NOLAN, RICHARD M. (a Representative from Minnesota)

Amendments

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 8), H4820 [6JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 5515), H4557 [22MY], H4708, H4712 [24MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6157), H5797 [27JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5895), H4956 [7JN]

Articles and editorials

Watergate Babies—What the Congressional Class of 1974 Can Teach Us About Political Change, Claire Potter and John Lawrence, Public Seminar (Internet site), E1654• [12DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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), H555 [18JA]

——— prohibit issuance of licenses to certain individuals connected to dealers of dogs who have had licenses revoked (see H.R. 4691), H8886 [25SE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: repeal oil and gas program (see H.R. 5911), H9408 [28SE]

Armed Forces: remove from unauthorized hostilities in Yemen (see H. Con. Res. 138), H9449 [26OC] (see H. Con. Res. 142), H9763 [3DE]

BLM: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 2044), H6175 [12JY]

Career and Technical Education Month: designate (see H. Res. 730), H974 [7FE]

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), H5507 [21JN]

Climate: cap emissions of greenhouse gases through requirement to purchase carbon permits and distribute proceeds of such purchases to eligible individuals (see H.R. 4889), H733 [30JA]

——— recognize and accept findings of U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and call for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in line with recommendations of such panel (see H. Res. 1145), H9510 [13NO]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (see H.R. 8), H4738 [1JN]

Crime: support efforts to raise awareness and address needs of sexual assault survivors from historically and currently disenfranchised and underserved communities (see H. Res. 854), H3706 [26AP]

Democracy: improve access to voting and protect election integrity, strengthen Government ethics laws, and reform political campaign finance system (see H. Res. 975), H5975 [28JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: expand and improve opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 4316), H1076 [8FE]

——— improve land stewardship and soil conservation (see H.R. 5188), H7743 [3AU]

——— provide rental assistance to low-income tenants of certain multifamily rural housing projects (see H.R. 5352), H1728 [20MR]

——— reauthorize Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (see H.R. 5259), H1542 [13MR]

——— remove certain limitations relative to commodity assistance for school breakfast programs (see H.R. 3738), H2043 [22MR]

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 Defense: 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), H6112 [11JY]

Dept. of Education: allow certain payments made by public service employees to qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (see H.R. 4859), H1127 [13FE]

——— establish State-Federal partnerships to provide students with debt-free college, provide Pell Grant eligibility to certain immigrants, and restore assistance eligibility for drug-related offenses (see H.R. 5384), H2040 [22MR]

——— improve opportunities to attain a quality, debt-free degree or credential (see H.R. 6543), H9449 [26OC]

——— require certain institutions of higher education to provide notice of tuition levels for students (see H.R. 4715), H133 [10JA]

Dept. of HHS: clarify intent, enhance integrity, and protect and expand 340B discount drug program to meet the needs of the opioid drug crisis (see H.R. 6071), H7156 [24JY]

——— require a study on women and lung cancer (see H.R. 4897), H731 [30JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify rights of all persons held or detained at a port of entry or detention facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (see H.R. 1006), H3978 [15MY]

Dept. of HUD: extend Fair Housing Act protections to persons suffering discrimination on the basis of sex or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1447), H4210 [17MY]

Dept. of Justice: condemn decision seeking to declare domestic violence and gang violence as invalid grounds for seeking asylum (see H. Res. 987), H6111 [11JY]

——— limit ability to remove a special counsel (see H.R. 3654), H737 [2FE]

——— require a report of any Special Counsel who is removed from office (see H.R. 5533), H4210 [17MY]

Dept. of Labor: list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (see H.R. 1300), H5201 [14JN]

Dept. of State: certify that U.S. assistance funds to Israel do not support military detention, interrogation, abuse, or ill-treatment of Palestinian children (see H.R. 4391), H3507 [24AP]

——— establish a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Peoples in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (see H.R. 6033), H8728 [13SE]

Dept. of the Interior: declare wildlife disease emergencies and coordinate rapid response to these emergencies (see H.R. 7005), H9406 [28SE]

——— 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]

——— make supplemental funding available for management of fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need as determined by State fish and wildlife agencies (see H.R. 4647), H9449 [26OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a Ski Area Fee Retention Account (see H.R. 5171), H3576 [25AP]

Dept. of Transportation: develop bus operations safety risk reduction programs to improve safety and training for drivers and modify bus specifications and technology to reduce accidents (see H.R. 6016), H6112 [11JY]

——— include broadband conduit installation in certain highway construction projects (see H.R. 4800), H1699 [19MR]

——— modify hours of service requirements relative to transportation of certain live animals (see H.R. 6079), H5093 [12JN]

——— protect transportation personnel and passengers from sexual assault and harassment (see H.R. 5857), H4208 [17MY]

Diana E. Murphy U.S. Courthouse, Minneapolis, MN: designate (see H.R. 6244), H5815 [27JN]

Drugs: allow States, territories, and Indian tribes to control regulation of marijuana, remove industrial hemp from list of controlled substances, and maintain application of certain criminal offenses relative to marijuana (see H.R. 6043), H10170 [12DE]

——— provide for delivery of a controlled substance by a pharmacy to an administering practitioner (see H.R. 5202), H1476 [7MR]

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]

——— take certain actions relative to pesticides that may affect pollinators (see H.R. 5015), H1177 [14FE]

FAA: establish an aviation maintenance workforce development pilot program (see H.R. 5701), H4584 [22MY]

——— issue regulations on secondary cockpit barriers (see H.R. 911), H1442 [6MR]

Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or the child involved (see H.R. 2640), H7728 [26JY]

FCC: disapprove rule on net neutrality (see H.J. Res. 129), H1333 [27FE]

——— establish Office of Rural Telecommunications (see H.R. 5497), H4210 [17MY]

Federal employees: 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), H5649 [25JN]

Financial institutions: exclude credit union loans secured by certain non-owner occupied family dwellings from the definition of member business loan (see H.R. 389), H554 [18JA]

Firearms: prohibit possession or transfer of certain firearm accessories that modify semi-automatic weapons to fire at the rate of automatic weapons (see H.R. 3999), H1267 [26FE]

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

Global Food Security Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5129), H5201 [14JN]

Great Lakes Week: designate (see H. Res. 868), H3750 [3MY]

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

House Rules: encourage consensus and increase accountability and transparency (see H. Res. 1090), H9151 [27SE]

Human rights: provide assistance in abolishing human trafficking in the U.S. (see H.R. 2803), H737 [2FE]

Immigration: 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), H4980 [7JN]

——— promote family unity by reducing visa backlogs and implementing policies to facilitate immigrant family reunification (see H.R. 4944), H9431 [12OC]

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

——— reinstate returning worker exemption for H-2B visas (see H.R. 4207), H478 [17JA]

Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Congressional Gold Medal to the crew (see H.R. 4107), H9431 [12OC]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: prohibit unconstitutional military strikes or introduction of Armed Forces into hostilities without declaration of war or explicit statutory authorization (see H.R. 4837), H552 [18JA]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: provide consistent and reliable authority and funding to maximize effectiveness for future generations (see H.R. 6759), H9463 [2NO]

Medicare: cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see H.R. 3032), H6112 [11JY]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 2267), H3575 [25AP]

——— ensure appropriate care for victims of sexual assault (see H.R. 3415), H7735 [31JY]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H3443 [18AP]

——— require Dept. of HHS to negotiate prices of prescription drugs (see H.R. 6505), H7685 [25JY]

National Commission on Fibrotic Diseases: establish (see H.R. 4638), H9460 [30OC]

National Dyslexia Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1137), H9460 [30OC]

National FFA Organization: update charter (see H.R. 5595), H5581 [22JN]

National Fishing and Boating Week: designate (see H. Res. 871), H4778 [5JN]

National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (see H.R. 4732), H5201 [14JN]

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

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1683), H1213 [15FE]

National Senior Corps Week: designate (see H. Res. 859), H3742 [27AP]

National Voting Rights Month: designate (see H. Res. 1058), H8170 [12SE]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 761), H1341 [1MR]

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

NLRB: strengthen protections for employees to organize and collectively bargain for improved wages and working conditions, sanction violations of such rights, and reform collective bargaining process (see H.R. 4548), H1653 [15MR]

Northern Mariana Islands: reform immigration policies (see H.R. 6578), H7943 [7SE]

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

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), H7729 [26JY]

——— place a moratorium on mail processing facility closures and consolidations and maintain delivery standards (see H.R. 6282), H5974 [28JN]

Presidents of the U.S.: require disclosure of Federal income tax returns by Presidents and candidates for the office of President (see H.R. 305), H9443 [23OC]

Religion: recognize historic contributions by the American Muslim community (see H. Res. 869), H3979 [15MY]

Russia: concur in judgement of assessment provided by U.S. intelligence on Russian interference in U.S. elections (see H. Res. 1016), H7729 [26JY]

Sadat, Anwar: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 754), H3978 [15MY]

Saudi Arabia: prohibit military assistance (see H.R. 7082), H9442 [23OC]

Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 5374), H1754 [21MR]

Social Security: strengthen by reforming benefit formula and calculation of cost-of-living adjustments and improving long-term condition of the trust fund (see H.R. 6929), H9149 [27SE]

Sports: improve integrity and safety of horseracing by requiring a uniform anti-doping and medication control program enforced by an independent Horseracing Anti-Doping and Medication Control Authority (see H.R. 2651), H677 [29JA]

Taxation: allow a refundable income tax credit for the purchase of qualified access technology for the blind (see H.R. 1734), H902 [6FE]

——— impose a tax on certain trading transactions of stocks, bonds, or derivatives (see H.R. 2306), H5153 [13JN]

——— provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see H.R. 3349), H3576 [25AP]

——— provide current year inclusion of net controlled foreign corporation tested income by ending tax breaks for exporting jobs and profits (see H.R. 5108), H3743 [27AP]

——— provide for proper tax treatment of personal service income earned in pass-thru entities (see H.R. 2295), H5153 [13JN]

Transportation Security Administration: enhance security operations and stabilize security workforce by applying a unified personnel system to employees responsible for screening passengers and property (see H.R. 2309), H1127 [13FE]

——— require airports to submit security plans that include training programs for active threats, crowd management, mass evacuations, and restarting operations (see H.R. 4737), H1127 [13FE]

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), H785 [5FE]

——— prohibit funding to enforce Executive order suspending the issuance of visas to nationals of certain countries and entrance of all refugees (see H.R. 4271), H3979 [15MY]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 6545), H7720 [26JY]

Voting: develop academic curriculum on importance, history of suppression, and current restrictive laws, issue stamp recognizing efforts supporting the right to vote, and promote elections and automatic registration (see H. Res. 1058), H8170 [12SE]

——— secure Federal voting rights of nonviolent persons when released from incarceration (see H.R. 6612), H7723 [26JY]

Wildlife: prohibit breeding and private possession of captive big cats except by accredited zoos and facilities and require registration of big cats currently in possession by private owners (see H.R. 1818), H4584 [22MY]

Workers’ Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 850), H3706 [26AP]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Chinese American veterans in recognition of dedicated service (see H.R. 2358), H5749 [26JN]

——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. merchant mariners of World War II (see H.R. 5879), H6650 [23JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Beasley, David: relief (see H.R. 7162), H9568 [16NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: increase access to crop insurance premium discounts by expanding definition of ‘‘beginning farmer’’ and advance land conservation (see H.R. 4865), H582 [19JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a grant program for eligible nonprofit organizations to carry out positive psychology reconditioning programs for veterans (see H.R. 5152), H1341 [1MR]

FEC: prohibit congressional candidates and Members of Congress from soliciting campaign funds on any day on which the House of Congress in which the candidate seeks election or the Member serves is in session (see H.R. 6433), H6557 [18JY]

House Rules: prohibit Members from soliciting campaign funds on any day on which the House is in session (see H. Res. 1003), H6557 [18JY]

Medicaid: limit estate recovery relative to newly eligible individuals (see H.R. 6549), H7721 [26JY]

Native Americans: transfer certain Federal land in Minnesota for the benefit of Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (see H.R. 5529), H3395 [17AP]

Schools: prohibit stigmatization of children who are unable to pay for meals (see H.R. 6977), H9405 [28SE]

Taxation: equalize charitable mileage rate with business travel rate (see H.R. 5662), H3741 [27AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Beasley, David: relief (H.R. 7162), H9569 [16NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: increase access to crop insurance premium discounts by expanding definition of ‘‘beginning farmer’’ and advance land conservation (H.R. 4865), H583 [19JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a grant program for eligible nonprofit organizations to carry out positive psychology reconditioning programs for veterans (H.R. 5152), H1342 [1MR]

FEC: prohibit congressional candidates and Members of Congress from soliciting campaign funds on any day on which the House of Congress in which the candidate seeks election or the Member serves is in session (H.R. 6433), H6558 [18JY]

Medicaid: limit estate recovery relative to newly eligible individuals (H.R. 6549), H7725 [26JY]

Native Americans: transfer certain Federal land in Minnesota for the benefit of Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (H.R. 5529), H3396 [17AP]

Schools: prohibit stigmatization of children who are unable to pay for meals (H.R. 6977), H9407 [28SE]

Taxation: equalize charitable mileage rate with business travel rate (H.R. 5662), H3743 [27AP]

Letters

North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act: Andrea Ketchmark, North Country Trail Association, E795• [7JN]

——— Gary Werner, Partnership for the National Trails System, E794• [7JN]

——— Tyler Ray, American Hiking Society, E794• [7JN]

Lists

National Unconscious Patient’s Bill of Rights and historical grounds for its existence, E1661• [12DE]

Remarks

Career and Technical Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2353), Senate amendment, H7192 [25JY]

Corps of Engineers: Aquatic Nuisance Species Research Program funding, H4956 [7JN]

——— construction of Soo Locks at Sault Ste. Marie, MI, H4820 [6JN]

——— improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 8), H4820 [6JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), H4051 [16MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 5515), H4557 [22MY]

——— lung cancer research funding, H5797 [27JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6157), H5797 [27JN]

——— overseas contingency operations funding, H4557 [22MY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6147), H6513 [18JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5895), H4956 [7JN]

Health: importance of Patient’s Bill of Rights, E1659• [12DE]

North Country National Scenic Trail: revise route to extend trail into Vermont to connect with Appalachian National Scenic Trail (H.R. 1026), H4748 [5JN], E794• [7JN]

Superior National Forest: prohibit funding to withdraw certain lands from mineral and geothermal leasing, H6513 [18JY]

Votes: position on missed, E44• [16JA]

Voyageurs National Park: modify boundaries (H.R. 1350), H1520 [13MR]

Testimonies

Injury and Pain During and Following Medical Procedures: Dawn Menning, E1659• [12DE]

Injury and Pain During and Following Medical Procedures of Dawn Menning and Follow-Up Legal Actions: Mike Menning, E1660• [12DE]

Tributes

Goldfine, Beverly, E322• [15MR]

Grindy, Cynthia M., E786• [6JN]

Larson, Clyde, E1635• [11DE]

Sillanpa, Larry, E610• [9MY]