DOGGETT, LLOYD (a Representative from Texas)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: limit restrictions on the provision of abortion services to protect a women’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy (see H.R. 3471), H5069 [2JN]

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), H1770 [11FE]

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

Armed Forces: allow aliens granted deferred action and work authorization to be appointed to and attend a military service academy and to be appointed as a commissioned officer (see H.R. 4723), H5187 [9JN]

——— equalize treatment under the Survivor Benefit Plan accorded Reserve component members who die from injury or illness incurred during inactive duty training with members who die on active duty (see H.R. 1770), H1772 [11FE]

Bureau of Prisons: issue oleoresin capsicum spray (pepper spray) to officers and employees in Federal medium-security prisons and higher (see H.R. 4607), H7893 [18SE]

CERCLA: modify provisions relative to grants (see H.R. 2896), H3365 [30AP]

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. 4143), H2147 [4MR]

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

——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care, extend and improve adoption incentives, and improve international child support recovery (see H.R. 4980), H5816 [26JN]

——— provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 498), H7188 [31JY]

Colleges and universities: exempt certain State-provided loan programs from being subject to preferred lender arrangement requirements (see H.R. 3371), H2803 [1AP]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: resume processing adoption cases and issuance of exit permits for adopted Congolese children seeking to depart the country with their adoptive parents (see H. Res. 588), H5495 [18JN]

Cosmetics: phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics tested on animals (see H.R. 4148), H2303 [11MR]

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

——— prohibit creditors from discriminating on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit (see H.R. 2364), H2065 [27FE]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (see H.R. 3530), H1545 [3FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits be calculated with reference to the cost of the low-cost food plan as determined by the Dept. (see H.R. 2384), H5399 [17JN]

Dept. of Defense: reduce number of nuclear weapons and related programs (see H.R. 4107), H2746 [27MR]

——— review operation of certain ships during the Vietnam Era (see H.R. 1494), H5495 [18JN]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H7619 [16SE]

——— collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 455), H1545 [3FE]

——— establish Office of School Discipline Policy (see H.R. 3153), H4910 [28MY]

Dept. of HHS: improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 4395), H5877 [8JY]

——— limit copayment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the amount applicable to drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier (see H.R. 460), H4910 [28MY]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1252), H5877 [8JY]

Dept. of Justice: amend Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs to add gender-responsive services to the list of authorized grant purposes (see H.R. 1833), H4910 [28MY]

——— appoint counsel for unaccompanied alien children and aliens with serious mental disabilities (see H.R. 4936), H5820 [26JN]

——— 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), H8932 [9DE]

Dept. of State: prioritize fight against human trafficking according to congressional intent in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act without increasing the size of the Federal Government (see H.R. 2283), H5319 [11JN]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA (see H.R. 4119), H6400 [17JY]

Dept. of Transportation: improve cruise passenger security and safety (see H.R. 2800), H3242 [28AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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. 32), H1880 [21FE]

Diseases: express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (see H. Res. 701), H7242 [1AU]

——— mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 3680), H7939 [12NO]

Doris Miller Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Waco, TX: designate (see H.R. 4199), H2486 [14MR]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 119), H6215 [14JY]

Employment: clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment discrimination and retaliation claims (see H.R. 2852), H7297 [8SE]

EPA: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste in order to protect water supplies (see H.R. 1837), H5186 [9JN]

FDA: require that genetically engineered food and foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients be labeled accordingly (see H.R. 1699), H3293 [29AP]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit awarding of contracts to inverted domestic corporations (see H.R. 5278), H7125 [30JY]

George Thomas ‘Mickey’ Leland Post Office Building, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 78), H2991 [7AP]

Health: create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 1666), H1431 [27JA]

——— 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), H7242 [1AU]

Human rights: express that the U.S. should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions (see H. Res. 283), H2002 [26FE]

Immigration: establish legal orientation programs at immigration detention facilities to inform detainees of their legal rights (see H.R. 3914), H2199 [5MR]

——— give judges and certain officials discretionary authority in removal, deportation, ineligibility, or inadmissability proceedings for immediate family members of a U.S. citizen (see H.R. 3431), H2098 [28FE]

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: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 109), H3448 [6MY]

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), H3058 [8AP]

Law enforcement: mandate basic educational, regulatory, and management actions necessary for the prevention of racial profiling practices (see H.R. 3560), H6977 [28JY]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1761), H1938 [25FE]

Medicare: cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see H.R. 3662), H4830 [22MY]

——— ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 4577), H7434 [10SE]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H2361 [12MR]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1761), H1938 [25FE]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3877), H7297 [8SE]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1070), H7892 [18SE]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see H.R. 1010), H1431 [27JA]

Municipal bonds: tribute to history, anniversary of tax exemption, and important contribution to economic growth and wellbeing in States and municipalities (see H. Res. 112), H1660 [5FE]

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

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 525), H6108 [10JY]

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), H3409 [1MY]

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H7297 [8SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employees’ dependents access to tax credits if the cost of family coverage through the employer is greater than a certain percentage of household income (see H.R. 4865), H5363 [12JN]

——— provide for recoupment and reallocation of unspent State grant funds (see H.R. 3884), H1432 [27JA]

Peace Corps: subject volunteers to same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as Peace Corps employees (see H.R. 4578), H5820 [26JN]

Poland: anniversary of Warsaw Uprising (see H. Res. 690), H6859 [25JY]

Political campaigns: reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors (see H.R. 20), H1657 [5FE]

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

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), H4910 [28MY]

Religion: condemn anti-Semitism and comparison of Israel to Nazis perpetrating the Holocaust and reject attempts to justify anti-Jewish hatred as an acceptable disapproval of political events in the Middle East (see H. Res. 707), H7297 [8SE]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1199), H2854 [2AP]

Secure Water Act: reauthorize and update certain provisions (see H.R. 4258), H2484 [14MR]

Smithsonian Institution: establish the Smithsonian American Latino Museum (see H.R. 1217), H3940 [7MY]

Social Security: 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), H7939 [12NO]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1795), H7996 [14NO]

——— revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington’s disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington’s disease (see H.R. 1015), H5073 [5JN]

Specialist Keith Erin Grace Jr., Memorial Post Office, Baytown, TX: designate (see H.R. 4651), H5769 [25JN]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 3712), H3242 [28AP]

——— improve ability to fight fraud, prevent errors, and protect the Social Security Trust Fund (see H.R. 4090), H2000 [26FE]

Taxation: extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2499), H7939 [12NO]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H8365 [3DE]

——— make dependent care credit refundable and index the income phasedown of credit for inflation (see H.R. 3740), H2486 [14MR]

——— 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]

Terrorism: declassify the classified pages of the Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the T ist Attacks of September 2001 (see H. Res. 428), H7940 [12NO]

Transportation: allow States to regulate tow truck operations (see H.R. 4131), H3242 [28AP]

Ukraine: support democratic and European aspirations and their right to choose their own future free of intimidation and fear (see H. Res. 447), H1432 [27JA]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3824), H1432 [27JA]

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: strengthen EPA WaterSense program, create EPA local conservation and efficiency program, support recycling, storage and management projects, and provide for drought preparedness (see H.R. 5363), H7297 [8SE]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 2901), H5399 [17JN]

Weather: enhance planning, preparation, and dissemination of best practices for extreme weather to increase resiliency, improve regional coordination, and mitigate financial risk (see H.R. 5314), H7181 [31JY]

Wildlife: prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (see H.R. 2856), H6977 [28JY]

Women: remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 113), H2744 [27MR]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H6860 [25JY]

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), H2746 [27MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Medicare: require hospitals to provide certain notifications to individuals classified by such hospitals under observation status rather than admitted as inpatients of such hospitals (see H.R. 5232), H7039 [29JY]

Taxation: expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration (see H.R. 3970), H1511 [29JA]

——— include unrepatriated earnings in income of groups that include an inverted corporation (see H.R. 5549), H7882 [18SE]

Constitutional authority statements

Taxation: expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration (H.R. 3970), H1512 [29JA]

——— include unrepatriated earnings in income of groups that include an inverted corporation (H.R. 5549), H7888 [18SE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H6754 [24JY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4800), consideration (H. Res. 616), H5261 [11JN]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H9284 [11DE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), H7641 [17SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), consideration (H. Res. 722), H7545, H7546 [16SE]

Armed Forces: prohibit funding for authorization of military force against Iraq, H5526 [19JN]

AVANCE, Inc.: anniversary, E1362• [9SE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2015–2024 (H. Con. Res. 96), H3077 [9AP]

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), H6720, H6721, H6723 [23JY]

——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care (H.R. 4058), H4526, H4529 [20MY]

Congress: legislative priorities, H6114 [11JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish waiver process for school districts that find new school nutrition standards too expensive, H5261 [11JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H8369 [4DE]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), consideration (H. Res. 590), H4709 [21MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4870), H5524, H5526 [19JN]

——— prohibit funding to contract with entities that have reincorporated in tax havens, H5524 [19JN]

Dept. of the Interior: assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources (H.R. 83), Senate amendment, H9284 [11DE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5228 [10JN]

——— prohibit funding to contract with entities that have reincorporated in tax havens, H5228 [10JN]

Employment: improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), H7814 [18SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H6050 [10JY]

——— prohibit funding by related agencies to contract with entities that have reincorporated in tax havens, H6050 [10JY]

Financial institutions: revise certain regulations governing financial assistance for swaps entities, H9284 [11DE]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5016), H6263, H6264 [15JY]

——— prohibit funding by related agencies to contract with entities that have reincorporated in tax havens, H6263, H6264 [15JY]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 700), H7195 [1AU]

——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 700), H7195 [1AU]

Immigration: ensure unaccompanied alien children who have crossed illegally into the U.S. are taken care of and treated with dignity until a course of action is taken to mitigate the humanitarian crisis, H6755 [24JY], H6818 [25JY]

——— making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), H7195 [1AU]

——— prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5272), H7195 [1AU]

——— prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5272), consideration (H. Res. 696), H7138, H7140 [31JY]

——— prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5272), consideration (H. Res. 710), H7211 [1AU]

——— reform (H.R. 15), unanimous-consent request, H7196 [1AU]

Iran: interim agreement allowing possession of nuclear enrichment and reprocessing capabilities and enhancement of nuclear technical capabilities, H165 [13JA], H4709 [21MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), Senate amendment, H8369 [4DE]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H2693 [26MR]

Public welfare programs: prohibit assistance under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program from being accessed through an electronic benefit transfer card at stores that sell marijuana (H.R. 4137), H7604 [16SE]

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]

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park: expand boundary and conduct a study of potential land acquisitions, H8369 [4DE]

Syria: authorize assistance, including training, equipment, supplies, and sustainment to appropriately vetted Syrian groups to combat threat of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), H7545, H7546 [16SE], H7641 [17SE]

Taxation: consolidate certain tax benefits for educational expenses (H.R. 3393), H6785, H6786 [24JY]

——— extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit (H.R. 1738), H6786 [24JY]

——— improve the child tax credit (H.R. 4935), H6828, H6829 [25JY]

——— modify and make permanent bonus depreciation (H.R. 4718), H6114 [11JY]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 4719), H6371 [17JY]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory considered wholesome and nutritious, H6371 [17JY]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (H.R. 4457), H5333 [12JN]

——— permanently extend lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit, H6828 [25JY]

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (H.R. 4438), H3986 [8MY]

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (H.R. 4438), consideration (H. Res. 569), H3468, H3469 [7MY]