FARENTHOLD, BLAKE (a Representative from Texas)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H167 [9JA]

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H3188 [14MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), H2620 [29AP]

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), H7615 [3NO]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 22, Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, H8136 [5NO]

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]

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

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

Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 632), H667 [30JA]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 2903), H5943 [10SE]

American Diabetes Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 523), H8415 [19NO]

Amtrak: propose a pet policy that allows passengers to transport domesticated cats and dogs on certain trains (see H.R. 674), H754 [3FE]

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H8971 [2DE]

Apollo space program: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of first manned moon landing (see H.R. 2726), H4652 [24JN]

Armed Forces: award Purple Heart to members killed or wounded in shootings at military sites in Chattanooga, TN (see H. Res. 383), H5523 [27JY]

——— repeal bans on military personnel carrying firearms on military bases and recruitment facilities (see H.R. 3115), H5469 [23JY]

ATF: prevent reclassification of certain ammunition as armor piercing (see H.R. 1365), H1723 [17MR]

——— prohibit from requiring disclosure of race or ethnicity in the transfer of a firearm (see H.R. 1739), H2152 [13AP]

Bankruptcy: provide exception to avoidance of transactions by bankruptcy trustees for certain college tuition payments made by parents (see H.R. 2267), H2876 [12MY]

BLS: require determination of the prevailing wage utilized under the Davis-Bacon Act (see H.R. 924), H1033 [12FE]

Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act: clarify effective date of certain provisions (see H.R. 2252), H2876 [12MY]

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

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H408 [14JA]

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H5469 [23JY]

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: provide for gathering of copyright and trademark information on merchandise presented for examination (see H.R. 236), H187 [9JA]

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]

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

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), H1663 [16MR]

——— delay enforcement of physician supervision regulations for critical access hospitals pending completion of analysis of impact of such regulations (see H.R. 170), H8414 [19NO]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1683), H2500 [28AP]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H1636 [13MR]

Computer Science Education Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 554), H9330 [15DE]

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

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1671), H4003 [9JN]

——— prohibit use of certain clauses in form contracts that restrict ability of consumers to communicate relative to goods or services that were the subject of the contract (see H.R. 2110), H2653 [29AP]

Corps of Engineers: ensure right of individuals to carry firearms at water resources development projects (see H.R. 578), H2499 [28AP]

Correctional institutions: improve effectiveness and efficiency of Federal prison system with offender risk and needs assessment, individual risk reduction incentives and rewards, and risk and recidivism reduction (see H.R. 759), H4651 [24JN]

Courts: provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (see H.R. 3326), H5764 [29JY]

——— restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at fertilization (see H.R. 426), H641 [27JA]

Crime: improve Federal sentencing and corrections system by reducing crime, curtailing over-criminalization, concentrating prison space on violent and career criminals, and reducing recidivism (see H.R. 2944), H4771 [25JN]

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

——— provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see H.R. 285), H534 [22JA]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking (see H.R. 159), H534 [22JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit implementation of certain nutrition rules on food sold at schools as fundraisers (see H.R. 881), H981 [11FE]

——— repeal certain changes relative to Standard Reinsurance Agreements with private companies that administer Federal crop insurance (see H.R. 3845), H8646 [30NO]

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), H4137 [10JN]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit modification, termination, abandonment, or transfer of the lease by which the U.S. acquired the land and waters containing Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H.R. 654), H984 [11FE]

——— prohibit reduction in amount of per diem allowance to which Armed Forces members or civilian employees are entitled based on the duration of temporary duty assignments or official travel (see H.R. 1193), H2035 [25MR]

Dept. of Education: establish task force to share best practices on computer programming and coding for elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4041), H8279 [17NO]

——— expand higher education opportunities by allowing States to develop their own systems of accrediting educational institutions, curricula, programs, and courses (see H.R. 1287), H1611 [4MR]

——— reauthorize and improve grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, and improving veteran student centers (see H.R. 1399), H7175 [23OC]

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]

——— enhance the energy security of U.S. allies by approving exports of natural gas to NATO countries, Japan, or any country to which exports would enhance U.S. national security (see H.R. 287), H356 [13JA]

——— enter into contracts for storage of certain high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, take title to such materials, and make certain expenditures from the Nuclear Waste Fund (see H.R. 3643), H6704 [29SE]

——— issue long-term Federal excess uranium inventory management plan (see H.R. 2544), H5404 [22JY]

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

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 3381), H6750 [30SE]

——— improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 836), H2212 [14AP]

——— prohibit replacement of existing coding system for disease and diagnosis classifications in implementing Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act standards (see H.R. 2126), H2767 [30AP]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 2342), H7139 [22OC]

——— 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), H2821 [8MY]

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), H4957 [8JY]

——— 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), H8239 [16NO]

——— commend success of Operation Streamline in improving border security and call for continued prosecution of first-time illegal border crossers (see H. Res. 281), H3880 [3JN]

——— require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to submit annual reports on certain demographic information on aliens arrested (see H.R. 3151), H5401 [22JY]

Dept. of Labor: modify employee protective arrangements for public transportation projects (see H.R. 1711), H2110 [26MR]

Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 2278), H6076 [16SE]

——— offer rewards for information on kidnapping and murder of James W. Foley, Abdul-Rahman (Peter) Kassig, and Steven J. Sotloff (see H.R. 751), H852 [5FE]

Dept. of the Interior: identify and designate National Energy Security Corridors for the construction of natural gas pipelines on Federal land (see H.R. 2295), H4003 [9JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: reimburse States and local governments for expenses related to the presence of aliens having no lawful immigration status (see H.R. 369), H1723 [17MR]

——— report on debt levels, proposed debt reduction measures, and impact of increasing the debt ceiling and provide public access to such information (see H.R. 3442), H5944 [10SE]

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

——— ensure that on-duty time for certain commercial motor vehicle drivers does not include waiting time at natural gas or oil well sites (see H.R. 486), H531 [22JA]

——— establish a program to eliminate duplicative environmental reviews and approvals under State and Federal law of rail and highway projects (see H.R. 2497), H3558 [21MY]

——— extend the positive train control system implementation deadline (see H.R. 3651), H6789 [1OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 359), H3642 [1JN]

——— clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H1067 [13FE]

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

——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 1384), H5404 [22JY]

——— establish the Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans program (see H.R. 2145), H2767 [30AP]

——— improve provision of health care for women veterans (see H.R. 1356), H5404 [22JY]

——— issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (see H.R. 91), H3254 [15MY]

——— prohibit obligation or expenditure of funds for alternative energy generation projects unless specifically authorized by law (see H.R. 3113), H5291 [16JY]

——— provide for removal or demotion of employees based on performance or misconduct (see H.R. 1994), H2773 [30AP]

——— recoup relocation expenses paid to or on behalf of employees (see H.R. 4138), H9329 [15DE]

——— 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]

——— use authorities to furnish health care at non-departmental facilities to veterans who live a certain distance from the closest departmental facility that furnishes the care, sponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1909), H3392 [19MY]

——— 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. 1909), H2354 [21AP]

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

Drugs: focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see H.R. 920), H1771 [18MR]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H1662 [16MR]

——— make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 1147), H1498 [27FE]

EPA: amend guidelines governing the handling of lead-based paint during remodeling or renovation activities (see H.R. 2328), H3565 [21MY]

——— 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), H8362 [18NO]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 71), H8362 [18NO]

——— eliminate certain requirements under the renewable fuel program and prohibit approval of gasoline that contains greater than a certain percentage of ethanol (see H.R. 704), H810 [4FE]

——— harmonize requirements of ozone national ambient air quality standards (see H.R. 4000), H8282 [17NO]

——— improve establishment of any lower ground-level ozone standards (see H.R. 1388), H8361 [18NO]

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

——— prohibit funding to be used to implement or enforce a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases (see H.R. 3626), H6789 [1OC]

——— prohibit proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible (see H.R. 1030), H1113 [24FE]

——— provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications and public participation (see H.R. 1029), H1113 [24FE]

——— remove exemption from liability relative to a response under CERCLA when such response causes additional damage at clean-up sites (see H.R. 3531), H6261 [25SE]

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

——— require decisions on whether naturally occurring or ‘‘exceptional’’ events cause air quality standard violations to be based on a preponderance of evidence and accord deference to State and local findings (see H.R. 1320), H1613 [4MR]

Executive departments: prohibit Secretaries from maintaining a private e-mail server for conducting official Government business (see H.R. 3743), H7091 [21OC]

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), H1502 [27FE]

——— revise hiring practices for air traffic controller positions (see H.R. 1964), H3310 [18MY]

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

FBI: require an independent review of operation and administration of the Terrorist Screening Database and its subsets (see H.R. 4240), H10712 [18DE]

Federal agencies and departments: ensure functionality and security of new Federal websites that collect personally identifiable information (see H.R. 451), H757 [3FE]

——— impose certain limitations on consent decrees and settlement agreements that require the agencies to take regulatory action in accordance with the terms thereof (see H.R. 712), H810 [4FE]

——— improve coordination of agency actions in preparation and adoption of environmental documents in order to streamline the Federal permitting process (see H.R. 348), H1850 [23MR]

——— include language in certain educational and advertising materials indicating that such materials are produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense (see H.R. 310), H357 [13JA]

——— include language in certain health-care-related educational and advertising materials indicating such materials are produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense (see H.R. 537), H582 [26JA]

——— 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]

——— require Congress to review and renew agencies every ten years (see H.R. 1950), H4652 [24JN]

——— require the use of two-phase selection procedures when design-build contracts are suitable for award to small business concerns (see H.R. 1666), H2156 [13AP]

Federal employees: provide leave to a new employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at a certain percentage for purposes of undergoing treatment for such disability (see H.R. 313), H357 [13JA]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability to reduce frivolous lawsuits (see H.R. 758), H853 [5FE]

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]

FEMA: provide eligibility for public broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance (see H.R. 1546), H1848 [23MR]

Financial institutions: amend securities, commodities, and banking laws to make information reported to financial regulatory agencies electronically searchable (see H.R. 2477), H4493 [17JN]

——— provide requirements for Federal banking agencies when directing a depository institution to terminate a specific customer account and provide for additional requirements relative to certain subpoenas (see H.R. 766), H3507 [20MY]

——— require regulatory agencies to take risk profiles and business models of institutions into account when taking regulatory actions (see H.R. 2896), H5032 [9JY]

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 1309), H1850 [23MR]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 402), H3390 [19MY]

——— more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 131), H2356 [21AP]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 923), H1072 (see H.R. 986), H1068 [13FE]

——— prohibit Federal issuance or enforcement of a new restriction or prohibition on the manufacture, importation, or sale of certain ammunition (see H.R. 1180), H1618 [4MR]

——— 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]

——— update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 2246), H3508 [20MY]

Fish and fishing: strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and implement Antigua Convention on conservation of migratory fish in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (see H.R. 774), H2155 [13AP]

Floresville Veterans Post Office Building, Floresville, TX: designate (see H.R. 891), H2155 [13AP]

Foreign trade: improve antidumping and countervailing duty laws (see H.R. 2523), H3879 [3JN]

Freedom of Information Act: strengthen (see H.R. 653), H1501 [27FE]

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

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

——— 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), H3913 [4JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal (see H.R. 132), H225 [12JA]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 596), H668 [30JA] (see H.R. 2653), H3913 [4JN]

Health Care Compact: grant congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 50), H4544 [18JN]

Health care professionals: limit liability of volunteers who provide health care services in response to a disaster (see H.R. 865), H5332 [21JY]

——— protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 921), H9012 [3DE]

——— provide for qualified physicians to perform a medical certification for an operator of a commercial motor vehicle who is a veteran (see H.R. 3739), H6973 [9OC]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3268), H5589 [28JY]

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), H535 [22JA]

Immigration: clarify classes of individuals born in the U.S. who are nationals and citizens of the U.S. at birth (see H.R. 140), H5975 [11SE]

——— deny assistance to a State or political subdivision that prohibits officials from taking certain actions relative to immigration (see H.R. 3009), H5118 [13JY]

——— eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase the per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see H.R. 213), H1901 [24MR]

——— ensure State and local compliance with all Federal immigration detainers on aliens in custody (see H.R. 3437), H9013 [3DE]

——— expedite removal of unaccompanied alien children, implement tough ‘‘credible fear’’ standards, reduce asylum fraud, protect communities from gangs, and provide Border Patrol access to Federal lands (see H.R. 1153), H1498 [27FE]

——— expedite removal of unaccompanied alien children who are not victims of a severe form of human trafficking and who do not have a fear of returning to their country of nationality or last residence (see H.R. 1149), H1498 [27FE]

——— give States authority to reject admission of refugees (see H.R. 4032), H8279 [17NO]

——— give States authority to reject admission of refugees unless there is adequate assurance that the aliens do not present a security risk (see H.R. 4197), H9205 [9DE]

——— impose sanctions on countries that have refused or unreasonably delayed repatriation of an alien who is a national of that country or have an excessive repatriation failure rate (see H.R. 583), H6076 [16SE]

——— increase penalties applicable to aliens who unlawfully reenter the U.S. after being removed (see H.R. 3011), H5239 [15JY]

——— prohibit funding for executive branch overreach and clarify that proper constitutional authority for immigration policy belongs to Congress (see H.R. 191), H360 [13JA]

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

——— provide for the apprehension, detention, and removal of certain aliens arrested by the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3165), H5469 [23JY]

——— require enactment of a joint resolution approving the number of refugees who may be admitted in any fiscal year (see H.R. 3573), H6706 [29SE]

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

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 815), H1662 [16MR]

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

IRS: prohibit from assigning tax statuses to organizations based on their political beliefs and activities (see H.R. 1798), H2268 [15AP]

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

Israel: affirm right to defend itself against Iran and support efforts to maintain sovereignty (see H. Res. 500), H7332 [28OC]

——— condemn resolutions or policies calling for or instituting a boycott of Israeli academic institutions or scholars by institutions of higher learning and scholarly associations (see H. Res. 318), H7743 [4NO]

——— promote trade and commercial enhancement with the U.S. and discourage other U.S. trading partners from engaging in economic discrimination against Israel (see H.R. 825), H1116 [24FE]

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

Korea, Republic of: provide high-skilled visas for nationals (see H.R. 1019), H1084 [20FE]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H4003 [9JN]

Koskinen, John A.: impeach (see H. Res. 494), H7254 [27OC]

Kyle, Christopher S.: award Medal of Honor posthumously (see H.R. 1094), H1502 [27FE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 612), H2499 [28AP] (see H.R. 3222), H8362 [18NO]

Law enforcement: require a warrant to obtain e-mails or cell phone location information from communications-related service providers (see H.R. 656), H703 [2FE]

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

McCarthy, Regina: impeach (see H. Res. 417), H6229 [24SE]

Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see H.R. 556), H1372 [26FE]

——— establish a national Oncology Medical Home Demonstration Project to change the Medicare payment for cancer care in order to enhance the quality of care and to improve cost efficiency (see H.R. 1934), H5849 [8SE]

——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see H.R. 663), H8241 [16NO]

——— extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (see H.R. 2878), H8242 [16NO]

——— improve process of recovery audit contractors and recovery of overpayments (see H.R. 2568), H8242 [16NO]

——— increase access to ambulance services and reform payments for such services (see H.R. 745), H8414 [19NO]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 1453), H1902 [24MR]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H2357 [21AP]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H2475 [27AP]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 1427), H4003 [9JN]

——— provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2404), H4003 [9JN]

——— reform practices of recovery audit contractors (see H.R. 2156), H2880 [12MY]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 169), H8414 [19NO]

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

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

——— require reporting of certain data by providers and suppliers of air ambulance services for purposes of reforming reimbursements for such services (see H.R. 822), H2155 [13AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: enhance payments to rural health care providers (see H.R. 3225), H8242 [16NO]

Members of Congress: authorize to bring an action for declaratory and injunctive relief in response to the President or other executive branch official directing executive branch officials to not enforce a provision of law (see H.R. 464), H530 [22JA]

Mental health: issue semipostal stamp to support mental health awareness (see H.R. 3640), H6704 [29SE]

Motor vehicles: exempt certain class A driver’s license holders in the agriculture industry from requirement to obtain a hazardous material endorsement when operating certain service vehicles (see H.R. 1267), H1663 [16MR]

——— protect consumers from discriminatory State taxes on motor vehicle rentals (see H.R. 1528), H5943 [10SE]

National Freight Network Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 935), H1034 [12FE]

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

Natural gas: authorize approval of pipelines and establish deadlines and expedite permits for certain gathering lines on Federal land and Indian land (see H.R. 1616), H2032 [25MR]

——— 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]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H5976 [11SE]

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see H.R. 3459), H6894 [7OC]

——— modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see H.R. 1893), H2794 [1MY]

NSF: include a line item in budget request for Research in Disabilities Education program to support dyslexia research (see H.R. 3033), H6706 [29SE]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H5592 [28JY]

OSHA: authorize the Voluntary Protection Programs (see H.R. 2500), H4493 [17JN]

Patents: eliminate abusive patent litigation, increase transparency, modernize fee shifting, and provide for small business education and outreach (see H.R. 9), H852 [5FE]

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]

——— apply provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff (see H.R. 1953), H4432 [16JN]

——— establish a certification process for opting out of the individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 420), H1624 [6MR]

——— 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. 132), H225 [12JA] (see H.R. 596), H668 [30JA] (see H.R. 2653), H3913 [4JN]

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

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

——— repeal the ‘‘Cadillac Tax’’ on certain high-cost health plans (see H.R. 879), H8971 [2DE]

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 519), H532 [22JA]

——— require participation in health care exchanges by Supreme Court Justices and staff (see H.R. 2905), H5089 [10JY]

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

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding pending congressional review of GAO report on activities (see H.R. 3443), H5867 [9SE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see H.R. 3134), H5330 [21JY]

Postal Service: enhance security and efficiency of nationwide mail and parcel delivery (see H.R. 1837), H2305 [16AP]

POW: clarify that any action by the President in contravention of the restriction on transfer or release of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is without legal effect (see H.R. 4126), H8646 [30NO]

Power resources: achieve domestic energy independence by empowering States to control development and production of all forms of energy on all available Federal land (see H.R. 866), H980 [11FE]

Privacy: clarify prohibition on warrantless searching of collections of communications for U.S. persons (see H.R. 2233), H3310 [18MY]

——— 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 (see H.R. 2048), H2496 [28AP]

——— 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]

Red River: provide legal certainty for property owners along the Red River in Texas (see H.R. 2130), H2960 [13MY]

Refugees: suspend admission into the U.S. in order to examine costs of providing benefits to such individuals (see H.R. 3314), H7091 [21OC]

Social Security: repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 711), H1116 [24FE]

——— 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]

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

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see H.R. 2406), H3879 [3JN]

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), H6976 [9OC]

Syria: condemn use of chemical weapons, hold accountable those who use chemical weapons, assist in collection and transfer of evidence on use of such weapons, and call for an international response (see H. Res. 346), H6077 [16SE]

Taiwan: develop a strategy to obtain observer status at the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) (see H.R. 1853), H2773 [30AP]

Tariff: increase the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (see H.R. 978), H1117 [24FE]

Taxation: allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see H.R. 1100), H1368 [26FE]

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

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2315), H3310 [18MY]

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

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H664 [28JA]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 3917), H8362 [18NO]

——— prevent claims of the earned income tax credit by aliens in an unlawful immigration status (see H.R. 3123), H5329 [21JY]

——— prevent increase of Federal excise tax on heavy-duty trucks (see H. Con. Res. 33), H2111 [26MR]

——— promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and services (see H.R. 1643), H4345 [12JN]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 631), H667 [30JA] (see H.R. 2061), H2497 [28AP]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1718), H3759 [2JN]

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

——— reform and reset the excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 767), H1116 [24FE]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1105), H1723 [17MR]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 173), H705 [2FE]

——— repeal estate tax and retain stepped-up basis at death (see H.R. 725), H811 [4FE]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 2698), H5332 [21JY]

——— 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), H534 [22JA]

Telephones: require multi-line telephone systems to have a default configuration that permits users to directly call 9-1-1 without dialing any additional digits or codes (see H.R. 4167), H9010 [3DE]

——— 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), H1116 [24FE]

Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (see H.R. 2716), H5118 [13JY]

——— provide eligibility under certain highway programs for installation of vehicle-to-infrastructure communications equipment (see H.R. 910), H3214 [14MY]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1401), H4493 [17JN]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: express that any related protocol or other negotiated agreement dealing with targets and timetables is considered a treaty requiring the advice and consent of the Senate (see H. Con. Res. 97), H8411 [19NO]

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), H534 [22JA]

——— provide for coordination between TRICARE and eligibility to make contributions to health savings accounts (see H.R. 868), H1116 [24FE]

Volunteer workers: provide for liability protection for volunteer organizations or entities (see H.R. 2290), H3643 [1JN]

Voting: permit States to require voter registration applicants who use the Federal mail voter registration application form to provide additional information as a condition of acceptance of the form (see H.R. 951), H1526 [2MR]

Water: disapprove rule submitted by the Corps of Engineers and EPA relative to the definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.J. Res. 59), H5405 [22JY]

——— prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 594), H660 [28JA] (see H.R. 1732), H2467 [23AP]

Weather: enhance planning, preparation, and dissemination of best practices for extreme weather to increase resiliency, improve regional coordination, and mitigate financial risk (see H.R. 3190), H5465 [23JY]

Wildlife: prohibit breeding and private possession of captive big cats except by accredited zoos and facilities and require registration of big cats currently in possession by private owners (see H.R. 3546), H6136 [17SE]

Yousafzai, Malala: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 69), H918 [10FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bankruptcy: require disclosure and filing by certain trusts of quarterly reports that contain detailed information on receipt and disposition of claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos (see H.R. 526), H581 [26JA]

Courts: create special motion to dismiss strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP) (see H.R. 2304), H2957 [13MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend final planting date for grain sorghum, corn, and cotton under Federal crop insurance polices due to extreme weather conditions that have adversely affected field conditions for planting (see H.R. 1580), H1899 [24MR]

Federal agencies and departments: institute spending limits and transparency requirements for Federal conference and travel expenditures (see H.R. 2032), H2474 [27AP]

Fish and fishing: prohibit foreign assistance to countries that do not prohibit shark finning in their territorial waters or importation, sale, possession, or consumption of shark fins obtained through finning (see H.R. 2951), H4861 [7JY]

Food: strengthen Federal consumer product safety programs and activities relative to commercially-marketed seafood (see H.R. 3282), H5762 [29JY]

FTC: exercise authority relative to mergers under certain antitrust legislation and only in the same procedural manner as the Dept. of Justice exercises such authority (see H.R. 2745), H4342 [12JN]

Immigration: extend period of time for which a conditional permit to land temporarily may be granted to an alien crewman (see H.R. 669), H754 [3FE]

Information technology: apply first sale doctrine to any computer program that enables a machine or other product to operate (see H.R. 862), H980 [11FE]

Interstate commerce: prevent undue disruption of interstate commerce by limiting civil actions against persons whose only role with regard to a product is as a lawful seller of the product (see H.R. 1199), H1525 [2MR]

National Pediatric Bone Cancer Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 102), H917 [10FE]

Roads and highways: amend laws relative to identification of high priority corridors on the National Highway System (see H.R. 301), H357 [13JA]

Taxation: exclude from gross income any prizes or awards received by Olympic medal winners (see H.R. 2628), H3877 [3JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Bankruptcy: require disclosure and filing by certain trusts of quarterly reports that contain detailed information on receipt and disposition of claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos (H.R. 526), H582 [26JA]

Courts: create special motion to dismiss strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP) (H.R. 2304), H2959 [13MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend final planting date for grain sorghum, corn, and cotton under Federal crop insurance polices due to extreme weather conditions that have adversely affected field conditions for planting (H.R. 1580), H1901 [24MR]

Federal agencies and departments: institute spending limits and transparency requirements for Federal conference and travel expenditures (H.R. 2032), H2475 [27AP]

Fish and fishing: prohibit foreign assistance to countries that do not prohibit shark finning in their territorial waters or importation, sale, possession, or consumption of shark fins obtained through finning (H.R. 2951), H4861 [7JY]

Food: strengthen Federal consumer product safety programs and activities relative to commercially-marketed seafood (H.R. 3282), H5770 [29JY]

FTC: exercise authority relative to mergers under certain antitrust legislation and only in the same procedural manner as the Dept. of Justice exercises such authority (H.R. 2745), H4344 [12JN]

Immigration: extend period of time for which a conditional permit to land temporarily may be granted to an alien crewman (H.R. 669), H756 [3FE]

Information technology: apply first sale doctrine to any computer program that enables a machine or other product to operate (H.R. 862), H982 [11FE]

Interstate commerce: prevent undue disruption of interstate commerce by limiting civil actions against persons whose only role with regard to a product is as a lawful seller of the product (H.R. 1199), H1526 [2MR]

Roads and highways: amend laws relative to identification of high priority corridors on the National Highway System (H.R. 301), H359 [13JA]

Taxation: exclude from gross income any prizes or awards received by Olympic medal winners (H.R. 2628), H3878 [3JN]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H3923 [9JN], H4435 [17JN], H4547 [23JN]

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, H5325 [21JY]

Broadcasting: importance of local television and radio broadcasters, H1153, H1154 [25FE]

CITGO Petroleum Corp.: anniversary of Corpus Christi, TX, refinery, E557• [22AP]

Crime: provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (H.R. 285), H599 [27JA]

DEA: prohibit funding to enable bulk collection of personal communications records, H3727 [2JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H3190 [14MY]

——— provide free wireless high-speed Internet and network connections access to military members deployed overseas, H3190 [14MY]

Dept. of Energy: expedite and approve permits to export natural gas (H.R. 351), consideration (H. Res. 48), H613, H614 [27JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 861), H1178 [26FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: prohibit funding for salaries of employees who received an unsatisfactory work performance review, H2620 [29AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), H2620 [29AP]

FBI: prohibit funding to operate or disseminate a cell-site simulator or international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) catcher except pursuant to a court order that identifies an individual, account, address, or personal device, H3795 [3JN]

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 (H.R. 427), H5550 [28JY]

——— reform process by which agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents (H.R. 185), H255 [13JA]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability to reduce frivolous lawsuits (H.R. 758), H6115 [17SE]

Floods: express condolences for victims of, and provide disaster assistance to those affected by flooding in Texas, H3770 [3JN]

Immigration: deny assistance to a State or political subdivision that prohibits officials from taking certain actions relative to immigration (H.R. 3009), H5445 [23JY]

——— secure the border between the U.S. and Mexico, H5186 [15JY]

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (H.R. 1560), H2394 [22AP]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5881 [10SE]

National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H6719 [30SE]

National Pediatric Bone Cancer Awareness Day: designate (H. Res. 102), H6719 [30SE]

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), Senate amendments, H7615 [3NO]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), H6162 [18SE]

Port Lavaca, TX: tribute to Calhoun High School girls’ powerlifting team, E590• [28AP]

Port O’Connor, TX: tribute to Warriors Weekend, H3403 [20MY]

Protecting Cyber Networks Act: sunset, H2394 [22AP]

Roads and highways: continue weight exemptions for trucks operating on certain segments of Texas State highways being converted into Interstate 69, H7615 [3NO]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H7615 [3NO]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), H3727 [2JN], H3795 [3JN]

Taiwan: normalization of relations with China, E1653• [19NO]

——— observance of National Day, E1357• [25SE]

Taiwan Relations Act: anniversary, E389• [24MR]

Votes: position on missed, E747• [19MY], E817• [2JN]

Tributes

Simpson, Floyd, H2826 [12MY]