CAMP, DAVE (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments

Public debt: prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), H2546 [9MY]

Appointments

Committee to escort Republic of Korea President Park Geun-hye into the House Chamber, H2487 [8MY]

Conferee: H.J. Res. 59, continuing appropriations, H6049 [30SE]

——— H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, H6557 [12OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1797), H2575 [13MY]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H7311 [20NO]

Black Ribbon Day: designate to recognize victims of Soviet Communist and Nazi regimes (see H. Res. 302), H7358 [21NO]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H629 [25FE]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley honoring the 50th anniversary of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing (see H.R. 360), H1720 [20MR]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H372 [5FE]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 436), H416 [6FE]

Corps of Engineers: establish the Great Lakes Navigation System (see H.R. 2273), H4726 [18JY]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 732), H950 [4MR]

Dept. of Defense: modify authorities relative to procedures for courts-martial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice by removing prosecution of serious crimes from the chain of command (see H.R. 2016), H4827 [19JY]

Detroit Diesel Corp.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 42), H4175 [28JN]

Drugs: make any substance containing hydrocodone a schedule II drug under the Controlled Substances Act (see H.R. 1285), H2067 [16AP]

Elizabeth L. Kinnunen Post Office Building, Munising, MI: designate (see H.R. 2223), H3014 [3JN]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 1406), H1911 [10AP]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment on parental rights (see H.J. Res. 50), H5349 [1AU]

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. 367), H278 [23JA]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: require competition for contracts, provide an adjustment period to phasing out mandatory source status, and improve inmate access to reintegration opportunities (see H.R. 2098), H4827 [19JY]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 2959), H7395 [2DE]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H86 [14JA]

FTC: prohibit providers of social media services from using self-images uploaded by minors for commercial purposes (see H.R. 2645), H4726 [18JY]

Grayling, MI: anniversary of Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center (see H. Res. 290), H4308 [9JY]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 335), H416 [6FE]

Health: protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 940), H1837 [25MR]

Health care professionals: limit liability of volunteers who provide health care services in response to a disaster (see H.R. 1733), H5403 [2AU]

Medicare: prevent budget sequestration from impacting payment for physician-administered drugs (see H.R. 1416), H4370 [10JY]

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 401), H950 [4MR]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 409), H7365 [22NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 409), H7365 [22NO]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H2396 [26AP]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 1226), H3990 [20JN]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H6493 [10OC]

NIH: provide for a pediatric research initiative through use of funds saved by terminating taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (see H.R. 2019), H4827 [19JY]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (see H.R. 624), H2027 [15AP]

Officer James Bonneau Memorial Post Office, Jackson, MI: designate (see H.R. 3534), H7252 [19NO]

Parks, Rosa: tribute (see H. Res. 54), H371 [5FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2667), H4482 [11JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2668), H4482 [11JY]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2575), H4173 [28JN]

Russia: disapprove law ending adoptions of Russian children by U.S. citizens, urge reconsideration of law, and prioritize processing of adoptions of children matched before enactment (see H. Res. 24), H417 [6FE]

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: designate certain lands and inland water as wilderness (see H.R. 163), H51 [4JA]

Sports: recognize heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting on public lands and ensure continued opportunities for those activities (see H.R. 1825), H4827 [19JY]

States: permit exemptions from certain requirements of Federal environmental laws for producers of agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1304), H2656 [15MY]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 2309), H4827 [19JY]

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: oppose (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1829 [21MR]

War of 1812: anniversary of the Battles of River Raisin (see H. Res. 37), H177 [18JA]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H177 [18JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (see H.R. 325), H180 [21JA]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and restructure the adoption incentives grant program and extend Family Connection Grant Program (see H.R. 3205), H5921 [27SE]

Foreign trade: amend Harmonized Tariff Schedule to modify temporarily certain rates of duty (see H.R. 2708), H4597 [17JY]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend (see H.R. 2709), H4597 [17JY]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members’ official allowances be applied to deficit or Federal debt reduction (see H.R. 496), H370 [5FE]

National Railroad Memorial: designate in Diamond District Park in Durand, MI (see H. Con. Res. 50), H5344 [1AU]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: provide for participation in health care exchanges or other newly created plans by the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, and Federal employees (see H.R. 1780), H2391 [26AP]

Public welfare programs: prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H.R. 890), H814 [28FE]

Constitutional authority statements

Budget: temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), H180 [21JA]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and restructure the adoption incentives grant program and extend Family Connection Grant Program (H.R. 3205), H5922 [27SE]

Foreign trade: amend Harmonized Tariff Schedule to modify temporarily certain rates of duty (H.R. 2708), H4598 [17JY]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend (H.R. 2709), H4598 [17JY]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members’ official allowances be applied to deficit or Federal debt reduction (H.R. 496), H371 [5FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: provide for participation in health care exchanges or other newly created plans by the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, and Federal employees (H.R. 1780), H2394 [26AP]

Public welfare programs: prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (H.R. 890), H816 [28FE]

Cost Estimates

Full Faith and Credit Act (H.R. 807): CBO, H2545 [9MY]

Letters

Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act: by, Committee on Ways and Means (House), E934 [20JN]

GAO Improvement Act: by, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H1999 [15AP]

International Child Support Recovery Improvement Act: by, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H3703 [18JN]

Keep Your Health Plan Act: by, Committee on Ways and Means (House), E1691 [18NO]

Nuclear Iran Prevention Act: by, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H5231 [31JY]

Preserving the Welfare Work Requirement and TANF Extension Act: by, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H1374 [13MR]

——— Representative Kline, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H1374 [13MR]

Water Resources Reform and Development Act: by, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H6708 [23OC]

Remarks

Allen, Dorene: Michigan Supreme Court and Michigan Dept. of Human Services Daniel J. Wright Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E1757• [2DE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H1602 [19MR]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), H237, H238, H239, H243 [23JA]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and restructure the adoption incentives grant program and extend Family Connection Grant Program (H.R. 3205), H6654 [22OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (H.R. 2009), H5362 [2AU]

——— prohibit from enforcing health care reform (H.R. 2009), motion to recommit, H5372 [2AU]

Federal agencies and departments: include a tax on carbon emissions under major rules that shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law, H5319• [1AU]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 367), H5319• [1AU]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), H2695 [16MY]

Members of Congress: prohibit payment of compensation from prioritized obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached, H2546, H2547 [9MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), H4546 [17JY]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), motion to recommit, H4573 [17JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), H4546 [17JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), motion to recommit, H4576 [17JY]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H7091 [14NO]

——— prohibit employers from reducing insurance coverage for individuals and families who currently receive job-based health benefits, H4573 [17JY]

——— protect consumers from premium increases and prohibit discrimination based on pre-existing conditions, H4576 [17JY]

——— protect tax credits for middle class and small businesses, H5372 [2AU]

——— repeal (H.R. 45), H2695 [16MY]

Public debt: prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), H2539, H2540, H2546, H2547 [9MY]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), motion to recommit, H2552 [9MY]

——— prohibit payment of debt held by certain foreign countries instead of protecting U.S. senior citizens, veterans, and those harmed by natural disasters in the event that the debt ceiling is reached, H2552 [9MY]

Public welfare programs: allow waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements for certain individuals, H1383 [13MR]

——— extend the program of block grants to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, H1374 [13MR]

——— prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (H.R. 890), H1373, H1375, H1376, H1380 [13MR]

——— prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (H.R. 890), motion to recommit, H1383 [13MR]

Reports filed

Activities During the 113th Congress: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H. Rept. 113–319), H8138 [3JA]

Full Faith and Credit Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 807) (H. Rept. 113–48), H2400 [30AP]

Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare Programs Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 890) (H. Rept. 113–13), H1330 [11MR]

Statements

No Budget, No Pay Act: Executive Office of the President, H241 [23JA]

Tributes

Dunn, Ron, H3366 [13JN]

Foster, Richard, E1238• [2AU]

Heintz, Margaret, E167• [15FE]

Hornbeck, Jeff, E1368• [25SE]

Luptak, Jerry, E746• [23MY]

Meekins, Viola, H3366 [13JN]

Valliere, Tom, E433• [11AP]

Young, Robert D., E1459• [8OC]