FOXX, VIRGINIA (a Representative from North Carolina)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H161 [9JA]

Amendments

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): establish a Select Investigative Panel to investigate matters relative to fetal tissue procurement and abortion practices (H. Res. 461), H6878 [7OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H3196 [14MY]

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), H7681 [4NO]

Appointments

Committee to escort Afghanistan President Mohammad A. Ghani into the House Chamber, H1904 [25MR]

Committee to escort Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the House Chamber, H1528 [3MR]

Committee to escort Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe into the House Chamber, H2503 [29AP]

Committee to escort Pope Francis into the House Chamber, H6191 [24SE]

Committee to escort the President, H419 [20JA]

Committee to escort the Speaker-elect to the Chair, H4 [6JA], H7338 [29OC]

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

Articles and editorials

Device Tax Thwarts Expansion in Winston-Salem, Owen Covington, Triad Business Journal (publication), H4453 [17JN]

Price of Fetal Parts, Charles Krauthammer, Washington (DC) Post, E1141• [28JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit dismemberment abortions (see H.R. 3515), H6074 [16SE]

——— 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), H5466 [23JY]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 7), H477 [21JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 36), H408 [14JA]

Agriculture: reform sugar price support program (see H.R. 1714), H2110 [26MR]

Armed Forces: limit use of funds for introduction into hostilities (see H.R. 560), H638 [27JA]

——— repeal bans on military personnel carrying firearms on military bases and recruitment facilities (see H.R. 3115), H5976 [11SE]

Centennial Monetary Commission: establish (see H.R. 2912), H5298 [20JY]

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

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 803), H1165 [25FE]

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

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (see H.R. 5), H1084 [20FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit use of Federal funds for position of Public Advocate, or position of Deputy Assistant Director of Custody Programs and Community Outreach, within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (see H.R. 276), H3916 [4JN]

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

Dept. of Transportation: designate the corridor between Raleigh, NC, and Norfolk, VA, as an interstate highway (see H.R. 2211), H4863 [7JY]

District of Columbia: reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (see H.R. 10), H6836 [6OC]

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

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), H3574 [22MY]

EPA: 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]

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

FCC: prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program (see H.R. 266), H705 [2FE]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit certain agencies from using or purchasing certain firearms and require GAO report on Federal units receiving tactical training that respond to certain high-risk situations (see H.R. 4164), H8971 [2DE]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H1502 [27FE]

FRS: improve functioning and transparency of the Board of Governors and Federal Open Market Committee (see H.R. 2913), H5298 [20JY]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H664 [28JA]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2653), H4957 [8JY]

——— 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. 596), H668 [30JA] (see H.R. 2653), H4957 [8JY]

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), H668 [30JA]

——— reform policies relative to family-sponsored immigrants and reduce the number of such immigrants (see H.R. 604), H661 [28JA]

Iran: disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H.J. Res. 64), H5850 [8SE]

Judge Randy D. Doub U.S. Courthouse, Greenville, NC: designate (see H.R. 3937), H8149 [5NO]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 612), H661 [28JA]

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

Maya Angelou Memorial Post Office, Winston-Salem, NC: designate (see H.R. 3735), H6973 [9OC]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 1585), H1899 [24MR]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 511), H4003 [9JN]

NIH: anniversary of Office of Research on Women’s Health (see H. Res. 458), H6788 [1OC]

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

——— disapprove rule relative to representation case procedures (see H.J. Res. 29), H1663 [16MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (see H.R. 596), H668 [30JA] (see H.R. 2653), H4957 [8JY]

Public debt: ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (see H.R. 692), H4137 [10JN]

Randy D. Doub U.S. Courthouse, Greenville, NC: designate (see H.R. 1642), H2212 [14AP]

Roads and highways: designate certain route segments of the National Highway System in North Carolina as high priority corridors (see H.R. 1844), H4137 [10JN]

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), H6229 [24SE]

Taiwan: develop a strategy to obtain observer status at the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) (see H.R. 1853), H3215 [14MY]

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: make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H2879 [12MY]

——— prevent claims of the earned income tax credit and child tax credit by individuals receiving Social Security numbers and work authorizations pursuant to certain deferred action programs (see H.R. 1332), H2212 [14AP]

——— 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]

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), H703 [2FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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), consideration (see H. Res. 421), H6073 [16SE]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), consideration (see H. Res. 42), H477 [21JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), consideration (see H. Res. 38), H429 [20JA] (see H. Res. 255), H2875 [12MY]

Boehner, Speaker: allow Speaker or authorized deputy to administer oath of office to Representative Nunnelee in Tupelo, MS, due to illness (see H. Res. 20), H104 [7JA]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): establish a Select Investigative Panel to investigate matters relative to fetal tissue procurement and abortion practices (see H. Res. 461), H6835 [6OC]

Committee on the Budget (House): majority party appointments (see H. Res. 555), H9079 [8DE]

Committees of the House: authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 132), consideration (see H. Res. 152), H1720 [17MR]

——— majority party appointments (see H. Res. 39), H480 [21JA] (see H. Res. 165), H1900 [24MR] (see H. Res. 199), H2210 [14AP] (see H. Res. 229), H2654 [29AP] (see H. Res. 304), H4136 [10JN] (see H. Res. 442), H6260 [25SE] (see H. Res. 517), H8152 [5NO]

Contracts: repeal wage rate requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects (see H.R. 1483), H1802 [19MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), consideration (see H. Res. 255), H2875 [12MY]

Dept. of Education: prohibit from engaging in regulatory overreach relative to institutional eligibility under student aid provisions of the Higher Education Act (see H.R. 970), H1067 [13FE]

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

——— 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), consideration (see H. Res. 125), H1162 [25FE]

District of Columbia: reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (H.R. 10), consideration (see H. Res. 480), H7026 [20OC]

FERC: extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the W. Kerr Scott Dam (see H.R. 3447), H5847 [8SE]

FTC: revise ‘‘do-not-call’’ registry regulations to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls (see H.R. 827), H915 [10FE]

Government regulations: ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (H.R. 527), consideration (see H. Res. 78), H754 [3FE]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (see H.R. 50), H37 [6JA]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), consideration (see H. Res. 78), H754 [3FE]

House of Representatives: adjournment (see H. Con. Res. 91), H8152 [5NO]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (see H. Res. 255), H2875 [12MY]

——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (see H. Res. 444), H6306 [28SE]

Medicaid: allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (H.R. 3495), consideration (see H. Res. 444), H6306 [28SE]

Natural gas: provide for timely consideration of all licenses, permits, and approvals required under Federal law relative to siting, construction, expansion, or operation of pipeline projects (H.R. 161), consideration (see H. Res. 38), H429 [20JA]

NLRB: disapprove rule relative to representation case procedures (S.J. Res. 8), consideration (see H. Res. 152), H1720 [17MR]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), consideration (see H. Res. 421), H6073 [16SE]

Privacy: prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (H.R. 2048), consideration (see H. Res. 255), H2875 [12MY]

Public debt: ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (H.R. 692), consideration (see H. Res. 480), H7026 [20OC]

Taxation: allow rollovers from other retirement plans into simple retirement accounts (see H.R. 3050), H5171 [14JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Contracts: repeal wage rate requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects (H.R. 1483), H1805 [19MR]

Dept. of Education: prohibit from engaging in regulatory overreach relative to institutional eligibility under student aid provisions of the Higher Education Act (H.R. 970), H1070 [13FE]

——— simplify and streamline information on institutions of higher education made publicly available (H.R. 3178), H5467 [23JY]

FERC: extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the W. Kerr Scott Dam (H.R. 3447), H5848 [8SE]

FTC: revise ‘‘do-not-call’’ registry regulations to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls (H.R. 827), H917 [10FE]

Government regulations: provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), H44 [6JA]

Taxation: allow rollovers from other retirement plans into simple retirement accounts (H.R. 3050), H5172 [14JY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1851 [24MR], H8157 [16NO]

Explanations

Previous Question Vote—What It Really Means, H771 [4FE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H672 [2FE], H7350 [2NO]

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, H5185 [15JY], H5321 [21JY]

——— 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), consideration (H. Res. 421), H6096, H6097, H6099, H6108 [17SE]

——— prohibit Federal education funding for elementary and secondary schools that provide on-campus access to abortion providers, H1190 [26FE]

——— 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 (H.R. 3197), H5534 [28JY]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H5760 [29JY]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 42), H485, H486, H488, H489, H490, H491, H492 [22JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), H5760 [29JY]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), consideration (H. Res. 38), H443, H444, H448, H449, H451 [21JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), consideration (H. Res. 255), H2892, H2894, H2895, H2900 [13MY]

Agriculture: importance of farmers, H149 [8JA]

American Anthropological Association: resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions relative to allegations of complicity of these institutions in violating Palestinian rights, H9676 [17DE]

Appropriations: legislative process, H151 [8JA]

Armed Forces: actively recruit members who are separating from military service to serve as Customs and Border Protection Officers (S. 1603), insert H.R. 3504 language upon passage, H6096 [17SE]

Berrong, J.D.: Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance North American Inspectors Championship Jimmy K. Ammons Grand Champion Award recipient, H6293 [28SE]

Boehner, Speaker: allow Speaker or authorized deputy to administer oath of office to Representative Nunnelee in Tupelo, MS, due to illness (H. Res. 20), H95 [7JA]

Budget: balance, H1834 [23MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (H. Con. Res. 27), H1834 [23MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 231), H2673 [30AP]

Clemmons, NC: tribute to Flat Stanley literacy activity in Clemmons Elementary School 2d grade class, H1856 [24MR]

Clinton, Hillary Rodham: investigate use of personal e-mail account for official business and deletion of e-mails while serving as Sec. of State, H5760 [29JY]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): establish a Select Investigative Panel to investigate matters relative to fetal tissue procurement and abortion practices (H. Res. 461), H6869, H6871, H6874, H6875, H6876, H6877, H6878 [7OC]

Committee on the Budget (House): majority party appointments (H. Res. 555), H9032 [8DE]

Committees of the House: authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 132), consideration (H. Res. 152), H1775, H1780 [19MR]

——— majority party appointments (H. Res. 39), H443 [21JA]

——— majority party appointments (H. Res. 165), H1855 [24MR]

——— majority party appointments (H. Res. 199), H2161, H2162 [14AP]

——— majority party appointments (H. Res. 229), H2574 [29AP]

——— majority party appointments (H. Res. 304), H4015 [10JN]

——— majority party appointments (H. Res. 442), H6256 [25SE]

——— majority party appointments (H. Res. 517), H8136 [5NO]

Congress: accomplishments of the 114th Congress, H872 [10FE], H5760 [29JY]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H151 [8JA]

——— goals of the 114th Congress, H149 [8JA]

——— tribute to women serving in Congress, H1749 [18MR]

Contracts: repeal wage rate requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects (H.R. 1483), H5409 [23JY]

Crime: combat human trafficking, E117• [27JA]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (H.R. 181), H5760 [29JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H5760 [29JY]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), consideration (H. Res. 255), H2892, H2900 [13MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2685), H4018 [10JN]

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), H1121, H1145, H1146 [25FE], H5760 [29JY]

——— 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), consideration (H. Res. 125), H1180, H1181, H1182, H1187, H1188, H1190 [26FE]

——— 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), consideration (H. Res. 347), H4883 [8JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: enhance multi-directional sharing of information related to cybersecurity risks and strengthen privacy and civil liberties protections (H.R. 1731), H5760 [29JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), H194 [12JA]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to negotiate or conclude a settlement that includes terms requiring the defendant to donate or contribute funds to an organization or individual, H9015 [7DE]

Dept. of Labor: proposed rules for brokers and financial advisors giving advice on workplace retirement savings, H4495 [18JN]

Dept. of Transportation: recall of defective exploding airbags, E929• [18JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters, H3646 [2JN]

——— improve accountability of employees, H3646 [2JN]

——— resolve backlog of disability claims, H8653 [1DE]

District of Columbia: disapprove law on reproductive health non-discrimination (H.J. Res. 43), consideration (H. Res. 231), H2673, H2680 [30AP]

——— reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res. 480), H7041, H7043, H7045 [21OC]

East Bend, NC: tribute to Christmas celebration, H9274 [11DE]

Education: proposal to provide two years of free tuition for qualifying community college students, H539 [26JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 542), H8877 [2DE]

Employment: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system, H2321 [21AP]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (S. 1124), H2855 [12MY]

Eximbank: reauthorize and reform (H.R. 3611), H6320, H6321 [29SE]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 1031), H1778 [19MR]

Federal-State relations: balance of power between States and Federal Government, H2366 [22AP]

Foreign policy: develop strategy to combat threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), H8158 [16NO]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, H4386 [16JN]

Forests: implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (H.R. 2647), H5760 [29JY]

Forsyth County, NC: inclusion of Early College of Forsyth in Newsweek (publication) ‘‘Best High Schools’’ list, H6315 [29SE]

France: condemn terrorist attacks in Paris, offer condolences to families of the victims, express solidarity with the people of France, and support pursuit of justice against those involved in such attacks, H8158 [16NO]

Government regulations: ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (H.R. 527), H5760 [29JY]

——— ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (H.R. 527), consideration (H. Res. 78), H766, H768, H770 [4FE]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), H95 [7JA], H150 [8JA], H775 [4FE], H5760 [29JY]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), consideration (H. Res. 78), H766, H770 [4FE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2653), H4961 [9JY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2653), H4961 [9JY]

Higher Education Act: reauthorize, H1755 [18MR]

House of Representatives: adjournment (H. Con. Res. 91), H8136 [5NO]

——— moment of silence in memory of victims of terrorist attacks in Paris, H8210 [16NO]

——— reading of U.S. Constitution, H160 [9JA]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 255), H2892 [13MY]

——— open versus restrictive rules, H445, H447 [21JA]

——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 444), H6316 [29SE]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H194 [12JA]

Ingersoll-Rand PLC: anniversary of Mocksville, NC, plant, H4583 [23JN]

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (H.R. 1560), H5760 [29JY]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5916 [10SE]

——— provide congressional review and oversight of any agreements with Iran relative to its nuclear program, E300• [4MR]

——— secure verifiable nuclear agreement with Iran, H4869 [8JY]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), Senate amendment, H4386 [16JN]

——— terminate employment of employees who take certain official actions for political purposes (H.R. 709), H2220 [15AP]

John Locke Foundation: anniversary, H672 [2FE]

Journal: question of approval, H1121 [25FE], H4386 [16JN], H4495 [18JN], H5407 [23JY]

Law enforcement officers: tribute, H5814 [8SE]

Magna Carta: anniversary of signing, H4337 [12JN]

Medicaid: allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (H.R. 3495), consideration (H. Res. 444), H6316, H6318, H6320, H6321, H6322 [29SE]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), H2321 [21AP]

Nagorno-Karabakh: anniversary of genocide in Khojaly, E265• [27FE]

National Apprenticeship Week: observance, H8139 [5NO]

National Forest Products Week: observance, H7099 [22OC]

National Military Family Month: observance, H7350 [2NO]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 764), insert H.R. 3134 language upon passage, H6096 [17SE]

National Women’s History Month: observance, H1749 [18MR]

Natural gas: provide for timely consideration of all licenses, permits, and approvals required under Federal law relative to siting, construction, expansion, or operation of pipeline projects (H.R. 161), H484 [22JA]

——— provide for timely consideration of all licenses, permits, and approvals required under Federal law relative to siting, construction, expansion, or operation of pipeline projects (H.R. 161), consideration (H. Res. 38), H443, H444, H451 [21JA]

NLRB: disapprove rule relative to representation case procedures (S.J. Res. 8), consideration (H. Res. 152), H1775, H1776, H1778, H1780 [19MR]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Aziz Sancar for chemistry, H7200 [27OC]

——— recognition of Paul L. Modrich for chemistry, H7200 [27OC]

North Carolina: tribute to graduating high school seniors, H4363 [15JN]

North Wilkesboro, NC: anniversary of Yadkin Valley Motor Co., H5302 [21JY]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H9015 [7DE]

——— State of the Union Message, H442 [21JA]

——— use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H58 [7JA]

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), H150 [8JA], H2321 [21AP]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), Senate amendments, H8140 [5NO]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H4961 [9JY]

——— implementation, H1638 [16MR]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), H150 [8JA], H2321 [21AP]

——— repeal (H.R. 2653), H4961 [9JY]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (H.R. 1190), consideration (H. Res. 319), H4453 [17JN]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding, H5185 [15JY], H6318 [29SE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), H6316 [29SE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), consideration (H. Res. 421), H6096, H6097, H6099, H6104, H6106, H6108 [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), consideration (H. Res. 542), H8877 [2DE]

Privacy: prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform operation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (H.R. 2048), H5760 [29JY]

——— prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (H.R. 2048), consideration (H. Res. 255), H2892, H2900 [13MY]

Public debt: ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (H.R. 692), consideration (H. Res. 480), H7041 [21OC]

Real estate: provide for a temporary safe harbor from the enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loan transactions (H.R. 3192), H6845 [7OC]

Republican Party: national agenda, H95 [7JA], H2321 [21AP]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H8140 [5NO]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3038), H5409 [23JY]

——— reform performance assessments for workforce development program addressing human resources needs in public transportation, H8140 [5NO]

Rowan County, NC: tribute to Rowan Little League girls’ softball team, H5861 [9SE]

Samaritan’s Purse (organization): tribute to Operation Christmas Child, H8366 [19NO]

SEC: protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 1090), consideration (H. Res. 491), H7204 [27OC]

Serving Our Savior (organization): tribute, H6087 [17SE]

Social Security: extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H2321 [21AP]

Sparta, NC: tribute to Alleghany County Library Books ’n Friends used bookstore, H9209 [10DE]

——— tribute to Alleghany High School girls’ volleyball team, H9032 [8DE]

Statesville, NC: tribute to West Iredell High School Capitol Hill Challenge team, H2886 [13MY]

Taiwan: observance of National Day, E1421• [5OC]

Taxation: allow rollovers from other retirement plans into simple retirement accounts, H5091 [13JY]

——— improve certain education savings plans (H.R. 529), H1574 [4MR]

——— prohibit taxing of investment earnings in 529 college savings accounts upon withdrawal of funds, H537 [26JA]

——— rates, H2118 [13AP]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 1105), H2220 [15AP], H5760 [29JY]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 160), consideration (H. Res. 319), H4453 [17JN]

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 (H.R. 158), H9015 [7DE]

U.N. Commission on the Status of Women: resolution condemning Israel relative to ‘‘Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women’’, H1810 [23MR]

Valdese Weavers Co.: anniversary, E1079• [16JY]

Veterans Day: observance, H7350 [2NO]

Votes: position on missed, H7688• [4NO]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 1732), H3258 [18MY]

——— prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 1732), consideration (H. Res. 231), H2673 [30AP]

Wilkesboro, NC: tribute to Wilkes Central High School girls’ basketball team, H2481 [28AP]

——— tribute to Wilkes Early College High School, H1090 [24FE]

Winston-Salem, NC: tribute to Marvin Ward Elementary School for disaster assistance provided to those affected by flooding in South Carolina, H6984 [20OC]

Yadkin Valley Motor Co.: anniversary, E1081• [16JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H767 [4FE]

Reports filed

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) Select Investigative Panel To Investigate Certain Matters Relative to Fetal Tissue Procurement and Abortion Practices: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 461) (H. Rept. 114–288), H6835 [6OC]

Consideration of H. Res. 132, Committees of the House Expenditures and S.J. Res. 8, Disapprove NLRB Rule Relative to Representation Case Procedures: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 152) (H. Rept. 114–45), H1720 [17MR]

Consideration of H.R. 5, Student Success Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 125) (H. Rept. 114–29), H1162 [25FE]

Consideration of H.R. 7, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 42) (H. Rept. 114–4), H477 [21JA]

Consideration of H.R. 10, District of Columbia Funding for Public Schools, Charter Schools, and Opportunity Scholarship Program Private School Vouchers Reauthorization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 480) (H. Rept. 114–300), H7026 [20OC]

Consideration of H.R. 36, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 255) (H. Rept. 114–111), H2875 [12MY]

Consideration of H.R. 161, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act and H.R. 36, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 38) (H. Rept. 114–3), H429 [20JA]

Consideration of H.R. 527, Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act and H.R. 50, Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 78) (H. Rept. 114–14), H754 [3FE]

Consideration of H.R. 692, Default Prevention Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 480) (H. Rept. 114–300), H7026 [20OC]

Consideration of H.R. 1735, Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities, Prescribing Personnel Strengths, and Military Construction: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 255) (H. Rept. 114–111), H2875 [12MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2048, Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring (USA FREEDOM) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 255) (H. Rept. 114–111), H2875 [12MY]

Consideration of H.R. 3134, Defund Planned Parenthood Act and H.R. 3504, Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 421) (H. Rept. 114–262), H6073 [16SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3495, Women’s Public Health and Safety Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 444) (H. Rept. 114–269), H6306 [28SE]

Consideration of Motions To Suspend House Rules and Consider Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 255) (H. Rept. 114–111), H2875 [12MY]

Same-Day Consideration of Resolutions Allowing Consideration of Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 444) (H. Rept. 114–269), H6306 [28SE]

Tributes

Ballenger, Cass, H1506 [2MR]

Coble, Howard, H7636 [4NO]

Eggers, Stacy, Jr., H669 [2FE]

Gooden, Kenneth, H2218 [15AP]

Smith, Dean E., H989 [12FE]