BRADY, KEVIN (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Committee on Economics (Joint), H94 [7JA]

Conferee: H.R. 22, Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, H8278 [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]

——— prohibit Federal education funding for elementary and secondary schools that provide on-campus access to abortion providers (see H.R. 463), H2115 [26MR]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 816), H1116 [24FE]

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

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

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: clarify waiver authority for Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) (see H.R. 3243), H5588 [28JY]

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

Courts: prohibit recovery of damages in certain wrongful birth and wrongful life civil actions (see H.R. 281), H1165 [25FE]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 803), H1618 [4MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to purchase marijuana products (see H.R. 2331), H3211 [14MY]

Dept. of Education: allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 3421), H5768 [29JY]

Dept. of Energy: enable civilian research and development of advanced nuclear energy technologies by private and public institutions and expand knowledge of nuclear physics, chemistry, and materials science (see H.R. 4084), H8410 [19NO]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit sale or transactions involving human fetal tissue (see H.R. 3429), H6750 [30SE]

——— revise and extend program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent deaths from chronic liver disease and liver cancer (see H.R. 1101), H4003 [9JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities (see H.R. 1907), H2420 [22AP]

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), H6189 [22SE]

District of Columbia: disapprove law on reproductive health non-discrimination (see H.J. Res. 43), H2773 [30AP]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H2772 [30AP]

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 67), H6705 [29SE]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 68), H6705 [29SE]

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

——— repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 703), H810 [4FE]

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), H2500 [28AP]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 2802), H4957 [8JY]

FCC: prohibit reclassification of broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service and from imposing certain regulations on providers of such service (see H.R. 1212), H1636 [13MR]

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), H4651 [24JN]

Federal employees: provide that fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as preference eligibles for treatment in civil service (see H.R. 1222), H1618 [4MR]

Financial institutions: specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 1309), H5469 [23JY]

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

Floresville Veterans Post Office Building, Floresville, TX: designate (see H.R. 891), H2656 [29AP]

FRS: eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see H.R. 3118), H5297 [20JY]

——— replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a 5-person commission and establish it as the Financial Product Safety Commission (see H.R. 1266), H2115 [26MR]

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]

Immigration: provide for operational control of the international border of the U.S. (see H.R. 399), H535 [22JA]

——— require enactment of a joint resolution approving the number of refugees who may be admitted in any fiscal year (see H.R. 3573), H6795 [5OC]

——— 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]

IRS: prohibit performance awards for employees who owe back taxes (see H.R. 1817), H2960 [13MY]

Israel: express that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and therefore, consistent with the location of other U.S. embassies, the U.S. embassy in Israel should be located in Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 62), H5172 [14JY]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 316), H4382 [15JN]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H2959 [13MY]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H3391 [19MY]

Medicaid: allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (see H.R. 3495), H6308 [28SE]

——— require States to report information on payments to abortion providers (see H.R. 489), H531 [22JA]

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), H4138 [10JN]

——— permit review of certain payment determinations for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3024), H5333 [21JY]

——— repeal changes to exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals (see H.R. 976), H1663 [16MR]

——— 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]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 184), H6076 [16SE]

Occupational safety and health: allow employers a grace period to abate certain occupational health and safety violations before being subject to a penalty (see H.R. 1932), H3215 [14MY]

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), H5173 [14JY]

——— repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 1270), H5173 [14JY]

——— 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), H3507 [20MY]

——— repeal provisions relative to annual period for disenrollment from Medicare Advantage plans to elect to receive original Medicare fee-for-service benefits (see H.R. 2488), H3557 [21MY]

——— repeal the employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 248), H431 [20JA]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (see H.R. 702), H3507 [20MY]

PFC Milton A. Lee Medal of Honor Memorial Highway, TX: designate (see H.R. 2559), H3561 [21MY]

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]

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 debt: ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (see H.R. 692), H755 [3FE]

——— provide a process for ensuring the U.S. does not default on its obligations by making permanent authority for Congress to disapprove a debt ceiling increase instead of approving it (see H.R. 3807), H7255 [27OC]

Public welfare programs: prohibit assistance under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program from being accessed through an electronic benefit transfer card at stores that sell marijuana (see H.R. 2331), H3211 [14MY]

Refugees: suspend admission into the U.S. in order to examine costs of providing benefits to such individuals (see H.R. 3314), H6937 [8OC]

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

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (see H.R. 3996), H8239 [16NO]

Ships and vessels: 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]

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

Taxation: exclude certain compensation received by public safety officers and their dependents from gross income (see H.R. 606), H705 [2FE]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2315), H5592 [28JY]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H867 [9FE]

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

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see H. Con. Res. 89), H8415 [19NO]

——— prevent veterans from being disqualified from contributing to health savings accounts by reason of receiving VA medical care for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2514), H5592 [28JY]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 631), H667 [30JA] (see H.R. 2061), H5173 [14JY]

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

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H36 [6JA]

——— terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 27), H2154 [13AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Centennial Monetary Commission: establish (see H.R. 2912), H4769 [25JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish an interagency coordinating committee on pulmonary hypertension (see H.R. 3520), H6074 [16SE]

Economy: cap noninterest Federal spending as a percentage of potential gross domestic product (GDP) to right-size government, grow the economy, and balance the budget (see H.R. 2471), H3505 [20MY]

Federal employees: clarify that furloughed Federal employees who receive back pay may not also receive unemployment compensation for the same time period (see H.R. 2512), H3559 [21MY]

FRS: improve functioning and transparency of the Board of Governors and Federal Open Market Committee (see H.R. 2913), H4769 [25JN]

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), H1802 [19MR]

——— establish annual rulemaking schedule for payment rates under Medicare Advantage (see H.R. 2507), H3558 [21MY]

——— establish Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration program for use under Medicare Advantage plans, preserve beneficiary choice, and revise treatment of infusion drugs furnished through durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2581), H3581 [29MY]

——— extend annual comment period for payment rates under Medicare Advantage (see H.R. 3831), H7188 [26OC]

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

——— provide for value-based purchasing of post-acute care services (see H.R. 3298), H5763 [29JY]

——— revise payment for indirect medical education (IME) costs in teaching hospitals (see H.R. 3292), H5763 [29JY]

Social Security: repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 711), H810 [4FE]

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), H2767 [30AP]

——— make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see H.R. 622), H666 [30JA]

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

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (see H.R. 880), H981 [11FE]

Conference reports

Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act (H.R. 644), H9104–H9173 [9DE]

Constitutional authority statements

Centennial Monetary Commission: establish (H.R. 2912), H4772 [25JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish an interagency coordinating committee on pulmonary hypertension (H.R. 3520), H6075 [16SE]

Economy: cap noninterest Federal spending as a percentage of potential gross domestic product (GDP) to right-size government, grow the economy, and balance the budget (H.R. 2471), H3507 [20MY]

Federal employees: clarify that furloughed Federal employees who receive back pay may not also receive unemployment compensation for the same time period (H.R. 2512), H3562 [21MY]

FRS: improve functioning and transparency of the Board of Governors and Federal Open Market Committee (H.R. 2913), H4772 [25JN]

Medicare: apply budget neutrality on a State-specific basis in the calculation of hospital wage index floor for non-rural areas (H.R. 1479), H1804 [19MR]

——— establish annual rulemaking schedule for payment rates under Medicare Advantage (H.R. 2507), H3562 [21MY]

——— establish Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration program for use under Medicare Advantage plans, preserve beneficiary choice, and revise treatment of infusion drugs furnished through durable medical equipment (H.R. 2581), H3582 [29MY]

——— extend annual comment period for payment rates under Medicare Advantage (H.R. 3831), H7189 [26OC]

——— improve integrity (H.R. 1021), H1114 [24FE]

——— provide for value-based purchasing of post-acute care services (H.R. 3298), H5771 [29JY]

——— revise payment for indirect medical education (IME) costs in teaching hospitals (H.R. 3292), H5771 [29JY]

Social Security: repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (H.R. 711), H813 [4FE]

Taxation: exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (H.R. 2128), H2770 [30AP]

——— make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (H.R. 622), H667 [30JA]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 1105), H1371 [26FE]

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (H.R. 880), H983 [11FE]

Letters

Medicare Advantage Coverage Transparency Act: Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H4484 [17JN]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H4484 [17JN]

Lists

Organizations supporting H.R. 2, repeal Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals and extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program, H2079 [26MR]

Motions

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), H9399 [17DE]

Taxation: permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), H8838 [1DE]

Remarks

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 (H.R. 3504), H6150 [18SE]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H9390, H9423, H9424, H9431 [17DE]

Buckalew Chevrolet (business): anniversary, E1105• [22JY]

Budget: comparison between congressional and Obama administration proposals, H1909 [25MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (H. Con. Res. 27), H1909, H1911, H1912, H1914 [25MR]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: clarify waiver authority for Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) (S. 1362), H7079, H7080 [21OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, H8846, H8847, H8849 [1DE], H9286, H9292, H9294 [11DE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), Senate amendment, H9390, H9423, H9424, H9431 [17DE]

Economy: importance of job creation, H1914 [25MR]

——— recession, H1911, H1912 [25MR]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency, H8846, H8847, H8849 [1DE]

——— establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, H4268 [12JN], H4520 [18JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 596), H728, H731, H733 [3FE]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5963 [11SE]

——— suspend authority of the President to grant relief from sanctions pursuant to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3460), H5963 [11SE]

IRS: 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]

Lone Star College-Montgomery: anniversary, E1418• [2OC]

Medicare: establish annual rulemaking schedule for payment rates under Medicare Advantage (H.R. 2507), H4481, H4482 [17JN]

——— establish Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration program to show that reduced copayments or coinsurance can increase utilization, improve clinical outcomes, and lower health care expenditures (H.R. 2570), H4479, H4480, H4481 [17JN]

——— improve risk adjustment under Medicare Advantage program and delay authority to terminate Medicare Advantage contracts of plans failing to achieve minimum quality ratings (H.R. 2582), H4485, H4486, H4487 [17JN]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), H2076, H2079, H2080 [26MR]

——— require the annual reporting of data on enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans (H.R. 2505), H4483, H4485 [17JN]

——— treatment of patient encounters in ambulatory surgical centers in determining meaningful electronic health records use, H4480, H4481 [17JN]

Montgomery County, TX, Association of Business Women: anniversary, E1171• [29JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H728, H731, H733 [3FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 596), H728, H731, H733 [3FE]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), H7148 [23OC]

Sam Houston State University: anniversary of football team, E1641• [17NO]

Social Security: extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H2076, H2079, H2080 [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), Senate amendment, H4520 [18JN]

——— exempt transfers of family-owned businesses from estate taxes, H2277 [16AP]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, H9390, H9423, H9424, H9431 [17DE]

——— extend the research credit without increasing the deficit or delaying further tax reform, H3419 [20MY]

——— make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (H.R. 622), H2286, H2288 [16AP]

——— make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (H.R. 622), motion to recommit, H2289 [16AP]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), conference report, H9286, H9292, H9294 [11DE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), motion to go to conference, H8838 [1DE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), motion to instruct conferees, H8846, H8847, H8849 [1DE]

——— prohibit individuals convicted of certain tax fraud from benefiting from a repeal of estate and generation-skipping taxes, H2285 [16AP]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 1105), H2276, H2277, H2278, H2279, H2280, H2284 [16AP]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 1105), motion to recommit, H2285 [16AP]

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (H.R. 880), H3412, H3417 [20MY]

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (H.R. 880), motion to recommit, H3419 [20MY]

The Woodlands, TX: anniversary of The Woodlands Rotary Club, E649• [1MY]

Tomball, TX: anniversary of Greater Tomball Area Chamber of Commerce, E1016• [8JY]

Votes: correction, H7217• [27OC]

——— position on missed, H6760• [1OC], E582• [23AP], E882• [11JN], E1407•, E1408• [1OC]

Reports filed

Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 644) (H. Rept. 114–376), H9204 [9DE]

Resignations

Committee on Economics (Joint), H8435 [30NO]

Rules

Committee on Ways and Means (House), H8640–H8642 [30NO]

Tributes

Bass, Emma, E835• [3JN]

Bhavnani-Rama, Kishin (Kay), E1844• [18DE]

Cox, Dan, E1837• [18DE]

Hardy, Betty, E1315• [17SE]

Oleinik, Tom and Charlotte, E1767• [10DE]

Stewart, Alvin B., E1829• [18DE]