BROOKS, SUSAN W. (a Representative from Indiana)

Amendments

Drugs: establish inter-agency taskforce to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication (H.R. 4641), H2239 [11MY]

Appointments

Conferee: S. 524, Dept. of Justice grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use, H2458 [17MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 2903), H3665 [9JN]

Apollo space program: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of first manned moon landing (see H.R. 2726), H3665 [9JN]

Armed Forces: revise the crime of sexual assault under the Uniform Code of Military Justice to include committing a sexual act upon another person by using position, rank, or authority to obtain compliance by the other person (see H.R. 4864), H1582 [23MR]

Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 130), H1923 [21AP]

Birmingham Civil Rights National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 4817), H3565 [8JN]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: delay release of Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings (see H.R. 6088), H5801 [21SE]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H281 [11JA]

Crime: create Federal offenses for interstate coercion of sexual acts, sexual contact, or sexually explicit visual depictions (see H.R. 5749), H4924 [13JY]

——— provide sexual assault survivors with certain rights and services and establish a working group to more effectively implement best practices on the care and treatment of such survivors (see H.R. 5578), H4180 [24JN]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit transfer or release of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H.R. 5351), H5163 [7SE]

Dept. of Education: provide students with increased flexibility in the use of Federal Pell Grants (see H.R. 3180), H1152 [7MR]

——— require institutions of higher education to provide students with annual estimates of student loan borrowing (see H.R. 5755), H4925 [13JY]

Dept. of HHS: coordinate Federal research efforts for, and improve public education and awareness of, congenital heart disease (see H.R. 3952), H1117 [2MR]

——— develop a voluntary patient registry to collect data on cancer incidence among firefighters (see H.R. 4625), H2152 [29AP]

——— enhance and further research prevention and treatment of eating disorders and improve access to treatment (see H.R. 2515), H1045 [29FE]

——— establish the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training pilot program to provide training to help identify and protect victims of human trafficking (see H.R. 5405), H3754 [13JN]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 3381), H15 [5JA]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic health care professional schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 3119), H2155 [3MY]

——— provide for participation of pediatric subspecialists in the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 1859), H1737 [14AP]

——— provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 1717), H1146 [3MR]

——— provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (see H.R. 1818), H2214 [10MY]

——— reauthorize and modernize the Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1655), H1924 [21AP]

——— require States to adopt a centralized system to expedite placement of children in foster care or guardianship, or for adoption, across State lines, and provide grants to States to develop such a system (see H.R. 4472), H1117 [2MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish the major metropolitan area counterterrorism training and exercise grant program (see H.R. 5859), H5256 [9SE]

Dept. of Justice: promote pro bono legal services as a critical way to empower survivors of domestic violence (see H.R. 6149), H5864 [22SE]

Dept. of Labor: delay effective date of rule increasing the income threshold for employees who are exempt from overtime pay (see H.R. 6094), H5799 [21SE]

——— prevent finalization of rule reforming overtime and Federal wage and hour standards that limits employer and employee opportunities and assess economic impact of any proposed reforms (see H.R. 4773), H1853 [19AP]

Dept. of State and AID: prioritize efforts to support access to primary and secondary education for displaced children (see H.R. 5735), H7571 [8DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve process for determining the eligibility of caregivers of veterans to certain benefits (see H.R. 3989), H2152 [29AP]

——— provide certain employees of Members of Congress and certain State or local government employees with access to case-tracking information (see H.R. 5166), H3915 [15JN]

——— provide veterans affected by school closures certain relief and restoration of educational benefits (see H.R. 3991), H5256 [9SE] (see H.R. 6003), H5435 [13SE]

Diseases: 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. 2739), H2282 [11MY]

Doby, Lawrence E.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 5621), H5017 [14JY]

Drugs: prevent regulatory oversight from disrupting ability of emergency medical personnel to administer certain controlled substances (see H.R. 4365), H1152 [7MR]

Edmonds, Roddie: award Medal of Honor (see H.R. 4863), H5712 [20SE]

EPA: exclude vehicles used solely for competition from certain provisions of the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 4715), H1681 [13AP]

Evers, Medgar: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 194), H3296 [26MY]

FAA: improve hiring of certain air traffic control specialists (see H.R. 5292), H3705 [10JN]

FDA: expand tropical disease product priority review voucher program to encourage treatments for Zika virus (see H.R. 4400), H430 [1FE]

Federal aid programs: encourage and support partnerships between the public and private sectors to improve our nation’s social programs (see H.R. 5170), H3504 [7JN]

Fraternal organizations: recognize benefits provided by tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies to their members and communities (see H. Con. Res. 19), H1346 [14MR]

GAO: provide for a joint session of Congress to receive a presentation on the audited financial statement of the Executive branch (see H. Con. Res. 140), H4276 [5JY]

House Rules: amend relative to budget-related points of order (see H. Res. 648), H1419 [16MR]

Immigration: eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase the per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see H.R. 213), H5712 [20SE]

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore: redesignate as Indiana Dunes National Park (see H.R. 6291), H6102 [28SE]

Indianapolis, IN: tribute to Indianapolis 500 automobile race (see H. Res. 738), H2844 [18MY]

John F. Kennedy Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 5722), H4659 [11JY]

Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4521), H856 [23FE]

Manufacturing Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 155), H5523 [15SE]

Medicaid: prioritize the most vulnerable patients (see H.R. 6462), H7397 [7DE]

——— provide for updated and alternative certification requirements for participation in the case of certain facilities treating infants under one year of age with neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 3865), H1045 [29FE]

Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission: improve (see H.R. 6518), H7568 [8DE]

Medicare: distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 2124), H1766 [15AP]

——— make adjustments relative to competitive bidding program and durable medical equipment and establish a durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) market pricing program project (see H.R. 4185), H15 [5JA]

——— prohibit further action on proposed rule on testing of part B prescription drug models (see H.R. 5122), H4928 [13JY]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1608), H1586 [23MR]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 1427), H1496 [21MR]

——— remove consideration of certain pain-related issues from calculations under the hospital value-based purchasing program to eliminate a potential penalty on physicians who refuse to overprescribe opioid drugs (see H.R. 4499), H2387 [13MY]

Nancy Reagan Memorial Park, Arlington County, VA: designate (see H.R. 5457), H3915 [15JN]

National Commission on Security and Technology Challenges: establish (see H.R. 4651), H1420 [16MR]

National Lineman Appreciation Day: designate (see H. Res. 674), H1738 [14AP]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 629), H1044 [29FE]

NATO: invoke Article 5 relative to an armed attack against a member state and conduct a military campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) (see H. Res. 814), H4548 [7JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2658), H2155 [3MY]

Pilgrims: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of arrival (see H.R. 2980), H2215 [10MY]

——— mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of arrival and settlement of Plymouth Colony, signing of Mayflower Compact, and role of Wampanoag tribes in realization of settlement (see H.R. 5598), H4186 [28JN]

Privacy: restrict inclusion of Social Security account numbers on documents sent by mail by the Social Security Administration (see H.R. 5320), H3665 [9JN]

Richard Allen Cable Post Office, Shelby, IN: designate (see H.R. 4887), H3705 [10JN]

Social Security: repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 711), H5096 [6SE]

Syria: halt slaughter of Syrian people, encourage a negotiated settlement, and hold human rights abusers accountable for their crimes (see H.R. 5732), H5525 [15SE]

Taxation: exclude from gross income the discharge of indebtedness income on student loans of deceased veterans (see H.R. 2874), H1045 [29FE]

——— improve the Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit (see H.R. 3846), H1045 [29FE]

——— make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 1549), H1496 [21MR]

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see H. Con. Res. 89), H1046 [29FE]

——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 4626), H5867 [22SE]

Terrorism: develop a national strategy to secure schools against terrorism and ensure domestic preparedness for and the response to terrorism (see H.R. 5867), H5163 [7SE]

U.N.: express that the U.S. should continue to exercise its veto in the Security Council on resolutions regarding the Israeli-Palestinian peace process (see H. Con. Res. 128), H5018 [14JY]

Vietnamese Conflict: award Congressional Gold Medal to Army Dust Off crews (see H.R. 5299), H7272 [6DE]

Women: codify U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security to promote inclusion of women in conflict resolution efforts and peacebuilding institutions (see H.R. 5332), H4172 [22JN]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Filipino veterans (see H.R. 2737), H5644 [19SE]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (see H.R. 3929), H3705 [10JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Energy: review and update a report on the energy and environmental benefits of refining used lubricating oil (see H.R. 4958), H1764 [15AP]

Dr. Otis Bowen Veteran House, Indianapolis, IN: designate (see H.R. 5509), H3966 [16JN]

Drugs: establish inter-agency taskforce to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication (see H.R. 4641), H999 [26FE]

FTC: terminate inactive investigations after six months (see H.R. 5097), H2108 [28AP]

Girl Scouts: anniversary of Gold Award (see H. Res. 647), H1419 [16MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Energy: review and update a report on the energy and environmental benefits of refining used lubricating oil (H.R. 4958), H1765 [15AP]

Dr. Otis Bowen Veteran House, Indianapolis, IN: designate (H.R. 5509), H3968 [16JN]

Drugs: establish inter-agency taskforce to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication (H.R. 4641), H1000 [26FE]

FTC: terminate inactive investigations after six months (H.R. 5097), H2109 [28AP]

Letters

Violations of cease-fire agreement in Syria: Riad Hijab, H1090 [2MR]

Remarks

American Red Cross: anniversary of Indiana chapter, E1541• [30NO]

Black History Month: observance, H903 [25FE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H858 [24FE]

——— deficit, H858 [24FE]

Carmel, IN: tribute to Carmel High School girls’ swim team, E337• [17MR]

——— West Clay Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1439• [14NO]

Cline, Kevin: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History National History Teacher of the Year Award recipient, E1415• [29SE]

CPSC: issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (S. 142), H227, H228 [11JA]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (S. 524), H2355, H2368, H2370, H2374 [13MY]

——— award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (S. 524), motion to instruct conferees, H2375 [13MY]

Dr. Otis Bowen Veteran House, Indianapolis, IN: designate (H.R. 5509), H5905, H5906 [26SE]

Drugs: direct inter-agency taskforce to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication to consider substance use disorders among adolescents and young adults, H2245 [11MY]

——— ensure inter-agency taskforce to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication considers the needs of adolescents and young adults, H2240 [11MY]

——— establish inter-agency taskforce to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication (H.R. 4641), H2234, H2237, H2239, H2240, H2241, H2242, H2243, H2245, H2246 [11MY]

——— include active duty military and veteran health and prescription opioid addiction expert on inter-agency taskforce to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, H2241 [11MY]

——— include first responders on inter-agency taskforce to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, H2240 [11MY]

——— include minority health expert on inter-agency taskforce to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, H2242 [11MY]

——— include Office of Women’s Health on inter-agency taskforce to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, H2239 [11MY]

——— include representatives of veterans service organizations on inter-agency taskforce to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, H2240 [11MY]

——— provide Federal funding for, and prioritize the prevention, treatment, and recovery programs of Dept. of Justice grants used to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use, H2375 [13MY]

——— require any individual appointed to inter-agency taskforce to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication be currently licensed and practicing in their State, H2239 [11MY]

——— require inter-agency taskforce to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication to provide physician and consumer education, H2246 [11MY]

——— require the inter-agency taskforce to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication to consider coordination of information collected from State prescription drug monitoring programs, H2243 [11MY]

FDA: expand tropical disease product priority review voucher program to encourage treatments for Zika virus (S. 2512), H1602, H1604 [12AP]

Fishers, IN: Geist Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1436• [14NO]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices, H7103 [1DE]

House of Representatives: tribute to Members who made contributions to S. 524, Dept. of Justice grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use, H2368 [13MY]

Indiana: anniversary of statehood, H7558 [8DE]

Indiana Wesleyan University: tribute to men’s basketball team, E548• [20AP]

Indianapolis, IN: anniversary of Richard G. Lugar Excellence in Public Service Series, E331• [17MR]

——— Cathedral High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1490• [16NO]

Marion, IN: tribute to Marion High School boys’ basketball team, E724• [17MY]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis, H7103 [1DE]

——— make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (H.R. 2646), H935 [25FE], H4321 [6JY]

National Police Week: observance, H2437 [17MY]

National Women’s History Month: observance, H1539 [22MR]

NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program (H.R. 34), Senate amendment, H7103 [1DE]

Syria: condemn atrocities committed by Bashar al-Assad and his regime, H1089 [2MR]

Votes: position on missed, H1402• [16MR], H4439• [6JY], H5736• [21SE], E127• [8FE]

Women: ensure access to opportunities to succeed, H1539 [22MR]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to the U.S. Merchant Marine of World War II (H.R. 2992), H7019 [30NO]

Zionsville, IN: Union Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1434• [14NO]

Tributes

Armstrong, W. Dwight, E979• [22JN]

Barker, Sarah Evans, E1375• [27SE]

Belden, James, H1121 [3MR], E223• [25FE]

Catchings, Tamika, E1272• [14SE]

Coats, Senator, H7561• [8DE]

Dickson, Brent E., E334• [17MR]

Evans, Daniel F., Jr., E721• [17MY]

Fox, Pat, E733• [18MY]

Habecker, Eugene B., E718• [17MY]

Jones, Nathaniel, E1586• [5DE]

Jordan, Susan, H720 [11FE]

Koontz, Carl A., H1506 [22MR]

Lechleiter, John C., E1659• [8DE]

McGoff, John P., E1442• [14NO]

Rogers, Phillip, E1440• [14NO]

Smith, Keith, H2974 [24MY]

Snyder, Tom, E939• [16JN]

Usher, Paul, E1128• [14JY]