BRIDENSTINE, JIM (a Representative from Oklahoma)

Amendments

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 5303), H6048 [28SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 4828), H4575 [8JY]

Appropriations: amend consolidated appropriations legislation (see H.R. 4371), H2067 [27AP]

Arlington National Cemetery: establish 50th Anniversary Apollo 1 Memorial (see H.R. 6147), H7571 [8DE]

Armed Forces: increase maximum reimbursement amount authorized for travel expenses incurred by certain members of the Reserves to attend inactive duty training outside of normal commuting distances (see H.R. 4424), H856 [23FE]

——— recognize importance of land forces, revise end-strength levels for such forces, and specify new permanent active duty end-strength minimum levels (see H.R. 4534), H856 [23FE]

Birds: provide for the conservation and preservation of the greater sage grouse by facilitating State recovery plans (see H.R. 4739), H1388 [15MR]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 55), H776 [11FE]

Civil Air Patrol: anniversary (see H. Res. 925), H6270 [16NO]

Clinton, Hillary Rodham: call for revocation of security clearances, denial of access to classified information, and denial of access to classified information by certain colleagues (see H.R. 5697), H4928 [13JY]

Committee on Oversight of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 571), H365 [13JA]

Congress: require each bill enacted be limited to only one subject (see H.R. 4335), H775 [11FE]

Credit: exempt small seller financers from certain licensing requirements and debt-to-income requirements for qualified mortgages (see H.R. 5301), H3665 [9JN]

Dept. of Defense: provide that temporary employees may compete for vacant permanent positions under internal merit promotion procedures (see H.R. 4687), H1153 [7MR]

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take into custody certain aliens who have been charged with a crime that resulted in the death or serious injury of another person (see H.R. 5646), H4466 [6JY]

Dept. of Labor: modify employee protective arrangements for public transportation projects (see H.R. 1711), H1996 [26AP]

——— 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), H3297 [26MY]

Dept. of State: submit to Congress a report on designation of Muslim Brotherhood (organization) as a foreign terrorist organization (see H.R. 3892), H433 [1FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit Judgment Fund payments to Iran until Iran returns certain amounts paid in conjunction with the release of detained U.S. citizens and pays U.S. victims of Iranian terrorism what they are owed (see H.R. 5940), H5644 [19SE]

Dept. of Transportation: terminate the Essential Air Service program (see H.R. 4917), H1945 [25AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program establishing a patient self-scheduling appointment system (see H.R. 4352), H3462 [3JN]

——— 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]

——— provide veterans affected by school closures certain relief and restoration of educational benefits (see H.R. 6003), H5801 [21SE]

——— reinstate requirement for an annual report on the capacity to provide for specialized treatment and rehabilitative needs of disabled veterans (see H.R. 5091), H2343 [12MY]

EPA: alleviate the ethanol blend wall under the renewable fuel program (see H.R. 5180), H3095 [24MY]

——— exclude vehicles used solely for competition from certain provisions of the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 4715), H2343 [12MY]

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), H496 [2FE]

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

——— include consideration of certain impacts on commercial space launch and reentry activities in a navigable airspace analysis (see H.R. 6007), H5502 [14SE]

Farm Credit System: anniversary (see H. Res. 591), H1803 [18AP]

Federal agencies and departments: amend law relative to judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions (see H.R. 4768), H2845 [18MY]

——— 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), H651 [9FE]

——— prohibit funding for purchase of heavy water from Iran (see H.R. 5119), H3817 [14JN]

——— require a notice and comment process for interpretative rules if there is a change to a previously issued rule (see H.R. 2631), H3095 [24MY]

——— 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]

Federal employees: revoke the security clearance of any employee or official who has exercised extreme carelessness in the handling of classified information (see H.R. 5697), H4928 [13JY]

Federal-State relations: prohibit taxpayer bailouts of fiscally irresponsible State and local governments (see H.R. 5276), H2844 [18MY]

Financial institutions: amend securities, commodities, and banking laws to make information reported to financial regulatory agencies electronically searchable (see H.R. 2477), H5016 [14JY]

Firearms: eliminate authority of the executive branch to further restrict conduct of individuals relative to firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 4319), H102 [6JA]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 923), H2067 [27AP] (see H.R. 986), H1000 [26FE]

——— provide that any Executive action that infringes on the powers and duties of Congress under section 8 of article I of the Constitution or on the Second Amendment to the Constitution has no force or effect (see H.R. 4321), H100 [6JA]

Foreign trade: require that any trade agreement provides reasonable access and collaboration of each nation involved for U.S. Armed Forces MIA search and recovery activities (see H. Con. Res. 56), H3504 [7JN]

FRS: exempt certain States and Indian tribes from a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regulation on payday loans, vehicle title loans, or other similar loans (see H.R. 5552), H5098 [6SE]

Health: improve health care coverage under vision and dental plans for certain self-funded, non-Federal Government plans (see H.R. 3323), H102 [6JA]

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), H651 [9FE]

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]

——— suspend admission of refugees into the U.S. until certain conditions are met (see H.R. 4218), H365 [13JA]

Iran: expedite consideration of sanctions if Iran commits acts of terror or uses ballistic missile technology in violation of international law (see H.R. 4333), H101 [6JA]

IRS: nullify proposed regulations that would eliminate valuation discounts on liquidation of an interest relative to estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 6100), H5914 [26SE]

Israel: authorize State and local governments to divest from entities engaging in boycott, divestment, or sanctions activities targeting Israel (see H.R. 4514), H2845 [18MY]

Law enforcement: safeguard electronic data stored abroad from improper Government access (see H.R. 1174), H1496 [21MR]

Law enforcement officers: make an attack on a police officer a hate crime (see H.R. 4760), H2282 [11MY]

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

Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see H.R. 556), H1802 [18AP]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H1853 [19AP]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1608), H6366 [29NO]

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), H590 [4FE]

Nancy Reagan Memorial Park, Arlington County, VA: designate (see H.R. 5457), H5017 [14JY]

NASA: establish a program for the medical monitoring, diagnosis, and treatment of astronauts (see H.R. 6076), H5710 [20SE]

——— preserve U.S. space leadership by establishing a Board of Directors to review and reform space programs and extend the term of the Administrator (see H.R. 2093), H433 [1FE]

——— provide for continuing cooperation with Israel Space Agency (see H.R. 5989), H5255 [9SE]

National Guard: ensure certain members serving on full-time duty and their dependents remain eligible for TRICARE program when the members are responding to a disaster (see H.R. 4554), H816 [12FE]

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), H5339 [12SE]

——— prohibit from relinquishing control over Internet domain name system unless specifically authorized to do so by Congress (see H.R. 5418), H4193 [1JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: clarify application of rule for counting resident time in nonprovider settings (see H.R. 6515), H7568 [8DE]

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: prohibit the furnishing of names in a report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System unless a Federal court has determined the individual to be mentally defective (see H.R. 3126), H176 [7JA]

——— prohibit use of determinations to consider an indivdual to be adjudicated as mentally defective relative to the sale or transfer of firearms (see H.R. 3516), H2700 [17MY]

Taxation: oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see H. Con. Res. 89), H1117 [2MR]

——— oppose President Obama’s proposed $10 tax on every barrel of oil (see H. Con. Res. 112), H3504 [7JN]

——— prohibit inclusion of Social Security numbers of donors in charitable contribution substantiation acknowledgements (see H.R. 4281), H176 [7JA]

U.S. Commission on OPEC: establish (see H.R. 4559), H6108 [28SE]

U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Month: designate (see H. Res. 776), H5226 [8SE]

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), H2283 [11MY]

Vietnamese Conflict: recognize contributions of Khmer, Laotian, Hmong, and Montagnard Freedom Fighters and the people of Cambodia and Laos in support and defense of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Res. 210), H3504 [7JN]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Filipino veterans (see H.R. 2737), H5867 [22SE]

——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. military personnel who fought in the Pacific theater and who died or were imprisoned by the Japanese military (see H.R. 4766), H2215 [10MY]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (see H.R. 3929), H3705 [10JN]

——— 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), H5098 [6SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Congress: prohibit consideration of any legislation which has not been published online at least 72 hours prior to its consideration and clarify rules for showing amendments made to existing law (see H.R. 4328), H100 [6JA]

Space policy: permanently secure the U.S. as the preeminent spacefaring nation (see H.R. 4945), H1736 [14AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Congress: prohibit consideration of any legislation which has not been published online at least 72 hours prior to its consideration and clarify rules for showing amendments made to existing law (H.R. 4328), H101 [6JA]

Space policy: permanently secure the U.S. as the preeminent spacefaring nation (H.R. 4945), H1736 [14AP]

Remarks

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 5303), H6049 [28SE]

——— require feasibility study of modifying flood risk management projects of Tulsa and West Tulsa, OK, levees and prioritize funding if levees are found to be at high risk of failure, H6049 [28SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4909), H2464 [17MY]

FAA: include consideration of certain impacts on commercial space launch and reentry activities in a navigable airspace analysis (H.R. 6007), H5696 [20SE]

New York: Dept. of Environmental Conservation decision to deny permit for construction of Constitution Pipeline, H2291 [12MY]