CARTER, JOHN R. (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H3227 [15MY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), H3735 [2JN]

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]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 816), H1116 [24FE]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 36), H431 [20JA]

Armed Forces: provide additional training opportunities for members under the Transition Assistance Program (see H.R. 2133), H2767 [30AP]

——— provide that members and spouses have the same rights regarding receipt of firearms at the location of any duty station (see H.R. 2259), H2876 [12MY]

——— provide that members performing hazardous humanitarian services in West Africa to combat the spread of the ebola outbreak shall be entitled to tax benefits as if serving in a combat zone (see H.R. 694), H755 [3FE]

Army: place in Arlington National Cemetery a memorial honoring helicopter pilots and crew of the Vietnam era (see H.R. 4298), H10710 [18DE]

ATF: prevent reclassification of certain ammunition as armor piercing (see H.R. 1365), H2115 [26MR]

——— prohibit from requiring disclosure of race or ethnicity in the transfer of a firearm (see H.R. 1739), H2773 [30AP]

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

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H2032 [25MR]

Business and industry: affirm private equity plays an important role in growing and strengthening U.S. businesses and that it has fostered significant investment in the U.S. economy (see H. Res. 464), H6835 [6OC]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H4137 [10JN]

Contracts: require potential Federal contractors or grantees to certify they owe no Federal tax debt (see H.R. 1562), H2212 [14AP]

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

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), H4957 [8JY]

Dept. of Energy: enable civilian research and development of advanced nuclear energy technologies by private and public institutions and expand knowledge of nuclear physics, chemistry, and materials science (see H.R. 4084), H8410 [19NO]

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

Dept. of HHS: 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]

——— provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (see H.R. 1818), H3215 [14MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: improve discipline, accountability, and transparency in acquisition program management (see H.R. 2199), H2791 [1MY]

——— make anthrax vaccines and antimicrobials available to emergency response providers (see H.R. 1300), H2156 [13AP]

——— 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), H8242 [16NO]

Dept. of Justice: establish a system for integration of Rapid DNA instruments for use by law enforcement to reduce violent crime and the current DNA analysis backlog (see H.R. 320), H9329 [15DE]

Dept. of State: submit to Congress a report on designation of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization (see H.R. 3646), H6705 [29SE]

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

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

——— provide for removal or demotion of employees based on performance or misconduct (see H.R. 1994), H4383 [15JN]

——— 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]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: establish a prize program to award a prize and contract for the development of a fully-integrated electronic health records program (see H.R. 1590), H2310 [16AP]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 167), H408 [14JA]

——— sell certain Federal land and direct the proceeds from such sales to be applied to Federal budget deficit reduction (see H.R. 1931), H2415 [22AP]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1701), H2467 [23AP]

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

Endangered Species Act: establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements (see H.R. 585), H660 [28JA]

EPA: 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), H5866 [9SE]

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

——— repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 703), H1165 [25FE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 32), H2156 [13AP]

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

FCC: prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program (see H.R. 266), H2154 [13AP]

Federal agencies and departments: ensure functionality and security of new Federal websites that collect personally identifiable information (see H.R. 451), H3214 [14MY]

Federal employees: make persons having seriously delinquent tax debts ineligible for Federal employment (see H.R. 1563), H2212 [14AP]

Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief to community financial institutions (see H.R. 1233), H3921 [8JN]

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 1309), H4432 [16JN]

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

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

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 923), H4862 [7JY] (see H.R. 986), H1068 [13FE]

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

——— provide that silencers would be treated the same as long guns relative to registration and transfer laws (see H.R. 3799), H7137 [22OC]

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

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: 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), H2115 [26MR]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H918 [10FE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2653), H3922 [8JN]

——— 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), H482 [21JA]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 596), H705 [2FE] (see H.R. 2653), H3922 [8JN]

Immigration: assert illegality of Executive orders to implement immigration reform notwithstanding passage of Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations (see H. Con. Res. 28), H2420 [22AP]

——— deny assistance to a State or political subdivision that prohibits officials from taking certain actions relative to immigration (see H.R. 3009), H5404 [22JY]

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

——— give States authority to reject admission of refugees (see H.R. 4032), H8362 [18NO]

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

——— 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), H1498 [27FE]

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

——— require enactment of a joint resolution approving the number of refugees who may be admitted in any fiscal year (see H.R. 3573), H8282 [17NO]

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

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

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

IRS: prohibit asking taxpayers questions relative to religious, political, or social beliefs (see H.R. 1059), H2155 [13AP]

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

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

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H3310 [18MY]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 612), H1116 [24FE] (see H.R. 3222), H5523 [27JY]

Law enforcement: safeguard electronic data stored abroad from improper Government access (see H.R. 1174), H5332 [21JY]

Medicare: adjust wage index determination for certain hospitals near State borders to ensure they are treated in the same manner as nearby facilities in other States (see H.R. 2513), H3917 [4JN]

——— 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), H8242 [16NO]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H7027 [20OC]

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

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), H5239 [15JY]

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]

NSF: include a line item in budget request for Research in Disabilities Education program to support dyslexia research (see H.R. 3033), H6837 [6OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H5332 [21JY]

——— prevent a taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers (see H.R. 221), H3214 [14MY]

——— repeal (see H.R. 132), H482 [21JA] (see H.R. 596), H705 [2FE] (see H.R. 2653), H3922 [8JN]

——— 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), H2212 [14AP]

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

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (see H.R. 666), H754 [3FE] (see H.R. 702), H810 [4FE]

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

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see H.R. 3134), H5592 [28JY]

Real estate: provide for a temporary safe harbor from the enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loan transactions (see H.R. 2213), H4383 [15JN]

Red River: provide legal certainty for property owners along the Red River in Texas (see H.R. 2130), H2767 [30AP]

Refugees: suspend admission into the U.S. in order to examine costs of providing benefits to such individuals (see H.R. 3314), H7626 [3NO]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see H.R. 2406), H4432 [16JN]

SSA: prohibit use of determinations to consider an individual to be adjudicated as mentally defective relative to the sale or transfer of firearms (see H.R. 3516), H6789 [1OC]

Taxation: exclude from gross income any prizes or awards received by Olympic medal winners (see H.R. 2628), H3922 [8JN]

——— extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 2752), H4343 [12JN]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1618 [4MR]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 1752), H7027 [20OC]

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

——— phaseout and repeal the renewable energy production tax credit and reduce corporate income tax (see H.R. 1901), H3215 [14MY]

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

——— repeal dollar limitation on contributions to flexible spending accounts (see H.R. 2207), H2791 [1MY]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 160), H360 [13JA]

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H225 [12JA]

——— terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 27), H360 [13JA]

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), H1372 [26FE]

Unemployment: require drug testing as a condition for application and receipt of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 1136), H1369 [26FE]

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), H757 [3FE] (see H.R. 1732), H2475 [27AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (see H.R. 3128), H5329 [21JY]

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

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 3128), H5331 [21JY]

Immigration: 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 (H.R. 1149), H1500 [27FE]

Motions

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), H1483 [27FE]

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), H6125 [17SE]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H9664 [17DE]

Armed Forces: proposed troop reduction, H5034 [10JY]

ATF: prohibit funding to propose or issue a rule requiring an additional layer of approval from local law enforcement officials to purchase suppressors and certain other firearms, H3735, H3736 [2JN]

Courts: Federal circuit court decision to uphold injunction to block Executive orders on immigration reform, H3771 [3JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), veto, H7096 [22OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: increase State and major urban area fusion centers funding and prohibit limitations on funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H392 [14JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), H272, H273, H340 [13JA], H363, H375 [14JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), motion to instruct conferees, H1486, H1492 [27FE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), motion to recommit, H392 [14JA]

——— making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 35), H1389 [27FE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), Senate amendment, H9664 [17DE]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H340 [13JA], H375 [14JA], H1389, H1492 [27FE]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5935 [10SE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), H6125 [17SE]

Round Rock, TX: anniversary of Palm Valley Lutheran Church, E1608• [5NO]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), H3735, H3736 [2JN]

Southwestern University: anniversary, E172• [5FE]

Votes: position on missed, E216• [13FE], E964• [24JN], E1201• [31JY]

Reports filed

Dept. of Homeland Security Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3128) (H. Rept. 114–215), H5329 [21JY]

Tributes

Bojorquez, Jacob, E1121• [23JY]

Boston, Nancy, E1294• [16SE]

Bourland, Cindy, E436• [26MR]

Campbell, Albert L., E1495• [21OC]

Cearley, Adam, E238• [24FE]

Hernandez, Richard, Sr. (Rocky), E1497• [21OC]

Huggins, Roosevelt, E1499• [21OC]

Jett, Eula, E1509• [22OC]

Jones, Jerri, E1498• [21OC]

Lopez, Guadalupe, E1505• [21OC]

McHugh, Sec. of the Army, E1413• [1OC]

Minosky, George F. (Frank), E1501• [21OC]

Murphy, Sam, E674• [12MY]

Odierno, Raymond T., E897• [15JN]

Pruiett, Jerry C., E1500• [21OC]

Schaaf, Ray, E597• [28AP]

Schannep, Greg, E803• [1JN]

Shoemaker, Robert, E1504• [21OC]

Smith, Gary, E982• [25JN]

Stawasz, Jade, E123• [27JA]

Stephens, Alither M., E67• [14JA]

Stewart, Major, E1503• [21OC]

Torres, Jim, E1502• [21OC]

Tracy, Donald J., E1177• [29JY]

Whittier, Bryan, E1731• [8DE]