BARTON, JOE (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2810, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H8012 [12OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit abortion in cases where a fetal heartbeat is detectable (see H.R. 490), H4570 [24MY]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 681), H685 [24JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 36), H7672 [2OC]

Americans With Disabilities Act: promote compliance through education, clarify requirements for demand letters, and provide for a notice and cure period before commencement of a private civil action (see H.R. 620), H8598 [7NO]

Appropriations: eliminate unauthorized spending on Federal programs (see H.R. 2174), H2896 [26AP]

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. 60), H195 [6JA]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 29), H546 [13JA]

Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): establish (see H. Con. Res. 28), H5380 [29JN]

Congressional Office of Compliance: enroll congressional employees in program to train employees in workplace rights and responsibilities including protections against sexual harassment and discrimination (see H. Res. 630), H9467 [28NO]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: provide an exemption from rules and regulations for community financial institutions (see H.R. 1264), H6043 [19JY]

Converse Veterans Post Office Building, Converse, TX: designate (see H.R. 1208), H4391 [19MY]

Credit: modify the definitions of a mortgage originator, high-cost mortgage, and loan originator (see H.R. 1699), H5049 [21JN]

Dept. of HHS: appoint a Federal Coordinator to coordinate opioid abuse reduction programs, serve as a liaison to State and local opioid reduction activities, and establish an electronic database on opioid abuse information (see H.R. 4284), H8596 [7NO]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 820), H1307 [16FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: improve border security by building physical barriers, securing ports of entry, hiring additional agents, increasing aerial patrols, using National Guard support, and assisting law enforcement (see H.R. 3548), H6572 [28JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: authorize issuance of certain bonds to pay principal and interest on public debt, rescission of certain unobligated balances, and sale of certain assets if debt ceiling is estimated to be reached (see H.R. 3167), H7487 [25SE]

Dept. of Transportation: provide information on highly automated driving systems to prospective buyers (see H.R. 3388), H6655 [5SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out pilot program to provide service dogs to certain veterans with severe post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 2327), H3322 [3MY]

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 846), H2848 [25AP]

District of Columbia: require reciprocity with other States and jurisdictions relative to ability of individuals to carry certain concealed firearms (see H.R. 2909), H7425 [14SE]

Ecology and environment: prohibit consideration of the social cost of carbon, methane, nitrous oxide, or any other greenhouse gas in cost benefit analysis prior to any rulemaking unless compliant with OMB guidance (see H.R. 3117), H8227 [25OC]

Encinal Veterans Post Office, Encinal, TX: designate (see H.R. 1211), H4391 [19MY]

Endy Nddiobong Ekpanya Post Office Building, Pearland, TX: designate (see H.R. 294), H179 [5JA]

EPA: prevent from exceeding its statutory authority in ways that were not yet contemplated by Congress (see H.R. 637), H682 [24JA]

——— prohibit proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible (see H.R. 1430), H1947 [8MR]

——— provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications and public participation (see H.R. 1431), H1947 [8MR]

——— repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 1314), H1527 [2MR]

Evers-Williams, Myrlie: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2130), H4939 [15JN]

FCC: expand and clarify prohibition on provision of inaccurate caller identification information (see H.R. 423), H298 [10JA]

FDA: establish a program to provide additional incentives for development of new drugs to treat pediatric cancers (see H.R. 1231), H4425 [22MY]

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 26), H98 [4JA]

Federal Highway Administration: issue a final rule approving use of Clearview font on road signs (see H.R. 2029), H4313 [17MY]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 38), H2517 [28MR]

FTC: prohibit pyramid promotional schemes and ensure compensation is not based upon recruitment of participants into a plan, but on sales to individuals who use products or services sold (see H.R. 3409), H8077 [23OC]

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. 8), H194 [6JA]

Health: improve essential oral health care for low-income and other underserved individuals by breaking down barriers to care (see H.R. 2422), H5296 [28JN]

House of Representatives: ensure offices attached to the seat of Government should not be required to exercise their office in the District of Columbia (see H. Res. 38), H879 [1FE]

Houston Astros (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 605), H8495 [3NO]

Immigration: authorize cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain aliens who are long-term U.S. residents and who entered the U.S. as children (see H.R. 1468), H7383 [13SE] (see H.R. 3440), H7487 [25SE]

——— 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. 400), H747 [30JA]

——— eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase the per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see H.R. 392), H7217 [8SE]

——— 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. 604), H879 [1FE]

Independent Payment Advisory Board: discontinue process of consideration and automatic implementation of the annual proposal to reduce growth rate of Medicare spending (see H.J. Res. 51), H5297 [28JN]

——— repeal (see H.R. 849), H5296 [28JN]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 314), H2464 [27MR]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 785), H7383 [13SE] (see H.R. 2723), H8033 [12OC]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1532 [2MR]

Medicare: expand access to telehealth-eligible stroke services (see H.R. 1148), H6147 [20JY]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H8699 [9NO]

——— repeal changes to exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals (see H.R. 1156), H1299 [16FE]

Mission Veterans Post Office Building, Mission, TX: designate (see H.R. 1209), H4391 [19MY]

NOAA: modernize recreational fisheries management (see H.R. 2023), H6043 [19JY]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: amend (see H.R. 3053), H5886 [14JY]

Pensions: ensure retirement investors receive advice in their best interests (see H.R. 2823), H4856 [12JN]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see H.R. 354), H2848 [25AP]

Pleasanton Veterans Post Office, Pleasanton, TX: designate (see H.R. 1210), H4391 [19MY]

Postal Service: require foreign shipments to provide electronic advance customs data to U.S. Customs and Border Protection on packages entering the U.S. to help stop trafficking of illicit synthetic drugs (see H.R. 1057), H4820 [8JN]

Privacy: 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. 387), H690 [24JA]

Professional Boxing Safety Act: include fighters of combat sports in safety provisions (see H.R. 44), H2150 [16MR]

Public debt: ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (see H.R. 422), H5379 [29JN]

——— prohibit use of extraordinary measures to prevent the Government from reaching the statutory debt ceiling or once such ceiling has been reached (see H.R. 1529), H4702 [7JN]

SBA: establish Office of Hurricane Harvey Small Business Recovery Grants (see H.R. 3930), H7889 [5OC]

Social Security: provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 2628), H4568 [24MY]

SSA: disapprove rule on implementation of legislation improving the National Instant Criminal Background Check System by including certain recipients of disability benefits (see H.J. Res. 40), H744 [30JA]

States: grant authority to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws on remote or online transactions (see H.R. 2193), H4856 [12JN]

Stephens, Don and Deyon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4714), H10418 [21DE]

Taxation: clarify eligibility for the child tax credit (see H.R. 1919), H2751 [5AP]

——— exclude from gross income certain amounts realized on the disposition of property raised or produced by a student farmer (see H.R. 1626), H4360 [18MY]

——— improve and extend the credit for carbon dioxide sequestration (see H.R. 3761), H7382 [13SE]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 631), H2560 [29MR]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 184), H43 [3JA]

——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 1267), H4225 [16MY]

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. 582), H609 [23JA]

Tilden Veterans Post Office, Tilden, TX: designate (see H.R. 1207), H4390 [19MY]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: urge U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement (see H. Con. Res. 55), H4623 [2JN]

U.S. Commission on OPEC: establish (see H.R. 545), H4224 [16MY]

Unemployment: require substance abuse risk assessment and targeted drug testing as a condition for receipt of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3330), H7384 [13SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Capitol Police Board: make payments from the U.S. Capitol Police Memorial Fund to Capitol Police employees who have sustained serious line-of-duty injuries (see H.R. 3298), H6040 [19JY]

Social Security: provide States with 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. 3325), H6144 [20JY]

Taxation: increase standard charitable mileage rate for delivery of meals to elderly, disabled, frail, and at risk individuals (see H.R. 1821), H2597 [30MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Capitol Police Board: make payments from the U.S. Capitol Police Memorial Fund to Capitol Police employees who have sustained serious line-of-duty injuries (H.R. 3298), H6042 [19JY]

Social Security: provide States with 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. 3325), H6146 [20JY]

Taxation: increase standard charitable mileage rate for delivery of meals to elderly, disabled, frail, and at risk individuals (H.R. 1821), H2600 [30MR]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H7091 [7SE]

Letters

National ambient air quality standard for ozone: by, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (2010), H5932 [18JY]

Remarks

Alexandria, VA: condemn shootings at congressional baseball game practice, express condolences to friends and families of victims, and commend first responders, H5094 [22JN]

Capitol Police Board: make payments from the U.S. Capitol Police Memorial Fund to Capitol Police employees who have sustained serious line-of-duty injuries (H.R. 3298), H6184 [24JY]

Congress: results of congressional baseball game, H5094 [22JN]

Dept. of Energy: provide Federal financial assistance to States to implement, review, and revise State energy security plans (H.R. 3050), H5939 [18JY]

Dept. of HHS: extend funding for certain public health programs (H.R. 3922), H8461 [3NO]

FDA: establish a program to provide additional incentives for development of new drugs to treat pediatric cancers, H5478 [12JY]

——— revise and extend user-fee programs for prescription drugs, medical devices, generic drugs, and biosimilar products (H.R. 2430), H5478 [12JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: use of budget reconciliation to repeal and reform health care and insurance procedures (H.R. 1628), H2416 [24MR]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal and reform health care and insurance procedures (H.R. 1628), consideration (H. Res. 308), H4133 [4MY]

Social Security: extend funding, gradually adjust Federal matching rates, and provide State flexibility for State Children’s Health Insurance Program, H8461 [3NO]

Taxation: use of budget reconciliation to reform the Federal tax code (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 667), H10195 [19DE]

Tributes

Matheson, Ben, H4237 [17MY]

Matheson, Dan, H4237 [17MY]

Tsai Ing-wen, E673• [19MY]