THOMPSON, GLENN (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H3199 [14MY]

Dept. of Education: support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H1393 [27FE]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4845 [7JY]

Appointments

Alan Nunnelee funeral attendees, H904 [10FE]

Conferee: H.R. 22, Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, H8278 [17NO]

——— S. 1177, Student Success Act, H8272 [17NO]

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]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 816), H5591 [28JY]

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

Agriculture: reform sugar price support program (see H.R. 1714), H2156 [13AP]

Armed Forces: grant family of members temporary annual leave during deployment of such members (see H.R. 1845), H2306 [16AP]

——— improve security at recruitment centers by allowing officers to carry weapons or improving structural security (see H.R. 3139), H5469 [23JY]

——— repeal bans on military personnel carrying firearms on military bases and recruitment facilities (see H.R. 3115), H5592 [28JY]

Bearss, Edwin C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2059), H5238 [15JY]

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

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H2310 [16AP]

Capital punishment: provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty relative to killing law enforcement officers or first responders (see H.R. 814), H5031 [9JY]

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]

——— improve response to victims of child sex trafficking (see H.R. 246), H583 [26JA]

——— increase knowledge concerning, and improve services for, runaway and homeless youth who are victims of trafficking (see H.R. 468), H583 [26JA]

China: call for an end to forced organ harvesting, investigate organ transplant abuses, end persecution of the Falun Gong, and respond to state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience (see H. Res. 343), H9013 [3DE]

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

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

Courts: prohibit Federal court jurisdiction and funding over cases related to marriage (see H.R. 1968), H2417 [22AP]

——— provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (see H.R. 3326), H8646 [30NO]

Credit: modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (see H.R. 650), H1662 [16MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see H.R. 1728), H7390 [2NO]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (see H.R. 3316), H5764 [29JY]

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

——— publish a strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in National Forest System trail maintenance (see H.R. 845), H2115 [26MR]

——— repeal country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken (see H.R. 2393), H3308 [18MY]

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), H4432 [16JN]

Dept. of Education: authorize a parent to opt their child out of certain required educational assessments (see H.R. 2382), H7390 [2NO]

——— clarify when certain academic assessments shall be administered (see H.R. 452), H479 [21JA]

——— extend eligibility for Federal student loans to certain short-term career and technical education programs (see H.R. 3964), H8151 [5NO]

——— extend temporarily the Federal Perkins Loan Program (see H.R. 3594), H6308 [28SE]

——— increase accountability of nonprofit athletic associations and establish a commission to identify and examine issues of national concern relative to intercollegiate athletics (see H.R. 2731), H4241 [11JN]

——— prohibit from engaging in regulatory overreach relative to institutional eligibility under student aid provisions of the Higher Education Act (see H.R. 970), H2155 [13AP]

——— provide grants to States to establish a comprehensive school counseling program (see H.R. 1079), H1163 [25FE]

——— provide students with increased flexibility in the use of Federal Pell Grants (see H.R. 3180), H5465 [23JY]

——— require State report cards to include information on academic progress of homeless children in foster care (see H.R. 3221), H5523 [27JY]

Dept. of HHS: improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 836), H5866 [9SE]

——— issue guidelines relative to certain primary care Federal health professionals completing continuing medical education on nutrition and require Federal agencies to submit reports relative to such guidelines (see H.R. 3057), H5293 [16JY]

——— provide for participation of pediatric subspecialists in the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 1859), H5332 [21JY]

——— reauthorize and modernize the Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1655), H2108 [26MR]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize a National Heritage Area Program (see H.R. 581), H1806 [19MR]

——— identify and designate National Energy Security Corridors for the construction of natural gas pipelines on Federal land (see H.R. 2295), H4863 [7JY]

Dept. of Transportation: authorize appropriations for University Transportation Centers program (see H.R. 3665), H6787 [1OC]

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

——— conduct a study on the burial of unclaimed remains of veterans in national cemeteries (see H.R. 1338), H1623 [6MR]

——— 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), H4493 [17JN]

——— establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit veterans service organizations to upgrade the community facilities of such organizations (see H.R. 2555), H3560 [21MY]

——— improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine (see H.R. 2516), H3559 [21MY]

——— include licensed hearing aid specialists as eligible for appointment in the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 353), H431 [20JA]

——— provide for removal or demotion of employees based on performance or misconduct (see H.R. 1994), H5469 [23JY]

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 1594), H1900 [24MR]

——— require vendors of automobile adaptive equipment to be certified or licensed to ensure adherence to quality, performance, and safety standards (see H.R. 3471), H7333 [28OC]

——— use authorities to furnish health care at non-departmental facilities to veterans who live more than a certain distance from the closest departmental facility that furnishes the necessary care (see H.R. 572), H1071 [13FE]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 167), H190 [9JA]

——— prohibit the taking of privately held water rights and uphold longstanding State water laws (see H.R. 1830), H2305 [16AP]

Diseases: improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see H.R. 1130), H2500 [28AP]

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

Drugs: clarify how synthetic drugs known as analogues are to be regulated (see H.R. 3537), H6136 [17SE]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H530 [22JA]

Endangered Species Act: disclose to States the basis of determinations and ensure use of information provided by State, tribal, and county governments in decisionmaking (see H.R. 2352), H3310 [18MY]

——— improve disclosure of funds expended to respond to lawsuits, dedicate employees to litigation, and cover attorneys fees (see H.R. 3162), H5402 [22JY]

——— place caps on attorneys fees for suits filed under such Act (see H.R. 2109), H2773 [30AP]

EPA: authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (see H.R. 223), H155 [8JA]

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

——— make certain emission limits inapplicable for electric steam generating units that convert coal refuse into energy (see H.R. 3797), H7137 [22OC]

——— prevent from exceeding its statutory authority in ways that were not yet contemplated by Congress (see H.R. 3880), H8972 [2DE]

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

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]

——— issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (see H.R. 1086), H2879 [12MY]

——— issue regulations on secondary cockpit barriers (see H.R. 911), H1032 [12FE]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 2802), H5849 [8SE]

FDA: establish Federal labeling standards for food with genetically modified ingredients and natural foods (see H.R. 1599), H4493 [17JN]

Federal agencies and departments: create an expedited procedure to enact GAO recommendations for consolidation and elimination to reduce duplication (see H.R. 484), H530 [22JA]

——— ensure functionality and security of new Federal websites that collect personally identifiable information (see H.R. 451), H919 [10FE]

——— include language in certain educational and advertising materials indicating that such materials are produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense (see H.R. 310), H534 [22JA]

——— review efforts to reduce travel expenses through the use of video conferencing (see H.R. 2810), H4491 [17JN]

Federal employees: provide for investigative leave requirements for members of the Senior Executive Service (see H.R. 722), H919 [10FE]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 402), H412 [16JA]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H3391 [19MY]

——— provide that silencers would be treated the same as long guns relative to registration and transfer laws (see H.R. 3799), H7137 [22OC]

——— revise various laws that interfere with the right of people to obtain and use firearms for all lawful purposes (see H.R. 2710), H7028 [20OC]

Forests: address bark beetle epidemic, drought, deteriorating forest health, and wildfire risk on Federal lands and increase State control of forest management in high-risk areas (see H.R. 695), H755 [3FE]

——— implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (see H.R. 2647), H3912 [4JN]

Freedom of religion: improve U.S. ability to advance religious freedom globally through enhanced diplomacy, training, counterterrorism, and foreign assistance and through stronger responses to violations and extremism (see H.R. 1150), H2155 [13AP]

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

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2653), H3922 [8JN]

——— 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), H3922 [8JN]

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

Immigration: eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase the per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see H.R. 213), H1073 [17FE]

——— require enactment of a joint resolution approving the number of refugees who may be admitted in any fiscal year (see H.R. 3573), H8282 [17NO]

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

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (see H.R. 3457), H6077 [16SE]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H4345 [12JN]

Kyle, Christopher S.: award Medal of Honor posthumously (see H.R. 1094), H1723 [17MR]

Law enforcement: safeguard electronic data stored abroad from improper Government access (see H.R. 1174), H2467 [23AP]

Lewisberry, PA: tribute to Red Land Little League baseball team (see H. Res. 422), H6707 [29SE]

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

Medicare: count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital stay requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1571), H4774 [25JN]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1342), H4862 [7JY]

——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see H.R. 663), H1116 [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), H9272 [10DE]

——— 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 certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1608), H2773 [30AP]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H5975 [11SE]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 1516), H2420 [22AP]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 1427), H3643 [1JN]

——— provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2404), H6180 [18SE]

——— provide for the non-application of competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories (see H.R. 3229), H7347 [29OC]

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

——— 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), H224 [12JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: continue use of quarterly reporting period for health care providers to demonstrate meaningful uses under electronic health records incentive payment programs (see H.R. 270), H223 [12JA]

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]

Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 244), H2792 [1MY]

Mining and mineral resources: ensure transparency in development of environmental regulations (see H.R. 1644), H5118 [13JY]

——— promote domestic production of critical minerals and materials (see H.R. 1937), H2415 [22AP]

——— provide support to mining schools (see H.R. 3734), H8414 [19NO]

National cemeteries: prohibit internment or memorialization of persons convicted of Federal or State capital crimes and disinter remains of George E. Siple from Indiantown Gap National Cemetery (see H.R. 2490), H3557 [21MY]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 251), H2799 [5MY]

National Mentoring Month: observance (see H. Res. 64), H662 [28JA]

National Strategic Agenda: establish and include goals of job creation, balanced budget, securing Medicare and Social Security, and energy security (see H. Res. 207), H6077 [16SE]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 511), H4383 [15JN]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H7027 [20OC]

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see H.R. 3459), H5865 [9SE]

——— disapprove rule relative to representation case procedures (see H.J. Res. 29), H1723 [17MR]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H9271 [10DE]

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]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1191), H1663 [16MR] (see H.R. 2658), H4432 [16JN]

——— 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), H2773 [30AP]

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (see H.R. 903), H1072 [13FE]

——— repeal (see H.R. 2300), H2957 [13MY] (see H.R. 2653), H3922 [8JN]

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

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 2050), H7626 [3NO]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 1190), H1524 [2MR]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see H.R. 863), H3390 [19MY]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see H.R. 3134), H5981 [15SE]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 12), H157 [8JA]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 28), H3391 [19MY]

——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H4138 [10JN]

Power resources: modernize Federal policies relative to supply and distribution of energy in the U.S. and repeal the crude oil export ban (see H.R. 2369), H5332 [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]

Privacy Act: extend protections relative to information shared with law enforcement to citizens of certain U.S. allies (see H.R. 1428), H5981 [15SE]

Public Health Service: designate the Chief Nurse Officer as the National Nurse for Public Health (see H.R. 379), H3921 [8JN]

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

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see H.R. 1299), H1612 [4MR]

——— recognize that Christians and Yazidis in certain countries are targets of genocide and provide expedited processing of immigrant and refugee visas for such individuals (see H.R. 3942), H8150 [5NO]

Social Security: provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see H.R. 546), H4492 [17JN]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 973), H7390 [2NO]

——— revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington’s disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington’s disease (see H.R. 842), H916 [10FE]

Taxation: exclude certain compensation received by public safety officers and their dependents from gross income (see H.R. 606), H2356 [21AP]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 2096), H5592 [28JY]

——— extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 2752), H4343 [12JN]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1072 [13FE]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 1752), H2152 [13AP]

——— provide a charitable deduction for service of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical and rescue personnel (see H.R. 343), H6180 [18SE]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 631), H1771 [18MR] (see H.R. 2061), H2960 [13MY]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1718), H2773 [30AP]

——— provide tax incentives for the donation of wild game meat (see H.R. 461), H480 [21JA]

——— reduce rate on distilled spirits produced by small producers (see H.R. 1172), H2156 [13AP]

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

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

——— terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 27), H5524 [27JY]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 4287), H9690 [17DE]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see H.R. 662), H1618 [4MR]

Transportation: allow States flexibility with safety standards for certain farm vehicles and drivers without jeopardizing Federal transportation funding (see H.R. 3473), H6139 [17SE]

Veterans: provide for coordination between TRICARE and eligibility to make contributions to health savings accounts (see H.R. 868), H1072 [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), H668 [30JA] (see H.R. 1732), H2311 [16AP]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (see H.R. 3929), H7742 [4NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Allegheny National Forest: protect private mineral rights (see H.R. 3881), H7623 [3NO]

Armed Forces: require mental health assessments before enlistment or commissioning as an officer (see H.R. 1465), H1801 [19MR]

Dept. of Education: amend the weighted child count used to determine targeted grant amounts and education finance incentive grant amounts for local educational agencies (see H.R. 754), H853 [5FE]

Families and domestic relations: strengthen families’ engagement in the education of their children (see H.R. 1194), H1524 [2MR]

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, Inc.: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 349), H4955 [8JY]

Foreign trade: require that any trade agreement provides reasonable access and collaboration of each nation involved for U.S. Armed Forces MIA search and recovery activities (see H. Con. Res. 56), H4136 [10JN]

International Year of Soils: designate (see H. Con. Res. 30), H2111 [26MR]

Medicaid: extend rules regarding supplemental needs trusts for beneficiaries to trusts established by such beneficiaries (see H.R. 670), H754 [3FE]

Medicare: include recreational therapy among the therapy modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation therapy program in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital or unit (see H.R. 1906), H2354 [21AP]

——— refine payment for orthotics and prosthetics and improve beneficiary experience and outcomes with orthotic and prosthetic care (see H.R. 1530), H1847 [23MR]

National Forest Foundation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2394), H3308 [18MY]

Schools: reverse declining milk consumption in schools (see H.R. 2407), H3386 [19MY]

Specialist Ross A. McGinnis Memorial Post Office, Knox, PA: designate (see H.R. 433), H479 [21JA]

Taxation: allow a credit against income tax for facilities using a qualified methane conversion technology to provide transportation fuels and chemicals (see H.R. 2142), H2767 [30AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Allegheny National Forest: protect private mineral rights (H.R. 3881), H7624 [3NO]

Armed Forces: require mental health assessments before enlistment or commissioning as an officer (H.R. 1465), H1804 [19MR]

Dept. of Education: amend the weighted child count used to determine targeted grant amounts and education finance incentive grant amounts for local educational agencies (H.R. 754), H856 [5FE]

Families and domestic relations: strengthen families’ engagement in the education of their children (H.R. 1194), H1525 [2MR]

Medicaid: extend rules regarding supplemental needs trusts for beneficiaries to trusts established by such beneficiaries (H.R. 670), H756 [3FE]

Medicare: include recreational therapy among the therapy modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation therapy program in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital or unit (H.R. 1906), H2355 [21AP]

——— refine payment for orthotics and prosthetics and improve beneficiary experience and outcomes with orthotic and prosthetic care (H.R. 1530), H1849 [23MR]

National Forest Foundation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2394), H3309 [18MY]

Schools: reverse declining milk consumption in schools (H.R. 2407), H3388 [19MY]

Specialist Ross A. McGinnis Memorial Post Office, Knox, PA: designate (H.R. 433), H481 [21JA]

Taxation: allow a credit against income tax for facilities using a qualified methane conversion technology to provide transportation fuels and chemicals (H.R. 2142), H2770 [30AP]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H51 [7JA], H7627 [4NO]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1773 [19MR], H3317 [19MY], H4245 [12JN], H4386 [16JN], H6844 [7OC]

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, H5286 [16JY]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), H2891 [13MY]

Allegheny National Forest: protect private mineral rights (H.R. 3881), H7396 [3NO]

Anderson, Devin: American Legion Eagle Scout of the Year Award recipient, H3296 [18MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: proposal to preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness, H555 [26JA]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), H928 [11FE]

——— require mental health assessments before enlistment or commissioning as an officer, H3202 [14MY], H9027 [8DE]

——— require mental health assessments before enlistment or commissioning as an officer (H.R. 1465), H1774 [19MR], H5971 [11SE], H6782 [1OC]

Bellefonte, PA: Bellefonte Area High School winner of National FFA Organization ‘‘Big E’’ poultry science career development event, H6312 [29SE]

Bradford, PA: anniversary of YWCA, H4605 [24JN]

Brookville, PA: tribute to progress on Historic Brookville Town Square project, H6213 [24SE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H764 [4FE]

——— balance, H2158 [14AP]

——— deficit, H764 [4FE]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (H. Con. Res. 27), H1853 [24MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), H2158 [14AP]

Buffalo, NY: anniversary of Continental Connection commuter plane crash, H1040 [13FE]

Business and industry: tribute to U.S.-Switzerland skilled trades partnership, H5108 [13JY]

Career and Technical Education Act: reauthorize, H992 [12FE], H8436 [30NO]

Children and youth: enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking (H.R. 469), H672 [2FE]

Climate: comparison of climate change with terrorism, H928 [11FE]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, H5318 [21JY]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H95 [7JA]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 28), H95 [7JA]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), H871 [10FE]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), veto, H1122 [25FE]

Custer City, PA: tribute to Penn Brad Oil Museum Yellow Dog Award recipients, H4363 [15JN]

Day of the Deployed: observance, H7187 [26OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: assessment of Regional Conservation Partnership Program projects, H586 [27JA]

——— develop and implement landscape-scale forest restoration projects that include the generation of material that will be used to promote advanced wood products, H5005 [9JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H3202 [14MY]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), conference report, H9027 [8DE]

Dept. of Education: allow States to use local educational agencies’ aid funds for apprenticeships and comprehensive career counseling, H1260 [26FE]

——— ensure proposed regulations will not adversely impact minorities, students with disabilities, English learners, and low income students, H1393, H1394 [27FE]

——— increase accountability of nonprofit athletic associations and establish a commission to identify and examine issues of national concern relative to intercollegiate athletics (H.R. 2731), H4246 [12JN]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H1092 [24FE], H1260 [26FE], H1393, H1394 [27FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), H208 [12JA], H235 [13JA], H384 [14JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), Senate amendment, H1575 [4MR]

Dept. of State: Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange program funding, H5529 [28JY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4845, H4846, H4849 [7JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit veterans service organizations to upgrade the community facilities of such organizations (H.R. 2555), H3773 [3JN]

——— improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine (H.R. 2516), H3648 [2JN]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (H.R. 167), H5984 [16SE]

DuBois Business College: anniversary, H8248 [17NO]

Education: importance of career and technical education, H8436 [30NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), conference report, H8886 [2DE], H9216 [10DE]

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (S.J. Res. 24), H8636 [30NO]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (S.J. Res. 23), H8636 [30NO]

——— extend timeline to review and revise ambient air quality standards and delay decision on proposal to revise ozone standards, H6081 [17SE]

——— prohibit funding to force Chesapeake Bay watershed States to comply with backstop requirements relative to total maximium daily load and watershed implementation plans, H4849 [7JY]

——— proposed Clean Power Plan regulations, H8636 [30NO]

——— release of regulations on hydraulic fracturing, H1811 [23MR]

——— report on impact of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water, H4386 [16JN]

Erie County, PA: tribute to Running for Parkinson’s race, H2130 [13AP]

Executive Office of the President: refrain from pursuing policies that make hiring illegal aliens economically advantageous, H384 [14JA]

Eximbank: reauthorize (H.R. 597), H7225 [27OC]

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, Inc.: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 349), H4875 [8JY]

FCC: promulgate regulations that prohibit certain preferential treatment or prioritization of Internet traffic, H1511 [2MR]

FDA: establish Federal labeling standards for food with genetically modified ingredients and natural foods (H.R. 1599), H5338 [22JY]

Fire Prevention Month: observance, H7033 [21OC]

Flood, Patti: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award recipient, H6845 [7OC]

Foreign trade: require that any trade agreement provides reasonable access and collaboration of each nation involved for U.S. Armed Forces MIA search and recovery activities (H. Con. Res. 56), H4171 [11JN], H6168 [18SE]

Forest Service: create pilot program that executes contracts with Indian tribes to perform administrative, management, and other functions of programs of the Tribal Forest Protection Act, H5004 [9JY]

——— review management of the National Forest System and active forest management, H2667 [30AP], H9192, H9194, H9195, H9197 [9DE]

Forests: implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (H.R. 2647), H4985, H4990, H5004, H5005 [9JY], H5984 [16SE], H8228 [16NO], H9194, H9196 [9DE], H9332 [16DE]

France: express sympathy to victims and families of those affected by crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 from Spain to Germany, H2023 [25MR]

GAO: release of report that finds EPA violated Federal law during social media campaign to promote rule relative to the definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H9323 [15DE]

Germany: U.S. policy relative to meeting between President Obama and Chancellor Angela Merkel on mutual security and shared economic opportunities, H871 [10FE]

Goodwill Industries of North Central Pennsylvania, Inc.: anniversary, H7033 [21OC]

Government regulations: ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (H.R. 527), H838 [5FE]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), H838 [5FE]

Graham, John: Eagle Scout Association Distinguished Eagle Scout Award recipient, H3318 [19MY]

Harrisburg, PA: tribute to Pennsylvania Farm Show, H141 [8JA]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (H.R. 6), H5084 [10JY], H5219 [15JY]

Hunters Sharing the Harvest (organization): tribute, H9084 [9DE]

Huntingdon, PA: anniversary of Huntingdon Post Office, H4010 [10JN]

——— tribute to donations to Huntingdon Salvation Army Church, H10698 [18DE]

——— tribute to Ricky’s Wheels (organization), H6292 [28SE]

Huntingdon County, PA: anniversary of Huntingdon County Fair, H5572 [28JY]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H208 [12JA], H235 [13JA]

——— require that supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (H.R. 4038), H8365 [19NO]

Information technology: improve cybersecurity, H2422 [23AP]

International Agency for Research on Cancer: report classifying processed meats as carcinogenic and red meat as a probable carcinogen, H7200 [27OC]

Iran: agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, H5183 [15JY]

——— approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5880 [10SE]

——— assessment of activities since the signing of agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, H9677 [17DE]

——— provide congressional review and oversight of any agreements with Iran relative to its nuclear program, H3238 [15MY], H5016 [9JY]

IRS: ensure that employees are familiar with and act in accord with certain taxpayer rights (H.R. 1058), H2200 [14AP]

Journal: question of approval, H1375 [27FE], H2775 [1MY]

Juvenile Children’s Research Foundation: tribute, H5219 [15JY]

March for Life: commend marchers and recognize the right to life, H513 [22JA]

Medicaid: extend rules regarding supplemental needs trusts for beneficiaries to trusts established by such beneficiaries (H.R. 670), H5601 [29JY]

Medicare: include recreational therapy among the therapy modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation therapy program in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital or unit (H.R. 1906), H2364 [22AP]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), H2083 [26MR]

——— solvency, H5474 [27JY]

Memorial Day: observance, H3545 [21MY]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (H.R. 2646), H6831 [6OC]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: observance, H6831 [6OC]

Minimum wage: postpone a scheduled increase applicable to American Samoa (H.R. 2617). Senate amendment, H6779 [1OC]

——— postpone a scheduled increase applicable to American Samoa (H.R. 2617), Senate amendment, H6780 [1OC]

National Apprenticeship Week: observance, H7401 [3NO]

National Career and Technical Education Month: observance, H992 [12FE]

National Dairy Month: observance, H4871 [8JY]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, H6901 [8OC]

National Down Syndrome Society: tribute to Centre County, PA, Buddy Walk, H7100 [22OC]

National FFA Organization: tribute to Pennsylvania students participating in national convention, H7258 [28OC]

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: EPA stewardship grants funding for restoration of streams flowing into the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, H8649 [1DE]

National Forest Foundation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2394), H3931, H3932 [9JN]

National Forest Products Week: observance, H7167 [23OC]

National Foster Care Month: observance, H3401 [20MY]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: observance, H6168 [18SE]

National Suicide Prevention Week: observance, H5971 [11SE]

Natural gas: importance of Marcellus shale reserves drilling, H1178 [26FE], H2253 [15AP]

North East, PA: North East High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, H6710 [30SE]

Obama, President: constitutionality of Executive actions, H1575 [4MR]

——— use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H183 [9JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), H95 [7JA]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 1191), Senate amendments, H3238 [15MY]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H9299 [11DE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), H95 [7JA]

——— repeal, H1853 [24MR]

——— repeal mandate requiring certain employers to automatically enroll full-time employees in health plans, H7158 [23OC]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), H7158 [23OC]

Pellow, Ernie: Pennsylvania Builders Association Distinguished Achievement Award recipient, H5808 [8SE]

Pennsylvania: eradicate hemlock wooly adelgid, H5601 [29JY]

——— tribute to efforts to reintroduce the chestnut tree, H7628 [4NO]

——— tribute to 5th District Congressional Art competition participants, H2492 [28AP]

——— tribute to Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health Rural Health Award recipients, H53 [7JA]

Pennsylvania State Showmen’s Association: tribute, H440 [21JA]

Pennsylvania State University: anniversary of Berkey Creamery, H3882• [4JN]

——— Penn State World Campus named U.S. News & World Report (publication) Best Online Bachelor’s Program, H362 [14JA]

——— tribute to IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) to raise money for the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital Four Diamonds Fund, H1102 [24FE], H8974 [3DE]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (H.R. 702), H6942 [9OC]

Pleasant Gap, PA: tribute to Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology participation in National FFA Organization ‘‘Big E’’ competition, H6312 [29SE]

Power resources: modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), H8636 [30NO]

Privacy: prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform operation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (H.R. 2048), H2969 [14MY]

Punxsutawney, PA: observance of Groundhog Day, H710 [3FE]

Rare Disease Day: designate (H. Res. 109), H1376 [27FE]

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), H5601 [29JY]

Ridgway, PA: tribute to Ridgway Rifle Club, H5863 [9SE]

Schools: reverse declining milk consumption in schools (H.R. 2407), H3648 [2JN]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize, H669 [2FE]

Small, Jim and Colleen: SBA Pittsburgh, PA, District Office Small Business Persons of the Year award recipient, H2858 [12MY]

Social Security: extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H2083 [26MR]

Sorg, June: County Commissoners Association of Pennsylvania Outstanding Commissioner of the Year Award and Special Presidential Award recipient, H7013 [20OC]

State College, PA: tribute to Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, H5121 [14JY]

——— tribute to Centre County Youth Services Bureau, H6257• [25SE]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H513 [22JA]

Susquehanna Economic Development Association-Council of Governments (SEDA-COG): tribute to pilot projects that expand availability of natural gas to consumers in central Pennsylvania, H8248 [17NO]

Taxation: reform the Federal tax code, H2200 [14AP]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 1105), H2200 [14AP]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 160), H4477 [17JN]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, H5869 [10SE]

Titusville (PA) Herald: anniversary, H4009 [10JN]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: prohibit funding to treat the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species, H4845, H4846 [7JY]

——— prohibit listing northern long-eared bat under the Endangered Species Act, H1668 [17MR]

Veterans Day: observance, H8138 [5NO]

Votes: position on missed, E1322• [18SE], E1648• [18NO]

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, H1749 [18MR]

——— prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 1732), H2775 [1MY]

WPSU–TV (University Park, PA): anniversary, H1857 [24MR]

Youngsville, PA: Youngsville High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, H6710 [30SE]

Tributes

Buck, Jeffrey, H1652 [16MR]

Dietrich, Charlotte, H8872 [2DE]

Eckert, Kara, H9016 [7DE]

Innis, Nyeelah, H3401 [20MY]

Nau, Denny, H8290 [18NO]

Nystrom, Jim, H654 [28JA]

Peters, Anna (Mickey), H2345 [21AP]

Sullivan, Michael J., H4583 [23JN]