HURD, WILL (a Representative from Texas)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H168 [9JA]

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H3157, H3195 [14MY]

Dept. of Education: support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H1285 [26FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: enhance multi-directional sharing of information related to cybersecurity risks and strengthen privacy and civil liberties protections (H.R. 1731), H2438 [23AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), H2616 [29AP]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 22, Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, H8278 [17NO]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 2903), H7391 [2NO]

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H6836 [6OC]

Armed Forces: actively recruit members who are separating from military service to serve as Customs and Border Protection Officers (see H.R. 2835), H4541 [18JN]

——— 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), H3508 [20MY]

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

Bearss, Edwin C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2059), H2496 [28AP]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H3564 [21MY]

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), 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), H641 [27JA]

——— issue postage stamp in commemoration of Selma to Montgomery, AL, voting rights marches (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1613 [4MR]

Courts: making emergency appropriations to address needs of the Federal judiciary serving the border region between the U.S. and Mexico (see H.R. 3612), H6259 [25SE]

Dept. of Education: provide students with increased flexibility in the use of Federal Pell Grants (see H.R. 3180), H9376 [16DE]

Dept. of HHS: 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), H6981 [16OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: improve tracking and reporting of employees placed on administrative leave, or any other type of paid non-duty status without charge to leave, for personnel matters (see H.R. 1633), H2033 [25MR]

——— make certain improvements in implementation of the Freedom of Information Act (see H.R. 1615), H2032 [25MR]

——— provide emergency funding for port of entry personnel and infrastructure (see H.R. 883), H5866 [9SE]

——— require annual reports on activities and accomplishments of federally funded research and development centers (see H.R. 1637), H2033 [25MR]

——— strengthen accountability for deployment of border security technology (see H.R. 1634), H2033 [25MR]

——— submit a report to Congress on headquarters consolidation project in the National Capital Region (see H.R. 1640), H2033 [25MR]

Dept. of Labor: create a tiered awards program recognizing meaningful and verifiable efforts by employers to recruit, employ, and retain veterans (see H.R. 3286), H6837 [6OC]

Dept. of the Interior: review economic cost of adding species to endangered or threatened species list (see H.R. 2134), H3759 [2JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: redesign Federal reserve notes to include a likeness of Harriet Tubman (see H.R. 2610), H3757 [2JN]

Dept. of Transportation: modify criteria for selecting communities to participate in the Small Community Air Service Development Program (see H.R. 1084), H1502 [27FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: adjust effective date of certain reductions and discontinuances of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, and pensions (see H.R. 4087), H8410 [19NO]

——— carry out a pilot program to provide veterans the option of using an alternative appeals process to more quickly determine disability claims (see H.R. 800), H5591 [28JY]

——— ensure that veterans may attend pre-apprenticeship programs using certain educational assistance (see H.R. 2551), H3560 [21MY]

——— include licensed hearing aid specialists as eligible for appointment in the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 353), H4383 [15JN]

——— modify distance requirements regarding eligibility of certain veterans to receive medical care and services from non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 1532), H1847 [23MR]

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

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

EPA: 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), H6076 [16SE]

——— issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (see H.R. 1086), H6076 [16SE]

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), H4862 [7JY]

Financial institutions: amend securities, commodities, and banking laws to make information reported to financial regulatory agencies electronically searchable (see H.R. 2477), H7743 [4NO]

——— provide regulatory relief to community financial institutions (see H.R. 1233), H6893 [7OC]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H1068 [13FE]

——— revise various laws that interfere with the right of people to obtain and use firearms for all lawful purposes (see H.R. 2710), H4135 [10JN]

Floresville Veterans Post Office Building, Floresville, TX: designate (see H.R. 891), H2419 [22AP]

Foreign trade: allow public-private partnerships to fund additional staffing and alternative financing for infrastructure improvements at land border ports of entry (see H.R. 875), H5591 [28JY]

FRS: eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see H.R. 3118), H5297 [20JY]

——— provide an exemption from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules and regulations for community financial institutions (see H.R. 3048), H8155 [5NO]

——— 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), H4432 [16JN]

#GivingTuesday: designate (see H. Res. 482), H7026 [20OC]

Health care professionals: protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 921), H6749 [30SE]

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

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), H5291 [16JY]

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

——— 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), H2880 [12MY]

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (see H.R. 3457), H6139 [17SE]

——— use parts of fines levied against companies that do business with Iran to establish a fund to pay claims to Americans held hostage in Iran and their families identified in a certain court case (see H.R. 3338), H5850 [8SE]

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), H3643 [1JN]

Koskinen, John A.: impeach (see H. Res. 494), H7254 [27OC]

Kyle, Christopher S.: award Medal of Honor posthumously (see H.R. 1094), H1502 [27FE]

Law enforcement: strengthen mental health system, improve public safety, and reauthorize and improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 3722), H9329 [15DE]

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

Medicare: provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H6893 [7OC]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H6795 [5OC]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 1427), H4383 [15JN]

——— require reporting of certain data by providers and suppliers of air ambulance services for purposes of reforming reimbursements for such services (see H.R. 822), H1663 [16MR]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H7090 [21OC]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H5943 [10SE]

Nigeria: condemn recent terrorist attacks by, support victims of, strengthen efforts to protect civilians from, and assist search for school girls abducted by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) (see H. Res. 53), H668 [30JA]

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see H.R. 3459), H7626 [3NO]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: report on foreign fighter flows to and from terrorist safe havens abroad (see H.R. 4239), H9306 [11DE]

Pacific Maritime Association: resolve labor negotiations with International Longshore and Warehouse Union with assistance of a mediator and allow Presidential intervention if ports shut down due to a lack of settlement (see H. Res. 108), H1085 [20FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H4432 [16JN]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 928), H4432 [16JN]

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

——— repeal the ‘‘Cadillac Tax’’ on certain high-cost health plans (see H.R. 879), H7742 [4NO]

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

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]

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), H5943 [10SE]

——— repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 711), H5298 [20JY]

Special Operations Forces Appreciation Month: designate (see H. Res. 423), H6075 [16SE]

SSA: prohibit the furnishing of names in a report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System unless a Federal court has determined the individual to be mentally defective (see H.R. 3126), H6139 [17SE]

——— 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), H6261 [25SE]

Taxation: exclude from gross income certain amounts realized on the disposition of property raised or produced by a student farmer (see H.R. 3255), H7091 [21OC]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H1526 [2MR]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1105), H1850 [23MR]

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

Texas Southern University: anniversary (see H. Res. 489), H7174 [23OC]

Texas Western College: anniversary of NCAA men’s basketball championship (see H. Res. 572), H10711 [18DE]

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), H2499 [28AP]

UNESCO: welcome World Heritage Committee inscription of the San Antonio Missions to the World Heritage list, recognize the Missions as having historical and cultural significance, and congratulate people of San Antonio, TX (see H. Res. 358), H5088 [10JY]

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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act: clarify effective date of certain provisions (see H.R. 2252), H2876 [12MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize and deploy the EINSTEIN 3A (E3A) cybersecurity program (see H.R. 3305), H5763 [29JY]

——— reduce duplication of information technology (see H.R. 1626), H2033 [25MR]

——— require State and local coordination on cybersecurity with the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (see H.R. 3869), H7389 [2NO]

Roads and highways: permit border States to designate certain funds for border infrastructure projects (see H.R. 3181), H5465 [23JY]

San Antonio Spurs (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 23), H155 [8JA]

Constitutional authority statements

Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act: clarify effective date of certain provisions (H.R. 2252), H2877 [12MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize and deploy the EINSTEIN 3A (E3A) cybersecurity program (H.R. 3305), H5771 [29JY]

——— reduce duplication of information technology (H.R. 1626), H2034 [25MR]

——— require State and local coordination on cybersecurity with the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (H.R. 3869), H7390 [2NO]

Roads and highways: permit border States to designate certain funds for border infrastructure projects (H.R. 3181), H5467 [23JY]

Remarks

Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act: clarify effective date of certain provisions (H.R. 2252), H2999 [14MY]

Castroville, TX: completion of Landmark Inn State Historic Site restoration, E1757• [10DE]

Corps of Engineers: reimburse local government for certain public works projects, H2758 [30AP]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: prohibit funding for additional base realignment and closure round, H2616 [29AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H3199 [14MY]

Dept. of Education: express importance of safeguarding students’ personally identifiable information, H1285 [26FE]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H1285 [26FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize and codify the EINSTEIN 3A (E3A) Program, H2439 [23AP]

——— enhance multi-directional sharing of information related to cybersecurity risks and strengthen privacy and civil liberties protections (H.R. 1731), H2427, H2438, H2439 [23AP]

——— establish the National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium, H2438 [23AP]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), H334 [13JA]

——— reduce duplication of information technology (H.R. 1626), H4572 [23JN]

——— require State and local coordination on cybersecurity with the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (H.R. 3869), H9255, H9256, H9257 [10DE]

——— study circumstances which may impact the effectiveness and availability of first responders before, during, or after a terrorist threat or event (H.R. 2795), H9257, H9258, H9262 [10DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure veterans health care records are available to health care providers digitally, H2617 [29AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), H2617 [29AP]

Depts. of Defense and Homeland Security: allow all personnel identified as critical to network defense to receive appropriate training for internationally recognized certification exams, H3199 [14MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), H2758 [30AP]

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (S.J. Res. 24), H8827 [1DE]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (S.J. Res. 23), H8827 [1DE]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H334 [13JA]

——— provide for operational control of the international border of the U.S. (H.R. 399), H791 [4FE]

Iran: prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (H.R. 3457), H6765 [1OC]

Nigeria: condemn recent terrorist attacks by, support victims of, strengthen efforts to protect civilians from, and assist search for school girls abducted by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) (H. Res. 53), H1830 [23MR]

NSF: establish science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) grant program for Hispanic-serving institutions, H3451 [20MY]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: report on foreign fighter flows to and from terrorist safe havens abroad (H.R. 4239), H9351 [16DE]

Privacy: prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform operation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (H.R. 2048), H2921 [13MY]

San Elizario, TX: tribute to San Elizario High School boys’ soccer team, E812• [2JN]

Taxation: repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 1105), H2283 [16AP]

Technology: provide for investment in innovation through research, fundamental scientific discovery, and development to improve U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 1806), H3451 [20MY]

Votes: position on missed, H1745• [18MR]

Resignations

Committee on Small Business (House), H1643 [16MR]

Tributes

Cardenas, Esther Ortiz, E1755• [10DE]