STUTZMAN, MARLIN A. (a Representative from Indiana)

Amendments

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), H6743 [23OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices (see H. Res. 206), H2533 [8MY]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 7), H2602 [14MY]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1797), H2965 [24MY]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H5476 [10SE]

Appropriations: making continuing (see H.J. Res. 62), H5547 [12SE] (see H.J. Res. 66), H5921 [27SE]

Arab countries: call for protection of religious minority rights and freedoms and urge repeal of blasphemy laws (see H. Res. 106), H2249 [23AP]

Armed Forces: repeal bans on military personnel carrying firearms on military bases (see H.R. 3199), H7357 [21NO]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 24), H413 [6FE]

——— establish biennial budget and appropriations processes and enhance oversight and performance of the Federal Government (see H.R. 879), H984 [5MR]

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1869), H2914 [22MY]

China: call for an end to organ harvesting from prisoners, investigate organ transplant practices, end persecution of the Falun Gong, and issue warnings to U.S. citizens about organ transplant practices (see H. Res. 281), H7358 [21NO]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 36), H950 [4MR]

Congress: establish the style for amending laws (see H.R. 760), H818 [28FE]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H86 [14JA]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 436), H300 [29JA]

Credit: modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (see H.R. 1779), H3655 [14JN]

——— provide for removal of default information from a borrower’s credit report with respect to certain rehabilitated education loans (see H.R. 2561), H4143 [27JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: repeal a duplicative inspection and grading program for catfish (see H.R. 1313), H2067 [16AP]

Dept. of Defense: declare the attack at Fort Hood, TX, a terrorist attack and ensure victims of such attack and their families receive the same honors and benefits as those killed or wounded in overseas combat zones (see H.R. 3111), H5587 [17SE]

——— require Inspector General investigation of allegations of retaliatory personnel actions in response to protected communications regarding sexual assault (see H.R. 1864), H2656 [15MY]

Dept. of Education: allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 2456), H3988 [20JN]

——— limit authority to issue regulations, rules, grant conditions and guidance materials in order to support decision-making functions of local educational agencies (see H.R. 1386), H2161 [18AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (see H.R. 2009), H3991 [20JN]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H2438 [6MY]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 1406), H2125 [17AP]

EPA: disapprove rule establishing new source performance standards to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new powerplants (see H.J. Res. 64), H5833 [25SE]

——— exempt components used in manufacture of hunting and recreational shooting ammunition and fishing tackle from regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (see H.R. 322), H176 [18JA]

——— withdraw proposed order pertaining to the pesticide sulfuryl fluoride (see H.R. 1496), H1955 [11AP]

Fair Labor Standards Act: provide specific limited exemption for insurance claim adjustment work after a major disaster from overtime pay requirements (see H.R. 3179), H6677 [22OC]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment on parental rights (see H.J. Res. 50), H3759 [18JN]

——— prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 3133), H5765 [19SE]

FDA: exempt certain user fees from budget sequestration (see H.R. 2725), H7253 [19NO]

Federal agencies and departments: include language in certain educational and advertising materials indicating that such materials are produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense (see H.R. 3308), H6829 [28OC]

——— 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]

——— require approval by agency head for conferences costing above a certain limit (see H.R. 283), H950 [4MR]

——— require periodic review and automatic termination of Federal regulations (see H.R. 309), H950 [4MR]

Federal employees: limit total amount of awards or other discretionary monetary payments (see H.R. 1541), H1991 [12AP]

Federal-State relations: prohibit taxpayer bailouts of fiscally irresponsible State and local governments (see H.R. 3002), H5396 [2AU]

Firearms: allow certain off-duty and retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms to protect children in a school zone (see H.R. 2541), H7357 [21NO]

——— more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 1290), H2396 [26AP]

——— update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 3335), H7053 [13NO]

Fountain County Veterans Memorial Post Office, Covington, IN: designate (see H.R. 2802), H4978 [23JY]

FRS: improve functioning and transparency of the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee (see H.R. 1174), H1426 [14MR]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H550 [14FE]

——— require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to notify and obtain permission from consumers before collecting nonpublic personal information about such consumers (see H.R. 2571), H4524 [16JY]

Government regulations: impose certain limitations on consent decrees and settlement agreements by agencies that require the agencies to take regulatory action in accordance with the terms thereof (see H.R. 1493), H1955 [11AP]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3121), H5803 [20SE]

——— 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), H7052 [13NO]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 45), H2655 [15MY] (see H.R. 3121), H5803 [20SE]

Holder, Attorney General: express no confidence and call for resignation due to lack of monitoring and actions relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels in Mexico (see H. Res. 35), H3216 [5JN]

Housing: protect American taxpayers and homeowners by creating a sustainable housing finance system (see H.R. 2767), H5834 [25SE]

Immigration: improve law enforcement within the interior of the U.S. by improving State and local enforcement, national security, removal of criminal aliens, visa security, and aid to officers (see H.R. 2278), H6829 [28OC]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H2396 [26AP]

IRS: prevent discriminatory misconduct against taxpayers by IRS officers and employees (see H.R. 1950), H2656 [15MY]

——— terminate employment of employees who take certain official actions for political purposes (see H.R. 2565), H4485 [11JY]

Israel: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 30), H1994 [12AP]

——— strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H3688 [17JN]

Labor unions: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 2346), H3590 [13JN]

Medicare: create incentives for innovative diagnostics by improving process for determining payment rates for new tests (see H.R. 2085), H7395 [2DE]

——— ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 846), H5348 [1AU]

——— modify hospital requirements to qualify for the rural provider and hospital exception to physician ownership or investment prohibition in order take into account certain hospitals (see H.R. 2027), H7628 [10DE]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see H.R. 1064), H1355 [12MR] (see H.R. 1155), H1425 [14MR]

National cemeteries: provide authority to reconsider decisions to inter or honor the memory of a person in a national cemetery and disinter remains of Michael L. Anderson from Fort Custer National Cemetery (see H.R. 3106), H5587 [17SE]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H2125 [17AP]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see H.R. 1962), H3016 [3JN]

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), H3760 [18JN]

NLRB: permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see H.R. 3154), H5766 [19SE]

OMB: rescind certain unobligated discretionary appropriations (see H.R. 828), H2656 [15MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: apply provisions to Delegates and Resident Commissioners and certain congressional staff (see H.R. 2010), H2716 [16MY]

——— delay implementation (see H.R. 2809), H5548 (see H.J. Res. 62), H5547 [12SE]

——— delay implementation, repeal exemption for congressional and executive branch employees, and maintain certain coverages (see H.J. Res. 66), H5921 [27SE]

——— ensure that individuals can keep their health insurance coverage (see H.R. 3406), H6952 [30OC]

——— exempt veterans from requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage (see H.R. 2876), H6493 [10OC]

——— express that health insurance mandate violates the clause of the Constitution requiring that bills for raising revenue originate in the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 153), H6175 [2OC]

——— express that President Obama has violated section 3 of article II of the Constitution by refusing to enforce certain provisions (see H. Res. 425), H7310 [20NO]

——— prohibit funding to implement (see H.R. 2682), H4599 [17JY]

——— repeal (see H.R. 45), H2655 [15MY] (see H.R. 3121), H5803 [20SE]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 763), H1958 [11AP]

——— repeal certain limitations on health care benefits (see H.R. 1248), H1629 [19MR]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 351), H416 [6FE]

Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (see H.R. 935), H2535 [8MY]

Power resources: achieve domestic energy independence by empowering States to control development and production of all forms of energy on all available Federal land (see H.R. 2511), H5589 [17SE]

——— clarify that a State has the sole authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing on Federal land within the boundaries of the State (see H.R. 2513), H4078 [26JN]

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. 1852), H2914 [22MY]

Public debt: increase debt ceiling by a certain amount upon adoption by Congress of a balanced budget constitutional amendment and by an additional amount upon ratification by the States (see H.R. 371), H279 [23JA]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 807), H984 [5MR]

——— retain authority of Congress to borrow money on the credit of the U.S. and not cede this power to the President (see H. Res. 360), H5883 [26SE]

Refuse disposal: encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal ash and establish requirements for management and disposal of coal ash that are protective of human health and the environment (see H.R. 2218), H3014 [3JN]

Roads and highways: amend laws relative to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate system (see H.R. 612), H2535 [8MY]

SEC: improve consideration of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders (see H.R. 1062), H2575 [13MY]

Senate: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H. Res. 431), H7566 [5DE]

Social Security: establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and suspend investment of such funds until certain legislation is enacted (see H.R. 370), H344 [4FE]

——— replace Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program with a block grant to the States (see H.R. 567), H1993 [12AP]

Social Security Investment Commission: establish (see H.R. 370), H344 [4FE]

States: permit exemptions from certain requirements of Federal environmental laws for producers of agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1304), H2161 [18AP]

Taxation: constitutional amendment to limit congressional power to impose a tax on failure to purchase goods or services (see H.J. Res. 28), H3253 [6JN]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H2161 [18AP]

——— express that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the economy (see H. Con. Res. 24), H1861 [9AP]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 207), H983 [5MR]

——— permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 127), H3688 [17JN]

——— provide for taxpayers making donations with their income tax returns to the Federal Government to pay down the public debt (see H.R. 1571), H2025 [15AP]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 2429), H3991 [20JN]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 483), H1328 [7MR]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 523), H410 [6FE]

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H28 [3JA]

——— terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate income tax rate (see H.R. 259), H6569 [12OC]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see H.R. 792), H7628 [10DE]

Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (see H.R. 3486), H7109 [14NO]

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: oppose (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1396 [13MR]

Unemployment: include discouraged and marginally attached workers in official measure of national unemployment (see H.R. 484), H342 [4FE]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H2400 [30AP]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H1549 [15MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: improve the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 1657), H2158 [18AP]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 578), H412 [6FE]

FRS: remove mandate on the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee to focus on maximum employment (see H.R. 492), H342 [4FE]

National Guard: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3237), H6174 [2OC]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Agriculture: improve the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (H.R. 1657), H2161 [18AP]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (H.R. 578), H415 [6FE]

FRS: remove mandate on the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee to focus on maximum employment (H.R. 492), H344 [4FE]

National Guard: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3237), H6175 [2OC]

Letters

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility: Robert W. Hillman, Anthem Insurance Co., Inc., H7093 [14NO]

Remarks

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, H3232 [6JN]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 1797), H3741• [18JN]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (H.R. 1797), H3232 [6JN]

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), H3767 [19JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), call on conferees to limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer (H. Res. 379), H6530 [11OC]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), call on conferees to restore Dept. of Agriculture authority to manage sugar supplies throughout the year (H. Res. 378), H6526 [11OC]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), consideration (H. Res. 295), H4387 [11JY]

——— reform sugar price support program, H6526 [11OC]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H5992 [28SE], H6069 [1OC], H6116 [2OC], H6359 [8OC]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), H6241 [4OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1405 [14MR], H1921 [11AP]

——— balance, H1405 [14MR]

——— require annual budget submission by the President provide an estimate of the cost per taxpayer of the deficit (H.R. 668), H963 [5MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H1611 [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), H252 [23JA]

Constitution—U.S.: uphold the Second Amendment right to bear arms, H2341, H2343 [25AP]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), H6694 [23OC]

——— revoke requirement to remove levee vegetation until policy guidelines on levee vegetation management have been adopted, H6694 [23OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), H5668, H5712 [19SE]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H4387 [11JY]

District of Columbia: making continuing appropriations and allowing use of local funds (H.J. Res. 71), H6241 [4OC]

Economy: impact of budget sequestration, H805 [28FE]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), consideration (H. Res. 198), H2454 [7MY]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (H.R. 578), H2341 [25AP]

Gosnell, Kermit: trial of women’s health clinic doctor for murder and violation of State law forbidding late term abortions, H1938 [11AP], H2327 [25AP], H3232 [6JN], H3741• [18JN]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6069 [1OC], H6116 [2OC], H6241 [4OC], H6359 [8OC], H6584 [14OC]

Investments: provide a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers (H.R. 1105), H7486• [4DE]

National cemeteries: provide authority to reconsider decisions to inter or honor the memory of a person in a national cemetery and disinter remains of Michael L. Anderson from Fort Custer National Cemetery (S. 1471), H7636 [11DE]

National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art, and U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 70), H6241 [4OC]

NIH: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 73), H6241 [4OC]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, H515 [14FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3350), H7093 [14NO]

——— delay implementation, H5992 [28SE]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), H4556 [17JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), H4556 [17JY]

——— impact, H3028 [4JN]

——— implementation, H6584 [14OC]

——— repeal, H3639 [14JN], H5442 [10SE]

Public debt: disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling (H.J. Res. 99), H6874 [29OC]

Public welfare programs: prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (H.R. 890), H1380 [13MR]