SIMPSON, MICHAEL K. (a Representative from Idaho)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 20), H10610 [17DE]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 784), H1211 [24JA]

——— require health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (see H.R. 962), H1586 [13FE]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 1175), H8679 [30OC]

American Legion: allow determination of membership requirements (see H.R. 1641), H5826 [15JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 22), H284 [8JA]

Career and Technical Education Month: designate (see H. Res. 119), H1517 [11FE]

CFTC: extend jurisdiction to include setting of reference prices for aluminum premiums (see H.R. 1406), H3477 [7MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify availability and appropriateness of training for local school food service personnel (see H.R. 2651), H9058 [19NO]

——— reverse declining milk consumption in schools (see H.R. 3125), H4390 [10JN]

Dept. of Education: establish an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 276), H2043 [19FE]

——— expand Federal Pell Grant Program eligibility to short-term job training programs (see H.R. 3497), H8785 [12NO]

——— make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 943), H5077 [24JN]

——— reauthorize and modify Federal TRIO Programs (see H.R. 3800), H5998 [17JY]

Dept. of HHS: 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. 647), H3304 [29AP]

——— provide full-year appropriations for Indian Health Service in the event of a partial lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 195), H208 [3JA]

——— reauthorize and modernize Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1695), H2797 [25MR]

——— reauthorize grant programs and other initiatives to promote expanded screening of newborns and children for genetic diseases and disorders (see H.R. 2507), H3440 [2MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Joint Threat Assessment and Management Task Force to make recommendations on developing a national strategy to prevent targeted violence (see H.R. 838), H5304 [9JY]

Dept. of Justice: review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols to address missing and murdered Native Americans (see H.R. 2733), H10017 [10DE]

Dept. of the Interior: modify Payments in Lieu of Taxes program payment formula to increase funding for certain low-population counties without reducing funding for other counties (see H.R. 3716), H7708 [12SE]

——— permanently authorize Payments in Lieu of Taxes program (see H.R. 3043), H7775 [18SE]

——— reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see H.R. 375), H2587 [7MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a Ski Area Fee Retention Account (see H.R. 2509), H8785 [12NO]

Dept. of Transportation: exempt certain motor carriers involved in agricultural business from electronic logging device mandates (see H.R. 1698), H3407 [1MY]

——— exempt certain small trucking operations from electronic logging device mandates (see H.R. 1697), H3407 [1MY]

——— modify hours of service requirements for drivers hauling live animals and agricultural perishable goods (see H.R. 4919), H8960 [18NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 4305), H12211 [18DE]

——— establish an inter-agency task force on use of Federal lands for medical treatment and therapy through outdoor recreation for veterans (see H.R. 2435), H7560 [9SE]

——— provide for presumption of service connection for diseases associated with herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served offshore of Vietnam (see H.R. 299), H1464 [7FE]

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 553), H1363 [5FE]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: issue permits for recreation services on lands managed by Federal agencies (see H.R. 316), H283 [8JA]

——— prohibit the taking of privately held water rights and uphold longstanding State water laws (see H.R. 579), H601 [15JA]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity, and protect the free exercise of religion (see H.R. 5331), H9345 [6DE]

Drugs: lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition (see H.R. 19), H10263 [13DE]

FAA: provide for a full annuity supplement for air traffic controllers that participate in Federal Contract Tower Program (see H.R. 5297), H12212 [18DE]

——— provide funding from Airport and Airway Trust Fund for FAA activities in the event of a Government shutdown (see H.R. 1108), H2939 [1AP]

FDA: require enforcement of labeling regulations against misbranded imitation dairy products such as milk, cheese, or yogurt (see H.R. 1769), H2743 [14MR]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 38), H545 [14JA]

Fish and fishing: prohibit sale of shark fins (see H.R. 737), H4772 [18JN]

Health: ensure coverage for preexisting conditions and guarantee coverage in individual and group markets contingent on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act repeal (see H.R. 692), H1363 [5FE]

——— improve health care coverage under vision and dental plans for certain self-funded, non-Federal Government plans (see H.R. 3762), H5825 [15JY]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 693), H1350 [4FE]

Immigration: eliminate per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see H.R. 1044), H2370 [5MR]

——— reform H–2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers to earn legal status and provide employer flexibility, and establish mandatory E-verify program for employment eligibility (see H.R. 4916), H8677 [30OC] (see H.R. 5038), H8783 [12NO]

Insurance: provide for coverage of medically necessary food and vitamins and individual amino acids for digestive and inherited metabolic disorders under Federal health programs and private health insurance (see H.R. 2501), H8596 [29OC]

——— require group and individual health insurance coverage for treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect (see H.R. 1379), H2233 [26FE]

McAuliffe, Christa: mint commemorative coins with proceeds from sales going to For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) (organization) Robotics program (see H.R. 500), H2828 [26MR]

Medicare: improve home health payment reforms (see H.R. 2573), H7707 [12SE]

——— permit nurse practitioners and physician assistants to satisfy the documentation requirement for coverage of certain shoes for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 808), H5260 [27JN]

——— provide certain coverage of audiologist services (see H.R. 4056), H7905 [24SE]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1948), H7755 [17SE]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1570), H2988 [2AP]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medals to Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden and posthumously to Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson for contributions during the ‘‘Space Race’’ (see H.R. 1396), H7152 [18JY]

National Park Service: establish, fund, and provide for use of amounts in a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog (see H.R. 1225), H2029 [14FE]

Native Americans: provide advance appropriations authority for certain accounts of BIA and Indian Health Service (see H.R. 1128), H5168 [25JN]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 54), H3131 [8AP]

——— repeal requirement to prepay future retirement benefits (see H.R. 2382), H8785 [12NO]

——— restore preexisting service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 60), H2036 [14FE]

Public Health Thank You Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 73), H8878 [14NO]

Public lands: modify procedures for issuing special recreation permits for certain public land units (see H.R. 3879), H7239 [23JY]

Radio: oppose new fees, taxes, royalties, or charges on local, over the air, radio stations (see H. Con. Res. 20), H2042 [19FE]

Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (see H.R. 3794), H5998 [17JY]

Schiff, Representative: condemn and censure relative to remarks during hearing on whistleblower complaint against President Trump and alleged collusion between the Trump Campaign and Russia (see H. Res. 604, 630), H8201 [16OC]

Schools: prohibit stigmatization of children who are unable to pay for meals (see H.R. 2311), H8299 [21OC]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: extend (see H.R. 3048), H7867 [20SE]

Sesame Street (television program): anniversary (see H. Res. 540), H9171 [21NO]

Sports: provide for returning student scholarships, work opportunities, and full health insurance for sports injuries for student-athletes, and eliminate rules blocking professional sports participation (see H.R. 2036), H3477 [7MY]

Taxation: exclude from gross income certain federally-subsidized loan repayments for dental school faculty (see H.R. 996), H1390 [6FE]

——— extend tax credit for residential energy efficient property and investment tax credit for clean energy technologies (see H.R. 3961), H8960 [18NO]

——— make qualified biogas and manure resource recovery property eligible for the energy credit and permit new clean renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property (see H.R. 3744), H5774 [12JY]

——— modify definition of income for purposes of determining the tax-exempt status of certain mutual or cooperative telephone or electric companies (see H.R. 2147), H7837 [19SE]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 1680), H3305 [29AP]

——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 510), H5272 [5JY]

——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see H.R. 2746), H9058 [19NO]

——— provide families with more discretion in the use of, and contributions to, flexible spending accounts for health care services (see H.R. 1366), H2233 [26FE]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 218), H4389 [10JN]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 2207), H3252 [10AP]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: consolidate protection of fish and regulation of waterways under Endangered Species Act into a single agency (see H.R. 548), H600 [15JA]

——— 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. 3742), H5774 [12JY]

United Kingdom: recognize self determination of Gibraltar to determine its status as a British Overseas Territory (see H. Res. 174), H2587 [7MR]

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), H2647 [11MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see H.R. 215), H209 [3JA]

——— authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho (see H.R. 214), H209 [3JA]

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. 483), H463 [10JA]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: provide consistent and reliable authority and funding to meet conservation and deferred maintenance needs of certain departmental lands (see H.R. 1026), H1391 [6FE]

Federal agencies and departments: appropriately limit impact of the presence of large Federal installations in delineation of core based statistical areas (see H.R. 1113), H1491 [8FE]

Forest Service: maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho (see H.R. 482), H463 [10JA]

Constitutional authority statements

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (H.R. 215), H217 [3JA]

——— authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho (H.R. 214), H217 [3JA]

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. 483), H465 [10JA]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: provide consistent and reliable authority and funding to meet conservation and deferred maintenance needs of certain departmental lands (H.R. 1026), H1393 [6FE]

Federal agencies and departments: appropriately limit impact of the presence of large Federal installations in delineation of core based statistical areas (H.R. 1113), H1493 [8FE]

Forest Service: maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho (H.R. 482), H465 [10JA]

Letters

Dept. of Transportation increase of allowable length of certain trucks hauling sugar beets on non-interstate roads in Malheur County, OR: Senators Wyden, Risch, Crapo, and Merkley, H423 [10JA]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations, H10590, H10592 [17DE]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H2019 [14FE], H10590 [17DE]

——— making continuing (H.R. 4378), H7792 [19SE]

Chobani, Inc.: tribute to donation to Twin Falls, ID, School District, E822• [24JN]

Corps of Engineers: prohibit funding to finalize environmental impact statement for proposed Pebble Mine project, H4747 [18JN]

——— prohibit issuance of permits for the discharge of dredged or fill material from a project within Water Conservation Areas in the Everglades, H4742 [18JN]

——— prohibit reallocation of Civil Works Program funding to another Federal department or agency, H4749 [18JN]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit funding to implement or enforce phase-out of incandescent light bulbs, H4742 [18JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 31), conference report, H2019 [14FE]

——— prohibit funding to construct or expand U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement immigration detention facilities, H655, H656 [16JA]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations, H10590 [17DE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 266), H490 [11JA]

Dept. of Transportation: increase allowable length of certain trucks hauling sugar beets on non-interstate roads in Malheur County, OR, H423 [10JA]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), H4459 [12JN], H4742, H4743, H4747, H4749 [18JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 267), H423 [10JA]

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 268), H650, H651, H655, H656 [16JA]

Energy and water development: making appropriations, H10590 [17DE]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H423 [10JA], H490 [11JA]

Health: extend certain public health programs (H.R. 4378), H7792 [19SE]

Idaho Falls, ID: tribute to Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Plant workers, E1263• [8OC]

Idaho Wheat Commission: anniversary, E1339• [23OC]

Immigration: proposed construction of continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border, H423 [10JA]

——— reform H–2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers to earn legal status and provide employer flexibility, and establish mandatory E-verify program for employment eligibility (H.R. 5038), H10074 [11DE]

Johnson, Stephen G.: American Nuclear Society fellow designee, E1561• [9DE]

Montpelier, ID: Bear Lake Memorial Hospital recipient of National Rural Health Association Top 20 Critical Access Hospital and Best Practices in Quality honors, E23• [9JA]

Mountain Home AFB, ID: transfer of rail spur to Mountain Home, ID, E1340• [23OC]

National Children’s Dental Health Month: observance, E202• [25FE]

National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (H.R. 1865), Senate amendment, H10590 [17DE]

Pocatello, ID: Construction Combine recipient of Idaho Career & Technical Education Special Program Award, E1299• [17OC]

Puerto Rico: Caño Martín Peña channel ecosystem restoration funding, H650, H651 [16JA]

Smithsonian Institution: anniversary of Sawtooths and Other Ranges of Imagination—Contemporary Art from Idaho exhibit, E576• [10MY]

Votes: position on missed, H9969• [10DE], E933• [17JY]

Statements

Tribute to Elijah Cummings: Chad P. Gehani, American Dental Association, E1319• [21OC]

Tributes

Baron, Wendy, E571• [9MY]

Benson, Mark, E806• [20JN]

Cannady, Ed, E209• [26FE]

Cummings, Elijah E., E1319• [21OC]

Hildebrandt, Jay, E1480• [20NO]

Johnson, Rick, E596• [15MY]

Johnson, Shane, E901• [11JY]

Ozaki, Cal, E181• [14FE]

Sarton, Dee, E756• [12JN]

Wittmeyer, Jane, E1110• [9SE]