GRANGER, KAY (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Committee to escort Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko into the House Chamber, H7680 [18SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: modify per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty or service used to reduce minimum age at which Reserve component members may retire for non-regular service (see H.R. 690), H7241 [1AU]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3790), H163 [10JA]

Black Ribbon Day: designate to recognize victims of Soviet Communist and Nazi regimes (see H. Res. 302), H1545 [3FE]

Budget: establish biennial cycle, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1762), H1773 [11FE]

Business and industry: encourage compensation transparency (see H.R. 5256), H7124 [30JY]

Centennial Monetary Commission: establish (see H.R. 1176), H6036 [9JY]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 36), H1720 [10FE]

Crime: provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see H.R. 4225), H3242 [28AP]

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see H.R. 1563), H7388 [9SE]

Dept. of Defense: limit the number of civilian employees (see H.R. 4257), H2484 [14MR]

——— prohibit a reduction in funding for defense commissary system pending the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission report (see H.R. 4217), H7242 [1AU]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit use of Federal funds for position of Public Advocate, or position of Deputy Assistant Director of Custody Programs and Community Outreach, within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (see H.R. 3732), H136 [9JA]

Dept. of State: extend Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Program (see H.R. 4594), H4476 [19MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H7388 [9SE]

——— prohibit obligation or expenditure of funds for alternative energy generation projects unless specifically authorized by law (see H.R. 5480), H7894 [18SE]

——— 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), H7241 [1AU]

Diseases: foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H7128 [30JY]

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

EPA: repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 1461), H2645 [25MR]

Federal-State relations: require Federal agencies to look at a person’s legal residence when determining marital status and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 3829), H134 [9JA]

Financial institutions: specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 4060), H2258 [6MR]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 2959), H2746 [27MR]

Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 3992), H5249 [10JN]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H3940 [7MY]

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

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H5065 [30MY]

IRS: prohibit performance awards for employees who owe back taxes (see H.R. 4531), H3941 [7MY]

Korea, Republic of: provide high-skilled visas for nationals (see H.R. 1812), H3241 [28AP]

Medicare: delay enforcement of two-midnight rule for short inpatient hospital stays until the implementation of a new payment methodology for short inpatient hospital stays (see H.R. 3698), H3448 [6MY]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H3198 [10AP]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H2488 [18MR]

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3867), H3199 [10AP]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 525), H2695 [26MR]

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

NSF: encourage and further research on engagement of underrepresented youth in science, technology, engineering, and science (STEM) fields (see H.R. 4161), H2255 [6MR]

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), H7242 [1AU]

Securities: determine a customer’s net equity based on the customer’s last statement, prohibit certain recoveries, and change how trustees are appointed (see H.R. 3482), H7434 [10SE]

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), H7455 [11SE]

Specialist Keith Erin Grace Jr., Memorial Post Office, Baytown, TX: designate (see H.R. 4651), H5559 [19JN]

Summitt, Pat: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3836), H2002 [26FE]

Taxation: extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H7996 [14NO]

——— index the dependent care credit for inflation (see H.R. 5258), H7124 [30JY]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H4834 [23MY]

——— provide tax incentives for the donation of wild game meat (see H.R. 3728), H3293 [29AP]

——— terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 352), H3448 [6MY]

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4871), H5820 [26JN]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (see H.R. 4450), H5399 [17JN]

Ukraine: provide for costs of loan guarantees (see H.R. 4152), H2258 [6MR]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H7041 [29JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (see H.R. 5013), H5823 [30JN]

Terrorism: remove Kurdistan Democratic Party and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan from treatment as terrorist organization (see H.R. 4474), H3196 [10AP]

Constitutional authority statements

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 (H.R. 4143), H2148 [4MR]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5013), H5823 [30JN]

Terrorism: remove Kurdistan Democratic Party and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan from treatment as terrorist organization (H.R. 4474), H3198 [10AP]

Remarks

American Foreign Service Association: anniversary, E827• [22MY]

Foreign Service: anniversary, E827• [22MY]

Immigration: making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), H7161, H7162 [31JY], H7220 [1AU]

Ukraine: provide for costs of loan guarantees (H.R. 4152), H2216 [6MR]

Votes: position on missed, H4023• [9MY], E1049•, E1051• [23JN], E1803• [12DE]

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 (H.R. 3658), H4450 [19MY]

Reports filed

Dept. of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5013) (H. Rept. 113–499), H5823 [30JN]

Tributes

Bolen, Bob, E32• [9JA]

Boyd, Jean, E1513• [12NO]

Courtney, Peter T., E1249• [28JY]

Cupps, Warren E., E532• [7AP]

Hall, Representative, H8905 [9DE]