BOUSTANY, CHARLES W., JR. (a Representative from Louisiana)

Amendments

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), H2605, H2657 [29AP]

Appointments

House Democracy Partnership, H742 [3FE]

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), H5980 [15SE]

——— prohibit Federal education funding for elementary and secondary schools that provide on-campus access to abortion providers (see H.R. 463), H530 [22JA]

——— prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify that they will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that performs, abortions (see H.R. 3197), H5466 [23JY]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 816), H866 [9FE]

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

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 2903), H5525 [27JY]

Arlington National Cemetery: provide for eligibility for burial of certain members of Reserve components of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2852), H4591 [23JN]

——— provide site in Memorial Amphitheater for memorial marker to honor those awarded or eligible for Korean Defense Service Medal that are missing, unaccounted for, or who died (see H. Con. Res. 50), H7139 [22OC]

Armed Forces: repeal bans on military personnel carrying firearms on military bases and recruitment facilities (see H.R. 3115), H5777 [29JY]

Army ROTC: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 99), H9081 [8DE]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H1373 [26FE]

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

Business and industry: affirm private equity plays an important role in growing and strengthening U.S. businesses and that it has fostered significant investment in the U.S. economy (see H. Res. 464), H6835 [6OC]

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), H2357 [21AP]

——— clarify waiver authority for Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) (see H.R. 3243), H5588 [28JY]

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]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1683), H2109 [26MR]

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]

Corps of Engineers: ensure right of individuals to carry firearms at water resources development projects (see H.R. 578), H3390 [19MY]

Courts: provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (see H.R. 3326), H9376 [16DE]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 803), H855 [5FE]

Cuba: lift trade embargo (see H.R. 3238), H5588 [28JY]

——— modify prohibition on U.S. assistance and financing for agricultural exports and allow limited U.S. investment in Cuban agribusinesses (see H.R. 3687), H6977 [13OC]

——— prohibit transactions with the Cuban military, incentivize arrest of those responsible for attack on U.S. aircraft, coordinate capture of U.S. fugitives, return confiscated property, and support Cuban people (see H.R. 2937), H4770 [25JN]

Daryle Holloway Post Office Building, New Orleans, LA: designate (see H.R. 3082), H5236 [15JY]

Dept. of Education: establish fair and consistent eligibility requirements for graduate medical schools operating outside the U.S. and Canada (see H.R. 2417), H4544 [18JN]

——— provide military spouses who participate in the teacher loan forgiveness program a waiver from the consecutive years of service requirement if their spouse is relocated pursuant to military orders (see H.R. 3684), H7743 [4NO]

——— reauthorize and improve grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, and improving veteran student centers (see H.R. 1399), H2156 [13AP]

Dept. of Energy: award grants to expand programs in maritime and energy workforce technical training (see H.R. 2923), H6937 [8OC]

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), H9691 [17DE]

——— improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 836), H916 [10FE]

——— prohibit sale or transactions involving human fetal tissue (see H.R. 3429), H5769 [29JY]

——— provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (see H.R. 1818), H9080 [8DE]

——— require issuance of guidance on the application of the Federal policy for the protection of human subjects relative to clinical data registries (see H.R. 965), H1066 [13FE]

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), H6706 [29SE]

——— 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]

——— make anthrax vaccines and antimicrobials available to emergency response providers (see H.R. 1300), H2959 [13MY]

——— reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities (see H.R. 1907), H2420 [22AP]

Dept. of the Interior: reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see H.R. 249), H3214 [14MY]

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), H6180 [18SE]

Dept. of Transportation: extend the positive train control system implementation deadline (see H.R. 3651), H6976 [9OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify emergency hospital care furnished to certain veterans (see H.R. 3216), H5522 [27JY]

——— clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H2467 [23AP]

——— direct the Inspector General to make certain reports publicly available (see H.R. 3686), H7626 [3NO]

——— establish a national center for diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service (see H.R. 1769), H5849 [8SE]

——— improve accountability to the Inspector General (see H.R. 2464), H5293 [16JY]

——— improve authority to enter into contracts with private physicians to conduct medical disability examinations (see H.R. 2214), H2791 [1MY]

——— improve private treatment of veterans who are victims of military sexual assault (see H.R. 1603), H2031 [25MR]

——— provide for removal or demotion of employees based on performance or misconduct (see H.R. 1994), H2960 [13MY]

——— 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), H5089 [10JY]

Drugs: encourage development and use of new antimicrobial drugs in order to treat antibiotic-resistant infections (see H.R. 512), H2655 [29AP]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H4651 [24JN]

EPA: disapprove a rule relative to ‘‘National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone’’ (see H.J. Res. 74), H8411 [19NO]

——— disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 72), H7391 [2NO]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 71), H7391 [2NO]

——— prevent from exceeding its statutory authority in ways that were not yet contemplated by Congress (see H.R. 3880), H7623 [3NO]

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), H5866 [9SE]

Families and domestic relations: block any action from being taken to finalize or give effect to a certain proposed rule governing the Federal child support enforcement program (see H.R. 2688), H4001 [9JN]

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

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]

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

Federal-State relations: require Federal agencies to look at a person’s legal residence when determining marital status and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 824), H915 [10FE]

Firearms: more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 131), H1037 [12FE]

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

——— 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), H7333 [28OC]

——— revise various laws that interfere with the right of people to obtain and use firearms for all lawful purposes (see H.R. 2710), H4135 [10JN]

Fish and fishing: ensure Federal and State collaboration in developing fishing access restrictions where Federal and State waters overlap (see H.R. 3310), H5764 [29JY]

——— improve Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery by providing flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (see H.R. 981), H1166 [25FE]

——— transfer to States the authority to manage red snapper fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico (see H.R. 3094), H5290 [16JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 9), H4958 [8JY]

Flowers: recognize the daisy as the flower for military caregivers (see H. Con. Res. 49), H3561 [21MY]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H36 [6JA]

Grambling State University: require eligibility to receive funds as a land-grant university (see H.R. 3022), H5088 [10JY]

Health: 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), H1034 [12FE]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2300), H3565 [21MY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 596), H757 [3FE] (see H.R. 2300), H3565 [21MY]

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]

——— protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 921), H2656 [29AP]

House Rules: require a reading of the names of Armed Forces members who died in the previous month as a result of combat operations (see H. Res. 24), H188 [9JA]

Human rights: express that those who commit or support targeted atrocities against Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities are committing ‘‘war crimes’’, ‘‘crimes against humanity’’, and ‘‘genocide’’ (see H. Con. Res. 75), H9376 [16DE]

Immigration: improve law enforcement within the interior of the U.S. by improving State and local enforcement, national security, removal of criminal aliens, visa security, and aid to officers (see H.R. 1148), H5848 [8SE]

——— increase penalties applicable to aliens who unlawfully reenter the U.S. after being removed (see H.R. 3011), H5777 [29JY]

——— modify the H-2B nonimmigrant visa program to make it easier for employers to meet season labor demands (see H.R. 3918), H7741 [4NO]

——— prohibit aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. from being eligible for postsecondary education benefits not available to all citizens and U.S. nationals (see H.R. 3566), H6229 [24SE]

——— require enactment of a joint resolution approving the number of refugees who may be admitted in any fiscal year (see H.R. 3573), H6894 [7OC]

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

——— suspend admission and resettlement of aliens seeking refugee status because of the conflict in Syria until adequate protocols are established to protect U.S. national security (see H.R. 4048), H8280 [17NO]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 815), H7189 [26OC]

——— provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 543), H638 [27JA]

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), H9376 [16DE]

——— disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H. Res. 367), H5777 [29JY]

——— immediately release U.S. citizens that it holds and provide all known information on any U.S. citizens that have disappeared within its borders (see H. Res. 233), H4004 [9JN]

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (see H.R. 3457), H6308 [28SE]

——— reaffirm commitment to stopping sponsorship of terrorism and human rights violations and support right of States and local governments to maintain economic sanctions (see H. Con. Res. 100), H9272 [10DE]

——— reaffirm role of the House in review and approval or disapproval of agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program and disapprove U.N. Security Council consideration prior to congressional review (see H. Res. 379), H5467 [23JY]

IRS: permit the release of information relative to the status of certain investigations (see H.R. 1026), H1113 [24FE]

——— prohibit performance awards for employees who owe back taxes (see H.R. 1817), H3391 [19MY]

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

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]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 309), H4242 [11JN]

Kisatchie National Forest: convey certain land (see H.R. 3127), H5329 [21JY]

Law enforcement: safeguard electronic data stored abroad from improper Government access (see H.R. 1174), H4546 [19JN]

Lebanon: condemn terrorist attacks in Beirut, offer condolences to families of the victims and to the injured, and support efforts to bring to justice those involved in planning and execution of attacks (see H. Res. 535), H8412 [19NO]

Lionel R. Collins, Sr., Post Office Building, Marrero, LA: designate (see H.R. 2458), H5239 [15JY]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H2036 [25MR]

McCarthy, Regina: impeach (see H. Res. 417), H9330 [15DE]

Medicaid: provide for updated and alternative certification requirements for participation in the case of certain facilities treating infants under one year of age with neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 3865), H7346 [29OC]

Medicare: apply budget neutrality on a State-specific basis in the calculation of hospital wage index floor for non-rural areas (see H.R. 1479), H7175 [23OC]

——— 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), H9307 [11DE]

——— change method of determining disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments (see H.R. 3288), H5762 [29JY]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 2124), H2767 [30AP]

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

——— ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 2043), H5776 [29JY]

——— establish smart card pilot program (see H.R. 3220), H8362 [18NO]

——— expand access to stroke telehealth services (see H.R. 2799), H7028 [20OC]

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

——— 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), H9376 [16DE]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 1453), H1769 [18MR]

——— permit certain providers licensed in a State to provide telemedicine services to certain beneficiaries in a different State (see H.R. 3081), H5236 [15JY]

——— provide 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. 1919), H4863 [7JY]

——— provide comprehensive cancer care planning coverage and coordination (see H.R. 2846), H4591 [23JN]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H5332 [21JY]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H7390 [2NO]

——— provide for a phased-in expansion of telehealth coverage (see H.R. 2948), H6837 [6OC]

——— provide for bundled payments for certain episodes of care surrounding a hospitalization (see H.R. 2502), H5031 [9JY]

——— provide that payments made to a long-term care hospital for inpatient services shall not be made at the applicable site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds (see H.R. 1250), H2772 [30AP]

——— remove enrollment restriction on certain physicians and practitioners prescribing covered outpatient drugs under the prescription drug program (see H.R. 4062), H9307 [11DE]

——— repeal changes to exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals (see H.R. 976), H1723 [17MR]

——— repeal changes to exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 976), H1807 [19MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (see H.R. 2), H1898 [24MR] (see H.R. 1470), H1801 [19MR]

——— suspend implementation of zip code reclassifications for payment for ambulance services (see H.R. 817), H866 [9FE]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H3214 [14MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: curb waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 818), H1636 [13MR]

——— provide a grace period for physicians and other health care providers in transitioning from the ICD–9 to the ICD–10 standard (see H.R. 2652), H3913 [4JN]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 109), H157 [8JA]

Mental health: issue semipostal stamp to support mental health awareness (see H.R. 3640), H9272 [10DE]

——— 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]

National Collegiate Honors Council: anniversary (see H. Res. 360), H5088 [10JY]

Natural gas: provide for timely consideration of all licenses, permits, and approvals required under Federal law relative to siting, construction, expansion, or operation of pipeline projects (see H.R. 161), H431 [20JA]

Nepal: express condolences to and solidarity with the people of Nepal following earthquake (see H. Res. 235), H2654 [29AP]

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see H.R. 3459), H7626 [3NO]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H3917 [4JN]

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), H1085 [20FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 22), H36 [6JA]

——— 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), H3507 [20MY]

——— repeal (see H.R. 596), H757 [3FE] (see H.R. 2300), H3565 [21MY]

——— repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 1270), H5469 [23JY]

——— 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), H6260 [25SE]

——— repeal the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program in the individual market (see H.R. 1886), H2307 [16AP]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see H.R. 863), H7625 [3NO]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (see H.R. 702), H3916 [4JN]

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]

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]

Refugees: suspend admission into the U.S. in order to examine costs of providing benefits to such individuals (see H.R. 3314), H8281 [17NO]

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), H2462 [23AP]

Ships and vessels: establish uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel in the navigable waters of the U.S. (see H.R. 980), H4651 [24JN]

——— promote the recycling of vessels (see H.R. 2876), H5783 [31JY]

Social Security: extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 2), H1898 [24MR]

——— repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 711), H2959 [13MY]

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

——— prevent disability fraud (see H.R. 2359), H3251 [15MY]

——— prohibit use of determinations to consider an individual to be adjudicated as mentally defective relative to the sale or transfer of firearms (see H.R. 3516), H6074 [16SE]

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

SSI: condition eligibility of disabled children aged 16 or 17 for benefits on school attendance (see H.R. 2511), H3559 [21MY]

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

Taxation: exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2128), H3759 [2JN]

——— exempt the natural aging process in the determination of the production period for distilled spirits (see H.R. 867), H1166 [25FE]

——— 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), H1072 [13FE]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 1002), H1771 [18MR]

——— extend limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions (see H.R. 4016), H9329 [15DE]

——— extend special expensing rules for certain film and television productions and provide for special expensing for live theatrical productions (see H.R. 2405), H5404 [22JY]

——— improve the Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit (see H.R. 3846), H7331 [28OC]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2315), H4138 [10JN]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 1752), H4493 [17JN]

——— 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), H2879 [12MY]

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

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

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

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1718), H3391 [19MY]

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

——— provide tax relief for certain major disasters and make certain tax relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 3110), H8281 [17NO]

——— reduce the rate of tax on certain distilled spirits (see H.R. 2520), H4432 [16JN]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1105), H1850 [23MR]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 2698), H8242 [16NO]

——— 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]

Terrorism: better secure U.S. international borders and prevent terrorists from entering the U.S. by allowing suspension of certain countries from the Visa Waiver Program and enhancing intelligence assessments (see H.R. 158), H9026 [7DE]

U.N.: condemn sexual violence against women and children of religious minorities by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) and support international prosecution of such crimes (see H. Res. 447), H8155 [5NO]

Unemployment: prevent payment of benefits to incarcerated individuals (see H.R. 2503), H3558 [21MY]

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), H5031 [9JY]

——— provide for coordination between TRICARE and eligibility to make contributions to health savings accounts (see H.R. 868), H1806 [19MR]

Veterans Day: encourage the nationwide observance of two minutes of silence (see H.R. 995), H1068 [13FE]

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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), return to Senate (see H. Res. 340), H4771 [25JN]

Dept. of HHS: extend the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Programs (see H.R. 1372), H1661 [16MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: impose certain requirements relative to transmittals of country-by-country reports for purposes of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Action Plan (see H.R. 4297), H10710 [18DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize entrance into contracts with administrative contractors to process claims for hospital care and medical services furnished in non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 3320), H5764 [29JY]

——— conduct outreach to veterans on the effect of certain delayed payments and submit to Congress an annual report on such delayed payments (see H.R. 1862), H2306 [16AP]

——— expand Veterans Choice Program to veterans who would otherwise receive medical care from a deficient VA medical facility (see H.R. 1863), H2306 [16AP]

——— publish information on the provision of health care by departmental facilities (see H.R. 1860), H2306 [16AP]

Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act: make permanent certain tax provisions relative to timber (see H.R. 3161), H5402 [22JY]

Immigration: make permanent the returning worker exception to the annual numerical limitation on nonimmigrant visas (see H.R. 2758), H4343 [12JN]

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), H4769 [25JN]

IRS: clarify use of credentials by enrolled agents (see H.R. 828), H915 [10FE]

Kazakhstan: extend normal trade relations status (see H.R. 4219), H9269 [10DE]

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

——— permit review of certain payment determinations for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3024), H5088 [10JY]

——— provide a technical change to long-term care hospital moratorium exception (see H.R. 441), H479 [21JA] (see H.R. 2580), H3581 [29MY]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 775), H854 [5FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure long-term unemployed individuals are not taken into account for purposes of the employer health care coverage mandate (see H.R. 440), H479 [21JA]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 928), H1033 [12FE]

——— repeal the employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 248), H187 [9JA]

Public welfare programs: provide payments to States for increasing employment, job retention, and earnings of former Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program recipients (see H.R. 2952), H4861 [7JY]

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 the volumetric excise tax credit for liquid fuel derived from natural gas through the Fischer-Tropsch process (see H.R. 3321), H5764 [29JY]

——— extend look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations (see H.R. 1430), H1768 [18MR]

——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 1218), H1565 [3MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of HHS: extend the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Programs (H.R. 1372), H1662 [16MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: impose certain requirements relative to transmittals of country-by-country reports for purposes of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Action Plan (H.R. 4297), H10711 [18DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize entrance into contracts with administrative contractors to process claims for hospital care and medical services furnished in non-departmental facilities (H.R. 3320), H5771 [29JY]

——— conduct outreach to veterans on the effect of certain delayed payments and submit to Congress an annual report on such delayed payments (H.R. 1862), H2309 [16AP]

——— expand Veterans Choice Program to veterans who would otherwise receive medical care from a deficient VA medical facility (H.R. 1863), H2309 [16AP]

——— publish information on the provision of health care by departmental facilities (H.R. 1860), H2309 [16AP]

Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act: make permanent certain tax provisions relative to timber (H.R. 3161), H5403 [22JY]

Immigration: make permanent the returning worker exception to the annual numerical limitation on nonimmigrant visas (H.R. 2758), H4344 [12JN]

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 (H.R. 2911), H4772 [25JN]

IRS: clarify use of credentials by enrolled agents (H.R. 828), H917 [10FE]

Kazakhstan: extend normal trade relations status (H.R. 4219), H9271 [10DE]

Medicare: create alternative sanctions for technical noncompliance with the Stark rule limiting certain physician referrals (H.R. 776), H857 [5FE]

——— permit review of certain payment determinations for disproportionate share hospitals (H.R. 3024), H5088 [10JY]

——— provide a technical change to long-term care hospital moratorium exception (H.R. 2580), H3582 [29MY]

——— provide a technical change to long-term care hospital moratorium exception (H.R. 441), H481 [21JA]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (H.R. 775), H857 [5FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure long-term unemployed individuals are not taken into account for purposes of the employer health care coverage mandate (H.R. 440), H481 [21JA]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (H.R. 928), H1036 [12FE]

——— repeal the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 248), H189 [9JA]

Public welfare programs: provide payments to States for increasing employment, job retention, and earnings of former Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program recipients (H.R. 2952), H4861 [7JY]

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 (H.R. 3539), H6137 [17SE]

——— allow the volumetric excise tax credit for liquid fuel derived from natural gas through the Fischer-Tropsch process (H.R. 3321), H5771 [29JY]

——— extend look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations (H.R. 1430), H1770 [18MR]

——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (H.R. 1218), H1567 [3MR]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H2313 [17AP]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H232 [13JA], H2313 [17AP]

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, H6157 [18SE]

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

African Growth and Opportunity Act: extend, H4216 [11JN]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H9424 [17DE]

Armed Forces: moment of silence in honor of members killed in helicopter accident off the coast of Florida, H1693 [17MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H3160 [14MY]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), return to Senate (H. Res. 340), H4657 [25JN]

——— exempt AbilityOne products from Afghanistan, Central Asian States, and Djibouti procurement programs, H3160 [14MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: failure of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to collect antidumping duties and refusal to pay collected interest to certain industries, H234 [13JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), H234 [13JA]

——— reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, H4325 [12JN], H9289 [11DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve accountability to the Inspector General, H5637 [29JY]

——— prohibit granting bonuses to VA emergency medical care processing staff until claims are processed in a timely and efficient manner, H2605 [29AP]

——— provide for removal or demotion of employees based on performance or misconduct (H.R. 1994), H5637 [29JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), H2605 [29AP]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), Senate amendment, H9424 [17DE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), H2752 [30AP]

Federal Flood Risk Management Standard: prohibit implementation funding, H2752 [30AP]

Fish and fishing: improve Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery by providing flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, H3612 [1JN]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), H3612 [1JN]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, H4233 [11JN], H4268 [12JN], H4502 [18JN]

Fort Polk, LA: 3d Battalion, 10th Mountain Division brigade of the Army funding, H4877 [8JY]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend, H4216 [11JN]

Haiti: extend preferential duty treatment program, H4216 [11JN]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (H.R. 6), E1031• [10JY]

House of Representatives: moment of silence in memory of victims of Lafayette, LA, movie theater shooting, H5511 [27JY]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 305), H4233 [11JN]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), Senate amendment, H4268 [12JN]

Lafayette, LA: condemn attack and offer condolences to community, families, and victims of movie theater shooting, H5511 [27JY]

——— National Bureau of Economic Research Happiest City in America designee, E1435• [6OC]

Medicare: 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]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), H2082• [26MR]

Native Americans: facilitate development of energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands (H.R. 538), consideration (H. Res. 466), H6905 [8OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), H128 [8JA]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), H7153 [23OC]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (H.R. 702), consideration (H. Res. 466), H6905, H6906 [8OC]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding, H7153 [23OC]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), H6157 [18SE]

Social Security: disregard, for purposes of eligibility for SSI and Medicaid, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (S. 139), H6278• [28SE]

——— extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H2082• [26MR]

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), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 321), H4502 [18JN]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, H9424 [17DE]

——— improve process for determining whether organizations are 501(c)4 tax-exempt (H.R. 1295), Senate amendment, H4216 [11JN]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), conference report, H9289 [11DE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 305), H4233 [11JN]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), Senate amendments, H4325 [12JN]

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: ratification, H4502 [18JN]

Tributes

Fager, Dan, E67• [14JA]

Lowe, Robert, E1610• [5NO]