RATCLIFFE, JOHN (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5895), H4994 [8JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 5515, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H5984 [3JY]

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), H133 [10JA]

Armed Forces: ensure an order to serve on active duty for preplanned missions in support of combatant commands by selected Reserves is treated the same as other active duty orders for determining benefit eligibility (see H.R. 5038), H1544 [13MR]

——— provide permanent appropriations for death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members in the event of lapsed appropriations (see H.R. 1928), H677 [29JA]

——— require a full military honors ceremony for certain deceased veterans (see H.R. 6734), H9449 [26OC]

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

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

Caddo Lake National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 5957), H4728 [24MY]

China: require an unclassified interagency report on political influence operations in the U.S. (see H.R. 6010), H7754 [14AU]

Colleges and universities: require the FBI to create a list of foreign intelligence threats to higher education and require reporting to Dept. of Education of certain gifts from such entities (see H.R. 6821), H8725 [13SE]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: provide procedures for guidance issued (see H.R. 5534), H4777 [5JN]

Copyrights: provide Federal protection to the digital audio transmission of a sound recording fixed before a certain date (see H.R. 3301), H784 [5FE]

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 penalties for certain obstructions of the enforcement of Federal immigration laws (see H.R. 4915), H3097 [10AP]

Dept. of Defense: provide for inclusion of names of crew members of U.S.S. Frank E. Evans killed on June 3, 1969, on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (see H.R. 5689), H4139 [16MY]

——— study servicemembers’ exposure to open burn pits and toxic airborne chemicals while on active duty to ensure appropriate treatment for health effects (see H.R. 5671), H5750 [26JN]

Dept. of Education: allow parents of eligible military dependent children to redirect a portion of their per pupil Impact Aid Program allocations to establish Military Education Savings Accounts (see H.R. 5199), H1476 [7MR]

Dept. of HHS: expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 820), H1335 [27FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize cyber incident response teams (see H.R. 5074), H1220 [20FE]

——— conduct a threat and operational analysis of ports of entry (see H.R. 6400), H7157 [24JY]

——— develop a strategy to secure schools and institutions of higher education from acts of terrorism, active shooters, and other homeland security threats (see H.R. 5731), H3979 [15MY]

——— establish a vulnerability disclosure policy and a bug bounty program (see H.R. 7327), H10335 [19DE]

——— establish a vulnerability disclosure policy for departmental Internet websites (see H.R. 6735), H7941 [7SE]

——— establish Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program (see H.R. 6439), H6651 [23JY]

——— prepare threat assessment on unmanned aircraft systems (see H.R. 6620), H7723 [26JY]

——— provide for responsibility of National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center to maintain capabilities to identify threats to industrial control systems (see H.R. 5733), H3885 [9MY]

——— support officers and employees of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and denounce efforts to abolish agency (see H. Res. 990), H6264 [16JY]

Dept. of Justice: provide additional resources to State and local prosecutors to address DNA sample analysis backlogs (see H.R. 4854), H581 [19JA]

Dept. of Transportation: modify hours of service requirements relative to transportation of certain live animals (see H.R. 6079), H5286 [19JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program to improve private health care for veterans who are survivors of military sexual trauma (see H.R. 3642), H1267 [26FE]

——— pay reasonable costs of urgent care provided to certain veterans and establish cost-sharing amounts for veterans receiving care at VA emergency rooms (see H.R. 2785), H678 [29JA]

——— provide for housing stipends and supply fee payments under Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program for individuals affected by extended school closures due to natural disasters (see H.R. 3940), H3343 [16AP]

Discrimination: provide for consideration of a definition of anti-Semitism for enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws relative to education programs or activities (see H.R. 5924), H5987 [3JY]

EPA: exempt certain pesticides and air emissions from animal waste at farms from certain reporting requirements under CERCLA (see H.R. 5275), H1607 [14MR]

Federal Acquisition Security Council: establish to provide executive agencies with authorities relative to mitigating supply chain risks in procurement of information technology (see H.R. 7327), H10335 [19DE]

Federal agencies and departments: improve and modernize digital services and websites and promote use of digital processes over paper-based and in-person encounters (see H.R. 5759), H3929 [10MY]

——— prohibit from using or contracting with an entity that uses certain telecommunications services or equipment (see H.R. 4747), H1336 [27FE]

Foreign policy: 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), H3317 [13AP]

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]

Government regulations: eliminate effect on constitutionally protected expression of religion by Federal, State, and local officials from threat of litigants seeking damages and attorney’s fees (see H.R. 6213), H5648 [25JN]

Health: authorize use of unapproved medical products by patients diagnosed with a terminal illness in accordance with State law (see H.R. 878), H975 [7FE]

Immigration: fund construction of southern border wall, ensure compliance with Federal immigration law, and combat sanctuary cities, transnational gangs, human trafficking, and drugs (see H.R. 7059), H9436 [16OC]

Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Congressional Gold Medal to the crew (see H.R. 4107), H9471 [9NO]

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), H9450 [26OC]

——— impose sanctions against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (see H.R. 5132), H3397 [17AP]

Israel: allow State and local governments to divest from entities engaging in boycott, divestment, or sanctions activities targeting Israel (see H.R. 2856), H3064 [9AP]

——— 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]

——— commemorate anniversary of recognition of Jerusalem as the capital, commend subsequent relocation of U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, and reaffirm U.S.-Israel friendship (see H. Con. Res. 144), H9767 [6DE]

——— support security and law enforcement training and cooperation with the U.S. (see H.R. 6998), H9405 [28SE]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: call for dismantling of labor camp system, investigate crimes against humanity, end human rights abuses, and allow monitoring of prisoner rehabilitation (see H. Res. 763), H3507 [24AP]

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

Motor vehicles: protect consumers from discriminatory State taxes on motor vehicle rentals (see H.R. 2024), H1653 [15MR]

National Day of Prayer: anniversary (see H. Res. 881), H4140 [16MY]

Patents: include exclusive economic zone as part of U.S. for patent infringement (see H.R. 7201), H9743 [29NO]

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

Public debt: recognize the national debt as a threat to national security, commit to restoring regular order in appropriations process, and call for passage of a balanced budget (see H. Res. 919), H4982 [7JN]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see H.R. 1881), H9463 [2NO]

Social Security: replace windfall elimination provision with a formula equalizing benefits for certain individuals with non-covered employment (see H.R. 6933), H9436 [16OC]

Taxation: exclude from gross income certain amounts realized on the disposition of property raised or produced by a student farmer (see H.R. 1626), H1075 [8FE]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 2092), H4285 [21MY]

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see H. Con. Res. 119), H6196 [13JY]

Tibet: promote access for U.S. officials, journalists, and citizens to Tibetan areas of China (see H.R. 1872), H7156 [24JY]

Turkey: restrict loans from international financial institutions until the Turkish Government ends detention of U.S. citizens (see H.R. 6633), H7724 [26JY]

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), H733 [30JA]

Unemployment: require substance abuse risk assessment and targeted drug testing as a condition for receipt of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3330), H3444 [18AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Committee on the Judiciary (House): majority party appointments (see H. Res. 814), H3147 [11AP]

Crime: clarify that using drugs to cause a person to engage in a commercial sex act constitutes coercion and using drugs to provide or obtain the labor or services of a person constitutes forced labor (see H.R. 5027), H1178 [14FE]

——— make certain corrections relative to laws governing possession by a restricted person of biological agents or toxins (see H.R. 7326), H10269 [17DE]

——— 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), H3395 [17AP]

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]

Forest Service: transfer certain national forest lands in Texas (see H.R. 5525), H3342 [16AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Crime: clarify that using drugs to cause a person to engage in a commercial sex act constitutes coercion and using drugs to provide or obtain the labor or services of a person constitutes forced labor (H.R. 5027), H1178 [14FE]

——— make certain corrections relative to laws governing possession by a restricted person of biological agents or toxins (H.R. 7326), H10269 [17DE]

——— provide for certain sentencing enhancements relating to illegal reentry offenses and clarify manner in which sentences for such offenses are to be served (H.R. 5526), H3396 [17AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a continuous diagnostics and mitigation program (H.R. 6443), H6588 [19JY]

——— extend Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program (H.R. 7188), H9743 [29NO]

Forest Service: transfer certain national forest lands in Texas (H.R. 5525), H3342 [16AP]

Remarks

Committee on the Judiciary (House): majority party appointments (H. Res. 814), H3104 [11AP]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit funding to propose, plan, or execute any additional base realignment and closure rounds, H4994 [8JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a continuous diagnostics and mitigation program (H.R. 6443), H7793, H7795 [4SE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, H4994 [8JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5895), H4994 [8JN]

Federal agencies and departments: improve and modernize digital services and websites and promote use of digital processes over paper-based and in-person encounters (H.R. 5759), H9721• [29NO]

Tributes

Ragsdale, Scott, H4857 [7JN]