LEWIS, JOHN (a Representative from Georgia)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4768 [21MY]

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), H1938 [25FE]

——— 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]

Animals: prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1094), H3241 [28AP]

Armed Forces: encourage Congress to debate and vote on a statutory authorization for any sustained combat role in Iraq or Syria (see H. Con. Res. 114), H7940 [12NO]

——— repeal authority to use against Iraq (see H.R. 3852), H2696 [26MR]

——— repeal authority to use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2324), H3242 [28AP] (see H.R. 4608), H5024 [29MY]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 481), H1771 [11FE]

Booker, Simeon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3655), H3242 [28AP]

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), H3144 [9AP]

Caribbean American Heritage Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 610), H5064 [30MY]

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), H7242 [1AU]

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

——— provide for youth jobs (see H.R. 5489), H7617 [16SE]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner honoring the 50th anniversary of their murder in Mississippi during Freedom Summer (see H.R. 4409), H2961 [4AP]

Clean Air Act: eliminate exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources (see H.R. 1154), H1431 [27JA]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H2148 [4MR]

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), H5830 [7JY]

Copyrights: secure rights of artists of works of visual art to provide royalties (see H.R. 4103), H3448 [6MY]

Credit: establish a national usury rate for consumer credit transactions (see H.R. 5130), H7676 [17SE]

——— prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (see H.R. 645), H2361 [12MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide incentives for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participating households to purchase certain nutritious fruits and vegetables (see H.R. 4904), H6036 [9JY]

Dept. of Defense: limit and regulate transfer of surplus military equipment to State and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 5478), H7980 [13NO]

——— require payment of full amount of separation pay otherwise due to former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see H.R. 5009), H5827 [3JY]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H5187 [9JN]

——— amend adverse credit history determinations for purposes of Federal Direct PLUS Loan eligibility (see H.R. 4480), H4686 [20MY]

——— collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 455), H1481 [28JA]

——— establish American Dream Grant program to encourage States to increase access to higher education to low-income students regardless of immigration status (see H.R. 3921), H2066 [27FE]

——— improve 21st Century Community Learning Centers (see H.R. 4086), H5187 [9JN]

——— protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1893), H6297 [15JY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (see H.R. 274), H4475 [19MY]

——— establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 485), H2802 [1AP]

——— 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), H8868 [8DE]

——— 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), H6816 [24JY]

——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 628), H1481 [28JA]

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: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see H.R. 4163), H2255 [6MR]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (see H.R. 1175), H1431 [27JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a grant program to provide burials for homeless veterans (see H.R. 3876), H1481 [28JA]

——— conduct annual surveys of veterans on experiences obtaining hospital care and medical services from departmental facilities (see H.R. 4971), H6353 [16JY]

——— improve the performance appraisal system for senior executives (see H.R. 4399), H2991 [7AP]

Developing countries: provide assistance to support the rights of women and girls (see H.R. 3398), H5187 [9JN]

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

——— foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H3241 [28AP]

——— improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see H.R. 4814), H5185 [9JN]

——— 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), H135 [9JA]

Donbass People’s Militia: impose sanctions against persons who provide material support or resources, or to affiliates, associated groups, or agents of such militia (see H.R. 5390), H7240 [1AU]

Drugs: reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (see H.R. 4169), H3293 [29AP]

Education: call on schools and State and local educational agencies to recognize that dyslexia has significant educational implications that must be addressed (see H. Res. 456), H5877 [8JY]

——— improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H3242 [28AP]

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

EPA: regulate wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy (see H.R. 2825), H1431 [27JA]

——— require testing of underground sources of drinking water in connection with hydraulic fracturing operations (see H.R. 2983), H1719 [10FE]

——— take certain actions relative to pesticides that may affect pollinators (see H.R. 2692), H3242 [28AP]

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

FAA Modernization and Reform Act: amend certain provisions (see H.R. 2591), H1431 [27JA]

FCC: restore rules relative to open Internet and broadband industry practices until final action is taken in proceedings on such rules that were remanded by a court decision (see H.R. 3982), H2002 [26FE]

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

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

Financial institutions: restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 129), H7128 [30JY]

Firearms: ban guns for persons who have been convicted of stalking or who are subject to a court order restraining the person from stalking (see H.R. 1914), H6746 [23JY]

——— protect victims of domestic abuse by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms (see H.R. 4906), H5557 [19JN]

Foreign policy: establish a global affairs strategy and provide assistance for people of African descent (see H.R. 5837), H9305 [11DE]

FTC: report on the impact of the use of altered images of individuals in advertising and other promotional media for commercial products (see H.R. 4341), H8365 [3DE]

Health: create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 1666), H9304 [11DE]

——— enhance and further research of prevention and treatment of eating disorders and improve access to treatment (see H.R. 2101), H3242 [28AP]

——— extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see H.R. 2957), H4910 [28MY]

——— provide for coverage of medically necessary food under Federal health programs (see H.R. 3665), H225 [14JA]

Housing: permanently protect interests of tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or residential real property and establish a right of action to enforce compliance with such protections (see H.R. 3543), H8072 [18NO]

Immigrant Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 606), H5320 [11JN]

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), H7297 [8SE]

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]

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

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

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park: adjust boundary to include Wallis House and Harriston Hill (see H.R. 5003), H5818 [26JN]

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

Medicare: improve integrity (see H.R. 5780), H8272 [2DE]

——— 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), H2611 [24MR]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H4910 [28MY]

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

——— provide coverage of certified adult day care services (see H.R. 3334), H163 [10JA]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (see H.R. 4015), H2260 [10MR]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1070), H9045 [10DE]

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: anniversary of Executive order addressing environmental justice in minority and low-income populations (see H. Res. 479), H1771 [11FE]

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

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]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 84), H1770 [11FE]

National Center for the Right to Counsel: establish (see H.R. 3407), H1515 [31JA]

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

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: support mission and goals (see H. Res. 551), H3197 [10AP]

National Dance Day: designate (see H. Res. 667), H6816 [24JY]

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

National Get Vertical Day: designate (see H. Res. 674), H6398 [17JY]

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

National Mental Health No Stigma Week: designate (see H. Res. 572), H3446 [6MY]

National Museum of the American People: support formation of a bipartisan Presidential commission to study establishment (see H. Con. Res. 27), H6746 [23JY]

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3867), H1246 [17JA]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: update a report on the role of telecommunications, including the Internet, on the commission of hate crimes (see H.R. 3878), H2099 [28FE]

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

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), H3242 [28AP]

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), H3941 [7MY]

Peace Corps: allow former volunteers to use the seal, emblem, or name of Peace Corps on death announcements and grave stones (see H.R. 1573), H2001 [26FE]

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

Postal Service: enhance long-term profitability through enhanced innovation, operational flexibility, workforce realignment, and regulatory relief (see H.R. 2690), H4060 [9MY]

——— improve fuel efficiency by replacing motor vehicle fleet with modern, efficient vehicles (see H.R. 3963), H3293 [29AP]

——— 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), H3292 [29AP]

——— take all appropriate measures to ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 711), H8868 [8DE]

Poverty: strengthen and expand proven anti-poverty programs and initiatives (see H.R. 5352), H7183 [31JY]

Presidential Youth Council: establish (see H.J. Res. 68), H7242 [1AU]

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), H5877 [8JY]

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 519), H2433 [13MR]

Qatar: protect migrant workers from unfair labor practices, combat human trafficking, and ensure working conditions during construction of World Cup infrastructure comply with human rights standards (see H. Res. 682), H6814 [24JY]

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), H7894 [18SE]

Science: establish a position of Science Laureate of the U.S. (see H.R. 4176), H2256 [6MR]

SEC: prohibit mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreements (see H.R. 2998), H135 [9JA]

Small business: increase lending to small businesses (see H.R. 4652), H4059 [9MY]

Social Security: provide for equal treatment of individuals in same-sex marriages (see H.R. 5182), H7893 [18SE]

——— 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), H8931 [9DE]

——— 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), H4834 [23MY]

South Sudan: require U.S. activities relative to governance, reconstruction and development, and refugee relief and assistance to support basic human rights of women and women’s participation and leadership (see H.R. 4112), H2611 [24MR]

——— support an end to ethnic and politically fueled violence and the successful implementation of a transitional government (see H. Res. 689), H7042 [29JY]

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]

St. Louis, MO: designate as the National Chess Capital (see H. Res. 169), H3243 [28AP]

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

Taxation: 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), H7529 [15SE]

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

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

——— extend publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels (see H.R. 1696), H7128 [30JY]

——— extend the work opportunity tax credit for veterans (see H.R. 3395), H1431 [27JA]

——— make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 4933), H5597 [20JN]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries (see H.R. 4679), H6656 [22JY]

——— 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), H6036 [9JY]

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

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 4365), H2853 [2AP]

——— strengthen rules for approved structured settlement factoring transactions (see H.R. 3897), H1240 [16JA]

——— treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses (see H.R. 3673), H2302 [11MR]

Transportation: ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see H.R. 2468), H2001 [26FE]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1354), H3198 [10AP]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3824), H184 [13JA] (see H.R. 4415), H3243 [28AP]

Veterans: improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine (see H.R. 2001), H3941 [7MY]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 3899), H1240 [16JA]

——— secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see H.R. 4459), H3243 [28AP]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 2901), H2486 [14MR]

Water pollution: require disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing and repeal the oil and gas industry exemption from the Safe Drinking Water Act (see H.R. 1921), H1431 [27JA]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 3571), H2302 [11MR]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 519), H2433 [13MR]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H3058 [8AP]

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

Congressional Gold Medal: make technical corrections to certain laws enabling presentation to Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, and the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 4488), H3240 [28AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish National Parents Corps Program (see H.R. 5623), H7885 [18SE]

Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site: redesignate as a national historic park (see H.R. 5517), H7674 [17SE]

Medicaid: provide equitable treatment of primary care services (see H.R. 5353), H7183 [31JY]

Medicare: repeal requirement for employer disclosure of information on health care coverage of employees who are beneficiaries (see H.R. 5102), H6215 [14JY]

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

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

Voting: modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for disabled individuals, and protect the right to vote (H.R. 12), consideration (see H. Res. 672), H6352 [16JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Congressional Gold Medal: make technical corrections to certain laws enabling presentation to Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, and the Montford Point Marines (H.R. 4488), H3241 [28AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish National Parents Corps Program (H.R. 5623), H7891 [18SE]

Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site: redesignate as a national historic park (H.R. 5517), H7676 [17SE]

Medicaid: provide equitable treatment of primary care services (H.R. 5353), H7187 [31JY]

Medicare: repeal requirement for employer disclosure of information on health care coverage of employees who are beneficiaries (H.R. 5102), H6216 [14JY]

Remarks

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to commemorate anniversary of the Civil Rights Act (H. Con. Res. 100), H5135 [9JN]

Congress: importance of bipartisanship, H8020 [17NO]

——— 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), H7096 [30JY]

Congressional Gold Medal: make technical corrections to certain laws enabling presentation to Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, and the Montford Point Marines (H.R. 4488), H3253 [29AP]

Crime: address issues of domestic violence, H7306 [9SE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H8020 [17NO]

Dept. of Justice: establish National Parents Corps Program (H.R. 5623), E1473• [19SE]

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), consideration (H. Res. 710), H7211 [1AU]

——— reform, H7211 [1AU]

IRS: prohibit modification of the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare (H.R. 3865), consideration (H. Res. 487), H1957• [26FE]

Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site: redesignate as a national historic park (H.R. 5517), E1437• [17SE]

National Nonviolence Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 626), E973• [12JN]

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.: anniversary (H. Res. 671), E1176• [16JY]

Votes: position on missed, E299• [4MR], E1235• [25JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1768 [11FE], H3141 [9AP], H3406 [1MY], H5062 [30MY], H5247 [10JN], H6812 [24JY]

Selma, AL: commemorate anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the role it played in ensuring passage of the Voting Rights Act, E335 [10MR]

Tributes

Cloud, Rosemary, E705• [7MY]

Dingell, Representative, H8923 [9DE]

Gillison, Jacob, E212• [14FE]

Holman, Mariella U. Ama, E458• [27MR]

Hughes, Mary S. Clark, E77• [15JA]

Washington, Keith E., E215• [14FE]