DOGGETT, LLOYD (a Representative from Texas)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: assist sub-Saharan African countries develop mix of power solutions for more broadly distributed electricity access to support poverty alleviation and drive economic growth (see H.R. 2548), H5175 [30JY]

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 1731), H5589 [17SE]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H5174 [30JY]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 847), H950 [4MR]

Animals: prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1094), H2839 [21MY]

Antitrust policy: restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (see H.R. 911), H2656 [15MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H1359 [12MR]

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see H.R. 1726), H5884 [26SE]

——— issue a forever stamp to honor sacrifices of members who are still prisoner, missing, or unaccounted for (see H.R. 2794), H5093 [26JY]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by closing tax loopholes for offshore corporations (see H.R. 3793), H8125 [19DE]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 2989), H5396 [2AU]

Black Ribbon Day: designate to recognize victims of Soviet Communist and Nazi regimes (see H. Res. 302), H7395 [2DE]

Budget: alleviate the sequester through offsets from restricting use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 3666), H7566 [5DE]

C.W. Bill Young Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL: designate (see H.R. 3302), H6674 [22OC]

Children and youth: bolster U.S. diplomacy and assistance aimed at ensuring children have permanent, safe, nurturing, and loving families and strengthen intercountry adoption to the U.S. and around the world (see H.R. 3323), H6768 [23OC]

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), H5768 [19SE]

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), H1398 [13MR]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 377), H2161 [18AP]

——— prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 1755), H2351 [25AP]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H6053 [30SE]

Colleges and universities: exempt certain State-provided loan programs from being subject to preferred lender arrangement requirements (see H.R. 1529), H4145 [27JN]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H3760 [18JN]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see H.R. 863), H8112 [12DE]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1844), H3253 [6JN]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 19), H7508 [4DE]

Corporations: constitutional amendment to clarify application of the words people, person, or citizen in the Constitution to corporations, limited liability companies, or other corporate entities (see H.J. Res. 21), H5436 [9SE]

——— constitutional amendment to exclude from rights given to natural persons, prohibit corporate spending on elections, and affirm power of Congress and States to regulate corporations and elections (see H.J. Res. 34), H5554 [16SE]

Credit: exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that had been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (see H.R. 1767), H7357 [21NO]

Crime: clarify the range of conduct punished as sex trafficking (see H.R. 2805), H5436 [9SE]

——— prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 366), H316 [1FE]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 2523), H4078 [26JN]

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 10), H1360 [12MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: oppose any legislation or Committee on Agriculture (House) proposal to reduce Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H. Res. 90), H1911 [10AP]

——— promote local and regional farm and food systems (see H.R. 1414), H2570 [9MY]

——— provide for information comparisons for housing assistance programs (see H.R. 2729), H4724 [18JY]

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), H6829 [28OC]

——— improve prevention and response to sexual assaults (see H.R. 1593), H2123 [17AP]

Dept. of Education: award grants for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education programs (see H.R. 1343), H2959 [23MY]

——— make grants for pilot programs at institutions of higher education that support the use of open textbooks to achieve savings for students (see H.R. 3538), H7312 [20NO]

——— provide grants to States to establish a comprehensive school counseling program (see H.R. 2317), H5348 [1AU]

——— require certain institutions of higher education to provide notice of tuition levels for students (see H.R. 2020), H3357 [12JN]

Dept. of HHS: authorize Federal assistance to State adult protective services programs to implement a network of elder abuse prevention and response measures (see H.R. 3090), H5546 [12SE]

——— better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of victims under adoption assistance and foster care programs (see H.R. 1732), H6829 [28OC]

——— establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 485), H342 [4FE]

——— 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. 1339), H5476 [10SE]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 920), H1360 [12MR]

——— provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory increases in insurance premium rates (see H.R. 1019), H1320 [6MR]

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

——— require States to help alien children in the child welfare system apply for all available forms of immigration relief (see H.R. 2036), H2775 [17MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish conditions under which preclearance facilities may be established and preclearance operations may be conducted and provide customs services outside the U.S. (see H.R. 3488), H8113 [12DE]

Dept. of Labor: provide grants for an Urban Jobs Program (see H.R. 1340), H2656 [15MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H2354 [25AP]

——— provide unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war (see H.R. 1725), H2349 [25AP]

Diseases: foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H7111 [14NO]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H1959 [11AP]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H7357 [21NO]

EPA: take certain actions relative to pesticides that may affect pollinators (see H.R. 2692), H5589 [17SE]

FAA: modify appropriations (see H.R. 1432), H2300 [24AP]

FAA Modernization and Reform Act: amend certain provisions (see H.R. 2591), H6829 [28OC]

Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or the child involved (see H.R. 2028), H2717 [16MY]

——— provide grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families (see H.R. 2359), H4178 [28JN]

Financial institutions: restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 129), H284 [23JA]

Firearms: ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background checks for commercial sales, and establish a National Commission on Mass Violence (see H.R. 1565), H2400 [30AP]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 2738), H4724 [18JY]

——— provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2780), H6957 [30OC]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: repeal certain counterterrorism and intelligence gathering tools (see H.R. 2818), H6493 [10OC]

Foreign trade: require foreign manufacturers of products imported into the U.S. to establish registered agents in the U.S. who are authorized to accept service of process against such manufacturers (see H.R. 1910), H2567 [9MY]

Hague Convention on International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance: implement (see H.R. 1896), H2533 [8MY]

Health: recognize importance of frontline health workers toward accelerating progress on global health and saving lives of women and children (see H. Res. 135), H3254 [6JN]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 715), H6676 [22OC]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H5589 [17SE]

House of Representatives: encourage Speaker to immediately request a conference and appoint conferees to complete fiscal year 2014 budget resolution with the Senate (see H. Res. 174), H2247 [23AP]

Human rights: provide protections for sexually exploited and trafficked girls in the U.S. and create criminal or civil penalties for anyone who buys or sells a child through a system of child trafficking (see H. Res. 387), H6675 [22OC]

Immigration: reform (see H.R. 15), H6173 [2OC] (see H.R. 3163), H6829 [28OC]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 268), H3687 [17JN]

Mandela, Nelson R.: tribute (see H. Res. 434), H7689 [11DE]

Medicaid: require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 855), H700 [27FE]

Medicare: count a period of outpatient observation in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1179), H4485 [11JY]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2504), H7357 [21NO]

——— include information on the coverage of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity in the ‘‘Medicare and You Handbook’’ and coordinate programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2415), H5436 [9SE]

——— provide eligible individuals with single chronic diseases access to medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 1024), H6412 [8OC]

——— provide for a primary care graduate medical education pilot project to improve access to the primary care workforce (see H.R. 487), H1860 [9AP]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 942), H4485 [11JY]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 713), H7357 [21NO]

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (see H. Res. 365), H6103 [1OC]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 201), H2575 [13MY]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H1721 [20MR]

National security: enhance safety of U.S. ports of entry (see H.R. 583), H413 [6FE]

Nelson Mandela International Day: observance (see H. Res. 282), H4178 [28JN]

Paul Brown U.S. Courthouse, Sherman, TX: designate (see H.R. 185), H818 [28FE]

Pensions: provide an election for funding parity for charity-sponsored pensions (see H.R. 2134), H5477 [10SE]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1150), H7153 [15NO]

Political campaigns: reform the financing of congressional elections by encouraging grassroots participation in the funding of campaigns (see H.R. 268), H550 [14FE]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 30), H629 [25FE]

——— recalculate and restore retirement annuity obligations, eliminate Retiree Health Benefits Fund prefunding requirement, restrict closure of facilities, create innovation incentives, and maintain level of service (see H.R. 630), H4214 [8JY]

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 118), H1427 [14MR]

Public debt: temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling (see H.R. 3284), H6594 [14OC]

Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 2000), H4726 [18JY]

Sabin Vaccine Institute: anniversary (see H. Res. 114), H1396 [13MR]

SBA: extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (see H.R. 1240), H2575 [13MY]

Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 1652), H2158 [18AP]

Sergeant William Moody Post Office Building, Burleson, TX: designate (see H.R. 3060), H5399 [2AU]

Slavery: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution which officially abolished slavery (see H.R. 2633), H4524 [16JY]

Social Security: better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent sex trafficking of children and serve the needs of children who are victims of sex trafficking (see H.R. 2744), H6902 [29OC]

——— establish consistent requirements for the electronic content and format of data used in the administration of certain human services programs (see H.R. 948), H981 [5MR]

——— expand permissive exclusion from participation in Federal health care programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities (see H.R. 2925), H5342 [1AU]

——— prevent use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits (see H. Con. Res. 34), H5768 [19SE]

——— prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (see H.R. 781), H595 [15FE]

——— provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1698), H4726 [18JY]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 1466), H2027 [15AP]

Sudan: develop strategy to end human rights violations, create incentives for governments and persons to end support, and reinvigorate peace efforts (see H.R. 1692), H6569 [12OC]

Supreme Court: promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (see H.R. 2902), H5341 [1AU]

Taxation: allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see H.R. 1620), H2157 [18AP]

——— allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 2482), H4037 [25JN]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H4214 [8JY]

——— exclude from income amounts received from certain unlawful discrimination claims and allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards from such claims (see H.R. 2509), H5175 [30JY]

——— make improvements in the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 2116), H2911 [22MY]

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 2807), H7053 [13NO]

——— permanently extend lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit and adjust credit for inflation (see H.R. 769), H594 [15FE]

——— promote savings through a credit for low- and middle-income taxpayers who deposit tax refunds into designated savings options (see H.R. 2917), H5342 [1AU]

——— provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see H.R. 2737), H4724 [18JY]

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (see H.R. 766), H703 [27FE]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3546), H7309 [20NO]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: repeal (see H.R. 2818), H6493 [10OC]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 11), H221 [22JA]

Voting: modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for disabled individuals, and protect the right to vote (see H.R. 12), H277 [23JA]

——— promote early voting in Federal elections and prevent unreasonable waiting times for voters at polling places used in such elections (see H.R. 50), H416 [6FE]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 3571), H8127 [19DE]

——— ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see H.R. 1975), H7508 [4DE]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 43), H6053 [30SE]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 118), H1427 [14MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HHS: preserve eligibility of a child for kinship guardianship assistance payments when the guardian is replaced by a successor legal guardian (see H.R. 2979), H5395 [2AU]

Hazardous substances: prohibit manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, and use of coal tar sealants (see H.R. 1625), H2157 [18AP]

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park: expand boundary and conduct a study of potential land acquisitions (see H.R. 885), H814 [28FE]

Taxation: extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 1738), H2350 [25AP]

——— prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade taxation of U.S. income (see H.R. 1556), H2025 [15AP]

——— reduce international tax avoidance and restore a level playing field for U.S. businesses (see H.R. 1555), H2025 [15AP]

——— reduce tobacco smuggling (see H.R. 2990), H5396 [2AU]

——— restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 1554), H2025 [15AP]

Veterans: provide for reemployment of certain persons following absences from a position to obtain medical treatment for certain injuries and illnesses (see H.R. 1774), H2391 [26AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of HHS: preserve eligibility of a child for kinship guardianship assistance payments when the guardian is replaced by a successor legal guardian (H.R. 2979), H5400 [2AU]

Hazardous substances: prohibit manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, and use of coal tar sealants (H.R. 1625), H2159 [18AP]

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park: expand boundary and conduct a study of potential land acquisitions (H.R. 885), H816 [28FE]

Taxation: extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit (H.R. 1738), H2352 [25AP]

——— prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade taxation of U.S. income (H.R. 1556), H2026 [15AP]

——— reduce international tax avoidance and restore a level playing field for U.S. businesses (H.R. 1555), H2026 [15AP]

——— reduce tobacco smuggling (H.R. 2990), H5400 [2AU]

——— restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (H.R. 1554), H2026 [15AP]

Veterans: provide for reemployment of certain persons following absences from a position to obtain medical treatment for certain injuries and illnesses (H.R. 1774), H2394 [26AP]

Remarks

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), consideration (H. Res. 271), H3777 [19JN]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 367), H6026 [30SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H6070 [1OC], H6559, H6561 [12OC]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), unanimous-consent request, H6553 [12OC]

——— provide for automatic continuing resolutions (H.R. 1164), consideration (H. Res. 372), H6559, H6561 [12OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), consideration (H. Res. 351), H5680 [19SE]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H3777 [19JN]

Dept. of Education: support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 303), H4614 [18JY]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and restructure the adoption incentives grant program and extend Family Connection Grant Program (H.R. 3205), H6653 [22OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3228 [6JN]

——— prohibit funding to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce memos from John T. Morton relative to immigration enforcement priorities and guidance on prosecutorial discretion, H3228 [6JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (H.R. 2009), H5366 [2AU]

Federal employees: provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (H.R. 3223), H6307 [5OC], H6560 [12OC]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6070, H6073 [1OC], H6307 [5OC], H6553, H6559, H6560, H6561 [12OC]

Hague Convention on International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance: implement (H.R. 1896), H3703 [18JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), H2697 [16MY]

House Rules: same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 367), H6026 [30SE]

Immigration: reform, H7368 [2DE]

Insurance: condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational (H.R. 2775), H5527 [12SE]

Iran: prohibit the gaining of nuclear weapons capability and maximize U.S. diplomatic influence to achieve a negotiated settlement regarding Iran’s nuclear weapons program, H7701 [12DE]

National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art, and U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 70), H6073 [1OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 45), H2697 [16MY]

Public debt: ceiling, H6559, H6561 [12OC]

Public welfare programs: extend the program of block grants to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, H1369 [13MR]

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

——— prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (H.R. 890), consideration (H. Res. 107), H1369 [13MR]

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park: expand boundary and conduct a study of potential land acquisitions (H.R. 885), H2997 [3JN]

San Antonio Missions UNESCO World Heritage Site: designate, H2997 [3JN]

Taxation: rename the section of the Internal Revenue Code known as the spousal individual retirement account as the Kay Bailey Hutchison Spousal IRA (H.R. 2289), H4007, H4008 [25JN]

Veterans: impact of Government shutdown, H6560 [12OC]