RATCLIFFE, JOHN (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Dept. of Homeland Security: enhance multi-directional sharing of information related to cybersecurity risks and strengthen privacy and civil liberties protections (H.R. 1731), H2434 [23AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), H2501 [28AP], H2615 [29AP]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2250), H3353 [19MY]

Appointments

Committee on Ethics (House): investigative subcommittees, H1495 [27FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (see H.R. 3504), H5980 [15SE]

——— 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]

Armed Forces: improve security at recruitment centers by allowing officers to carry weapons or improving structural security (see H.R. 3139), H5777 [29JY]

——— provide that members and spouses have the same rights regarding receipt of firearms at the location of any duty station (see H.R. 2259), H4957 [8JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H42 [6JA]

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H5293 [16JY]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 3), H35 [6JA]

——— 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), H584 [26JA]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H641 [27JA]

Courts: provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (see H.R. 3326), H6894 [7OC]

Crime: make technical amendments to U.S. Code title on crime and criminal procedure based on Office of the Law Revision Counsel footnotes (see H.R. 4001), H8362 [18NO]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit modification, termination, abandonment, or transfer of the lease by which the U.S. acquired the land and waters containing Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H.R. 654), H919 [10FE]

Dept. of Education: allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 3421), H5768 [29JY]

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

——— 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), H8362 [18NO]

——— develop a cybersecurity strategy (see H.R. 3510), H6308 [28SE]

——— enhance multi-directional sharing of information related to cybersecurity risks and strengthen privacy and civil liberties protections (see H.R. 1731), H2151 [13AP]

——— establish a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives Office (see H.R. 3875), H7389 [2NO]

——— 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]

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

——— reform Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers to provide training to first responders to improve homeland security, including domestic preparedness and response to terrorism (see H.R. 3842), H8242 [16NO]

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

——— strengthen ability to detect and prevent intrusions against, and use countermeasures to protect, Government agency information systems (see H.R. 3313), H5764 [29JY]

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

——— prohibit obligation or expenditure of funds for alternative energy generation projects unless specifically authorized by law (see H.R. 3113), H7189 [26OC]

Drugs: exclude cannabidiol and cannabidiol-rich plants from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 1635), H6228 [24SE]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H583 [26JA]

——— make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 1147), H1626 [10MR]

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 72), H7391 [2NO]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 71), H7391 [2NO]

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

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]

FBI: require an independent review of operation and administration of the Terrorist Screening Database and its subsets (see H.R. 4240), H9306 [11DE]

FCC: disapprove rule relative to protecting and promoting the open Internet (see H.J. Res. 42), H2318 [20AP]

Federal agencies and departments: improve coordination of agency actions in preparation and adoption of environmental documents in order to streamline the Federal permitting process (see H.R. 348), H2310 [16AP]

——— 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), H583 [26JA]

——— report to Congress on rules and regulations that, if violated, may be punished by criminal penalties (see H.R. 4003), H8362 [18NO]

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), H1850 [23MR]

Financial institutions: specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 1309), H3879 [3JN]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 3425), H5768 [29JY]

——— more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 131), H1662 [16MR]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H2356 [21AP]

——— provide for the disposition, within a certain time period, of an application to exempt a projectile from classification as armor-piercing ammunition (see H.R. 3802), H8646 [30NO]

——— revise various laws that interfere with the right of people to obtain and use firearms for all lawful purposes (see H.R. 2710), H7626 [3NO]

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

Freedom of religion: reaffirm importance of religion and freedom to exercise beliefs peacefully (see H. Res. 514), H8243 [16NO]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H408 [14JA]

GSA: prohibit leasing of space to house Federal employees hired to process Executive orders implementing immigration reform (see H.R. 2801), H4490 [17JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2653), H4774 [25JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal (see H.R. 132), H408 [14JA]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 596), H668 [30JA] (see H.R. 2653), H4774 [25JN]

Hesburgh, Theodore M.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 24), H1614 [4MR]

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), H2500 [28AP]

——— give States authority to reject admission of refugees (see H.R. 4032), H8646 [30NO]

——— 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), H1723 [17MR]

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

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

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

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

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

——— 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), H3880 [3JN]

Israel: express solidarity with people, condemn Palestinian terrorist attacks, and recertify that U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority is conditioned upon recognition of Israel’s right to exist (see H. Res. 485), H7089 [21OC]

——— promote trade and commercial enhancement with the U.S. and discourage other U.S. trading partners from engaging in economic discrimination against Israel (see H.R. 825), H3642 [1JN]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H4383 [15JN]

Koskinen, John A.: impeach (see H. Res. 494), H8243 [16NO]

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

McCarthy, Regina: impeach (see H. Res. 417), H5975 [11SE]

Medicare: waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H8361 [18NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide a grace period for physicians and other health care providers in transitioning from the ICD–9 to the ICD–10 standard (see H.R. 2652), H3913 [4JN]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 14), H2036 [25MR]

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see H.R. 3459), H6976 [9OC]

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]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H5776 [29JY]

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 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), H4432 [16JN]

——— repeal (see H.R. 132), H408 [14JA] (see H.R. 596), H668 [30JA] (see H.R. 2653), H4774 [25JN]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 928), H2656 [29AP]

——— 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), H2467 [23AP]

——— repeal the employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 248), H5943 [10SE]

——— require participation in health care exchanges by Supreme Court Justices and staff (see H.R. 2905), H4769 [25JN]

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), H4862 [7JY]

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

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

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), H6706 [29SE]

Red River: provide legal certainty for property owners along the Red River in Texas (see H.R. 2130), H4957 [8JY]

Roads and highways: amend laws relative to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate system (see H.R. 3488), H7139 [22OC]

Social Security: repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 711), H7390 [2NO]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see H.R. 2406), H6894 [7OC]

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), H8646 [30NO]

Taxation: limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2315), H4863 [7JY]

——— phaseout and repeal the renewable energy production tax credit and reduce corporate income tax (see H.R. 1901), H5776 [29JY]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 173), H431 [20JA]

——— 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), H1771 [18MR]

——— terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 27), H408 [14JA]

Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (see H.R. 2716), H5776 [29JY]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: express that any related protocol or other negotiated agreement dealing with targets and timetables is considered a treaty requiring the advice and consent of the Senate (see H. Con. Res. 97), H8411 [19NO]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H7625 [3NO]

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), H1662 [16MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 41), H2111 [26MR]

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

——— strengthen and improve Science and Technology Directorate (see H.R. 3578), H6178 [18SE]

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 67), H6705 [29SE]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 68), H6705 [29SE]

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

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform (see H.R. 1715), H2110 [26MR]

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization): express that the President has failed to adequately develop and execute a strategy to defeat and that a course correction is needed to protect the U.S. and its allies (see H. Res. 573), H10711 [18DE]

National Computer Forensics Institute: authorize (see H.R. 3490), H5974 [11SE]

OMB: require the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to publish certain information on rulemakings (see H.R. 1759), H2152 [13AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 41), H2115 [26MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: require annual reports on activities and accomplishments of federally funded research and development centers (H.R. 1637), H2035 [25MR]

——— strengthen and improve Science and Technology Directorate (H.R. 3578), H6180 [18SE]

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (H.J. Res. 67), H6706 [29SE]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (H.J. Res. 68), H6706 [29SE]

FRS: eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 3118), H5298 [20JY]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform (H.R. 1715), H2114 [26MR]

National Computer Forensics Institute: authorize (H.R. 3490), H5975 [11SE]

OMB: require the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to publish certain information on rulemakings (H.R. 1759), H2154 [13AP]

Letters

DHS Science and Technology Reform and Improvement Act: Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H9253 [10DE]

——— Representative McCaul, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H9254 [10DE]

Federally Funded Research and Development Sunshine Act: Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H4573 [23JN]

——— Representative McCaul, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H4573 [23JN]

Homeland Security University-Based Centers Review Act: Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H4575 [23JN]

——— Representative McCaul, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H4575 [23JN]

Remarks

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H186 [9JA]

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify definition of cyber ‘‘incident’’ to restrict information sharing to incidents directly related to protecting information systems, H2434 [23AP]

——— develop a cybersecurity strategy (H.R. 3510), H6813, H6814, H6815 [6OC]

——— enhance multi-directional sharing of information related to cybersecurity risks and strengthen privacy and civil liberties protections (H.R. 1731), H2424, H2434, H2440, H2441 [23AP]

——— require annual reports on activities and accomplishments of federally funded research and development centers (H.R. 1637), H4572, H4573, H4574 [23JN]

——— require report assessing risks and providing recommendations regarding cybersecurity at most at-risk ports, H2440, H2441 [23AP]

——— review university-based centers for homeland security (H.R. 2390), H4574, H4575 [23JN]

——— strengthen and improve Science and Technology Directorate (H.R. 3578), H9248, H9253, H9255 [10DE]

Dept. of Justice: condemn Operation Choke Point activities that infringe on ability of certain industries to access credit or other financial services, H4375 [15JN]

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

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (S.J. Res. 24), H8826 [1DE]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (S.J. Res. 23), H8826 [1DE]

——— proposed Clean Power Plan regulations, H8826 [1DE]

Firearms: gun control, H9299 [11DE]

Government: importance of accountability, H4375 [15JN]

Law enforcement officers: tribute, H5812 [8SE]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2250), H3353, H3354 [19MY]

Library of Congress: Open World Leadership Center funding, H3353, H3354 [19MY]

National Computer Forensics Institute: authorize (H.R. 3490), H8421 [30NO]

Obama, President: evaluation of strategy to combat threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), H9299 [11DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), H186 [9JA]

Seymore, Brittany: Humanities Texas (organization) Outstanding Teaching Award recipient, E189• [10FE]

Texas: commend 4th Congressional District first responders and community for cleanup and recovery efforts in response to flooding, H5574 [28JY]

Welch, Kayce: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Texas, E305• [4MR]

Tributes

Clemons, Dana Magness, E1250• [10SE]

Moeller, Mark, E1026• [9JY]

Nielsen, Margo, E97• [22JA]