GREEN, GENE (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), H7189 [31JY]
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), H3144 [9AP]
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), H2099 [28FE]
Animals: prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1094), H2696 [26MR]
Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see H.R. 1726), H224 [14JA]
Burma: call for an end to the persecution of the Rohingya people and respect of internationally recognized human rights for all ethnic and religious minority groups (see H. Res. 418), H2855 [2AP]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: improve operations of recovery auditors under the Medicare Integrity Program to increase transparency and accuracy in audits conducted by contractors (see H.R. 1250), H1592 [4FE]
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), H6108 [10JY]
Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H2148 [4MR]
Corps of Engineers: provide construction and major rehabilitation funding for projects located on inland and intracoastal waterways (see H.R. 1149), H3241 [28AP]
Credit: exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that had been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (see H.R. 1767), H5598 [20JN]
Crime: constitutional amendment to protect the rights of crime victims (see H.J. Res. 40), H4786 [21MY]
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), H2611 [24MR]
——— establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (see H.R. 2996), H3058 [8AP]
Dept. of Education: expand and improve Federal Pell Grant Program (see H.R. 4373), H2853 [2AP]
——— simplify and improve Federal Direct Loan Program through income-contingent repayment to protect borrowers and encourage responsible borrowing (see H.R. 1716), H3241 [28AP]
Dept. of Energy: establish and carry out a comprehensive program to improve education and training for energy-related jobs to increase the number of minorities and women in the workforce (see H.R. 4526), H5065 [30MY]
——— expedite and approve permits to export natural gas to World Trade Organization countries (see H.R. 6), H4910 [28MY]
Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (see H.R. 274), H4836 [27MY]
——— establish a program to assist in importation and care for abused, injured, or abandoned nonhuman primates (see H.R. 3556), H5364 [12JN]
——— establish Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 702), H8071 [18NO]
——— improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 4395), H5024 [29MY]
——— 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), H4685 [20MY]
——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1252), H3058 [8AP]
——— reauthorize certain trauma care programs (see H.R. 4080), H1937 [25FE]
——— 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), H6656 [22JY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: modify and reauthorize Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program (see H.R. 4007), H1686 [6FE]
Dept. of Justice: improve the restitution process for child pornography victims by considering total losses, requiring timely restitution, and spreading costs among multiple defendants (see H.R. 4981), H5816 [26JN]
Dept. of Transportation: develop and implement program to promote export of liquified natural gas on U.S.-flag vessels and give priority processing of export applications for deepwater port terminals utilizing such vessels (see H.R. 5270), H7190 [31JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct annual surveys of veterans on experiences obtaining hospital care and medical services from departmental facilities (see H.R. 4971), H5877 [8JY]
Diseases: improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see H.R. 4814), H7434 [10SE]
——— mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 3680), H5769 [25JN]
——— require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (see H.R. 1801), H3365 [30AP]
Doris Miller Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Waco, TX: designate (see H.R. 4199), H2486 [14MR]
Drugs: encourage development and use of new antimicrobial drugs in order to treat antibiotic-resistant infections (see H.R. 4187), H5024 [29MY]
——— improve DEA scheduling process for new FDA-approved drugs under the Controlled Substances Act and registration process for use of controlled substances in clinical trials (see H.R. 4299), H3199 [10AP]
Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H4434 [15MY]
Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 119), H6215 [14JY]
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), H7297 [8SE]
——— clarify appropriate liability standards for Federal antidiscrimination claims relative to workplace harassment (see H.R. 4227), H2566 [21MR]
Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 4950), H5724 [24JN]
FDA: expand priority review voucher incentive program to encourage treatments for tropical diseases (see H.R. 5729), H8071 [18NO]
Federal Housing Finance Agency: establish a moratorium on foreclosure of mortgages guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac on homes of individuals who have lost their unemployment benefits (see H.R. 4255), H2484 [14MR]
Fish and fishing: develop a fishery management plan for Gulf of Mexico red snapper (see H.R. 3099), H1719 [10FE]
Foreign aid: provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2780), H1938 [25FE]
Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 3992), H5824 [30JN]
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), H6107 [10JY]
FRS: nullify certain guidance by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and provide requirements for guidance issued by the Bureau relative to indirect auto lending (see H.R. 5403), H7434 [10SE]
FTC: prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children (see H.R. 4325), H3242 [28AP]
Galvez y Madrid, Bernardo de: confer honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 105), H4911 [28MY]
George Thomas ‘Mickey’ Leland Post Office Building, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 78), H2991 [7AP]
Health: enhance efforts to address antimicrobial resistance (see H.R. 2285), H224 [14JA]
——— extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see H.R. 2957), H2486 [14MR]
——— reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (see H.R. 1098), H135 [9JA]
——— 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), H7940 [12NO]
Health care professionals: protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 3722), H5065 [30MY]
Higher Education Act: establish requirements for preferred banking arrangements (see H.R. 4714), H4828 [22MY]
Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 723), H7528 [15SE]
Immigration: eliminate time limit on motions to reopen removal proceedings if motion claims fraud, negligence, misrepresentation, or extortion, or the attempted, promised, or actual practice of law without authorization (see H.R. 5228), H6976 [28JY]
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]
Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-rocket defense system and authorize cooperation on the David’s Sling, Arrow, and Arrow 3 anti-missile defense systems (see H.R. 2717), H3941 [7MY]
——— 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), H6037 [9JY]
Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 318), H5065 [30MY]
Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4166), H3058 [8AP]
Medicaid: extend rules regarding supplemental needs trusts for beneficiaries to trusts established by such beneficiaries (see H.R. 2123), H1481 [28JA]
——— provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services (see H.R. 4016), H2149 [4MR]
Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see H.R. 3426), H7529 [15SE]
——— apply exceptions process fairly for tiered formulary drugs in prescription drug plans (see H.R. 2827), H4830 [22MY]
——— distribute additional information to beneficiaries to prevent health care fraud (see H.R. 3616), H2566 [21MR]
——— provide coverage of pulmonary self-management education and training services furnished by a qualified respiratory therapist in a physician practice (see H.R. 2619), H2991 [7AP]
——— provide eligible individuals with single chronic diseases access to medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 1024), H1659 [5FE]
——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 942), H6400 [17JY]
——— provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 794), H3144 [9AP]
——— reduce occurrence of diabetes in beneficiaries by extending coverage for medical nutrition therapy services to beneficiaries with pre-diabetes or with risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes (see H.R. 1257), H7979 [13NO]
——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 713), H1880 [21FE]
——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (see H.R. 4015), H2002 [26FE]
Medicare/Medicaid: implement a demonstration project to examine costs and benefits of providing payments for health care services provided by purpose-built, continuing care retirement communities to beneficiaries (see H.R. 2376), H8931 [9DE]
Mental health: maximize access of individuals with mental illness to community-based services and strengthen the impact of such services (see H.R. 4574), H4911 [28MY]
Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H4017 [8MY]
——— support Israel’s right of self-defense against Iran’s nuclear program (see H. Res. 98), H4017 [8MY]
Moldova: support sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity, call for removal of Russian forces, and resolve conflict in Transnistria territory (see H. Res. 562), H4061 [9MY]
National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 522), H3941 [7MY]
National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H1545 [3FE]
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 577), H4061 [9MY]
National Freight Network Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 5101), H6215 [14JY]
National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 2553), H1592 [4FE]
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), H3199 [10AP]
Peace Corps: subject volunteers to same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as Peace Corps employees (see H.R. 4578), H4476 [19MY]
Political campaigns: reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors (see H.R. 20), H1657 [5FE]
Power resources: establish a pilot program to train individuals for employment in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries (see H.R. 4648), H4059 [9MY]
——— promote domestic development and deployment of clean energy technologies (see H.R. 4426), H3448 [6MY]
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: clarify when certain academic assessments shall be administered (see H.R. 4172), H3293 [29AP]
Ships and vessels: establish nationally uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel (see H.R. 5609), H7996 [14NO]
Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 between 1982 and 1992 (see H.R. 155), H3241 [28AP]
——— extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5364), H7183 [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), H5597 [20JN]
Specialist Keith Erin Grace Jr., Memorial Post Office, Baytown, TX: designate (see H.R. 4651), H5769 [25JN]
Sudan: condemn charge of apostasy and death sentence of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag and encourage U.S. efforts to support religious freedom (see H. Res. 601), H5365 [12JN]
——— develop strategy to end human rights violations, create incentives for governments and persons to end support, and reinvigorate peace efforts (see H.R. 1692), H7388 [9SE]
Summitt, Pat: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3836), H3058 [8AP]
Taiwan Relations Act: affirm importance (see H. Res. 494), H2611 [24MR]
Taxation: extend publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels (see H.R. 1696), H6297 [15JY]
——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H3058 [8AP]
——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H7389 [9SE]
——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 494), H7297 [8SE]
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]
——— review completeness of the FBI Terrorist Screening Database and the derivative terrorist watchlist used by the Transportation Security Administration (see H.R. 5488), H7677 [17SE]
Travel Promotion Act: extend (see H.R. 4450), H3293 [29AP]
Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3546), H2362 [12MR] (see H.R. 3824), H225 [14JA] (see H.R. 4415), H3448 [6MY]
Voting: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 5741), H8132 [19NO]
——— 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]
Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 4640), H5024 [29MY]
Women: remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 113), H6137 [11JY]
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), H2915 [3AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Diseases: continue progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis (see H.R. 5835), H9044 [10DE]
Constitutional authority statements
Diseases: continue progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis (H.R. 5835), H9045 [10DE]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H1470• [28JA]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer (H.R. 5185), H8890 [9DE]
Congress: accomplishments of the 113th Congress, E1482• [19SE]
——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, H5670 [24JN]
——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 5682), H7971• [13NO]
——— provide for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution (H. Res. 676), H7099• [30JY]
Dept. of Commerce: require more accurate calculation of propane costs and clarify impact of propane prices on Propane Education & Research Council educational outreach activities (H.R. 5705), H8892 [9DE]
Dept. of Energy: conduct pilot program to license, construct, and operate one or more government or privately owned consolidated nuclear and radioactive waste storage facilities, H6067 [10JY]
——— develop a new process for determining whether applications to export natural gas are in the public interest, H5744, H5745 [25JN]
——— expedite and approve permits to export natural gas to World Trade Organization countries (H.R. 6), H5679 [24JN], H5742, H5744, H5745, H5746 [25JN]
——— expedite and approve permits to export natural gas to World Trade Organization countries (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 636), H5655 [24JN]
——— require a deadline for decisions on applications to export natural gas, H5742 [25JN]
——— require public disclosure of applicants intention to use eminent domain for any construction necessary to export natural gas, H5746 [25JN]
Dept. of HHS: expand the definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, radioactive, and other extrinsic agents (H.R. 3548), H5695 [24JN]
——— reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (H.R. 4631), H5690 [24JN]
——— reauthorize certain trauma care programs (H.R. 4080), H5694, H5695 [24JN]
——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (H.R. 1281), H5697, H5699 [24JN]
——— reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children’s hospitals (S. 1557), H2783 [1AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: modify and reauthorize Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program (H.R. 4007), H5852 [8JY]
——— modify and reauthorize Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program (H.R. 4007), Senate amendment, H9059• [11DE]
Diseases: Alzheimer’s disease research funding, E1698• [2DE]
——— commend progress made by, and reaffirm commitment to, anti-tuberculosis programs, E425• [24MR]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H5990 [9JY], H6067 [10JY]
EPA: promote new manufacturing by providing for greater transparency and timeliness in issuing air quality standards necessary to obtain preconstruction permits (H.R. 4795), H8138 [20NO]
FCC: extend expiring provisions relative to retransmission of signals of television broadcast stations (H.R. 4572), H6591• [22JY]
——— extend expiring provisions relative to retransmission of signals of television broadcast stations (H.R. 5728), H8084 [19NO]
——— increase consumer choice and competition in the wireless telecommications marketplace, H4020 [9MY]
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance, H5990 [9JY]
Health: reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (H.R. 1098), H5699, H5700 [24JN]
Holocaust Remembrance Day: observance, E607• [28AP]
Houston, TX: tribute to YMCA of Greater Houston childhood swim safety program, E1291• [31JY]
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), H7169• [31JY]
——— reform, H6040 [10JY]
——— reform (H.R. 15), E1071• [25JN]
——— reform (H.R. 15), unanimous-consent request, H2664 [26MR]
——— request for emergency funds to address the increase in unaccompanied alien children attempting to cross illegally into the U.S., H6040 [10JY]
Iran: impose and expand sanctions for violations of interim Joint Plan of Action on nuclear weapons or failure to reach final agreement, E800• [21MY]
Iraq: reaffirm U.S. friendship with the Kurdish people, H7025 [29JY]
Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S., E800• [21MY]
——— strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (S. 2673), E1736• [4DE]
Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, H46 [8JA]
Medicaid: States voluntary expansion of coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H6670 [23JY]
Medicare: impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation on solvency, E1302• [1AU]
——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), H2459 [14MR]
Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (H.R. 4411), H6626• [22JY]
Minimum wage: increase, H240 [15JA]
——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (H.R. 1010), E1380• [10SE]
Nagorno-Karabakh: anniversary of genocide in Khojaly, E246• [25FE]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: authorize health insurance issuers to offer current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3522), consideration (H. Res. 717), H7406 [10SE]
——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate, H2459 [14MR]
——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H2690 [26MR]
——— implementation, H8136 [20NO]
——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), E509• [3AP]
——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), E76• [15JA]
Power resources: ensure modifications to cross-border natural gas pipelines receive thorough environmental review process, H5675 [24JN]
——— ensure the complete length of cross-border natural gas pipelines would be subject to full environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act, H5673 [24JN]
——— exclude any cross-border natural gas pipelines project with a pending permit application from new approval requirements, H5674 [24JN]
——— remove Government obstacles to domestic energy production, ensure transport of energy, lower energy costs, and enable businesses to access energy to create and sustain jobs (H.R. 2), H7844 [18SE]
——— require approval of construction, operation, or maintenance of oil or natural gas pipelines or electric transmission facilities at U.S. borders for import or export (H.R. 3301), H5670, H5673, H5674, H5675 [24JN]
——— require approval of construction, operation, or maintenance of oil or natural gas pipelines or electric transmission facilities at U.S. borders for import or export (H.R. 3301), consideration (H. Res. 636), H5655 [24JN]
Texas: tribute to Citizenship Day, E1212• [23JY]
Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H46 [8JA], H7099• [30JY]
Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (H.R. 1528), H5835, H5836 [8JY]
Votes: position on missed, H1759 [11FE], H3356• [30AP], H7204• [1AU], H8652• [4DE], E355• [11MR], E658• [1MY], E1352• [8SE]
Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 3899), E1086• [26JN]
World Tuberculosis Day: support goals, E425• [24MR]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H2146 [4MR], H7239 [1AU]
Tributes
Altuve, Jose, E1558• [13NO]
Dingell, Representative, H8919 [9DE]
Hall, Representative, H8907 [9DE]