GRANGER, KAY (a Representative from Texas)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H166 [9JA]

Appointments

Committee to escort Afghanistan President Mohammad A. Ghani into the House Chamber, H1904 [25MR]

Committee to escort Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the House Chamber, H1528 [3MR]

Committee to escort Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe into the House Chamber, H2503 [29AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

African Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 335), H5975 [11SE]

Animals: support global anti-poaching efforts, strengthen capacity of countries to counter wildlife trafficking, and designate major wildlife trafficking countries (see H.R. 2494), H5469 [23JY]

Apollo space program: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of first manned moon landing (see H.R. 2726), H5118 [13JY]

Armed Forces: remove authority of military department Secretaries to revoke combat valor awards (see H.R. 2011), H2464 [23AP]

Asian Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 335), H5975 [11SE]

ATF: prohibit from requiring disclosure of race or ethnicity in the transfer of a firearm (see H.R. 1739), H2800 [5MY]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H3758 [2JN]

Centennial Monetary Commission: establish (see H.R. 2912), H5298 [20JY]

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]

Colleges and universities: protect victims of sexual violence and improve adjudication of sexual violence allegations (see H.R. 3403), H5767 [29JY]

——— protect victims of sexual violence and improve adjudication of sexual violence allegations, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3403), H8243 [16NO]

Cuba: promote human rights and urge the Cuban Government to meet certain human rights milestones (see H.R. 1782), H2656 [29AP]

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), H3254 [15MY]

Dept. of Defense: limit the number of civilian employees (see H.R. 340), H664 [28JA]

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), H2959 [13MY]

Dept. of Energy: enter into contracts for storage of certain high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, take title to such materials, and make certain expenditures from the Nuclear Waste Fund (see H.R. 3643), H6704 [29SE]

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

Dept. of State: submit to Congress a report on designation of Muslim Brotherhood (organization) as a foreign terrorist organization (see H.R. 3892), H9206 [9DE]

Dept. of Transportation: extend the positive train control system implementation deadline (see H.R. 3651), H7028 [20OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H5591 [28JY]

——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 1384), H5404 [22JY]

——— identify mental health care and suicide prevention programs and metrics that are effective in treating women veterans for program evaluation purposes (see H.R. 2915), H5777 [29JY]

——— improve provision of health care for women veterans (see H.R. 1356), H5524 [27JY]

——— provide for removal or demotion of employees based on performance or misconduct (see H.R. 1994), H5332 [21JY]

——— 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), H1900 [24MR]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 167), H482 [21JA]

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]

——— provide that an employee’s regular rate of pay for purposes of calculating overtime will not be affected by additional payments or bonuses (see H.R. 1981), H2795 [1MY]

EPA: repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 703), H810 [4FE]

Europe: encourage cooperation between European governments, European Union, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and law enforcement with Jewish community groups to prevent and respond to anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 354), H5029 [9JY]

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), H2959 [13MY]

FCC: extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 1301), H2035 [25MR]

Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief to community financial institutions (see H.R. 1233), H5775 [29JY]

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 1309), H3254 [15MY]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H4492 [17JN]

——— provide for the disposition, within a certain time period, of an application to exempt a projectile from classification as armor-piercing ammunition (see H.R. 3802), H8242 [16NO]

Floresville Veterans Post Office Building, Floresville, TX: designate (see H.R. 891), H2419 [22AP]

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), H6260 [25SE]

——— 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), H2656 [29AP]

Great Ape Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 335), H5975 [11SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2653), H4383 [15JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 596), H705 [2FE] (see H.R. 2653), H4383 [15JN]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3268), H5589 [28JY]

Human rights: identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking, review trafficking prevention efforts, and improve trafficking victims’ assistance grants (see H.R. 350), H404 [14JA]

Immigration: give States authority to reject admission of refugees (see H.R. 4032), H9013 [3DE]

——— provide for operational control of the international border of the U.S. (see H.R. 399), H482 [21JA]

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

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 815), H1116 [24FE]

International relations: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Joanne King Herring and posthumously to Charles Wilson and Gustav L. Avrakotos (see H.R. 438), H535 [22JA]

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), H5525 [27JY]

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (see H.R. 3457), H6706 [29SE]

Iraq: authorize direct provision of defense articles, defense services, and related training to Kurdish Regional Government (see H.R. 1654), H2156 [13AP]

Israel: express solidarity with people, condemn Palestinian terrorist attacks, and recertify that U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority is conditioned upon recognition of Israel’s right to exist (see H. Res. 485), H7089 [21OC]

Jordan: improve defense cooperation with the U.S. (see H.R. 907), H1032 [12FE]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H2271 [15AP]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H1114 [24FE]

Marine Turtle Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 335), H5975 [11SE]

Medicare: provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H5849 [8SE]

——— provide for an established provider system under which providers of services and suppliers representing a low risk for submitting fraudulent claims are provided certain claim review protections (see H.R. 4077), H8360 [18NO]

——— reduce incidence of diabetes among beneficiaries (see H.R. 2102), H4383 [15JN]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 775), H1618 [4MR]

National Park Service: extend authorization of appropriations for the Historic Preservation Fund (see H.R. 2817), H8281 [17NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H4493 [17JN]

——— repeal (see H.R. 596), H705 [2FE] (see H.R. 2653), H4383 [15JN]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 928), H1567 [3MR]

——— 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), H4862 [7JY]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (see H.R. 702), H4862 [7JY]

PFC Milton A. Lee Medal of Honor Memorial Highway, TX: designate (see H.R. 2559), H3561 [21MY]

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]

Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (see H. Res. 513), H7743 [4NO]

Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 335), H5975 [11SE]

Securities: determine a customer’s net equity based on the customer’s last statement, prohibit certain recoveries, and change how trustees are appointed (see H.R. 1982), H2656 [29AP]

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), H705 [2FE]

——— repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 711), H1771 [18MR]

——— 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), H2772 [30AP]

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), H8646 [30NO]

Taxation: allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see H.R. 1100), H5469 [23JY]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1501 [27FE]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2315), H4863 [7JY]

——— make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see H.R. 622), H666 [30JA]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H2115 [26MR]

——— permanently modify limitations on deduction of interest by financial institutions which hold tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 2229), H5849 [8SE]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 631), H1771 [18MR] (see H.R. 2061), H2497 [28AP]

——— provide tax incentives for the donation of wild game meat (see H.R. 461), H1116 [24FE]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 173), H42 [6JA]

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

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H36 [6JA]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1401), H5849 [8SE]

Ukraine: provide military assistance to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity (see H. Res. 162), H1848 [23MR]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H5591 [28JY]

Water: explore emerging technologies that are mobile and capable of supplying high volumes of sterile, pathogenic-free water (see H. Res. 361), H5976 [11SE]

——— 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), H2155 [13AP]

Yousafzai, Malala: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 69), H5775 [29JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall for a ceremony to award Congressional Gold Medal to the Monuments Men (see H. Con. Res. 64), H5403 [22JY]

Crime: combat human trafficking (see H.R. 1201), H1525 [2MR]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (see H.R. 2772), H4381 [15JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Crime: combat human trafficking (H.R. 1201), H1526 [2MR]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2772), H4382 [15JN]

Remarks

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H9662 [17DE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), Senate amendment, H9662 [17DE]

Jordan: improve defense cooperation with the U.S. (H.R. 907), H4778 [7JY]

Tarrant County, TX: anniversary of Tarrant County College District, E1135• [28JY]

Votes: correction, H7217• [27OC]

——— position on missed, H1651• [16MR], H1834• [23MR], H3624• [1JN], H6879•, H6881• [7OC], E1523• [23OC], E1820• [17DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1660 [16MR], H1845 [23MR], H6890 [7OC]

Reports filed

Dept. of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2772) (H. Rept. 114–154), H4381 [15JN]

Tributes

Miller, Gil, E1156• [29JY]

Muraski, Richard J., Jr., E1069• [15JY]

Newby, Brian C., E1022• [9JY]