BUCSHON, LARRY (a Representative from Indiana)

Amendments

Medicaid: require States to provide to the Dept. of HHS certain information with respect to provider terminations (H.R. 3716), H1102, H1103 [2MR]

Appointments

Conferee: S. 524, Dept. of Justice grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use, H2458 [17MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Apollo space program: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of first manned moon landing (see H.R. 2726), H5016 [14JY]

Army: place in Arlington National Cemetery a memorial honoring helicopter pilots and crew of the Vietnam era (see H.R. 4298), H5501 [14SE]

Business and industry: prohibit pyramid promotional schemes (see H.R. 5230), H3705 [10JN]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: adjust the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in order to avoid disproportionate penalties for hospitals treating vulnerable populations (see H.R. 1343), H855 [23FE]

——— delay release of Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings (see H.R. 6088), H5801 [21SE]

Clinton, Hillary Rodham: recognize failure to follow legal and ethical obligations and responsibilities expected of a Federal agency head during her tenure as Sec. of State (see H. Res. 884), H5865 [22SE]

Dept. of Defense: detain individuals captured for supporting Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) at detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H. Res. 645), H1853 [19AP]

——— prohibit transfer or release of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H.R. 5351), H5256 [9SE]

Dept. of Education: require institutions of higher education to provide students with annual estimates of student loan borrowing (see H.R. 5755), H4925 [13JY]

Dept. of HHS: better address substance use and substance use disorders among young people (see H.R. 5956), H5223 [8SE]

——— develop and disseminate clinical practice guidelines and create a safe harbor for defendants in medical malpractice actions who demonstrate adherence to such guidelines (see H.R. 2603), H2845 [18MY]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 3381), H5525 [15SE]

——— provide for participation of pediatric subspecialists in the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 1859), H3817 [14JN]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 2342), H1996 [26AP]

——— provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (see H.R. 1818), H102 [6JA]

——— strengthen efforts to prevent and respond to child abuse and neglect by monitoring and overseeing States to ensure they are meeting current child welfare requirements (see H.R. 4843), H1898 [20AP]

Dept. of Labor: delay effective date of rule increasing the income threshold for employees who are exempt from overtime pay (see H.R. 6094), H5867 [22SE]

——— disapprove rule reforming overtime and Federal wage and hour standards that limits employer and employee opportunities (see H. Res. 836), H5502 [14SE]

——— 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 State and AID: prioritize efforts to support access to primary and secondary education for displaced children (see H.R. 5735), H7571 [8DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish Economic Sanctions Strategy, Coordination, and Planning Group (see H.R. 5910), H5437 [13SE]

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

——— improve process for determining the eligibility of caregivers of veterans to certain benefits (see H.R. 3989), H1853 [19AP]

——— improve use of opioids in treating veterans, improve patient advocacy, and expand availability of complementary and integrative health (see H.R. 4063), H855 [23FE]

——— prohibit implementation of proposed rule on the practice authority of advanced practice registered nurses (see H.R. 6277), H6102 [28SE]

——— provide certain employees of Members of Congress and certain State or local government employees with access to case-tracking information (see H.R. 5166), H3705 [10JN]

——— provide veterans affected by school closures certain relief and restoration of educational benefits (see H.R. 6003), H5435 [13SE]

——— require vendors of automobile adaptive equipment to be certified or licensed to ensure adherence to quality, performance, and safety standards (see H.R. 3471), H3705 [10JN]

Developing countries: authorize aid to reduce poverty and hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, promote agricultural-led economic growth, and build resilience among vulnerable populations (see H.R. 1567), H1600 [11AP]

Diseases: 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), H3754 [13JN]

Doby, Lawrence E.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 5621), H4575 [8JY]

Dr. Otis Bowen Veteran House, Indianapolis, IN: designate (see H.R. 5509), H3966 [16JN]

Drugs: prevent regulatory oversight from disrupting ability of emergency medical personnel to administer certain controlled substances (see H.R. 4365), H2429 [16MY]

EPA: disapprove a rule relative to ‘‘National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone’’ (see H.J. Res. 74), H651 [9FE]

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

——— facilitate efficient State implementation of ground-level ozone standards (see H.R. 4775), H1766 [15AP]

FAA: improve hiring of certain air traffic control specialists (see H.R. 5292), H5098 [6SE]

Farm Credit System: anniversary (see H. Res. 591), H2963 [23MY]

Federal agencies and departments: expand use and administration of data to facilitate transparency, effective governance, and innovation (see H.R. 5051), H3565 [8JN]

——— 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), H819 [12FE]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 923), H1302 [10MR]

——— 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]

FTC: exercise authority relative to mergers under certain antitrust legislation and only in the same procedural manner as the Dept. of Justice exercises such authority (see H.R. 2745), H855 [23FE]

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), H4276 [5JY]

Health care professionals: protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 921), H1802 [18AP]

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]

Indiana: provide additional allocation of low-income housing tax credits in response to Superfund site related condemnation of low-income housing (see H.R. 6166), H7059 [30NO]

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore: redesignate as Indiana Dunes National Park (see H.R. 6291), H6102 [28SE]

Indianapolis, IN: tribute to Indianapolis 500 automobile race (see H. Res. 738), H2844 [18MY]

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), H651 [9FE]

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

——— reaffirm U.S. right to use all available options, including the use of military force, to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon (see H. Res. 600), H776 [11FE]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 4938), H3504 [7JN]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 3222), H1924 [21AP]

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

McAuliffe, Christa: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 5168), H4054 [21JN]

Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission: improve (see H.R. 6518), H7568 [8DE]

Medicare: improve patient access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 5210), H2387 [13MY]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 1453), H3503 [7JN]

——— remove enrollment restriction on certain physicians and practitioners prescribing covered outpatient drugs under the prescription drug program (see H.R. 4062), H15 [5JA]

——— strengthen rules applied in case of competition for diabetic testing strips (see H.R. 771), H5712 [20SE]

——— 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), H1637 [12AP]

Michael Garver Oxley Memorial Post Office Building, Findlay, OH: designate (see H.R. 4925), H1679 [13AP]

National Brain Tumor Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 679), H1679 [13AP]

National Lineman Appreciation Day: designate (see H. Res. 674), H1738 [14AP]

National security: ensure preparedness for chemical, radiological, biological, and nuclear threats (see H.R. 3299), H651 [9FE]

OSHA: authorize the Voluntary Protection Programs (see H.R. 2500), H1152 [7MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow for certain third party payments (see H.R. 3742), H2429 [16MY]

——— 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), H3754 [13JN]

Richard Allen Cable Post Office, Shelby, IN: designate (see H.R. 4887), H3705 [10JN]

Senate Rules: disapprove modern filibuster rule, end process of anonymous holds, and reaffirm House commitment to work with the Senate to end gridlock and pass legislation (see H. Res. 431), H819 [12FE]

Sports: include fighters of combat sports in the safety provisions of the Professional Boxing Safety Act (see H.R. 5365), H3915 [15JN]

Taxation: improve and make permanent the credit for carbon dioxide sequestration (see H.R. 4622), H948 [25FE]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2315), H3704 [10JN]

——— modify rules relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 1196), H2428 [16MY]

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see H. Con. Res. 89), H711 [10FE]

——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 4626), H5023 [18JY]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1718), H2429 [16MY]

——— provide for reporting and disclosure by State and local public employee retirement pension plans (see H.R. 4822), H1495 [21MR]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: oppose ‘‘Paris Agreement’’ (see H. Con. Res. 105), H365 [13JA]

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 HHS: conduct a study on designation of surgical health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 4959), H1764 [15AP]

Drugs: improve access to opioid use disorder treatment (see H.R. 4981), H1801 [18AP]

Insurance: allow States to determine the age discount in their health insurance market in order to prevent an increase in young people’s premiums (see H.R. 5921), H5030 [21JY]

Medicare: coverage of certain DNA Specimen Provenance Assay tests for diagnosis or treatment of illness (see H.R. 5763), H4925 [13JY]

——— preserve beneficiary access to ventilators (see H.R. 6012), H5435 [13SE]

——— prohibit further action on proposed rule on testing of part B prescription drug models (see H.R. 5122), H2148 [29AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of HHS: conduct a study on designation of surgical health professional shortage areas (H.R. 4959), H1765 [15AP]

Drugs: improve access to opioid use disorder treatment (H.R. 4981), H1802 [18AP]

Insurance: allow States to determine the age discount in their health insurance market in order to prevent an increase in young people’s premiums (H.R. 5921), H5030 [21JY]

Medicare: coverage of certain DNA Specimen Provenance Assay tests for diagnosis or treatment of illness (H.R. 5763), H4926 [13JY]

——— preserve beneficiary access to ventilators (H.R. 6012), H5436 [13SE]

——— prohibit further action on proposed rule on testing of part B prescription drug models (H.R. 5122), H2150 [29AP]

Remarks

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 933), H7089 [1DE]

——— provide further funding for the Select Investigative Panel established to investigate matters relative to fetal tissue procurement and abortion practices, H7089 [1DE]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, H7489 [8DE]

Crane, IN: anniversary of Naval Support Activity Crane, H7067 [1DE]

Dept. of Labor: disapprove rule reforming overtime and Federal wage and hour standards that limits employer and employee opportunities (H.J. Res. 95), H5725 [21SE]

——— 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 (H.R. 4773), H5725 [21SE]

Drugs: improve access to opioid use disorder treatment (H.R. 4981), H2278 [11MY]

Flint, MI: provide Federal assistance to reduce high lead levels in drinking water and monitor health of exposed individuals, H7489 [8DE]

George P. Kazen Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Laredo, TX: designate (S. 612), H7489 [8DE]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices, H6998 [30NO]

Indiana: anniversary of statehood, H7556, H7560 [8DE]

Medicaid: require States to provide to the Dept. of HHS certain information with respect to provider terminations (H.R. 3716), H1097, H1098, H1099, H1100, H1103 [2MR]

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), H937 [25FE]

National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: observance, H5923 [27SE]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program (H.R. 34), Senate amendment, H6998 [30NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), veto, H443 [2FE]

Southwest Indiana Chamber of Commerce: Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives National Chamber of the Year award recipient, H5451 [14SE]

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana, Inc.: tribute, H1393 [16MR]

University of Southern Indiana: College of Nursing and Health Professions recipient of National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education Nexus Award, H5252 [9SE]

Votes: position on missed, H5119• [7SE], H5246• [9SE]

Young, Jackie: Atlanta Tipoff Club (organization) Naismith Trophy for Girl’s High School Player of the Year recipient, H1393 [16MR]

Tributes

Coats, Senator, H7560 [8DE]

Didia, Nic, H5109 [7SE]

Meador, Scott, H3270 [26MY]