HILL, J. FRENCH (a Representative from Arkansas)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H162 [9JA]

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H3219 [15MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), H2619 [29AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 36), H360 [13JA]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 2903), H9206 [9DE]

Armed Forces: improve security at recruitment centers by allowing officers to carry weapons or improving structural security (see H.R. 3139), H5330 [21JY]

ATF: prevent reclassification of certain ammunition as armor piercing (see H.R. 1365), H1850 [23MR]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H2115 [26MR]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H408 [14JA]

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H6228 [24SE]

Chief Petty Officer Adam Brown U.S. Post Office, Hot Springs, AR: designate (see H.R. 3931), H7742 [4NO]

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), H5783 [31JY]

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]

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

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H408 [14JA]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1671), H3879 [3JN]

Credit: modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (see H.R. 650), H1850 [23MR]

——— 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]

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: publish a strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in National Forest System trail maintenance (see H.R. 845), H3214 [14MY]

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

Dept. of Defense: extend and enhance prohibitions and limitations relative to transfer or release of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H.R. 401), H1071 [13FE]

——— prohibit modification, termination, abandonment, or transfer of the lease by which the U.S. acquired the land and waters containing Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H.R. 654), H1501 [27FE]

Dept. of Education: prohibit from engaging in regulatory overreach relative to institutional eligibility under student aid provisions of the Higher Education Act (see H.R. 970), H1624 [6MR]

Dept. of Energy: require State approval before exercising the power of eminent domain to acquire property for electric transmission projects in such State (see H.R. 3062), H5172 [14JY]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac contributions to the Housing Trust Fund and Capital Market Fund while in conservatorship or receivership (see H.R. 574), H668 [30JA]

Dept. of the Interior: publish and make available for public comment a draft economic analysis at the time a proposed rule to designate critical habitat is published (see H.R. 2098), H2653 [29AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: improve transparency of the Financial Stability Oversight Council and improve the systemically important financial institution (SIFI) designation process (see H.R. 1550), H7175 [23OC]

Dept. of Transportation: extend the positive train control system implementation deadline (see H.R. 3651), H6789 [1OC]

——— recognize hair as an alternative specimen for preemployment and random controlled substances testing of commercial motor vehicle drivers (see H.R. 1467), H1801 [19MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H2155 [13AP]

——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 1384), H5783 [31JY]

——— ensure that veterans may attend pre-apprenticeship programs using certain educational assistance (see H.R. 2551), H3560 [21MY]

——— enter into a contract with a non-government entity for the conduct of audits of health care functions (see H.R. 3122), H5783 [31JY]

——— establish a national center for diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service (see H.R. 1769), H9375 [16DE]

——— improve provision of health care for women veterans (see H.R. 1356), H5783 [31JY]

——— provide for removal or demotion of employees based on performance or misconduct (see H.R. 1994), H3508 [20MY]

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 1594), H6893 [7OC]

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]

District of Columbia: disapprove law on reproductive health non-discrimination (see H.J. Res. 43), H2656 [29AP]

——— disapprove law repealing exemption allowing religiously affiliated educational institutions to discriminate against gay and lesbian student groups (see H.J. Res. 44), H2773 [30AP]

——— extend authority to establish a commemorative work on Federal land to honor Brigadier General Francis Marion and his service (see H.R. 477), H530 [22JA]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H3917 [4JN]

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]

EPA: eliminate certain requirements under the renewable fuel program and prohibit approval of gasoline that contains greater than a certain percentage of ethanol (see H.R. 704), H810 [4FE]

——— prevent from exceeding its statutory authority in ways that were not yet contemplated by Congress (see H.R. 3880), H7623 [3NO]

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), H5591 [28JY]

Federal agencies and departments: include language in certain health-care-related educational and advertising materials indicating such materials are produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense (see H.R. 537), H582 [26JA]

——— 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), H1116 [24FE]

Federal aid programs: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance (see H.R. 918), H1166 [25FE]

Federal employees: limit circumstances in which official time may be used by a Federal employee (see H.R. 1658), H2357 [21AP]

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

——— improve regulation and the mortgage finance system (see H.R. 1389), H1807 [19MR]

——— provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see H.R. 601), H858 [5FE]

——— provide regulatory relief to community financial institutions (see H.R. 1233), H2794 [1MY]

——— require a study of appropriate capital requirements for mortgage servicing assets for nonsystemic banking institutions (see H.R. 1408), H2035 [25MR]

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 1309), H1624 [6MR]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 402), H984 [11FE]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H6836 [6OC]

Floods: clarify that any private flood insurance policy accepted by a State shall satisfy the mandatory purchase requirement (see H.R. 2901), H5867 [9SE]

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), H2212 [14AP]

FRS: establish Consumer Financial Protection Bureau application process for interested parties to apply for an area to be designated as a rural area (see H.R. 1259), H2035 [25MR]

——— 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), H2880 [12MY]

——— provide an exemption from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules and regulations for community financial institutions (see H.R. 3048), H5333 [21JY]

——— 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 Senate confirmation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Inspector General (see H.R. 957), H1373 [26FE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2653), H3913 [4JN]

——— 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), H2035 [25MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 596), H705 [2FE] (see H.R. 2653), H3913 [4JN]

Health care professionals: protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 921), H1567 [3MR]

Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act: make permanent certain tax provisions relative to timber (see H.R. 3161), H5469 [23JY]

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: 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]

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

——— use parts of fines levied against companies that do business with Iran to establish a fund to pay claims to Americans held hostage in Iran and their families identified in a certain court case (see H.R. 3338), H6076 [16SE]

Jacob Trieber Federal Building, U.S. Post Office, and U.S. Court House, Helena, AR: designate (see H.R. 2954), H4861 [7JY]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H6975 [9OC]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 612), H2155 [13AP] (see H.R. 3222), H6894 [7OC]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H2773 [30AP]

Medicaid: permit States to impose workforce requirements for individuals receiving medical assistance (see H.R. 886), H981 [11FE]

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

——— adjust wage index determination for certain hospitals near State borders to ensure they are treated in the same manner as nearby facilities in other States (see H.R. 2513), H5849 [8SE]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H1071 [13FE]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 1516), H2821 [8MY]

——— repeal changes to exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals (see H.R. 976), H1567 [3MR]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 775), H919 [10FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: continue use of quarterly reporting period for health care providers to demonstrate meaningful uses under electronic health records incentive payment programs (see H.R. 270), H1071 [13FE]

——— provide a grace period for physicians and other health care providers in transitioning from the ICD–9 to the ICD–10 standard (see H.R. 2652), H3922 [8JN]

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), H7028 [20OC]

National Credit Union Administration: study appropriate capital requirements for credit unions (see H.R. 2769), H4957 [8JY]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 251), H2799 [5MY]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H7027 [20OC]

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see H.R. 3459), H6789 [1OC]

——— reform by ending partisanship, providing oversight of the Office of the General Counsel, and encouraging timely decisionmaking (see H.R. 4022), H8240 [16NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 22), H36 [6JA]

——— exempt student workers from determination of higher education institutions’ employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 210), H2154 [13AP]

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

——— repeal (see H.R. 596), H705 [2FE] (see H.R. 2653), H3913 [4JN]

——— repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 1270), H6138 [17SE]

——— 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 the ‘‘Cadillac Tax’’ on certain high-cost health plans (see H.R. 879), H5031 [9JY]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (see H.R. 702), H2318 [20AP]

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), H810 [4FE]

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]

SEC: protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (see H.R. 1090), H1663 [16MR]

——— repeal disclosure requirements that allow for comparison of executive compensation to that of other employees (see H.R. 414), H430 [20JA]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H3917 [4JN]

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), H5089 [10JY]

Special Operations Forces Appreciation Month: designate (see H. Res. 423), H6075 [16SE]

SSA: 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), H7391 [2NO]

States: encourage adoption of a sexual assault survivors’ bill of rights (see H. Res. 230), H4544 [18JN]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H3917 [4JN]

Taxation: extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H3390 [19MY]

——— improve certain education savings plans (see H.R. 529), H757 [3FE]

——— provide tax incentives for the donation of wild game meat (see H.R. 461), H919 [10FE]

——— reform and reset the excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 767), H1165 [25FE]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1105), H1850 [23MR]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 173), H1071 [13FE]

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

——— terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 27), H105 [7JA]

Terrorism: better secure U.S. international borders and prevent terrorists from entering the U.S. by allowing suspension of certain countries from the Visa Waiver Program and enhancing intelligence assessments (see H.R. 158), H9026 [7DE]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1401), H7625 [3NO]

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), H9013 [3DE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: protect farmers and hunters from fines due to taking of migratory birds on agricultural fields by clarifying distinction between normal agricultural practices and baiting (see H.R. 1099), H1368 [26FE]

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), H660 [28JA]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H3917 [4JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Harold George Bennett Post Office, Perryville, AR: designate (see H.R. 2928), H4770 [25JN]

Immigration: require that supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (see H.R. 4086), H8410 [19NO]

Real estate: provide for a temporary safe harbor from the enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loan transactions (see H.R. 3192), H5466 [23JY]

SEC: provide a safe harbor relative to certain investment fund research reports (see H.R. 2356), H3251 [15MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Harold George Bennett Post Office, Perryville, AR: designate (H.R. 2928), H4773 [25JN]

Immigration: require that supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (H.R. 4086), H8413 [19NO]

Real estate: provide for a temporary safe harbor from the enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loan transactions (H.R. 3192), H5468 [23JY]

SEC: provide a safe harbor relative to certain investment fund research reports (H.R. 2356), H3253 [15MY]

Letters

Equity in Government Compensation Act: by, H8223 [16NO]

Impact of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules on ability to repay mortgage on a manufactured home: J.D. Harper, Arkansas Manufactured Housing Association, H2184 [14AP]

Legislation providing regulatory relief for community banks: Camden R. Fine, Independent Community Bankers of America (organization), H8307 [18NO]

Lists

Instances President Obama said he couldn’t ignore or create his own immigration law, H967 [11FE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1855 [24MR]

Remarks

Arkansas: recognize anniversary of, and commend recovery efforts in response to, tornadoes, H2764 [30AP]

——— tribute to Arkansas Run for the Fallen, H1856 [24MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (H. Con. Res. 27), H1811 [23MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), H957 [11FE]

Credit: modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (H.R. 650), H2184, H2185 [14AP]

——— 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), H8318 [18NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), H967, H968 [11FE]

Dept. of Justice: Prescription Drug Monitoring Program funding, H3706 [2JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: prohibit funding for Green Management Programs key renewable energy projects, H2619 [29AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), H2619 [29AP]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal, E508• [15AP]

Federal agencies and departments: reestablish Golden Fleece Award to highlight waste, fraud, and abuse, H3397 [20MY]

Financial institutions: require a study of appropriate capital requirements for mortgage servicing assets for nonsystemic banking institutions (H.R. 1408), H5138 [14JY]

France: condemn terrorist attacks in Paris, offer condolences to families of the victims, express solidarity with the people of France, and support pursuit of justice against those involved in such attacks, H8227 [16NO]

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 (H.R. 1150), H4971 [9JY]

FRS: nullify certain guidance by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and provide requirements for guidance issued by the Bureau relative to indirect auto lending (H.R. 1737), H8306 [18NO]

Government-sponsored enterprises: suspend the current compensation packages for the chief executive officers of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (S. 2036), H8223 [16NO]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 596), H726 [3FE]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H967, H968 [11FE]

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

Journal: question of approval, H2668 [30AP]

Little Rock AFB, AR: anniversary, H6965• [9OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H726 [3FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 596), H726 [3FE]

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

Pope Francis: U.S. visit, H6122 [17SE]

Poverty: efforts to address high-poverty areas, H5288 [16JY]

Real estate: provide for a temporary safe harbor from the enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loan transactions (H.R. 3192), H6860 [7OC]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), H3706 [2JN]

SEC: protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 1090), H7239 [27OC]

Small business: prevent duplicative regulation of advisers of small business investment companies (H.R. 432), H5142 [14JY]

University of Arkansas: tribute to baseball team, H4606 [24JN]

Votes: position on missed, H4222• [11JN]

Tributes

Bass, Richard, E1193• [31JY]

Bolden, C.G., H990 [12FE]

Bollinger, Steve, E846• [4JN]

Bush, John E., H1170 [26FE]

Crenchaw, Milton P., H8401 [19NO]

Ezeagwula, Quinton (EZ), H4878 [8JY]

Hammerschmidt, John Paul, H2491 [28AP]

Long, William (Andy), H4878 [8JY]

McKay, Eugene, H9033 [8DE]

Westbrook, Parker, H9003 [3DE]