RICHMOND, CEDRIC L. (a Representative from Louisiana)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: 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. 1229), H3707 [26AP]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 755), H1443 [6MR]

Bureau of the Census: provide that individuals in prison shall, for purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to the last place of residence before incarceration (see H.R. 5454), H3887 [9MY]

CDC: create a modern infrastructure for the prevention, treatment, and care of Alzheimer’s and related dementias and preservation of brain health (see H.R. 4256), H9691 [28NO]

Chisholm, Shirley: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 7107), H9459 [30OC]

Coast Guard: restrict implementation of rule requiring use of biometric readers for biometric transportation security cards until after submission of assessment of effectiveness of transportation security card program (see H.R. 5729), H3884 [9MY]

Committee on the Library (Joint): obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the U.S. Capitol (see H.R. 4856), H581 [19JA]

Copyrights: provide Federal protection to the digital audio transmission of a sound recording fixed before a certain date (see H.R. 3301), H1075 [8FE]

Credit: prohibit creditors from discriminating on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit (see H.R. 2498), H9408 [28SE]

Crime: specify lynching as a hate crime (see H.R. 6086), H5152 [13JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish feeding program under National School Lunch Program to provide nutritious food to at-risk students on weekends and extended school holidays during the school year (see H.R. 7185), H9690 [28NO]

Dept. of Commerce: transmit documents and Dept. of Justice letter relative to decision to include a question on citizenship in the decennial census (see H. Res. 877), H3833 [8MY]

Dept. of Education: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1957), H9408 [28SE]

——— provide States with option of using grant funds to supply menstrual hygiene products to students (see H.R. 6953), H9150 [27SE]

Dept. of HHS: establish a National Mesothelioma Patient Registry (see H.R. 1563), H583 [19JA]

——— extend funding for certain public health programs (see H.R. 4820), H551 [18JA]

——— repeal provision prohibiting sponsorship of research on gun violence (see H.R. 1478), H1609 [14MR]

——— revise and extend projects relative to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 2913), H1336 [27FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a continuous diagnostics and mitigation program (see H.R. 6443), H6587 [19JY]

——— extend Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program (see H.R. 7188), H9742 [29NO]

——— strengthen partnerships with historically Black colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions (see H.R. 6772), H8169 [12SE]

Dept. of HUD: extend Fair Housing Act protections to persons suffering discrimination on the basis of sex or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1447), H9408 [28SE]

Dept. of Justice: limit ability to remove a special counsel (see H.R. 3654), H3096 [10AP]

——— require a report of any Special Counsel who is removed from office (see H.R. 5533), H9408 [28SE]

——— require judicial review of executive branch ability to remove a special counsel (see H.R. 5476), H3317 [13AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: conduct study to identify disparities between communities in auto insurance costs and payout amounts based on predominant racial makeup of such communities (see H.R. 4885), H1127 [13FE]

——— establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans from a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund (see H.R. 4444), H83 [9JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve provision of services and benefits for veterans who experience domestic violence or sexual assault (see H.R. 6869), H8883 [25SE]

Drugs: make marijuana legal at the Federal level, incentivize States to change marijuana laws that disproportionately impact minority communities, and allow retroactive review of marijuana sentences (see H.R. 4815), H3707 [26AP]

Education: enforce Civil Rights Act sections that prohibit racial discrimination in education and restore private right of action in cases involving disparate impact (see H. Res. 902), H4209 [17MY]

Elections: protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for infrastructure used to carry out such elections (see H.R. 5011), H1177 [14FE]

——— require candidates for public office or those affilated with their campaign to notify the FBI upon receiving unsolicited information about other candidates from a foreign power or agent of a foreign power (see H.R. 6046), H5286 [19JN]

Emancipation National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 4745), H9744 [29NO]

EPA: call for resignation of E. Scott Pruitt as Administrator and appointment of an Administrator committed to fulfillment of the mission of the Agency (see H. Res. 834), H3441 [18AP]

Executive Office of the President: establish National Office for Cyberspace (see H.R. 5822), H3976 [15MY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: align certain provisions with Federal disability laws and policies intended to remove societal and institutional barriers to employment opportunities for people with disabilities (see H.R. 1377), H7728 [26JY]

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 6014), H5154 [13JN]

FCC: disapprove rule on net neutrality (see H.J. Res. 129), H1544 [13MR]

FEMA: establish a contractor review process for vendors seeking disaster response contracts (see H.R. 4995), H1074 [8FE]

Firearms: prohibit transfer of a firearm at a gun show by a person who is not a licensed dealer (see H.R. 6654), H10104 [11DE]

——— regulate assault weapons and ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited (see H.R. 5087), H1266 [26FE]

Franklin, Aretha L.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 6681), H7871 [5SE]

FTC: prohibit unfair and deceptive practice of commercial sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy (see H.R. 2119), H9408 [28SE]

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. 8), H3507 [24AP]

Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act: amend (see H.R. 6771), H8169 [12SE]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 1068), H8726 [13SE]

House of Representatives: authorize certain committees of the House to intervene in Texas v. U.S., No. 4—18-cv-00167-O (N.D. Tex.) (see H. Res. 1031), H9758 [30NO]

Immigration: appoint counsel to children and vulnerable individuals, provide legal orientation programs to detainees, and identify number of persons represented by counsel and receiving legal orientation presentations (see H.R. 6527), H7686 [25JY]

——— limit separation of families at or near ports of entry (see H.R. 6135), H5284 [19JN]

——— oppose zero tolerance policy that prosecutes all adults entering the U.S. illegally and leads to family separation for parents attempting to enter with children (see H. Res. 927), H5581 [22JN]

——— provide mental health services to every child who was separated from their parents due to zero tolerance policy that prosecutes all adults entering the U.S. illegally (see H.R. 6180), H5817 [27JN]

——— provide relief from removal and adjustment of status of aliens who are long-term U.S. residents and entered U.S. as children, improve border security, and foster U.S. engagement in Central America (see H.R. 4796), H403 [16JA]

——— reform (H.R. 4760), consideration (see H. Res. 774), H3444 [18AP]

——— require reunification of families separated as a result of the zero tolerance policy that prosecutes all adults entering the U.S. illegally (see H.R. 6236), H5814 [27JN]

Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Congressional Gold Medal to the crew (see H.R. 4107), H9691 [28NO]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 948), H5285 [19JN]

Law enforcement officers: classify use of chokeholds as excessive and prohibited use of force (see H.R. 7118), H9467 [6NO]

——— establish grant program for States that establish standards for education and training programs concerning civilian and law enforcement encounters during traffic stops and other in-person encounters (see H.R. 7281), H10169 [12DE]

Major Robert Odell Owens Post Office, Brooklyn, NY: designate (see H.R. 5238), H6112 [11JY]

Medicaid: reduce maternal mortality by extending duration of coverage for women after they give birth, improving obstetric case management, and providing training to clinicians to better care for women of color (see H.R. 5977), H4850 [6JN]

Medicare: provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 930), H1653 [15MR]

——— require Dept. of HHS to negotiate prices of prescription drugs (see H.R. 6505), H9408 [28SE]

Memphis, TN: anniversary of sanitation workers’ strike (see H. Res. 715), H677 [29JA] (see H. Res. 720), H732 [30JA]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 5942), H4693 [23MY]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 108), H1443 [6MR]

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 731), H974 [7FE]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1104), H9406 [28SE]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 914), H4732 [25MY]

National Gun Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 913), H4729 [24MY]

National Gun Violence Awareness Weekend: designate (see H. Res. 913), H4729 [24MY]

National Kinship Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 1093), H9151 [27SE]

National Media Diversity Month: designate (see H. Res. 888), H4982 [7JN]

National Men’s Health Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 123), H5152 [13JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow for certain third party payments (see H.R. 3976), H1374 [5MR]

Phillips, Velvalea H. Rodgers: tribute (see H. Res. 863), H3742 [27AP]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 6239), H5814 [27JN]

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 864), H7157 [24JY]

Postal Service: ensure that the Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to privatization (see H. Res. 993), H6263 [16JY]

——— require foreign shipments to provide electronic advance customs data to U.S. Customs and Border Protection on packages entering the U.S. to help stop trafficking of illicit synthetic drugs (see H.R. 1057), H1543 [13MR]

Sexual harassment: provide for research to better understand causes and consequences of sexual harassment in the scientific workforce and examine policies to reduce the prevalence and negative impact of such harassment (see H.R. 7031), H9419 [5OC]

Social Security: eliminate waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer (see H.R. 6114), H9408 [28SE]

Sports: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of integration of baseball (see H.R. 6469), H6648 [23JY]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 947), H9152 [27SE]

Taxation: eliminate requirement that charities, churches, and traditionally tax-exempt organizations pay Federal taxes on provided employee benefits (see H.R. 6504), H7777 [28AU]

——— provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see H.R. 3349), H19 [8JA]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 6545), H7748 [7AU]

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. 2840), H7688 [25JY]

Women: ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see H.R. 2417), H9668 [27NO]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Chinese American veterans in recognition of dedicated service (see H.R. 2358), H9415 [2OC]

——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. merchant mariners of World War II (see H.R. 5879), H7776 [28AU]

Bills and resolutions introduced

African Americans: increase upward social mobility of Black families and help ensure equal protection under the law (see H.R. 5785), H3935 [11MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prepare threat assessment on unmanned aircraft systems (see H.R. 6620), H7723 [26JY]

Dept. of HUD: make housing more affordable (see H.R. 7262), H10103 [11DE]

Dept. of Justice: develop and implement national standards for the use of solitary confinement in correctional facilities (see H.R. 5710), H3833 [8MY]

Gleason, Stephen M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5499), H3209 [12AP]

Medicare: establish part E public health plans available to everyone (see H.R. 6117), H5200 [14JN]

Trump, President: censure and condemn for alleged disparaging remarks relative to countries of origin of certain immigrants and call for a retraction and apology for such remarks (see H. Res. 700), H553 [18JA]

Constitutional authority statements

African Americans: increase upward social mobility of Black families and help ensure equal protection under the law (H.R. 5785), H3935 [11MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prepare threat assessment on unmanned aircraft systems (H.R. 6620), H7727 [26JY]

Dept. of HUD: make housing more affordable (H.R. 7262), H10103 [11DE]

Dept. of Justice: develop and implement national standards for the use of solitary confinement in correctional facilities (H.R. 5710), H3834 [8MY]

Gleason, Stephen M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 5499), H3210 [12AP]

Medicare: establish part E public health plans available to everyone (H.R. 6117), H5201 [14JN]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing, H623 [22JA]

Congressional Black Caucus: tribute, E1747• [3JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: ensure that U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and agents are equipped with secure radios or other two-way communication devices supported by system interoperability (H.R. 6742), H8753 [25SE]

——— establish a computer bug bounty pilot program (S. 1281), H8748 [25SE]

——— establish a vulnerability disclosure policy for departmental Internet websites (H.R. 6735), H8747 [25SE]

——— establish Border Tunnel Task Forces (H.R. 6740), H8749 [25SE]

——— prepare threat assessment on unmanned aircraft systems (H.R. 6620), H8751 [25SE]

Dept. of Justice: provide for programs to help reduce the risk that prisoners will recidivate upon release from prison (H.R. 5682), H4313 [22MY]

——— reduce prisoner recidivism, promote public safety, and improve fairness in sentencing of Federal crimes, H10365 [20DE]

Economy: impact of government policies on unequal distribution of wealth and income, H770, H772 [5FE]

Firearms: gun control, H1252, H1253 [26FE], H4276 [21MY]

——— regulate assault weapons and ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, H1252, H1253 [26FE]

Gleason, Stephen M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 2652), H10415 [20DE]

GPO: restrict distribution of free printed copies of the Federal Register to Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the U.S. (H.R. 195), Senate amendment, H623 [22JA]

New Orleans, LA: anniversary of McDonogh 35 Senior High School, E520• [24AP]

NOAA: promote international action to reduce marine debris (S. 756), Senate amendment, H10365 [20DE]

Trump, President: evaluation of administration relative to impact on minority communities, H770 [5FE]

Tributes

Armstrong, Joan Bernard, E849• [15JN]

Beaulieu, Paul, E1167• [21AU]

Brown, Gloria M., E45• [16JA]

Cannon, Billy, E745• [25MY]

Carter, Kenneth, E1165• [21AU]

Colombo, Anthony, E5• [5JA]

Colombo, Suzie, E5• [5JA]

Gaines, Georgia M. Chriswell, E1627• [10DE]

Gorrell, Gloria B. Taylor (Bo Peep), E1591• [3DE]

Harris, Janette Hoston, E1512• [13NO]

Jackson, Johnny, Jr., E142• [6FE]

Jenneford, Walsdorf H., Sr., E1290• [25SE]

Jollivette, Cyrus M. (Russ), E616• [9MY]

Jupiter, Clare, E739• [25MY]

Kahn, Felicia Schornstein, E909• [25JN]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., H9 [8JA]

Landry, Uyless D., Sr., E10• [8JA]

Lewis, Representative John, H10 [8JA]

Perry, Eva Louis (Tee Eva), E852• [15JN]

Sanchez, June Foster, E768• [5JN]

Williard, Mary Jane Jordan (SweetMoma), E1509• [13NO]