1997), H2463 [23AP]

Drought: provide drought assistance to California (see H.R. 2898), H4769 [25JN]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H2419 [22AP]

Endangered Species Act: place caps on attorneys fees for suits filed under such Act (see H.R. 2109), H2960 [13MY]

——— require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered or threatened (see H.R. 1667), H2311 [16AP]

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 72), H8282 [17NO]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 71), H8282 [17NO]

——— extend compliance date of rules on carbon dioxide emissions from existing powerplants pending judicial review and allow States to protect ratepayers from rate increases and reliability issues (see H.R. 2042), H4345 [12JN]

——— improve establishment of any lower ground-level ozone standards (see H.R. 1388), H1720 [17MR]

——— prohibit proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible (see H.R. 1030), H1502 [27FE]

——— require decisions on whether naturally occurring or ‘‘exceptional’’ events cause air quality standard violations to be based on a preponderance of evidence and accord deference to State and local findings (see H.R. 1320), H1613 [4MR]

——— waive emission standards or other requirements applicable to asbestos control in the demolition or renovation of a condemned building with a reasonable expectation of structural failure (see H.R. 2560), H4383 [15JN]

ERISA: ensure health care coverage value and transparency for dental benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 1677), H2108 [26MR]

FAA: amend the Pilot’s Bill of Rights to facilitate appeals and to apply to other issued certificates, and revise the third class medical certification regulations (see H.R. 1062), H5866 [9SE]

Federal agencies and departments: impose certain limitations on consent decrees and settlement agreements that require the agencies to take regulatory action in accordance with the terms thereof (see H.R. 712), H2419 [22AP]

——— include language in certain educational and advertising materials indicating that such materials are produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense (see H.R. 310), H534 [22JA]

——— institute spending limits and transparency requirements for Federal conference and travel expenditures (see H.R. 2032), H2656 [29AP]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 427), H478 [21JA]

——— require certain financial regulators to determine whether new regulations or orders are duplicative or inconsistent with existing Federal regulations (see H.R. 3705), H7743 [4NO]

——— require the use of two-phase selection procedures when design-build contracts are suitable for award to small business concerns (see H.R. 1666), H2156 [13AP]

Federal employees: provide a pathway for temporary seasonal employees in Federal land management agencies to compete for vacant permanent positions under internal merit promotion procedures (see H.R. 1531), H2212 [14AP]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: withdraw and study proposed rule on Federal Home Loan Bank membership (see H.R. 3808), H8861 [1DE]

Financial institutions: allow Federal savings associations to elect to operate as national banks (see H.R. 1660), H2656 [29AP]

——— allow mutual capital certificates to satisfy capital requirements for mutual depositories (see H.R. 1661), H2656 [29AP]

——— establish deferred presentment transaction requirements (see H.R. 4018), H8972 [2DE]

——— improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 1941), H2415 [22AP]

——— improve regulation and the mortgage finance system (see H.R. 1389), H1720 [17MR]

——— provide relief to community banks and promote their access to capital (see H.R. 1523), H2656 [29AP]

——— provide requirements for Federal banking agencies when directing a depository institution to terminate a specific customer account and provide for additional requirements relative to certain subpoenas (see H.R. 766), H4137 [10JN]

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 1309), H2271 [15AP]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 402), H412 [16JA]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H1723 [17MR]

——— revise various laws that interfere with the right of people to obtain and use firearms for all lawful purposes (see H.R. 2710), H4432 [16JN]

Foreign trade: improve antidumping and countervailing duty laws (see H.R. 2523), H3643 [1JN]

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. 1555), H3921 [8JN]

Forests: implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (see H.R. 2647), H4432 [16JN]

Freedom of Information Act: strengthen (see H.R. 653), H1618 [4MR]

FRS: bring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into the regular appropriations process (see H.R. 1486), H1902 [24MR]

——— establish advisory boards for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see H.R. 1195), H1806 [19MR]

——— establish requirements for policy rules and blackout periods of the Federal Open Market Committee and for certain activities of the Board of Governors (see H.R. 3189), H6180 [18SE]

——— 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. 1737), H2357 [21AP]

——— replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a 5-person commission and establish it as the Financial Product Safety Commission (see H.R. 1266), H1610 [4MR]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H36 [6JA]

Government regulations: ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (see H.R. 527), H668 [30JA]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2653), H3922 [8JN]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2300), H2957 [13MY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 2300), H2957 [13MY] (see H.R. 2653), H3922 [8JN]

Health care professionals: protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 921), H2959 [13MY]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3268), H7333 [28OC]

Human rights: express that those who commit or support targeted atrocities against Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities are committing ‘‘war crimes’’, ‘‘crimes against humanity’’, and ‘‘genocide’’ (see H. Con. Res. 75), H6077 [16SE]

Immigration: prohibit obligation of Federal funds for admission of refugees from Syria (see H.R. 4025), H8279 [17NO]

——— reform H–2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers (see H.R. 2588), H5293 [16JY]

——— require that supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (see H.R. 4038), H8362 [18NO]

Insurance: provide notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength or when the FDIC places a lien against insurance company assets (see H.R. 1478), H2656 [29AP]

Iran: disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H. Res. 367), H5291 [16JY]

IRS: exempt from certain labor-management relations requirements (see H.R. 4083), H8410 [19NO]

——— terminate employment of employees who take certain official actions for political purposes (see H.R. 709), H810 [4FE]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H6138 [17SE]

Kyle, Christopher S.: award Medal of Honor posthumously (see H.R. 1094), H1618 [4MR]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 612), H661 [28JA]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H2036 [25MR]

Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see H.R. 556), H4543 [18JN]

——— authorize a blanket significant hardship exception for meaningful electronic health records use due to delay in timely publication of certain meaningful use rules (see H.R. 3940), H8242 [16NO]

——— ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 2043), H5776 [29JY]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1342), H2156 [13AP]

——— establish a payment option to freely contract, without penalty, for fee-for-service items and services, while allowing beneficiaries to use their benefits (see H.R. 1650), H3582 [29MY]

——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see H.R. 663), H1165 [25FE]

——— make adjustments relative to competitive bidding program and durable medical equipment and establish a durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) market pricing program project (see H.R. 4185), H9079 [8DE]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 1453), H2271 [15AP]

——— protect coverage for screening mammography (see H.R. 3339), H8414 [19NO]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H5848 [8SE]

——— provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2404), H3309 [18MY]

——— reform practices of recovery audit contractors (see H.R. 2156), H2821 [8MY]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 169), H412 [16JA]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 775), H5332 [21JY]

——— require State licensure and bid surety bonds for entities submitting bids under the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 284), H224 [12JA]

——— strengthen rules applied in case of competition for diabetic testing strips (see H.R. 771), H9206 [9DE]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H3758 [2JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: implement a demonstration project to examine costs and benefits of providing payments for health care services provided by purpose-built, continuing care retirement communities to beneficiaries (see H.R. 837), H2879 [12MY]

Members of Congress: prohibit use of funds provided for official travel expenses of Members and other officers and employees of the legislative branch for airline accommodations which are not coach-class accommodations (see H.R. 2210), H2791 [1MY]

Mining and mineral resources: ensure transparency in development of environmental regulations (see H.R. 1644), H5976 [11SE]

——— promote domestic production of critical minerals and materials (see H.R. 1937), H2415 [22AP]

National Small Business Week: observance (see H. Res. 246), H2792 [1MY]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 511), H1850 [23MR]

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see H.R. 3459), H7626 [3NO]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H5469 [23JY]

Pacific Maritime Association: resolve labor negotiations with International Longshore and Warehouse Union with assistance of a mediator and allow Presidential intervention if ports shut down due to a lack of settlement (see H. Res. 108), H1085 [20FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exclude alien agricultural seasonal workers when determining employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1387), H1720 [17MR]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 30), H36 [6JA]

——— modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H4546 [19JN]

——— repeal (see H.R. 2300), H2957 [13MY] (see H.R. 2653), H3922 [8JN]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 928), H1033 [12FE]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 1190), H1524 [2MR]

——— 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. 588), H2155 [13AP]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see H.R. 863), H1072 [13FE]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (see H.R. 702), H3574 [22MY]

Power resources: achieve domestic energy independence by empowering States to control development and production of all forms of energy on all available Federal land (see H.R. 866), H980 [11FE]

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. 699), H810 [4FE]

Public debt: ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (see H.R. 692), H2270 [15AP]

Real estate: provide for a temporary safe harbor from the enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loan transactions (see H.R. 2213), H3254 [15MY]

Recreational vehicles: study proposed vehicle handling requirements for recreational off-highway vehicles and prohibit adoption of such requirements prior to completion of the study (see H.R. 999), H2315 [17AP]

Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (see H.R. 2663), H5293 [16JY]

Roads and highways: amend laws relative to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate system (see H.R. 3488), H7255 [27OC]

SEC: protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (see H.R. 1090), H6706 [29SE]

Securities: determine a customer’s net equity based on the customer’s last statement, prohibit certain recoveries, and change how trustees are appointed (see H.R. 1982), H2462 [23AP]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see H. Res. 534), H8412 [19NO]

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. 546), H9375 [16DE]

Sound recording and reproducing: provide for direct payment of statutory sound recording performance royalties to record producers (see H.R. 1457), H9329 [15DE]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see H.R. 2406), H4138 [10JN]

Tariff: increase the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (see H.R. 978), H1117 [24FE]

Taxation: extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1372 [26FE]

——— facilitate water leasing and water transfers to promote conservation and efficiency (see H.R. 4220), H9269 [10DE]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 1752), H2152 [13AP]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H1662 [16MR]

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 641), H814 [4FE]

——— prevent increase of Federal excise tax on heavy-duty trucks (see H. Con. Res. 33), H5405 [22JY]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 631), H667 [30JA] (see H.R. 2061), H2497 [28AP]

——— provide families with more discretion in the use of, and contributions to, flexible spending accounts for healthcare services (see H.R. 1185), H4593 [23JN]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 232), H1901 [24MR]

——— reform and reset the excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 767), H1902 [24MR]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1105), H1618 [4MR]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 160), H41 [6JA]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see H.R. 662), H1662 [16MR]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1401), H3565 [21MY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: reverse listing of lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species and prevent further consideration of such listing pending implementation of conservation plans and measures (see H.R. 659), H703 [2FE]

Water: disapprove rule submitted by the Corps of Engineers and EPA relative to the definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.J. Res. 59), H6789 [1OC]

——— 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. 594), H660 [28JA] (see H.R. 1732), H2212 [14AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Colorado: require a land conveyance involving the Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest (see H.R. 1554), H1848 [23MR]

Dept. of Education: provide State relief from Federal mandate to provide higher education opportunities for Native Americans (see H.R. 1089), H1164 [25FE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish goals for an all-of-the-above energy production plan strategy on onshore Federal lands (see H.R. 459), H480 [21JA]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: prohibit the taking of privately held water rights and uphold longstanding State water laws (see H.R. 1830), H2305 [16AP]

Financial institutions: require regulatory agencies to take risk profiles and business models of institutions into account when taking regulatory actions (see H.R. 2896), H4769 [25JN]

——— specify which smaller institutions may qualify for an 18-month examination cycle (see H.R. 1553), H1848 [23MR]

Forests: address bark beetle epidemic, drought, deteriorating forest health, and wildfire risk on Federal lands and increase State control of forest management in high-risk areas (see H.R. 695), H755 [3FE]

Constitutional authority statements

Colorado: require a land conveyance involving the Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest (H.R. 1554), H1849 [23MR]

Dept. of Education: provide State relief from Federal mandate to provide higher education opportunities for Native Americans (H.R. 1089), H1165 [25FE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish goals for an all-of-the-above energy production plan strategy on onshore Federal lands (H.R. 459), H482 [21JA]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: prohibit the taking of privately held water rights and uphold longstanding State water laws (H.R. 1830), H2308 [16AP]

Financial institutions: require regulatory agencies to take risk profiles and business models of institutions into account when taking regulatory actions (H.R. 2896), H4772 [25JN]

——— specify which smaller institutions may qualify for an 18-month examination cycle (H.R. 1553), H1849 [23MR]

Forests: address bark beetle epidemic, drought, deteriorating forest health, and wildfire risk on Federal lands and increase State control of forest management in high-risk areas (H.R. 695), H757 [3FE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1773 [19MR], H5335 [22JY]

Letters

Federal district court decision on environmental compliance of Dept. of the Interior permit issued to Tri-State Generation and Transmission Inc., for expansion of Colowyo mine: by, S4072 [11JN]

Remarks

Bayfield, CO: tribute to Bayfield High School football team, E1725• [8DE]

Bureau of Reclamation: water conservancy and delivery funding, H2643 [29AP]

Colorado: Federal district court decision on environmental compliance of Dept. of the Interior permit issued to Tri-State Generation and Transmission Inc., for expansion of Colowyo mine, H4423 [16JN], H5341 [22JY]

——— require a land conveyance involving the Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest (H.R. 1554), H5998 [16SE]

Colorado State University-Pueblo: tribute to football team, H194 [12JA]

Credit: provide a safe harbor from certain requirements relative to qualified mortgages for residential mortgage loans held on an originating depository institution’s portfolio (H.R. 1210), H8317 [18NO]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4755 [25JN]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: prohibit the taking of privately held water rights and uphold longstanding State water laws, H5252 [16JY]

Drought: provide drought assistance to California (H.R. 2898), H5252 [16JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), H2643 [29AP]

EPA: proposed Clean Power Plan regulations, H8634 [30NO]

Financial institutions: specify which smaller institutions may qualify for an 18-month examination cycle (H.R. 1553), H6803 [6OC]

Forest Service: request certain stewardship contracts be modified to include fire liability provisions, H5003 [9JY]

——— wildfire suppression and prevention funding through reductions in EPA funding, H4755 [25JN]

Forests: implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (H.R. 2647), H5003 [9JY]

Hughes, Sydney: National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association student athlete scholarship award recipient, E1425• [6OC]

Jones, Kevin: Colorado High School Principal of the Year award recipient, E676• [12MY]

Moore, Ryan: Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award recipient, E1726• [8DE]

Native Americans: facilitate development of energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands (H.R. 538), H6914 [8OC]

Notestine, Cory: American School Counselor Association School Counselor of the Year award recipient, E142• [2FE]

Power resources: modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), H8634 [30NO]

Pueblo, CO: tribute to Pueblo East High School football team, E1725• [8DE]

Pueblo County, CO: tribute to Colorado State high school wrestling championship participants, E313• [6MR]

Ruggles, Katrina: Colorado School Counselor Association Colorado Secondary Counselor of the Year award recipient, E1727• [8DE]

Sullivan, Patrick: Colorado Association of Road Supervisors and Engineers Supervisor of the Year Award recipient, E249• [25FE]

Tributes

Demby, Max, H3316 [19MY]

Keck, Joe, E730• [18MY]

Kramer, James, E125• [27JA]

Reed, Jesse, E315• [6MR]