GRAVES, TOM (a Representative from Georgia)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 36), H190 [9JA]

Armed Forces: award Purple Heart to members killed or wounded in shootings at military sites in Chattanooga, TN (see H. Res. 383), H5523 [27JY]

——— repeal bans on military personnel carrying firearms on military bases and recruitment facilities (see H.R. 3115), H5297 [20JY]

Blue Star Mothers of America Month: designate (see H. Res. 140), H2311 [16AP]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H2794 [1MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H814 [4FE]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to participants in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act (see H.R. 431), H668 [30JA]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H190 [9JA]

Corps of Engineers: ensure right of individuals to carry firearms at water resources development projects (see H.R. 578), H3214 [14MY]

Courts: provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (see H.R. 3326), H8861 [1DE]

——— restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at fertilization (see H.R. 426), H478 [21JA]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 803), H984 [11FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: publish a strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in National Forest System trail maintenance (see H.R. 845), H2656 [29AP]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit sale or transactions involving human fetal tissue (see H.R. 3429), H5867 [9SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: make anthrax vaccines and antimicrobials available to emergency response providers (see H.R. 1300), H4652 [24JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: furnish non-formulary drugs and medicines to veterans diagnosed with mental health disorders (see H.R. 2123), H5776 [29JY]

——— provide for removal or demotion of employees based on performance or misconduct (see H.R. 1994), H4138 [10JN]

Diseases: mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 2722), H4135 [10JN]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H2772 [30AP]

EPA: repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 703), H7332 [28OC]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 2802), H4490 [17JN]

FDA: grant authority to modify predicate/grandfather date for regulation of certain newly deemed tobacco products (see H.R. 2058), H3565 [21MY]

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 427), H1624 [6MR]

——— require procurement from the private sector the goods and services necessary for operations and management of certain Government agencies (see H.R. 2044), H2496 [28AP]

Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief to community financial institutions (see H.R. 1233), H2656 [29AP]

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 1309), H7090 [21OC]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 402), H705 [2FE]

——— more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 131), H641 [27JA]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 923), H1618 [4MR] (see H.R. 986), H2821 [8MY]

——— provide that silencers would be treated the same as long guns relative to registration and transfer laws (see H.R. 3799), H9307 [11DE]

——— revise various laws that interfere with the right of people to obtain and use firearms for all lawful purposes (see H.R. 2710), H4135 [10JN]

Fish and fishing: transfer to States the authority to manage red snapper fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico (see H.R. 3094), H6976 [9OC]

Flowers: recognize the daisy as the flower for military caregivers (see H. Con. Res. 49), H3582 [29MY]

Francis Manuel Ortega Post Office, Pine Lake, GA: designate (see H.R. 3274), H5762 [29JY]

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. 1737), H2880 [12MY]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H157 [8JA]

Georgia: authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land (see H.R. 470), H5980 [15SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2653), H5776 [29JY]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 940), H1034 [12FE]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2300), H3565 [21MY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal (see H.R. 132), H190 [9JA]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 2300), H3565 [21MY] (see H.R. 2653), H5776 [29JY]

Health Care Compact: grant congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 50), H6139 [17SE]

Human rights: express that those who commit or support targeted atrocities against Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities are committing ‘‘war crimes’’, ‘‘crimes against humanity’’, and ‘‘genocide’’ (see H. Con. Res. 75), H5976 [11SE]

Immigration: assert illegality of Executive orders to implement immigration reform notwithstanding passage of Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations (see H. Con. Res. 28), H2420 [22AP]

——— clarify classes of individuals born in the U.S. who are nationals and citizens of the U.S. at birth (see H.R. 140), H3214 [14MY]

——— expedite removal of unaccompanied alien children, implement tough ‘‘credible fear’’ standards, reduce asylum fraud, protect communities from gangs, and provide Border Patrol access to Federal lands (see H.R. 1153), H1902 [24MR]

——— expedite removal of unaccompanied alien children who are not victims of a severe form of human trafficking and who do not have a fear of returning to their country of nationality or last residence (see H.R. 1149), H1806 [19MR]

——— improve law enforcement within the interior of the U.S. by improving State and local enforcement, national security, removal of criminal aliens, visa security, and aid to officers (see H.R. 1148), H1806 [19MR]

——— reform policies relative to family-sponsored immigrants and reduce the number of such immigrants (see H.R. 604), H1372 [26FE]

——— require enactment of a joint resolution approving the number of refugees who may be admitted in any fiscal year (see H.R. 3573), H8282 [17NO]

Iran: disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H. Res. 367), H5291 [16JY]

Israel: affirm right to defend itself against Iran and support efforts to maintain sovereignty (see H. Res. 500), H7332 [28OC]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 612), H661 [28JA]

Law enforcement: safeguard electronic data stored abroad from improper Government access (see H.R. 1174), H2356 [21AP]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H3391 [19MY]

Medicare: provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H2036 [25MR]

Mining and mineral resources: promote domestic production of critical minerals and materials (see H.R. 1937), H2415 [22AP]

NLRB: modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see H.R. 1893), H5238 [15JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (see H.R. 132), H190 [9JA] (see H.R. 2300), H3565 [21MY] (see H.R. 2653), H5776 [29JY]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 928), H1033 [12FE]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 1190), H1524 [2MR]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see H.R. 3134), H5405 [22JY]

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. 699), H810 [4FE]

Public debt: ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (see H.R. 692), H4137 [10JN]

Refugees: suspend admission into the U.S. in order to examine costs of providing benefits to such individuals (see H.R. 3314), H8281 [17NO]

Refuse disposal: encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal ash and establish requirements for management and disposal of coal ash that are protective of human health and the environment (see H.R. 1734), H3565 [21MY]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see H.R. 1299), H2035 [25MR]

SSA: prohibit use of determinations to consider an individual to be adjudicated as mentally defective relative to the sale or transfer of firearms (see H.R. 3516), H6139 [17SE]

Taxation: extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1501 [27FE]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H3564 [21MY]

——— phaseout and repeal the renewable energy production tax credit and reduce corporate income tax (see H.R. 1901), H5118 [13JY]

——— prevent claims of the earned income tax credit by individuals receiving Social Security numbers and work authorizations pursuant to certain deferred action programs (see H.R. 1249), H1850 [23MR]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 2698), H10712 [18DE]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 160), H41 [6JA]

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H36 [6JA]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see H.R. 662), H1618 [4MR]

Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (see H.R. 2716), H4135 [10JN]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 594), H919 [10FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (see H.R. 2250), H2875 [12MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2250), H2877 [12MY]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H3770 [3JN]

Remarks

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), consideration (H. Res. 27), H240 [13JA]

House of Representatives: prohibit funding for delivery of printed copies of the Congressional Pictorial Directory, H3355 [19MY]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H240 [13JA]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2250), H3339, H3345, H3347, H3348, H3353, H3355 [19MY]

Library of Congress: Open World Leadership Center funding, H3347, H3348, H3353 [19MY]

Rome, GA: anniversary of City Hall, E568• [23AP]

——— inclusion of Rome High School in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ‘‘Best High Schools in America’’ list, H3772 [3JN]

Votes: position on missed, H5572• [28JY], E1695• [2DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5587 [28JY]

Reports filed

Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2250) (H. Rept. 114–110), H2875 [12MY]

Tables

Legislative branch of the Government appropriations (H.R. 2250), H3341–H3344 [19MY]

Tributes

Smith, Randall, H5655 [29JY]