COLE, TOM (a Representative from Oklahoma)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 6147, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies and financial services and general Government appropriations, H7900 [6SE]

——— H.R. 6157, Depts. of Defense, Labor, HHS, and Education and related agencies and continuing appropriations, H7806 [4SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alcoholic beverages: remove prohibition on certain alcohol manufacturing on Indian lands (see H.R. 5317), H1652 [15MR]

Armed Forces: clarify effective date of promotion of commissioned officers of the Army and Air National Guard and improve processes for Federal recognition of promotions of such officers (see H.R. 5713), H4733 [25MY]

——— 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]

——— remove prohibition on eligibility for TRICARE Reserve Select of members of Reserve components who are eligible to enroll in certain health benefits plans (see H.R. 5121), H3316 [13AP]

——— require a full military honors ceremony for certain deceased veterans (see H.R. 6734), H8733 [17SE]

Barrett, Barbara M.: appoint as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see H.J. Res. 133), H3396 [17AP]

Budget: rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (see H.R. 3), H3884 [9MY]

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

Capitol Police: treat transfer to a Federal Law Enforcement Training Center administrative or supervisory position as law enforcement officer service for retirement purposes (see H.R. 6490), H7154 [24JY]

CBO: modernize scoring of preventive health legislation to assess long-term health savings (see H.R. 2953), H8171 [12SE]

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), H9449 [26OC]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: accelerate progress toward prevention strategies, treatments, and a cure for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and provide caregivers dementia care training (see H.R. 4957), H4694 [23MY]

Dept. of Commerce: study and report on well-being of newsprint and publishing industry and suspend import taxes on uncoated groundwood paper pending assessment of effect on printing and publishing industry (see H.R. 6031), H5649 [25JN]

Dept. of Education: clarify requirements of authorized representatives under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (see H.R. 5224), H1501 [8MR]

Dept. of HHS: improve health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (see H.R. 6931), H9149 [27SE]

——— improve recruitment and retention of employees and restore accountability in the Indian Health Service and improve Indian health services (see H.R. 5874), H4242 [18MY]

——— make Indian tribes eligible for State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis Grants and expand use to include methamphetamine abuse (see H.R. 5140), H1443 [6MR]

——— provide full-year appropriations for Indian Health Service in the event of a partial lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 7362), H10587 [21DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to remove personally identifiable information from vessel manifests (see H.R. 4403), H903 [6FE]

Dept. of Justice: provide death benefits for campus police officers (see H.R. 3569), H3316 [13AP]

——— provide grants to local education agencies to purchase and install devices in schools for the immediate notification of appropriate officials in case of emergency (see H.R. 4811), H1336 [27FE]

——— reauthorize Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program Secure Our Schools grant program (see H.R. 4909), H1442 [6MR]

——— reauthorize Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program and promote initiatives to reduce risk of injury and death from wandering characteristics of some children with autism (see H.R. 4221), H1729 [20MR]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a student count for purposes of calculating formula allocations for certain Native American education programs under the Johnson-O’Malley Act (see H.R. 6185), H5505 [21JN]

——— establish National Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund to address maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, BLM, and Bureau of Indian Education (see H.R. 6510), H7685 [25JY]

Dept. of Transportation: modify hours of service requirements relative to transportation of certain live animals (see H.R. 6079), H7871 [5SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct a pilot program on posttraumatic growth (see H.R. 5986), H7871 [5SE]

——— eliminate authority to pay reporting fees to educational institutions (see H.R. 3023), H3743 [27AP]

——— ensure children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of certain per diem grant amounts (see H.R. 4099), H733 [30JA]

——— establish Alzheimer’s disease research, education, and clinical centers (see H.R. 5191), H3148 [11AP]

——— establish presumption of service connection for certain veterans with tinnitus or hearing loss (see H.R. 4320), H8886 [25SE]

——— furnish nursing home care and hospital care at State licensed or certified residential care facilities (see H.R. 5397), H3835 [8MY]

——— increase certain veteran funeral benefits (see H.R. 1212), H554 [18JA]

——— increase number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans (see H.R. 4635), H133 [10JA]

——— prohibit from requiring a surviving spouse to return certain payments for a month in which the veteran dies (see H.R. 5301), H1651 [15MR]

——— require departmental medical facility directors to submit plans on how to improve such facilities (see H.R. 5246), H1507 [9MR]

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

Drugs: modify offenses relative to fentanyl (see H.R. 5459), H3444 [18AP]

Employment: make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 6417), H6557 [18JY]

FAA: issue regulations on secondary cockpit barriers (see H.R. 911), H1335 [27FE]

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), H3506 [24AP]

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 6014), H5977 [28JN]

FCC: facilitate a spectrum pipeline for commercial use and require a portion of proceeds from spectrum auctions to go to wireless broadband infrastructure buildout in unserved and underserved rural areas (see H.R. 4953), H5749 [26JN]

Federal agencies and departments: require the appropriation of funds to use a fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds received from a settlement (see H.R. 850), H554 [18JA]

Federal employees: limit number of local wage areas within a General Schedule pay locality (see H.R. 4039), H3835 [8MY]

——— provide for compensation of furloughed employees in the event of a lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 4827), H552 [18JA] (see H.R. 4961), H973 [7FE] (see H.R. 5391), H2041 [22MR] (see H.R. 7368), H10510 [20DE]

——— provide that civilian service as a temporary employee after a certain date may be creditable service under the Federal Employees Retirement System (see H.R. 5389), H9436 [16OC]

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), H3936 [11MY]

Foreign trade: provide for congressional review of the imposition of duties and other trade measures by the executive branch (see H.R. 5281), H6650 [23JY]

——— require congressional approval before the President can adjust imports in the interest of national security (see H.R. 6337), H7689 [25JY]

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

Government: making continuing appropriations for payment of Armed Forces and Dept. of Homeland Security personnel performing national security activities and prohibit Members of Congress from being paid during a shutdown (see H.R. 4852), H581 [19JA]

Graham, Billy: tribute (see H.J. Res. 130), H1334 [27FE]

Health: save and sustain health of mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum and eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes for pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated deaths (see H.R. 1318), H10104 [11DE]

Historic buildings and sites: provide for public and private sector partnerships to preserve, conserve, and enhance visitor experiences at significant battlefields of the American Revolution, War of 1812, and Civil War (see H.R. 6108), H5199 [14JN]

Immigration: create a nonimmigrant H-2C work visa program for agricultural workers (see H.R. 6417), H6557 [18JY]

Indian Child Welfare Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 1159), H9667 [27NO]

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 1187), H10586 [21DE]

Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Congressional Gold Medal to the crew (see H.R. 4107), H584 [19JA]

Insurance: provide for coverage of medically necessary food and vitamins for digestive and inherited metabolic disorders under Federal health programs and private health insurance (see H.R. 2587), H8728 [13SE]

Iran: impose sanctions against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (see H.R. 5132), H3931 [10MY]

Israel: authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 5141), H3936 [11MY]

——— celebrate independence anniversary, encourage equitable treatment in international forums, support U.N. Security Council candidacy, and encourage diplomatic recognition and engagement (see H. Res. 835), H3576 [25AP]

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 rehabiltation (see H. Res. 763), H2043 [22MR]

Law enforcement officers: permit uniformed law enforcement officers to carry agency-issued firearms in certain Federal facilities (see H.R. 2561), H3743 [27AP]

Marine Corps: anniversary of women’s service (see H. Con. Res. 105), H1214 [15FE]

McCain, John: establish a memorial on the Capitol Grounds (see H. Con. Res. 140), H9090 [26SE]

Medicare: expand and revise classification of and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 750), H3886 [9MY]

——— extend transition to new payment rates for durable medical equipment and update budget neutrality requirement for oxygen (see H.R. 4229), H1374 [5MR]

——— provide for the non-application of competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories (see H.R. 3730), H3887 [9MY]

Morrill, Justin Smith: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 3034), H1342 [1MR]

Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act: amend (see H.R. 5939), H4692 [23MY]

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 6988), H9744 [29NO]

National FFA Organization: update charter (see H.R. 5595), H5094 [12JN]

National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (see H.R. 4732), H9539 [15NO]

National Native American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 1163), H9743 [29NO]

National Nordic Museum: designate (see H. Res. 855), H3741 [27AP]

National Park Service: provide competitive grants for operation, security, and maintenance of certain memorials to victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 6287), H7689 [25JY]

Native American Heritage Day: observance (see H. Res. 1163), H9743 [29NO]

Native Americans: increase penalties for violations of laws protecting Native American remains, funerary and sacred objects, and other cultural artifacts and move enforcement of such laws to BIA (see H.R. 6647), H7734 [31JY]

——— protect Native children and promote public safety in Indian country (see H.R. 6728), H7920 [6SE]

——— provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes by the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma relative to land in Illinois (see H.R. 183), H5094 [12JN]

——— provide the right of those born in Canada or the U.S. to pass U.S. borders to anyone who is a member, or is eligible to be a member, of a federally recognized Indian tribe in the U.S. or Canada (see H.R. 6598), H7723 [26JY]

——— reaffirm Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe reservation (see H.R. 5244), H4243 [18MY]

——— recognize anniversary of Tribal Canoe Journey of the Tribal Nations of the Pacific Northwest and congratulate Puyallup Tribe of Indians for hosting the Power Paddle to Puyallup (see H. Res. 1037), H7725 [26JY]

New York, NY: extend authorization of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 7062), H9691 [28NO]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: determine if Iran has used funds from sanctions relief or certain payments to sponsor terrorist organizations, for illicit narcotics activities, or military operations in Syria (see H.R. 6774), H8728 [13SE]

——— determine if Iran has used funds from sanctions relief to sponsor terrorist organizations, for illicit narcotics activities, or military operations in Syria, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 6774), H9092 [26SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure any replacement allows States to reform their individual health insurance markets provided that such reform includes certain features (see H. Res. 1089), H9151 [27SE]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see H.R. 1881), H1609 [14MR]

Russia: condemn chemical weapons attack against Sergei Skripal and his daughter, extend sympathies to those affected by the attack, and reaffirm U.S.-British relationship (see H. Res. 786), H1652 [15MR]

Sadat, Anwar: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 754), H8727 [13SE]

Second Chance Month: designate (see H. Res. 789), H3445 [18AP]

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

Social Security: permit tribal councils to enter into agreements to obtain coverage for services performed by tribal council members (see H.R. 6124), H5224 [15JN]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1205), H3316 [13AP]

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

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

Taxation: encourage retirement savings (see H.R. 5282), H4777 [5JN]

——— expand tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts to include rollovers for charitable life-income plans for charitable purposes (see H.R. 1337), H7871 [5SE]

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see H. Con. Res. 119), H4584 [22MY]

——— permit unborn children to be account beneficiaries of section 529 education savings accounts (see H.R. 4794), H555 [18JA]

——— provide for taxpayers making donations with their income tax returns to pay down the public debt (see H.R. 5067), H3887 [9MY]

——— repeal excise tax on private college endowments (see H.R. 5220), H5750 [26JN]

Tennessee: take certain Federal lands into trust for the benefit of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (see H.R. 146), H404 [16JA]

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

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Chinese American veterans in recognition of dedicated service (see H.R. 2358), H2043 [22MR]

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

——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. military personnel who fought in the Pacific theater and who died or were imprisoned by the Japanese military (see H.R. 3085), H9511 [13NO]

——— mint coins in honor of anniversary of end of war (see H.R. 4044), H1214 [15FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 6157), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 1077), H8883 [25SE]

Dept. of Justice: establish a permanent background check system for employees and volunteers of organizations who serve children, the elderly, or the disabled (H.R. 695), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 1183), H10509 [20DE]

Dept. of the Interior: clarify use of amounts in the White Mountain Apache Tribe Settlement Fund (S. 140), consideration (see H. Res. 681), H82 [9JA]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6147), consideration (see H. Res. 996), H6262 [16JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 6470), H6648 [23JY]

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), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 696), H477 [17JA]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (see H. Res. 696), H477 [17JA] (see H. Res. 1077), H8883 [25SE]

——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (see H. Res. 696), H477 [17JA]

Voting: recognize that allowing illegal immigrants the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes voting power of U.S. citizens (H. Res. 1071), consideration (see H. Res. 1077), H8883 [25SE]

Constitutional authority statements

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6470), H6650 [23JY]

Motions

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 6157), H7803 [4SE]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 708), H592 [20JA]

——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 708), H592 [20JA]

Press releases

Children’s Hospitals to Congress—Kids Can’t Wait, Fund CHIP Now: Children’s Hospital Association, H508 [18JA]

Remarks

Appropriations: legislative process, H1763 [22MR]

——— making consolidated appropriations, H1763, H2022, H2025• [22MR]

——— making continuing, H504, H505, H506, H508, H509 [18JA], H10477, H10478, H10479, H10480, H10481 [20DE]

Budget: rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), H4875 [7JN]

Children’s Cardiomyopathy Awareness Month: observance, E1315• [27SE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 6157), H5719 [26JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6157), conference report, H9042, H9043 [26SE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6157), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 1077), H8897, H8899, H8901, H8902 [26SE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6157), motion to instruct conferees, H7804, H7805 [4SE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6157), Senate amendment, H7803 [4SE]

Dept. of Justice: establish a permanent background check system for employees and volunteers of organizations who serve children, the elderly, or the disabled (H.R. 695), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1183), H10477, H10478, H10479, H10480, H10481 [20DE]

Dept. of State: include severe forms of trafficking in persons within definition of transnational organized crime for purposes of Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program (H.R. 1625), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 796), H1763 [22MR]

——— include severe forms of trafficking in persons within the definition of transnational organized crime for purposes of the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program (H.R. 1625), Senate amendment, H2022, H2025• [22MR]

Dept. of the Interior: clarify use of amounts in the White Mountain Apache Tribe Settlement Fund (S. 140), consideration (H. Res. 681), H96, H97, H98, H100, H101, H102 [10JA]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6147), consideration (H. Res. 996), H6274, H6275, H6276, H6280 [17JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H2022, H2025• [22MR], H7803, H7804, H7805 [4SE], H8897, H8899, H8901, H9042, H9043 [26SE]

Election Assistance Commission: election security grant program funding, H6276 [17JY]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations, H6275, H6276, H6280 [17JY]

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), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 696), H503, H504, H505, H506, H508, H509 [18JA]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 1181), H10343, H10344 [20DE]

——— allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 696), H503, H504 [18JA]

——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 1181), H10343, H10344 [20DE]

——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 696), H503, H504 [18JA]

Immigration: authorize cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain aliens who are long-term U.S. residents and who entered the U.S. as children (H.R. 3440), H99, H100 [10JA], H506 [18JA]

——— proposed construction of continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border, H10478, H10479, H10480, H10481 [20DE]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act, H97, H98, H100, H101, H102 [10JA]

——— provide that the Pueblo of Santa Clara may lease certain restricted land for 99 years, H97, H98, H100, H101, H102 [10JA]

——— remove certain Native American blood requirements for members of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma to allow heirs and devisees to title to allotted tribal lands (H.R. 2606), H8135 [12SE]

——— remove certain Native American blood requirements for members of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma to allow heirs and devisees to title to allotted tribal lands (H.R. 2606), Senate amendments, H10304 [19DE]

Russia: support Speaker Ryan’s statement on interference in U.S. elections (H. Res. 999), H6280 [17JY]

Social Security: extend funding, gradually adjust Federal matching rates, and provide State flexibility for State Children’s Health Insurance Program, H98 [10JA], H506, H508, H509 [18JA]

——— State Children’s Health Insurance Program funding, H4875 [7JN]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (H.R. 6545), H8901 [26SE]

Votes: position on missed, H764• [5FE], H5674• [26JN], E662• [16MY]

Voting: recognize that allowing illegal immigrants the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes voting power of U.S. citizens (H. Res. 1071), consideration (H. Res. 1077), H8897, H8899, H8901, H8902 [26SE]

Zotigh, Dennis: Happy World Foundation Global Citizen Award recipient, E1365• [5OC]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 6157, Depts. of Defense, Labor, HHS, and Education, Related Agencies, and Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1077) (H. Rept. 115–976), H8883 [25SE]

Consideration of H. Res. 1071, Recognize That Allowing Illegal Immigrants the Right To Vote Devalues the Franchise and Diminishes Voting Power of U.S. Citizens: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1077) (H. Rept. 115–976), H8883 [25SE]

Consideration of H.R. 6147, Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies and Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 996) (H. Rept. 115–830), H6262 [16JY]

Consideration of Motions To Suspend House Rules and Consider Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1077) (H. Rept. 115–976), H8883 [25SE]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 696) (H. Rept. 115–520), H477 [17JA]

Consideration of S. 140, Dept. of the Interior Clarification of Use of Amounts in the White Mountain Apache Tribe Settlement Fund: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 681) (H. Rept. 115–503), H82 [9JA]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 195, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 696) (H. Rept. 115–520), H477 [17JA]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 695, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1183) (H. Rept. 115–1090), H10509 [20DE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 6470) (H. Rept. 115–862), H6648 [23JY]

Same-Day Consideration of Resolutions Allowing Consideration of Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 696) (H. Rept. 115–520), H477 [17JA]

Tributes

Davis, Nathan, E1315• [27SE]

Kind, Bonnie, E9• [8JA]

Murphy, Sean P., H3921 [10MY]

Sarasin, Ronald A., E500• [18AP]