NOLAN, RICHARD M. (a Representative from Minnesota)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4909), H2694 [17MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5293), H3868 [15JN]

Drugs: establish inter-agency taskforce to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication (H.R. 4641), H2241 [11MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Ali, Muhammad: tribute (see H. Res. 766), H3705 [10JN]

American Tree Farm System: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 144), H4925 [13JY]

Apollo space program: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of first manned moon landing (see H.R. 2726), H3817 [14JN]

Arlington National Cemetery: provide for burial of cremated remains of persons who served as Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) (see H.R. 4336), H1085 [1MR]

Armed Forces: require the use of only human-based methods for training members in the treatment of severe combat injuries (see H.R. 1095), H7571 [8DE]

——— specify a minimum number of parental leave days available for a member in connection with the birth of a child or adoption or foster care of a child (see H.R. 4796), H3266 [25MY]

Aviation: include training for certain employees of air carriers to combat human trafficking (see H.R. 4430), H951 [25FE]

Career and Technical Education Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5587), H4185 [28JN]

China: require congressional approval of determinations to revoke designation as a nonmarket economy country under the Tariff Act (see H.R. 4927), H3665 [9JN]

Coast Guard: anniversary of Flotilla 11–1, 8th District-Western Rivers Region, Coast Guard Auxiliary (see H. Res. 718), H2155 [3MY]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): terminate the Select Investigative Panel established to investigate matters relative to fetal tissue procurement and abortion practices (see H. Res. 769), H3705 [10JN]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 590), H1464 [17MR]

Congress: restrict adjournments and pro forma sessions unless the Senate has acted upon the nomination of Merrick B. Garland to be Supreme Court Justice (see H. Con. Res. 132), H4468 [6JY]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 525), H2845 [18MY]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 664), H818 [12FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a competitive grant program for renewable fuel infrastructure (see H.R. 4673), H1925 [21AP]

——— improve the child and adult care food program (see H.R. 3886), H1737 [14AP]

——— provide rental assistance to low-income tenants of certain multifamily rural housing projects (see H.R. 4908), H1634 [12AP]

Dept. of Defense: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 2264), H1000 [26FE]

——— authorize award of an Atomic Veterans Service Medal (see H.R. 2747), H1117 [2MR]

Dept. of Education: eliminate tuition at public colleges and universities, reduce interest rates and allow for refinancing of student loans, expand work study program, and simplify student aid application process (see H.R. 4385), H4927 [13JY]

——— improve college affordability by increasing maximum awards, allowing year-round eligibility, and extending duration limits relative to the Federal Pell Grant Program (see H.R. 5310), H2961 [23MY]

——— include certain individuals who work on farms or ranches as individuals who are employed in public service jobs for purposes of loan forgiveness eligibility under the Federal Direct Loan Program (see H.R. 2590), H1766 [15AP]

——— provide access to higher education through a Federal-State partnership to waive community college tuition and provide grants to minority-serving institutions to assist low-income students (see H.R. 2962), H3817 [14JN]

——— provide for refinancing and recalculation of certain Federal student loans (see H.R. 5274), H2844 [18MY]

——— remove barriers to higher education for homeless and foster youth by improving financial aid process and outreach programs and providing in-State tuition and access to housing resources (see H.R. 4043), H4468 [6JY]

——— require certain institutions of higher education to provide notice of tuition levels for students (see H.R. 4462), H651 [9FE]

——— streamline repayment plans for new student loan borrowers, codify Revised Pay As You Earn Repayment (REPAYE) Plan, and exclude certain student loan discharge by reason of death or disability (see H.R. 4652), H1044 [29FE]

Dept. of HHS: develop a voluntary patient registry to collect data on cancer incidence among firefighters (see H.R. 4625), H2111 [28AP]

——— establish a National Family Caregiving Project (see H.R. 3099), H3915 [15JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: enhance overseas operations aimed at preventing terrorist threats from reaching the U.S. (see H.R. 5256), H5801 [21SE]

Dept. of HUD: protect survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault under the Fair Housing Act (see H.R. 6211), H6271 [16NO]

——— reform laws relative to small public housing agencies (see H.R. 4816), H3455 [27MY]

Dept. of Justice: promote pro bono legal services as a critical way to empower survivors of domestic violence (see H.R. 6149), H6109 [28SE]

Dept. of State: ban foreigners who have committed gross violations of internationally recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals from entering the U.S. (see H.R. 2368), H5225 [8SE]

——— take actions necessary for the U.S. to rejoin the Bureau of International Expositions (see H.R. 5624), H4928 [13JY]

Dept. of the Interior: carry out programs and activities for connecting children and families with the outdoors (see H.R. 2014), H4276 [5JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: improve tax compliance in the construction industry, including clarifying employment status of service providers (see H.R. 5008), H3754 [13JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program establishing a patient self-scheduling appointment system (see H.R. 4352), H3297 [26MY]

——— establish a center of excellence in prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of health conditions relative to exposure to burn pits (see H.R. 2237), H2700 [17MY]

——— establish a pilot grant program to acquire and renovate abandoned homes for homeless veterans (see H.R. 3970), H1146 [3MR]

——— provide certain employees of Members of Congress and certain State or local government employees with access to case-tracking information (see H.R. 5166), H3705 [10JN]

——— provide for treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll on the Marshall Islands who are suffering from radiation-related illness (see H.R. 3870), H1084 [1MR] (see H.R. 5980), H5502 [14SE]

Diseases: making emergency supplemental appropriations to address threat of Zika virus (see H.R. 5044), H3565 [8JN]

Doby, Lawrence E.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 5621), H6109 [28SE]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 932), H4574 [8JY]

EPA: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 4954), H1764 [15AP]

——— exclude vehicles used solely for competition from certain provisions of the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 4715), H5163 [7SE]

——— expand ethanol waiver for the Reid vapor pressure limitations of motor vehicle fuels (see H.R. 1736), H3266 [25MY]

——— notify the public about dangerous lead levels in drinking water and improve information flow between utilities, States, and consumers (see H.R. 4470), H651 [9FE]

——— require water treatment works projects funded by Drinking Water State Revolving Fund funds to use domestic iron and steel products (see H.R. 6460), H7397 [7DE]

Ethiopia: support respect for human rights and encouraging inclusive governance (see H. Res. 861), H6240 [15NO]

Eugene J. McCarthy Post Office, Collegeville, MN: designate (see H.R. 4425), H495 [2FE]

FAA: improve hiring of certain air traffic control specialists (see H.R. 5292), H3095 [24MY]

——— issue regulations establishing minimum dimensions for seats in passenger aircraft (see H.R. 4490), H1085 [1MR]

Farm Credit System: anniversary (see H. Res. 591), H592 [4FE]

Federal employees: increase rates of pay for General Schedule and prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 4585), H1001 [26FE]

Federal firefighters: provide for more accurate computation of retirement benefits (see H.R. 4729), H2152 [29AP]

Firearms: prevent a person convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or who received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in its commission, from obtaining a firearm (see H.R. 4603), H3975 [20JN]

Flint, MI: provide Federal assistance to reduce high lead levels in drinking water and monitor health of exposed individuals (see H.R. 4479), H1898 [20AP]

Foreign trade: ensure that any country designated a nonmarket economy country under the Tariff Act retain this status until it demonstrates that it meets the criteria for treatment as a market economy (see H. Res. 848), H5161 [7SE]

Health care professionals: protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 921), H2428 [16MY]

Honduras: suspend security assistance until human rights violations by security forces stop and their perpetrators are brought to justice (see H.R. 5474), H4468 [6JY]

House Rules: require House to meet 5 days a week during congressional session (see H. Res. 184), H5018 [14JY]

——— require that a standing committee (or subcommittee thereof) hearing be held whenever there is a moment of silence in the House for a tragedy involving gun violence (see H. Res. 694), H3969 [16JN]

Johnson, Representative Sam: Congressional Patriot Award recipient (see H. Res. 604), H590 [4FE]

Korean Peninsula: resume family reunions between North and South Korea, allow Korean Americans to reunite with divided families in North Korea, and encourage peace (see H. Con. Res. 40), H2881 [19MY]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H710 [10FE]

Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4521), H709 [10FE]

Law enforcement: ensure U.S. jurisdiction over offenses committed by U.S. personnel stationed in Canada in furtherance of border security initiatives (see H.R. 4657), H1084 [1MR] (see H.R. 6431), H7181 [5DE]

Lewis, Representative: Congressional Patriot Award recipient (see H. Res. 604), H590 [4FE]

LGBT Equality Day: designate (see H. Res. 549), H3969 [16JN]

Lumber industry: exempt certain children employed in logging or mechanized operations from child labor laws (see H.R. 1215), H775 [11FE]

Manufacturing Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 155), H6109 [28SE]

Medicare: expand access to stroke telehealth services (see H.R. 2799), H5867 [22SE]

——— limit certain premium increases (see H.R. 6428), H7143 [2DE]

——— provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2404), H1390 [15MR]

Morrill, Justin Smith: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 4520), H709 [10FE]

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 4592), H3297 [26MY]

National Apprenticeship Week: designate (see H. Res. 931), H6300 [17NO]

National Cancer Prevention Day: designate (see H. Res. 606), H591 [4FE]

NIH: coordinate and advance fibrosis research activities (see H.R. 3666), H4550 [7JY]

NLRB: strengthen protections for employees wishing to advocate for improved wages, hours, or other terms or conditions of employment and provide stronger remedies for interference with these rights (see H.R. 3514), H1853 [19AP]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: increase transparency of trade negotiations by requiring the publication of U.S. negotiating positions for each proposed trade agreement (see H.R. 6141), H5863 [22SE]

Peace Corps: improve health care standards and access for current and returned volunteers, assist and protect sexual assault victims, increase disability payments, and improve oversight and management (see H.R. 6037), H6109 [28SE]

Political campaigns: prohibit acceptance by political committees of online contributions from certain unverified sources (see H.R. 4177), H3095 [24MY]

——— prohibit Federal officeholders from directly soliciting political contributions (see H.R. 4443), H566 [3FE]

——— reform system of public financing of Presidential elections (see H.R. 2143), H5016 [14JY]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 28), H2846 [18MY]

Power resources: establish a goal of more than 50 percent clean and carbon free electricity by 2030 and enact legislation to accelerate the transition to clean energy to meet this goal (see H. Res. 637), H1144 [3MR]

Religion: condemn violence, bigotry, and hateful rhetoric towards Muslim Americans and express condolences to victims of hate crimes (see H. Res. 569), H711 [10FE]

Sabo, Martin Olav: tribute (see H. Res. 657), H1552 [22MR]

Secondary School Student Athletes’ Bill of Rights: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 112), H4550 [7JY]

Social Security: increase maximum amount of the lump-sum death benefit (see H.R. 1109), H2214 [10MY]

——— provide annual minimum and maximum cost-of-living increases for beneficiaries (see H.R. 5295), H2879 [19MY]

——— repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 711), H2962 [23MY]

——— 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. 842), H2428 [16MY]

Taxation: allow employers a credit for wages paid to employees who participate in qualified apprenticeship programs (see H.R. 1781), H497 [2FE]

——— exclude from gross income any discharge of student loan indebtedness (see H.R. 5617), H4192 [1JY]

——— exclude from gross income certain interest and money market fund dividend income payments to charities and modify reporting requirements for such payments (see H.R. 4706), H5017 [14JY]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 2096), H1084 [1MR]

——— improve and make permanent the credit for carbon dioxide sequestration (see H.R. 4622), H5914 [26SE]

——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 4626), H3565 [8JN]

——— provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see H.R. 4165), H4468 [6JY]

——— provide credits for the production of renewable chemicals and investments in renewable chemical production facilities (see H.R. 3390), H7571 [8DE]

——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see H.R. 3095), H7588 [13DE]

——— provide for the tax-exempt financing of certain government-owned buildings (see H.R. 5361), H3294 [26MY]

Terrorism: deter and provide justice for victims by ensuring foreign sponsors of terrorism are held accountable to their victims in U.S. courts (see H.R. 3815), H1924 [21AP]

Transportation Security Administration: enhance security operations and stability of transportation security workforce by applying Federal personnel system passenger screening employees (see H.R. 4488), H819 [12FE]

Truth in Lending Act: include requirements for the transfer of servicing of postsecondary student loans (see H.R. 3948), H1346 [14MR]

U.S. Geological Survey: conduct monitoring, assessment, science, and research in support of binational fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin (see H.R. 4595), H1464 [17MR]

U.S.-European Union-Norway-Iceland Air Transport Agreement: ensure foreign air carriers applying to operate in the U.S. comply with certain labor standards or labor-related rights and principles (see H.R. 5090), H2152 [29AP]

University of Minnesota: tribute to women’s hockey team (see H. Res. 677), H1679 [13AP]

Voting: require States to ensure individuals who provide identifying information to motor vehicle authorities are automatically registered to vote in Federal elections unless eligibility requirements are not met (see H.R. 2694), H1924 [21AP]

——— secure Federal voting rights of nonviolent persons when released from incarceration (see H.R. 1459), H2845 [18MY]

Wetterling, Patty and family: honor the life of Jacob Wetterling and efforts to prevent child exploitation and abductions (see H. Res. 868), H5501 [14SE]

Wood: accelerate use of wood in buildings, especially tall wood buildings (see H.R. 5628), H4928 [13JY]

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

——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to the U.S. Merchant Marine of World War II (see H.R. 2992), H281 [11JA]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (see H.R. 3929), H4277 [5JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: establish a Federal, publicly-funded universal school meal and nutrition program (see H. Res. 913), H6103 [28SE]

Dept. of Labor: reimburse States for certain costs incurred in providing training to workers after a petition for certification of eligibility for trade adjustment assistance has been filed (see H.R. 4572), H817 [12FE]

Diseases: require a study on women and lung cancer (see H.R. 5263), H2699 [17MY]

FAA: allow certain construction or alteration of structures by State departments of transportation without requiring an aeronautical study (see H.R. 6014), H5435 [13SE]

Social Security: provide a mid-year cost-of-living increase for beneficiaries to account for the lack of an automatic increase for 2016 and apply the consumer price index for elderly consumers to future increases (see H.R. 5342), H3294 [26MY]

Voyageurs National Park: modify boundaries (see H.R. 4944), H1736 [14AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Labor: reimburse States for certain costs incurred in providing training to workers after a petition for certification of eligibility for trade adjustment assistance has been filed (H.R. 4572), H818 [12FE]

Diseases: require a study on women and lung cancer (H.R. 5263), H2700 [17MY]

FAA: allow certain construction or alteration of structures by State departments of transportation without requiring an aeronautical study (H.R. 6014), H5436 [13SE]

Social Security: provide a mid-year cost-of-living increase for beneficiaries to account for the lack of an automatic increase for 2016 and apply the consumer price index for elderly consumers to future increases (H.R. 5342), H3295 [26MY]

Voyageurs National Park: modify boundaries (H.R. 4944), H1736 [14AP]

Remarks

Brainerd, MN: tribute to Brainerd High School Youth in Government Club students, E54• [25JA]

Career and Technical Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 5587), H5377 [13SE]

Chippewa National Forest: tribute to staff for replacement of Knutson Dam, E1356• [26SE]

Dept. of Defense: lung cancer research funding, H3869 [15JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5293), H3869 [15JN]

Drugs: establish inter-agency taskforce to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication (H.R. 4641), H2241 [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]

EPA: authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (H.R. 223), E615• [28AP]

FAA: allow certain construction or alteration of structures by State departments of transportation without requiring an aeronautical study (H.R. 6014), H5700 [20SE]

Farm Credit System: anniversary, E1115• [14JY]

Flower, Ruth: Coalition on Human Needs Hero Award recipient, E1128• [14JY]

Kreutzkampf, June: Duluth/Superior, MN, Port Cities Woman of the Year award recipient, E899• [13JN]

Kruse, Lisa: Aitkin (MN) Independent Age Person of the Year award recipient, E129• [8FE]

Little Falls, MN: tribute to St. Gabriel’s Hospital for program to fight opioid abuse, E1132• [14JY]

Minnesota: tribute to Border Broadband—Better Together conference for efforts to provide broadband Internet service to residents, E173• [12FE]

Pritschet, Dave: Minnesota Debate Teachers Association Coach of the Year award recipient, E273• [3MR]

Votes: correction, E645• [3MY]

——— position on missed, H2318• [12MY], E719• [17MY], E1008• [28JN], E1343• [22SE]

Tributes

Anderson, Darwin, E695• [13MY]

Best, Sandra, E274• [3MR]

Bihler, Glen, E130• [8FE]

Dinger, Mary, E130• [8FE]

Heilig, Stephanie, E1358• [26SE]

Merhar, David, E271• [3MR]

Raukar, Steve, E1691• [9DE]

Ross, Sheila, E1361• [26SE]

Stolee, Thomas, E701• [13MY]

Willan, Marie, E629• [29AP]