JOLLY, DAVID W. (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4825 [7JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), H2607 [29AP]

Articles and editorials

Genshaft’s Education and Economic Success, Tampa (FL) Tribune, E1368• [28SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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

AID: implement policies to end preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally (see H.R. 3706), H7255 [27OC]

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

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (see H.R. 413), H430 [20JA]

Americans With Disabilities Act: promote compliance through education, clarify requirements for demand letters, and provide for a notice and cure period before commencement of a private civil action (see H.R. 3765), H7026 [20OC]

Animals: establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (see H.R. 2493), H5031 [9JY]

——— prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1942), H2416 [22AP]

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

Architect of the Capitol: place a chair honoring American POW/MIA in the Capitol (see H.R. 1670), H2108 [26MR]

Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see H.R. 2067), H2497 [28AP]

——— condemn policy advising the observance of cultural and religious practices in Afghanistan that allow sexual abuse and reinstate Charles Martland as a member of the Army (see H. Res. 451), H6792 [2OC]

——— extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans with a compensable service-connected disability and their dependents (see H.R. 1292), H7175 [23OC]

——— improve security at recruitment centers by allowing officers to carry weapons or improving structural security (see H.R. 3139), H5783 [31JY]

Bankruptcy: make student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 449), H2467 [23AP]

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

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H2467 [23AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 2), H157 [8JA]

Bureau of Prisons: issue oleoresin capsicum spray (pepper spray) to officers and employees in Federal medium-security prisons and higher (see H.R. 472), H984 [11FE]

——— provide secure storage areas on institution grounds outside the secure perimeter for employees authorized to carry firearms (see H.R. 1545), H1848 [23MR]

Business and industry: impose penalties and provide for recovery of removal costs and damages for oil spills from offshore foreign units (see H.R. 1684), H4652 [24JN]

Children and youth: extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (see H.R. 2734), H5089 [10JY]

China: call for an end to forced organ harvesting, investigate organ transplant abuses, end persecution of the Falun Gong, and respond to state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience (see H. Res. 343), H6180 [18SE]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to participants in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act (see H.R. 431), H668 [30JA]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H2959 [13MY]

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

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1671), H7189 [26OC]

Corps of Engineers: authorize Central Everglades Planning Project (see H.R. 230), H155 [8JA]

——— deauthorize the Ten Mile Creek Water Preserve Area Critical Restoration Project (see H.R. 231), H1116 [24FE]

——— modify certain Federal water resources development projects on the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river system (see H.R. 2492), H3557 [21MY]

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

——— provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see H.R. 285), H224 [12JA]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (see H.R. 181), H412 [16JA]

Dept. of Defense: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 2264), H8971 [2DE]

——— develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 802), H1662 [16MR]

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), H5783 [31JY]

——— provide students with increased flexibility in the use of Federal Pell Grants (see H.R. 3180), H5783 [31JY]

——— reauthorize and improve grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, and improving veteran student centers (see H.R. 1399), H2156 [13AP]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (see H.R. 1877), H7743 [4NO]

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

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 3381), H6706 [29SE]

——— improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 836), H916 [10FE]

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

——— limit copayment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the amount applicable to drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier (see H.R. 1600), H2031 [25MR]

——— prevent and treat prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 1462), H4432 [16JN]

——— provide for participation of pediatric subspecialists in the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 1859), H5783 [31JY]

——— provide for systematic data collection and analysis and epidemiological research regarding multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases (see H.R. 292), H1723 [17MR]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (see H.R. 228), H412 [16JA]

Dept. of Labor: award special recognition to employers for veteran-friendly employment practices (see H.R. 3919), H7741 [4NO]

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

——— conduct annual surveys of veterans on experiences obtaining hospital care and medical services from departmental facilities (see H.R. 1319), H1613 [4MR]

——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 1384), H5031 [9JY]

——— enter into a contract with a non-government entity to conduct a survey of individuals on the use of departmental educational assistance (see H.R. 643), H1072 [13FE]

——— establish a national center for diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service (see H.R. 1769), H2656 [29AP]

——— establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at Fort McClellan, AL (see H.R. 2622), H5469 [23JY]

——— expand eligibility for, and benefits under, the family caregiver assistance program and enhance compensation for uniformed services members requiring assistance in everyday life (see H.R. 1969), H5118 [13JY]

——— expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers (see H.R. 2894), H6180 [18SE]

——— extend certain authorities relative to the associations between diseases and exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (see H.R. 3423), H6750 [30SE]

——— furnish non-formulary drugs and medicines to veterans diagnosed with mental health disorders (see H.R. 2123), H6975 [9OC]

——— improve opportunity for veterans to use video conferencing for hearings before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (see H.R. 732), H811 [4FE]

——— improve provision of health care for women veterans (see H.R. 1356), H5031 [9JY]

——— improve treatment of medical evidence provided by non-departmental medical professionals in support of disability claims compensation (see H.R. 1331), H1636 [13MR]

——— include the cost of applying to an institution of higher learning as part of the benefits provided under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 456), H479 [21JA]

——— issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (see H.R. 91), H2794 [1MY]

——— provide additional assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to veterans pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) (see H.R. 748), H5943 [10SE]

——— provide certain disabled veterans beneficiary travel program coverage for travel for certain special disabilities rehabilitation (see H.R. 288), H6937 [8OC]

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 1594), H1900 [24MR]

——— revise definition of spouse for purposes of veterans benefits in recognition of new State definitions of spouse (see H.R. 1598), H2031 [25MR]

Developing countries: authorize aid to reduce poverty and hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, promote agricultural-led economic growth, and build resilience among vulnerable populations (see H.R. 1567), H7090 [21OC]

Disabled: promote and ensure delivery of special education and related services to students with visual and hearing disabilities through appropriate instructional methodologies (see H.R. 3535), H6792 [2OC]

Diseases: improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see H.R. 1130), H4546 [19JN]

——— 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), H6076 [16SE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1701), H4383 [15JN]

Drugs: clarify how synthetic drugs known as analogues are to be regulated (see H.R. 3537), H6136 [17SE]

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 72), H8415 [19NO]

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

——— 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]

——— reauthorize National Estuary Program (see H.R. 944), H1034 [12FE]

——— repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 703), H1038 [12FE]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 597), H661 [28JA]

——— reauthorize and reform (see H.R. 3611), H6706 [29SE]

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), H4432 [16JN]

FCC: prohibit reclassification of broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service and from imposing certain regulations on providers of such service (see H.R. 1212), H5118 [13JY]

Federal agencies and departments: create an expedited procedure to enact GAO recommendations for consolidation and elimination to reduce duplication (see H.R. 484), H530 [22JA]

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

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 427), H478 [21JA]

——— reduce duplication and increase efficiency (see H.R. 614), H662 [28JA]

——— require zero-based budgeting (see H.R. 1591), H1899 [24MR]

Federal employees: provide leave to a new employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at a certain percentage for purposes of undergoing treatment for such disability (see H.R. 313), H757 [3FE]

FEMA: enhance existing programs providing disaster mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes (see H.R. 1748), H4544 [18JN]

——— ensure fairness in premium rates for coverage for business properties and residences under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 2918), H6180 [18SE]

——— require periodic GAO reviews of the flood insurance rates and flood insurance rate maps under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 3317), H5764 [29JY]

Financial institutions: establish deferred presentment transaction requirements (see H.R. 4018), H8972 [2DE]

——— improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 1941), H3643 [1JN]

——— improve regulation and the mortgage finance system (see H.R. 1389), H3507 [20MY]

——— provide regulatory relief to community financial institutions (see H.R. 1233), H2419 [22AP]

——— provide requirements for Federal banking agencies when directing a depository institution to terminate a specific customer account and provide for additional requirements relative to certain subpoenas (see H.R. 766), H5848 [8SE]

——— require regulatory agencies to take risk profiles and business models of institutions into account when taking regulatory actions (see H.R. 2896), H8362 [18NO]

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 1309), H3254 [15MY]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 402), H412 [16JA]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H4652 [24JN]

——— update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 2246), H3582 [29MY]

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), H5466 [23JY]

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

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

Floods: clarify that any private flood insurance policy accepted by a State shall satisfy the mandatory purchase requirement (see H.R. 2901), H5032 [9JY]

Flowers: recognize the daisy as the flower for military caregivers (see H. Con. Res. 49), H3561 [21MY]

Fraternal organizations: recognize benefits provided by tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies to their members and communities (see H. Con. Res. 19), H5239 [15JY]

FRS: establish advisory boards for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see H.R. 1195), H1806 [19MR]

——— nullify certain guidance by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and provide requirements for guidance issued by the Bureau relative to indirect auto lending (see H.R. 1737), H4432 [16JN]

——— replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a 5-person commission and establish it as the Financial Product Safety Commission (see H.R. 1266), H6749 [30SE]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H36 [6JA]

——— require Senate confirmation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Inspector General (see H.R. 957), H6307 [28SE]

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

Health: protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 940), H1034 [12FE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal (see H.R. 132), H157 [8JA]

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

Health care professionals: protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 921), H2959 [13MY]

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

House Rules: require each report of a committee on a public bill or public joint resolution to include an analysis of whether the bill or joint resolution creates a program, office, or initiative that would be duplicative (see H. Res. 45), H532 [22JA]

Human rights: identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking, review trafficking prevention efforts, and improve trafficking victims’ assistance grants (see H.R. 350), H404 [14JA]

Immigration: detain any unlawfully present alien who is arrested for certain criminal offenses (see H.R. 2942), H5032 [9JY]

——— increase penalties applicable to aliens who unlawfully reenter the U.S. after being removed (see H.R. 3011), H5469 [23JY]

——— prohibit executive branch from exempting from removal categories of aliens considered to be unlawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 38), H37 [6JA]

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

——— reform EB–5 immigrant investor visa program (see H.R. 616), H2821 [8MY]

——— repeal sunset of the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program (see H.R. 3631), H6306 [28SE]

Insurance: 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), H5783 [31JY]

——— require consultation with Congress, insurers, and consumers relative to domestic and international insurance standards, regulations, or frameworks (see H.R. 2141), H6180 [18SE]

Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2744), H5332 [21JY]

Iran: disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H. Res. 367), H5593 [28JY]

——— immediately release U.S. citizens that it holds and provide all known information on any U.S. citizens that have disappeared within its borders (see H. Res. 233), H3565 [21MY]

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (see H.R. 3457), H6706 [29SE]

IRS: clarify use of credentials by enrolled agents (see H.R. 828), H5468 [23JY]

——— 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), H2500 [28AP]

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), H5468 [23JY]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H5404 [22JY]

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

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see H.R. 1814), H5592 [28JY]

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), H3759 [2JN]

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

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1221), H3582 [29MY]

——— 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: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see H.R. 556), H1071 [13FE]

——— improve access to hospice care (see H.R. 3037), H5592 [28JY]

——— improve risk adjustment under Medicare Advantage program and delay authority to terminate Medicare Advantage contracts of plans failing to achieve minimum quality ratings (see H.R. 2582), H4432 [16JN]

——— increase access to ambulance services and reform payments for such services (see H.R. 745), H2799 [5MY]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 1453), H4774 [25JN]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1221), H3582 [29MY]

——— provide beneficiary access to eye tracking accessories for speech generating devices and remove the rental cap for durable medical equipment relative to speech generating devices (see H.R. 628), H2879 [12MY]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H2879 [12MY]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H757 [3FE]

——— provide for a phased-in expansion of telehealth coverage (see H.R. 2948), H5239 [15JY]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 1516), H4544 [18JN]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 1427), H2156 [13AP]

——— provide for demonstration project to evaluate the fiscal impact of covering low vision devices as durable medical equipment (see H.R. 729), H1072 [13FE]

——— provide for the non-application of competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories (see H.R. 3229), H6789 [1OC]

——— reduce incidence of diabetes among beneficiaries (see H.R. 2102), H4493 [17JN]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 775), H5468 [23JY]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H3214 [14MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: continue use of quarterly reporting period for health care providers to demonstrate meaningful uses under electronic health records incentive payment programs (see H.R. 270), H1723 [17MR]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 109), H157 [8JA]

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), H7333 [28OC]

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 731), H811 [4FE]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 2297), H3215 [14MY]

Motor vehicles: protect consumers from discriminatory State taxes on motor vehicle rentals (see H.R. 1528), H4243 [11JN]

——— reduce fuel economy obligations of automobile manufacturers whose fleets contain a certain percentage of fuel choice enabling vehicles (see H.R. 2418), H7333 [28OC]

——— require dealers to disclose the presence of event data recorders on new automobiles and require manufacturers to provide the option to enable or disable such devices (see H.R. 2526), H8281 [17NO]

National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 259), H3254 [15MY]

National Guard: modify and extend the State Partnership Program (see H.R. 1614), H7139 [22OC]

National parks and recreation areas: make the America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Pass available at a discount to veterans (see H.R. 1505), H5592 [28JY]

——— provide a lifetime America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Pass to any veteran with a service-connected disability (see H.R. 388), H405 [14JA]

Native Americans: 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), H7090 [21OC]

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 (see H.R. 161), H431 [20JA]

Nepal: express condolences to and solidarity with the people of Nepal following earthquake (see H. Res. 235), H2654 [29AP]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H3565 [21MY]

NIH: expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (see H.R. 619), H2155 [13AP]

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see H.R. 3459), H6789 [1OC]

——— disapprove rule relative to representation case procedures (see H.J. Res. 29), H7091 [21OC]

NOAA: conduct coastal community vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification (see H.R. 2553), H5776 [29JY]

——— identify, declare, and respond to marine disease emergencies (see H.R. 936), H1034 [12FE]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H5293 [16JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 22), H36 [6JA]

——— exempt student workers from determination of higher education institutions’ employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 210), H664 [28JA]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 30), H36 [6JA]

——— modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H4383 [15JN]

——— repeal (see H.R. 132), H157 [8JA] (see H.R. 596), H668 [30JA]

——— repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 1270), H4774 [25JN]

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

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

——— repeal provisions relative to annual period for disenrollment from Medicare Advantage plans to elect to receive original Medicare fee-for-service benefits (see H.R. 588), H1723 [17MR]

——— repeal the ‘‘Cadillac Tax’’ on certain high-cost health plans (see H.R. 879), H9026 [7DE]

——— repeal the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program in the individual market (see H.R. 1886), H3391 [19MY]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 12), H664 [28JA]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 28), H1807 [19MR]

——— modernize and maintain post office network (see H. Res. 501), H8155 [5NO]

——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H3759 [2JN]

Privacy: update privacy protections for electronic communications information that is stored by third-party service providers in order to protect consumer privacy while meeting law enforcement needs (see H.R. 699), H810 [4FE]

Public documents: prohibit the Government sale of Government documents that are available for free online by abolishing the National Technical Information Service (see H.R. 443), H757 [3FE]

Regulatory Improvement Commission: establish (see H.R. 1407), H1721 [17MR]

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

SEC: exempt from registration brokers participating in the transfer of ownership of smaller privately-held companies (see H.R. 686), H4137 [10JN]

——— protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (see H.R. 1090), H7090 [21OC]

Sergeant First Class Daniel M. Ferguson Post Office, Mulberry, FL: designate (see H.R. 1326), H1613 [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), H2271 [15AP]

Social Security: provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see H.R. 546), H705 [2FE]

——— revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington’s disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington’s disease (see H.R. 842), H5591 [28JY]

Sports: improve integrity and safety of interstate horseracing by requiring a uniform anti-doping program to be enforced by an independent Thoroughbred Horseracing Anti-Doping Authority (see H.R. 3084), H5469 [23JY]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2820), H4541 [18JN]

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

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 1002), H1771 [18MR]

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

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 1142), H1723 [17MR]

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

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H1662 [16MR]

——— phaseout Highway Trust Fund Mass Transit Account (see H.R. 1551), H1848 [23MR]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1718), H2110 [26MR]

——— provide families with more discretion in the use of, and contributions to, flexible spending accounts for healthcare services (see H.R. 1185), H2799 [5MY]

——— provide tax relief for certain major disasters and make certain tax relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 3110), H7254 [27OC]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 232), H2356 [21AP]

——— reform and reset the excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 767), H853 [5FE]

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

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 2698), H4774 [25JN]

——— 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]

——— temporarily allow expensing of certain costs of replanting citrus plants lost by reason of casualty (see H.R. 3957), H8150 [5NO]

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]

Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (see H.R. 2716), H4135 [10JN]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1401), H2035 [25MR]

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy: allow for a contract for operation of Melville Hall after receipt of gift for renovation of such hall (see H.R. 321), H358 [13JA]

Veterans: acknowledge contributions to general welfare and security of the U.S., recognize debt to veterans should include a decent home and suitable living environment, and end veteran homelessness (see H. Res. 211), H2315 [17AP]

——— expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H357 [13JA] (see H.R. 333), H641 [27JA]

——— honor veterans disabled for life (see H. Con. Res. 53), H3577 [26MY]

——— provide for coordination between TRICARE and eligibility to make contributions to health savings accounts (see H.R. 868), H1618 [4MR]

Veterans Expedited Recovery Commission: establish to examine mental health treatment models and potential benefits of incorporating certain alternative treatments (see H.R. 271), H223 [12JA]

Vietnamese Conflict: recognize contributions of Khmer, Laotian, Hmong, and Montagnard Freedom Fighters and the people of Cambodia and Laos in support and defense of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Res. 210), H6077 [16SE]

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 (see H.R. 594), H660 [28JA]

——— remove a financial assistance limitation for certain water projects (see H.R. 3756), H7626 [3NO]

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

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (see H.R. 3929), H7742 [4NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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), H866 [9FE]

Coast Guard: expand Coast Guard Junior ROTC Program to include a unit at Pinellas Park High School, Pinellas Park, FL (see H.R. 142), H40 [6JA]

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]

——— require Federal, State, and local agencies to which surplus military equipment and property is sold or donated demonstrate they are certified, trained, or licensed in proper operation of the equipment (see H.R. 139), H40 [6JA]

Dept. of HHS: revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see H.R. 938), H1034 [12FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand and make permanent the Veterans Choice Program (see H.R. 3183), H5465 [23JY]

——— increase amount of special pension for Medal of Honor recipients (see H.R. 3491), H5974 [11SE]

——— make certain improvements to the monthly housing stipend payable under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 2465), H3505 [20MY]

FEMA: ensure fairness in premium rates for coverage for business properties and second homes under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 141), H40 [6JA]

Fish and fishing: authorize grants for data collection for use in stock assessments of red snapper and other reef fish species in the Gulf of Mexico (see H.R. 3521), H6074 [16SE]

——— authorize grants for data collection for use in stock assessments of red snapper and other reef fish species in the South Atlantic (see H.R. 3644), H6704 [29SE]

House Rules: mandate that the House be in session a certain minimum number of hours each week other than a week that is designated as a district work period (see H. Res. 457), H6788 [1OC]

Housing: provide a tax credit for replacement costs associated with certain imported corrosive drywall and allow use of Community Development Block Grant Program amounts for repairs to housing constructed with such drywall (see H.R. 3545), H6136 [17SE]

Immigration: permit certain E–2 nonimmigrant investors to adjust status to lawful permanent resident (see H.R. 1834), H2305 [16AP]

Outer Continental Shelf: extend the moratorium on oil and gas leasing and related activities in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico (see H.R. 2630), H3877 [3JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal the individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 143), H40 [6JA]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (see H.R. 3301), H5763 [29JY]

Social Security: provide for treatment of disability rated and certified as total by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs as disability for purposes of disability titles (see H.R. 3499), H5974 [11SE]

Taxation: establish a maximum rate of Federal, State, and local tax imposed on taxpayers (see H.R. 144), H40 [6JA]

——— make permanent the work opportunity tax credit and allow the transfer of such credit in the case of contracted veterans (see H.R. 145), H41 [6JA]

Constitutional authority statements

Capital punishment: provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty relative to killing law enforcement officers or first responders (H.R. 814), H866 [9FE]

Coast Guard: expand Coast Guard Junior ROTC Program to include a unit at Pinellas Park High School, Pinellas Park, FL (H.R. 142), H47 [6JA]

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 (H.R. 654), H704 [2FE]

——— require Federal, State, and local agencies to which surplus military equipment and property is sold or donated demonstrate they are certified, trained, or licensed in proper operation of the equipment (H.R. 139), H47 [6JA]

Dept. of HHS: revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (H.R. 938), H1037 [12FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand and make permanent the Veterans Choice Program (H.R. 3183), H5467 [23JY]

——— increase amount of special pension for Medal of Honor recipients (H.R. 3491), H5975 [11SE]

——— make certain improvements to the monthly housing stipend payable under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program (H.R. 2465), H3506 [20MY]

FEMA: ensure fairness in premium rates for coverage for business properties and second homes under the National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 141), H47 [6JA]

Fish and fishing: authorize grants for data collection for use in stock assessments of red snapper and other reef fish species in the Gulf of Mexico (H.R. 3521), H6075 [16SE]

——— authorize grants for data collection for use in stock assessments of red snapper and other reef fish species in the South Atlantic (H.R. 3644), H6705 [29SE]

Housing: provide a tax credit for replacement costs associated with certain imported corrosive drywall and allow use of Community Development Block Grant Program amounts for repairs to housing constructed with such drywall (H.R. 3545), H6138 [17SE]

Immigration: permit certain E–2 nonimmigrant investors to adjust status to lawful permanent resident (H.R. 1834), H2308 [16AP]

Outer Continental Shelf: extend the moratorium on oil and gas leasing and related activities in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico (H.R. 2630), H3878 [3JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 143), H47 [6JA]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (H.R. 3301), H5771 [29JY]

Social Security: provide for treatment of disability rated and certified as total by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs as disability for purposes of disability titles (H.R. 3499), H5975 [11SE]

Taxation: establish a maximum rate of Federal, State, and local tax imposed on taxpayers (H.R. 144), H47 [6JA]

——— make permanent the work opportunity tax credit and allow the transfer of such credit in the case of contracted veterans (H.R. 145), H48 [6JA]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H107 [8JA], H413 [20JA], H759 [4FE], H921 [11FE], H2215 [15AP], H4007 [10JN], H6709 [30SE], H8283 [18NO], H9027 [8DE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H6313 [29SE]

Remarks

Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month: observance, H4657 [25JN]

Appropriations: making continuing, H6737 [30SE]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), H973, H975 [11FE]

Clearwater, FL: anniversary, H4018 [10JN]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit funding to carry out closure or transfer of U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H2607 [29AP]

——— 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 (H.R. 654), H973 [11FE]

——— require Federal, State, and local agencies to which surplus military equipment and property is sold or donated demonstrate they are certified, trained, or licensed in proper operation of the equipment (H.R. 139), H630 [27JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), H1160 [25FE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), motion to instruct conferees, H1486 [27FE]

Dept. of Justice: improve enforcement efforts relative to prescription drug diversion and abuse (H.R. 471), H2331 [21AP]

Dept. of Labor: proposed rules for brokers and financial advisors giving advice on workplace retirement savings, H4959 [9JY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4825, H4826 [7JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), H2607 [29AP], H2663 [30AP]

Education: proposal to provide two years of free tuition for qualifying community college students, H469 [21JA]

Fish and fishing: provide for innovative data collection initiative to improve fish stock assessments and research of Gulf of Mexico fisheries, E839• [4JN]

Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation: anniversary, H7260 [28OC]

Florida: tribute to Tampa Bay Estuary Program, H3882• [4JN]

Foreign policy: develop strategy to combat threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), H6084 [17SE]

Immigration: deny assistance to a State or political subdivision that prohibits officials from taking certain actions relative to immigration (H.R. 3009), H5408 [23JY]

——— prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H1160 [25FE]

——— reform, H469, H470 [21JA]

Kirkwood, Philip: Congressional Gold Medal recipient, H3545 [21MY]

Largo, FL: tribute to Fuguitt Elementary School honor guard, H1089 [24FE]

Law Enforcement Appreciation Day: observance, H184, H185 [9JA]

Law enforcement officers: tribute, H630 [27JA]

Medicare: provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (H.R. 1559), H4657 [25JN]

National Manufacturing Day: observance, H6940 [9OC]

Netanyahu, Benjamin: invitation to address Congress, H925, H974, H975 [11FE]

Obama, President: constitutionality of Executive actions, H972, H975 [11FE]

——— State of the Union Message, H467, H469, H470 [21JA]

Outer Continental Shelf: prohibit funding to research, investigate, or study offshore drilling in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area, H4825, H4826 [7JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), H3669 [2JN], E839• [4JN]

St. Petersburg, FL: anniversary of Mahaffey Theater, H2964 [14MY]

Taxation: establish a maximum rate of Federal, State, and local tax imposed on taxpayers (H.R. 144), H2201 [14AP]

——— make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (H.R. 622), H2201 [14AP]

——— reform the Federal tax code, H2200 [14AP]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 1105), H2201 [14AP]

Transportation Security Administration: conform to existing Federal law and regulations relative to criminal investigator positions (H.R. 719), Senate amendment, H6737 [30SE]

Trump, Donald: call for end of Presidential candidacy, H9028 [8DE]

——— characterization of remarks relative to immigration, H9028 [8DE]

University of South Florida St. Petersburg: anniversary, H5863 [9SE]

Votes: correction, E865• [10JN]

——— position on missed, E968• [24JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H3640 [1JN], H4540 [18JN]

Tributes

Albero, Richard, H4385 [16JN]

Allen, William M., H438 [21JA]

Chalmers, John M. (Jack), H5538 [28JY]

Genshaft, Judy, E1368• [28SE]

Green, Henry, H8250 [17NO]

Gregory, Sheila, E294• [3MR]

Kondek, Charles, H185 [9JA]

Piazza, John J., Sr., H8870 [2DE]

Pritchard, Tom, H8864 [2DE]

Ray, Rochelle Tatrai, H2784 [1MY]

Rice, William, H3771 [3JN]

Ruiz, Kcey E., H7167 [23OC]

Sembler, Betty, H5528 [28JY]

Sembler, Debbie Nye, H7099 [22OC]

Thomas, Dorene, H2398 [22AP]

Visot, Luis R., E1804• [16DE]