MOONEY, ALEXANDER X. (a Representative from West Virginia)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4754, H4755 [25JN]

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 funding to entities that do not certify that they will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that performs, abortions (see H.R. 3197), H5592 [28JY]

——— prohibit solicitation or accepting donation of human fetal tissue for any purpose other than disposal of the tissue if the donation affects interstate commerce and the tissue is obtained pursuant to an abortion (see H.R. 3215), H5777 [29JY]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 7), H534 [22JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 36), H360 [13JA]

Afghanistan: call for U.S. recognition of the Taliban as a foreign terrorist organization (see H. Con. Res. 13), H919 [10FE]

Agriculture: eliminate direct and indirect subsidies that benefit the production or export of sugar by all major sugar producing and consuming countries (see H. Con. Res. 20), H5293 [16JY]

Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 693), H755 [3FE]

Black Lung Benefits Act: ensure inclusion of black lung disease benefits in replacement language for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see H. Res. 167), H1900 [24MR]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H2115 [26MR]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 2), H1626 [10MR] (see H.J. Res. 55), H4775 [25JN]

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H2773 [30AP]

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]

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), H919 [10FE]

CERCLA: amend relative to Federal liability and require reimbursement to the Judgement Fund for certain claims (see H.R. 3655), H6749 [30SE]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 3), H157 [8JA]

Constitution—U.S.: restore integrity of the Fifth Amendment relative to due process of law in civil forfeiture proceedings (see H.R. 540), H3642 [1JN]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H757 [3FE]

Corps of Engineers: ensure right of individuals to carry firearms at water resources development projects (see H.R. 578), H4544 [18JN]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 803), H984 [11FE]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: change eligible foods allowed for purchase under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 2383), H3252 [15MY]

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), H703 [2FE]

Dept. of HHS: develop and disseminate clinical practice guidelines and create a safe harbor for defendants in medical malpractice actions who demonstrate adherence to such guidelines (see H.R. 2603), H4138 [10JN]

——— enhance and further research prevention and treatment of eating disorders and improve access to treatment (see H.R. 2515), H7347 [29OC]

——— establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see H.R. 1192), H2500 [28AP]

——— prevent and treat prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 1462), H2467 [23AP]

——— prohibit sale or transactions involving human fetal tissue (see H.R. 3429), H5867 [9SE]

——— 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), H3254 [15MY]

Dept. of Justice: improve the restitution process for child pornography victims by considering total losses, requiring timely restitution, and spreading costs among multiple defendants (see H.R. 595), H757 [3FE]

Dept. of the Interior: place certain lands in Skagit and San Juan Counties, WA, into trust for the Samish Indian Nation (see H.R. 1632), H6836 [6OC]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H1663 [16MR]

——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 1384), H7090 [21OC]

——— 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. 577), H5238 [15JY]

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

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H705 [2FE]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H5089 [10JY]

EPA: disapprove a rule relative to ‘‘National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone’’ (see H.J. Res. 70), H7626 [3NO] (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), H8415 [19NO]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 71), H8415 [19NO]

——— improve establishment of any lower ground-level ozone standards (see H.R. 1388), H3310 [18MY]

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

——— prohibit imposing carbon dioxide emissions standards on fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units until certain other countries have enacted similar standards (see H.R. 4169), H9010 [3DE]

——— reduce workforce (see H.R. 3939), H8149 [5NO]

——— remove authority to retroactively disapprove permits to discharge dredged or fill material into navigable waters that have been issued by the Corps of Engineers (see H.R. 1203), H1525 [2MR]

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), H7090 [21OC]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 2802), H4490 [17JN]

FDA: grant authority to modify predicate/grandfather date for regulation of certain newly deemed tobacco products (see H.R. 2058), H9012 [3DE]

——— improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants and similar retail food establishments and amend authority to bring certain proceedings (see H.R. 2017), H3215 [14MY]

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]

Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief to community financial institutions (see H.R. 1233), H6937 [8OC]

Firearms: more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 131), H2211 [14AP]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 923), H2959 [13MY] (see H.R. 986), H1068 [13FE]

——— provide for the disposition, within a certain time period, of an application to exempt a projectile from classification as armor-piercing ammunition (see H.R. 3802), H7626 [3NO]

——— provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the U.S. by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Depts. of State or Defense (see H.R. 2611), H4138 [10JN]

——— provide that silencers would be treated the same as long guns relative to registration and transfer laws (see H.R. 3799), H8971 [2DE]

——— revise various laws that interfere with the right of people to obtain and use firearms for all lawful purposes (see H.R. 2710), H4652 [24JN]

——— update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 2246), H2820 [8MY]

FRS: establish requirements for policy rules and blackout periods of the Federal Open Market Committee and for certain activities of the Board of Governors (see H.R. 3189), H5944 [10SE]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H157 [8JA]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2653), H5776 [29JY]

——— 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]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 2653), H5776 [29JY]

Health care professionals: protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 921), H6893 [7OC]

Human rights: express that those who commit or support targeted atrocities against Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities are committing ‘‘war crimes’’, ‘‘crimes against humanity’’, and ‘‘genocide’’ (see H. Con. Res. 75), H5976 [11SE]

——— impose sanctions relative to foreign persons responsible for gross violations of internationally-recognized human rights (see H.R. 624), H8646 [30NO]

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

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H7333 [28OC]

Law enforcement officers: declare a national day of prayer to end targeted violence against law enforcement officers (see H. Res. 430), H6179 [18SE]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H5293 [16JY]

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

Medicare: authorize a blanket significant hardship exception for meaningful electronic health records use due to delay in timely publication of certain meaningful use rules (see H.R. 3940), H8282 [17NO]

——— expand access to stroke telehealth services (see H.R. 2799), H6180 [18SE]

——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see H.R. 663), H1165 [25FE]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H6893 [7OC]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 1427), H5293 [16JY]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program and transparency of payment methodology of pharmacies (see H.R. 244), H6706 [29SE]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H6893 [7OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve electronic health records meaningful use programs (see H.R. 3309), H8281 [17NO]

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

——— transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see H.R. 2403), H3309 [18MY]

National Pregnancy Center Week: designate (see H. Res. 510), H7743 [4NO]

National September 11 Memorial: designate as a national memorial (see H.R. 3036), H9307 [11DE]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 511), H2155 [13AP]

——— reaffirm trust status of land taken into trust by the U.S. for the benefit of an Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date that the land was taken into trust (see H.R. 3137), H6180 [18SE]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H5776 [29JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 30), H157 [8JA]

——— repeal (see H.R. 2653), H5776 [29JY]

——— require participation in health care exchanges by Supreme Court Justices and staff (see H.R. 2905), H5777 [29JY]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (see H.R. 702), H5089 [10JY]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (see H.R. 3301), H5944 [10SE]

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

Pope Francis: congratulate on election and recognize inspirational statements and actions (see H. Res. 15), H1038 [12FE]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 12), H8415 [19NO]

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), H2211 [14AP]

Public debt: ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (see H.R. 692), H4774 [25JN]

Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 727), H1165 [25FE]

Refuse disposal: encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal ash and establish requirements for management and disposal of coal ash that are protective of human health and the environment (see H.R. 1734), H2151 [13AP]

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

Ships and vessels: establish uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel in the navigable waters of the U.S. (see H.R. 980), H7175 [23OC]

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), H6789 [1OC]

Taxation: allow a deduction for health insurance premiums for anyone who purchases independent coverage for an individual or family (see H.R. 2812), H4774 [25JN]

——— allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1882), H2318 [20AP]

——— allow an annual elective surcharge in lieu of estate tax (see H.R. 3508), H5980 [15SE]

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

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H2211 [14AP]

——— prevent increase of Federal excise tax on heavy-duty trucks (see H. Con. Res. 33), H5239 [15JY]

——— provide a charitable deduction for service of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical and rescue personnel (see H.R. 343), H403 [14JA]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 2698), H6706 [29SE]

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

——— repeal inclusion of Social Security benefits in gross income (see H.R. 589), H660 [28JA]

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (see H.R. 880), H2467 [23AP]

——— terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 27), H6180 [18SE]

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), H4492 [17JN]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: amend relative to efforts of foreign countries to reduce demand for commercial sex acts under the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking (see H.R. 611), H5332 [21JY]

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), H6789 [1OC]

——— 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), H2467 [23AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Appropriations: provide for automatic continuing resolutions (see H.R. 3776), H7088 [21OC]

Education: provide for the preparation of career and technical education teachers (see H.R. 4263), H9373 [16DE]

FCC: exempt broadband Internet access service providers from Federal universal service contributions (see H.R. 1712), H2110 [26MR]

Freedom of religion: reaffirm importance of religion and freedom to exercise beliefs peacefully (see H. Res. 514), H7742 [4NO]

Mining and mineral resources: ensure transparency in development of environmental regulations (see H.R. 1644), H2107 [26MR]

Turkey: initiate negotiations to enter into a free trade agreement (see H.R. 3685), H6835 [6OC]

Constitutional authority statements

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

Appropriations: provide for automatic continuing resolutions (H.R. 3776), H7089 [21OC]

Education: provide for the preparation of career and technical education teachers (H.R. 4263), H9375 [16DE]

FCC: exempt broadband Internet access service providers from Federal universal service contributions (H.R. 1712), H2114 [26MR]

Mining and mineral resources: ensure transparency in development of environmental regulations (H.R. 1644), H2112 [26MR]

Turkey: initiate negotiations to enter into a free trade agreement (H.R. 3685), H6836 [6OC]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1903 [25MR]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify they will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that performs, abortions (H.R. 3197), H6126 [17SE]

——— prohibit solicitation or accepting donation of human fetal tissue for any purpose other than disposal of the tissue if the donation affects interstate commerce and the tissue is obtained pursuant to an abortion (H.R. 3215), H6126 [17SE]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (H.R. 816), H6126 [17SE], H6311 [29SE]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), H2885 [13MY]

Backpack Buddies (organization): tribute, H4868 [8JY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1699 [17MR]

——— balance, H1699 [17MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), H953 [11FE]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), veto, H1171 [26FE]

Cuba: proposal to re-establish U.S. diplomatic relations and lift trade and travel restrictions, H218 [12JA]

Davis and Elkins College: acceptance into Museum Assessment Program, E1564• [29OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), veto, H7192 [27OC]

Dept. of HHS: prevent and treat prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome (H.R. 1462), H7031 [21OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), H964 [11FE]

Dept. of the Interior: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement regulations relative to stream buffer zone in mountaintop removal coal mining, H5578 [28JY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4742, H4755 [25JN]

Drugs: address prescription drug and heroin abuse, H7031 [21OC]

EPA: Drinking Water State Revolving Fund funding through reductions in Dept. of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement funding, H4742 [25JN]

——— impact of Government regulations on coal industry, H1171 [26FE], H1700 [17MR], H5578 [28JY]

——— Office of Inspector General funding, H4755 [25JN]

——— Office of Policy funding, H4755 [25JN]

——— proposed Clean Power Plan regulations, H8637 [30NO]

Evans, WV: Evans Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, H6840 [7OC]

Eximbank: abolish, H2455 [23AP]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage, H3555 [21MY], H7395 [3NO]

Freedom of religion: reaffirm importance of religion and freedom to exercise beliefs peacefully, H3555 [21MY], H7395 [3NO]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (H.R. 24), H5342 [22JY]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (S. 264), H5342 [22JY]

Gross, Alan P.: release from Cuba as a political prisoner, H218 [12JA]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H670 [2FE]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H964 [11FE]

Iran: secure verifiable nuclear agreement with Iran, H4598 [24JN]

Jefferson County, WV: urge designation as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, H8245 [17NO]

Mining and mineral resources: ensure transparency in development of environmental regulations (H.R. 1644), H4868 [8JY], H5579 [28JY], H8637 [30NO]

Netanyahu, Benjamin: welcome Israeli Prime Minister upon U.S. visit and speech before Congress and reaffirm unequivocal U.S. support for Israel, H1511 [2MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H3649 [2JN]

Pendleton County, WV: anniversary of Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area, H6311 [29SE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), H6126 [17SE]

Pope Francis: address to Congress, H6311 [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), H8637 [30NO]

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), H5362 [22JY]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services, H3555 [21MY]

Republican Party: national agenda, H1699 [17MR]

Sheehan, Donald, III (Trae): Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1433• [6OC]

Syria: human rights violations, H2785 [1MY]

Taxation: repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 160), H4476 [17JN]

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

Young America’s Foundation: tribute to National High School Leadership Conference, E890• [12JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H9077 [8DE]

Tributes

Anton, Mitch, E806• [1JN]

Beddow, Vanessa, E806• [1JN]

Bostic, William, Jr., H8650 [1DE]

Brunetti, Madison, E842• [4JN]

Buckalew, David T., E1185• [29JY]

Campbell, Kirsten, E806• [1JN]

Carter, Ercelle S., H6840 [7OC]

Fargo, Douglas C., H8650 [1DE]

Fisher, Shelbi, E806• [1JN]

Hechler, Ken and Carol, E1178• [29JY]

Muskett, Sarah, E806• [1JN]

Neeley, Logan, E842• [4JN]

Spencer, Chad, E806• [1JN]

Stocks, Taylor, E806• [1JN]