STEFANIK, ELISE M. (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), H2586 [29AP]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1735, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H4699 [25JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H8242 [16NO]

——— prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1942), H2416 [22AP]

——— support global anti-poaching efforts, strengthen capacity of countries to counter wildlife trafficking, and designate major wildlife trafficking countries (see H.R. 2494), H4383 [15JN]

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

——— appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members and supporting civilian and contractor personnel continue to receive pay for active service during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3628), H6306 [28SE]

——— provide that members and spouses have the same rights regarding receipt of firearms at the location of any duty station (see H.R. 2259), H3759 [2JN]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H3254 [15MY]

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H5031 [9JY]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: delay enforcement of physician supervision regulations for critical access hospitals pending completion of analysis of impact of such regulations (see H.R. 170), H2211 [14AP]

Civil rights: issue postage stamp in commemoration of Selma to Montgomery, AL, voting rights marches (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1771 [18MR]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1683), H3391 [19MY]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H2356 [21AP]

Corps of Engineers: ensure right of individuals to carry firearms at water resources development projects (see H.R. 578), H3390 [19MY]

Cosmetics: phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics tested on animals (see H.R. 2858), H8155 [5NO]

——— prohibit the sale or distribution of cosmetics containing synthetic plastic microbeads (see H.R. 1321), H5524 [27JY]

Crime: protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see H.R. 1258), H1610 [4MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve the child and adult care food program (see H.R. 3886), H7623 [3NO]

——— prohibit regulations establishing certain limits for the school lunch program (see H.R. 1504), H1803 [19MR]

——— reauthorize Farm to School Program (see H.R. 1061), H5976 [11SE]

——— repeal country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken (see H.R. 2393), H3508 [20MY]

Dept. of Education: award Early College Federal Pell Grants (see H.R. 2065), H7254 [27OC]

——— extend temporarily the Federal Perkins Loan Program (see H.R. 3594), H6308 [28SE]

——— reauthorize and improve grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, and improving veteran student centers (see H.R. 1399), H9329 [15DE]

——— revise counseling requirements for certain student loan borrowers (see H.R. 3179), H5465 [23JY]

——— simplify and streamline information on institutions of higher education made publicly available (see H.R. 3178), H5465 [23JY]

——— simplify the college financial aid application process (see H.R. 3177), H5465 [23JY]

Dept. of HHS: improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 836), H4544 [18JN]

——— improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 539), H3390 [19MY]

——— prevent and treat prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 1462), H3759 [2JN]

——— provide for research relative to Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases (see H.R. 789), H854 [5FE]

——— provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (see H.R. 1818), H5776 [29JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering the application for veterans status of an individual who performed service as a coastwise merchant seaman during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H5849 [8SE]

——— make anthrax vaccines and antimicrobials available to emergency response providers (see H.R. 1300), H4432 [16JN]

Dept. of Labor: require one-stop delivery systems to offer certain workforce investment services through Internet websites and develop standards and best practices for such websites (see H.R. 3280), H5762 [29JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: redesign Federal reserve notes to include a likeness of Harriet Tubman (see H.R. 2610), H4546 [19JN]

Dept. of Transportation: extend the positive train control system implementation deadline (see H.R. 3651), H7028 [20OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H2035 [25MR]

——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 1384), H5775 [29JY]

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

——— 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), H7390 [2NO]

——— establish a pilot grant program to acquire and renovate abandoned homes for homeless veterans (see H.R. 3970), H9329 [15DE]

——— expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers (see H.R. 2894), H5592 [28JY]

——— expand eligibility of veterans to receive mental health care at non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 1604), H3643 [1JN]

——— improve private treatment of veterans who are victims of military sexual assault (see H.R. 1603), H5776 [29JY]

——— improve provision of health care for women veterans (see H.R. 1356), H5775 [29JY]

——— 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), H5866 [9SE]

——— provide eligibility for beneficiary travel for veterans seeking treatment or care for military sexual trauma in specialized outpatient or residential program facilities (see H.R. 642), H1624 [6MR]

——— 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), H5776 [29JY]

——— revive and expand the Intermediate Care Technician Pilot Program (see H.R. 1247), H1850 [23MR]

——— 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), H1074 [17FE]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 167), H6749 [30SE]

——— recognize heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting on public lands and ensure continued opportunities for those activities (see H.R. 528), H1038 [12FE]

Drugs: address prescription opioid and heroin abuse (see H.R. 2805), H5525 [27JY]

——— increase access to opioid addiction treatment by expanding ability of medical professionals to provide medication-assisted therapies (see H.R. 2536), H5592 [28JY]

——— provide comprehensive approach to eradicate heroin epidemic (see H.R. 3719), H9329 [15DE]

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]

EPA: authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (see H.R. 223), H1771 [18MR]

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

——— reauthorize and reform (see H.R. 3611), H6706 [29SE]

FDA: improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants and similar retail food establishments and amend authority to bring certain proceedings (see H.R. 2017), H4383 [15JN]

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), H1084 [20FE]

Federal employees: express that Congress should pass no law that would exempt from its obligations or provide any other special consideration to elected or appointed Federal officials or any other Federal employee (see H. Res. 250), H2792 [1MY]

——— provide for compensation of furloughed employees in the event of a lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 3635), H6704 [29SE]

——— provide that fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as preference eligibles for treatment in civil service (see H.R. 1222), H5775 [29JY]

Financial institutions: amend securities, commodities, and banking laws to make information reported to financial regulatory agencies electronically searchable (see H.R. 2477), H6937 [8OC]

——— clarify treatment of certain debt and equity instruments of smaller institutions for purposes of capital requirements (see H.R. 2987), H6307 [28SE]

——— provide regulatory relief to community financial institutions (see H.R. 1233), H3879 [3JN]

——— provide relief to community banks and promote their access to capital (see H.R. 1523), H4862 [7JY]

Firearms: modify definition of ‘‘antique firearm’’ (see H.R. 1114), H3879 [3JN]

——— more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 131), H1901 [24MR]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H2419 [22AP]

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

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), H3759 [2JN]

Griest, Kristen: tribute (see H. Res. 429), H6137 [17SE]

Haver, Shaye: tribute (see H. Res. 429), H6137 [17SE]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (see H.R. 6), H4593 [23JN]

Herman Badillo Post Office Building, Bronx, NY: designate (see H.R. 1350), H1626 [10MR]

House of Representatives: express commitment to conservative environmental stewardship (see H. Res. 424), H6137 [17SE]

House Rules: prohibit consideration of a concurrent resolution to provide for a recess unless the House has approved each regular appropriations bill by a certain date (see H. Res. 17), H3391 [19MY]

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]

Immigration: eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase the per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see H.R. 213), H431 [20JA]

——— simplify petitioning procedure for H–2A agricultural workers and expand the scope of the H–2A program (see H.R. 1805), H2268 [15AP]

Insurance: 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), H7391 [2NO]

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), H2356 [21AP]

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

Israel: condemn resolutions or policies calling for or instituting a boycott of Israeli academic institutions or scholars by institutions of higher learning and scholarly associations (see H. Res. 318), H4431 [16JN]

——— 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]

Jeanne and Jules Manford Post Office Building, Jackson Heights, NY: designate (see H.R. 2607), H5776 [29JY]

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), H2467 [23AP]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see H.R. 1814), H4345 [12JN]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H2960 [13MY]

Medicare: distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 2124), H3759 [2JN]

——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see H.R. 663), H1116 [24FE]

——— improve access to hospice care (see H.R. 3037), H5592 [28JY]

——— promote health care technology innovation and access to medical devices and services for which patients choose to self-pay (see H.R. 2597), H7028 [20OC]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H4432 [16JN]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H2211 [14AP]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 1427), H3879 [3JN]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 169), H2211 [14AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: curb waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 818), H1636 [13MR]

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), H6795 [5OC]

National Association of Women Business Owners: anniversary (see H. Res. 276), H3759 [2JN]

National Entrepreneurs’ Day: designate (see H. Res. 511), H8155 [5NO]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 251), H2799 [5MY]

National Retirement Security Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 488), H7138 [22OC]

National September 11 Memorial: designate as a national memorial (see H.R. 3036), H5976 [11SE]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H2209 [14AP]

NIH: anniversary of Office of Research on Women’s Health (see H. Res. 458), H6788 [1OC]

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

North Country National Scenic Trail: revise route to extend trail into Vermont to connect with Appalachian National Scenic Trail (see H.R. 799), H7139 [22OC]

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

Officer Daryl R. Pierson Memorial Post Office, East Rochester, NY: designate (see H.R. 1884), H2880 [12MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exclude alien agricultural seasonal workers when determining employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1387), H2357 [21AP]

——— modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H5592 [28JY]

——— 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), H2356 [21AP]

——— require that when health insurance coverage is cancelled due to requirements under such Act that cancellation notices include a statement that cancellation is because of such Act (see H.R. 4058), H9329 [15DE]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see H.R. 863), H2356 [21AP]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 12), H3391 [19MY]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 28), H3391 [19MY]

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), H1074 [17FE]

Public Health Service: designate the Chief Nurse Officer as the National Nurse for Public Health (see H.R. 379), H6189 [22SE]

Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 727), H1038 [12FE]

Roads and highways: amend laws relative to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate system (see H.R. 3488), H6938 [8OC]

Sports: improve integrity and safety of interstate horseracing by requiring a uniform anti-doping program to be enforced by an independent Thoroughbred Horseracing Anti-Doping Authority (see H.R. 3084), H5469 [23JY]

Staff Sergeant Robert H. Dietz Post Office Building, Kingston, NY: designate (see H.R. 1442), H1769 [18MR]

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: allow a credit against income tax for facilities using a qualified methane conversion technology to provide transportation fuels and chemicals (see H.R. 2142), H7139 [22OC]

——— allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see H.R. 1100), H5783 [31JY]

——— exclude from gross income the discharge of certain student loans of deceased or disabled veterans (see H.R. 1581), H5776 [29JY]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H5980 [15SE]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 1002), H2155 [13AP]

——— include biomass heating appliances for tax credits available for energy-efficient building property and energy property (see H.R. 1145), H7139 [22OC]

——— modify energy credit to provide greater incentives for combined heat and power (CHP) and waste heat to power (WHP) energy efficiency technologies (see H.R. 2657), H9026 [7DE]

——— modify taxation of hard cider (see H.R. 600), H5292 [16JY]

——— provide families with more discretion in the use of, and contributions to, flexible spending accounts for healthcare services (see H.R. 1185), H4003 [9JN]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1105), H2035 [25MR]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 2698), H8155 [5NO]

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

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1401), H8281 [17NO]

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), H5788 [4AU]

Volunteer workers: provide for liability protection for volunteer organizations or entities (see H.R. 2290), H3759 [2JN]

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), H1165 [25FE] (see H.R. 1732), H2467 [23AP]

Women: encourage corporations to include women in all levels of corporate management and commit to utilizing gender diversity in boards of directors and other senior management (see H. Res. 445), H7176 [23OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Education: provide students with increased flexibility in the use of Federal Pell Grants (see H.R. 3180), H5465 [23JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve process for determining the eligibility of caregivers of veterans to certain benefits (see H.R. 3989), H8152 [5NO]

EPA: waive emission standards or other requirements applicable to asbestos control in the demolition or renovation of a condemned building with a reasonable expectation of structural failure (see H.R. 2560), H3561 [21MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal mandate that new employees of certain employers be automatically enrolled in the employer’s health benefits plan (see H.R. 3112), H5291 [16JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Education: provide students with increased flexibility in the use of Federal Pell Grants (H.R. 3180), H5467 [23JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve process for determining the eligibility of caregivers of veterans to certain benefits (H.R. 3989), H8154 [5NO]

EPA: waive emission standards or other requirements applicable to asbestos control in the demolition or renovation of a condemned building with a reasonable expectation of structural failure (H.R. 2560), H3564 [21MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal mandate that new employees of certain employers be automatically enrolled in the employer’s health benefits plan (H.R. 3112), H5292 [16JY]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H5033 [10JY]

Remarks

Armed Forces: anniversary of Fort Drum Army National Guard 10th Mountain Division, H1503 [2MR], E301• [4MR]

——— protect from impact of budget sequestration, H1503 [2MR]

Army: eliminate exceptions to limitations imposed on authority to take certain actions relative to the transfer of AH–64 Apache helicopters from the Army National Guard, H3202 [14MY], H4090 [10JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H2946 [13MY], H3202 [14MY], H5158 [14JY]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), conference report, H6775 [1OC]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2685), H4090 [10JN]

——— planning, design, and construction of an additional missile defense site funding, H2586 [29AP]

Dept. of Education: support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 347), H4884 [8JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), H2586 [29AP]

Eximbank: reauthorize, H5228 [15JY]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H5158 [14JY]

——— develop strategy to combat threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), H5158 [14JY]

Middle East: report on congressional delegation trip to Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, and meetings with U.S. Armed Forces stationed there, H1504 [2MR]

National Farm to School Month: observance, H7402 [3NO]

New York: tribute to 21st Congressional District law enforcement officers who helped find escaped convicts from the Clinton Correctional Facility, H5084 [10JY]

Olympic Games: anniversary of 1980 U.S. v. U.S.S.R. men’s hockey game, H1091 [24FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal mandate requiring certain employers to automatically enroll full-time employees in health plans, H7157 [23OC]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), H7157 [23OC]

Renewable energy: support for the wind energy industry, E1501• [21OC]

State University of New York Empire State College: anniversary of Fort Drum, NY, campus and participation in North Country Consortium, E1639• [17NO]

Taxation: repeal excise tax on medical devices, H8871 [2DE]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 160), H4475 [17JN]

Votes: correction, E1718• [7DE]

——— position on missed, E1705• [3DE]

Tributes

Canon, George, H9089 [9DE]

Corriveau, James, E1637• [17NO]

McEwen, Robert C., E209• [12FE]

McKinnon, Michael, E1638• [17NO]

Monroe, Fred, H9089 [9DE]