BURGESS, MICHAEL C. (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2810), H5747 [12JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3219), H6458 [26JY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3354), H7139 [7SE], H7306 [12SE]

Appointments

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, H691 [27JA]

Articles and editorials

House Democrats Push To Delay Children’s Health Vote, Sandhya Raman, CQ Roll Call (Internet site), H8404 [2NO]

Lamar Ball, Former Exec at First State Bank, Dies at Age 76, Jenna Duncan, Denton (TX) Record-Chronicle, E779• [7JN]

Settling a Bureaucratic Turf War in Online Privacy Rules, Senator Flake, Wall Street Journal, H2485 [28MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit abortion in cases where a fetal heartbeat is detectable (see H.R. 490), H4186 [8MY]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 681), H10346 [20DE]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 36), H7588 [27SE]

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), H6581 [28JY]

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), H7217 [8SE]

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

——— make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending (see H.R. 85), H40 [3JA]

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

Bureau of Prisons: provide secure storage areas on institution grounds outside the secure perimeter for employees authorized to carry firearms (see H.R. 613), H2698 [4AP]

Congress: affirm constitutional power over the Nation’s debts (see H. Res. 564), H8598 [7NO]

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]

——— reform investigations of claims of violations of rights and protections by employees, update sexual harassment prevention and response training, and institute discrimination surveys (see H.R. 4396), H9517 [29NO]

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

Crime: allow State prosecution of websites that facilitate sex trafficking, provide civil remedies for victims of sex trafficking or sexual exploitation, and clarify interactive computer services’ role in sex trafficking (see H.R. 1865), H8076 [23OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: modify Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program work requirement applicable to able-bodied adults without dependents (see H.R. 2996), H7218 [8SE]

Dept. of Defense: reduce discretionary budget authority for a fiscal year if the financial statement for the previous fiscal year does not receive a qualified or unqualified audit opinion by an external independent auditor (see H.R. 3079), H5231 [27JN]

Dept. of Education: allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 719), H10421 [21DE]

——— provide for accreditation reform, require institutions of higher education to publish information on student success, and provide for fiscal and student loan accountability by institutions (see H.R. 4274), H10421 [21DE]

Dept. of HHS: call for sickle cell trait research, surveillance, and public education and awareness (see H. Res. 539), H7533 [26SE]

——— extend the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (see H.R. 2824), H4816 [8JN]

——— improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 548), H2150 [16MR]

——— reauthorize sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and provide for sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 2410), H4189 [11MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish the major metropolitan area counterterrorism training and exercise grant program (see H.R. 2188), H3069 [2MY]

——— 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]

——— require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to make a prompt determination of whether to issue a detainer in the case of an alien arrested for a violation of Federal, State, or local law (see H.R. 1334), H1528 [2MR]

——— 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. 300), H473 [12JA]

——— subject U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to appropriations process (see H.R. 591), H560 [20JA]

Dept. of HUD: nullify certain regulations and notices (see H.R. 482), H469 [12JA]

Dept. of State: monitor and combat anti-Semitism globally by elevating position of Special Envoy To Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism to the rank of Ambassador (see H.R. 1911), H4648 [6JN]

Dept. of the Interior: review economic cost of adding species to endangered or threatened species list (see H.R. 717), H702 [27JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide for transparency of payments made from the Judgment Fund (see H.R. 1096), H1243 [15FE]

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 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), H8523 [6NO]

——— carry out pilot program to provide service dogs to certain veterans with severe post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 2327), H4505 [23MY]

District of Columbia: require reciprocity with other States and jurisdictions relative to ability of individuals to carry certain concealed firearms (see H.R. 2909), H7314 [12SE]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H4995 [20JN]

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), H7223 [11SE]

Employment: make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 3711), H7425 [14SE]

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

Endangered species: provide that nonnative species shall not be treated as endangered or threatened species (see H.R. 2603), H4503 [23MY]

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

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H2756 [5AP]

EPA: 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: abolish (see H.R. 3114), H5374 [29JN]

FDA: protect and strengthen drug supply chain by closing certain statutory penalty gaps applicable to drug diversion and counterfeiting (see H.R. 2376), H4177 [4MY]

——— revise and extend user-fee programs for prescription drugs, medical devices, generic drugs, and biosimilar products (see H.R. 2430), H4221 [16MY]

Federal agencies and departments: clarify nature of judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions (see H.R. 76), H39 [3JA]

——— provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost of, performance by, and areas for improvements for Government programs (see H.R. 71), H39 [3JA]

——— 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]

——— require the appropriation of funds to use a fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds received from a settlement (see H.R. 850), H10434 [3JA]

Federal employees: provide for an alternative removal for removal or misconduct (see H.R. 559), H690 [24JA]

Federal Highway Administration: issue a final rule approving use of Clearview font on road signs (see H.R. 2029), H3069 [2MY]

Firearms: more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 358), H549 [13JA]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 38), H473 [12JA]

Foreign aid: withhold assistance from countries that deny or delay acceptance of nationals of such countries who have been ordered removed from the U.S. and prohibit issuance of visas to nationals of such countries (see H.R. 82), H1595 [7MR]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H37 [3JA]

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]

Grossman, Edward G.: tribute (see H. Res. 489), H6576 [28JY]

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

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), H821 [31JA]

——— impose sanctions on countries that have refused or unreasonably delayed repatriation of an alien who is a national of that country or have an excessive repatriation failure rate (see H.R. 241), H93 [4JA]

——— reform congressional authority to admit refugees, permit States the option of resettling refugees, enhance integrity of refugee program, and curb fraud (see H.R. 2826), H4996 [20JN]

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]

Iran: expand sanctions for ballistic missile activities (see H.R. 1698), H2802 [12AP]

——— secure authority of State and local governments to adopt and enforce measures restricting investment in business enterprises in Iran (see H.R. 3425), H6582 [28JY]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 3641), H7892 [6OC]

Israel: affirm benefits of U.S.-Israel economic relationship, include science and technology innovation in continued cooperation, and encourage expansion of economic dialogue (see H. Res. 218), H4996 [20JN]

——— support bilateral peace talks with Palestinians and oppose U.N. Security Council resolution on settlements and U.S. failure to veto such resolution (see H. Res. 11), H45 [3JA]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 2723), H6581 [28JY]

Law enforcement officers: ensure access to lifesaving equipment needed in defense of attacks by terrorists and violent criminals by allowing the sale or donation of Federal surplus defense equipment (see H.R. 426), H473 [12JA]

Medicare: expand access to telehealth-eligible stroke services (see H.R. 1148), H9430 [17NO]

——— improve delivery of home infusion therapy and dialysis and application of the Stark rule relating to physician self-referral (see H.R. 3178), H5432 [11JY]

——— make changes to documentation of eligibility for home health services (see H.R. 2663), H7314 [12SE]

——— remove the rental cap for durable medical equipment relative to speech generating devices (see H.R. 2465), H7843 [4OC]

——— repeal changes to exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals (see H.R. 1156), H2560 [29MR]

Middle East: provide relief for victims of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in Iraq and Syria and accountability for perpetrators of these crimes (see H.R. 390), H609 [23JA]

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

Motor vehicles: promote awareness of, and encourage collaboration and communication to engage in efforts to end, motorcycle profiling (see H. Res. 318), H4185 [8MY]

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see H.R. 3441), H8077 [23OC]

——— modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see H.R. 1722), H2756 [5AP]

Outer Continental Shelf: limit authority of the President to withdraw areas from oil and gas leasing (see H.R. 2157), H2895 [26AP]

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), H4855 [12JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 246), H94 [4JA]

——— repeal the individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3725), H7217 [8SE]

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

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]

Public debt: ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (see H.R. 422), H8144 [24OC]

Public welfare programs: help individuals receiving assistance under means-tested welfare programs obtain self-sufficiency, provide spending information and limits on such programs, and prohibit Federal funding of abortions (see H.R. 2832), H5140 [23JN]

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

Refugees: suspend admission into the U.S. in order to examine costs of providing benefits to such individuals (see H.R. 80), H39 [3JA]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H4995 [20JN]

Social Security: provide for a special rule during the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 for redistribution of certain State Children’s Health Insurance Program allocations for shortfall States (see H.R. 4515), H9597 [1DE]

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]

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

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H4995 [20JN]

Taxation: allow a deduction for health insurance premiums for anyone who purchases independent coverage for an individual or family (see H.R. 407), H298 [10JA]

——— allow individuals to save additional amounts in their ABLE accounts above the current annual maximum contribution if they work and earn an income (see H.R. 1896), H7672 [2OC]

——— clarify certain rules relative to veteran health insurance and codify veteran eligibility for premium tax credit (see H.R. 2372), H4425 [22MY]

——— clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (see H.R. 176), H8226 [25OC]

——— extend statute of limitations for taxpayers to make a claim for a credit or collect a tax refund and shorten statute of limitations for the IRS to collect back taxes after assessment (see H.R. 3223), H7223 [11SE]

——— impose Federal taxes on bonds used to provide facilities owned by abortion providers (see H.R. 4131), H8523 [6NO]

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

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

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), H552 [17JA]

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

U.S.-European Union-Norway-Iceland Air Transport Agreement: ensure permits issued to foreign air carriers to operate in the U.S. comply with certain labor standards or labor-related rights and principles (see H.R. 2150), H6581 [28JY]

Ukraine: contain, reverse, and deter Russian aggression and assist democratic transition (see H.R. 830), H944 [2FE]

——— encourage U.S.-Ukraine cybersecurity cooperation and require a report on such cooperation (see H.R. 1997), H4225 [16MY]

Veterans service organizations: tribute to patriotism and efforts to ensure veterans are laid to rest with the honor and ceremony earned through selfless service (see H. Con. Res. 70), H6145 [20JY]

——— tribute to patriotism and efforts to support members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their families (see H. Res. 462), H6145 [20JY]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H4995 [20JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

CIA: prohibit use of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) to carry out a weapons strike or other lethal action and transfer authority to conduct such strikes to the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 487), H469 [12JA]

Congress: joint session for Presidential address (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1184 [14FE]

Conservation of energy: repeal certain Federal energy conservation standards (see H.R. 117), H41 [3JA]

Dept. of Education: establish fair and consistent eligibility requirements for graduate medical schools operating outside the U.S. and Canada to receive Federal student aid (see H.R. 1922), H2751 [5AP]

Dept. of HHS: clarify that other agencies may not designate, appoint, or employ special consultants, fellows, or other employees of the Public Health Service to the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 118), H41 [3JA]

——— clarify that other agencies may not designate, appoint, or employ special consultants, fellows, or other employees relative to maximum number of Public Health Service officers assigned to the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 1011), H1124 [13FE]

——— designate maternity care health professional shortage areas and distribute maternity care health professionals to such areas (see H.R. 315), H180 [5JA]

——— disapprove rule on compliance with title X requirements by family planning project recipients in selecting subrecipients to provide services (H.J. Res. 43), consideration (see H. Res. 123), H1183 [14FE]

——— establish Military Trauma Team Placement Program and Military Trauma Care Provider Placement Program (see H.R. 880), H1011 [6FE]

——— extend funding for certain public health programs (H.R. 3922), consideration (see H. Res. 601), H8384 [1NO]

——— extend the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (H.R. 2824), consideration (see H. Res. 533), H7485 [25SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit from granting a work authorization to an alien found to have been unlawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 1463), H2017 [9MR]

EPA: facilitate efficient State implementation of ground-level ozone standards (H.R. 806), consideration (see H. Res. 451), H5919 [17JY]

——— repeal expansion of renewable fuel program and prohibit authorization of higher ethanol blends for motor vehicle and gasoline engine fuels (see H.R. 119), H41 [3JA]

FAA: establish prohibitions to prevent the use of unmanned aircraft systems as weapons in the national airspace system (see H.R. 129), H41 [3JA]

FCC: disapprove rule on protecting privacy of customers of broadband and other telecommunications services (S.J. Res. 34), consideration (see H. Res. 230), H2463 [27MR]

Firearms: provide exception to certain mandatory minimum sentences for persons employed outside the U.S. by a Federal agency who uses or carries an agency-issued firearm during a violent crime committed while on-duty (see H.R. 4590), H9756 [7DE]

Foreign aid: reduce foreign assistance to Mexico and certain Central American countries based on the number of unaccompanied alien children placed in Federal custody due to immigration status (see H.R. 120), H41 [3JA]

Health: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 1215), consideration (see H. Res. 382), H4912 [13JN]

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

House of Representatives: clarify proceedings and actions during February district work period (see H. Res. 123), H1183 [14FE]

Independent Payment Advisory Board: repeal (H.R. 849), consideration (see H. Res. 600), H8384 [1NO]

Medicaid: clarify liability of third party payers for medical assistance payments (see H.R. 938), H1081 [7FE]

Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission: improve (see H.R. 1395), H1593 [7MR]

Medicare: extend independence at home medical practice demonstration program (see H.R. 3263), H5920 [17JY]

——— reduce volume of future electronic health record-related significant hardship requests (see H.R. 3120), H5374 [29JN]

Postal Service: remove authority to issue semipostals except as provided for by an Act of Congress (see H.R. 128), H41 [3JA]

Social Security: extend funding, gradually adjust Federal matching rates, and provide State flexibility for State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 3921), H7749 [3OC]

——— prohibit an individual who is the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant for a felony from receiving various cash benefits (H.R. 2792), consideration (see H. Res. 533), H7485 [25SE]

Taxation: increase the dollar limitation on employer-provided group term life insurance that can be excluded from the gross income of the employee (see H.R. 1012), H1124 [13FE] (see H.R. 3037), H5138 [23JN]

——— modify rules relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 35), H37 [3JA]

——— provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the current income tax system (see H.R. 1040), H1183 [14FE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: disapprove rule on non-subsistence taking of wildlife and public participation and closure procedures for national wildlife refuges in Alaska (H.J. Res. 69), consideration (see H. Res. 123), H1183 [14FE]

Constitutional authority statements

CBO: modernize scoring of preventive health legislation to assess long-term health savings (H.R. 2953), H4994 [20JN]

Conservation of energy: repeal certain Federal energy conservation standards (H.R. 117), H49 [3JA]

Dept. of Education: establish fair and consistent eligibility requirements for graduate medical schools operating outside the U.S. and Canada to receive Federal student aid (H.R. 1922), H2754 [5AP]

——— designate maternity care health professional shortage areas and distribute maternity care health professionals to such areas (H.R. 315), H182 [5JA]

——— establish Military Trauma Team Placement Program and Military Trauma Care Provider Placement Program (H.R. 880), H1013 [6FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit from granting a work authorization to an alien found to have been unlawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 1463), H2020 [9MR]

EPA: repeal expansion of renewable fuel program and prohibit authorization of higher ethanol blends for motor vehicle and gasoline engine fuels (H.R. 119), H49 [3JA]

FAA: establish prohibitions to prevent the use of unmanned aircraft systems as weapons in the national airspace system (H.R. 129), H50 [3JA]

Health care professionals: reauthorize certain grant programs relative to health professions workforce training (H.R. 3728), H7223 [11SE]

Medicaid: clarify liability of third party payers for medical assistance payments (H.R. 938), H1085 [7FE]

Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission: improve (H.R. 1395), H1594 [7MR]

Medicare: extend independence at home medical practice demonstration program (H.R. 3263), H5920 [17JY]

——— reduce volume of future electronic health record-related significant hardship requests (H.R. 3120), H5377 [29JN]

Postal Service: remove authority to issue semipostals except as provided for by an Act of Congress (H.R. 128), H50 [3JA]

Social Security: extend funding, gradually adjust Federal matching rates, and provide State flexibility for State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3921), H7750 [3OC]

Taxation: increase the dollar limitation on employer-provided group term life insurance that can be excluded from the gross income of the employee (H.R. 1012), H1126 [13FE]

——— increase the dollar limitation on employer-provided group term life insurance that can be excluded from the gross income of the employee (H.R. 3037), H5139 [23JN]

——— modify rules relative to health savings accounts (H.R. 35), H47 [3JA]

——— provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the current income tax system (H.R. 1040), H1185 [14FE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H6605 [15AU]

Letters

CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act: Barclay Berdan, Texas Health Resources (organization), H8409 [2NO]

Dept. of HHS rule on compliance with title X requirements by family planning project recipients in selecting subrecipients to provide services: several Members of Congress, H1197 [15FE]

Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H5397 [11JY]

——— Representative Walden, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H5397 [11JY]

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

——— by (2014), H5932 [18JY]

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Thomas A. Barthold, Committee on Taxation (Joint), H9278 [15NO]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H6605 [15AU]

Remarks

American Health Care Act: apply provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff (H.R. 2192), H4139, H4141, H4142, H4143, H4148 [4MY]

——— apply provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff (H.R. 2192), consideration (H. Res. 308), H4117 [4MY]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H6458, H6459 [26JY], H7306 [12SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 123), H9738 [7DE]

Argyle, TX: tribute to Argyle High School boys’ golf team, E1025• [20JY]

CDC: Prevention and Public Health Fund funding, H8405, H8408 [2NO]

Colony, TX: tribute to Colony High School girls’ softball team, E1026• [20JY]

Conservation of energy: prohibit funding to implement or enforce phase-out of incandescent light bulbs, H6458, H6459 [26JY]

Dallas, TX: tribute to law enforcement officers killed at 2016 protest march, H5288 [28JN]

Denton, TX: dedication of 9/11 Firefighters Memorial Bell Tower, E1201• [12SE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3219), H6458, H6459 [26JY]

Dept. of HHS: Controlled Substance Monitoring Program funding, H7306 [12SE]

——— designate maternity care health professional shortage areas and distribute maternity care health professionals to such areas (H.R. 315), H203, H204 [9JA]

——— develop a voluntary patient registry to collect data on cancer incidence among firefighters (H.R. 931), H7251 [12SE]

——— 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 (H.R. 309), H201, H202 [9JA]

——— extend funding for certain public health programs (H.R. 3922), H8457 [3NO]

——— extend funding for certain public health programs (H.R. 3922), consideration (H. Res. 601), H8402, H8404, H8405, H8407, H8408, H8409, H8410 [2NO]

——— extend the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (H.R. 2824), consideration (H. Res. 533), H7499, H7500, H7502, H7503 [26SE]

——— increase Office of Refugee Resettlement efforts to combat human trafficking of unaccompanied alien children, H4593 [25MY]

——— reauthorize program for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment for deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns, infants, and young children (S. 652), H7694, H7696, H7697 [3OC]

Dept. of Justice: register practitioners to transport controlled substances to States in which the practitioner is not registered for purposes of administering the substances at places outside of principal places of business (H.R. 1492), H5396, H5397, H5398 [11JY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3354), H7306 [12SE]

Dept. of Transportation: provide information on highly automated driving systems to prospective buyers (H.R. 3388), H6673 [6SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H7306 [12SE]

Drugs: prevent regulatory oversight from disrupting ability of emergency medical personnel to administer certain controlled substances (H.R. 304), H206, H207, H208 [9JA]

Energy and water development: making appropriations, H6458, H6459 [26JY]

EPA: allow for the distribution, sale, and consumption of over-the-counter chlorofluorocarbon epinephrine inhalers, H5934, H5935 [18JY]

——— facilitate efficient State implementation of ground-level ozone standards (H.R. 806), consideration (H. Res. 451), H5927, H5931, H5932, H5934, H5935 [18JY]

FCC: disapprove rule on protecting privacy of customers of broadband and other telecommunications services (S.J. Res. 34), consideration (H. Res. 230), H2478, H2480, H2481, H2482, H2485 [28MR]

FDA: revise and extend user-fee programs for prescription drugs, medical devices, generic drugs, and biosimilar products (H.R. 2430), H5479 [12JY]

Health care professionals: protect sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (H.R. 302), H204, H205 [9JA]

House of Representatives: clarify proceedings and actions during February district work period (H. Res. 123), H1193 [15FE]

Independent Payment Advisory Board: repeal (H.R. 849), consideration (H. Res. 600), H8395, H8400, H8401 [2NO]

Keller, TX: dedication of Bowden Center, E1155• [5SE]

——— tribute to Keller High School girls’ softball team, E1026• [20JY]

Krum, TX: tribute to Krum High School girls’ softball team, E1027• [20JY]

Medicaid: funding for Puerto Rico, H8403, H8409 [2NO]

——— funding for Virgin Islands, H8403 [2NO]

Medicare: improve delivery of home infusion therapy and dialysis and application of the Stark rule relating to physician self-referral (H.R. 3178), H6237 [25JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H2232, H2235, H2236 [20MR]

——— repeal the individual health insurance mandate, H10257 [20DE]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal and reform health care and insurance procedures (H.R. 1628), H2232, H2235, H2236 [20MR], H4141, H4142, H4143, H4148 [4MY]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal and reform health care and insurance procedures (H.R. 1628), consideration (H. Res. 228), H2376 [24MR]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal and reform health care and insurance procedures (H.R. 1628), consideration (H. Res. 308), H4117 [4MY]

Ranch Hands Rescue (nonprofit organization): tribute, E1513• [6NO]

Social Security: extend funding, gradually adjust Federal matching rates, and provide State flexibility for State Children’s Health Insurance Program, H8402, H8404, H8405, H8407, H8408, H8409, H8410 [2NO], H8457 [3NO]

——— prohibit an individual who is the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant for a felony from receiving various cash benefits (H.R. 2792), consideration (H. Res. 533), H7499, H7500, H7503 [26SE]

——— provide for a special rule during the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 for redistribution of certain State Children’s Health Insurance Program allocations for shortfall States (H.J. Res. 123), H9738 [7DE]

Taxation: allow premium tax credit relative to unsubsidized Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) continuation coverage (H.R. 2579), consideration (H. Res. 379), H4924, H4925 [15JN]

——— clarify certain rules relative to veteran health insurance and codify veteran eligibility for premium tax credit (H.R. 2372), consideration (H. Res. 379), H4924, H4925 [15JN]

——— provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the current income tax system (H.R. 1040), H9272 [15NO]

——— use of budget reconciliation to reform the Federal tax code (H.R. 1), H9269 [15NO]

——— use of budget reconciliation to reform the Federal tax code (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 619), H9272 [15NO]

——— use of budget reconciliation to reform the Federal tax code (H.R. 1), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 668), H10257 [20DE]

Texas: tribute to 26th Congressional District law enforcement officers, E239• [27FE]

Texas Prayer Caucus: tribute, E137• [3FE]

——— disapprove rule on non-subsistence taking of wildlife and public participation and closure procedures for national wildlife refuges in Alaska (H.J. Res. 69), consideration (H. Res. 123), H1193 [15FE]

WHO: encourage inclusion of Taiwan in annual World Health Assembly, E700• [23MY]

Reports filed

Clarify House Proceedings and Actions During February District Work Period: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 123) (H. Rept. 115–12), H1183 [14FE]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 43, Disapprove Dept. of HHS Rule on Compliance With Title X Requirements by Family Planning Project Recipients in Selecting Subrecipients: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 123) (H. Rept. 115–12), H1183 [14FE]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 69, Disapprove U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Rule on Non-Subsistence Taking of Wildlife and Procedures for National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 123) (H. Rept. 115–12), H1183 [14FE]

Consideration of H.R. 806, Ozone Standards Implementation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 451) (H. Rept. 115–229), H5919 [17JY]

Consideration of H.R. 849, Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 600 ) (H. Rept. 115–381), H8384 [1NO]

Consideration of H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 382) (H. Rept. 115–179), H4912 [13JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2792, Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 533) (H. Rept. 115–331), H7485 [25SE]

Consideration of H.R. 2824, Increasing Opportunity and Success for Children and Parents Through Evidence-Based Home Visiting Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 533) (H. Rept. 115–331), H7485 [25SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3922, CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 601) (H. Rept. 115–381), H8384 [1NO]

Consideration of S.J. Res. 34, Disapprove FCC Rule on Protecting Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 230) (H. Rept. 115–61), H2463 [27MR]

Statements

CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act: Children’s Hospital Association, H8409 [2NO]

Protecting Consumer Privacy: FTC, H2480 [28MR]

Tributes

Ball, Lamar, E779• [7JN]

Barnard, Richard K., E435• [4AP]

Cooper-Vince, David M., H4925 [15JN]

DeBerry, Bill, Sr., E922• [29JN]

Dunbar, Marshall, H5987 [19JY]

Ortiz, Juan, E238• [27FE]

Reid, Randy, E762• [6JN]

Reinhardt, Uwe, E1580• [16NO]

Roberson, London, E244• [28FE]

Stephens, Olive, E1507• [6NO]

Stephens, Sheila, E175• [13FE]

Toulouse, Robert B., E923• [29JN]

Voertman, Paul, E959• [11JY]

Walker, Jerry, H565 [23JA]