SCOTT, AUSTIN (a Representative from Georgia)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H3196 [14MY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), H3684, H3754 [2JN]

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), H5592 [28JY]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 7), H534 [22JA]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 816), H7742 [4NO]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 36), H482 [21JA]

Afghanistan: call for U.S. recognition of the Taliban as a foreign terrorist organization (see H. Con. Res. 13), H858 [5FE]

Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 632), H667 [30JA]

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H4345 [12JN]

Antitrust policy: restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (see H.R. 494), H531 [22JA]

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

——— condemn policy advising the observance of cultural and religious practices in Afghanistan that allow sexual abuse and reinstate Charles Martland as a member of the Army (see H. Res. 451), H7176 [23OC]

——— improve security at recruitment centers by allowing officers to carry weapons or improving structural security (see H.R. 3139), H5330 [21JY]

——— limit use of funds for introduction into hostilities (see H.R. 560), H638 [27JA]

——— repeal bans on military personnel carrying firearms on military bases and recruitment facilities (see H.R. 3115), H5333 [21JY]

ATF: prevent reclassification of certain ammunition as armor piercing (see H.R. 2019), H3917 [4JN]

Budget: call for constitutional convention and refer for ratification a constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H. Con. Res. 26), H2795 [1MY]

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H2357 [21AP]

CBO: prepare long-term scoring estimates for reported bills and joint resolutions that could have significant economic and fiscal effects outside normal scoring periods (see H.R. 282), H2419 [22AP]

Centennial Monetary Commission: establish (see H.R. 2912), H6189 [22SE]

CFTC: reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (see H.R. 2289), H2956 [13MY]

Christmas Day: express that the symbols and traditions of Christmas should be protected for use by those who celebrate Christmas (see H. Res. 564), H9306 [11DE]

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), H664 [28JA]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1683), H2109 [26MR]

Colleges and universities: ensure appropriate spending of taxpayer funds on student aid, access to information to make informed choices about postsecondary education, and oppose Federal rating system (see H. Res. 26), H641 [27JA]

Committee on Oversight of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 571), H9691 [17DE]

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), H360 [13JA]

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

Corps of Engineers: ensure right of individuals to carry firearms at water resources development projects (see H.R. 578), H660 [28JA]

Courts: prohibit recovery of damages in certain wrongful birth and wrongful life civil actions (see H.R. 281), H1165 [25FE]

——— provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (see H.R. 3326), H7091 [21OC]

——— restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at fertilization (see H.R. 426), H478 [21JA]

Cuba: modify prohibition on U.S. assistance and financing for agricultural exports and allow limited U.S. investment in Cuban agribusinesses (see H.R. 3687), H7255 [27OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: issue guidelines relating to civil fines imposed for violations of the Animal Welfare Act (see H.R. 3136), H5777 [29JY]

——— prohibit further reductions in sodium levels and reinstate grain-rich requirements applicable to the national school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 2508), H5976 [11SE]

——— prohibit implementation of certain nutrition rules on food sold at schools as fundraisers (see H.R. 881), H4243 [11JN]

——— publish a strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in National Forest System trail maintenance (see H.R. 845), H4651 [24JN]

——— repeal country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken (see H.R. 2393), H3308 [18MY]

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), H858 [5FE]

——— 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), H758 [3FE]

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 HHS: prohibit sale or transactions involving human fetal tissue (see H.R. 3429), H5976 [11SE]

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), H2960 [13MY]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds for position of Public Advocate, or position of Deputy Assistant Director of Custody Programs and Community Outreach, within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (see H.R. 276), H3916 [4JN]

——— require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to submit annual reports on certain demographic information on aliens arrested (see H.R. 3151), H5867 [9SE]

——— take appropriate actions to ensure that an illegal alien sex offender is in removal proceedings or has been ordered removed, and is required to register as a sex offender (see H.R. 2793), H5173 [14JY]

Dept. of State: offer rewards for information on kidnapping and murder of James W. Foley, Abdul-Rahman (Peter) Kassig, and Steven J. Sotloff (see H.R. 751), H2500 [28AP]

——— submit to Congress a report on designation of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization (see H.R. 3646), H8646 [30NO]

Dept. of the Interior: establish an environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 339), H5468 [23JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide for transparency of payments made from the Judgment Fund (see H.R. 1669), H2880 [12MY]

Dept. of Transportation: discontinue funding for landscaping and scenic enhancements as part of Federal-aid highway construction projects (see H.R. 2606), H4594 [23JN]

——— extend the positive train control system implementation deadline (see H.R. 3651), H7626 [3NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 359), H3916 [4JN]

——— clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H1067 [13FE]

——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 1384), H5591 [28JY]

——— establish a national center for diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service (see H.R. 1769), H9375 [16DE]

——— evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (see H.R. 203), H104 [7JA]

——— improve provision of health care for women veterans (see H.R. 1356), H5332 [21JY]

——— 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), H984 [11FE]

——— 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]

Diseases: improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see H.R. 1130), H5866 [9SE]

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

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H3561 [21MY]

Drugs: exclude cannabidiol and cannabidiol-rich plants from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 1635), H2033 [25MR]

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]

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), H9307 [11DE]

EPA: change the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule relative to certain farms (see H.R. 3129), H6076 [16SE]

——— disapprove a rule relative to ‘‘National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone’’ (see H.J. Res. 70), H7333 [28OC] (see H.J. Res. 74), H8411 [19NO]

——— improve establishment of any lower ground-level ozone standards (see H.R. 1388), H4137 [10JN]

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

——— remove exemption from liability relative to a response under CERCLA when such response causes additional damage at clean-up sites (see H.R. 3531), H6261 [25SE]

——— repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 703), H3564 [21MY]

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), H2115 [26MR]

——— issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (see H.R. 1086), H2155 [13AP]

——— revise hiring practices for air traffic controller positions (see H.R. 1964), H3310 [18MY]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 2802), H5293 [16JY]

FDA: establish Federal labeling standards for food with genetically modified ingredients and natural foods (see H.R. 1599), H5238 [15JY]

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), H3564 [21MY]

Federal aid programs: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance (see H.R. 918), H4345 [12JN]

Federal employees: ensure the percentage increase in rates of pay for prevailing wage employees is equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality (see H.R. 485), H664 [28JA]

——— provide a pathway for temporary seasonal employees in Federal land management agencies to compete for vacant permanent positions under internal merit promotion procedures (see H.R. 1531), H2879 [12MY]

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), H2115 [26MR]

Financial institutions: establish deferred presentment transaction requirements (see H.R. 4018), H9272 [10DE]

——— provide regulatory relief to community financial institutions (see H.R. 1233), H5775 [29JY]

——— provide relief to community banks and promote their access to capital (see H.R. 1523), H5776 [29JY]

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 1309), H7189 [26OC]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H1502 [27FE]

——— prohibit Federal issuance or enforcement of a new restriction or prohibition on the manufacture, importation, or sale of certain ammunition (see H.R. 1180), H1626 [10MR]

——— provide that silencers would be treated the same as long guns relative to registration and transfer laws (see H.R. 3799), H9026 [7DE]

——— revise various laws that interfere with the right of people to obtain and use firearms for all lawful purposes (see H.R. 2710), H4652 [24JN]

Fish and fishing: ensure Federal and State collaboration in developing fishing access restrictions where Federal and State waters overlap (see H.R. 3310), H5764 [29JY]

——— improve Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery by providing flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (see H.R. 981), H1166 [25FE]

——— transfer to States the authority to manage red snapper fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico (see H.R. 3094), H5290 [16JY]

Flowers: recognize the daisy as the flower for military caregivers (see H. Con. Res. 49), H3561 [21MY]

Fort Frederica National Monument: expand boundary (see H.R. 3480), H6706 [29SE]

Francis Manuel Ortega Post Office, Pine Lake, GA: designate (see H.R. 3274), H5762 [29JY]

Freedom of religion: improve U.S. ability to advance religious freedom globally through enhanced diplomacy, training, counterterrorism, and foreign assistance and through stronger responses to violations and extremism (see H.R. 1150), H2155 [13AP]

FRS: eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see H.R. 3118), H5976 [11SE]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H2794 [1MY]

Georgia: authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land (see H.R. 470), H1626 [10MR]

Health: improve health care coverage under vision and dental plans for certain self-funded, non-Federal Government plans (see H.R. 3323), H9376 [16DE]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2653), H3913 [4JN]

——— 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]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal (see H.R. 132), H668 [30JA]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 596), H668 [30JA] (see H.R. 2653), H3913 [4JN]

Health Care Compact: grant congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 50), H4544 [18JN]

Health care professionals: protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 921), H5775 [29JY]

Human rights: express that those who commit or support targeted atrocities against Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities are committing ‘‘war crimes’’, ‘‘crimes against humanity’’, and ‘‘genocide’’ (see H. Con. Res. 75), H6139 [17SE]

Immigration: clarify classes of individuals born in the U.S. who are nationals and citizens of the U.S. at birth (see H.R. 140), H5866 [9SE]

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

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 815), H1723 [17MR]

Interstate commerce: prevent undue disruption of interstate commerce by limiting civil actions against persons whose only role with regard to a product is as a lawful seller of the product (see H.R. 1199), H4137 [10JN]

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), H3565 [21MY]

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (see H.R. 3457), H6077 [16SE]

——— reaffirm commitment to stopping sponsorship of terrorism and human rights violations and support right of States and local governments to maintain economic sanctions (see H. Con. Res. 100), H9272 [10DE]

——— urge the President and International Atomic Energy Agency to submit to Congress the text of all side agreements entered into with Iran relative to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (see H. Res. 553), H9026 [7DE]

Iraq: authorize direct provision of defense articles, defense services, and related training to Kurdish Regional Government (see H.R. 1654), H2467 [23AP]

IRS: prohibit hiring of additional employees until it is certified that no IRS employee has a seriously delinquent tax debt (see H.R. 1206), H2419 [22AP]

Israel: affirm right to defend itself against Iran and support efforts to maintain sovereignty (see H. Res. 500), H7332 [28OC]

——— 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), H7139 [22OC]

——— 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), H1116 [24FE]

——— recognize Jerusalem as capital and support relocation of U.S. Embassy (see H.R. 114), H1071 [13FE]

Jordan: improve defense cooperation with the U.S. (see H.R. 907), H2467 [23AP]

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park: adjust boundary to include Wallis House and Harriston Hill (see H.R. 3371), H6139 [17SE]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: continue restrictions against, prohibit diplomatic recognition, and relist as a state sponsor of terrorism (see H.R. 204), H2211 [14AP]

——— improve enforcement of sanctions (see H.R. 757), H1116 [24FE]

Korea, Republic of: provide high-skilled visas for nationals (see H.R. 1019), H4544 [18JN]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H4137 [10JN]

Kyle, Christopher S.: award Medal of Honor posthumously (see H.R. 1094), H5173 [14JY]

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

——— provide for mandatory appointment of a board of inquiry into slowdowns, strikes, or lock-outs when certain specified events occur (see H.R. 3932), H8972 [2DE]

Law enforcement: facilitate collaboration among criminal justice, juvenile justice, veterans treatment services, mental health treatment services, and substance abuse systems to address needs of mentally ill offenders (see H.R. 1854), H5118 [13JY]

——— safeguard electronic data stored abroad from improper Government access (see H.R. 1174), H4957 [8JY]

——— strengthen mental health system, improve public safety, and reauthorize and improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 3722), H8861 [1DE]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H2156 [13AP]

Lumber industry: exempt certain children employed in logging or mechanized operations from child labor laws (see H.R. 1215), H2115 [26MR]

Macedonia: support accession to NATO (see H. Res. 56), H1502 [27FE]

Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site: redesignate as a national historic park (see H.R. 2880), H9307 [11DE]

Medicare: 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 equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 793), H1526 [2MR]

——— improve process of recovery audit contractors and recovery of overpayments (see H.R. 2568), H5332 [21JY]

——— 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), H9079 [8DE]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H4774 [25JN]

——— provide for an established provider system under which providers of services and suppliers representing a low risk for submitting fraudulent claims are provided certain claim review protections (see H.R. 4077), H8360 [18NO]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program and transparency of payment methodology of pharmacies (see H.R. 244), H2959 [13MY]

——— provide for the non-application of competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories (see H.R. 3229), H9376 [16DE]

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

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 11), H188 [9JA]

——— extend the basis for denial of retirement credit to include conviction of any felony (see H.R. 1054), H1373 [26FE]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (see H.R. 2646), H8414 [19NO]

Middle East: condemn violence against religious minorities and any actions that limit the free expression and practice of faith by these minorities (see H. Res. 139), H1618 [4MR]

National Guard: modify and extend the State Partnership Program (see H.R. 1614), H2420 [22AP]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: prohibit from relinquishing control over Internet domain name system unless it certifies that it has received a proposal that meets certain criteria (see H.R. 2251), H4138 [10JN]

NATO: urge member countries to meet or exceed their gross domestic product percentage commitment to defense spending (see H. Res. 469), H8972 [2DE]

Natural gas: authorize approval of pipelines and establish deadlines and expedite permits for certain gathering lines on Federal land and Indian land (see H.R. 1616), H4003 [9JN]

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see H.R. 3459), H7175 [23OC]

Ocmulgee National Monument: revise boundary and redesignate as Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park (see H.R. 482), H530 [22JA]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H4652 [24JN]

Palestinian Authority: deplore actions to join International Criminal Court and undertake legal action against Israel and oppose illegitimate use of law, known as lawfare (see H. Res. 209), H3508 [20MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish a certification process for opting out of the individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 420), H1618 [4MR]

——— modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H6076 [16SE]

——— repeal (see H.R. 132, 596), H668 [30JA] (see H.R. 2653), H3913 [4JN]

——— 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), H1116 [24FE]

Pesticides: amend laws relative to authorized uses of methyl bromide (see H.R. 3710), H6935 [8OC]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (see H.R. 702), H5943 [10SE]

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]

Power resources: modernize Federal policies relative to supply and distribution of energy in the U.S. and repeal the crude oil export ban (see H.R. 2369), H5332 [21JY]

——— promote energy security of European allies through opening of the Southern Gas Corridor (see H. Res. 188), H2112 [26MR]

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]

Public debt: ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (see H.R. 692), H755 [3FE]

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), H4137 [10JN]

Refugees: suspend admission into the U.S. in order to examine costs of providing benefits to such individuals (see H.R. 3314), H7333 [28OC]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see H.R. 1299), H1612 [4MR]

Russia: prohibit U.S. recognition of annexation of Crimea (see H.R. 93), H5591 [28JY]

Sidney Oslin Smith, Jr., Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Gainesville, GA: designate (see H.R. 4224), H10712 [18DE]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H3561 [21MY]

Social Security: 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), H5776 [29JY]

——— 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), H916 [10FE]

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), H6228 [24SE]

——— 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), H7333 [28OC]

States: grant authority to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws on remote or online transactions (see H.R. 2775), H4774 [25JN]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H3561 [21MY]

Syria: prohibit assistance to opposition groups and individuals intending to overthrow the Syrian Government (see H.R. 4108), H8411 [19NO]

Taiwan: develop a strategy to obtain observer status at the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) (see H.R. 1853), H3917 [4JN]

Taxation: clarify tax treatment of church pension plans (see H.R. 4085), H8861 [1DE]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H2821 [8MY]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 1002), H2115 [26MR]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2315), H4652 [24JN]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 1752), H4003 [9JN]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H2211 [14AP]

——— phaseout and repeal the renewable energy production tax credit and reduce corporate income tax (see H.R. 1901), H2794 [1MY]

——— 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. 1328), H1613 [4MR] (see H.R. 2389), H3917 [4JN]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1718), H2467 [23AP]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1105), H2115 [26MR]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 2698), H6076 [16SE]

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

——— terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 27), H8241 [16NO]

Terrorism: declassify the classified pages of the Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001 (see H. Res. 14), H9329 [15DE]

——— designate membership or association with foreign terrorist organizations as renunciation of U.S. citizenship and authorize revocation or denial of passports to individuals affiliated with such organizations (see H.R. 178), H2419 [22AP]

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), H2155 [13AP]

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

Transportation Security Administration: allow use of a concealed handgun license as a verifying identity document for purposes of aircraft passenger screening (see H.R. 4026), H8972 [2DE]

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), H8972 [2DE]

U.S. Cotton Futures Act: modify definition of cotton futures contracts (see H.R. 2620), H3757 [2JN]

Unemployment: require substance abuse risk assessment and targeted drug testing as a condition for receipt of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 2148), H4003 [9JN]

Water: disapprove rule submitted by the Corps of Engineers and EPA relative to the definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.J. Res. 59), H5405 [22JY]

——— 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), H2959 [13MY]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H3561 [21MY]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to the First American Volunteer Group of Chinese Air Force (AVG Fling Tigers) (see H.R. 2441), H3759 [2JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Homeland Security: collect data regarding foreign travel, or repatriation, to the country of nationality or last habitual residence by an alien admitted to the U.S. as a refugee (see H.R. 4074), H8360 [18NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend certain burial benefits (see H.R. 1183), H1499 [27FE]

FCC: prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program (see H.R. 266), H188 [9JA]

Federal agencies and departments: facilitate recovering costs of litigation and agency adjudications for prevailing parties in an action against the U.S. (see H.R. 3754), H6974 [9OC]

NLRB: modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see H.R. 1893), H2315 [17AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend certain burial benefits (H.R. 1183), H1501 [27FE]

FCC: prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program (H.R. 266), H189 [9JA]

Federal agencies and departments: facilitate recovering costs of litigation and agency adjudications for prevailing parties in an action against the U.S. (H.R. 3754), H6975 [9OC]

NLRB: modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (H.R. 1893), H2315 [17AP]

Letters

Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act: Representative Conaway, Committee on Agriculture (House), H5146 [14JY]

——— Representative Hensarling, Committee on Financial Services (House), H5146 [14JY]

Remarks

Armed Forces: protect from impact of budget sequestration, H644 [28JA]

ATF: proposal to ban M–855 ball ammunition, H1123 [25FE]

CFTC: ensure certain interaffiliate transactions are not regulated as swaps, H345 [13JA]

——— reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 2289), E878• [11JN]

——— specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions (H.R. 1317), H8221 [16NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H3218 [15MY]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), veto, H7133 [22OC]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2685), H5242 [16JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), motion to instruct conferees, H1490 [27FE]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding to prevent States from implementing laws that authorize the use, distribution, or possession of cannabidiol or cannabidiol oil, H3751 [2JN]

Fish and fishing: grant States the authority to set the recreational seasons and bag limits for recreational fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, H3597 [1JN]

——— provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), H3597 [1JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 596), H815 [5FE]

Health care professionals: tribute to pharmacists, H7020, H7021 [20OC]

Investments: repeal certain indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities, H346 [13JA]

——— repeal certain indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities (H.R. 1847), H5146, H5147 [14JY]

Medicare: ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (H.R. 793), H7020 [20OC]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program and transparency of payment methodology of pharmacies (H.R. 244), H7021 [20OC]

National Lawn Care Month: observance, E461• [13AP]

National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week: observance, E533• [21AP]

NOAA: prohibit funding to enforce certain regulations restricting recreational red snapper fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, H3584 [1JN], H3684, H3755 [2JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H815 [5FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 596), H815 [5FE]

Pharmaceuticals: address rising cost of generic drugs, H6232 [25SE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), H3584 [1JN], H3684, H3751, H3755 [2JN]

SEC: make technical corrections to enhance ability of small and emerging growth companies to access capital markets and reduce regulatory burdens (H.R. 37), H345 [13JA]

Securities: provide end user exemptions for certain derivative sales, H345 [13JA]

Taxation: repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 1105), H2274 [16AP]

U.S. Cotton Futures Act: modify definition of cotton futures contracts (H.R. 2620), H4563, H4564 [23JN]

Votes: position on missed, E386• [23MR]

Tributes

Aigen, George, E1374• [28SE], E1421• [5OC]

Lowe, R. Wayne, E459• [13AP]

Shaw, Jay, H2422 [23AP]

Wheeler, Pete, H2422 [23AP]