MARCHANT, KENNY (a Representative from Texas)

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), H6139 [17SE]

——— 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), H190 [9JA]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 2903), H6937 [8OC]

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), H7175 [23OC]

ATF: prevent reclassification of certain ammunition as armor piercing (see H.R. 1365), H2156 [13AP]

BLS: require determination of the prevailing wage utilized under the Davis-Bacon Act (see H.R. 924), H2959 [13MY]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H1567 [3MR]

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H5404 [22JY]

Bureau of the Census: make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions (see H.R. 2255), H4003 [9JN]

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]

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), H5850 [8SE]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H7254 [27OC]

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), H1627 [10MR]

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), H4593 [23JN]

Courts: provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (see H.R. 3326), H8646 [30NO]

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), H1618 [4MR]

Crime: prevent identity theft and tax fraud (see H.R. 3832), H7391 [2NO]

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

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

——— provide for participation of pediatric subspecialists in the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 1859), H5776 [29JY]

——— revise operations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (see H.R. 1151), H3565 [21MY]

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), H5469 [23JY]

Dept. of Transportation: create National Hiring Standard for Motor Carriers to enhance interstate commerce (see H.R. 1120), H4774 [25JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll on the Marshall Islands who are suffering from radiation-related illness (see H.R. 3870), H8242 [16NO]

——— require vendors of automobile adaptive equipment to be certified or licensed to ensure adherence to quality, performance, and safety standards (see H.R. 3471), H8281 [17NO]

District of Columbia: disapprove law on reproductive health non-discrimination (see H.J. Res. 43), H2773 [30AP]

Education: prohibit Federal mandating, incentivizing, or coercing of States to adopt Common Core State Standards or any other specific academic standards, content, or curricula (see H.R. 524), H581 [26JA]

Employment: make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 1147), H1618 [4MR]

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), H1618 [4MR]

EPA: improve establishment of any lower ground-level ozone standards (see H.R. 1388), H1850 [23MR]

——— 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), H810 [4FE]

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), H1806 [19MR]

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

FCC: extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 1301), H5469 [23JY]

——— prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program (see H.R. 266), H2467 [23AP]

Federal aid programs: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance (see H.R. 918), H5775 [29JY]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: withdraw and study proposed rule on Federal Home Loan Bank membership (see H.R. 3808), H8861 [1DE]

Federal-State relations: require Federal agencies to look at a person’s legal residence when determining marital status and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 824), H1373 [26FE]

Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief to community financial institutions (see H.R. 1233), H2794 [1MY]

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

Firearms: more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 131), H1037 [12FE]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 923), H1166 [25FE] (see H.R. 986), H9307 [11DE]

——— provide that silencers would be treated the same as long guns relative to registration and transfer laws (see H.R. 3799), H7391 [2NO]

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

Fraternal organizations: recognize benefits provided by tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies to their members and communities (see H. Con. Res. 19), H5777 [29JY]

FRS: 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), H4593 [23JN]

——— provide an exemption from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules and regulations for community financial institutions (see H.R. 3048), H5333 [21JY]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H757 [3FE]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (see H.R. 6), H3574 [22MY]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2653), H5525 [27JY]

——— 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]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2300), H3254 [15MY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 596), H705 [2FE] (see H.R. 2300), H3254 [15MY] (see H.R. 2653), H5525 [27JY]

Health care professionals: authorize physicians to transport controlled substances from a practice setting to another practice setting or disaster area (see H.R. 3014), H5029 [9JY]

——— protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 921), H2794 [1MY]

Immigration: assert illegality of Executive orders to implement immigration reform notwithstanding passage of Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations (see H. Con. Res. 28), H2156 [13AP]

——— clarify classes of individuals born in the U.S. who are nationals and citizens of the U.S. at birth (see H.R. 140), H2035 [25MR]

——— ensure State and local compliance with all Federal immigration detainers on aliens in custody (see H.R. 3437), H9013 [3DE]

——— 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), H1624 [6MR]

——— 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]

——— give States authority to reject admission of refugees (see H.R. 4032), H8415 [19NO]

——— 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), H9272 [10DE]

——— 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), H1618 [4MR]

——— increase penalties applicable to aliens who unlawfully reenter the U.S. after being removed (see H.R. 3011), H5029 [9JY]

——— prohibit aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. from being eligible for postsecondary education benefits not available to all citizens and U.S. nationals (see H.R. 3566), H6706 [29SE]

——— prohibit funding for executive branch overreach and clarify that proper constitutional authority for immigration policy belongs to Congress (see H.R. 191), H157 [8JA]

——— reform policies relative to family-sponsored immigrants and reduce the number of such immigrants (see H.R. 604), H661 [28JA]

——— 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]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 815), H3879 [3JN]

——— 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), H5525 [27JY]

Iran: block Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps access to global economy, require congressional approval of removal from state sponsors of terrorism list, and impose conditions to normalization of economic relations (see H.R. 4257), H9328 [15DE]

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

——— 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), H3759 [2JN]

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (see H.R. 3457), H6180 [18SE]

IRS: prohibit asking taxpayers questions relative to religious, political, or social beliefs (see H.R. 1059), H1618 [4MR]

——— prohibit modification of the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare (see H.R. 599), H668 [30JA]

——— prohibit performance awards for employees who owe back taxes (see H.R. 1817), H3391 [19MY]

——— provide a safe harbor for de minimis errors on information returns and payee statements (see H.R. 3856), H7391 [2NO]

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), H2773 [30AP]

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

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 612), H661 [28JA] (see H.R. 3222), H9026 [7DE]

Law enforcement: safeguard electronic data stored abroad from improper Government access (see H.R. 1174), H1624 [6MR]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H1526 [2MR]

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), H3759 [2JN]

——— amend the application of secondary payer rules to workers’ compensation settlement agreements and set-asides under such agreements (see H.R. 2649), H9080 [8DE]

——— 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), H8362 [18NO]

——— ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 2043), H3565 [21MY]

——— establish a payment option to freely contract, without penalty, for fee-for-service items and services, while allowing beneficiaries to use their benefits (see H.R. 1650), H2271 [15AP]

——— make adjustments relative to competitive bidding program and durable medical equipment and establish a durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) market pricing program project (see H.R. 4185), H9308 [11DE]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 1453), H1769 [18MR]

——— modify payment for outpatient department procedures that utilize drugs as supplies (see H.R. 1178), H3310 [18MY]

——— permit certain providers licensed in a State to provide telemedicine services to certain beneficiaries in a different State (see H.R. 3081), H5236 [15JY]

——— permit review of certain payment determinations for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3024), H5293 [16JY]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1608), H10712 [18DE]

——— provide for a phased-in expansion of telehealth coverage (see H.R. 2948), H5849 [8SE]

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

——— suspend implementation of zip code reclassifications for payment for ambulance services (see H.R. 817), H2500 [28AP]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H4544 [18JN]

Mining and mineral resources: promote domestic production of critical minerals and materials (see H.R. 1937), H2467 [23AP]

Motor vehicles: exempt certain class A driver’s license holders in the agriculture industry from requirement to obtain a hazardous material endorsement when operating certain service vehicles (see H.R. 1267), H1850 [23MR]

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

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H3309 [18MY]

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), H1072 [13FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: 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), H4774 [25JN]

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (see H.R. 555), H1165 [25FE]

——— repeal (see H.R. 596), H705 [2FE] (see H.R. 2300), H3254 [15MY] (see H.R. 2653), H5525 [27JY]

——— 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 the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program in the individual market (see H.R. 1886), H2467 [23AP]

——— require participation in health care exchanges by Supreme Court Justices and staff (see H.R. 2905), H5777 [29JY]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see H.R. 863), H3390 [19MY]

Pensions: prohibit Federal bailout of, or other Federal assistance to, State and local government pension plans (see H.R. 1476), H2271 [15AP]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (see H.R. 702), H1850 [23MR]

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

Pharmaceuticals: clarify the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers (see H.R. 3618), H7091 [21OC] (see H.R. 3678), H6787 [1OC]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see H.R. 3134), H5405 [22JY]

Privacy: clarify prohibition on warrantless searching of collections of communications for U.S. persons (see H.R. 2233), H3565 [21MY]

——— protect financial information of consumers and require notice of security breaches (see H.R. 2205), H5238 [15JY]

——— 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 welfare programs: prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H.R. 1179), H1499 [27FE]

Refugees: suspend admission into the U.S. in order to examine costs of providing benefits to such individuals (see H.R. 3314), H7391 [2NO]

Securities: determine a customer’s net equity based on the customer’s last statement, prohibit certain recoveries, and change how trustees are appointed (see H.R. 1982), H2462 [23AP]

Social Security: exclude certain medical sources of evidence in making disability determinations (see H.R. 1936), H2415 [22AP]

——— exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 1716), H2110 [26MR]

——— repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 711), H1116 [24FE]

SSA: make on-line tools available to allow individuals to assess the impact of earnings on eligibility for, and amount of, disability benefits received through Federal and State programs (see H.R. 1795), H2268 [15AP]

——— 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), H6706 [29SE]

——— update medical-vocational guidelines used in disability determinations (see H.R. 1800), H2268 [15AP]

Tariff: eliminate on technological goods providing educational value for children (see H.R. 1063), H1373 [26FE]

——— increase the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (see H.R. 978), H1373 [26FE]

Taxation: ensure that tax return preparers demonstrate minimum standards of competency (see H.R. 4141), H8972 [2DE]

——— exclude certain compensation received by public safety officers and their dependents from gross income (see H.R. 606), H2772 [30AP]

——— exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2128), H2767 [30AP]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 2096), H3565 [21MY]

——— extend special expensing rules for certain film and television productions and provide for special expensing for live theatrical productions (see H.R. 2405), H5776 [29JY]

——— improve certain education savings plans (see H.R. 529), H705 [2FE]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 1752), H3507 [20MY]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 1142), H1568 [3MR]

——— 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), H1618 [4MR]

——— modify and make permanent bonus depreciation (see H.R. 2510), H3558 [21MY]

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

——— permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see H.R. 765), H5591 [28JY]

——— permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 961), H5404 [22JY]

——— prevent claims of the earned income tax credit by individuals receiving Social Security numbers and work authorizations pursuant to certain deferred action programs (see H.R. 1298), H1850 [23MR]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 2061), H3508 [20MY]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1718), H3310 [18MY]

——— provide for deductibility of charitable contributions to agricultural research organizations (see H.R. 2838), H4541 [18JN]

——— provide for S corporation reform (see H.R. 2788), H4493 [17JN]

——— provide standards for determining employment status (see H.R. 2483), H5173 [14JY]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1105), H1568 [3MR]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 2698), H5776 [29JY]

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

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H36 [6JA]

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (see H.R. 880), H1072 [13FE]

——— treat amounts paid for private umbilical cord or placental blood or tissue banking services as medical care expenses (see H.R. 3982), H8151 [5NO]

Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (see H.R. 2716), H5032 [9JY]

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

Crime: add certain tax-related crimes to the definition of aggravated identity theft (see H.R. 2084), H2652 [29AP]

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), H5847 [8SE]

Insurance: permit cooperative governing of public entity health benefits through local governments in secondary States (see H.R. 2869), H4650 [24JN]

IRS: prohibit officers and employees from using personal e-mail accounts to conduct official business (see H.R. 1152), H1498 [27FE]

Medicare: change method of determining disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments (see H.R. 3288), H5762 [29JY]

——— remove enrollment restriction on certain physicians and practitioners prescribing covered outpatient drugs under the prescription drug program (see H.R. 4062), H8359 [18NO]

SSA: reissue Social Security numbers to children in cases in which the confidentiality of the number has been compromised (see H.R. 1474), H1801 [19MR]

Tariff: exempt from duty residue of bulk cargo contained in instruments of international traffic previously exported from the U.S. (see H.R. 1773), H2209 [14AP]

Taxation: clarify treatment of banks organized as limited liability companies (see H.R. 3287), H5762 [29JY]

——— increase amount allowed as a deduction for interest on education loans paid by married couples (see H.R. 3623), H6306 [28SE]

——— modify S corporation shareholder and preferred stock rules relative to banks (see H.R. 2789), H4431 [16JN]

——— phaseout and repeal the renewable energy production tax credit and reduce corporate income tax (see H.R. 1901), H2353 [21AP]

——— prevent claims of the earned income tax credit by individuals receiving Social Security numbers and work authorizations pursuant to certain deferred action programs (see H.R. 1657), H2108 [26MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Crime: add certain tax-related crimes to the definition of aggravated identity theft (H.R. 2084), H2654 [29AP]

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 (H.R. 3442), H5848 [8SE]

Insurance: permit cooperative governing of public entity health benefits through local governments in secondary States (H.R. 2869), H4651 [24JN]

IRS: prohibit officers and employees from using personal e-mail accounts to conduct official business (H.R. 1152), H1500 [27FE]

Medicare: change method of determining disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments (H.R. 3288), H5770 [29JY]

——— remove enrollment restriction on certain physicians and practitioners prescribing covered outpatient drugs under the prescription drug program (H.R. 4062), H8361 [18NO]

SSA: reissue Social Security numbers to children in cases in which the confidentiality of the number has been compromised (H.R. 1474), H1804 [19MR]

Tariff: exempt from duty residue of bulk cargo contained in instruments of international traffic previously exported from the U.S. (H.R. 1773), H2210 [14AP]

Taxation: clarify treatment of banks organized as limited liability companies (H.R. 3287), H5770 [29JY]

——— increase amount allowed as a deduction for interest on education loans paid by married couples (H.R. 3623), H6307 [28SE]

——— modify S corporation shareholder and preferred stock rules relative to banks (H.R. 2789), H4431 [16JN]

——— phaseout and repeal the renewable energy production tax credit and reduce corporate income tax (H.R. 1901), H2355 [21AP]

——— prevent claims of the earned income tax credit by individuals receiving Social Security numbers and work authorizations pursuant to certain deferred action programs (H.R. 1657), H2112 [26MR]

Lists

Texas 24th District Congressional Arts competition participating schools and art teachers, E600• [28AP]

Remarks

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), H441 [21JA], H2970 [14MY]

Addison, TX: anniversary of Kaboom Town! fireworks show, E965• [24JN]

Aviation: tribute to American Airlines direct flight from Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, to Beijing, China, E655• [5MY]

Carrollton, TX: McCoy Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E308• [4MR]

——— tribute to Carrollton-Farmers Branch Cyclones Special Olympics team, E674• [12MY]

——— tribute to Historic Downtown Square and Pioneer Park, E983• [25JN]

Caviness, Jessica: NSF Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching recipient, E1170• [29JY]

Commercial Metals Co.: anniversary, E502• [15AP]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H179 [9JA]

Coppell, TX: tribute to Coppell High School girls’ soccer team, E617• [29AP]

Cunningham, Scott: YMCA Youth and Government Distinguished Service Award and Dr. Paul Grist Service Award recipient, E1102• [22JY]

Dallas, TX: Hockaday School inclusion in Niche.com, Inc., Best Private High Schools list, E481• [14AP]

——— Parish Episcopal School regional winner of Toshiba/National Science Teachers Association ExploraVision Award, E693• [13MY]

Dallas Christian College: anniversary, E1408• [1OC]

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 (H.R. 3442), H7037 [21OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: tribute to Guitars for Heroes program, E1561• [29OC]

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, H8401 [19NO]

Hayes, Steve: Texas Office of the Governor Star of Texas Resolution award recipient, E1325• [18SE]

Immigration: establish mandatory minimum prison sentence for illegal immigrants who return to the U.S. after deportation, H5153 [14JY]

——— require that supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (H.R. 4038), H8401 [19NO]

Iran: agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, E1120• [23JY]

——— approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5863 [9SE]

IRS: prohibit officers and employees from using personal e-mail accounts to conduct official business (H.R. 1152), H2232, H2233 [15AP]

Irving, TX: Cistercian Preparatory School inclusion in Niche.com, Inc., Best Private High Schools list, E481• [14AP]

Obama, President: evaluation of strategy to combat threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), E1767• [10DE]

——— use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform, E62• [13JA]

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.: inclusion in Fortune (publication) 500 list, E963• [24JN]

Quigley, Thomas C.: Bedford, TX, Hometown Hero Award recipient, E1442• [7OC]

REAL School Gardens (organization): tribute, E1578• [3NO]

SEC: protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 1090), E1556• [28OC]

Southlake, TX: opening of Southlake Senior Activity Center, E1795• [15DE]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H441 [21JA]

Taxation: improve certain education savings plans (H.R. 529), H1123 [25FE]

——— increase amount allowed as a deduction for interest on education loans paid by married couples (H.R. 3623), H7197 [27OC]

——— phaseout and repeal the renewable energy production tax credit and reduce corporate income tax (H.R. 1901), H2671 [30AP]

——— prevent claims of the earned income tax credit by individuals receiving Social Security numbers and work authorizations pursuant to certain deferred action programs (H.R. 1657), E1695• [2DE]

Texas: positive impact of free enterprise system, H3319 [19MY]

——— tribute to Dept. of State Fulbright Award recipients, E1177• [29JY]

——— tribute to 24th District Congressional Arts competition finalists, E600• [28AP]

Veterans Day: observance, H7402 [3NO]

Votes: correction, E1556• [28OC]

Tributes

Acers, Ebby Halliday, E1266• [11SE]

Alger, Bruce, E704• [14MY]

Burnett, Tony, E160• [4FE]

Crabtree, J. Michael, E435• [26MR]

Duff, Mike, E1003• [7JY]

Flanagan, Ben, E1603• [5NO]

Goode, James, E170• [5FE]

Haynes, Ron, E1832• [18DE]

Jones, Emily L., E1470• [9OC]

McKamie, Gary, E154• [3FE]

Pinkus, Lillian, E148• [2FE]

Rainwater family, E1017• [8JY]

Sims, Carolyn, E856• [9JN]

Smith, Brian D., E93• [21JA]

Terrell, John, E706• [14MY]

Williams, Fred and Betty, E1172• [29JY]

Woody, Janine Foster, E627• [30AP]