SHUSTER, BILL (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), H7579 [3NO]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 22, Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, H8136 [5NO]

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

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), H6077 [16SE]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 816), H5591 [28JY]

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

Agriculture: reform sugar price support program (see H.R. 1714), H5849 [8SE]

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H5776 [29JY]

——— prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1942), H6228 [24SE]

Armed Forces: repeal bans on military personnel carrying firearms on military bases and recruitment facilities (see H.R. 3115), H5404 [22JY]

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

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H6706 [29SE]

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), H7625 [3NO]

Chemicals: allow marketing, distribution, or sale of solid antimicrobial copper alloys with certain claims and exclude certain solid antimicrobial copper alloys from regulation as drugs or devices (see H.R. 1424), H3643 [1JN]

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: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1987), H2463 [23AP] (see H.R. 4188), H9079 [8DE]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 3), H35 [6JA]

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

Crime: protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see H.R. 1258), H1850 [23MR]

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), H5775 [29JY]

Dept. of Defense: establish a backup for the global positioning system (see H.R. 1678), H4544 [18JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see H.R. 1192), H8971 [2DE]

——— improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 836), H5404 [22JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 1384), H7090 [21OC]

——— issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (see H.R. 91), H2466 [23AP]

——— require vendors of automobile adaptive equipment to be certified or licensed to ensure adherence to quality, performance, and safety standards (see H.R. 3471), H6837 [6OC]

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

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H530 [22JA]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H5866 [9SE]

EPA: 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]

Europe: express concern regarding anti-Semitism and encourage greater cooperation with European governments, European Union, and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe to prevent and respond to anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 130), H2213 [14AP]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 597), H661 [28JA]

FDA: establish Federal labeling standards for food with genetically modified ingredients and natural foods (see H.R. 1599), H5293 [16JY]

——— improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants and similar retail food establishments and amend authority to bring certain proceedings (see H.R. 2017), H5776 [29JY]

FEMA: establish a modernized integrated public alert and warning system (see H.R. 1472), H1801 [19MR]

——— reauthorize programs and activities (see H.R. 1471), H1801 [19MR]

Financial institutions: specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 1309), H8361 [18NO]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 402), H1073 [17FE]

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), H4243 [11JN]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H757 [3FE]

Health: 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), H1034 [12FE]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3268), H7743 [4NO]

Immigration: require enactment of a joint resolution approving the number of refugees who may be admitted in any fiscal year (see H.R. 3573), H8282 [17NO]

——— 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]

——— 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), H4383 [15JN]

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (see H.R. 3457), H6077 [16SE]

——— 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]

Koskinen, John A.: impeach (see H. Res. 494), H8415 [19NO]

Lewisberry, PA: tribute to Red Land Little League baseball team (see H. Res. 422), H6837 [6OC]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H2880 [12MY]

Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see H.R. 556), H4345 [12JN]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1342), H6975 [9OC]

——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see H.R. 663), H858 [5FE]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1608), H5849 [8SE]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H2959 [13MY]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 169), H664 [28JA]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 775), H8860 [1DE]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H6180 [18SE]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (see H.R. 2646), H5592 [28JY]

Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see H.R. 2403), H4243 [11JN]

National cemeteries: prohibit internment or memorialization of persons convicted of Federal or State capital crimes and disinter remains of George E. Siple from Indiantown Gap National Cemetery (see H.R. 2490), H3557 [21MY]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H7390 [2NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 33), H225 [12JA]

——— modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H5469 [23JY]

——— 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), H2794 [1MY]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see H.R. 3134), H5405 [22JY]

Power resources: promote energy security of European allies through opening of the Southern Gas Corridor (see H. Res. 188), H2112 [26MR]

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 buildings: reduce costs of Federal real estate and improve building security (see H.R. 2322), H3211 [14MY]

Refugees: suspend admission into the U.S. in order to examine costs of providing benefits to such individuals (see H.R. 3314), H8242 [16NO]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (see H.R. 3038), H5116 [13JY]

Romania: anniversary of diplomatic relations with the U.S. (see H. Res. 543), H8859 [1DE]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 973), H5089 [10JY]

——— revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington’s disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington’s disease (see H.R. 842), H6981 [16OC]

Specialist Ross A. McGinnis Memorial Post Office, Knox, PA: designate (see H.R. 433), H479 [21JA]

Taxation: allow a credit against income tax for facilities using a qualified methane conversion technology to provide transportation fuels and chemicals (see H.R. 2142), H9206 [9DE]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 1002), H5298 [20JY]

——— phaseout and repeal the renewable energy production tax credit and reduce corporate income tax (see H.R. 1901), H2353 [21AP]

——— provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 499), H5524 [27JY]

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

——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 1218), H4652 [24JN]

Terrorism: designate an existing Federal officer to coordinate efforts to secure release of U.S. hostages of hostile groups of state sponsors of terrorism (see H.R. 1498), H2271 [15AP]

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]

Ukraine: authorize assistance and sustainment to military and national security forces (see H.R. 955), H1502 [27FE]

Veterans: honor veterans disabled for life (see H. Con. Res. 53), H3577 [26MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 75), H704 [2FE]

Dept. of Transportation: extend the positive train control system implementation deadline (see H.R. 3651), H6748 [30SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct a study on the burial of unclaimed remains of veterans in national cemeteries (see H.R. 1338), H1623 [6MR]

——— provide resource flexibility for health care services (see H.R. 3236), H5588 [28JY]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (see H.R. 3614), H6259 [25SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: require that when health insurance coverage is cancelled due to requirements under such Act that cancellation notices include a statement that cancellation is because of such Act (see H.R. 4058), H8359 [18NO]

Railroads: reauthorize Federal support for passenger rail programs (see H.R. 749), H852 [5FE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (see H.R. 2353), H3251 [15MY] (see H.R. 3236), H5588 [28JY] (see H.R. 3763), H7026 [20OC] (see H.R. 3819), H7174 [23OC] (see H.R. 3996), H8239 [16NO]

Taxation: extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (see H.R. 3614), H6259 [25SE]

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. 1732), H2151 [13AP]

Conference reports

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (H.R. 22), H8679–H8822 [1DE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Transportation: extend the positive train control system implementation deadline (H.R. 3651), H6749 [30SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct a study on the burial of unclaimed remains of veterans in national cemeteries (H.R. 1338), H1623 [6MR]

——— provide resource flexibility for health care services (H.R. 3236), H5590 [28JY]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 3614), H6260 [25SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: require that when health insurance coverage is cancelled due to requirements under such Act that cancellation notices include a statement that cancellation is because of such Act (H.R. 4058), H8360 [18NO]

Railroads: reauthorize Federal support for passenger rail programs (H.R. 749), H856 [5FE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 2353), H3252 [15MY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3236), H5590 [28JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3763), H7026 [20OC]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3819), H7174 [23OC]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3996), H8240 [16NO]

Taxation: extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 3614), H6260 [25SE]

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), H2153 [13AP]

Explanations

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (H.R. 22): Payments From Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to Certified States and Indian Tribes, H8997 [3DE]

Letters

Coast Guard appropriations: by, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H9239 [10DE]

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) approved resolutions: by, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H1299 [26FE], H2802 [8MY], H3535 [21MY], H5664 [29JY]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction: by, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E753 [19MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security CBRNE Defense Act: by, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H9246 [10DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security Headquarters Consolidation Accountability Act: by, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H4565 [23JN]

DHS Headquarters Reform and Improvement Act: by, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E1531 [26OC]

Essential Transportation Worker Identification Credential Assessment Act: by, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H901 [10FE]

Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers Reform and Improvement Act: by, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H9039 [8DE]

Fusion Center Enhancement Act: by, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E1600 [5NO]

Homeland Security Drone Assessment and Analysis Act: by, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H4569 [23JN]

Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act: by, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H5477 [27JY]

Keystone XL Pipeline Act: Andrew Craig, TransCanada Pipelines LTD., H170 [9JA]

——— James P. Hoffa, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, H169 [9JA]

——— James T. Callahan, International Union of Operating Engineers, H169 [9JA]

NASA programs authorization: by, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H891 [10FE]

National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program reauthorization: by, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H85 [7JA]

North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act: by, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H8841 [1DE]

Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship (SPACE) Act: by, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H3533 [21MY]

Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act: by, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E1600• [5NO]

——— Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), E1600• [5NO]

Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act; by, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H90 [7JA]

Lists

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) majority staff, H8997 [3DE]

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) minority staff, H8997 [3DE]

Organizations supporting H.R. 1732, Regulatory Integrity Protection Act, H2827 [12MY]

Organizations supporting S. 808, Surface Transportation Board establishment as independent and more efficient and accessible by increasing investigative authority, improving rate review timelines and advancing important proceedings, H9222 [10DE]

Motions

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), H8133 [5NO]

Remarks

Altoona, PA: tribute to Bishop Guilfoyle High School football team, H114 [8JA], E199• [12FE]

——— tribute to HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital Personal Achievement Award recipients, E1309• [17SE]

Amtrak: Amtrak Police Dept., equipment and veterans hiring initiative funding, H1601 [4MR]

——— clarify that passengers using or transporting non-motorized transportation be considered in review of boarding procedures, H1599 [4MR]

——— ensure consideration of socially and economically disadvantaged businesses requests for proposals for station development opportunities, H1593 [4MR]

——— establish a Northeast Corridor Express Service, H1595 [4MR]

——— funding, H1598 [4MR]

Azerbaijan: anniversary of Soviet attack on citizens of Baku, E79• [20JA]

Bentleyville, PA: Bentworth High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1460• [9OC]

Chambersburg, PA: anniversary of Chambersburg Noontime Lions Club, E1426• [6OC]

——— anniversary of sister city relationship with Gotemba, Japan, E1078• [16JY]

——— tribute to Franklin County Head Start Program, E1416• [2OC]

——— tribute to Italian Service Units assigned to Letterkenny Army Depot, E1425• [6OC]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H168, H170, H171, H172, H174 [9JA]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), motion to recommit, H180 [9JA]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), H947, H950, H954, H955 [11FE]

Dept. of HHS: anniversary of Head Start Program, E1416• [2OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), E80• [20JA]

Dept. of Transportation: allow a program of eligible projects to count as a single project to meet threshold of project costs for Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects funding, H7604 [3NO]

——— allow States to waive current High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) degradation standard in certain circumstances in the best interest of the traveling public, H7620 [3NO]

——— allow use of Surface Transportation Block Grant Program funding for type II noise barriers, H7603, H7604 [3NO]

——— clarify eligibility of alternative fuel vehicles for funding under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program, H7655 [4NO]

——— create an expedited process for smaller Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loans for certain cities and counties, H7666 [4NO]

——— develop best practices for the installation and maintenance of green storm water infrastructure, H7663, H7664 [4NO]

——— establish a grant program to encourage States to enact laws to reduce injuries and deaths caused by cellphone use and texting while driving, H7598 [3NO]

——— establish independent peer review group to assess quality assurance, cost containment, and risk management of transportation megaprojects, H7618 [3NO]

——— expand eligibility of the Congestion Migration and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program to include shared use mobility projects, H7580 [3NO]

——— extend the positive train control system implementation deadline, H7211, H7213 [27OC]

——— freight program small project funding, H7605 [3NO]

——— increase penalties for drivers who knowingly operate a commercial vehicle that has a serious defect that results in a fatal crash, H7686 [4NO]

——— make grants to assist units of local government in developing and implementing Vision Zero plans, to eliminate transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries, H7597 [3NO]

——— positive train control system implementation funding, H3339 [19MY]

——— provide public safety report on security of facilities or locations intended to encourage public use of alternative transportation, H7595 [3NO]

——— strike authority to redistribute unallocated Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) funds, H7593 [3NO]

——— study feasibility, costs, and economic impact of burying power lines underground, H7662 [4NO]

——— study methods of inventorying roadside highway safety hardware devices for the purpose of improving in-service evaluation of these devices, H7592 [3NO]

——— submit report on Frontline Workforce Development Program, H7620 [3NO]

——— submit report on potential of the Internet of Things to improve transportation services in rural, suburban, and urban areas, H7596 [3NO]

——— utilize simulation technology to analyze federally-funded transportation projects to ensure increases in capacity and safety, ease congestion, and reduce travel time and environmental impact, H7593 [3NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct a study on the burial of unclaimed remains of veterans in national cemeteries (H.R. 1338), H8175 [16NO], E1087• [21JY]

——— provide resource flexibility for health care services (H.R. 3236), H5640, H5647 [29JY]

EPA: require EPA and Corps of Engineers to protect quality and integrity of public water supplies, mitigate against western drought, and safeguard water usage for agriculture irrigation, H2852 [12MY]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 3614), H6274 [28SE]

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: implement recommendations that would assist veterans in the transition to civilian jobs driving commerical vehicles and in obtaining commerical drivers licenses, H7661 [4NO]

FERC: require an additional, independent safety review of an approved natural gas pipeline route, or segment of route, should a State or tribal government deem it necessary, H7603 [3NO]

GAO: conduct a study to evaluate effectiveness of Federal Railroad Administration rule on use of locomotive horns at rail crossings, H1597 [4MR]

Graphics Universal Inc.: anniversary, E1360• [25SE]

House of Representatives: tribute to staff who worked on H.R. 22, Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, H8996 [3DE]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, E69• [14JA], E80• [20JA]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5899 [10SE]

——— suspend authority of the President to grant relief from sanctions pursuant to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3460), H5899 [10SE]

Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act: find that President Obama has not complied with section 2 relative to congressional review and oversight (H. Res. 411), H5899 [10SE]

Klausing, Chuck: Football Coaches Hall of Fame inductee, E495• [15AP]

Motor vehicles: encourage all States to adopt core graduated driver’s license requirements, H7599 [3NO]

Mowry, Kenneth R.: Pennsylvania Holstein Hall of Fame inductee, E425• [26MR]

National Advisory Committee on Travel and Tourism Infrastructure: establish, H7591, H7592 [3NO]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: revise crash investigation data collection system to include data on type of child restraint system in use during vehicle crash, H7668 [4NO]

Overcash, David: Dept. of Defense Rear Admiral Edwin T. Layton Leadership Award recipient, E918• [17JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), conference report, H8988, H8996 [3DE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), motion to instruct conferees, H8134, H8135 [5NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), Senate amendments, H7412, H7418, H7579, H7580, H7586, H7591, H7592, H7593, H7594, H7595, H7596, H7597, H7598, H7599, H7603, H7604, H7605, H7608, H7615, H7618, H7619, H7620 [3NO], H7654, H7655, H7657, H7661, H7662, H7663, H7664, H7666, H7668, H7679, H7680, H7682, H7684, H7686 [4NO]

Pennsylvania: anniversary of South Central Community Action Program, E701• [14MY]

Pennsylvania State University Fayette, the Eberly Campus: anniversary, E1428• [6OC]

Petroleum: index gasoline tax, H8134, H8135 [5NO]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), E1335• [22SE]

Railroads: develop a grade crossing action plan, identify specific solutions for improving safety, and focus on crossings that have experienced recent or multiple accidents or are a high risk for accidents, H1596 [4MR]

——— include veteran-owned small businesses in small business participation study included in passenger rail program reauthorization, H1594 [4MR]

——— reauthorize Federal support for passenger rail programs (H.R. 749), H1578, H1583, H1584, H1593, H1594, H1595, H1596, H1597, H1598, H1599 [4MR]

——— reauthorize Federal support for passenger rail programs (H.R. 749), motion to recommit, H1601 [4MR]

Roads and highways: continue weight exemptions for trucks operating on certain segments of Texas State highways being converted into Interstate 69, H7615 [3NO]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H7412, H7418, H7579, H7580, H7586, H7591, H7592, H7593, H7594, H7595, H7596, H7597, H7598, H7599, H7603, H7604, H7605, H7608, H7615, H7618, H7619, H7620 [3NO], H7654, H7655, H7657, H7661, H7662, H7663, H7664, H7666, H7668, H7679, H7680, H7682, H7684, H7686 [4NO], H8134, H8135 [5NO], H8988, H8996 [3DE]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 2353), H3330, H3332, H3337 [19MY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 2353), motion to recommit, H3339 [19MY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3038), H5203, H5205, H5206 [15JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3236), H5640, H5647 [29JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3819), H7207, H7211, H7213 [27OC]

——— improve highway designs to reduce or mitigate stormwater impacts on surface transportation, H7608 [3NO]

——— recognize value of collaborations between private sector engineering industry and Federal and State agencies in delivery of surface transportation projects and encourage such partnerships, H7586 [3NO]

Ross, Lanny: Altoona, PA, Kiwanis Club Citizen of the Year Award recipient, E1359• [25SE]

Sheetz, Inc.: inclusion in Pennsylvania Dept. of Community and Economic Development and Team Pennsylvania Foundation Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania list, E282• [2MR]

——— opening of 500th store in Thomasville, NC, E282• [2MR]

Surface Transportation Board: establish as independent and make more efficient and accessible by increasing investigative authority, improving rate review timelines and advancing important proceedings (S. 808), H9218, H9221, H9222, H9223 [10DE]

Taxation: clarify that tar sands are crude oil subject to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund per-barrel excise tax, H180 [9JA]

——— extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 3614), H6274 [28SE]

Transportation: allow States to regulate tow truck operations, H7619 [3NO]

——— bicycle lane project funding, H7594 [3NO]

——— direct States and metropolitan planning organizations to develop publicly available criteria to prioritize transportation projects, H7657 [4NO]

——— reform Federal role in transportation policy and empower States with taxing and spending authority over highway and transit programs, H7679 [4NO]

Tyrone, PA: Tyrone Area High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1461• [9OC]

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), H2827, H2831, H2832, H2835 [12MY]

——— 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), motion to recommit, H2852 [12MY]

Waynesboro, PA: anniversary of YMCA, E942• [23JN]

Waynesboro Community Theatre Project, Inc.: campaign to raise funds to renovate and reopen Waynesboro Theatre, E1646• [18NO]

WorldKitchen, LLC: anniversary of Pyrex brand, E717• [15MY]

Reports filed

Capitol Grounds Use for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Con. Res. 21) (H. Rept. 114–86), H2318 [20AP]

Capitol Grounds Use for National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Con. Res. 25) (H. Rept. 114–87), H2318 [20AP]

Coast Guard Appropriations: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1987) (H. Rept. 114–115), H3250 [15MY]

Corps of Engineers Funds To Hire Veterans and Armed Forces Members To Assist With Curation and Historic Preservation Activities: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3114) (H. Rept. 114–249), H5846 [8SE]

EPA National Estuary Program Reauthorization: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (H.R. 944) (H. Rept. 114–104), H2820 [8MY]

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 22) (H. Rept. 114–357), H8859 [1DE]

GSA Conveyance of Certain Federal Property in Alaska to Anchorage, AK: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (H.R. 336) (H. Rept. 114–103), H2820 [8MY]

J. Waties Waring Judicial Center, Charleston, SC: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2131) (H. Rept. 114–137), H3912 [4JN]

Jacob Trieber Federal Building, U.S. Post Office, and U.S. Court House, Helena, AR: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2954) (H. Rept. 114–247), H5846 [8SE]

Joseph F. Weis, Jr., U.S. Courthouse, Pittsburgh, PA: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1690) (H. Rept. 114–90), H2462 [23AP]

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Appropriations: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1473) (H. Rept. 114–105), H2820 [8MY]

Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 749) (H. Rept. 114–30), H1367 [26FE]

R. Jess Brown U.S. Courthouse, Jackson, MS: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 172) (H. Rept. 114–89), H2462 [23AP]

Randy D. Doub U.S. Courthouse, Greenville, NC: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1642) (H. Rept. 114–106), H2820 [8MY]

Regulatory Integrity Protection Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1732) (H. Rept. 114–93), H2474 [27AP]

Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3763) (H. Rept. 114–318), H7346 [29OC]

William J. Holloway, Jr., U.S. Courthouse, Oklahoma City, OK: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (S. 261) (H. Rept. 114–248), H5846 [8SE]

Resolutions by organizations

GSA Capital Investment and Leasing Program: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H1299–H1361 [26FE], H2802–H2819 [8MY], H3535–H3543 [21MY], H5664–H5758 [29JY]

Rules

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H847–H851 [5FE]

Tributes

Coble, Howard, H7682 [4NO]

Diedrich, David L., E979• [25JN]

Horan, Collin, E1087• [21JY]

Johnston, Jim, E1427• [6OC]

Rumbaugh, Brandon, E1588• [4NO]

Stevens, Delbert, E770• [21MY]