ALLEN, RICK W. (a Representative from Georgia)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4909), H2747 [18MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 4828), H2429 [16MY]

——— prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex or race (see H.R. 4924), H1679 [13AP]

Apollo space program: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of first manned moon landing (see H.R. 2726), H4927 [13JY]

Appropriations: eliminate unauthorized spending on Federal programs (see H.R. 4730), H2701 [17MY]

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: rescind directive requiring special country of origin labeling of Israeli goods produced in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (see H.R. 4555), H1117 [2MR]

Colleges and universities: prohibit Federal funding to institutions that remove, censor, take down, prohibit, or otherwise halt display of the U.S. flag (see H.R. 6433), H7144 [2DE]

Congress: provide authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with duties under the Constitution relative to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainee transfers (see H. Res. 617), H1117 [2MR]

Cuba: provide that certain Cuban entrants are ineligible to receive refugee assistance (see H.R. 4247), H2845 [18MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide that certain convicted felons shall be ineligible to participate in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 4420), H596 [8FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish a National Family Caregiving Project (see H.R. 3099), H1000 [26FE]

——— revise operations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (see H.R. 1151), H6001 [27SE]

Dept. of HUD: reform laws relative to small public housing agencies (see H.R. 4816), H2067 [27AP]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize provisions relative to Independent Counsel (see H.R. 5271), H2699 [17MY]

Dept. of Labor: delay effective date of rule increasing the income threshold for employees who are exempt from overtime pay (see H.R. 6094), H5799 [21SE]

——— disapprove final rule relative to interpretation of the ‘advice’ exemption in the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (see H.J. Res. 87), H1765 [15AP]

——— disapprove rule on definition of the term ‘‘fiduciary’’ and conflict of interest rule relative to retirement investment advice (see H.J. Res. 88), H1997 [26AP]

——— disapprove rule reforming overtime and Federal wage and hour standards that limits employer and employee opportunities (see H.J. Res. 95), H3967 [16JN]

——— preserve the companionship services exemption for minimum wage and overtime pay and the live-in domestic services exemption for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (see H.R. 3860), H1803 [18AP]

——— prevent finalization of rule reforming overtime and Federal wage and hour standards that limits employer and employee opportunities and assess economic impact of any proposed reforms (see H.R. 4773), H1637 [12AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out pilot program to provide service dogs to certain veterans with severe post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 4764), H2067 [27AP]

——— expand eligibility of veterans to receive mental health care at non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 1604), H1553 [22MR]

Diseases: authorize use of ebola funds for Zika response and preparedness (see H.R. 4446), H1001 [26FE]

——— require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (see H.R. 2739), H2067 [27AP]

District of Columbia: reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (see H.R. 4901), H1681 [13AP]

——— require reciprocity with other States and jurisdictions relative to ability of individuals to carry certain concealed firearms (see H.R. 4348), H175 [7JA]

Doby, Lawrence E.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 5621), H4661 [11JY]

Drugs: prevent regulatory oversight from disrupting ability of emergency medical personnel to administer certain controlled substances (see H.R. 4365), H2067 [27AP]

EPA: alleviate the ethanol blend wall under the renewable fuel program (see H.R. 5180), H4550 [7JY]

——— amend Federal Water Pollution Control Act relative to citizen suits and specification of disposal sites (see H.R. 4149), H5023 [18JY]

European Union: designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization and impose sanctions on it and its members (see H. Res. 750), H4188 [28JN]

Farm Credit System: anniversary (see H. Res. 591), H3297 [26MY]

FCC: place a cap on support provided through Lifeline program (see H.R. 4884), H2111 [28AP]

——— prohibit from regulating the rates charged for broadband Internet access service (see H.R. 2666), H331 [12JA]

——— prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program (see H.R. 266), H2110 [28AP] (see H.R. 5525), H4055 [21JN]

Federal agencies and departments: amend law relative to judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions (see H.R. 4768), H1586 [23MR]

——— prohibit deduction of labor organization dues from the pay of Federal employees and protect rights relative to use of dues, union elections, and privacy (see H.R. 4461), H589 [4FE]

——— require all fines, fees, penalties, or proceeds from a settlement to be transferred to the Treasury and subjected to the appropriations process (see H.R. 5499), H3965 [16JN]

——— require response to comments from congressional committees about proposed rulemaking (see H.R. 4636), H1681 [13AP]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 402), H3754 [13JN]

——— express that the Second Amendment to the Constitution protects the individual right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense and it is fully applicable to States (see H. Con. Res. 148), H5011 [14JY]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 923), H3664 [9JN]

Foreign aid: withhold assistance from countries that deny or delay acceptance of nationals of such countries who have been ordered removed from the U.S. and prohibit issuance of visas to nationals of such countries (see H.R. 5224), H6001 [27SE]

FRS: bring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into the regular appropriations process (see H.R. 1486), H592 [4FE]

Government: restore authority of the American people and the separation of powers (see H. Res. 613), H774 [11FE]

Health: authorize use of unapproved medical products by patients diagnosed with a terminal illness in accordance with State law (see H.R. 3012), H4181 [24JN]

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), H776 [11FE]

Immigration: ban Federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions that interfere with enforcement of Federal immigration law and provide liability protection for local law enforcement who enforce Federal laws (see H.R. 5654), H4546 [7JY]

——— 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), H376 [28JA]

——— prohibit entities receiving Federal funds that fail to comply with lawful requests for information or detainment of an alien made by Federal immigration enforcement authorities from receiving additional funds (see H.R. 6468), H7397 [7DE]

Insurance: provide an exception from certain group health plan requirements for qualified small employer health reimbursement arrangements (see H.R. 5447), H4054 [21JN]

——— 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), H14 [5JA]

Iran: impose sanctions on persons that transfer to or from Iran advanced conventional weapons or ballistic missiles, or related technology, parts, components, or technical information (see H.R. 4342), H711 [10FE]

——— prohibit cash payments (see H.R. 5931), H5437 [13SE]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 4938), H3817 [14JN]

——— prohibit hiring of additional employees until it is certified that no IRS employee has a seriously delinquent tax debt (see H.R. 1206), H1585 [23MR]

Israel: recognize importance of the U.S.-Israel economic relationship and encourage new areas of cooperation (see H. Res. 551), H1117 [2MR]

——— support expeditious consideration and finalization of long-term memorandum of understanding on U.S. military assistance to Israel (see H. Res. 729), H3705 [10JN]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 3222), H2067 [27AP]

Los Angeles, CA: support bid to host 2024 Olympic Summer Games (see H. Con. Res. 142), H4548 [7JY]

Major Gregory E. Barney Post Office Building, Riverdale, GA: designate (see H.R. 4747), H1389 [15MR]

Marine Lance Corporal Squire ‘Skip’ Wells Post Office Building, Marietta, GA: designate (see H.R. 5612), H4191 [1JY]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1221), H2282 [11MY]

Medicare: ensure fairness in hospital payments by establishing a floor for the area wage index applied relative to certain hospitals (see H.R. 4428), H495 [2FE]

——— expand access to stroke telehealth services (see H.R. 2799), H5225 [8SE]

——— improve patient access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 5210), H3565 [8JN]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1221), H2282 [11MY]

——— prohibit further action on proposed rule on testing of part B prescription drug models (see H.R. 5122), H4928 [13JY]

——— prohibit prescription drug plan sponsors and Medicare Advantage prescription drug organizations from retroactively reducing payment on clean claims submitted by pharmacies (see H.R. 5951), H5867 [22SE]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H5162 [7SE]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program and transparency of payment methodology of pharmacies (see H.R. 244), H567 [3FE]

——— remove enrollment restriction on certain physicians and practitioners prescribing covered outpatient drugs under the prescription drug program (see H.R. 4062), H3297 [26MY]

——— suspend implementation of a comprehensive care for joint replacement (CJR) payment model for episode-based payment for lower extremity joint replacement (LEJR) in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 4848), H1738 [14AP]

——— treat audiologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing services, improve access to audiology services available for coverage, and enable beneficiaries to have their choice of audiologists (see H.R. 2519), H3454 [27MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: continue use of quarterly reporting period for health care providers to demonstrate meaningful uses under electronic health records incentive payment programs (see H.R. 5001), H3665 [9JN]

Members of Congress: hold salaries in escrow if Congress does not pass regular appropriations bills for a fiscal year prior to the beginning of that fiscal year (see H.R. 4486), H776 [11FE]

Morrill, Justin Smith: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 4520), H709 [10FE]

Nancy Reagan Memorial Park, Arlington County, VA: designate (see H.R. 5457), H3753 [13JN]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: authorize the Speaker of the House to initiate a civil action to prohibit relinquishing control over Internet domain name system (see H. Res. 853), H5802 [21SE]

Obama, President: condemn and censure relative to responsibilities as Commander in Chief, foreign affairs and military strategies, and national security policy (see H. Res. 588), H592 [4FE]

——— provide that no Federal funds, fees, or resources may be used to implement certain Executive orders and suspend rulemaking authority of agencies during the remainder of Presidency (see H.R. 4956), H1764 [15AP]

OSHA: authorize the Voluntary Protection Programs (see H.R. 2500), H3564 [8JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow for certain third party payments (see H.R. 3742), H2067 [27AP]

Pensions: ensure retirement investors receive advice in their best interests (see H.R. 4293), H1146 [3MR] (see H.R. 4294), H1152 [7MR]

——— provide for the electronic delivery of pension plan information (see H.R. 2656), H6001 [27SE]

POW: clarify that any action by the President in contravention of the restriction on transfer or release of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is without legal effect (see H.R. 4126), H568 [3FE]

Privacy: restrict inclusion of Social Security account numbers on documents sent by mail by the Federal Government (see H.R. 3779), H1000 [26FE]

Schools: protect authority of States and local governments to enact and enforce policies relative to use of sex-segregated bathrooms and locker rooms of educational institutions on the basis of gender identity (see H.R. 5275), H3297 [26MY]

Sidney Oslin Smith, Jr., Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Gainesville, GA: designate (see H.R. 4224), H568 [3FE]

Social Security: replace Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program with a block grant to the States (see H.R. 4362), H280 [11JA]

SSA: modernize classification of disability beneficiaries, provide assistance in obtaining rehabilitative services, and incentivize returning to work for beneficiaries who have recovered (see H.R. 5409), H5017 [14JY]

Taxation: allow members of Armed Forces Ready Reserve to make elective deferrals to retirement plans on the basis of their service (see H.R. 4381), H3565 [8JN]

——— improve and make permanent the credit for carbon dioxide sequestration (see H.R. 4622), H1390 [15MR]

——— increase the child tax credit (see H.R. 4846), H1581 [23MR]

——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 4626), H4172 [22JN]

——— provide families with more discretion in the use of, and contributions to, flexible spending accounts for healthcare services (see H.R. 1185), H1680 [13AP]

Telephones: require multi-line telephone systems to have a default configuration that permits users to directly call 9-1-1 without dialing any additional digits or codes (see H.R. 4167), H1636 [12AP]

Thomas, Clarence: tribute (see H. Res. 942), H7272 [6DE]

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), H1045 [29FE]

U.S.-European Union-Norway-Iceland Air Transport Agreement: ensure foreign air carriers applying to operate in the U.S. comply with certain labor standards or labor-related rights and principles (see H.R. 5090), H2429 [16MY]

Unemployment: require substance abuse risk assessment and targeted drug testing as a condition for receipt of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 2148), H710 [10FE]

Volunteer workers: provide for liability protection for volunteer organizations or entities (see H.R. 2290), H3664 [9JN]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: repeal provisions relative to liquidation authority of large financial institutions in default or in danger of default (see H.R. 4894), H2701 [17MY]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to the U.S. Merchant Marine of World War II (see H.R. 2992), H3704 [10JN]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (see H.R. 3929), H4277 [5JY]

——— officially recognize service and sacrifice of African-American soldiers of the 333d Field Artillery Battalion who were massacred during Battle of the Bulge (see H. Con. Res. 141), H5018 [14JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

IRS: prohibit use of funds to target citizens for exercising any right guaranteed under the First Amendment of the Constitution (see H.R. 4903), H1633 [12AP]

Constitutional authority statements

IRS: prohibit use of funds to target citizens for exercising any right guaranteed under the First Amendment of the Constitution (H.R. 4903), H1635 [12AP]

Remarks

Augusta, GA: tribute to Augusta National Golf Club hosting of Masters Tournament, H1623 [12AP]

——— tribute to Southeastern Marine Corps League Conference, E349• [21MR]

Career and Technical Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 5587), H5379 [13SE]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 5303), H5968 [27SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4909), H2869 [19MY]

——— expand Army cyber ROTC programs, H2869 [19MY]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (H.R. 5046), consideration (H. Res. 720), H2231, H2232 [11MY]

Dept. of Labor: court decision granting an injunction against rule increasing the income threshold for employees who are exempt from overtime pay, H6375 [30NO]

——— delay effective date of rule increasing the income threshold for employees who are exempt from overtime pay (H.R. 6094), H6067 [28SE]

——— disapprove rule on definition of the term ‘‘fiduciary’’ and conflict of interest rule relative to retirement investment advice (H.J. Res. 88), H2087 [28AP]

——— disapprove rule reforming overtime and Federal wage and hour standards that limits employer and employee opportunities, H5452 [14SE]

Diseases: making emergency supplemental appropriations to address threat of Zika virus, H5177 [8SE]

District of Columbia: reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (H.R. 4901), H2123 [29AP]

Drugs: establish inter-agency taskforce to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication (H.R. 4641), consideration (H. Res. 720), H2231, H2232 [11MY]

EPA: allow judicial review of final rule on emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for brick and structural clay products or clay ceramics manufacturing (H.R. 4557), H1135 [3MR]

——— facilitate efficient State implementation of ground-level ozone standards (H.R. 4775), H3580 [9JN]

FCC: prohibit from regulating the rates charged for broadband Internet access service (H.R. 2666), H1747 [15AP]

——— prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program (H.R. 5525), H3981 [21JN]

FDA: improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants and similar retail food establishments and amend authority to bring certain proceedings (H.R. 2017), consideration (H. Res. 611), H726 [11FE]

Federal agencies and departments: amend law relative to judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions (H.R. 4768), H4618 [11JY]

Firearms: Executive actions to expand background checks on gun sales, ensure enforcement of current gun laws, increase access to mental health treatment, and encourage research on gun safety technology, H292 [12JA]

Georgia Southern University: tribute to Georgia-12 Youth Leadership Summit, H1396 [16MR]

Government: restore authority of the American people and the separation of powers (H. Res. 613), H902 [25FE]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices, H7190 [6DE]

Iran: anniversary of agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, H4978 [14JY]

——— enhance congressional oversight over administration of sanctions against certain Iranian terrorism financiers (H.R. 3662), H421 [1FE]

——— impose sanctions for human rights abuses and against Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps and Mahan Air (company) and codify prohibitions against access to U.S. financial system (H.R. 5631), H4978 [14JY]

——— prohibit cash payments (H.R. 5931), H5815 [22SE]

IRS: prohibit use of funds to target citizens for exercising any right guaranteed under the First Amendment of the Constitution (H.R. 4903), H1828, H1829 [19AP]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (H.R. 2646), H4323 [6JY]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program (H.R. 34), Senate amendment, H7190 [6DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H62 [6JA]

——— require States awarded grants to establish an exchange and that terminate such exchange provide an audit of use of grant funds and return funds to Federal Government (H.R. 4262), H2319 [12MY], H3736 [13JN]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), Senate amendment, H62 [6JA]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), veto, H448 [2FE]

Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (H.R. 897), H3286 [26MY]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services, H62 [6JA]

Votes: position on missed, H401• [1FE], H1128• [3MR], H1709• [14AP]

Tributes

Duvall, Vincent (Zippy), H356 [13JA]

McBride, Chester, H115 [7JA]

Palmer, Arnold, H6096 [28SE]

Willett, Danny, H1623 [12AP]

Wills, Robin (Hampton), E1370• [27SE]