HOLDING, GEORGE (a Representative from North Carolina)

Appointments

British-American Interparliamentary Group, H2093 [26MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 36), H431 [20JA]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 2903), H7333 [28OC]

Animals: support global anti-poaching efforts, strengthen capacity of countries to counter wildlife trafficking, and designate major wildlife trafficking countries (see H.R. 2494), H7391 [2NO]

Bearss, Edwin C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2059), H2795 [1MY]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H3564 [21MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H157 [8JA]

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H4774 [25JN]

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]

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

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1671), H9375 [16DE]

Courts: provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (see H.R. 3326), H5764 [29JY]

Cuba: prohibit transactions with the Cuban military, incentivize arrest of those responsible for attack on U.S. aircraft, coordinate capture of U.S. fugitives, return confiscated property, and support Cuban people (see H.R. 2937), H4770 [25JN]

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), H2959 [13MY]

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), H2500 [28AP]

——— 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]

——— make anthrax vaccines and antimicrobials available to emergency response providers (see H.R. 1300), H2500 [28AP]

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), H5944 [10SE]

Dept. of Transportation: designate the corridor between Raleigh, NC, and Norfolk, VA, as an interstate highway (see H.R. 2211), H2791 [1MY]

——— extend the positive train control system implementation deadline (see H.R. 3651), H6837 [6OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate one U.S. city each year as an ‘‘American World War II City’’ (see H.R. 1512), H1803 [19MR]

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

——— mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2722), H5174 [14JY]

Duke University: tribute to men’s basketball team (see H. Res. 202), H2269 [15AP]

EPA: repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 703), H7090 [21OC]

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), H3879 [3JN]

——— grant authority to modify predicate/grandfather date for regulation of certain newly deemed tobacco products (see H.R. 2058), H9271 [10DE]

——— improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants and similar retail food establishments and amend authority to bring certain proceedings (see H.R. 2017), H3391 [19MY]

Federal agencies and departments: reform process by which agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents (see H.R. 185), H226 [12JA]

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

Foreign trade: require that any trade agreement provides reasonable access and collaboration of each nation involved for U.S. Armed Forces MIA search and recovery activities (see H. Con. Res. 56), H9329 [15DE]

Fraternal organizations: recognize benefits provided by tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies to their members and communities (see H. Con. Res. 19), H5944 [10SE]

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: 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), H7139 [22OC]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H664 [28JA]

Gambling: restore long-standing U.S. policy that the Federal Wire Act prohibits all forms of Internet gambling (see H.R. 707), H810 [4FE]

Greensboro, NC: recognize significance of Greensboro Four Woolworth lunch counter sit-in (see H. Res. 128), H2821 [8MY]

Health care professionals: authorize physicians to transport controlled substances from a practice setting to another practice setting or disaster area (see H.R. 3014), H5029 [9JY]

Hinduism: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring the holiday of Diwali (see H. Res. 32), H5089 [10JY]

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), H6180 [18SE]

Immigration: allow labor organizations and management organizations to receive the results of visa petitions about which such organizations submitted advisory opinions (see H.R. 3636), H7139 [22OC]

——— require enactment of a joint resolution approving the number of refugees who may be admitted in any fiscal year (see H.R. 3573), H8242 [16NO]

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

India: call for continued strengthening relations with the U.S. and recognize shared democratic values (see H. Res. 52), H639 [27JA]

——— recognize independence anniversary and contributions of Americans of Indian descent and call for continued strengthening of relations and advancing the strategic partnership with the U.S. (see H. Res. 395), H5769 [29JY]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 815), H4383 [15JN]

——— provide an exception from certain group health plan requirements to allow small businesses to use pre-tax dollars to assist employees in the purchase of policies in the individual market (see H.R. 2911), H9206 [9DE]

Iran: block Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps access to global economy, require congressional approval of removal from state sponsors of terrorism list, and impose conditions to normalization of economic relations (see H.R. 4257), H9328 [15DE]

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

——— immediately release U.S. citizens that it holds and provide all known information on any U.S. citizens that have disappeared within its borders (see H. Res. 233), H3759 [2JN]

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (see H.R. 3457), H6180 [18SE]

Iraq: authorize direct provision of defense articles, defense services, and related training to Kurdish Regional Government (see H.R. 1654), H3759 [2JN]

Judge Randy D. Doub U.S. Courthouse, Greenville, NC: designate (see H.R. 3937), H8149 [5NO]

Korea, Republic of: provide high-skilled visas for nationals (see H.R. 1019), H1084 [20FE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 3222), H8861 [1DE]

Maya Angelou Memorial Post Office, Winston-Salem, NC: designate (see H.R. 3735), H6973 [9OC]

Medicare: 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. 1784), H7027 [20OC]

——— improve integrity (see H.R. 1021), H1112 [24FE]

——— permit certain providers licensed in a State to provide telemedicine services to certain beneficiaries in a different State (see H.R. 3081), H5236 [15JY]

——— provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2404), H4594 [23JN]

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see H.R. 3459), H7091 [21OC]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H3309 [18MY]

OMB: require the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to publish certain information on rulemakings (see H.R. 1759), H2152 [13AP]

Patents: eliminate abusive patent litigation, increase transparency, modernize fee shifting, and provide for small business education and outreach (see H.R. 9), H852 [5FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: 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), H5332 [21JY]

——— 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]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see H.R. 863), H2500 [28AP]

Petroleum: repeal the crude oil export ban (see H.R. 156), H3507 [20MY]

Pharmaceuticals: clarify the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers (see H.R. 3618), H6260 [25SE] (see H.R. 3678), H6787 [1OC]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see H.R. 3134), H5469 [23JY]

Public welfare programs: prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H.R. 1179), H1499 [27FE]

Randy D. Doub U.S. Courthouse, Greenville, NC: designate (see H.R. 1642), H2212 [14AP]

Roads and highways: designate certain route segments of the National Highway System in North Carolina as high priority corridors (see H.R. 1844), H2305 [16AP]

Taxation: clarify treatment of banks organized as limited liability companies (see H.R. 3287), H7139 [22OC]

——— exclude payments received under Work Colleges Program from gross income, including payments made from institutional funds (see H.R. 3409), H5768 [29JY]

——— exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2128), H3759 [2JN]

——— extend look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations (see H.R. 1430), H7090 [21OC]

——— make certain contract research eligible for the research credit (see H.R. 2481), H3506 [20MY]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 1752), H5867 [9SE]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H2794 [1MY]

——— modify and make permanent bonus depreciation (see H.R. 2510), H3558 [21MY]

——— modify S corporation shareholder and preferred stock rules relative to banks (see H.R. 2789), H7139 [22OC]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 3917), H8362 [18NO]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 2061), H3917 [4JN]

——— 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), H919 [10FE]

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. 594), H919 [10FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

IRS: limit instances in which official time may be granted to employees (see H.R. 3600), H6227 [24SE]

Medicare: improve process of recovery audit contractors and recovery of overpayments (see H.R. 2568), H3573 [22MY]

National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 224), H2498 [28AP]

Public welfare programs: eliminate the separate participation rate for 2-parent families receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program assistance (see H.R. 2969), H4954 [8JY]

Taxation: improve process for determining whether organizations are 501(c)4 tax-exempt (see H.R. 1295), H1611 [4MR]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 2698), H4001 [9JN]

United Kingdom: recognize the self determination of Gibraltar to determine its status as a British Overseas Territory (see H. Res. 110), H1035 [12FE]

Constitutional authority statements

IRS: limit instances in which official time may be granted to employees (H.R. 3600), H6228 [24SE]

Medicare: improve process of recovery audit contractors and recovery of overpayments (H.R. 2568), H3574 [22MY]

Public welfare programs: eliminate the separate participation rate for 2-parent families receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program assistance (H.R. 2969), H4956 [8JY]

Taxation: improve process for determining whether organizations are 501(c)4 tax-exempt (H.R. 1295), H1616 [4MR]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (H.R. 2698), H4002 [9JN]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1665 [17MR], H2961 [14MY], H4867 [8JY], H5779 [31JY]

Essays

Last Days of My Grandfather, Winston S. Churchill: Celia Sandys, H514 [22JA]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H5779 [31JY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H9430 [17DE]

Armed Forces: remove members deployed to Iraq or Syria, other than those required to protect U.S. diplomatic facilities and personnel (H. Con. Res. 55), H4462 [17JN]

Baltic States: anniversary of Welles Declaration condemning Soviet occupation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, E1111• [23JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: placement of bust of Winston S. Churchill in U.S. Capitol, H513 [22JA]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H3222• [15MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), consideration (H. Res. 27), H244 [13JA]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), Senate amendment, H9430 [17DE]

Foreign policy: develop strategy to combat threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), H4462 [17JN]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, H4232 [11JN], H4501 [18JN]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H244 [13JA]

India: importance of U.S.-India Strategic Partnership, H3222• [15MY]

Iran: agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, H5607 [29JY]

——— approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5949 [11SE]

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (H.R. 3457), H6766 [1OC]

——— secure verifiable nuclear agreement with Iran, H4597 [24JN]

——— suspend authority of the President to grant relief from sanctions pursuant to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3460), H5949 [11SE]

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), H4232 [11JN]

Mental Health Month: observance, H3314 [19MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), H132 [8JA]

Privacy: prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform operation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (H.R. 2048), H2921 [13MY]

Taxation: allow Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers to make penalty-free withdrawals from governmental plans after a certain age (H.R. 2146), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 321), H4501 [18JN]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, H9430 [17DE]

——— improve process for determining whether organizations are 501(c)4 tax-exempt (H.R. 1295), H2237 [15AP]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 305), H4232 [11JN]

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (H.R. 880), H3412 [20MY]

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: ratification, H4501 [18JN]

Veterans Day: observance, H8137 [5NO]

Wilson, NC: anniversary of SPC Mechanical (business), H5597• [29JY]

Tributes

Fowler, Ted, H1665 [17MR]

Haydon, Wynona, H1726 [18MR]

Johnson, Thomas F., H2661–H2663 [30AP]

Powell, James T., E761• [20MY]

Roberts, Mary L., H8137 [5NO]