BOST, MIKE (a Representative from Illinois)

Amendments

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 5303), H5989 [27SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4909), H2684 [17MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4974), H2701 [17MY]

Appointments

Conferee: S. 2943, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H4566 [8JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abner J. Mikva Post Office Building, Evanston, IL: designate (see H.R. 5798), H5006 [14JY]

Arlington National Cemetery: provide for burial of cremated remains of persons who served as Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) (see H.R. 4336), H176 [7JA]

Army: place in Arlington National Cemetery a memorial honoring helicopter pilots and crew of the Vietnam era (see H.R. 4298), H7272 [6DE]

Chicago Cubs (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 954), H7569 [8DE]

Christmas Day: express that the symbols and traditions of Christmas should be protected for use by those who celebrate Christmas (see H. Res. 564), H776 [11FE]

Committee on Oversight of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 571), H568 [3FE]

Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): establish (see H. Con. Res. 169), H6103 [28SE]

Dept. of Education: provide students with increased flexibility in the use of Federal Pell Grants (see H.R. 3180), H2215 [10MY]

Dept. of HHS: coordinate Federal research efforts for, and improve public education and awareness of, congenital heart disease (see H.R. 3952), H568 [3FE]

——— develop a voluntary patient registry to collect data on cancer incidence among firefighters (see H.R. 4625), H2111 [28AP]

——— prohibit use of military bases to temporarily house unaccompanied illegal alien children (see H.R. 4537), H774 [11FE]

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), H595 [8FE]

Dept. of Justice: provide grants to local education agencies to purchase and install devices for the immediate notification of appropriate officials in case of emergency (see H.R. 5787), H5006 [14JY]

——— reauthorize Sex Offender Management Assistance Program and U.S. Marshals Service program providing Federal assistance for violations of sex offender registration requirements (see H.R. 6133), H5863 [22SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program establishing a patient self-scheduling appointment system (see H.R. 4352), H3297 [26MY]

——— improve provision of health care for women veterans (see H.R. 1356), H2155 [3MY]

——— increase maximum amount of education debt reduction available for health care professionals (see H.R. 6273), H6102 [28SE]

——— make certain improvements in laws (see H.R. 6416), H7118 [1DE]

——— provide certain employees of Members of Congress and certain State or local government employees with access to case-tracking information (see H.R. 5166), H3817 [14JN]

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

EPA: exclude vehicles used solely for competition from certain provisions of the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 4715), H2387 [13MY]

FAA: improve hiring of certain air traffic control specialists (see H.R. 5292), H4172 [22JN]

Farm Credit System: anniversary (see H. Res. 591), H592 [4FE]

Financial institutions: permit certain depository institutions to use a short form call report (see H.R. 4500), H1853 [19AP]

——— require regulatory agencies to take risk profiles and business models of institutions into account when taking regulatory actions (see H.R. 2896), H1084 [1MR]

Firearms: allow interstate firearms sales by Federal firearms licensees be made in accordance with the State law where the transaction occurs (see H.R. 4928), H1679 [13AP]

Foreign trade: ensure that any country designated a nonmarket economy country under the Tariff Act retain this status until it demonstrates that it meets the criteria for treatment as a market economy (see H. Res. 848), H5161 [7SE]

GAO: provide for a joint session of Congress to receive a presentation on the audited financial statement of the Executive branch (see H. Con. Res. 140), H5867 [22SE]

Global War on Terror Memorial Foundation: authorize establishment of the National Global War on Terrorism Memorial as a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 5999), H6271 [16NO]

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), H4816 [12JY]

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 220), H4468 [6JY]

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

——— 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), H102 [6JA]

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

Kenneth M. Christy Post Office Building, Aurora, IL: designate (see H.R. 4960), H1997 [26AP]

Manufacturing Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 155), H5523 [15SE]

Meals on Wheels Association of America: tribute (see H. Res. 633), H1084 [1MR]

Medicare: provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 1427), H5096 [6SE]

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), H1636 [12AP]

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

Motor vehicles: promote awareness of, and encourage collaboration and communication to engage in efforts to end, motorcycle profiling (see H. Res. 831), H6181 [14NO]

——— require dealers to disclose the presence of event data recorders on new automobiles and require manufacturers to provide the option to enable or disable such devices (see H.R. 2526), H371 [25JA]

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 4592), H5914 [26SE]

Nancy Reagan Memorial Park, Arlington County, VA: designate (see H.R. 5457), H4816 [12JY]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 171), H7571 [8DE]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (see H. Res. 704), H1995 [26AP]

Officer Joseph P. Cali Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 5676), H4547 [7JY]

OSHA: repeal interpretive memorandum which revoked the exemption for retail facilities from Process Safety Management (PSM) regulations for anhydrous ammonia (see H.R. 5213), H3915 [15JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: 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 (see H.R. 4262), H1117 [2MR]

Postal Service: restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H1464 [17MR]

Small Business Saturday: observance (see H. Res. 886), H6302 [17NO]

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), H496 [2FE]

Taxation: allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040SR without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see H.R. 1397), H433 [1FE]

——— increase the alternative simplified research credit (see H.R. 5187), H4815 [12JY]

——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 4626), H2881 [19MY]

——— provide for a minimum automatic extension of certain Federal tax deadlines in the case of federally declared disasters (see H.R. 4655), H1083 [1MR]

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), H2160 [6MY]

Vietnamese Conflict: award Congressional Gold Medal to Army Dust Off crews (see H.R. 5299), H7272 [6DE]

Volunteer workers: provide for liability protection for volunteer organizations or entities (see H.R. 2290), H281 [11JA]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (see H.R. 3929), H1636 [12AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: modify limitations applicable to qualified conservation loan guarantees (see H.R. 5733), H4814 [12JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: inspect kitchens and food service areas at medical facilities to ensure cleanliness standards match those of private hospitals and require an outside organization to conduct such inspections (see H.R. 5231), H2385 [13MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Agriculture: modify limitations applicable to qualified conservation loan guarantees (H.R. 5733), H4815 [12JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: inspect kitchens and food service areas at medical facilities to ensure cleanliness standards match those of private hospitals and require an outside organization to conduct such inspections (H.R. 5231), H2386 [13MY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1391 [16MR], H1497 [22MR], H3505 [8JN], H3757 [14JN], H6367 [30NO], H7061 [1DE]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H6273 [17NO]

Remarks

Arlington National Cemetery: provide for burial of cremated remains of persons who served as Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) (H.R. 4336), H1530 [22MR]

Corps of Engineers: call for investigation into environmental impact statement issued to support site selection for new National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Western headquarters, H2704 [18MY]

——— consider all potential economic benefits to the public from rehabilitation of non-Federal levees, including flood risk management, navigation, recreation, and ecosystem restoration, H5989 [27SE]

——— improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 5303), H5989 [27SE]

——— prohibit funding to activate Birds Point levee in Missouri without a plan to rebuild, H3249 [25MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop and implement a plan to hire medical center directors (H.R. 3956), H2919 [23MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5055), H3249 [25MY]

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, H107 [7JA]

Native Americans: support efforts to stop theft, illegal possession or sale, transfer, and export of tribal cultural items of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians in the U.S. and internationally (H. Con. Res. 122), H6376 [30NO]

SBA: establish size standards for small agricultural enterprises using the same process for establishing size standards for small business concerns (H.R. 3714), H1832 [19AP]

Supreme Court: authorize Speaker Ryan to appear as amicus curiae on behalf of the House in the matter of U.S. v. Texas relative to use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform (H. Res. 639), consideration (H. Res. 649), H1429 [17MR]

Votes: position on missed, E993• [24JN], E1056• [7JY], E1073• [8JY]

World Down Syndrome Day: observance, H1465 [21MR]

Resignations

Committee on Small Business (House), H583 [4FE]

Tributes

Iubelt, Tyler, H6273 [17NO]

Jones, Sam and Eva, E1347• [22SE]