PAULSEN, ERIK (a Representative from Minnesota)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H163 [9JA]

Appointments

Committee on Economics (Joint), H521 [22JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: encourage countries to provide first-time access to electricity and power services for a minimum number of people in sub-Saharan Africa (see H.R. 2847), H5981 [15SE]

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H6260 [25SE]

Armed Forces: ensure certain TRICARE beneficiaries may enroll in TRICARE Prime regardless of location of their residence (see H.R. 1500), H1802 [19MR]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H2467 [23AP]

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

Bureau of Prisons: issue oleoresin capsicum spray (pepper spray) to officers and employees in Federal medium-security prisons and higher (see H.R. 472), H2467 [23AP]

CBO: prepare long-term scoring estimates for reported bills and joint resolutions that could have significant economic and fiscal effects outside normal scoring periods (see H.R. 282), H3254 [15MY]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: adjust the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in order to avoid disproportionate penalties for hospitals treating vulnerable populations (see H.R. 1343), H6975 [9OC]

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]

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]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1683), H3391 [19MY]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H1723 [17MR]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1671), H7027 [20OC]

Courts: provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (see H.R. 3326), H8242 [16NO]

Credit: improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction (see H.R. 685), H1116 [24FE]

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), H226 [12JA]

Dept. of HHS: develop and disseminate clinical practice guidelines and create a safe harbor for defendants in medical malpractice actions who demonstrate adherence to such guidelines (see H.R. 2603), H6307 [28SE]

——— enhance and further research prevention and treatment of eating disorders and improve access to treatment (see H.R. 2515), H5981 [15SE]

——— establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see H.R. 1192), H2356 [21AP]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 3381), H9206 [9DE]

——— improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 836), H3758 [2JN]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic health care professional schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 3119), H6976 [9OC]

——— provide for systematic data collection and analysis and epidemiological research regarding multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases (see H.R. 292), H2772 [30AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering the application for veterans status of an individual who performed service as a coastwise merchant seaman during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H7139 [22OC]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (see H.R. 228), H534 [22JA]

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), H5944 [10SE]

Dept. of Transportation: create National Hiring Standard for Motor Carriers to enhance interstate commerce (see H.R. 1120), H1369 [26FE]

——— prohibit funding to State or local governments for any program to check helmet usage or create checkpoints for motorcycle riders (see H.R. 1861), H3310 [18MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: direct the Inspector General to make certain reports publicly available (see H.R. 3686), H7175 [23OC]

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

——— include licensed hearing aid specialists as eligible for appointment in the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 353), H5866 [9SE]

——— waive copayment requirement for medical and hospital services in the case of certain billing errors and inform veterans of payment plan and waiver rights relative to untimely billing (see H.R. 3549), H6136 [17SE]

Developing countries: authorize aid to reduce poverty and hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, promote agricultural-led economic growth, and build resilience among vulnerable populations (see H.R. 1567), H1898 [24MR]

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]

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), H3214 [14MY]

FDA: extend market exclusivity periods for drugs approved to prevent, diagnose, or treat a rare disease or condition (see H.R. 971), H2500 [28AP]

Federal agencies and departments: include language in certain educational and advertising materials indicating that such materials are produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense (see H.R. 310), H757 [3FE]

——— increase transparency by requiring a report describing any proposed conference (see H.R. 3548), H6136 [17SE]

——— 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), H583 [26JA]

——— require the use of two-phase selection procedures when design-build contracts are suitable for award to small business concerns (see H.R. 1666), H2212 [14AP]

Financial institutions: expand the purposes of advances and collateral available to community development financial institutions (see H.R. 1355), H1635 [13MR]

——— 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]

——— require regulatory agencies to take risk profiles and business models of institutions into account when taking regulatory actions (see H.R. 2896), H5976 [11SE]

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 1309), H7139 [22OC]

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), H3214 [14MY]

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

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (see H.R. 6), H4651 [24JN]

Health care professionals: protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 921), H2155 [13AP]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3268), H6139 [17SE]

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]

——— provide protections for sexually exploited and trafficked girls in the U.S. and create criminal or civil penalties for anyone who buys or sells a child through a system of child trafficking (see H. Res. 62), H984 [11FE]

Insurance: 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), H5943 [10SE]

Iran: 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), H6229 [24SE]

IRS: extend authority to require truncated Social Security numbers on Form W-2 wage and tax statements (see H.R. 3568), H6894 [7OC]

——— prohibit modification of the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare (see H.R. 599), H814 [4FE]

——— prohibit performance awards for employees who owe back taxes (see H.R. 1817), H3507 [20MY]

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

James L. Oberstar Memorial Post Office Building, Chisholm, MN: designate (see H.R. 316), H357 [13JA]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H7390 [2NO]

Law enforcement: facilitate collaboration among criminal justice, juvenile justice, veterans treatment services, mental health treatment services, and substance abuse systems to address needs of mentally ill offenders (see H.R. 1854), H3879 [3JN]

——— safeguard electronic data stored abroad from improper Government access (see H.R. 1174), H3574 [22MY]

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

Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see H.R. 556), H984 [11FE]

——— 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), H8242 [16NO]

——— establish a payment option to freely contract, without penalty, for fee-for-service items and services, while allowing beneficiaries to use their benefits (see H.R. 1650), H6975 [9OC]

——— expand access to stroke telehealth services (see H.R. 2799), H5867 [9SE]

——— improve integrity (see H.R. 1021), H1373 [26FE]

——— modify payment for outpatient department procedures that utilize drugs as supplies (see H.R. 1178), H3310 [18MY]

——— permit review of certain payment determinations for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3024), H8362 [18NO]

——— provide beneficiary access to eye tracking accessories for speech generating devices and remove the rental cap for durable medical equipment relative to speech generating devices (see H.R. 628), H667 [30JA] (see H.R. 1919), H5238 [15JY]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H2156 [13AP]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H984 [11FE]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 1516), H3391 [19MY]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 1427), H3879 [3JN]

——— provide for the non-application of competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories (see H.R. 3229), H8861 [1DE]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 169), H2419 [22AP]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 775), H1074 [17FE]

——— 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), H867 [9FE]

——— strengthen rules applied in case of competition for diabetic testing strips (see H.R. 771), H2211 [14AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: curb waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 818), H1165 [25FE]

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), H5592 [28JY]

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 731), H984 [11FE]

Minnesota Lynx (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 486), H7138 [22OC]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 511), H1850 [23MR]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H9271 [10DE]

North Country National Scenic Trail: revise route to extend trail into Vermont to connect with Appalachian National Scenic Trail (see H.R. 799), H855 [5FE]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H3759 [2JN]

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]

——— 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 funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program in the individual market (see H.R. 1886), H2467 [23AP]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see H.R. 863), H5976 [11SE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see H.R. 3134), H6139 [17SE]

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]

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: 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), H2773 [30AP]

——— 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), H7139 [22OC]

Syria: investigate and prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by parties to civil war and direct U.S. Representative to the U.N. to promote establishment of war crimes tribunal (see H. Res. 269), H3252 [15MY]

Tariff: eliminate on technological goods providing educational value for children (see H.R. 1063), H1163 [25FE]

——— make certain luggage and travel articles eligible for duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (see H.R. 681), H755 [3FE]

Taxation: allow a credit against tax for clinical testing expenses for qualified infectious disease drugs and rapid diagnostic tests to address the rising public health challenge of antibiotic resistance (see H.R. 3539), H6136 [17SE]

——— allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1882), H2307 [16AP]

——— broaden special rules for certain governmental health reimbursement arrangements to include plans established by political subdivisions (see H.R. 869), H1567 [3MR]

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

——— exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2128), H2880 [12MY]

——— exempt private foundations from the tax on excess business holdings in the case of certain philanthropic enterprises which are independently supervised (see H.R. 3732), H6973 [9OC]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 2096), H2653 [29AP]

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

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

——— extend special expensing rules for certain film and television productions and provide for special expensing for live theatrical productions (see H.R. 2405), H4594 [23JN]

——— improve certain education savings plans (see H.R. 529), H641 [27JA]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2315), H5239 [15JY]

——— 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 moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H2499 [28AP]

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

——— make permanent the work opportunity tax credit (see H.R. 2754), H7333 [28OC]

——— 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 and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see H.R. 644), H858 [5FE]

——— permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see H.R. 765), H2155 [13AP]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 855), H984 [11FE]

——— permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 961), H5783 [31JY]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 631), H1618 [4MR] (see H.R. 2061), H2497 [28AP]

——— provide for S corporation reform (see H.R. 2788), H4863 [7JY]

——— remove bond requirements and extend filing periods for certain taxpayers subject to Federal excise taxes on distilled spirits, wine, and beer (see H.R. 2238), H3215 [14MY]

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

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (see H.R. 880), H1636 [13MR]

——— treat bicycle sharing systems as mass transit facilities for purposes of the qualified transportation fringe benefit (see H.R. 4104), H8410 [19NO]

Telecommunications: establish the U.S. International Communications Agency and Freedom News Network and clarify duties and responsibilities of VOA (see H.R. 2323), H4003 [9JN]

U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking: establish (see H.R. 500), H2035 [25MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 2903), H4769 [25JN]

Animals: require that military working dogs be retired in the U.S. (see H.R. 2742), H4242 [11JN]

Crime: stop exploitation through human trafficking (see H.R. 159), H41 [6JA]

Diseases: protect Medicare and VA benefits for medical device treatments for male incontinence and impotence resulting from treatment for prostate cancer and other diseases (see H. Res. 106), H982 [11FE]

Fraternal organizations: recognize benefits provided by tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies to their members and communities (see H. Con. Res. 19), H1370 [26FE]

Immigration: admit for permanent residence certain aliens who have postgraduate degrees in certain fields of study and exempt such aliens from H–1B nonimmigrant numerical limitations (see H.R. 2181), H2769 [30AP]

Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act: amend (see H.R. 2482), H3506 [20MY]

Medicare: promote health care technology innovation and access to medical devices and services for which patients choose to self-pay (see H.R. 2597), H3641 [1JN]

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

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements and impose contribution caps (see H.R. 1547), H1848 [23MR]

Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 437), H6227 [24SE]

Taxation: exclude certain compensation received by public safety officers and their dependents from gross income (see H.R. 606), H661 [28JA]

——— expand and make permanent rules relative to investment by nonresident aliens in domestic mutual funds and business development companies (see H.R. 2115), H2653 [29AP]

——— extend limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions (see H.R. 4016), H8240 [16NO]

——— increase alternative tax liability limitation for certain small insurance companies (see H.R. 1788), H2209 [14AP]

——— modify rate for excise tax on investment income of private foundations (see H.R. 640), H702 [2FE]

——— permit disclosure of certain tax return information for purpose of missing or exploited children investigations (see H.R. 3209), H5466 [23JY]

——— provide standards for determining employment status (see H.R. 2483), H3506 [20MY]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 232), H155 [8JA]

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

——— treat amounts paid for private umbilical cord or placental blood or tissue banking services as medical care expenses (see H.R. 3982), H8151 [5NO]

Tunisia: initiate negotiations to enter into a free trade agreement (see H. Res. 248), H2792 [1MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (H.R. 2903), H4772 [25JN]

Animals: require that military working dogs be retired in the U.S. (H.R. 2742), H4242 [11JN]

Crime: stop exploitation through human trafficking (H.R. 159), H48 [6JA]

Immigration: admit for permanent residence certain aliens who have postgraduate degrees in certain fields of study and exempt such aliens from H–1B nonimmigrant numerical limitations (H.R. 2181), H2772 [30AP]

Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act: amend (H.R. 2482), H3507 [20MY]

Medicare: promote health care technology innovation and access to medical devices and services for which patients choose to self-pay (H.R. 2597), H3642 [1JN]

——— provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity (H.R. 2404), H3310 [18MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements and impose contribution caps (H.R. 1547), H1849 [23MR]

Taxation: exclude certain compensation received by public safety officers and their dependents from gross income (H.R. 606), H663 [28JA]

——— expand and make permanent rules relative to investment by nonresident aliens in domestic mutual funds and business development companies (H.R. 2115), H2655 [29AP]

——— extend limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions (H.R. 4016), H8241 [16NO]

——— increase alternative tax liability limitation for certain small insurance companies (H.R. 1788), H2211 [14AP]

——— modify rate for excise tax on investment income of private foundations (H.R. 640), H704 [2FE]

——— permit disclosure of certain tax return information for purpose of missing or exploited children investigations (H.R. 3209), H5468 [23JY]

——— provide standards for determining employment status (H.R. 2483), H3507 [20MY]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (H.R. 232), H156 [8JA]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 160), H48 [6JA]

——— treat amounts paid for private umbilical cord or placental blood or tissue banking services as medical care expenses (H.R. 3982), H8154 [5NO]

Letters

Preservation Enhancement and Savings Opportunity Act: several housing organizations, H5135 [14JY]

Save American Workers Act: Jeffrey D. Shoaf, Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., H129 [8JA]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H9212 [10DE]

Remarks

African Growth and Opportunity Act: extend, H4692 [25JN]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (H.R. 2903), H4875 [8JY]

Animals: require that military working dogs be retired in the U.S. (H.R. 2742), H4246 [12JN]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H9426 [17DE]

BIA: Bureau of Indian Education funding, H5126 [14JY]

Bloomington, MN: tribute to Oak Grove Middle School robotics team, H1652 [16MR]

Chanhassen, MN: tribute to Chanhassen High School baseball team, H4422 [16JN]

Chaska, MN: tribute to Chaska High School student efforts to end human trafficking, H686 [2FE]

Coon Rapids, MN: tribute to Coon Rapids Little League baseball team, H5947 [11SE]

Crime: combat human trafficking, H562 [26JA]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking, H5808 [8SE]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 178), H3281 [18MY]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking, H3281 [18MY]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking (H.R. 159), H562 [26JA], H594 [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), H6847 [7OC]

——— reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, H9290 [11DE]

Dept. of Labor: proposed rules for brokers and financial advisors giving advice on workplace retirement savings, H6257 [25SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: direct the Inspector General to make certain reports publicly available (H.R. 3686), H8137 [5NO]

——— eliminate backlog of benefit claims and delays in receipt of medical care, H5242 [16JY]

——— evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (H.R. 203), H788 [4FE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), Senate amendment, H9426 [17DE]

Eden Prairie, MN: tribute to American Cancer Society Relay for Life, H5317 [21JY]

——— tribute to Eden Prairie High School girls’ lacrosse team, H4362 [15JN]

Edina, MN: tribute to Edina High School girls’ tennis team, H7400 [3NO]

Federal agencies and departments: increase transparency by requiring a report describing any proposed conference (H.R. 3548), H6169 [18SE]

——— 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), H5537 [28JY]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, H4692 [25JN], H5600 [29JY]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend, H4692 [25JN]

Government regulations: effect of financial regulations on small community banks, H3237 [15MY]

Haiti: extend preferential duty treatment program, H4692 [25JN]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (H.R. 6), H4656 [25JN]

Immigration: admit for permanent residence certain aliens who have postgraduate degrees in certain fields of study and exempt such aliens from H–1B nonimmigrant numerical limitations (H.R. 2181), H2670 [30AP]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5965 [11SE]

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (H.R. 3457), H6700 [29SE]

——— suspend authority of the President to grant relief from sanctions pursuant to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3460), H5965 [11SE]

IRS: reform, H3511 [21MY], H5184 [15JY]

Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act: amend (H.R. 2482), H5135 [14JY]

Martland, Charles: condemn punishment for whistleblowing, H6743 [30SE]

Medicare: impact of proposed changes to rules relative to coverage of advanced prosthetics medical technology, H5862 [9SE]

——— include information on the coverage of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity in the ‘‘Medicare and You Handbook’’ and coordinate programs to prevent and treat obesity, H2889 [13MY]

——— proposed rules limiting access to medical technology, H8436 [30NO]

——— provide beneficiary access to eye tracking accessories for speech generating devices and remove the rental cap for durable medical equipment relative to speech generating devices (H.R. 628), H961 [11FE]

——— provide beneficiary access to eye tracking accessories for speech generating devices and remove the rental cap for durable medical equipment relative to speech generating devices (S. 984), H5216 [15JY], H8436 [30NO]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (H.R. 1559), H2129 [13AP]

Minnesota: tribute to Minnesota Fallen Firefighter Memorial Service, H6292 [28SE]

Minnesota Lynx (basketball team): tribute, H7126 [22OC]

National Cyber Security Awareness Month: observance, H6847 [7OC]

Obama, President: fast-track trade promotion authority, H2345 [21AP]

Osseo, MN: tribute to Osseo Senior High School football team, H9090 [9DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: implementation of fraud prevention provisions, H5344 [22JY]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), H128 [8JA]

——— repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements and impose contribution caps (H.R. 1547), H1835 [23MR]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), H7149 [23OC]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S., H6920 [8OC]

Pinky Swear Foundation: tribute, H9213 [10DE]

Plymouth, MN: tribute to Wayzata High School boys’ golf team, H5084 [10JY]

——— tribute to Wayzata High School boys’ track and field team, H4635 [24JN]

——— tribute to Wayzata High School girls’ swimming and diving team, E18• [6JA]

Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month: observance, H6122 [17SE]

St. Paul, MN: tribute to State Capitol Mall military family memorial, H4582• [23JN]

Taxation: allow Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers to make penalty-free withdrawals from governmental plans after a certain age (H.R. 2146), H2849 [12MY], H5600 [29JY]

——— exclude certain compensation received by public safety officers and their dependents from gross income (H.R. 606), H2847 [12MY]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, H9426 [17DE]

——— improve certain education savings plans (H.R. 529), H1103 [24FE]

——— improve process for determining whether organizations are 501(c)4 tax-exempt (H.R. 1295), Senate amendment, H4692 [25JN]

——— make permanent the rule allowing certain tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes, H1006 [12FE]

——— make permanent the rule allowing certain tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes (H.R. 637), H2446 [23AP]

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions, H1006 [12FE]

——— modify rate for excise tax on investment income of private foundations, H1006 [12FE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), H1006 [12FE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), conference report, H9290 [11DE]

——— permit disclosure of certain tax return information for purpose of missing or exploited children investigations (H.R. 3209), H5520 [27JY]

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

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices, H7149 [23OC], H9426 [17DE]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 160), H4472, H4473, H4478 [17JN]

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (H.R. 880), H3413 [20MY]

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: ratification, H654 [28JA], H5600 [29JY]

Votes: position on missed, H1001• [12FE], E834• [3JN]

Tributes

Bush, Arlene, H3772 [3JN]

Carlstrom, Tyler, H4170 [11JN]

Dayton, Bruce, H8252 [17NO]

Devine, Marlene I., E870• [10JN]

Kline, Richard, H5605 [29JY]

Kravitz, Harold, H3296 [18MY]

Meyer, Maxwell, H3906 [4JN]

Plummer, Megan, H4170 [11JN]

Quie, Gretchen, H9359 [16DE]

Sandberg, Steven, H7012 [20OC]

Saunders, Philip D. (Flip), H7187 [26OC]