WOMACK, STEVE (a Representative from Arkansas)

Appointments

Alan Nunnelee funeral attendees, H904 [10FE]

U.S. Military Academy Board of Visitors, H1051 [13FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 816), H5404 [22JY]

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

Agriculture: reform sugar price support program (see H.R. 1714), H2110 [26MR]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 2903), H4769 [25JN]

Animals: support global anti-poaching efforts, strengthen capacity of countries to counter wildlife trafficking, and designate major wildlife trafficking countries (see H.R. 2494), H7189 [26OC]

ATF: prohibit from requiring disclosure of race or ethnicity in the transfer of a firearm (see H.R. 1739), H3577 [26MY]

Chief Petty Officer Adam Brown U.S. Post Office, Hot Springs, AR: designate (see H.R. 3931), H7742 [4NO]

China: call for an end to forced organ harvesting, investigate organ transplant abuses, end persecution of the Falun Gong, and respond to state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience (see H. Res. 343), H5783 [31JY]

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]

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

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1671), H2108 [26MR]

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

Courts: provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (see H.R. 3326), H8362 [18NO]

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

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

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see H.R. 985), H7625 [3NO]

Dept. of Education: prohibit from engaging in regulatory overreach relative to institutional eligibility under student aid provisions of the Higher Education Act (see H.R. 970), H7390 [2NO]

Dept. of Energy: modify efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters (see H.R. 906), H2155 [13AP]

Dept. of the Interior: publish and make available for public comment a draft economic analysis at the time a proposed rule to designate critical habitat is published (see H.R. 2098), H2653 [29AP]

Dept. of Transportation: extend the positive train control system implementation deadline (see H.R. 3651), H6837 [6OC]

——— recognize hair as an alternative specimen for preemployment and random controlled substances testing of commercial motor vehicle drivers (see H.R. 1467), H1801 [19MR]

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

——— 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]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 167), H1116 [24FE]

——— recognize heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting on public lands and ensure continued opportunities for those activities (see H.R. 528), H581 [26JA]

Drugs: modernize treatment of opioid addiction (see H.R. 2872), H4650 [24JN]

Education: prohibit Federal mandating, incentivizing, or coercing of States to adopt Common Core State Standards or any other specific academic standards, content, or curricula (see H.R. 524), H867 [9FE]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H2772 [30AP]

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 72), H8362 [18NO]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 71), H8362 [18NO]

——— eliminate certain requirements under the renewable fuel program and prohibit approval of gasoline that contains greater than a certain percentage of ethanol (see H.R. 704), H810 [4FE]

——— extend compliance date of rules on carbon dioxide emissions from existing powerplants pending judicial review and allow States to protect ratepayers from rate increases and reliability issues (see H.R. 2042), H4003 [9JN]

——— prevent from exceeding its statutory authority in ways that were not yet contemplated by Congress (see H.R. 3880), H8242 [16NO]

Europe: express concern regarding anti-Semitism and encourage greater cooperation with European governments, European Union, and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe to prevent and respond to anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 130), H2271 [15AP]

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), H6789 [1OC]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 2802), H5469 [23JY]

FCC: extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 1301), H1612 [4MR]

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), H2501 [28AP]

Federal agencies and departments: include language in certain educational and advertising materials indicating that such materials are produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense (see H.R. 310), H664 [28JA]

——— 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]

Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief to community financial institutions (see H.R. 1233), H5293 [16JY]

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 1309), H4652 [24JN]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 402), H412 [16JA]

——— provide that silencers would be treated the same as long guns relative to registration and transfer laws (see H.R. 3799), H7626 [3NO]

——— revise various laws that interfere with the right of people to obtain and use firearms for all lawful purposes (see H.R. 2710), H4135 [10JN]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H36 [6JA]

Harold George Bennett Post Office, Perryville, AR: designate (see H.R. 2928), H4770 [25JN]

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

——— 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 health-care related provisions (see H.R. 596), H705 [2FE]

Health care professionals: protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 921), H1033 [12FE]

Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act: make permanent certain tax provisions relative to timber (see H.R. 3161), H5777 [29JY]

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

Insurance: permit cooperative governing of public entity health benefits through local governments in secondary States (see H.R. 2869), H6837 [6OC]

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

Jacob Trieber Federal Building, U.S. Post Office, and U.S. Court House, Helena, AR: designate (see H.R. 2954), H4861 [7JY]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 612), H661 [28JA] (see H.R. 3222), H6937 [8OC]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H1114 [24FE]

Medicaid: permit States to impose workforce requirements for individuals receiving medical assistance (see H.R. 886), H981 [11FE]

——— provide for updated and alternative certification requirements for participation in the case of certain facilities treating infants under one year of age with neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 3865), H7346 [29OC]

Medicare: adjust wage index determination for certain hospitals near State borders to ensure they are treated in the same manner as nearby facilities in other States (see H.R. 2513), H5525 [27JY]

——— apply budget neutrality on a State-specific basis in the calculation of hospital wage index floor for non-rural areas (see H.R. 1479), H1902 [24MR]

——— improve risk adjustment under Medicare Advantage program and delay authority to terminate Medicare Advantage contracts of plans failing to achieve minimum quality ratings (see H.R. 2582), H4493 [17JN]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H3507 [20MY]

——— provide for transparent testing to assess the transition under the fee-for-service claims processing system from the ICD–9 to the ICD–10 standard (see H.R. 2247), H3508 [20MY]

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

Medicare/Medicaid: curb waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 818), H866 [9FE]

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see H.R. 3459), H7091 [21OC]

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

Pacific Maritime Association: resolve labor negotiations with International Longshore and Warehouse Union with assistance of a mediator and allow Presidential intervention if ports shut down due to a lack of settlement (see H. Res. 108), H1072 [13FE]

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), H4863 [7JY]

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 emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1191), H1663 [16MR]

——— 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), H2960 [13MY]

——— repeal (see H.R. 596), H705 [2FE]

——— repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements and impose contribution caps (see H.R. 1547), H1848 [23MR]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 928), H1033 [12FE]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 1190), H1524 [2MR]

——— repeal the ‘‘Cadillac Tax’’ on certain high-cost health plans (see H.R. 879), H5943 [10SE]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see H.R. 863), H2155 [13AP]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (see H.R. 702), H4003 [9JN]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see H.R. 3134), H5777 [29JY]

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]

Real estate: provide for a temporary safe harbor from the enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loan transactions (see H.R. 2213), H3759 [2JN]

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), H1502 [27FE]

Refugees: suspend admission into the U.S. in order to examine costs of providing benefits to such individuals (see H.R. 3314), H9329 [15DE]

Refuse disposal: encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal ash and establish requirements for management and disposal of coal ash that are protective of human health and the environment (see H.R. 1734), H2467 [23AP]

Securities: clearly define and statutorily prohibit insider trading (see H.R. 1625), H2033 [25MR]

States: grant authority to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws on remote or online transactions (see H.R. 2775), H4382 [15JN]

Taxation: 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), H5775 [29JY]

——— exclude payments received under Work Colleges Program from gross income, including payments made from institutional funds (see H.R. 3409), H5768 [29JY]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1372 [26FE]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 631), H667 [30JA] (see H.R. 2061), H2497 [28AP]

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

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 173), H42 [6JA]

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

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), H6706 [29SE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: ensure continuation of successful fisheries mitigation programs (see H.R. 2235), H2798 [5MY]

——— protect farmers and hunters from fines due to taking of migratory birds on agricultural fields by clarifying distinction between normal agricultural practices and baiting (see H.R. 1099), H1368 [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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Corps of Engineers: permit the collection of user fees by non-Federal entities in connection with the challenge cost-sharing program for management of recreational facilities at lakes and reservoirs (see H.R. 176), H42 [6JA]

Dept. of Defense: continue national security exemption from emissions regulations when an excess military vehicle is transferred to State or local firefighting agencies (see H.R. 177), H42 [6JA]

Dept. of Energy: require State approval before exercising the power of eminent domain to acquire property for electric transmission projects in such State (see H.R. 3062), H5172 [14JY]

EPA: revise third-party certification requirements for labeling of certain electronic products under the Energy Star program (see H.R. 175), H42 [6JA]

Federal agencies and departments: include language in certain health-care-related educational and advertising materials indicating such materials are produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense (see H.R. 537), H582 [26JA]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 9), H43 [6JA]

Medicaid: require approval of waivers relative to State provider taxes that exempt certain retirement communities (see H.R. 536), H582 [26JA]

Securities: make shareholder registration threshold for savings and loan holding companies the same as for bank holding companies (see H.R. 1334), H1613 [4MR]

Taxation: reform and reset the excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 767), H853 [5FE]

Terrorism: 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), H42 [6JA]

Constitutional authority statements

Corps of Engineers: permit the collection of user fees by non-Federal entities in connection with the challenge cost-sharing program for management of recreational facilities at lakes and reservoirs (H.R. 176), H49 [6JA]

Dept. of Defense: continue national security exemption from emissions regulations when an excess military vehicle is transferred to State or local firefighting agencies (H.R. 177), H49 [6JA]

Dept. of Energy: require State approval before exercising the power of eminent domain to acquire property for electric transmission projects in such State (H.R. 3062), H5172 [14JY]

EPA: revise third-party certification requirements for labeling of certain electronic products under the Energy Star program (H.R. 175), H49 [6JA]

Federal agencies and departments: include language in certain health-care-related educational and advertising materials indicating such materials are produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense (H.R. 537), H583 [26JA]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 9), H49 [6JA]

Medicaid: require approval of waivers relative to State provider taxes that exempt certain retirement communities (H.R. 536), H583 [26JA]

Securities: make shareholder registration threshold for savings and loan holding companies the same as for bank holding companies (H.R. 1334), H1618 [4MR]

Taxation: reform and reset the excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (H.R. 767), H856 [5FE]

Terrorism: 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 (H.R. 178), H49 [6JA]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1809 [23MR], H2469 [27AP], H2823 [12MY], H3257 [18MY], H3567 [22MY], H3583 [1JN], H5789 [8SE], H6191 [24SE]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H2469 [27AP], H5534 [28JY]

Remarks

Budget: allocation of funds, H1555, H1556, H1557 [3MR]

——— deficit, H1555, H1556, H1557 [3MR]

——— reform entitlement programs, H1555 [3MR]

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (S.J. Res. 24), H8833 [1DE]

House of Representatives: moment of silence in memory of John Paul Hammerschmidt, H2491 [28AP]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5955 [11SE]

——— suspend authority of the President to grant relief from sanctions pursuant to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3460), H5955 [11SE]

Journal: question of approval, H5033 [10JY]

M&N Augustine Foundation: tribute to Easter Feed, H2118 [13AP]

Pratt & Whitney (company): anniversary, H5535 [28JY]

SEC: make technical corrections to enhance ability of small and emerging growth companies to access capital markets and reduce regulatory burdens (H.R. 37), H80 [7JA]

Securities: make shareholder registration threshold for savings and loan holding companies the same as for bank holding companies, H80 [7JA]

——— make shareholder registration threshold for savings and loan holding companies the same as for bank holding companies (H.R. 1334), H5143 [14JY]

University of Arkansas: tribute to designation of estate gift from Reagan sisters to support university libraries, H5033 [10JY]

Tributes

Allen, James, H538 [26JA]

Hammerschmidt, John Paul, H2490 [28AP]

Stambaugh, Terry, H5605 [29JY]

Wyatt, David A., H5473 [27JY]