NOEM, KRISTI L. (a Representative from South Dakota)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4842, H4864 [7JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), H2614 [29AP]

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), H866 [9FE]

Animals: designate the North American bison as the national mammal of the U.S. (see H.R. 2908), H4769 [25JN]

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

ATF: prevent reclassification of certain ammunition as armor piercing (see H.R. 1365), H2035 [25MR]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H3916 [4JN]

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

Children and youth: enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking (see H.R. 469), H583 [26JA]

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), H5976 [11SE]

Citizenship: clarify that oath of allegiance administered in naturalization process may not be altered (see H.R. 3296), 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), H668 [30JA]

Committee on Regulatory Reform (Joint, Select): establish (see H. Con. Res. 67), H5769 [29JY]

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

Credit: 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), H2356 [21AP]

Crime: provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see H.R. 285), H224 [12JA]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (see H.R. 181), H583 [26JA]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking (see H.R. 159), H583 [26JA]

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), H6706 [29SE]

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), H6937 [8OC]

Dept. of Education: support continuation of Federal Perkins Loan Program (see H. Res. 294), H5239 [15JY]

Dept. of HHS: improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 836), H5591 [28JY]

——— revise operations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (see H.R. 1151), H5238 [15JY]

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), H5867 [9SE]

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

——— prohibit funding to State or local governments for any program to check helmet usage or create checkpoints for motorcycle riders (see H.R. 1861), H3879 [3JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H1618 [4MR]

——— ensure that veterans may attend pre-apprenticeship programs using certain educational assistance (see H.R. 2551), H4432 [16JN]

——— improve private treatment of veterans who are victims of military sexual assault (see H.R. 1603), H5238 [15JY]

——— make certain improvements in information security (see H.R. 1017), H1618 [4MR]

——— modify treatment of agreements entered into to furnish nursing home care, adult day health care, or other extended care services (see H.R. 1369), H2357 [21AP]

——— provide eligibility for beneficiary travel for veterans seeking treatment or care for military sexual trauma in specialized outpatient or residential program facilities (see H.R. 642), H1624 [6MR]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 167), H5292 [16JY]

Diseases: issue semipostal stamp to support breast cancer research (see H.R. 2191), H2769 [30AP]

——— 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), H2420 [22AP]

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: expand ethanol waiver for the Reid vapor pressure limitations of motor vehicle fuels (see H.R. 1736), H2152 [13AP]

——— prevent from exceeding its statutory authority in ways that were not yet contemplated by Congress (see H.R. 3880), H8242 [16NO]

——— prohibit imposing carbon dioxide emissions standards on fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units until certain other countries have enacted similar standards (see H.R. 4169), H9010 [3DE]

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), H2356 [21AP]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 2802), H5118 [13JY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave because of the death of a son or daughter (see H.R. 2260), H6307 [28SE]

FCC: extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 1301), H6228 [24SE]

FDA: establish Federal labeling standards for food with genetically modified ingredients and natural foods (see H.R. 1599), H5238 [15JY]

Federal agencies and departments: 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]

——— reform process by which agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents (see H.R. 185), H226 [12JA]

Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief to community financial institutions (see H.R. 1233), H2356 [21AP]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 402), H1850 [23MR]

——— revise various laws that interfere with the right of people to obtain and use firearms for all lawful purposes (see H.R. 2710), H4493 [17JN]

Fraternal organizations: recognize benefits provided by tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies to their members and communities (see H. Con. Res. 19), H1850 [23MR]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2653), H5783 [31JY]

——— 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), H5238 [15JY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 2653), H5783 [31JY]

Health care professionals: limit liability of volunteers who provide health care services in response to a disaster (see H.R. 865), H5238 [15JY]

——— protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 921), H4383 [15JN]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3268), H5867 [9SE]

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]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 815), H3254 [15MY]

——— provide notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength or when the FDIC places a lien against insurance company assets (see H.R. 1478), H2879 [12MY]

International Year of Soils: designate (see H. Con. Res. 30), H5333 [21JY]

Iran: disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H. Res. 367), H5291 [16JY]

IRS: clarify use of credentials by enrolled agents (see H.R. 828), H5292 [16JY]

——— prohibit modification of the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare (see H.R. 599), H1038 [12FE]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H1373 [26FE]

Medicare: authorize a blanket significant hardship exception for meaningful electronic health records use due to delay in timely publication of certain meaningful use rules (see H.R. 3940), H8861 [1DE]

——— extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program (see H.R. 672), H2419 [22AP]

——— improve access to, and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under part B by establishing a minimum payment amount under such part for bone mass measurement (see H.R. 2461), H6975 [9OC]

——— improve integrity (see H.R. 1021), H1526 [2MR]

——— make adjustments relative to competitive bidding program and durable medical equipment and establish a durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) market pricing program project (see H.R. 4185), H9079 [8DE]

——— permit review of certain payment determinations for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3024), H7090 [21OC]

——— protect coverage for screening mammography (see H.R. 3339), H8861 [1DE]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H2318 [20AP]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 1516), H3310 [18MY]

——— provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2404), H5592 [28JY]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 169), H1662 [16MR]

——— 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), H5848 [8SE]

——— strengthen rules applied in case of competition for diabetic testing strips (see H.R. 771), H6937 [8OC]

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), H5776 [29JY]

Mining and mineral resources: provide support to mining schools (see H.R. 3734), H8414 [19NO]

National Guard: modify and extend the State Partnership Program (see H.R. 1614), H2357 [21AP]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 511), H532 [22JA]

——— enhance and integrate Native American tourism, empower communities, increase coordination and collaboration between Federal tourism assets, and expand heritage and cultural tourism opportunities (see H.R. 3477), H6261 [25SE]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H8860 [1DE]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H3309 [18MY]

Patents: provide for an exception from infringement for certain component parts of motor vehicles (see H.R. 1057), H4432 [16JN]

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

——— modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H5293 [16JY]

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (see H.R. 555), H3390 [19MY]

——— repeal (see H.R. 2653), H5783 [31JY]

——— 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), H1502 [27FE]

——— repeal the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program in the individual market (see H.R. 1886), H3254 [15MY]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see H.R. 863), H2356 [21AP]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (see H.R. 702), H5117 [13JY]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see H.R. 3134), H5469 [23JY]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 12), H2156 [13AP]

——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H2880 [12MY]

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: amend purposes of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to include reducing poverty by increasing employment entry, retention, and advancement (see H.R. 2966), H4954 [8JY]

Real estate: provide for a temporary safe harbor from the enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loan transactions (see H.R. 2213), H5404 [22JY]

Recreational vehicles: study proposed vehicle handling requirements for recreational off-highway vehicles and prohibit adoption of such requirements prior to completion of the study (see H.R. 999), H1069 [13FE]

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]

States: grant authority to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws on remote or online transactions (see H.R. 2775), H4382 [15JN]

Taxation: ensure that tax return preparers demonstrate minimum standards of competency (see H.R. 4141), H9080 [8DE]

——— exclude from gross income payments under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and certain amounts received under the Indian Health Professions Scholarship Program (see H.R. 1842), H3565 [21MY]

——— exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2128), H4774 [25JN]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 2096), H4493 [17JN]

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

——— extend limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions (see H.R. 4016), H8362 [18NO]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2315), H3879 [3JN]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 1752), H3214 [14MY]

——— 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), H1662 [16MR]

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

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

——— permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see H.R. 765), H5591 [28JY]

——— permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 961), H5591 [28JY]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 2061), H2800 [5MY]

——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see H.R. 3095), H5592 [28JY]

——— provide for a refundable adoption tax credit (see H.R. 2434), H5788 [4AU]

——— provide for deductibility of charitable contributions to agricultural research organizations (see H.R. 2838), H4541 [18JN]

——— provide for equalization of the excise tax on liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas (see H.R. 1665), H3879 [3JN]

——— repeal dollar limitation on contributions to flexible spending accounts (see H.R. 2207), H3879 [3JN]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1105), H1368 [26FE]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 2698), H6937 [8OC]

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

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1401), H3391 [19MY]

Veterans: provide for coordination between TRICARE and eligibility to make contributions to health savings accounts (see H.R. 868), H1723 [17MR]

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), H757 [3FE]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 1340), H4137 [10JN]

——— provide protections against pregnancy discrimination in the workplace (see H.R. 2800), H4490 [17JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

BLM: transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain lands to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs for inclusion in the Black Hills National Cemetery (see H.R. 3839), H7253 [27OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit regulations establishing certain limits for the school lunch program (see H.R. 1504), H1803 [19MR]

Dept. of Education: reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 1318), H1613 [4MR]

Dept. of HHS: conduct a pilot project to investigate how to improve medication adherence for individuals with chronic diseases (see H.R. 4292), H10710 [18DE]

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]

IRS: prohibit rehiring of any employees involuntarily separated from service for misconduct (see H.R. 3724), H6935 [8OC]

Medicare: clarify policy relative to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services (see H.R. 1611), H2032 [25MR]

——— provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 4277), H9374 [16DE]

National American Indian Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3603), H6227 [24SE]

NIH: anniversary of Office of Research on Women’s Health (see H. Res. 458), H6788 [1OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt Indian tribal governments and other tribal entities from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3080), H5236 [15JY]

Public welfare programs: prevent States from counting certain expenditures as State spending to reduce Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H.R. 2959), H4861 [7JY]

Social Security: prohibit an individual who is the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant for a felony from receiving various cash benefits (see H.R. 2504), H3558 [21MY]

Taxation: deny tax exemption to organizations which violate Federal prohibitions regarding human fetal tissue (see H.R. 3575), H6178 [18SE]

——— modify incentives for production of biodiesel (see H.R. 4181), H9011 [3DE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: prohibit listing northern long-eared bat under the Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 1589), H1899 [24MR]

Constitutional authority statements

BLM: transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain lands to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs for inclusion in the Black Hills National Cemetery (H.R. 3839), H7254 [27OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit regulations establishing certain limits for the school lunch program (H.R. 1504), H1805 [19MR]

Dept. of Education: reauthorize Impact Aid Program (H.R. 1318), H1617 [4MR]

Dept. of HHS: conduct a pilot project to investigate how to improve medication adherence for individuals with chronic diseases (H.R. 4292), H10711 [18DE]

Human rights: identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking, review trafficking prevention efforts, and improve trafficking victims’ assistance grants (H.R. 350), H406 [14JA]

IRS: prohibit rehiring of any employees involuntarily separated from service for misconduct (H.R. 3724), H6937 [8OC]

Medicare: clarify policy relative to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services (H.R. 1611), H2034 [25MR]

——— provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (H.R. 4277), H9375 [16DE]

National American Indian Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (H.R. 3603), H6228 [24SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt Indian tribal governments and other tribal entities from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3080), H5238 [15JY]

Public welfare programs: prevent States from counting certain expenditures as State spending to reduce Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (H.R. 2959), H4862 [7JY]

Social Security: prohibit an individual who is the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant for a felony from receiving various cash benefits (H.R. 2504), H3562 [21MY]

Taxation: deny tax exemption to organizations which violate Federal prohibitions regarding human fetal tissue (H.R. 3575), H6179 [18SE]

——— modify incentives for production of biodiesel (H.R. 4181), H9012 [3DE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: prohibit listing northern long-eared bat under the Endangered Species Act (H.R. 1589), H1901 [24MR]

Remarks

Abortion: condemn, and call for investigation of, video of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., official discussing the practice of harvesting of fetal organs after abortions for medical research, H5325 [21JY]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), consideration (H. Res. 255), H2898 [13MY]

Crime: combat human trafficking, H560, H561, H562 [26JA]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 178), H3283 [18MY]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking (H.R. 159), H561, H562 [26JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: repeal country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken (H.R. 2393), H4039• [10JN]

Dept. of State: prioritize fight against human trafficking according to congressional intent in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act without increasing the size of the Federal Government (H.R. 514), H561 [26JA]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4842 [7JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: prohibit funding to end, suspend, or relocate a health care facility that is the subject of an environmental impact statement, designated a national historic landmark, or located in a highly rural area, H2614 [29AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), H2614 [29AP]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, H4269 [12JN]

Human rights: identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking, review trafficking prevention efforts, and improve trafficking victims’ assistance grants (H.R. 350), H562 [26JA], H591 [27JA]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), Senate amendment, H4269 [12JN]

Law enforcement: mandate reporting requirements for sex offenders intending to travel internationally, provide notice to the destination, and prevent entry to the U.S. by foreign sex offenders (H.R. 515), H561 [26JA]

National Preeclampsia Awareness Month: observance, E793• [26MY]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (H.R. 511), H8265 [17NO]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding, H5325 [21JY]

Spearfish, SD: prohibit funding to close or move the D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery and Archives, H4842 [7JY]

Taxation: repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 1105), H2281 [16AP]

Votes: position on missed, H3899• [4JN]

Tributes

Vanderbush, William, H6716 [30SE]