HARDY, CRESENT (a Representative from Nevada)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H3187 [14MY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4821 [7JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 22, Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, H8136 [5NO]

——— H.R. 1735, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H5086 [10JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 816), H1072 [13FE]

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

Armed Forces: authorize enlistment of certain aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. and provide a way for such aliens to be lawfully admitted to the U.S. through U.S. military service (see H.R. 1989), H5849 [8SE]

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

——— repeal bans on military personnel carrying firearms on military bases and recruitment facilities (see H.R. 3115), H5404 [22JY]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H4593 [23JN]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 2), H814 [4FE]

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H3507 [20MY]

Bureau of Reclamation: require an infrastructure needs assessment report listing major repair and rehabilitation needs at water delivery system facilities (see H.R. 1107), H1368 [26FE]

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), H919 [10FE]

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), H8971 [2DE]

Corps of Engineers: ensure right of individuals to carry firearms at water resources development projects (see H.R. 578), H1116 [24FE]

Courts: prohibit recovery of damages in certain wrongful birth and wrongful life civil actions (see H.R. 281), H1037 [12FE]

Cuba: prohibit transactions with the Cuban military, incentivize arrest of those responsible for attack on U.S. aircraft, coordinate capture of U.S. fugitives, return confiscated property, and support Cuban people (see H.R. 2937), H4770 [25JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: exempt from inspection the slaughter of animals and the preparation of carcasses conducted at a custom slaughter facility (see H.R. 3187), H6261 [25SE]

——— prohibit regulations establishing certain limits for the school lunch program (see H.R. 1504), H3643 [1JN]

——— repeal country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken (see H.R. 2393), H3582 [29MY]

Dept. of Education: authorize Hispanic-serving institutions receiving certain Higher Education Act grants to use such amounts to assist students in entering medical schools (see H.R. 2927), H4863 [7JY]

Dept. of the Interior: convey land to be held in trust for certain Indian tribes in Nevada (see H.R. 2733), H4241 [11JN]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a program to eliminate duplicative environmental reviews and approvals under State and Federal law of rail and highway projects (see H.R. 2497), H3558 [21MY]

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]

——— 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), H3759 [2JN]

——— use authorities to furnish health care at non-departmental facilities to veterans who live more than a certain distance from the closest departmental facility that furnishes the necessary care (see H.R. 577), H1074 [17FE]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: convey certain Federal lands to Nevada in fulfillment of Nevada Statehood Enabling Act (see H.R. 1484), H2036 [25MR]

——— expedite access to Federal lands for good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions (see H.R. 373), H405 [14JA]

——— prohibit the taking of privately held water rights and uphold longstanding State water laws (see H.R. 1830), H3879 [3JN]

——— provide certain Western States assistance in the development of statewide conservation and management plans for the protection and recovery of sage grouse species (see H.R. 1997), H2463 [23AP]

Diseases: improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see H.R. 1130), H3574 [22MY]

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

Douglas County, NV: promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for sensible development (see H.R. 925), H1033 [12FE]

Drought: provide drought assistance to California (see H.R. 2898), H4769 [25JN]

Endangered Species Act: place caps on attorneys fees for suits filed under such Act (see H.R. 2109), H2653 [29AP]

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

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

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), H3758 [2JN]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 2802), H5032 [9JY]

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]

——— require scientific studies used in rulemaking by published (see H.R. 445), H1038 [12FE]

Federal aid programs: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance (see H.R. 918), H6228 [24SE]

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: improve the Compliance, Safety, Accountability initiative (see H.R. 1371), H5469 [23JY]

Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1188), H6076 [16SE]

Firearms: modify definition of ‘‘antique firearm’’ (see H.R. 1114), H3879 [3JN]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H2500 [28AP]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H360 [13JA]

Government regulations: ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (see H.R. 527), H705 [2FE]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (see H.R. 6), H4383 [15JN]

——— 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), H1567 [3MR]

Health care professionals: authorize grants for graduate medical education partnerships in States with a low ratio of medical residents relative to population (see H.R. 1117), H2212 [14AP]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 426), H6137 [17SE]

Immigration: authorize States in which it is proposed to place or resettle a Syrian refugee to refuse such placement or resettlement if it makes certain certifications (see H.R. 4078), H8646 [30NO]

——— provide for operational control of the international border of the U.S. (see H.R. 399), H431 [20JA]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 815), H7625 [3NO]

Iran: clarify conditions for use of Presidential waiver authority for certain sanctions (see H. Res. 454), H6788 [1OC]

——— disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H. Res. 367), H5470 [23JY]

——— enhance congressional oversight over administration of sanctions against certain Iranian terrorism financiers (see H.R. 3662), H6787 [1OC]

Israel: express that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and therefore, consistent with the location of other U.S. embassies, the U.S. embassy in Israel should be located in Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 62), H5172 [14JY]

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

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H4138 [10JN]

Master Chief Petty Officer Jesse Dean Dept. of Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, Laughlin, NV: designate (see H.R. 3969), H8151 [5NO]

Medicare: expand access to stroke telehealth services (see H.R. 2799), H9691 [17DE]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1608), H7390 [2NO]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H6228 [24SE]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H2772 [30AP]

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

Monuments and memorials: prohibit further extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress (see H.R. 488), H531 [22JA]

——— protect private property rights and water rights from infringement as a result of creation of national monuments (see H.R. 3946), H8150 [5NO]

——— require State approval of Presidential proclamation of national monuments (see H.R. 4132), H9206 [9DE]

Motor vehicles: protect consumers from discriminatory State taxes on motor vehicle rentals (see H.R. 1528), H3759 [2JN]

National Entrepreneurs’ Day: designate (see H. Res. 511), H7624 [3NO]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 251), H2799 [5MY]

National parks and recreation areas: broaden an exemption to minimum wage and maximum hours provisions for certain seasonal workers in national parks and forests (see H.R. 2215), H3879 [3JN]

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

——— modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see H.R. 1893), H3917 [4JN]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H4774 [25JN]

Patents: eliminate abusive patent litigation, increase transparency, modernize fee shifting, and provide for small business education and outreach (see H.R. 9), H3758 [2JN]

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]

——— modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H5332 [21JY]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 928), H2475 [27AP]

——— repeal the ‘‘Cadillac Tax’’ on certain high-cost health plans (see H.R. 879), H3564 [21MY]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see H.R. 3134), H5777 [29JY]

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

Recreational vehicles: study proposed vehicle handling requirements for recreational off-highway vehicles and prohibit adoption of such requirements prior to completion of the study (see H.R. 999), H2500 [28AP]

Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (see H.R. 2663), H4138 [10JN]

Roads and highways: extend Interstate Route 11 (see H.R. 1612), H2032 [25MR]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3406), H5767 [29JY]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see H. Res. 534), H8412 [19NO]

Social Security: 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), 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), H7091 [21OC]

States: grant authority to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws on remote or online transactions (see H.R. 2775), H5032 [9JY]

——— provide special standing for State government officials to challenge proposed regulations issued in conjunction with the implementation of Federal laws (see H.R. 1935), H2501 [28AP]

Syria: condemn use of chemical weapons, hold accountable those who use chemical weapons, assist in collection and transfer of evidence on use of such weapons, and call for an international response (see H. Res. 346), H6189 [22SE]

Taiwan: develop a strategy to obtain observer status at the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) (see H.R. 1853), H7390 [2NO]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1882), H2307 [16AP]

——— exclude from gross income payments under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and certain amounts received under the Indian Health Professions Scholarship Program (see H.R. 1842), H2305 [16AP]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H3642 [1JN]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2315), H3759 [2JN]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1105), H2035 [25MR]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 173), H1501 [27FE]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 160), H431 [20JA]

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H8646 [30NO]

——— repeal occupational tax on gambling on wagers authorized under State law (see H.R. 2854), H4775 [25JN]

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

Turkey: support an equitable and stable relationship with Armenia based on full acknowledgment of facts and consequences of the Armenian Genocide and fair and just resolution of this crime against humanity (see H. Res. 154), H2213 [14AP]

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] (see H.R. 1732), H2151 [13AP]

——— remove a financial assistance limitation for certain water projects (see H.R. 3756), H8282 [17NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

BLM: validate certain patent and associated land reconfiguration in Clark and Lincoln Counties, NV (see H.R. 2307), H2957 [13MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, require the President to propose a balanced budget annually, and prohibit debt ceiling increases without congressional approval (see H.J. Res. 79), H9375 [16DE]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: establish wildfire on Federal lands as a major disaster (see H.R. 2996), H5029 [9JY]

Law enforcement: reform oversight of law enforcement activities of the Forest Service and Dept. of the Interior and improve coordination and cooperation with local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 3824), H7174 [23OC]

Mining and mineral resources: provide support to mining schools (see H.R. 3734), H6973 [9OC]

Mount Reagan: designate (see H.R. 2308), H2957 [13MY]

Nevada: facilitate pinyon-juniper related projects in Lincoln County, modify boundaries of certain wilderness areas, and implement conservation plan for the Virgin River (see H.R. 1815), H2268 [15AP]

Public lands: provide for no net increase in acreage of certain Federal lands unless the Federal budget is balanced (see H.R. 1445), H1769 [18MR]

SBA: clarify requirements relative to small business contracts for services (see H.R. 1583), H1899 [24MR]

Constitutional authority statements

BLM: validate certain patent and associated land reconfiguration in Clark and Lincoln Counties, NV (H.R. 2307), H2959 [13MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, require the President to propose a balanced budget annually, and prohibit debt ceiling increases without congressional approval (H.J. Res. 79), H9375 [16DE]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: establish wildfire on Federal lands as a major disaster (H.R. 2996), H5030 [9JY]

Law enforcement: reform oversight of law enforcement activities of the Forest Service and Dept. of the Interior and improve coordination and cooperation with local law enforcement agencies (H.R. 3824), H7175 [23OC]

Mining and mineral resources: provide support to mining schools (H.R. 3734), H6974 [9OC]

Mount Reagan: designate (H.R. 2308), H2959 [13MY]

Nevada: facilitate pinyon-juniper related projects in Lincoln County, modify boundaries of certain wilderness areas, and implement conservation plan for the Virgin River (H.R. 1815), H2270 [15AP]

Public lands: provide for no net increase in acreage of certain Federal lands unless the Federal budget is balanced (H.R. 1445), H1771 [18MR]

SBA: clarify requirements relative to small business contracts for services (H.R. 1583), H1901 [24MR]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1119 [25FE], H1725 [18MR]

Remarks

Basin and Range National Monument: designation, H5034 [10JY], H5176 [15JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, require the President to propose a balanced budget annually, and prohibit debt ceiling increases without congressional approval (H.J. Res. 79), H9359 [16DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H3189 [14MY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4821, H4822 [7JY]

Drought: provide drought assistance to California (H.R. 2898), consideration (H. Res. 362), H5192 [15JY]

Federal agencies and departments: improve coordination of agency actions in preparation and adoption of environmental documents in order to streamline the Federal permitting process (H.R. 348), H6210 [24SE]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 427), H5599 [29JY]

Foreign policy: develop strategy to combat threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), H8233 [16NO]

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, H8233 [16NO]

Government regulations: ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (H.R. 527), H821 [5FE]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (H. Res. 426), H6257 [25SE]

Mining and mineral resources: provide support to mining schools (H.R. 3734), H9299 [11DE]

Monuments and memorials: ensure that national monument designations on lands beneath or associated with a military operations area will not endanger national security, H3189 [14MY]

——— prohibit funding for Presidential designation of national monuments in certain Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Nevada counties, H4821, H4822 [7JY]

Obama, President: prohibit overreach of executive regulatory authority on Federal and private contractors, H6080 [17SE]

Pahrump, NV: delay in construction of new VA clinic, H4436 [17JN]

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), conference report, H8993 [3DE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), Senate amendments, H7416 [3NO]

Public lands: provide for no net increase in acreage of certain Federal lands unless the Federal budget is balanced (H.R. 1445), H1727 [18MR]

Railroads: reauthorize Federal support for passenger rail programs (H.R. 749), H1579 [4MR]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H7416 [3NO], H8993 [3DE]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 2353), H3335 [19MY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3763), H7169 [23OC]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3996), H8213, H8216 [16NO]

Taxation: provide for comprehensive tax reform, H2222 [15AP]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: impact on economy, H5337 [22JY]

Tributes

Baker, Douglas (Stretch), H9016 [7DE]

Hanevold, Grant, H6941 [9OC]

Kirkpatrick, Marilyn, E467• [13AP]

Merida, Otto, E1824• [18DE]

Munford, Harvey, E466• [13AP]

Napoles-Earl, Victoria, E1824• [18DE]

Wall, Betty, H1857 [24MR]