BARTON, JOE (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), H2656 [29AP]

Power resources: modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), H8943 [2DE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1735, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H5086 [10JY]

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), H6077 [16SE]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 36), H431 [20JA]

Armed Forces: authorize enlistment of certain aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. and provide a way for such aliens to be lawfully admitted to the U.S. through U.S. military service (see H.R. 1989), H2463 [23AP]

——— recognize right of members assigned to duty at recruitment offices to carry a personal or service-issue firearm at the office (see H.R. 3138), H5777 [29JY]

BLS: require determination of the prevailing wage utilized under the Davis-Bacon Act (see H.R. 924), H1033 [12FE]

Bodai, Balazs (Ernie): award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1925), H2354 [21AP]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H3564 [21MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H535 [22JA]

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H2032 [25MR]

Bureau of Reclamation: require an infrastructure needs assessment report listing major repair and rehabilitation needs at water delivery system facilities (see H.R. 1107), H1368 [26FE]

Crime: improve Federal sentencing and corrections system by reducing crime, curtailing over-criminalization, concentrating prison space on violent and career criminals, and reducing recidivism (see H.R. 2944), H4771 [25JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see H.R. 1192), H8361 [18NO]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 3381), H6308 [28SE]

——— improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 539), H3564 [21MY]

——— prohibit sale or transactions involving human fetal tissue (see H.R. 3429), H5769 [29JY]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 2964), H5118 [13JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (see H.R. 91), H3214 [14MY]

Diseases: issue semipostal stamp to support breast cancer research (see H.R. 2191), H3759 [2JN]

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

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

——— disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 72), H7333 [28OC]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 71), H7333 [28OC]

——— 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), H4345 [12JN]

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

——— prohibit proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible (see H.R. 1030), H1502 [27FE]

——— provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications and public participation (see H.R. 1029), H1502 [27FE]

——— repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 703), H5298 [20JY]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 2802), H4957 [8JY]

FCC: expand and clarify prohibition on provision of inaccurate caller identification information (see H.R. 2669), H3914 [4JN]

——— prohibit from regulating the rates charged for broadband Internet access service (see H.R. 2666), H3914 [4JN]

——— prohibit reclassification of broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service and from imposing certain regulations on providers of such service (see H.R. 1212), H1565 [3MR]

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), H4243 [11JN]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H3507 [20MY]

Floresville Veterans Post Office Building, Floresville, TX: designate (see H.R. 891), H2656 [29AP]

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: replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a 5-person commission and establish it as the Financial Product Safety Commission (see H.R. 1266), H2115 [26MR]

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

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (see H.R. 6), H3574 [22MY]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2653), H3922 [8JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 2653), H3922 [8JN]

Health care professionals: authorize physicians to transport controlled substances from a practice setting to another practice setting or disaster area (see H.R. 3014), H5029 [9JY]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2964), H5118 [13JY]

——— ensure State and local compliance with all Federal immigration detainers on aliens in custody (see H.R. 3437), H9013 [3DE]

——— give States authority to reject admission of refugees (see H.R. 4032), H8362 [18NO]

——— give States authority to reject admission of refugees unless there is adequate assurance that the aliens do not present a security risk (see H.R. 4197), H9205 [9DE]

——— provide for operational control of the international border of the U.S. (see H.R. 399), H535 [22JA]

——— 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: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 815), H3564 [21MY]

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

Israel: 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), H5172 [14JY]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H3214 [14MY]

Kyle, Christopher S.: award Medal of Honor posthumously (see H.R. 1094), H1368 [26FE]

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

Law enforcement: safeguard electronic data stored abroad from improper Government access (see H.R. 1174), H5783 [31JY]

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), H3310 [18MY]

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), H5849 [8SE]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H9080 [8DE]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 1516), H3577 [26MY]

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

Medicare/Medicaid: implement a demonstration project to examine costs and benefits of providing payments for health care services provided by purpose-built, continuing care retirement communities to beneficiaries (see H.R. 837), H916 [10FE]

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

Monuments and memorials: remove restriction prohibiting use of Federal funds to pay for maintenance of the memorial to Tomáš G. Masaryk in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 4072), H8360 [18NO]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: prohibit from relinquishing control over the Internet domain name system until GAO submits report on the system (see H.R. 805), H855 [5FE]

Native Americans: restore opportunity for tribal economic development by the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe on terms that are equal and fair (see H.R. 2684), H3914 [4JN]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H5592 [28JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H2500 [28AP]

——— repeal (see H.R. 2653), H3922 [8JN]

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

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 519), H532 [22JA]

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

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit the Federal Government from contracting with entities that donate or match employee donations (see H.R. 3245), H5777 [29JY]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see H.R. 3134), H5405 [22JY]

Presidential Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics: establish (see H.R. 275), H224 [12JA]

Privacy: protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information and require data breach notification (see H.R. 580), H660 [28JA]

——— 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), H4243 [11JN]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see H.R. 1299), H1807 [19MR]

Social Security: provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 700), H810 [4FE]

SSA: prohibit use of determinations to consider an individual to be adjudicated as mentally defective relative to the sale or transfer of firearms (see H.R. 3516), H9206 [9DE]

States: grant authority to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws on remote or online transactions (see H.R. 2775), H5239 [15JY]

Supreme Court: disagree with decision in Obergefell v. Hodges relative to requirement of a State to license a marriage between two people of the same sex or to recognize an out-of-State same-sex marriage (see H. Res. 359), H5239 [15JY]

Taxation: make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see H.R. 622), H984 [11FE]

——— phaseout and repeal the renewable energy production tax credit and reduce corporate income tax (see H.R. 1901), H2467 [23AP]

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

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

——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 1218), H8361 [18NO]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 4287), H9690 [17DE]

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]

——— express that any related protocol or other negotiated agreement is considered a treaty requiring the advice and consent of the Senate (see H. Res. 544), H8972 [2DE]

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), H757 [3FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (see H.R. 2734), H4241 [11JN]

Gambling: establish a program for licensing of Internet poker by States and federally recognized Indian tribes (see H.R. 2888), H4768 [25JN]

NIH: funding (see H.R. 2419), H3387 [19MY]

——— increase accountability (see H.R. 2421), H3387 [19MY]

——— reduce administrative burdens on researchers (see H.R. 2420), H3387 [19MY]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (see H.R. 666), H754 [3FE] (see H.R. 702), H810 [4FE]

Social Security: provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see H.R. 546), H638 [27JA]

White House Fellows Program: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 82), H6787 [1OC]

Constitutional authority statements

Children and youth: extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (H.R. 2734), H4242 [11JN]

Gambling: establish a program for licensing of Internet poker by States and federally recognized Indian tribes (H.R. 2888), H4771 [25JN]

NIH: funding (H.R. 2419), H3389 [19MY]

——— increase accountability (H.R. 2421), H3389 [19MY]

——— reduce administrative burdens on researchers (H.R. 2420), H3389 [19MY]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (H.R. 666), H756 [3FE]

——— remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (H.R. 702), H812 [4FE]

Social Security: provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (H.R. 546), H640 [27JA]

Letters

Remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S.: Representative Royce, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H6950 [9OC]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H6950 [9OC]

Remarks

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H9370, H9371, H9372 [16DE]

Congress: results of congressional baseball game, H4615, H4616 [24JN]

Corps of Engineers: accept the Trinity River Authority payment, including interest owed, for water supply storage space in Joe Pool Lake, TX, H2751, H2752 [30AP]

Dept. of Commerce: conduct study on the State and national implications of lifting the crude oil export ban with respect to consumers and the economy, H6955 [9OC]

Dept. of Energy: conduct study on the net greenhouse gas emissions that would result from the repeal of the crude oil export ban, H6954, H6955 [9OC]

——— continue to encourage public-private partnerships in oil and gas exploration, production, midstream, and refining with minority-serving institutions, H6957 [9OC]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), Senate amendment, H9370, H9371, H9372 [16DE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), H2751, H2752 [30AP]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (H.R. 6), H5075 [10JY]

——— accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 350), H4981 [9JY]

NIH: make NIH and Cures Innovation Fund a discretionary spending program, H5075 [10JY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H6941, H6942, H6963 [9OC]

Petroleum: ensure removal of restrictions on the export of crude oil does not prevent enforcement of laws and regulations to protect human health, the environment, or public safety, H6964 [9OC]

——— prohibit export of crude oil, refined petroleum products, and petrochemical products to Iran, H6956 [9OC]

——— prohibit export of crude oil from the U.S. to state sponsors of terrorism, H6956 [9OC]

——— remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S., H8842 [1DE], H8944, H8945 [2DE], H9370, H9371, H9372 [16DE]

——— remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (H.R. 702), H6930 [8OC], H6941, H6943, H6949, H6953, H6954, H6955, H6956, H6957, H6958, H6960 [9OC]

——— remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (H.R. 702), motion to recommit, H6964 [9OC]

——— report to Congress on how removing restrictions on the export of crude oil will create opportunities for veterans and women while promoting U.S. energy and national security, H6960 [9OC]

——— report to Congress on impact of removing restrictions on the export of crude oil relative to promoting U.S. energy and national security, H6958 [9OC]

Power resources: modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), H8842 [1DE], H8944, H8945 [2DE]

——— promote clean energy technology and energy efficiency in order to combat effects of climate change, lower energy prices, and increase national security, H6953 [9OC]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, H9370, H9371, H9372 [16DE]

Texas Independence Day: observance, H1512 [2MR]

White House Fellows Program: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 82), H7099 [22OC]

Tributes

Walters, Kelly, E101• [22JA]