YOUNG, TODD C. (a Representative from Indiana)

Appointments

U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors, H1052 [13FE]

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

African Growth and Opportunity Act: extend (see H.R. 1891), H2315 [17AP]

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H2032 [25MR]

——— require the President to submit a budget to Congress listing current fiscal year spending levels for proposed programs and separate amounts for proposed spending increases (see H.R. 2341), H3212 [14MY]

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]

CBO: modernize scoring of preventive health legislation to assess long-term health savings (see H.R. 3660), H6787 [1OC]

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), H6981 [16OC]

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]

Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking: establish (see H.R. 1831), H2500 [28AP]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H155 [8JA]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 525), H581 [26JA]

Dept. of Energy: expedite and approve permits to export natural gas (see H.R. 351), H583 [26JA]

Dept. of HHS: establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see H.R. 1192), H1524 [2MR]

——— improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 836), H1567 [3MR]

——— prevent and treat prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 1462), H4774 [25JN]

——— reauthorize sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and provide for sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 1807), H2420 [22AP]

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 Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program to provide veterans the option of using an alternative appeals process to more quickly determine disability claims (see H.R. 800), H8860 [1DE]

——— clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H1806 [19MR]

——— evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (see H.R. 203), H226 [12JA]

Drugs: address prescription opioid and heroin abuse (see H.R. 2805), H4774 [25JN]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H705 [2FE]

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 72), H8415 [19NO]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 71), H8415 [19NO]

FDA: establish Federal labeling standards for food with genetically modified ingredients and natural foods (see H.R. 1599), H3879 [3JN]

Federal agencies and departments: require scientific studies used in rulemaking by published (see H.R. 445), H1372 [26FE]

Federal aid programs: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance (see H.R. 918), H1033 [12FE]

Federal employees: provide for investigative leave requirements for members of the Senior Executive Service (see H.R. 722), H811 [4FE]

Financial institutions: allow Federal savings associations to elect to operate as national banks (see H.R. 1660), H3921 [8JN]

——— allow mutual capital certificates to satisfy capital requirements for mutual depositories (see H.R. 1661), H3921 [8JN]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H3758 [2JN]

Fraternal organizations: recognize benefits provided by tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies to their members and communities (see H. Con. Res. 19), H4594 [23JN]

FRS: remove mandate on the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee to focus on maximum employment (see H.R. 1154), H1902 [24MR]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H534 [22JA]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend (see H.R. 1891), H2315 [17AP]

Haiti: extend preferential duty treatment program (see H.R. 1891), H2315 [17AP]

Hesburgh, Theodore M.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 24), H1614 [4MR]

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]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 815), H1501 [27FE]

——— 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), H8860 [1DE]

Iran: disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H. Res. 367), H5298 [20JY]

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (see H.R. 3457), H5944 [10SE]

IRS: prohibit modification of the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare (see H.R. 599), H668 [30JA]

——— terminate employment of employees who take certain official actions for political purposes (see H.R. 709), H810 [4FE]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H3759 [2JN]

Medicare: 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), H4594 [23JN]

——— create alternative sanctions for technical noncompliance with the Stark rule limiting certain physician referrals (see H.R. 776), H854 [5FE]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1342), H1623 [6MR]

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

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 1453), H2420 [22AP]

——— modify payment for outpatient department procedures that utilize drugs as supplies (see H.R. 1178), H2318 [20AP]

——— 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 coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H2357 [21AP]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H660 [28JA]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 1516), H3759 [2JN]

——— provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2404), H3309 [18MY]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 169), H42 [6JA]

——— repeal changes to exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals (see H.R. 976), H1067 [13FE]

——— require hospitals to provide certain notifications to individuals classified by such hospitals under observation status rather than admitted as inpatients of such hospitals (see H.R. 876), H980 [11FE]

——— require reporting of certain data by providers and suppliers of air ambulance services for purposes of reforming reimbursements for such services (see H.R. 822), H915 [10FE]

——— require State licensure and bid surety bonds for entities submitting bids under the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 284), H1165 [25FE]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H7090 [21OC]

Members of Congress: prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see H.R. 187), H157 [8JA]

National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 259), H3391 [19MY]

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

National Strategic Agenda: establish and include goals of job creation, balanced budget, securing Medicare and Social Security, and energy security (see H. Res. 207), H2307 [16AP]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H4138 [10JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of applicable large employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2881), H4650 [24JN]

——— modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H4862 [7JY]

——— 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), H8361 [18NO]

——— repeal the employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 248), H431 [20JA]

——— repeal the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program in the individual market (see H.R. 1886), H2357 [21AP]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see H.R. 863), H2879 [12MY]

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]

Presidential Youth Council: establish (see H.J. Res. 47), H2464 [23AP]

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

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

Ships and vessels: establish uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel in the navigable waters of the U.S. (see H.R. 980), H3879 [3JN]

——— exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from fire-retardant materials requirement if certain structural alterations are made to areas that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials (see H.R. 1248), H1663 [16MR]

Social Security: exclude certain medical sources of evidence in making disability determinations (see H.R. 1936), H2415 [22AP]

SSA: make on-line tools available to allow individuals to assess the impact of earnings on eligibility for, and amount of, disability benefits received through Federal and State programs (see H.R. 1795), H2268 [15AP]

——— 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), H6074 [16SE]

——— provide certain individuals with information on employment support services (see H.R. 2135), H2767 [30AP]

——— provide for quality reviews of benefit decisions (see H.R. 2136), H2767 [30AP]

——— update medical-vocational guidelines used in disability determinations (see H.R. 1800), H2420 [22AP]

Staff Sergeant Jesse L. Williams Post Office, Elkhart, IN: designate (see H.R. 2413), H3386 [19MY]

States: test methods of program integration and coordination of services to move individuals and families towards self-sufficiency, reduce welfare dependence, and increase work and earnings (see H.R. 534), H582 [26JA]

Tariff: increase the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (see H.R. 978), H1624 [6MR]

Taxation: clarify valuation rule applicable to early termination of certain charitable remainder unitrusts (see H.R. 4192), H9079 [8DE]

——— exclude certain compensation received by public safety officers and their dependents from gross income (see H.R. 606), H2211 [14AP]

——— exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2128), H2767 [30AP]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 1002), H1069 [13FE]

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

——— increase limitations for deductible new business expenditures and consolidate provisions for start-up and organizational expenditures (see H.R. 2524), H4544 [18JN]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 1752), H5031 [9JY]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 1142), H1370 [26FE]

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 641), H814 [4FE]

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

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (see H.R. 636), H702 [2FE]

——— permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 961), H1035 [12FE]

——— permanently modify limitations on deduction of interest by financial institutions which hold tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 2229), H2792 [1MY]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 2061), H2497 [28AP]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 232), H757 [3FE]

——— reform and reset the excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 767), H853 [5FE]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1105), H1568 [3MR]

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

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (see H.R. 880), H1072 [13FE]

Volunteer workers: provide for liability protection for volunteer organizations or entities (see H.R. 2290), H3917 [4JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Colleges and universities: provide a legal framework necessary for income share agreements for students to fund postsecondary education (see H.R. 3432), H5769 [29JY]

Committee on Oversight of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 571), H9691 [17DE]

Federal agencies and departments: establish entities tasked with improving program and project management (see H.R. 2144), H2767 [30AP]

——— 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), H478 [21JA]

Federal aid programs: encourage and support partnerships between the public and private sectors to improve our nation’s social programs (see H.R. 1336), H1613 [4MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 30), H36 [6JA]

Public welfare programs: conduct demonstration projects to provide coordinated case management services for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program recipients (see H.R. 2968), H4954 [8JY]

——— develop a database of projects that are proven or promising in terms of moving welfare recipients into work (see H.R. 2967), H4954 [8JY]

Taxation: modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 3917), H7624 [3NO]

——— provide for an energy equivalent of a gallon of diesel in the case of liquefied natural gas for purposes of the Inland Waterways Trust Fund financing rate (see H.R. 3431), H5769 [29JY]

——— provide for equalization of the excise tax on liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas (see H.R. 1665), H2108 [26MR]

——— provide notice to charities and other nonprofit organizations before their tax-exempt status is automatically revoked (see H.R. 811), H866 [9FE]

——— reduce improper claims of refundable credits by ensuring consistency of requirements for self and paid tax return preparers (see H.R. 3430), H5769 [29JY]

——— reduce the rate of tax on certain distilled spirits (see H.R. 2520), H3559 [21MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Colleges and universities: provide a legal framework necessary for income share agreements for students to fund postsecondary education (H.R. 3432), H5775 [29JY]

Federal agencies and departments: establish entities tasked with improving program and project management (H.R. 2144), H2771 [30AP]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 427), H481 [21JA]

Federal aid programs: encourage and support partnerships between the public and private sectors to improve our nation’s social programs (H.R. 1336), H1618 [4MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), H44 [6JA]

Public welfare programs: conduct demonstration projects to provide coordinated case management services for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program recipients (H.R. 2968), H4956 [8JY]

——— develop a database of projects that are proven or promising in terms of moving welfare recipients into work (H.R. 2967), H4956 [8JY]

Taxation: modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (H.R. 3917), H7625 [3NO]

——— provide for an energy equivalent of a gallon of diesel in the case of liquefied natural gas for purposes of the Inland Waterways Trust Fund financing rate (H.R. 3431), H5775 [29JY]

——— provide notice to charities and other nonprofit organizations before their tax-exempt status is automatically revoked (H.R. 811), H866 [9FE]

——— reduce improper claims of refundable credits by ensuring consistency of requirements for self and paid tax return preparers (H.R. 3430), H5775 [29JY]

Letters

Save American Workers Act: several organizations, H136 [8JA]

Remarks

Bloomington, IN: anniversary of Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, E248• [25FE]

Bosma Enterprises (organization): anniversary, E236• [24FE]

Brownstown, IN: tribute to Brownstown Electric Supply Co., E1544• [27OC], E1647• [18NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, H4264 [12JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), E725• [15MY]

——— prohibit enforcement of wage rate requirements for contracts under the Davis-Bacon Act, E725• [15MY]

District of Columbia: disapprove law on reproductive health non-discrimination (H.J. Res. 43), consideration (H. Res. 231), H2678 [30AP]

Federal agencies and departments: establish entities tasked with improving program and project management (H.R. 2144), H6700 [29SE]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 427), H5548, H5549 [28JY]

Foreign policy: develop strategy to combat threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), H7632 [4NO], H8233 [16NO]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, H4264 [12JN]

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, H8233 [16NO]

Georgetown, IN: Highland Hills Middle School named to National Forum To Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform ‘‘Schools to Watch’’ list, E196• [11FE]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5954 [11SE]

——— suspend authority of the President to grant relief from sanctions pursuant to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3460), H5954 [11SE]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), H4264 [12JN]

Mann Plumbing, Inc.: tribute to Mann Plumbing/MPI Solar, E1545• [27OC]

Martinsville, IN: tribute to Martinsville Candy Kitchen, E246• [25FE]

McPheeters, Xander: Hobie’s Hero Award recipient, E830• [3JN]

Medicare: require hospitals to provide certain notifications to individuals classified by such hospitals under observation status rather than admitted as inpatients of such hospitals (H.R. 876), H1644 [16MR]

Nashville, IN: anniversary of Bear Wallow Distillery (business), E1063• [14JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), H126, H136, H137 [8JA]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), H6123 [17SE]

Taxation: permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), Senate amendments, H4264 [12JN]

——— provide for equalization of the excise tax on liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas, H4582 [23JN]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 160), H4474 [17JN]

Votes: correction, E725• [15MY]

——— position on missed, H1182• [26FE], E1593• [4NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1800 [19MR]

Tributes

Abel, Arnold G., E1624• [16NO]

Allstott, Mark J., E1622• [16NO]

Beals, Charles, E1626• [16NO]

Cressey, Peter H., E1716• [7DE]

Dodds, Bert, E1733• [8DE]

Hesburgh, Theodore M., H1604 [4MR]

Hicks, Berniece R., E1223• [8SE]

Hutchinson, James (Lee), E1737• [8DE]

Hyatt, Robert, E197• [11FE]

Johnson, Magnus, E1734• [8DE]

Pates, Richard, H440 [21JA]

Sodrel, Marquita Dean, H112 [8JA]

Wolfington, Richard, Jr., E1627• [16NO]