CARTER, EARL L. ‘‘BUDDY’’ (a Representative from Georgia)

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), H5976 [11SE]

——— 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), H5976 [11SE]

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 66), H5589 [28JY]

Animals: support global anti-poaching efforts, strengthen capacity of countries to counter wildlife trafficking, and designate major wildlife trafficking countries (see H.R. 2494), H6894 [7OC]

Armed Forces: repeal bans on military personnel carrying firearms on military bases and recruitment facilities (see H.R. 3115), H5333 [21JY]

——— require U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of members who die in the line of duty (see H.R. 3914), H9329 [15DE]

Bearss, Edwin C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2059), H2496 [28AP]

Budget: call for constitutional convention and refer for ratification a constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H. Con. Res. 26), H4345 [12JN]

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H4774 [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), H3391 [19MY]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H3582 [29MY]

Congress: provide for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution relative to implementation of immigration laws (see H. Res. 11), H668 [30JA]

Constitution—U.S.: restore integrity of the Fifth Amendment relative to due process of law in civil forfeiture proceedings (see H.R. 540), H4344 [12JN]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H5332 [21JY]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1671), H2156 [13AP]

Courts: provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (see H.R. 3326), H6894 [7OC]

——— restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at fertilization (see H.R. 426), H478 [21JA]

Credit: improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction (see H.R. 685), H1901 [24MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: issue guidelines relating to civil fines imposed for violations of the Animal Welfare Act (see H.R. 3136), H6139 [17SE]

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), H5943 [10SE]

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), H6229 [24SE]

——— prohibit from engaging in regulatory overreach relative to institutional eligibility under student aid provisions of the Higher Education Act (see H.R. 970), H2310 [16AP]

——— revise counseling requirements for certain student loan borrowers (see H.R. 3179), H5465 [23JY]

——— simplify and streamline information on institutions of higher education made publicly available (see H.R. 3178), H5465 [23JY]

Dept. of HHS: improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 539), H3214 [14MY]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 2342), H4003 [9JN]

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), H5118 [13JY]

——— authorize Office for Countering Violent Extremism (see H.R. 2899), H5173 [14JY]

——— improve tracking and reporting of employees placed on administrative leave, or any other type of paid non-duty status without charge to leave, for personnel matters (see H.R. 1633), H2033 [25MR]

——— make anthrax vaccines and antimicrobials available to emergency response providers (see H.R. 1300), H2773 [30AP]

——— reduce duplication of information technology (see H.R. 1626), H2033 [25MR]

——— require annual reports on activities and accomplishments of federally funded research and development centers (see H.R. 1637), H2033 [25MR]

——— require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to submit annual reports on certain demographic information on aliens arrested (see H.R. 3151), H5469 [23JY]

——— strengthen accountability for deployment of border security technology (see H.R. 1634), H2033 [25MR]

——— submit a report to Congress on headquarters consolidation project in the National Capital Region (see H.R. 1640), H2033 [25MR]

——— take appropriate actions to ensure that an illegal alien sex offender is in removal proceedings or has been ordered removed, and is required to register as a sex offender (see H.R. 2793), H5404 [22JY]

Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 2278), H6228 [24SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: require an annual report on amounts paid or payable by Federal agencies to the Judgment Fund (see H.R. 3699), H7028 [20OC]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H3758 [2JN]

——— expand eligibility of veterans to receive mental health care at non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 1604), H8281 [17NO]

——— provide for removal or demotion of employees based on performance or misconduct (see H.R. 1994), H2880 [12MY]

Diseases: require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (see H.R. 2739), H8860 [1DE]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H2155 [13AP]

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

——— disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 67), H8155 [5NO] (see H.J. Res. 72), H8243 [16NO]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 68), H8155 [5NO] (see H.J. Res. 71), H8243 [16NO]

——— 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), H2959 [13MY]

——— extend compliance date of rules on carbon dioxide emissions from existing powerplants pending judicial review and allow States to protect ratepayers from rate increases and reliability issues (see H.R. 2042), H4345 [12JN]

——— improve establishment of any lower ground-level ozone standards (see H.R. 1388), H3759 [2JN]

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

——— remove exemption from liability relative to a response under CERCLA when such response causes additional damage at clean-up sites (see H.R. 3531), H6894 [7OC]

——— repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 703), H3758 [2JN]

Europe: encourage cooperation between European governments, European Union, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and law enforcement with Jewish community groups to prevent and respond to anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 354), H5298 [20JY]

Executive Office of the President: impose penalties on state-sponsors of cyberattacks (see H.R. 3039), H5469 [23JY]

Eximbank: reauthorize and reform (see H.R. 3611), H6795 [5OC]

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), H9376 [16DE]

FCC: disapprove rule relative to protecting and promoting the open Internet (see H.J. Res. 42), H2153 [13AP]

——— extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 1301), H2500 [28AP]

FDA: establish Federal labeling standards for food with genetically modified ingredients and natural foods (see H.R. 1599), H3879 [3JN]

Federal agencies and departments: close out expired, empty grant accounts (see H.R. 3089), H5469 [23JY]

——— 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), H1501 [27FE]

——— provide access to and use of information by Federal agencies in order to reduce improper payments (see H.R. 2320), H3211 [14MY]

——— 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), H5172 [14JY]

——— require procurement from the private sector the goods and services necessary for operations and management of certain Government agencies (see H.R. 2044), H3879 [3JN]

Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief to community financial institutions (see H.R. 1233), H4432 [16JN]

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 1309), H2656 [29AP]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H4003 [9JN]

——— provide that silencers would be treated the same as long guns relative to registration and transfer laws (see H.R. 3799), H8282 [17NO]

——— revise various laws that interfere with the right of people to obtain and use firearms for all lawful purposes (see H.R. 2710), H4774 [25JN]

——— terminate Operation Choke Point or similar programs that infringe on ability of dealers and manufacturers of firearms and ammunition to access credit or other financial services (see H.R. 1413), H3643 [1JN]

Fish and fishing: add certain species of lionfish to Lacey Act list of injurious species prohibited from being imported or shipped (see H.R. 3202), H6076 [16SE]

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

——— improve Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery by providing flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (see H.R. 981), H5332 [21JY]

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

Flowers: recognize the daisy as the flower for military caregivers (see H. Con. Res. 49), H3759 [2JN]

Francis Manuel Ortega Post Office, Pine Lake, GA: designate (see H.R. 3274), H5762 [29JY]

Freedom of Information Act: strengthen (see H.R. 653), H1618 [4MR]

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

FRS: eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see H.R. 3118), H5976 [11SE]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H534 [22JA]

Georgia: authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land (see H.R. 470), H1526 [2MR]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2653), H3913 [4JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 2653), H3913 [4JN]

Health care professionals: limit liability of volunteers who provide health care services in response to a disaster (see H.R. 865), H4593 [23JN]

——— protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 921), H4774 [25JN]

Homeland Security Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 3859), H8242 [16NO]

Immigration: assert illegality of Executive orders to implement immigration reform notwithstanding passage of Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations (see H. Con. Res. 28), H2156 [13AP]

——— clarify classes of individuals born in the U.S. who are nationals and citizens of the U.S. at birth (see H.R. 140), H2879 [12MY]

——— detain any unlawfully present alien who is arrested for certain criminal offenses (see H.R. 2942), H5592 [28JY]

——— ensure State and local compliance with all Federal immigration detainers on aliens in custody (see H.R. 3437), H9307 [11DE]

——— 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), H1663 [16MR]

——— 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), H1636 [13MR]

——— 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), H1165 [25FE]

——— improve law enforcement within the interior of the U.S. by improving State and local enforcement, national security, removal of criminal aliens, visa security, and aid to officers (see H.R. 1148), H1723 [17MR]

——— increase penalties applicable to aliens who unlawfully reenter the U.S. after being removed (see H.R. 3011), H5592 [28JY]

——— prohibit funding for executive branch overreach and clarify that proper constitutional authority for immigration policy belongs to Congress (see H.R. 191), H157 [8JA]

——— prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform (see H.R. 206), H408 [14JA]

——— prohibit receipt of Federal financial assistance by sanctuary cities that interfere with the enforcement of Federal immigration law (see H.R. 3002), H5239 [15JY] (see H.R. 3073), H5788 [4AU]

——— provide for operational control of the international border of the U.S. (see H.R. 399), H482 [21JA]

——— provide for the apprehension, detention, and removal of certain aliens arrested by the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3165), H5592 [28JY]

——— provide that certain pregnant aliens are ineligible to receive visas or be admitted to the U.S. (see H.R. 2484), H3506 [20MY]

——— reform H–2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers (see H.R. 2588), H4594 [23JN]

——— reform policies relative to family-sponsored immigrants and reduce the number of such immigrants (see H.R. 604), H6138 [17SE]

——— 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), H3879 [3JN]

——— provide an exception from certain group health plan requirements to allow small businesses to use pre-tax dollars to assist employees in the purchase of policies in the individual market (see H.R. 2911), H6307 [28SE]

Iran: disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H. Res. 367), H5298 [20JY]

——— prohibit statutory sanctions relief unless the Senate provides advise and consent to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H.R. 3199), H5777 [29JY]

——— use parts of fines levied against companies that do business with Iran to establish a fund to pay claims to Americans held hostage in Iran and their families identified in a certain court case (see H.R. 3338), H5850 [8SE]

Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act: express that provisions do not apply to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program and that such agreement is a treaty subject to advice and consent of the Senate (see H. Res. 410), H5867 [9SE]

IRS: implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated with electronic identity theft (see H.R. 1595), H4593 [23JN]

——— prohibit hiring of additional employees until it is certified that no IRS employee has a seriously delinquent tax debt (see H.R. 1206), H2419 [22AP]

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

Israel: 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), H2155 [13AP]

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park: adjust boundary to include Wallis House and Harriston Hill (see H.R. 3371), H5766 [29JY]

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

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

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 612), H4862 [7JY] (see H.R. 3222), H5523 [27JY]

Law enforcement: facilitate collaboration among criminal justice, juvenile justice, veterans treatment services, mental health treatment services, and substance abuse systems to address needs of mentally ill offenders (see H.R. 1854), H2357 [21AP]

——— prohibit intentional hindering of immigration, border, and customs control (see H.R. 1588), H6138 [17SE]

——— safeguard electronic data stored abroad from improper Government access (see H.R. 1174), H1624 [6MR]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H2880 [12MY]

Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site: redesignate as a national historic park (see H.R. 2880), H6837 [6OC]

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

Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see H.R. 556), H3879 [3JN]

——— 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]

——— clarify policy relative to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services (see H.R. 1611), H3565 [21MY]

——— coverage of extended care services without regard to 3-day prior hospitalization requirement (see H.R. 290), H668 [30JA]

——— ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 793), H1618 [4MR]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1342), H3214 [14MY]

——— establish a payment option to freely contract, without penalty, for fee-for-service items and services, while allowing beneficiaries to use their benefits (see H.R. 1650), H2500 [28AP]

——— exclude coverage of advanced care planning services (see H.R. 3251), H5976 [11SE]

——— exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 696), H2155 [13AP]

——— improve process of recovery audit contractors and recovery of overpayments (see H.R. 2568), H4594 [23JN]

——— make adjustments relative to competitive bidding program and durable medical equipment and establish a durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) market pricing program project (see H.R. 4185), H9308 [11DE]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 1453), H6981 [16OC]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H5524 [27JY]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H705 [2FE]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program and transparency of payment methodology of pharmacies (see H.R. 244), H1626 [10MR]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 169), H2959 [13MY]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 775), H4003 [9JN]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H6706 [29SE]

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

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 109), H1372 [26FE]

——— require salaries to be held in escrow if Congress does not adopt a concurrent budget resolution by a certain date (see H.R. 174), H757 [3FE]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (see H.R. 2646), H4546 [19JN]

Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see H.R. 2403), H5469 [23JY]

Motor vehicles: establish a regulatory structure to facilitate production of custom cars and specialty vehicles by small volume vehicle manufacturers (see H.R. 2675), H5849 [8SE]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 530), H8362 [18NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 530), H8362 [18NO]

National security: ensure preparedness for chemical, radiological, biological, and nuclear threats (see H.R. 3299), H9692 [17DE]

National Strategic Agenda: establish and include goals of job creation, balanced budget, securing Medicare and Social Security, and energy security (see H. Res. 207), H3643 [1JN]

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

——— modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see H.R. 1893), H4544 [18JN]

Ocmulgee National Monument: revise boundary and redesignate as Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park (see H.R. 482), H6307 [28SE]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H5976 [11SE]

Pacific Maritime Association: resolve labor negotiations with International Longshore and Warehouse Union with assistance of a mediator and allow Presidential intervention if ports shut down due to a lack of settlement (see H. Res. 108), H1085 [20FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exclude alien agricultural seasonal workers when determining employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1387), H2212 [14AP]

——— modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H2212 [14AP]

——— repeal (see H.R. 2653), H3913 [4JN]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 928), H2115 [26MR]

——— 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), H5173 [14JY]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see H.R. 863), H1526 [2MR]

Pensions: ensure retirement investors receive advice in their best interests (see H.R. 4293), H10710 [18DE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see H.R. 3134), H5330 [21JY]

Presidents of the U.S.: modify authority to declare national monuments (see H.R. 2258), H3759 [2JN]

Privacy: clarify prohibition on warrantless searching of collections of communications for U.S. persons (see H.R. 2233), H4138 [10JN]

——— 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]

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

Taxation: allow a deduction for health insurance premiums for anyone who purchases independent coverage for an individual or family (see H.R. 2812), H4491 [17JN]

——— allow transfer of required minimum distributions from a retirement plan to a health savings account (see H.R. 975), H1618 [4MR]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1806 [19MR]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2315), H4957 [8JY]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 1752), H6076 [16SE]

——— modify and make permanent bonus depreciation (see H.R. 2510), H4774 [25JN]

——— phaseout and repeal the renewable energy production tax credit and reduce corporate income tax (see H.R. 1901), H5469 [23JY]

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

——— prevent claims of the earned income tax credit by individuals receiving Social Security numbers and work authorizations pursuant to certain deferred action programs (see H.R. 1249), H1850 [23MR]

——— provide families with more discretion in the use of, and contributions to, flexible spending accounts for healthcare services (see H.R. 1185), H3214 [14MY]

——— provide tax incentives for the donation of wild game meat (see H.R. 461), H1372 [26FE]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1105), H1806 [19MR]

——— 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]

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (see H.R. 880), H2879 [12MY]

——— terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 27), H9080 [8DE]

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

Toxic Substances Control Act: modernize (see H.R. 2576), H4594 [23JN]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1401), H5469 [23JY]

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), H8972 [2DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Homeland Security: make certain improvements in implementation of the Freedom of Information Act (see H.R. 1615), H2032 [25MR]

——— reform Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers to provide training to first responders to improve homeland security, including domestic preparedness and response to terrorism (see H.R. 3842), H7331 [28OC]

——— require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to make a prompt determination of whether to issue a detainer in the case of an alien arrested for a violation of Federal, State, or local law (see H.R. 4007), H8239 [16NO]

Fort Frederica National Monument: expand boundary (see H.R. 3480), H5941 [10SE]

Health: improve health care coverage under vision and dental plans for certain self-funded, non-Federal Government plans (see H.R. 3323), H5764 [29JY]

Labor unions: prohibit preemption from State identity theft laws (see H.R. 1432), H1768 [18MR]

——— prohibit preemption from State stalking laws (see H.R. 1431), H1768 [18MR]

Unemployment: require substance abuse risk assessment and targeted drug testing as a condition for receipt of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 2148), H2767 [30AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Homeland Security: make certain improvements in implementation of the Freedom of Information Act (H.R. 1615), H2034 [25MR]

——— reform Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers to provide training to first responders to improve homeland security, including domestic preparedness and response to terrorism (H.R. 3842), H7332 [28OC]

——— require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to make a prompt determination of whether to issue a detainer in the case of an alien arrested for a violation of Federal, State, or local law (H.R. 4007), H8241 [16NO]

Fort Frederica National Monument: expand boundary (H.R. 3480), H5942 [10SE]

Health: improve health care coverage under vision and dental plans for certain self-funded, non-Federal Government plans (H.R. 3323), H5772 [29JY]

Labor unions: prohibit preemption from State identity theft laws (H.R. 1432), H1770 [18MR]

——— prohibit preemption from State stalking laws (H.R. 1431), H1770 [18MR]

Unemployment: require substance abuse risk assessment and targeted drug testing as a condition for receipt of unemployment compensation (H.R. 2148), H2771 [30AP]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1569 [4MR], H2659 [30AP], H3393 [20MY]

Letters

Essential Transportation Worker Identification Credential Assessment Act: Representative McCaul, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H901 [10FE]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H901 [10FE]

Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers Reform and Improvement Act: Representative McCaul, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H9039 [8DE]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H9039 [8DE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H6984 [20OC], H8973 [3DE]

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), H6124 [17SE]

American Pharmacists Month: observance, H6846 [7OC]

Children and youth: enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking (H.R. 469), H552 [26JA]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), H957 [11FE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2685), H4171 [11JN]

Dept. of Education: support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H1148 [25FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: enhance multi-directional sharing of information related to cybersecurity risks and strengthen privacy and civil liberties protections (H.R. 1731), consideration (H. Res. 212), H2373 [22AP]

——— improve tracking and reporting of employees placed on administrative leave, or any other type of paid non-duty status without charge to leave, for personnel matters (H.R. 1633), H4568 [23JN]

——— make certain improvements in implementation of the Freedom of Information Act (H.R. 1615), H4570, H4571 [23JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), consideration (H. Res. 27), H242 [13JA]

——— reform Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers to provide training to first responders to improve homeland security, including domestic preparedness and response to terrorism (H.R. 3842), H9037, H9039, H9041 [8DE]

——— secure critical infrastructure against electromagnetic threats (H.R. 1073), H8171, H8172 [16NO]

——— take administrative action to achieve and maintain interoperable communications capabilities among departmental components (H.R. 615), H677, H678, H679 [2FE]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize the lease of certain lands within Fort Pulaski National Monument, H4727 [25JN]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4727 [25JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: prohibit funding for creating or maintaining any unofficial patient recordkeeping system, H2619 [29AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), H2619 [29AP]

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (S.J. Res. 24), H8835 [1DE]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (S.J. Res. 23), H8824 [1DE]

Eximbank: reauthorize, H5228 [15JY]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 597), H7200 [27OC]

Federal employees: provide a pathway for temporary seasonal employees in Federal land management agencies to compete for vacant permanent positions under internal merit promotion procedures (H.R. 1531), H4782, H4783 [7JY]

FEMA: codify authority to use Urban Areas Security Initiative and State Homeland Security Grant Program funding for enhancing medical preparedness, medical surge capacity, and mass prophylaxis capabilities (H.R. 361), H675 [2FE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 596), H734 [3FE]

Health care professionals: tribute to pharmacists, H7018, H7022, H7023 [20OC]

Homerville, GA: tribute to Clinch County High School football team, H10695 [18DE]

House of Representatives: moment of silence in memory of victims of Savannah, GA, traffic accident, H2446 [23AP]

Hutcheson, Canon and Courtney: tribute to birth of child, H4010• [10JN]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H242 [13JA]

——— provide for operational control of the international border of the U.S. (H.R. 399), H793 [4FE]

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (H.R. 1560), consideration (H. Res. 212), H2373 [22AP]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), consideration (H. Res. 412), H5889 [10SE]

Medicaid: allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (H.R. 3495), consideration (H. Res. 444), H6321 [29SE]

Medicare: ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (H.R. 793), H7019 [20OC]

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

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (H.R. 592), H7019 [20OC]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program and transparency of payment methodology of pharmacies (H.R. 244), H7018, H7022, H7023 [20OC]

National Association of Chain Drug Stores: observance of RxIMPACT Day, E378• [23MR]

National Forest Products Week: observance, H6984 [20OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H734 [3FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 596), H734 [3FE]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), H7098 [22OC]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (H.R. 702), H6902 [8OC]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding, H6321 [29SE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), H6124 [17SE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), consideration (H. Res. 421), H6103 [17SE]

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), H8843 [1DE]

Savannah, GA: anniversary of Bethesda Academy, E633• [30AP]

——— anniversary of Congregation Mickve Israel, E1153• [28JY]

——— anniversary of Living Vine Christian Maternity Home, H8291 [18NO]

——— anniversary of Spanky’s River Street (restaurant), E1829• [18DE]

——— grand opening of Congregation Mickve Israel Lawrence and Nancy Gutstein Museum, E1153• [28JY]

——— tribute to St. Patrick’s Day Parade, H1667 [17MR]

Securities: make shareholder registration threshold for savings and loan holding companies the same as for bank holding companies (H.R. 1334), H5144• [14JY]

St. Simons Land Trust (organization): National Land Trust Accreditation Commission accreditation recipient, E382• [23MR]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2820), Senate amendment, H9334 [16DE]

Transportation Security Administration: prepare a comprehensive security assessment of the transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) program (H.R. 710), H899, H900, H903 [10FE]

——— require consultation with the Aviation Security Advisory Committee on modifications to the prohibited item list and require a report on the Transportation Security Oversight Board (H.R. 3144), H8170, H8171 [16NO]

University of Georgia: tribute to mascot Uga IX, E1654• [19NO]

Vietnamese Conflict: anniversary, E981• [25JN]

Votes: position on missed, H11• [6JA], H3534• [21MY], H4897• [8JY]

Tributes

Adams, Mary Nelson, E1207• [4AU]

Bordeaux, Tom, E1592• [4NO]

Carter, Amy, H5862 [9SE]

Coffey, Tom, H8973 [3DE]

Currier, Richard, E1149• [28JY]

Dixon, Sonny, E628• [30AP]

Fendig, Ed, Jr., H9679 [17DE]

Flynn, Larry, E880• [11JN]

Johnson, Shannon, H9215 [10DE]

Lanier, Edith, H9035 [8DE]

Lombardo, Joe, E800• [1JN]

Moore, Thomas R., E295• [3MR]

Nobles, Peggy DeLoach, E1515• [22OC]

Pearce, Mallory, E384• [23MR]

Pelote, Dorothy Barnes, E196• [11FE]

Persons, Vicky C., E381• [23MR]

Prokop, Patrick, H9091 [9DE]

Rabun, John, E631• [30AP]

Shaw, Win, E583• [23AP]

St. Lawrence, Al, H8870 [2DE]

Tudor, James E., E992• [25JN]

Welch, Leonora T. Browne, E1156• [29JY]

Woodside, M.H. (Woody), H7400 [3NO]