SIMPSON, MICHAEL K. (a Representative from Idaho)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 5895, energy and water development appropriations, H5827 [28JN]

——— H.R. 6147, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies and financial services and general Government appropriations, H7900 [6SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

AID: implement policies to end preventable maternal and child deaths globally within a generation (see H.R. 4022), H1221 [20FE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 2), H738 [2FE]

Career and Technical Education Month: designate (see H. Res. 730), H974 [7FE]

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), H3148 [11AP]

CFTC: extend jurisdiction to include setting of reference prices for aluminum premiums (see H.R. 6927), H9768 [6DE]

Dept. of HHS: expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 820), H3210 [12AP]

——— provide full-year appropriations for Indian Health Service in the event of a partial lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 7362), H10587 [21DE]

——— reauthorize Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 5385), H3707 [26AP]

Dept. of the Interior: establish National Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund to address maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, BLM, and Bureau of Indian Education (see H.R. 6510), H7685 [25JY]

——— make supplemental funding available for management of fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need as determined by State fish and wildlife agencies (see H.R. 4647), H5286 [19JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: determine best available estimate of total amount of nonhighway recreational fuel taxes received (see H.R. 7202), H9743 [29NO]

——— establish a Ski Area Fee Retention Account (see H.R. 5171), H1544 [13MR]

Dept. of Transportation: exempt certain motor carriers involved in agricultural business from electronic logging device mandates (see H.R. 5949), H5507 [21JN]

——— exempt certain small trucking operations from electronic logging device mandates (see H.R. 5948), H5507 [21JN]

Drugs: authorize employees of a hospice program to handle controlled substances in the residence of a deceased hospice patient to assist in disposal (see H.R. 5041), H4730 [24MY]

EPA: exempt certain pesticides and air emissions from animal waste at farms from certain reporting requirements under CERCLA (see H.R. 5275), H1607 [14MR]

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 6014), H6559 [18JY]

Fish and fishing: prohibit sale of shark fins (see H.R. 1456), H7728 [26JY]

Gleason, Stephen M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5499), H9153 [27SE]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1847), H5749 [26JN]

Immigration: reform (H.R. 4760), consideration (see H. Res. 774), H1654 [15MR]

Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Congressional Gold Medal to the crew (see H.R. 4107), H7772 [24AU]

Insurance: provide for coverage of medically necessary food and vitamins for digestive and inherited metabolic disorders under Federal health programs and private health insurance (see H.R. 2587), H8728 [13SE]

——— require group and individual health insurance coverage for treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect (see H.R. 6689), H9539 [15NO]

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), H1507 [9MR]

Israel: authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 5141), H8172 [12SE]

Medicaid: provide States with option of providing coordinated care for children with medically complex conditions (see H.R. 3325), H5649 [25JN]

Medicare: cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see H.R. 3032), H5581 [22JN]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 930), H9408 [28SE]

Native Americans: provide the right of those born in Canada or the U.S. to pass U.S. borders to anyone who is a member, or is eligible to be a member, of a federally recognized Indian tribe in the U.S. or Canada (see H.R. 6598), H7723 [26JY]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media (see H.R. 4382), H5581 [22JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 173), H3783 [7MY]

Taxation: 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), H9821 [10DE]

——— exclude from gross income certain federally-subsidized loan repayments for dental school faculty (see H.R. 6149), H5284 [19JN] (see H.R. 7259), H10102 [11DE]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 1098), H9460 [30OC]

——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see H.R. 1268), H6175 [12JY]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 1150), H4694 [23MY]

Wood: accelerate use of wood in buildings, especially tall wood buildings (see H.R. 1380), H9768 [6DE]

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 the Interior: convey certain public land within Henry’s Lake Wilderness Study Area in Idaho to resolve an unauthorized use and an occupancy encroachment (see H.R. 6924), H9089 [26SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (see H.R. 5895), H4283 [21MY]

National Park Restoration Fund: establish from Federal land energy production revenues (see H.R. 5210), H1476 [7MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain public land within Henry’s Lake Wilderness Study Area in Idaho to resolve an unauthorized use and an occupancy encroachment (H.R. 6924), H9091 [26SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5895), H4284 [21MY]

National Park Restoration Fund: establish from Federal land energy production revenues (H.R. 5210), H1477 [7MR]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H135 [11JA], H171 [12JA], H683 [30JA], H1181 [15FE], H1731 [21MR], H9527 [15NO]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H171 [12JA], H7945 [10SE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H2019, H2020 [22MR]

Bureau of Reclamation: environmental restoration projects funding, H4928 [7JN]

——— water research and development programs funding, H4929 [7JN]

Burnison, Melissa F.: confirmation as Assistant Sec. of Energy for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, E264• [6MR]

Corps of Engineers: consider historic and national significance of dredging projects when allocating funds, H4926 [7JN]

——— investigation account funding, H4925 [7JN]

——— post-disaster watershed assessment studies funding, H4953 [7JN]

Dept. of Energy: Advanced Manufacturing Office funding, H4931 [7JN]

——— Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) funding, H4939 [7JN]

——— electric power grid cybersecurity funding, H4965 [7JN]

——— Environmental Justice Program funding to address environmental concerns in both urban and rural settings, H4940 [7JN]

——— Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project funding, H4904 [7JN]

——— National Nuclear Security Administration defense nuclear nonproliferation funding, H4944, H4945 [7JN]

——— National Nuclear Security Administration defense nuclear nonproliferation funding through reduction of W76–2 warhead modification program funding, H4941, H4943 [7JN]

——— National Renewable Energy Laboratory funding, H4965 [7JN]

——— Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy offshore wind job training grants funding, H4932 [7JN]

——— Office of Nuclear Energy construction of versatile reactor-based fast neutron source funding, H4934 [7JN]

——— reduce salary of Western Area Power Administration Administrator Mark Gabriel, pursuant to House of Representatives’ Holman Rule allowing such reduction, H4946 [7JN]

——— tribute to Idaho National Laboratory Transient Reactor Test facility restart, E1256• [13SE]

——— upgrades and construction of research facilities and infrastructure funding, H4936 [7JN]

——— Water Powers Technologies Office marine and hydrokinetic energy research and technologies funding, H4930, H4931 [7JN]

Dept. of State: include severe forms of trafficking in persons within the definition of transnational organized crime for purposes of the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program (H.R. 1625), Senate amendment, H2019, H2020 [22MR]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6147), E1028• [18JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, H8240 [13SE]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations, H2020 [22MR]

Energy and water development: across-the-board funding reduction, H4951, H4955 [7JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5895), H4899, H4904, H4925, H4926, H4927, H4928, H4929, H4930, H4931, H4932, H4934, H4936, H4939, H4940, H4941, H4943, H4944, H4945, H4946, H4949, H4951, H4953, H4955, H4965 [7JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5895), conference report, H8240 [13SE]

EPA: require permit for certain discharges of dredged or fill material, H4927 [7JN]

Idaho: tribute to Eastern Idaho Agriculture Hall of Fame inductees, E273• [7MR]

——— tribute to land conservation program which allows ranchers to voluntarily retire certain land grazing allotments in exchange for compensation from a third-party, E27• [10JA]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations, H8240 [13SE]

Naerebout, Bob: Catholic Diocese of Boise, ID, Bishop Michael Driscoll Award recipient, E612• [9MY]

National Ocean Policy: implementation funding, H4949 [7JN]

Szabo, Jeff: Arthur Flemming Award recipient, E696• [21MY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Anadromous Fish Screen Program funding, H4929 [7JN]

Votes: position on missed, H3223• [13AP], H6191• [13JY], H6282• [17JY], E1030• [18JY]

Reports filed

Energy and Water Development, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans’ Services Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 5895) (H. Rept. 115–929), H8106 [10SE]

Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5895) (H. Rept. 115–697), H4283 [21MY]

Tributes

Epeldi, Martin, E1584• [30NO]

Furstenau, Ray, E699• [21MY]

Gomez, Albert J., E125• [2FE]

Gunn, Alan L., E698• [21MY]

Henderson, Boyd F., E1577• [29NO]

Henderson, Ralph J., E1577• [29NO]

Middleton, Thomas J., E761• [5JN]

Olsen, Sheila A., E205• [20FE]

Stacey, Brent, E763• [5JN]