SCHOCK, AARON (a Representative from Illinois)

Amendments

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), H386 [14JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 36), H190 [9JA]

American Revolution: award a Congressional Gold Medal to the First Rhode Island Regiment in recognition of their dedicated service (see H.R. 363), H535 [22JA]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H1373 [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), H668 [30JA]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H155 [8JA]

Credit: improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction (see H.R. 685), H1662 [16MR]

Crime: provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see H.R. 285), H224 [12JA]

Dept. of Defense: extend and enhance prohibitions and limitations relative to transfer or release of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H.R. 401), H641 [27JA]

Dept. of Education: clarify when certain academic assessments shall be administered (see H.R. 452), H757 [3FE]

——— establish grants to support evidence-based social and emotional learning programming (see H.R. 850), H1072 [13FE]

Dept. of Energy: enhance the energy security of U.S. allies by approving exports of natural gas to NATO countries, Japan, or any country to which exports would enhance U.S. national security (see H.R. 287), H356 [13JA]

Dept. of HHS: provide for systematic data collection and analysis and epidemiological research regarding multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases (see H.R. 292), H1116 [24FE]

Dept. of Justice: improve the restitution process for child pornography victims by considering total losses, requiring timely restitution, and spreading costs among multiple defendants (see H.R. 595), H705 [2FE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish innovation in surface transportation program (see H.R. 1393), H1721 [17MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: include the cost of applying to an institution of higher learning as part of the benefits provided under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 456), H535 [22JA]

——— 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), H1900 [24MR]

——— 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), H639 [27JA]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H530 [22JA]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 597), H661 [28JA]

Federal agencies and departments: ensure functionality and security of new Federal websites that collect personally identifiable information (see H.R. 451), H919 [10FE]

——— 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]

Federal aid programs: encourage and support partnerships between the public and private sectors to improve our nation’s social programs (see H.R. 1336), H1613 [4MR]

——— prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance (see H.R. 918), H1033 [12FE]

Financial institutions: provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see H.R. 601), H757 [3FE]

Freedom Riders: award a Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of their unique contribution to civil rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel (see H.R. 671), H754 [3FE]

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

Human rights: identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking, review trafficking prevention efforts, and improve trafficking victims’ assistance grants (see H.R. 350), H404 [14JA]

Medicare: create alternative sanctions for technical noncompliance with the Stark rule limiting certain physician referrals (see H.R. 776), H1567 [3MR]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H1501 [27FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: continue use of quarterly reporting period for health care providers to demonstrate meaningful uses under electronic health records incentive payment programs (see H.R. 270), H482 [21JA]

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]

——— exempt student workers from determination of higher education institutions’ employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 210), H482 [21JA]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 30), H36 [6JA]

——— 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), H867 [9FE]

——— 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]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see H.R. 863), H1663 [16MR]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 12), H157 [8JA]

——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H1663 [16MR]

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]

Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 727), H811 [4FE]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 973), H1067 [13FE]

Tariff: eliminate on technological goods providing educational value for children (see H.R. 1063), H1163 [25FE]

——— make certain luggage and travel articles eligible for duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (see H.R. 681), H1723 [17MR]

Taxation: extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1072 [13FE]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 1002), H1069 [13FE]

——— extend look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations (see H.R. 1430), H1768 [18MR]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 1142), H1370 [26FE]

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 641), H702 [2FE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see H.R. 644), H758 [3FE]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (see H.R. 636), H702 [2FE]

——— permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 961), H1117 [24FE]

——— provide families with more discretion in the use of, and contributions to, flexible spending accounts for healthcare services (see H.R. 1185), H1499 [27FE]

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

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

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (see H.R. 880), H981 [11FE]

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. 333), H1372 [26FE]

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]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 1340), H1623 [6MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Medicare: enable hospital-based nursing programs that are affiliated with a hospital to maintain payments to hospitals for the costs of such programs (see H.R. 977), H1067 [13FE]

Tariff: increase the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (see H.R. 978), H1067 [13FE]

Taxation: make permanent the rule allowing certain tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes (see H.R. 637), H702 [2FE]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 631), H667 [30JA]

Constitutional authority statements

Medicare: enable hospital-based nursing programs that are affiliated with a hospital to maintain payments to hospitals for the costs of such programs (H.R. 977), H1070 [13FE]

Tariff: increase the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (H.R. 978), H1070 [13FE]

Taxation: make permanent the rule allowing certain tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes (H.R. 637), H704 [2FE]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (H.R. 631), H668 [30JA]

Letters

Resignation from the House of Representatives: by, H1773 [19MR]

Remarks

Dept. of Homeland Security: improve services and increase efficiency of the immigration benefits application process for legal immigrants, H386 [14JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), H386 [14JA]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 596), H739• [3FE]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H2093 [26MR]

Lincoln College: anniversary, E167• [5FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H739• [3FE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 30), H137• [8JA]

——— repeal (H.R. 596), H739• [3FE]

Taxation: permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), H1005 [12FE]

Resignations

Committee on Budget (House), H1716 [17MR]

Committee on House Administration (House), H1716 [17MR]

Committee on Ways and Means (House), H1716 [17MR]

House of Representatives, H1773 [19MR]