EARMARKS/LIMITED TAX OR TARIFF BENEFITS

Declaratory Statements

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 (H.R. 3504), H6077 [16SE]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H535 [22JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), H432 [20JA]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 75), H9207 [9DE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 78), H9376 [16DE]

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), H3760 [2JN]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H49 [6JA]

Congressional Office of Compliance: reform procedures for mediation and hearings and provide for an additional term for members of the Board of Directors (H.R. 1213), H1619 [4MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H2960 [13MY]

Dept. of Education: support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H1166 [25FE]

Dept. of Energy: expedite and approve permits to export natural gas (H.R. 351), H641 [27JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: enhance multi-directional sharing of information related to cybersecurity risks and strengthen privacy and civil liberties protections (H.R. 1731), H2357 [21AP]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), H190 [9JA], H226 [12JA]

——— making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 35), H1373 [26FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for removal or demotion of employees based on performance or misconduct (H.R. 1994), H5593 [28JY]

——— provide resource flexibility for health care services (H.R. 3236), H5593 [28JY]

District of Columbia: reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (H.R. 10), H7028 [20OC]

Drought: provide drought assistance to California (H.R. 2898), H5173 [14JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), H8861 [1DE]

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 (H.R. 2042), H4594 [23JN]

——— prohibit proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible (H.R. 1030), H1568 [3MR]

——— provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications and public participation (H.R. 1029), H1568 [3MR]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 3614), H6308 [28SE]

Federal agencies and departments: improve coordination of agency actions in preparation and adoption of environmental documents in order to streamline the Federal permitting process (H.R. 348), H6077 [16SE]

——— reform process by which agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents (H.R. 185), H190 [9JA]

Fish and fishing: provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), H3392 [19MY]

Forests: implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (H.R. 2647), H4864 [7JY]

FRS: establish requirements for policy rules and blackout periods of the Federal Open Market Committee and for certain activities of the Board of Governors (H.R. 3189), H8282 [17NO]

Government regulations: ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (H.R. 527), H814 [4FE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 596), H705, H706 [2FE]

Immigration: deny assistance to a State or political subdivision that prohibits officials from taking certain actions relative to immigration (H.R. 3009), H5405 [22JY]

——— provide for operational control of the international border of the U.S. (H.R. 399), H641 [27JA]

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

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (H.R. 1560), H2357 [21AP]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5944 [10SE]

——— disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.J. Res. 64), H5850 [8SE]

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (H.R. 3457), H6308 [28SE]

——— suspend authority of the President to grant relief from sanctions pursuant to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3460), H5944 [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), H5944 [10SE]

Medicaid: allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (H.R. 3495), H6308 [28SE]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), H1902 [24MR], H2036 [25MR]

Mining and mineral resources: promote domestic production of critical minerals and materials (H.R. 1937), H7028 [20OC]

Native Americans: facilitate development of energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands (H.R. 538), H6894 [7OC]

Natural gas: provide for timely consideration of all licenses, permits, and approvals required under Federal law relative to siting, construction, expansion, or operation of pipeline projects (H.R. 161), H432 [20JA]

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), H7626 [3NO]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), H49 [6JA], H105 [7JA]

——— repeal (H.R. 596), H705, H706 [2FE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), H5981 [15SE]

Power resources: modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), H8861 [1DE]

Red River: provide legal certainty for property owners along the Red River in Texas (H.R. 2130), H9081 [8DE]

Refuse disposal: encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal ash and establish requirements for management and disposal of coal ash that are protective of human health and the environment (H.R. 1734), H5333 [21JY]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 2353), H3311 [18MY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3038), H5173 [14JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3236), H5593 [28JY]

SEC: make technical corrections to enhance ability of small and emerging growth companies to access capital markets and reduce regulatory burdens (H.R. 37), H190 [9JA], H226 [12JA]

——— protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 1090), H7190 [26OC]

Social Security: extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H1902 [24MR], H2036 [25MR]

Space policy: facilitate pro-growth environment for developing commercial space industry by encouraging private sector investment and creating more stable and predictable regulatory conditions (H.R. 2262), H3392 [19MY]

Taxation: extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 3614), H6308 [28SE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), conference report, H9207 [9DE]

Technology: provide for investment in innovation through research, fundamental scientific discovery, and development to improve U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 1806), H3311 [18MY]

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), H2773 [30AP]