DAVIS, DANNY K. (a Representative from Illinois)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: welcome leaders to U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit and trade ministers to Forum of the African Growth Opportunity Act (see H. Res. 699), H7184 [31JY]

Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1084), H2065 [27FE]

American Association for the Advancement of Science: recognize anniversary of Science and Technology Policy Fellowship program and reaffirm commitment to support science in governmental decisionmaking (see H. Con. Res. 76), H1241 [16JA]

American Revolution: award a Congressional Gold Medal to the First Rhode Island Regiment in recognition of their dedicated service during the Revolutionary War (see H.R. 4045), H2258 [6MR]

Angelou, Maya: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring life (see H. Res. 684), H6814 [24JY]

Armed Forces: extend maternity leave for women serving in the military (see H.R. 4628), H4476 [19MY]

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see H. Res. 461), H1241 [16JA]

Children and youth: eliminate the use of valid court orders to secure lockup for status offenses which would not be judicial issues if the offender were not a juvenile (see H.R. 4123), H2097 [28FE]

——— ensure juveniles adjudicated in Federal delinquency proceedings are not subject to solitary confinement while committed to juvenile facilities (see H.R. 4124), H2097 [28FE]

——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care (see H.R. 4058), H1776 [14FE]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H2434 [13MR]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1551), H1772 [11FE]

Correctional institutions: develop and implement national standards for the use of solitary confinement in prisons, jails, and juvenile detention facilities (see H.R. 4618), H4015 [8MY]

——— require facilities holding Federal prisoners under a contract with the Federal Government to make available the same information as Federal facilities on facility operations and prisoners (see H.R. 5838), H9044 [10DE]

Credit: establish a national usury rate for consumer credit transactions (see H.R. 5130), H6397 [17JY]

Dept. of Defense: limit and regulate transfer of surplus military equipment to State and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 5478), H8669 [4DE]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H5365 [12JN]

——— amend adverse credit history determinations for purposes of Federal Direct PLUS Loan eligibility (see H.R. 4480), H3196 [10AP]

——— establish Federal-State partnerships to increase higher education funding and need-based student financial aid (see H.R. 4767), H5022 [29MY]

Dept. of HHS: provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 920), H5186 [9JN]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1252), H7892 [18SE]

——— require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (see H.R. 1981), H7979 [13NO]

——— revise and extend program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent deaths from chronic liver disease and liver cancer (see H.R. 3723), H7455 [11SE]

Dept. of HUD: support goals and ideals of Community Development Block Grant Program (see H. Res. 668), H7389 [9SE]

Dept. of Justice: study the cost of purchase and use of body cameras by State and local law enforcement agencies and require such agencies to purchase and use body cameras as a condition of receipt of Federal funding (see H.R. 5407), H7434 [10SE]

Dept. of Labor: establish a pilot program to provide older individuals with training in computer literacy, advanced computer operations, and resume writing (see H.R. 3955), H1881 [21FE]

——— make grants to carry out employment training programs to assist the long-term unemployed obtain skills and training to reenter the workforce and fill jobs in high-growth sectors of the economy (see H.R. 3888), H472 [15JA]

Dept. of Peacebuilding: establish (see H.R. 808), H3448 [6MY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA (see H.R. 4119), H2915 [3AP]

Diseases: express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (see H. Res. 701), H7184 [31JY]

——— improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see H.R. 4814), H7901 [19SE]

——— mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 3680), H5249 [10JN]

Drugs: encourage development and use of new antimicrobial drugs in order to treat antibiotic-resistant infections (see H.R. 4187), H2300 [11MR]

Education: recognize importance of conducting research, education, and awareness of dyslexia and other specific learning disabilities and commend organizations dedicated to such causes (see H. Res. 623), H6353 [16JY]

Employment: allow workers to make requests about schedules without fear of retaliation and ensure employers consider such requests in order to provide more stable and predictable schedules for employees (see H.R. 5159), H6654 [22JY]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 4950), H5724 [24JN]

FCC: extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 4969), H7434 [10SE]

Federal aid programs: provide an increased allocation of funding for assistance in persistent poverty counties (see H.R. 5571), H7883 [18SE]

Freedom Riders: award a Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of their unique contribution to civil rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel (see H.R. 4041), H1769 [11FE]

Health: prohibit insurance companies from denying or limiting coverage or charging higher premiums for living organ donors and allow use of family and medical leave by such donors (see H.R. 5263), H7894 [18SE]

——— support role of the U.S. in ensuring children in poor countries have access to vaccines and immunization through the GAVI Alliance (organization) (see H. Res. 688), H8932 [9DE]

Health and Fitness Month: designate (see H. Res. 564), H3408 [1MY]

Higher Education Act: establish requirements for preferred banking arrangements (see H.R. 4714), H4828 [22MY]

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see H.R. 5051), H6035 [9JY]

Iran: ensure the emergency protection of Iranian dissidents living in Camp Liberty/Hurriya and to provide for their admission as refugees to the U.S. (see H.R. 3707), H2002 [26FE]

IRS: extend authority to require truncated Social Security numbers on Form W-2 wage and tax statements (see H.R. 4910), H5557 [19JN]

Israel: reaffirm support for right to defend itself against rocket attacks from Hamas (terrorist organization) and condemn and call for an end to such attacks (see H. Res. 657), H6137 [11JY]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 632), H5557 [19JN]

Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4166), H3293 [29AP]

Lane A. Evans VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Galesburg, IL: designate (see H.R. 5700), H7978 [13NO]

Medicaid: require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 855), H5364 [12JN]

Medicare: increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H2802 [1AP]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3877), H7529 [15SE]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H4686 [20MY]

——— provide entitlement to immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients (see H.R. 1428), H7892 [18SE]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 713), H7529 [15SE]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (see H.R. 4015), H2258 [6MR]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H5598 [20JN]

Minimum wage: provide for calculation based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 4, as determined by the Bureau of the Census (see H.R. 4839), H5318 [11JN]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 5294), H7126 [30JY]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 762), H8169 [20NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 762), H8169 [20NO]

National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 673), H6398 [17JY]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 577), H4016 [8MY]

National Labor Relations Act: strengthen current protections by providing a private right of action for certain violations (see H.R. 5280), H7125 [30JY]

National Middle Level Education Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 521), H2484 [14MR]

National Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 528), H2744 [27MR]

National Nonviolence Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 626), H5363 [12JN]

Nazi Party—World War II: terminate Social Security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution (see H.R. 5739), H8132 [19NO]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H3058 [8AP]

Nigeria: condemn abduction of female students by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) armed militants in Borno province and urge continued U.S. support and assistance (see H. Res. 573), H4017 [8MY]

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H3144 [9AP]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H2915 [3AP]

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 671), H6352 [16JY]

Political campaigns: reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors (see H.R. 20), H1772 [11FE]

Pope Francis: congratulate on election and recognize inspirational statements and actions (see H. Res. 440), H136 [9JA]

Postal Service: provide for the computation of normal-cost percentage for postal employees as a separate and distinct class and the disposition of certain excess retirement contributions (see H.R. 961), H6137 [11JY]

——— 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), H5065 [30MY]

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 631), H5598 [20JN]

Pullman National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 3929), H1430 [27JA]

SBA: extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (see H.R. 1240), H2199 [5MR]

Small business: provide assistance to small businesses providing low-income individuals with green jobs (see H.R. 2863), H1512 [29JA]

Social Security: credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 5024), H7189 [31JY]

——— provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see H.R. 4930), H7529 [15SE]

Sports: provide for research, surveillance, treatment, prevention, awareness, development of rules of play, standards, and dissemination of information relative to sports-related and other concussions (see H.R. 3954), H2002 [26FE]

Sri Lanka: support internal rebuilding, resettlement, and reconciliation, address allegations of war crimes and other human rights violations, and allow greater media freedom and humanitarian organization access (see H. Res. 587), H5559 [19JN]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Res. 561), H3449 [6MY]

——— promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (see H.R. 2902), H6137 [11JY]

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H2148 [4MR]

——— exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2870), H2915 [3AP]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 4837), H8226 [1DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions relative to energy (see H.R. 5559), H7883 [18SE]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 4717), H4828 [22MY]

——— modify rate for excise tax on investment income of private foundations (see H.R. 4691), H4684 [20MY]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries (see H.R. 4679), H4684 [20MY]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries and transfer such revenues to Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 4985), H5817 [26JN]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H5767 [25JN]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (see H.R. 4457), H3195 [10AP]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 4365), H4785 [21MY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3824), H184 [13JA] (see H.R. 4415), H3144 [9AP]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H1719 [10FE]

——— increase rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 4741), H5725 [24JN]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 3899), H5769 [25JN]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 2901), H6352 [16JY]

World War I: designate memorials to the service of Armed Forces members (see H.R. 4489), H4017 [8MY]

——— mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H2746 [27MR]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to Monuments Men in recognition of their role in preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works of art, and articles of cultural importance (see H.R. 3658), H2362 [12MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and provide for sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 5124), H6351 [16JY]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 3911), H1241 [16JA]

Taxation: exclude payments received under Work Colleges Program from gross income, including payments made from institutional funds (see H.R. 5787), H8365 [3DE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and provide for sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment (H.R. 5124), H6352 [16JY]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (H.R. 3911), H1242 [16JA]

Taxation: exclude payments received under Work Colleges Program from gross income, including payments made from institutional funds (H.R. 5787), H8365 [3DE]

Poems

‘‘House by the Side of the Road,’’ Sam W. Foss, E372• [13MR]

Remarks

African Americans: effects of discrimination, H6350 [16JY]

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), E92• [16JA]

American Dental Association: tribute to ‘‘Give Kids A Smile Day’’, E277• [28FE]

Broadview, IL: anniversary, E1281• [30JY]

Chicago, IL: anniversary of FBI raid resulting in murder of Black Panther party leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, H8662 [4DE]

——— anniversary of New Home Baptist Church, E1282• [30JY]

——— recent wave of gun violence, H6349 [16JY]

——— tribute to education, employment, and housing programs created to assist individuals recently released from prison, H2948 [4AP]

Children and youth: prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care, extend and improve adoption incentives, and improve international child support recovery (H.R. 4980), E1226• [24JY]

——— provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (H.R. 498), E1495• [19SE]

Civil rights: continuing struggle between law enforcement and African Americans, H8662 [4DE], E1735• [4DE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), E549• [8AP]

Corporal Christian A. Guzman Rivera Post Office Building, Princeton, FL: designate (H.R. 5030), H7260 [8SE]

Correctional institutions: expand education and job training activities for incarcerated individuals, H5967 [9JY]

Cynthia Jenkins Post Office Building, Springfield Gardens, NY: designate (H.R. 3957), H7255 [8SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H453 [15JA], E92• [16JA]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (H.R. 4631), E1079• [26JN]

Domestic policy: address rising levels of poverty, H6799 [24JY]

Employment: improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), H7816 [18SE]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), Senate amendments, H5967 [9JY]

Equal Pay Day: observance, E549• [8AP]

Firearms: gun control, H6349 [16JY]

George Thomas ‘Mickey’ Leland Post Office Building, Houston, TX: designate (H.R. 78), H7257 [8SE]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H6116 [11JY]

IRS: improve transparency and efficiency relative to audits and communications with taxpayers (H.R. 2530), H1918, H1919 [25FE]

——— prohibit asking taxpayers questions relative to religious, political, or social beliefs (H.R. 2531), H1920, H1921 [25FE]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, H49 [8JA], H80 [9JA]

Lance Corporal Phillip Vinnedge Post Office, Cottleville, MO: designate (H.R. 2391), H2591 [24MR]

Lerner, Lois G.: find in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H. Res. 574), H3907 [7MY]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), E462• [27MR]

National Men’s Health Week: observance, E976• [12JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), H2171 [5MR]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), H2951 [4AP]

Point of order, H3465 [7MY]

Republican Party: national agenda, H6799 [24JY]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), H6256 [15JY]

Rwanda: anniversary of genocide, H3042 [8AP]

Taxation: consolidate certain tax benefits for educational expenses (H.R. 3393), H6788 [24JY]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), H8340 [3DE]

——— improve the child tax credit (H.R. 4935), H6829 [25JY]

——— make permanent the reduced recognition period for built-in gains for S corporations (H.R. 4453), H5326 [12JN]

——— modify and make permanent bonus depreciation (H.R. 4718), H6116 [11JY]

——— modify and make permanent certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relative to charitable contributions (H.R. 5806), H9001 [10DE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 4719), H6372 [17JY]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (H.R. 4457), H5326 [12JN]

——— permanently extend lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit, H6829 [25JY]

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (H.R. 4438), H3983 [8MY]

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (H.R. 4438), consideration (H. Res. 569), H3465 [7MY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H49 [8JA], H80 [9JA], H2951 [4AP], H3465 [7MY], E549• [8AP]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), E523• [4AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1713 [10FE], H2481 [14MR], H4473 [19MY], H5184 [9JN], H5392 [17JN], H6213 [14JY]

Tributes

Blue, Geraldine (Jewel), E1693• [2DE]

Corley, Albivory H. (Bib), E823• [22MY]

Dibble, Eugene H., E1147• [11JY]

Evans, Lane, H7946 [13NO]

Faulkner, Lucille Robinson, E381• [13MR]

Ferrara, Salvatore, II, E1793• [10DE]

Jemison family, E1232• [24JY]

Jones, Louise, E1322• [1AU]

Lindsey, Earlean, H233 [15JA]

McCollum, Mark, E1282• [30JY]

Melton, Martha A. Gibbs, E1277• [30JY]

Miller, James L., Sr., E1225• [24JY]

Minter, Cleve, H2593 [24MR]

Pough, Essie, E1086• [26JN]

Tidwell, Anne, E372• [13MR]

Wilson, Willie, E1319• [1AU]