BUCSHON, LARRY (a Representative from Indiana)

Appointments

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) Select Investigative Panel, H7170 [23OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 816), H6260 [25SE]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 36), H190 [9JA]

Afghanistan: call for U.S. recognition of the Taliban as a foreign terrorist organization (see H. Con. Res. 13), H814 [4FE]

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (see H.R. 413), H430 [20JA]

Antitrust policy: restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (see H.R. 494), H531 [22JA]

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

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H105 [7JA]

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

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

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

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1671), H7625 [3NO]

Corps of Engineers: ensure right of individuals to carry firearms at water resources development projects (see H.R. 578), H1526 [2MR]

Crime: improve Federal sentencing and corrections system by reducing crime, curtailing over-criminalization, concentrating prison space on violent and career criminals, and reducing recidivism (see H.R. 2944), H6750 [30SE]

——— prevent identity theft and tax fraud (see H.R. 3832), H9272 [10DE]

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), H1526 [2MR]

Dept. of Defense: extend and enhance prohibitions and limitations relative to transfer or release of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H.R. 401), H1501 [27FE]

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), H1850 [23MR]

——— reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 770), H853 [5FE]

——— simplify the college financial aid application process (see H.R. 3177), H5465 [23JY]

Dept. of Energy: increase understanding of health effects of low doses of ionizing radiation (see H.R. 35), H37 [6JA]

——— modify efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters (see H.R. 906), H2035 [25MR]

Dept. of HHS: amend and reauthorize National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting (NASPER) Grant Program (see H.R. 1725), H2111 [26MR]

——— carry out a grant program for co-prescribing opioid overdose reversal drugs (see H.R. 3680), H7255 [27OC]

——— coordinate Federal research efforts for, and improve public education and awareness of, congenital heart disease (see H.R. 3952), H9307 [11DE]

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

——— improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 836), H2310 [16AP]

——— reauthorize and modernize the Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1655), H7027 [20OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: certify that refugees admitted to the U.S. from Iraq or Syria are not security threats to the U.S. prior to admission (see H.R. 3999), H8362 [18NO]

Dept. of Justice: authorize veterans’ treatment courts and encourage services for veterans through drug courts (see H.R. 613), H662 [28JA]

——— provide grants to assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in rapid recovery of missing individuals (see H.R. 1742), H2318 [20AP]

Dept. of Labor: preserve the companionship services exemption for minimum wage and overtime pay and the live-in domestic services exemption for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (see H.R. 3860), H7346 [29OC]

——— provide for demonstration projects designed to expedite reemployment of unemployed workers (see H.R. 2509), H3879 [3JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: furnish non-formulary drugs and medicines to veterans diagnosed with mental health disorders (see H.R. 2123), H2766 [30AP]

Diseases: mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 2722), H4135 [10JN]

Drugs: encourage development and use of new antimicrobial drugs in order to treat antibiotic-resistant infections (see H.R. 512), H3507 [20MY]

——— focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see H.R. 920), H1902 [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), H1165 [25FE]

EPA: authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (see H.R. 223), H412 [16JA]

——— disapprove a rule relative to ‘‘National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone’’ (see H.J. Res. 70), H7138 [22OC]

——— disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 72), H8282 [17NO]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 71), H8282 [17NO]

——— expand ethanol waiver for the Reid vapor pressure limitations of motor vehicle fuels (see H.R. 1736), H4383 [15JN]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 597), H661 [28JA]

——— reauthorize and reform (see H.R. 3611), H6308 [28SE]

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), H2155 [13AP]

——— issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (see H.R. 1086), H2419 [22AP]

FCC: extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 1301), H6981 [16OC]

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

——— improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants and similar retail food establishments and amend authority to bring certain proceedings (see H.R. 2017), H5776 [29JY]

——— promote use of innovative statistical methods in clinical protocols for drugs, biological products and devices, and postapproval studies and clinical trials (see H.R. 1066), H1618 [4MR]

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]

FEMA: enhance existing programs providing disaster mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes (see H.R. 1748), H6706 [29SE]

Financial institutions: specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 1309), H3507 [20MY]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 402), H1662 [16MR]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H1068 [13FE]

——— prohibit Federal issuance or enforcement of a new restriction or prohibition on the manufacture, importation, or sale of certain ammunition (see H.R. 1180), H2035 [25MR]

Flag—U.S.: require purchase of domestically made U.S. flags for use by the Federal Government (see H.R. 916), H1032 [12FE]

Freedom of Information Act: strengthen (see H.R. 653), H1618 [4MR]

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), H2773 [30AP]

——— remove mandate on the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee to focus on maximum employment (see H.R. 1154), H1618 [4MR]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (see H.R. 6), H3574 [22MY]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2653), H3913 [4JN]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2300), H2957 [13MY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 2300), H2957 [13MY] (see H.R. 2653), H3913 [4JN]

Health care professionals: authorize physicians to transport controlled substances from a practice setting to another practice setting or disaster area (see H.R. 3014), H5029 [9JY]

——— limit liability of volunteers who provide health care services in response to a disaster (see H.R. 865), H2310 [16AP]

Highway Trust Fund: provide for sustainable funding (see H.R. 1846), H2656 [29AP]

Immigration: provide for operational control of the international border of the U.S. (see H.R. 399), H412 [16JA]

——— provide that no penalty may be imposed on a State for refusing to expend refugee resettlement assistance funds on certain refugees (see H.R. 4267), H9374 [16DE]

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

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

——— enhance congressional oversight over administration of sanctions against certain Iranian terrorism financiers (see H.R. 3662), H9376 [16DE]

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (see H.R. 3457), H6229 [24SE]

IRS: provide a safe harbor for de minimis errors on information returns and payee statements (see H.R. 3856), H9272 [10DE]

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

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 612), H661 [28JA]

Law enforcement: safeguard electronic data stored abroad from improper Government access (see H.R. 1174), H1624 [6MR]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H1850 [23MR]

Medicaid: transition the thresholds applied for determining acceptable provider taxes (see H.R. 1400), H1721 [17MR]

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), H3759 [2JN]

——— 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), H8415 [19NO]

——— coverage of extended care services without regard to 3-day prior hospitalization requirement (see H.R. 290), H356 [13JA]

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

——— 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), H2107 [26MR]

——— expand access to stroke telehealth services (see H.R. 2799), H6139 [17SE]

——— 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), H9329 [15DE]

——— 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 coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H5943 [10SE]

——— provide for the non-application of competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories (see H.R. 3229), H8971 [2DE]

——— provide for transparent testing to assess the transition under the fee-for-service claims processing system from the ICD–9 to the ICD–10 standard (see H.R. 2247), H2960 [13MY]

——— reform practices of recovery audit contractors (see H.R. 2156), H6975 [9OC]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 169), H2794 [1MY]

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

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (see H.R. 1470), H1902 [24MR]

——— 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), H1618 [4MR]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H5031 [9JY]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 109), H583 [26JA]

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), H5239 [15JY]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: prohibit from relinquishing control over the Internet domain name system until GAO submits report on the system (see H.R. 805), H855 [5FE]

National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 23), H36 [6JA]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H8361 [18NO]

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see H.R. 3459), H6180 [18SE]

NSF: include a line item in budget request for Research in Disabilities Education program to support dyslexia research (see H.R. 3033), H5469 [23JY]

——— support existing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs and include computer science in STEM education (see H.R. 1020), H1084 [20FE]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H5788 [4AU]

Pacific Maritime Association: resolve labor negotiations with International Longshore and Warehouse Union with assistance of a mediator and allow Presidential intervention if ports shut down due to a lack of settlement (see H. Res. 108), H1072 [13FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exclude alien agricultural seasonal workers when determining employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1387), H2357 [21AP]

——— exempt local schools, educational agencies, and institutions of higher education from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 769), H853 [5FE]

——— 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), H2960 [13MY]

——— repeal (see H.R. 2300), H2957 [13MY] (see H.R. 2653), H3913 [4JN]

——— 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), H3390 [19MY]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (see H.R. 702), H3574 [22MY]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see H.R. 3134), H5330 [21JY]

Power resources: update avian protection laws in order to support an all-of-the-above domestic energy strategy (see H.R. 493), H531 [22JA]

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]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 602), H1038 [12FE]

Refuse disposal: encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal ash and establish requirements for management and disposal of coal ash that are protective of human health and the environment (see H.R. 1734), H2213 [14AP]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 973), H5980 [15SE]

Special Operations Forces Appreciation Month: designate (see H. Res. 423), H6075 [16SE]

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

States: engage more Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program recipients in activities leading to employment and self-sufficiency and simplify State administration of work requirements (see H.R. 2991), H6228 [24SE]

Taxation: extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1372 [26FE]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 173), H105 [7JA]

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

Terrorism: reauthorize the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and create fund to compensate U.S. victims of state sponsored terrorism who hold final judgments from Article III courts (see H.R. 3858), H9376 [16DE]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1401), H5783 [31JY]

Volunteer workers: provide for liability protection for volunteer organizations or entities (see H.R. 2290), H3310 [18MY]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 594), H660 [28JA] (see H.R. 1732), H2311 [16AP]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to the U.S. Merchant Marine of World War II (see H.R. 2992), H5469 [23JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HHS: improve field emergency medical services (see H.R. 2366), H3251 [15MY]

Drugs: modernize treatment of opioid addiction (see H.R. 2872), H4650 [24JN]

Federal agencies and departments: require scientific studies used in rulemaking by published (see H.R. 445), H479 [21JA]

Health: prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services and require identification of the license of health care professionals (see H.R. 1741), H2152 [13AP]

Medicaid: require States to provide to the Dept. of HHS certain information with respect to provider terminations (see H.R. 3716), H6935 [8OC]

Medicare: ensure appropriate coverage of ventricular assist devices (see H.R. 3053), H5171 [14JY]

Taxation: disallow the refundable portion of the child credit to taxpayers using individual taxpayer identification numbers issued by the IRS (see H.R. 713), H810 [4FE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of HHS: improve field emergency medical services (H.R. 2366), H3253 [15MY]

Drugs: modernize treatment of opioid addiction (H.R. 2872), H4651 [24JN]

Federal agencies and departments: require scientific studies used in rulemaking by published (H.R. 445), H481 [21JA]

Health: prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services and require identification of the license of health care professionals (H.R. 1741), H2153 [13AP]

Medicaid: require States to provide to the Dept. of HHS certain information with respect to provider terminations (H.R. 3716), H6936 [8OC]

Medicare: ensure appropriate coverage of ventricular assist devices (H.R. 3053), H5172 [14JY]

Taxation: disallow the refundable portion of the child credit to taxpayers using individual taxpayer identification numbers issued by the IRS (H.R. 713), H813 [4FE]

Remarks

Abortion: condemn video of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., official discussing the practice of harvesting of fetal organs after abortions for medical research, H6154 [18SE]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H173 [9JA]

Dept. of HHS: amend and reauthorize National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting (NASPER) Grant Program (H.R. 1725), H5798 [8SE]

Dyslexia Awareness Month: observance, H7038 [21OC]

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (S.J. Res. 24), H8830 [1DE]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (S.J. Res. 23), H8830 [1DE]

Escalade Sports, Inc.: Dept. of Commerce President’s ‘‘E’’ Award recipient, E650• [1MY]

Grand, Robert T.: Best Lawyers (publication) Lawyer of the Year award recipient, E1545• [27OC]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (H.R. 6), H5012 [9JY]

Indiana: importance of emergency preparedness plans, H1730 [18MR]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), H2072 [26MR]

Mount Vernon, IN: Farmersville Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, H7099 [22OC]

NSF: include a line item in budget request for Research in Disabilities Education program to support dyslexia research (H.R. 3033), H7186 [26OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (H.R. 1190), consideration (H. Res. 319), H4452 [17JN]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), H6154 [18SE]

Poseyville, IN: North Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, H7099 [22OC]

Refuse disposal: encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal ash and establish requirements for management and disposal of coal ash that are protective of human health and the environment (H.R. 1734), H5360 [22JY]

Social Security: extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H2072 [26MR]

Sutton, John: Soldier’s Medal recipient, E436• [26MR]

Taxation: repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 160), consideration (H. Res. 319), H4452 [17JN]

Toxic Substances Control Act: modernize (H.R. 2576), H4557 [23JN]

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Inc.: tribute to Princeton, IN, manufacturing plant, H3318 [19MY]

Tributes

Grand, Robert T., E1545• [27OC]

Helton, Richard, H3926 [9JN]

Pyle, Ernie, E524• [16AP]