KELLY, MIKE (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 8), H4823 [6JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 5515), H4712 [24MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Craft Beer Week: support goals (see H. Res. 884), H3885 [9MY]

Bush, George: tribute (see H. Res. 1172), H9820 [10DE]

CDC: create a modern infrastructure for the prevention, treatment, and care of Alzheimer’s and related dementias and preservation of brain health (see H.R. 4256), H6042 [10JY]

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select): release of memo on alleged misuse of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants in investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials (see H. Res. 717), H677 [29JA]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: bring into the regular appropriations process (see H.R. 2553), H3397 [17AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow schools that participate in National School Lunch Program to serve whole milk (see H.R. 5640), H5750 [26JN]

——— modify Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program work requirement applicable to able-bodied adults without dependents (see H.R. 2996), H83 [9JA]

Dept. of Commerce: study and report on well-being of newsprint and publishing industry and suspend import taxes on uncoated groundwood paper pending assessment of effect on printing and publishing industry (see H.R. 6031), H5363 [20JN]

Dept. of Education: allow parents of eligible military dependent children to redirect a portion of their per pupil Impact Aid Program allocations to establish Military Education Savings Accounts (see H.R. 5199), H1476 [7MR]

——— carry out a grant program to secure elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 5107), H7156 [24JY]

——— provide career and technical education for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers (see H.R. 6440), H6587 [19JY]

——— 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), H83 [9JA]

Dept. of HHS: ensure doctors have access to patients’ treatment history to prevent addiction relapses or harmful drug interactions and protect confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records (see H.R. 5795), H3975 [15MY]

——— reauthorize Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 5385), H4777 [5JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: take appropriate actions to ensure that an illegal alien sex offender is in removal proceedings or has been ordered removed, and is required to register as a sex offender (see H.R. 6595), H7722 [26JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct review of deaths of certain veterans who committed suicide (see H.R. 2652), H3887 [9MY]

——— eliminate copayments for medicines relative to preventive health services (see H.R. 1100), H3052 [29MR]

——— establish a center of excellence in prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of health conditions relative to exposure to burn pits (see H.R. 1279), H3887 [9MY]

——— improve benefits and services for women veterans (see H.R. 2452), H3052 [29MR]

——— modify presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to herbicide agents while serving in Thailand during the Vietnam era (see H.R. 4843), H3397 [17AP]

——— provide for presumption of herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Korea (see H.R. 3605), H3096 [10AP]

——— provide for treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll on the Marshall Islands who are suffering from radiation-related illness (see H.R. 632), H6464 [17JY]

Depts. of Homeland Security and Education: issue guidance on security for schools based on security standards issued for Federal buildings (see H.R. 5990), H5095 [12JN]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H4694 [23MY]

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 6014), H6650 [23JY]

Federal agencies and departments: require the appropriation of funds to use a fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds received from a settlement (see H.R. 850), H19 [8JA]

Federal aid programs: recognize essential benefit of Medicare and Social Security programs to current enrollees and strengthen such programs for future generations (see H. Res. 1026), H8887 [25SE]

Foreign policy: support continued cooperation with Israel, ensure adequate capabilites to counter Iran’s destabilizing activities, and support stability and safety in the Middle East (see H. Res. 785), H4982 [7JN]

Freedom of religion: affirm importance as a fundamental human right (see H. Con. Res. 126), H5975 [28JN]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend and make technical changes to competitive need limitations provision (see H.R. 4979), H1074 [8FE]

Gleason, Stephen M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5499), H10337 [19DE]

Graham, Billy: tribute (see H.J. Res. 130), H1334 [27FE]

Hamas (terrorist organization): impose sanctions for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights by reason of the use of civilians as human shields (see H.R. 3542), H1127 [13FE]

Health: clarify that certain reimbursements for organ donation are not considered valuable consideration and, therefore, receipt of such reimbursements is not a criminal act (see H.R. 6448), H6587 [19JY]

——— prohibit insurance companies from denying or limiting coverage or charging higher premiums for living organ donors and allow use of family and medical leave by such donors (see H.R. 1270), H6558 [18JY]

Health care professionals: limit liability of volunteers who provide health care services in response to a disaster (see H.R. 1876), H1653 [15MR]

Immigration: reform (see H.R. 4760), H584 [19JA]

Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Congressional Gold Medal to the crew (see H.R. 4107), H9152 [27SE]

Iran: impose sanctions against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (see H.R. 5132), H1610 [14MR]

IRS: develop comprehensive customer service strategy (see H.R. 5375), H1754 [21MR]

Israel: authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 5141), H1653 [15MR]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: call for dismantling of labor camp system, investigate crimes against humanity, end human rights abuses, and allow monitoring of prisoner rehabilitation (see H. Res. 763), H3148 [11AP]

Korea, Republic of: support and ensure safety of Olympic Winter Games, recognize games’ contribution to peace, and wish success in preparation for, and hosting of, Olympic Winter Games (see H. Res. 716), H677 [29JA]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 2723), H82 [9JA]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see H.R. 502), H9415 [2OC]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1542), H7756 [17AU]

——— provide States an option to cover children’s program of all-inclusive coordinated care (ChiPACC) (see H.R. 6560), H7721 [26JY]

——— provide States with an option to provide medical assistance to individuals between ages of 22 and 64 for inpatient services to treat substance use disorders at certain facilities (see H.R. 2687), H3064 [9AP]

Medicare: establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to target home and community-based care to eligible beneficiaries (see H.R. 4006), H5981 [29JN]

——— improve process whereby administrative contractors issue local coverage determinations (see H.R. 3635), H1699 [19MR]

——— 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), H6464 [17JY]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1542), H7756 [17AU]

——— preserve access to rehabilitation innovation centers (see H.R. 4582), H555 [18JA]

——— provide clarification about minimal self-adjustment for off-the-shelf orthotics (see H.R. 4772), H976 [7FE]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H3443 [18AP]

——— provide for a demonstration project to further examine benefits of providing coverage and payment for items and services necessary to administer intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) in the home (see H.R. 4724), H1342 [1MR]

——— provide for electronic prior authorization for covered part D drugs (see H.R. 4841), H3343 [16AP]

——— provide for transparency of secondary payer reporting information (see H.R. 5881), H5649 [25JN]

——— require prescription drug plan sponsors to establish drug management programs for at-risk beneficiaries, electronic prior authorization for covered part D drugs, and provide for other program integrity measures (see H.R. 5773), H5201 [14JN]

Melinda ‘Mindy’ Gene Picotti Post Office, Laceyville, PA: designate (see H.R. 6606), H7921 [6SE]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1152), H9568 [16NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1152), H9568 [16NO]

National Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see H. Res. 692), H172 [12JA]

National Day of Prayer: anniversary (see H. Res. 881), H3834 [8MY]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 914), H4732 [25MY]

National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (see H.R. 4732), H9408 [28SE]

Northern Ireland: reaffirm support for Good Friday Agreement as the framework for sustainable peace, address certain failings in implementation of such Agreement, and call for inquiry into Patrick Finucane murder (see H. Res. 777), H2043 [22MR]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: determine if Iran has used funds from sanctions relief or certain payments to sponsor terrorist organizations, for illicit narcotics activities, or military operations in Syria (see H.R. 6774), H8733 [17SE]

Oil Region National Heritage Area: reauthorize (see H.R. 6507), H7685 [25JY]

OSHA: provide relief for crane operators from third party certification in cases in which such operators are only delivering or retrieving propane containers (see H.R. 5988), H4981 [7JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow for certain third party payments (see H.R. 3976), H678 [29JA]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3798), H3052 [29MR]

——— streamline the employer reporting process and strengthen eligibility verification process for premium assistance tax credit and cost-sharing subsidies (see H.R. 3919), H7759 [21AU]

Postal Service: ensure that the Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to privatization (see H. Res. 993), H7759 [21AU]

Public debt: ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (see H.R. 422), H132 [10JA]

Public welfare programs: amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 5861), H4209 [17MY]

——— 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), H133 [10JA]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H4694 [23MY]

SSA: provide for a single point of contact for individuals who are victims of identity theft (see H.R. 6084), H5363 [20JN]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H4694 [23MY]

Taxation: allow members of Armed Forces Ready Reserve to make elective deferrals to retirement plans on the basis of their service (see H.R. 1317), H1729 [20MR]

——— eliminate requirement that the taxpayer’s basis in a building be reduced by the amount of the rehabilitation credit determined relative to such building (see H.R. 6081), H5151 [13JN]

——— make permanent certain tax relief for individuals, families, and small business (see H.R. 6760), H8107 [10SE]

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see H. Con. Res. 119), H5507 [21JN]

——— promote new business innovation (see H.R. 6756), H8106 [10SE]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1201), H6650 [23JY]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection: provide for processing of certain international mail shipments and advance electronic information on international mail shipments to target opioid shipments (see H.R. 5788), H3975 [15MY]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H3096 [10AP]

Weissmandl, Michoel Ber: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2740), H2043 [22MR]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H4694 [23MY]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Chinese American veterans in recognition of dedicated service (see H.R. 2358), H9408 [28SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: require sale of distressed assets and distribute proceeds to low-income communities for infrastructure projects and deficit reduction (see H.R. 6104), H5199 [14JN]

Dept. of HHS: report on feasibility of using certain technologies to facilitate administration of prior authorization requirements under part C of Medicare program (see H.R. 7250), H10102 [11DE]

——— submit report on effects of inclusion of quality increases in the determination of blended benchmark amounts under Medicare part C (see H.R. 4952), H901 [6FE]

Medicare: expand eligibility for medication therapy management programs to include certain individuals who are at risk for prescription drug abuse (see H.R. 5684), H3781 [7MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: provide health insurance coverage statements to individuals only upon request (see H.R. 6718), H7919 [6SE]

Pharmaceuticals: clarify the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers (see H.R. 7324), H10269 [17DE]

Taxation: allow certain kinds of insurance and health care for individuals allowed a deduction for contributions to a health savings account (see H.R. 6128), H5224 [15JN]

——— authorize designation of additional taxable vaccines (see H.R. 4993), H1074 [8FE]

——— encourage retirement and family savings (see H.R. 6757), H8106 [10SE]

——— encourage retirement savings (see H.R. 5282), H1608 [14MR]

——— improve access to health care through modernized health savings accounts (see H.R. 5138), H1340 [1MR] (see H.R. 6305), H5987 [3JY]

——— require electronic filing of annual returns of exempt organizations and provide for making such returns available for public inspection (see H.R. 5443), H3094 [10AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Agriculture: require sale of distressed assets and distribute proceeds to low-income communities for infrastructure projects and deficit reduction (H.R. 6104), H5200 [14JN]

Dept. of HHS: report on feasibility of using certain technologies to facilitate administration of prior authorization requirements under part C of Medicare program (H.R. 7250), H10103 [11DE]

——— submit report on effects of inclusion of quality increases in the determination of blended benchmark amounts under Medicare part C (H.R. 4952), H902 [6FE]

Medicare: expand eligibility for medication therapy management programs to include certain individuals who are at risk for prescription drug abuse (H.R. 5684), H3782 [7MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: provide health insurance coverage statements to individuals only upon request (H.R. 6718), H7920 [6SE]

Pharmaceuticals: clarify the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers (H.R. 7324), H10269 [17DE]

Taxation: allow certain kinds of insurance and health care for individuals allowed a deduction for contributions to a health savings account (H.R. 6128), H5225 [15JN]

——— authorize designation of additional taxable vaccines (H.R. 4993), H1075 [8FE]

——— encourage retirement and family savings (H.R. 6757), H8107 [10SE]

——— encourage retirement savings (H.R. 5282), H1609 [14MR]

——— improve access to health care through modernized health savings accounts (H.R. 5138), H1341 [1MR]

——— improve access to health care through modernized health savings accounts (H.R. 6305), H5987 [3JY]

——— require electronic filing of annual returns of exempt organizations and provide for making such returns available for public inspection (H.R. 5443), H3095 [10AP]

Letters

Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment Transparency Act: Representative Walden, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7116 [24JY]

Family Savings Act: Nancy A. LeaMond, AARP (organization), H9132 [27SE]

Improving Seniors Access to Quality Benefits Act: Representative Kevin Brady, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H7116 [24JY]

——— Representative Walden, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7116 [24JY]

Increasing Access to Lower Premium Plans and Expanding Health Savings Accounts Act: Representative Walden, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7116 [24JY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (H.R. 4712), H464 [17JA]

Appropriations: making continuing, H597 [20JA]

Black Family Foundation: anniversary, H7831 [5SE]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: disapprove rule on indirect auto lending (S.J. Res. 57), H3821 [8MY]

Corps of Engineers: consider recreational boat traffic levels in making funding determinations relative to operation and maintenance of locks on the Allegheny River, H4823 [6JN]

——— improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 8), H4823 [6JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 6157), H5790, H5791 [27JN]

Dept. of HHS: improve access to emergency medical services (H.R. 548), H4271 [21MY]

——— submit report on effects of inclusion of quality increases in the determination of blended benchmark amounts under Medicare part C (H.R. 4952), H7115, H7116 [24JY]

Economy: status, H7167 [25JY]

GPO: restrict distribution of free printed copies of the Federal Register to Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the U.S. (H.R. 195), Senate amendment, H597 [20JA]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 708), H597 [20JA]

——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 708), H597 [20JA]

Hunter Truck Sales, Inc.: anniversary, H6048 [11JY]

March for Life: commend marchers and recognize the right to life, H464 [17JA]

Medicare: expand eligibility for medication therapy management programs to include certain individuals who are at risk for prescription drug abuse, H5261 [19JN]

——— identify and notify outlier prescribers of opioids, H5261 [19JN]

——— provide for certain program integrity transparency measures, H5261 [19JN]

——— provide for electronic prior authorization for covered part D drugs, H5261 [19JN]

——— require prescription drug plan sponsors to establish drug management programs for at-risk beneficiaries, electronic prior authorization for covered part D drugs, and provide for other program integrity measures (H.R. 5773), H5261 [19JN]

National Background Investigations Bureau: retain processing of Federal background investigations at Butler County, PA, facility, H5790, H5791 [27JN]

National parks and recreation areas: modify boundary of Shiloh National Military Park in Tennessee and Mississippi and establish Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield as an affiliated area of the National Park System (H.R. 88), Senate amendment, H10472, H10473 [20DE]

National Small Business Week: observance, H3841 [9MY]

Pensions: adjust single-employer benefit plan premiums, H10472 [20DE]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H464 [17JA]

Tariff: modernize temporarily certain rates of duty (H.R. 4318), H385 [16JA]

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: impact, H3841 [9MY]

Taxation: encourage retirement and family savings, H10472 [20DE]

——— encourage retirement and family savings (H.R. 6757), H9118, H9126, H9127, H9129, H9131, H9132 [27SE]

——— extend expiring provisions, modify tax treatment of disaster relief and retirement and savings, stimulate innovation, clarify and correct certain existing provisions, and modernize and improve the IRS, H10472, H10473 [20DE]

——— improve access to health care through modernized health savings accounts, H7655 [25JY]

——— include certain over-the-counter medical products as qualified medical expenses (H.R. 6199), H7655 [25JY]

——— require electronic filing of annual returns of exempt organizations and provide for making such returns available for public inspection (H.R. 5443), H3371, H3372 [17AP]

Trump, President: evaluation of administration, H686 [30JA]

——— evaluation of administration relative to the economy, H4855 [7JN]

——— proposed rule prohibiting family planning clinics from receiving Title X funding if they provide abortion services, H4272 [21MY]

——— State of the Union Message, H686 [30JA]

Warriors to Washington (organization): tribute, H5654 [26JN]

Tributes

Beal, Grace, E793• [7JN]

Eighmy, Gerald, E896• [22JN]

Kirkwood, Ed, E1031• [18JY]

Lampkins, Elizabeth, E1274• [20SE]

Richardson, Ginny Steese, E203• [16FE]

Thomas, William (Don), H3986 [16MY]