FLEISCHMANN, CHARLES J. ‘‘CHUCK’’ (a Representative from Tennessee)

Addresses

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

Amendments

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), H7584 [3NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: 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]

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

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

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: treat employment as field emergency medical service practitioner the same as employment as a firefighter (see H.R. 1440), H1768 [18MR]

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

Armed Forces: repeal bans on military personnel carrying firearms on military bases and recruitment facilities (see H.R. 3115), H5297 [20JY]

ATF: prohibit from requiring disclosure of race or ethnicity in the transfer of a firearm (see H.R. 1739), H2152 [13AP]

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

Business and industry: clarify that no express or implied warranty is provided by reason of a disclosure relating to voluntary participation in the Energy Star program (see H.R. 504), H2655 [29AP]

CBO: modernize scoring of preventive health legislation to assess long-term health savings (see H.R. 3660), H6787 [1OC]

Christmas Day: express that the symbols and traditions of Christmas should be protected for use by those who celebrate Christmas (see H. Res. 564), H9306 [11DE]

Citizenship: clarify that oath of allegiance administered in naturalization process may not be altered (see H.R. 3296), H5763 [29JY]

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]

Congress: provide for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution relative to implementation of immigration laws (see H. Res. 11), H360 [13JA]

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), H6706 [29SE]

Copyrights: allow a rate court to consider other royalty rates when establishing digital performance rates for songwriters and adopt a fair rate standard for reproduction (see H.R. 1283), H3642 [1JN]

Corps of Engineers: ensure right of individuals to carry firearms at water resources development projects (see H.R. 578), H660 [28JA]

Courts: prevent misuse of foreign law in Federal courts (see H.R. 3052), H5333 [21JY]

Credit: modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (see H.R. 650), H1850 [23MR]

——— provide a safe harbor from certain requirements relative to qualified mortgages for residential mortgage loans held on an originating depository institution’s portfolio (see H.R. 1210), H2035 [25MR]

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), H6228 [24SE]

Dept. of Education: reauthorize and improve grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, and improving veteran student centers (see H.R. 1399), H8241 [16NO]

Dept. of Energy: remove authority to amend or issue new energy efficiency standards for ceiling fans (see H.R. 3072), H5236 [15JY]

Dept. of HHS: improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 836), H6180 [18SE]

——— prohibit sale or transactions involving human fetal tissue (see H.R. 3429), H5769 [29JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: certify that refugees admitted to the U.S. from Iraq or Syria are not security threats to the U.S. prior to admission (see H.R. 3999), H8239 [16NO]

Dept. of Justice: provide State officials with access to criminal history information relative to certain financial service providers required to undergo State criminal background checks (see H.R. 2643), H4544 [18JN]

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

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 167), H664 [28JA]

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

——— mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2722), H5174 [14JY]

District of Columbia: disapprove law on reproductive health non-discrimination (see H.J. Res. 43), H2656 [29AP]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H1662 [16MR]

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), H1502 [27FE]

EPA: amend guidelines governing the handling of lead-based paint during remodeling or renovation activities (see H.R. 2328), H3211 [14MY]

——— 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]

——— prevent from exceeding its statutory authority in ways that were not yet contemplated by Congress (see H.R. 3880), H8242 [16NO]

FAA: issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (see H.R. 1086), H2879 [12MY]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 2802), H4863 [7JY]

FDA: establish Federal labeling standards for food with genetically modified ingredients and natural foods (see H.R. 1599), H2467 [23AP]

——— grant authority to modify predicate/grandfather date for regulation of certain newly deemed tobacco products (see H.R. 2058), H4383 [15JN]

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

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 1941), H2415 [22AP]

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

——— provide regulatory relief to community financial institutions (see H.R. 1233), H3254 [15MY]

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

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H2794 [1MY]

——— revise various laws that interfere with the right of people to obtain and use firearms for all lawful purposes (see H.R. 2710), H5943 [10SE]

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

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), H1850 [23MR]

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

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2653), H4652 [24JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 596), H705 [2FE] (see H.R. 2653), H4652 [24JN]

Health care professionals: limit liability of volunteers who provide health care services in response to a disaster (see H.R. 865), H980 [11FE]

——— protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 921), H6138 [17SE]

Horse Protection Act: provide increased protection for horses participating in shows, exhibitions, or sales (see H.R. 4105), H8411 [19NO]

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: 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]

——— require enactment of a joint resolution approving the number of refugees who may be admitted in any fiscal year (see H.R. 3573), H8242 [16NO]

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

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 543), H638 [27JA]

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

Israel: affirm right to defend itself against Iran and support efforts to maintain sovereignty (see H. Res. 500), H7332 [28OC]

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), H7333 [28OC]

Law enforcement: safeguard electronic data stored abroad from improper Government access (see H.R. 1174), H8414 [19NO]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1221), H8646 [30NO]

Medicare: ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 793), H984 [11FE]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 1453), H3391 [19MY]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1221), H8646 [30NO]

——— provide for the non-application of competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories (see H.R. 3229), H8971 [2DE]

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), H5118 [13JY]

Mining and mineral resources: ensure transparency in development of environmental regulations (see H.R. 1644), H5981 [15SE]

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

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]

NLRB: modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see H.R. 1893), H2794 [1MY]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H5788 [4AU]

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]

——— delay provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies until eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed (see H.R. 2711), H5592 [28JY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 33), H225 [12JA] (see H.R. 1191), H1663 [16MR]

——— 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), H5404 [22JY]

——— repeal (see H.R. 596), H705 [2FE] (see H.R. 2653), H4652 [24JN]

——— 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]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (see H.R. 702), H3574 [22MY]

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

Power resources: achieve domestic energy independence by empowering States to control development and production of all forms of energy on all available Federal land (see H.R. 866), H980 [11FE]

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 debt: ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (see H.R. 692), H755 [3FE]

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), H8282 [17NO]

Taiwan: develop a strategy to obtain observer status at the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) (see H.R. 1853), H7254 [27OC]

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: exclude from gross income the discharge of indebtedness income on student loans of deceased veterans (see H.R. 2874), H4650 [24JN]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1372 [26FE]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H3564 [21MY]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 3917), H9013 [3DE]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1718), H2773 [30AP]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 2698), H8242 [16NO]

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

——— require students to be lawfully present and to provide their Social Security number and the educational institution employer identification number for purposes of the education tax credit (see H.R. 2973), H5173 [14JY]

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), H4243 [11JN]

United Kingdom: recognize the self determination of Gibraltar to determine its status as a British Overseas Territory (see H. Res. 110), H2773 [30AP]

Veterans Expedited Recovery Commission: establish to examine mental health treatment models and potential benefits of incorporating certain alternative treatments (see H.R. 271), H3214 [14MY]

Water: anniversary of community water fluoridation (see H. Res. 416), H6750 [30SE]

——— 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), H814 [4FE] (see H.R. 1732), H2475 [27AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: award Purple Heart to members killed or wounded in shootings at military sites in Chattanooga, TN (see H. Res. 383), H5523 [27JY]

Dept. of Transportation: exempt covered heavy-duty tow and recovery vehicles from certain weight limitations (see H.R. 3247), H5588 [28JY]

Federal agencies and departments: enhance authority to pay cash awards to employees for making cost saving disclosures (see H.R. 2532), H3560 [21MY]

——— ensure functionality and security of new Federal websites that collect personally identifiable information (see H.R. 451), H479 [21JA]

Tennessee: take certain Federal lands into trust for the benefit of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (see H.R. 3599), H6227 [24SE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Transportation: exempt covered heavy-duty tow and recovery vehicles from certain weight limitations (H.R. 3247), H5590 [28JY]

Federal agencies and departments: enhance authority to pay cash awards to employees for making cost saving disclosures (H.R. 2532), H3563 [21MY]

——— ensure functionality and security of new Federal websites that collect personally identifiable information (H.R. 451), H481 [21JA]

Tennessee: take certain Federal lands into trust for the benefit of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (H.R. 3599), H6228 [24SE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H227 [13JA], H707 [3FE], H5595 [29JY], H7093 [22OC], H8245 [17NO], H9083 [9DE]

Remarks

Copyrights: allow a rate court to consider other royalty rates when establishing digital performance rates for songwriters and adopt a fair rate standard for reproduction (H.R. 1283), H9199 [9DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), H331 [13JA]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), H2691 [30AP]

Federal Highway Administration: encourage use of geosynthetic materials and other innovative technologies, H7584 [3NO]

Hazardous substances: Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H2691 [30AP]

House of Representatives: moment of silence in memory of Armed Forces members killed at Chattanooga, TN, military sites, H5315 [21JY]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H331 [13JA]

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), Senate amendments, H7584 [3NO]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H7584 [3NO]

Taiwan: observance of National Day, E1437• [6OC]

Tributes

Mahoney, Nell, H7638 [4NO]

Probasco, Scotty, H2359 [22AP]