MARCHANT, KENNY (a Representative from Texas)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (see H.R. 4712), H478 [17JA]

AID: implement policies to end preventable maternal and child deaths globally within a generation (see H.R. 4022), H3444 [18AP]

Animals: call for end to dog and cat meat industry and urge certain countries to adopt and enforce prohibitions on such practices (see H. Res. 401), H4285 [21MY]

——— prohibit the slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption (see H.R. 1406), H478 [17JA]

Budget: rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (see H.R. 3), H4849 [6JN]

Bush, Barbara Pierce: tribute (see H. Res. 838), H3505 [24AP]

Bush, George: tribute (see H. Res. 1172), H9820 [10DE]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: disapprove rule on accessing short-term, small-dollar loans (see H.J. Res. 122), H3750 [3MY]

——— provide procedures for guidance issued (see H.R. 5534), H4777 [5JN]

Corps of Engineers: expedite completion of certain feasibility studies and reports for a storm damage mitigation project along the Texas coast and amend Coastal Barrier Resources Act to allow for such project (see H.R. 5897), H4284 [21MY]

Crime: provide for certain sentencing enhancements relating to illegal reentry offenses and clarify manner in which sentences for such offenses are to be served (see H.R. 5526), H3707 [26AP]

Dept. of HHS: establish Eye Bond Pilot Program to fund translational research and advance treatments and cures for blindness and other severe vision impairments (see H.R. 6421), H7871 [5SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: prohibit conduct of medical research causing significant pain or distress to dogs (see H.R. 3197), H3060 [5AP]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H9691 [28NO]

Employment: make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 6417), H7754 [14AU]

EPA: exempt from certain Clean Air Act requirements law enforcement agency incinerator units when used for the sole purpose of destroying contraband or household pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 6291), H7728 [26JY]

FCC: ensure Internet openness, prohibit blocking of content, services, and devices and impairment of Internet traffic, limit authority to preempt State law, and consider Internet service to be an information service (see H.R. 4682), H1507 [9MR]

Foreign policy: impose sanctions against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (see H.R. 5132), H1508 [9MR]

——— support continued cooperation with Israel, ensure adequate capabilites to counter Iran’s destabilizing activities, and support stability and safety in the Middle East (see H. Res. 785), H4584 [22MY]

Fraternal organizations: recognize benefits provided by tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies to their members and communities (see H. Con. Res. 10), H4982 [7JN]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend and make technical changes to competitive need limitations provision (see H.R. 4979), H1127 [13FE]

George P. Kazen Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Laredo, TX: designate (see H.R. 5280), H3783 [7MY]

Gleason, Stephen M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5499), H10337 [19DE]

Global Partnership for Education (organization): support U.S. role in promoting children’s access to quality education (see H. Res. 466), H678 [29JA]

Immigration: change first-time illegal entry into the U.S. from a misdemeanor to a felony and make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 6318), H6196 [13JY]

——— clarify standards of family detention and treatment of unaccompanied alien children (see H.R. 6134), H5363 [20JN]

——— create a nonimmigrant H-2C work visa program for agricultural workers (see H.R. 6417), H7754 [14AU]

——— reform (see H.R. 4760), H478 [17JA]

Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Congressional Gold Medal to the crew (see H.R. 4107), H9415 [2OC]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 4575), H1442 [6MR]

Iran: condemn state-sponsored terrorist attacks against U.S. citizens and officials and Iranian dissidents and recognize right of Iranian people to establish a democratic, secular, and non-nuclear republic (see H. Res. 1034), H7921 [6SE]

IRS: modernize and improve (see H.R. 5444), H3211 [12AP]

Israel: authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 5141), H1508 [9MR]

Lucas Lowe Post Office, Hardin, TX: designate (see H.R. 7331), H10335 [19DE]

Medicare: ensure providers of services receive adequate payments for acquisition of hematopoietic stem cells (see H.R. 4215), H6558 [18JY]

——— permit review of certain payment determinations for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 5985), H4736 [29MY]

——— provide coverage of FDA-approved qualifying colorectal cancer screening blood-based tests (see H.R. 6062), H5817 [27JN]

——— provide for review and adjustment of payments under outpatient prospective payment system to avoid financial incentives to use opioids instead of non-opioid alternative treatments (see H.R. 6110), H5199 [14JN]

——— restructure payment adjustment for non-emergency end-stage renal disease ambulance transports (see H.R. 6269), H7754 [14AU]

Public welfare programs: amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 5861), H4209 [17MY]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see H.R. 1881), H4849 [6JN]

——— recognize significance of parsonage allowance to religious and spiritual communities and support its continued exemption from gross income for tax purposes (see H. Con. Res. 129), H6463 [17JY]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H9691 [28NO]

Social Security: replace windfall elimination provision with a formula equalizing benefits for certain individuals with non-covered employment (see H.R. 6933), H9420 [5OC]

SSA: provide confirmation of fraud protection data to certain permitted entities (see H.R. 5192), H1475 [7MR]

——— provide for a single point of contact for individuals who are victims of identity theft (see H.R. 6084), H5507 [21JN]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H9691 [28NO]

Taxation: encourage retirement and family savings (see H.R. 6757), H8106 [10SE]

——— exclude from definition of personal holding company income certain royalties and rents derived from active trade or business (see H.R. 5813), H4981 [7JN]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 2092), H5201 [14JN]

——— improve cybersecurity and taxpayer identity protection and modernize IRS information technology (see H.R. 5445), H3211 [12AP]

——— make permanent certain tax relief for individuals, families, and small business (see H.R. 6760), H8107 [10SE]

——— make permanent the deduction for qualified business income (see H.R. 6277), H7871 [5SE]

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see H. Con. Res. 119), H4982 [7JN]

——— promote new business innovation (see H.R. 6756), H8106 [10SE]

——— provide for an investment tax credit relative to production of electricity from nuclear energy (see H.R. 5732), H5286 [19JN]

——— provide for treatment of certain direct primary care service arrangements and periodic provider fees (see H.R. 365), H82 [9JA]

U.S. Copyright Office: provide clarity and modernize the licensing system for musical works and ensure fairness in establishing certain rates and fees for songwriters and composers (see H.R. 4706), H903 [6FE]

United Kingdom: recognize the self determination of Gibraltar to determine its status as a British Overseas Territory (see H. Res. 199), H3835 [8MY]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H9691 [28NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Medicare: provide for review and adjustment of payments under outpatient prospective payment system to avoid financial incentives to use opioids instead of non-opioid alternative treatments (see H.R. 5778), H3935 [11MY]

——— solicit information from providers and suppliers on ways to reduce administrative and regulatory burdens and provide for transparency and public feedback to evaluate post-acute care prospective payment system (see H.R. 7248), H10102 [11DE]

Postal Service: establish rates for delivery of inbound international mail that do not discriminate between foreign and domestic mailers and review foreign practices relative to exchange of e-commerce goods with the U.S. (see H.R. 5524), H3342 [16AP]

Taxation: create long-term care accounts funded by proceeds of the sale or assignment of life insurance contracts (see H.R. 7203), H9757 [30NO]

——— make civil damages, restitution, and any other monetary award given to human trafficking survivors exempt from Federal income taxes (see H.R. 6899), H9088 [26SE]

——— make estate and gift tax exemption increase permanent (see H.R. 6228), H5748 [26JN]

——— repeal certain provisions applicable to foreign investment in U.S. real property (see H.R. 6726), H7919 [6SE]

Constitutional authority statements

Medicare: provide for review and adjustment of payments under outpatient prospective payment system to avoid financial incentives to use opioids instead of non-opioid alternative treatments (H.R. 5778), H3935 [11MY]

——— solicit information from providers and suppliers on ways to reduce administrative and regulatory burdens and provide for transparency and public feedback to evaluate post-acute care prospective payment system (H.R. 7248), H10103 [11DE]

Postal Service: establish rates for delivery of inbound international mail that do not discriminate between foreign and domestic mailers and review foreign practices relative to exchange of e-commerce goods with the U.S. (H.R. 5524), H3342 [16AP]

Taxation: create long-term care accounts funded by proceeds of the sale or assignment of life insurance contracts (H.R. 7203), H9758 [30NO]

——— make civil damages, restitution, and any other monetary award given to human trafficking survivors exempt from Federal income taxes (H.R. 6899), H9090 [26SE]

——— make estate and gift tax exemption increase permanent (H.R. 6228), H5749 [26JN]

——— repeal certain provisions applicable to foreign investment in U.S. real property (H.R. 6726), H7920 [6SE]

Letters

Social Security Child Protection Act: Dan Weber, Association of Mature American Citizens, H3377 [17AP]

——— Joyce A. Rogers, AARP (organization), H3377 [17AP]

Remarks

Bedford, TX: tribute to early cancer detection blood testing for firefighters, E152• [7FE]

——— tribute to Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District Awards of Excellence recipients and teachers, E361• [22MR]

Bespoke Group, LLC: tribute, E1345• [28SE]

Bush, George: tribute (H. Res. 1172), E1647• [11DE]

Dept. of Education: combat campus sexual violence, E1041• [23JY]

March for Life: commend marchers and recognize the right to life, H492 [18JA]

Medicare: provide for review and adjustment of payments under outpatient prospective payment system to avoid financial incentives to use opioids instead of non-opioid alternative treatments, E870• [20JN]

——— provide for review and adjustment of payments under outpatient prospective payment system to avoid financial incentives to use opioids instead of non-opioid alternative treatments (H.R. 6110), E870• [20JN]

SSA: reissue Social Security numbers to children in cases in which the confidentiality of the number has been compromised (H.R. 1512), H3375, H3376, H3377 [17AP]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H492 [18JA]

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: impact, H422 [17JA]

Taxation: oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (H. Con. Res. 119), H6563, H6568 [19JY]

Texas A&M University: tribute to 12th Woman program to eliminate sexual assault on college campuses, E1041• [23JY]

Votes: position on missed, E873• [20JN], E917• [26JN], E1019•, E1022• [17JY]

Tributes

Johnson, Representative Sam, E195• [15FE]

Marchant, Kendall E., E725• [24MY]

Salame, Eddie, E559• [27AP]

Tristan, Mac, E1585• [30NO]

Ward, Richard, E669• [17MY]

Welton, Nancy, E1058• [24JY]