BUCSHON, LARRY (a Representative from Indiana)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit abortion in cases where a fetal heartbeat is detectable (see H.R. 490), H7383 [13SE]

——— prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 644), H2084 [15MR]

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

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 36), H548 [13JA]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 747), H9517 [29NO]

American Health Care Act: apply provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff (see H.R. 2192), H2939 [27AP]

American Legion: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2519), H6613 [18AU]

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 1494), H5760 [12JY]

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), H2793 [6AP]

Army: place in Arlington National Cemetery a memorial honoring helicopter pilots and crew of the Vietnam era (see H.R. 877), H1011 [6FE]

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1065), H1242 [15FE]

CBO: modernize scoring of preventive health legislation to assess long-term health savings (see H.R. 2953), H4992 [20JN]

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]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1552), H5140 [23JN]

Corps of Engineers: ensure right of individuals to carry firearms at water resources development projects (see H.R. 1045), H1183 [14FE]

Credit: modify the definitions of a mortgage originator, high-cost mortgage, and loan originator (see H.R. 1699), H8043 [19OC]

Crime: improve Federal sentencing and corrections system by reducing crime, curtailing over-criminalization, concentrating prison space on violent and career criminals, and reducing recidivism (see H.R. 4261), H9469 [28NO]

——— prevent identity theft and tax fraud (see H.R. 439), H390 [11JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend and modernize sugar program, extend and subsequently repeal Feedstock Flexibility Program for bioenergy producers, and extend and subsequently replace flexible marketing allotments for sugar (see H.R. 4265), H9179 [13NO]

——— reverse declining milk consumption in schools (see H.R. 4101), H9469 [28NO]

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see H.R. 1046), H8076 [23OC]

——— establish Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth (see H.R. 3994), H9570 [30NO]

Dept. of Defense: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 936), H8295 [31OC]

——— authorize award of an Atomic Veterans Service Medal (see H.R. 2754), H7487 [25SE]

——— improve and enhance authorities relative to employment, use, status, and benefits of military technicians (dual status) (see H.R. 1777), H4571 [24MY]

Dept. of Education: develop a plain language disclosure form for borrowers of Federal student loans (see H.R. 4119), H8296 [31OC]

——— provide students with disabilities and their families with access to critical information needed to select the right college and succeed once enrolled (see H.R. 2782), H4646 [6JN]

——— require institutions of higher education to provide students with annual estimates of student loan borrowing costs (see H.R. 1429), H1947 [8MR]

——— revise counseling requirements for certain student loan borrowers (see H.R. 1635), H4225 [16MY]

——— streamline credit sharing between community colleges and four-year institutions so transfer students know when they are eligible to receive an associate’s degree through a reverse transfer (see H.R. 3774), H8033 [12OC]

Dept. of Energy: review and update a report on the energy and environmental benefits of refining used lubricating oil (see H.R. 1733), H4504 [23MY]

Dept. of HHS: better address substance use and substance use disorders among young people (see H.R. 3382), H6297 [25JY]

——— 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. 277), H95 [4JA]

——— disapprove rule on compliance with title X requirements by family planning project recipients in selecting subrecipients to provide services (see H.J. Res. 39), H744 [30JA]

——— engage more Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program recipients in activities leading to employment and self-sufficiency and simplify State administration of work requirements (see H.R. 1352), H1529 [2MR]

——— establish National Clinical Care Commission to support individuals with complex metabolic or autoimmune diseases, diseases resulting from insulin deficiency or resistance, or complications from such diseases (see H.R. 309), H179 [5JA]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 820), H8076 [23OC]

——— follow rulemaking procedures for costly Medicaid sub-regulatory policies (see H.R. 542), H544 [13JA]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 1676), H7183 [7SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: examine actions undertaken to combat vehicular terrorism (see H.R. 4227), H8443 [2NO]

——— 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), H8033 [12OC]

Dept. of Labor: provide for demonstration projects designed to expedite reemployment of unemployed workers (see H.R. 1091), H1243 [15FE]

Dept. of State: eliminate Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (see H.R. 1178), H9469 [28NO]

Dept. of the Interior: disapprove Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement rule known as the ‘‘Stream Protection Rule’’ that imposes certain environmental regulations on coal mining operations (see H.J. Res. 11), H98 [4JA] (see H.J. Res. 38), H743 [30JA]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow veterans affected by school closures to continue receiving monthly stipends under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 1216), H1321 [24FE]

——— carry out a pilot program establishing a secure, patient-centered, portable medical records system, that would allow veterans to have access to their personal health information (see H.R. 3497), H6655 [5SE]

——— enter into memorandum of understanding with a national network of State-based prescription monitoring programs under which departmental health care providers shall query such network (see H.R. 3832), H7976 [11OC]

——— provide certain employees of Members of Congress and certain State or local government employees with access to case-tracking information (see H.R. 512), H471 [12JA]

——— provide veterans coverage for live donor transplant operations if the veteran qualifies for the Veterans Choice Program (see H.R. 1133), H7976 [11OC]

——— study effectiveness of Veterans Crisis Line in preventing veteran suicide (see H.R. 4173), H8293 [31OC]

Doby, Lawrence E.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1861), H2628 [3AP]

Drugs: require a group health plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol (see H.R. 2077), H7383 [13SE]

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), H9517 [29NO]

Education: enhance transparency, improve coordination, and intensify impact of assistance to support access to primary and secondary education for displaced children and persons, including women and girls (see H.R. 2408), H4623 [2JN]

Employment: make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 3711), H8296 [31OC]

EPA: disapprove rule on accidental release prevention requirements and risk management programs under the Clean Air Act (see H.J. Res. 59), H1087 [7FE]

——— exclude vehicles used solely for competition from certain provisions of the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 350), H193 [6JA]

——— facilitate efficient State implementation of ground-level ozone standards (see H.R. 806), H876 [1FE]

Evers-Williams, Myrlie: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2130), H4648 [6JN]

Eximbank: revise statutory quorum requirement for Board of Directors (see H.R. 4007), H7974 [11OC]

FCC: ensure Internet openness, prohibit blocking of content, services, and devices and impairment of Internet traffic, limit authority to preempt State law, and consider Internet service to be an information service (see H.R. 4682), H10421 [21DE]

FDA: establish a third-party quality system assessment program for medical devices (see H.R. 2483), H4309 [17MY]

——— improve and clarify certain nutrition disclosure requirements for restaurants and similar retail food establishments and amend authority to bring certain proceedings (see H.R. 772), H818 [31JA]

FEC: reduce number of members, revise method of selection and terms of service of members, and distribute the powers between the Chair and the remaining members (see H.R. 2034), H2786 [6AP]

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]

Financial institutions: specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 3312), H7534 [26SE]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 38), H184 [5JA]

——— provide that silencers would be treated the same as long guns relative to registration and transfer laws (see H.R. 367), H5433 [11JY]

——— revise various laws that interfere with the right of people to obtain and use firearms for all lawful purposes (see H.R. 2620), H4914 [13JN]

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. 659), H683 [24JA]

——— 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), H7487 [25SE]

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]

Generalized System of Preferences: make necessary changes to competitive need limitations (see H.R. 4068), H9517 [29NO]

Health: award certain allergy and reversible lower airway disorders-related grants and increase preference given to States that allow trained school personnel to administer rescue medications for allergies and such disorders (see H.R. 2285), H9665 [5DE]

——— ensure coverage for pre-existing conditions and guarantee coverage in individual and group markets contingent on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act repeal (see H.R. 1121), H1297 [16FE]

Health care professionals: limit liability of volunteers who provide health care services in response to a disaster (see H.R. 1876), H2695 [4AP]

——— reauthorize certain grant programs relative to health professions workforce training (see H.R. 3728), H7222 [11SE]

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. 400), H297 [10JA]

——— eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase the per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see H.R. 392), H2898 [26AP]

——— improve law enforcement within the interior of the U.S. by improving State and local enforcement, national security, removal of criminal aliens, visa security, and aid to officers (see H.R. 2431), H9599 [1DE]

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), H819 [31JA]

——— repeal (see H.R. 849), H975 [3FE]

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore: redesignate as Indiana Dunes National Park (see H.R. 1488), H2018 [9MR]

International trade: include in prohibitions on boycotts against U.S. allies boycotts fostered by international governmental organizations against Israel and direct Eximbank to oppose boycotts against Israel (see H.R. 1697), H5833 [13JY]

Iran: expand sanctions for ballistic missile activities (see H.R. 1698), H5434 [11JY]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 3641), H7487 [25SE]

Kennedy, John F.: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3274), H6300 [25JY]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 785), H1014 [6FE] (see H.R. 2723), H5886 [14JY]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 13), H686 [24JA]

Medicaid: improve calculation, oversight, and accountability of non-disproportionate share hospital (DSH) supplemental payments (see H.R. 541), H544 [13JA]

——— prioritize the most vulnerable patients (see H.R. 543), H544 [13JA]

Medicare: create care management demonstration programs for chronic kidney disease (see H.R. 3867), H9665 [5DE]

——— establish a demonstration program to provide integrated care for beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (see H.R. 4143), H9469 [28NO]

——— expand access to telehealth-eligible stroke services (see H.R. 1148), H4225 [16MY]

——— extend transition to new payment rates for durable medical equipment and update budget neutrality requirement for oxygen (see H.R. 4229), H8443 [2NO]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 1838), H2598 [30MR]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 930), H9665 [5DE]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H5233 [27JN]

——— reduce volume of future electronic health record-related significant hardship requests (see H.R. 3120), H5886 [14JY]

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

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 807), H7183 [7SE]

——— strengthen rules applied in case of competition for diabetic testing strips (see H.R. 3271), H7183 [7SE]

Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see H.R. 179), H2150 [16MR]

——— transfer certain funds to the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see H.R. 3913), H9665 [5DE]

National Ernie Pyle Day: designate (see H. Res. 648), H10346 [20DE]

OSHA: authorize the Voluntary Protection Programs (see H.R. 1444), H4191 [11MY]

Palestinian Authority: condition foreign aid on steps to end violence and terrorism against U.S. and Israeli citizens, condemn and investigate such acts, and terminate payments to those imprisoned or who died for such acts (see H.R. 1164), H6612 [18AU]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3798), H7637 [28SE]

——— repeal (see H.R. 277), H95 [4JA]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 246), H7534 [26SE]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: prohibit use of premiums paid as an offset for other Federal spending (see H.R. 761), H818 [31JA]

Pensions: adjust single-employer benefit plan premiums (see H.R. 3596), H9517 [29NO]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see H.R. 354), H193 [6JA]

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: restrict inclusion of Social Security account numbers on documents sent by mail by the Federal Government (see H.R. 624), H682 [24JA]

Professional Boxing Safety Act: include fighters of combat sports in safety provisions (see H.R. 44), H38 [3JA]

Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 518), H7589 [27SE]

Ships and vessels: exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from fire-retardant materials requirement if certain structural alterations are made to areas that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials (see H.R. 619), H3325 [3MY]

Syria: halt slaughter of Syrian people, encourage a negotiated settlement, and hold human rights abusers accountable for their crimes (see H.R. 1677), H4191 [11MY]

Taxation: extend tax credit for residential energy efficient property (see H.R. 1090), H7672 [2OC]

——— extend the exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payments of qualified education loans (see H.R. 795), H876 [1FE]

——— impose Federal taxes on bonds used to provide facilities owned by abortion providers (see H.R. 4131), H8296 [31OC]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 1393), H1593 [7MR]

——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H4224 [16MY]

——— provide an exception for certain spun-off voluntary employees’ beneficiary associations to limitation on exemptions on unrelated business taxable income of amounts set aside for qualified benefits (see H.R. 3892), H8386 [1NO]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1200), H1312 [17FE]

——— reform the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 1661), H5434 [11JY]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 198), H44 [3JA]

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

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: urge U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement (see H. Con. Res. 55), H4357 [18MY]

Venezuela: express concern about political, economic, and humanitarian crisis, urge release of political prisoners, and call for respect of constitutional and democratic processes (see H. Res. 259), H6468 [26JY]

Volunteer workers: provide for liability protection for volunteer organizations or entities (see H.R. 2432), H4221 [16MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dams: promote hydropower development at existing nonpowered dams (see H.R. 2872), H4853 [12JN] (see H.R. 4696), H10345 [20DE]

Dept. of HHS: amend laws relative to designation of general surgery shortage areas (see H.R. 2906), H4936 [15JN]

——— establish a moratorium on new enrollment of disproportionate share hospitals into the 340B discount drug program and require basic data reporting (see H.R. 4710), H10418 [21DE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish database of exemptions for motor vehicles from Federal motor vehicle safety standards (see H.R. 3421), H6465 [26JY]

FDA: improve process for inspections of device establishments for granting export certifications (see H.R. 1736), H2463 [27MR]

Health: prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services and require identification of the license of health care professionals (see H.R. 3928), H7749 [3OC]

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. 708), H701 [27JA]

Medicaid: provide States with flexibility in providing premium assistance (see H.R. 1325), H1528 [2MR]

Medicare: modernize physician self-referral prohibitions to promote care coordination in the merit-based incentive payment system and facilitate physician practice participation in alternative payment models (see H.R. 4206), H8384 [1NO]

——— provide coverage of certain DNA Specimen Provenance Assay clinical diagnostic laboratory tests for prostate cancer (see H.R. 2557), H4388 [19MY]

——— provide information on vaccines for seniors as part of the Medicare & You handbook and ensure treatment of cost sharing for vaccines under part D is consistent with treatment under part B (see H.R. 4297), H8660 [8NO]

Plastics Industry Association: anniversary (see H. Res. 216), H2287 [21MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Dams: promote hydropower development at existing nonpowered dams (H.R. 2872), H4854 [12JN]

——— promote hydropower development at existing nonpowered dams (H.R. 4696), H10345 [20DE]

Dept. of HHS: amend laws relative to designation of general surgery shortage areas (H.R. 2906), H4938 [15JN]

——— establish a moratorium on new enrollment of disproportionate share hospitals into the 340B discount drug program and require basic data reporting (H.R. 4710), H10420 [21DE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish database of exemptions for motor vehicles from Federal motor vehicle safety standards (H.R. 3421), H6467 [26JY]

FDA: improve process for inspections of device establishments for granting export certifications (H.R. 1736), H2464 [27MR]

Health: prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services and require identification of the license of health care professionals (H.R. 3928), H7750 [3OC]

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. 708), H702 [27JA]

Medicaid: provide States with flexibility in providing premium assistance (H.R. 1325), H1531 [2MR]

Medicare: modernize physician self-referral prohibitions to promote care coordination in the merit-based incentive payment system and facilitate physician practice participation in alternative payment models (H.R. 4206), H8385 [1NO]

——— provide coverage of certain DNA Specimen Provenance Assay clinical diagnostic laboratory tests for prostate cancer (H.R. 2557), H4389 [19MY]

——— provide information on vaccines for seniors as part of the Medicare & You handbook and ensure treatment of cost sharing for vaccines under part D is consistent with treatment under part B (H.R. 4297), H8662 [8NO]

Remarks

Berry Global, Inc.: anniversary, H7186 [8SE]

Capital punishment: provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty relative to killing law enforcement officers or first responders (H.R. 115), consideration (H. Res. 323), H4238 [17MY]

Dams: promote hydropower development at existing nonpowered dams (H.R. 2872), H9811 [12DE]

Dept. of HHS: extend funding for certain public health programs (H.R. 3922), H8460 [3NO]

Dept. of Transportation: provide information on highly automated driving systems to prospective buyers (H.R. 3388), H6675 [6SE]

Drugs: address prescription opioid and heroin abuse, H5223 [27JN]

FDA: improve process for inspections of device establishments for granting export certifications, H5480 [12JY]

——— revise and extend user-fee programs for prescription drugs, medical devices, generic drugs, and biosimilar products (H.R. 2430), H5480 [12JY]

Health: limit qualifications of an expert witness in medical malpractice negligence cases to professional qualifications as well as geographic location to case being litigated, H5279• [28JN]

——— reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 1215), H5279• [28JN]

Immigration: deny assistance to a State or political subdivision that prohibits officials from taking certain actions relative to immigration (H.R. 3003), H5306 [29JN]

——— increase penalties applicable to aliens who unlawfully reenter the U.S. after being removed (H.R. 3004), H5306 [29JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H565 [23JA], H1257 [16FE]

——— repeal, H403 [12JA], H565 [23JA], H1257 [16FE]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal and reform health care and insurance procedures (H.R. 1628), H2418 [24MR]

Petersburg, IN: anniversary, H7592 [28SE]

Social Security: extend funding, gradually adjust Federal matching rates, and provide State flexibility for State Children’s Health Insurance Program, H8460 [3NO]

Sullivan County, IN: economic recovery, H5989 [19JY]

Tributes

Bradley, Daniel J., H7927 [11OC]

Elder, J.T., H5772 [13JY]

Oesterreich, Mark, H5772 [13JY]