CONAWAY, K. MICHAEL (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

CFTC: reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 2289), H3948 [9JN]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), H3760 [2JN]

Appointments

Alan Nunnelee funeral attendees, H904 [10FE]

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H403 [14JA]

Conferee: H.R. 1735, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H4699 [25JN]

House Democracy Partnership, H742 [3FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (see H.R. 3504), H5980 [15SE]

——— prohibit solicitation or accepting donation of human fetal tissue for any purpose other than disposal of the tissue if the donation affects interstate commerce and the tissue is obtained pursuant to an abortion (see H.R. 3215), H5976 [11SE]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 816), H5524 [27JY]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 36), H190 [9JA]

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), H5777 [29JY]

Armed Forces: improve security at recruitment centers by allowing officers to carry weapons or improving structural security (see H.R. 3139), H5592 [28JY]

ATF: prevent reclassification of certain ammunition as armor piercing (see H.R. 1365), H1807 [19MR]

——— prohibit from requiring disclosure of race or ethnicity in the transfer of a firearm (see H.R. 1739), H2773 [30AP]

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

Budget: clarify that the standard setting body designated pursuant to the Securities Act is not subject to the sequester (see H.R. 1048), H2356 [21AP]

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), H5470 [23JY]

Citizenship: clarify that oath of allegiance administered in naturalization process may not be altered (see H.R. 3296), H5763 [29JY]

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]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1683), H2109 [26MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 3), H157 [8JA]

——— provide for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution relative to implementation of immigration laws (see H. Res. 11), H1627 [10MR]

Constitution—U.S.: restore integrity of the Fifth Amendment relative to due process of law in civil forfeiture proceedings (see H.R. 540), H1662 [16MR]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H482 [21JA]

Courts: prevent misuse of foreign law in Federal courts (see H.R. 3052), H5592 [28JY]

——— prohibit recovery of damages in certain wrongful birth and wrongful life civil actions (see H.R. 281), H224 [12JA]

Cuba: modify prohibition on U.S. assistance and financing for agricultural exports and allow limited U.S. investment in Cuban agribusinesses (see H.R. 3687), H6835 [6OC]

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), H5848 [8SE]

Dept. of Education: allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 3421), H5768 [29JY]

Dept. of Energy: enable civilian research and development of advanced nuclear energy technologies by private and public institutions and expand knowledge of nuclear physics, chemistry, and materials science (see H.R. 4084), H8410 [19NO]

——— 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]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit sale or transactions involving human fetal tissue (see H.R. 3429), H5944 [10SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: certify that refugees admitted to the U.S. from Iraq or Syria are not security threats to the U.S. prior to admission (see H.R. 3999), H8239 [16NO]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds for position of Public Advocate, or position of Deputy Assistant Director of Custody Programs and Community Outreach, within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (see H.R. 276), H4002 [9JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: report on debt levels, proposed debt reduction measures, and impact of increasing the debt ceiling and provide public access to such information (see H.R. 3442), H6139 [17SE]

Dept. of Transportation: ensure that on-duty time for certain commercial motor vehicle drivers does not include waiting time at natural gas or oil well sites (see H.R. 486), H531 [22JA]

——— repeal the Transportation Alternatives Program (see H.R. 2609), H5776 [29JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify conditions under which veterans, their spouses, and children may be adjudicated mentally incompetent relative to their ability to purchase firearms (see H.R. 2001), H2463 [23AP]

——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 1384), H5524 [27JY]

Diseases: mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 2722), H4135 [10JN]

Endangered Species Act: establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements (see H.R. 585), H660 [28JA]

EPA: prevent from exceeding its statutory authority in ways that were not yet contemplated by Congress (see H.R. 3880), H8972 [2DE]

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), H1663 [16MR]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 2802), H5032 [9JY]

FDA: establish Federal labeling standards for food with genetically modified ingredients and natural foods (see H.R. 1599), H5238 [15JY]

Financial institutions: require regulatory agencies to take risk profiles and business models of institutions into account when taking regulatory actions (see H.R. 2896), H9329 [15DE]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 3425), H5768 [29JY]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H1068 [13FE]

——— revise various laws that interfere with the right of people to obtain and use firearms for all lawful purposes (see H.R. 2710), H4652 [24JN]

——— terminate Operation Choke Point or similar programs that infringe on ability of dealers and manufacturers of firearms and ammunition to access credit or other financial services (see H.R. 1413), H1721 [17MR]

Floresville Veterans Post Office Building, Floresville, TX: designate (see H.R. 891), H2155 [13AP]

Freedom of religion: improve U.S. ability to advance religious freedom globally through enhanced diplomacy, training, counterterrorism, and foreign assistance and through stronger responses to violations and extremism (see H.R. 1150), H2155 [13AP]

FRS: eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see H.R. 3118), H5297 [20JY]

——— 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), H2115 [26MR]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H2794 [1MY]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (see H.R. 6), H4593 [23JN]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2653), H4383 [15JN]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 940), H1723 [17MR]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2300), H3310 [18MY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal (see H.R. 132), H412 [16JA]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 596), H757 [3FE] (see H.R. 2300), H3310 [18MY] (see H.R. 2653), H4383 [15JN]

Immigration: give States authority to reject admission of refugees (see H.R. 4032), H8279 [17NO]

——— give States authority to reject admission of refugees unless there is adequate assurance that the aliens do not present a security risk (see H.R. 4197), H9205 [9DE]

——— provide that certain pregnant aliens are ineligible to receive visas or be admitted to the U.S. (see H.R. 2484), H3506 [20MY]

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

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

——— urge the President and International Atomic Energy Agency to submit to Congress the text of all side agreements entered into with Iran relative to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (see H. Res. 553), H9011 [3DE]

Iraq: authorize direct provision of defense articles, defense services, and related training to Kurdish Regional Government (see H.R. 1654), H2108 [26MR]

IRS: prohibit performance awards for employees who owe back taxes (see H.R. 1817), H2960 [13MY]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H2821 [8MY]

Koskinen, John A.: impeach (see H. Res. 494), H8243 [16NO]

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]

Medicare: ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 793), H9691 [17DE]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H2212 [14AP]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H9691 [17DE]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program and transparency of payment methodology of pharmacies (see H.R. 244), H10712 [18DE]

——— provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2404), H8242 [16NO]

——— reform practices of recovery audit contractors (see H.R. 2156), H7743 [4NO]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 775), H6138 [17SE]

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

Motor vehicles: exempt certain class A driver’s license holders in the agriculture industry from requirement to obtain a hazardous material endorsement when operating certain service vehicles (see H.R. 1267), H1850 [23MR]

National Entrepreneurs’ Day: designate (see H. Res. 511), H7624 [3NO]

NLRB: modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see H.R. 1893), H2315 [17AP]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H3917 [4JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (see H.R. 132), H412 [16JA] (see H.R. 596), H757 [3FE] (see H.R. 2300), H3310 [18MY] (see H.R. 2653), H4383 [15JN]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 928), H2271 [15AP]

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

——— repeal the ‘‘Cadillac Tax’’ on certain high-cost health plans (see H.R. 879), H5089 [10JY]

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 519), H532 [22JA]

——— require participation in health care exchanges by Supreme Court Justices and staff (see H.R. 2905), H5089 [10JY]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (see H.R. 666), H754 [3FE] (see H.R. 702), H810 [4FE]

——— repeal the crude oil export ban (see H.R. 156), H105 [7JA]

PFC Milton A. Lee Medal of Honor Memorial Highway, TX: designate (see H.R. 2559), H3561 [21MY]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see H.R. 3134), H5330 [21JY]

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), H3507 [20MY]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 602), H2155 [13AP]

Public debt: ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (see H.R. 692), H4243 [11JN]

Real estate: provide for a temporary safe harbor from the enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loan transactions (see H.R. 2213), H3565 [21MY]

Refugees: suspend admission into the U.S. in order to examine costs of providing benefits to such individuals (see H.R. 3314), H6189 [22SE]

Russia: prohibit U.S. recognition of annexation of Crimea (see H.R. 93), H5524 [27JY]

Social Security: exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 1716), H2110 [26MR]

SSA: prohibit the furnishing of names in a report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System unless a Federal court has determined the individual to be mentally defective (see H.R. 3126), H5592 [28JY]

——— prohibit use of determinations to consider an individual to be adjudicated as mentally defective relative to the sale or transfer of firearms (see H.R. 3516), H6308 [28SE]

Supreme Court: disagree with decision in Obergefell v. Hodges relative to requirement of a State to license a marriage between two people of the same sex or to recognize an out-of-State same-sex marriage (see H. Res. 359), H5239 [15JY]

Taxation: clarify eligibility for the child tax credit (see H.R. 1333), H1613 [4MR]

——— exclude from gross income certain amounts realized on the disposition of property raised or produced by a student farmer (see H.R. 3255), H5588 [28JY]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 2096), H9691 [17DE]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2315), H5524 [27JY]

——— make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see H.R. 622), H666 [30JA]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 2061), H3508 [20MY]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1105), H1636 [13MR]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 173), H42 [6JA]

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

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H36 [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), H2356 [21AP]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: express that any related protocol or other negotiated agreement dealing with targets and timetables is considered a treaty requiring the advice and consent of the Senate (see H. Con. Res. 97), H8972 [2DE]

Ukraine: authorize assistance and sustainment to military and national security forces (see H.R. 955), H1035 [12FE]

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), H5405 [22JY]

——— 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. 1732), H2151 [13AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Business and industry: affirm private equity plays an important role in growing and strengthening U.S. businesses and that it has fostered significant investment in the U.S. economy (see H. Res. 464), H6835 [6OC]

CFTC: reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (see H.R. 2289), H2956 [13MY]

Committee on Agriculture (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 72), H703 [2FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend livestock mandatory price reporting requirements (see H.R. 2051), H2496 [28AP]

——— improve inspection services performed at export elevators at export port locations and reauthorize certain authorities relative to grain standards (see H.R. 2088), H2652 [29AP]

——— repeal country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken (see H.R. 2393), H3308 [18MY]

Dept. of Defense: increase number of operational aircraft carriers (see H.R. 3329), H5764 [29JY]

Dept. of Energy: enter into contracts for storage of certain high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, take title to such materials, and make certain expenditures from the Nuclear Waste Fund (see H.R. 3643), H6704 [29SE]

Endangered Species Act: establish objective numerical recovery goals for removal of species from lists of endangered and threatened species (see H.R. 2735), H4241 [11JN]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H1114 [24FE]

Power resources: modernize Federal policies relative to supply and distribution of energy in the U.S. and repeal the crude oil export ban (see H.R. 2369), H3251 [15MY]

——— promote a strong national energy policy that supports the innovative and hard-working men and women in the oil and gas industry who have led the charge in a U.S. energy revolution (see H. Res. 243), H2792 [1MY]

Taxation: make permanent the expensing limitations and treatment of certain real property as section 179 property (see H.R. 3933), H8149 [5NO]

Constitutional authority statements

CFTC: reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 2289), H2958 [13MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend livestock mandatory price reporting requirements (H.R. 2051), H2498 [28AP]

——— improve inspection services performed at export elevators at export port locations and reauthorize certain authorities relative to grain standards (H.R. 2088), H2654 [29AP]

——— repeal country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken (H.R. 2393), H3309 [18MY]

Dept. of Defense: increase number of operational aircraft carriers (H.R. 3329), H5772 [29JY]

Dept. of Energy: enter into contracts for storage of certain high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, take title to such materials, and make certain expenditures from the Nuclear Waste Fund (H.R. 3643), H6705 [29SE]

Endangered Species Act: establish objective numerical recovery goals for removal of species from lists of endangered and threatened species (H.R. 2735), H4242 [11JN]

Power resources: modernize Federal policies relative to supply and distribution of energy in the U.S. and repeal the crude oil export ban (H.R. 2369), H3253 [15MY]

Taxation: make permanent the expensing limitations and treatment of certain real property as section 179 property (H.R. 3933), H8152 [5NO]

Letters

Commodity End-User Relief Act: Coalition for Derivatives End-Users, H3935 [9JN]

——— Dave McCurdy, American Gas Association, H3934 [9JN]

——— Dorothy Coleman, National Association of Manufacturers, H3933 [9JN]

——— National Corn Growers Association and Natural Gas Supply Association, H3933 [9JN]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H3937 [9JN]

——— several production agriculture associations and agribusinesses, H3932 [9JN]

——— Thomas R. Kuhn, Edison Electric Institute, H3934 [9JN]

Dept. of Agriculture expansion of authority to sell or exchange small parcels of National Forest System land to enhance management and resolve minor encroachments: by, Committee on Agriculture (House), H5996 [16SE]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction: by, Committee on Agriculture (House), H2948 [13MY]

Dept. of the Treasury Terrorism Risk Insurance Program termination date extension: by, Committee on Agriculture (House), H67 [7JA]

End user exemptions for certain derivative sales: by, Committee on Agriculture (House), H68 [7JA]

Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act: by, Committee on Agriculture (House), H75, H77 [7JA], H352• [13JA]

Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act: by, Committee on Agriculture (House), H5416 [23JY]

Siege at the Alamo: William B. Travis, H1505 [2MR]

Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act: by, Committee on Agriculture (House), H5146 [14JY]

Western Water and American Food Security Act: by, Committee on Agriculture (House), H5243 [16JY]

Memorandums

Legislative Jurisdiction Over Proposals Addressing Federal Criminal Law: by, Committee on Agriculture (House), E1 [6JA]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H7745 [5NO]

Remarks

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), H461 [21JA]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H9674 [17DE]

Brownwood, TX: anniversary of Camp Bowie, E1239• [9SE]

CFTC: encourage Office of the Chief Economist employment applications from members of minority groups, women, disabled persons, and veterans, H3951 [9JN]

——— reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 2289), H3932, H3936, H3937, H3938, H3939, H3948, H3950, H3951 [9JN]

——— reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 2289), consideration (H. Res. 288), H3775, H3776 [3JN]

——— reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 2289), corrections in engrossment, H3999 [9JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend livestock mandatory price reporting requirements (H.R. 2051), H3929, H3930, H3931 [9JN]

——— extend livestock mandatory price reporting requirements (H.R. 2051), Senate amendment, H6287, H6289 [28SE]

——— improve inspection services performed at export elevators at export port locations and reauthorize certain authorities relative to grain standards (H.R. 2088), H3926, H3928, H3929 [9JN]

——— repeal country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken, H9674 [17DE]

——— repeal country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken (H.R. 2393), H4032, H4033, H4035, H4037, H4038, H4039 [10JN]

——— repeal country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken (H.R. 2393), consideration (H. Res. 303), H4023 [10JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H3238 [15MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2685), consideration (H. Res. 303), H4023 [10JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), H340• [13JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend termination date of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (H.R. 26), H67 [7JA]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), Senate amendment, H9674 [17DE]

FDA: establish Federal labeling standards for food with genetically modified ingredients and natural foods (H.R. 1599), H5308 [21JY], H5418 [23JY]

Financial Literacy Month: observance, H2361 [22AP]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, H4230 [11JN]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H340• [13JA]

Investments: repeal certain indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities, H3950 [9JN]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5918 [10SE]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 305), H4230 [11JN]

National Rice Month: observance, E1373• [28SE]

Odessa, TX: anniversary of Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang, E373• [23MR]

——— tribute to Permian High School football team, H3585 [1JN]

Permian Basin Honor Flight (organization): tribute, E797• [1JN], E1278• [15SE]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (H.R. 702), H6925, H6926, H6927, H6928, H6929, H6930 [8OC]

Powell, Charles E.: Texas Southwest Council of the Boy Scouts Distinguished Citizen of the Year award recipient, E671• [12MY]

Power resources: modernize Federal policies relative to supply and distribution of energy in the U.S. and repeal the crude oil export ban (H.R. 2369), H3238 [15MY]

——— promote a strong national energy policy that supports the innovative and hard-working men and women in the oil and gas industry who have led the charge in a U.S. energy revolution (H. Res. 243), H2784 [1MY]

SEC: make technical corrections to enhance ability of small and emerging growth companies to access capital markets and reduce regulatory burdens (H.R. 37), H76 [7JA], H351• [13JA]

Securities: provide end user exemptions for certain derivative sales, H67, H76 [7JA]

Taxation: permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 305), H4230 [11JN]

——— unfair perception of large bonuses paid to chief executive officers of corporations, H58 [7JA]

Texas Independence Day: observance, H1505 [2MR]

Texas Society of CPAs: anniversary, H7747 [5NO]

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 (H.R. 1732), H2828 [12MY]

Reports

End User Exemptions for Certain Derivative Sales: Committee on Agriculture (House) (excerpt), H68, H77–H79 [7JA], H352–H354• [13JA]

Reports filed

CFTC Specification of How Clearing Requirements Apply to Certain Affiliate Transactions: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 1317) (H. Rept. 114–311), H7188 [26OC]

Commodity End-User Relief Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2289) (H. Rept. 114–134), H3581 [29MY]

Cotton Futures Contracts Definition Modification Under the U.S. Cotton Futures Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2620) (H. Rept. 114–174), H4591 [23JN]

Dept. of Agriculture Improvement of Inspection Services Performed at Export Elevators at Port Locations and Reauthorization of Authorities Relative to Grain Standards: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2088) (H. Rept. 114–133), H3581 [29MY]

Dept. of Agriculture Repeal of Country of Origin Labeling Requirements for Beef, Pork, and Chicken: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2393) (H. Rept. 114–131), H3581 [29MY]

Mandatory Price Reporting Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2051) (H. Rept. 114–132), H3581 [29MY]

National Forest Foundation Act Reauthorization: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2394) (H. Rept. 114–138), H3912 [4JN]

Resilient Federal Forests Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2647) (H. Rept. 114–185), H4768 [25JN]

Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 1599) (H. Rept. 114–208), H5289 [16JY], H5329 [21JY]

Rules

Committee on Agriculture (House), H564–H569 [26JA]

——— (amendment), H1025–H1031 [12FE]

Tributes

Colestock, Trent, E1811• [17DE]

Head, Charles T., E1701• [3DE]

Naylor, Michael J., E1758• [10DE]

Phipps, Jane, H2784 [1MY]

Shepperd, Maime E. Strieber, E361• [18MR], E374• [23MR]