McMORRIS RODGERS, CATHY (a Representative from Washington)

Amendments

Americans With Disabilities Act: promote compliance through education, clarify requirements for demand letters, and provide for a notice and cure period before commencement of a private civil action (H.R. 620), H1197 [15FE]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 8), H4834 [6JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 5515), H4615 [23MY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6147), H6505 [18JY]

FAA: reauthorize programs (H.R. 4), H3644 [26AP]

FEMA: improve provision of disaster and mitigation assistance to eligible individuals and households and to eligible State, local, tribal, and territorial governments and certain private nonprofit organizations (H.R. 4), H3644 [26AP]

Appointments

Committee to escort French President Emmanuel Macron into the House Chamber, H3509 [25AP]

Committee to escort the President, H726 [30JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

AID: implement policies to end preventable maternal and child deaths globally within a generation (see H.R. 4022), H733 [30JA]

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), H6650 [23JY]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: establish Patient and State Stability Fund to give States flexibility in how they provide assistance for health insurance costs (see H.R. 4666), H170 [11JA]

Congressional Office of Compliance: reform procedures for investigation and resolution of claims alleging employing offices have violated rights and protections of employees, including protections against sexual harassment (see H.R. 4822), H785 [5FE]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1552), H5977 [28JN]

Correctional institutions: prohibit use of restraints and restrictive housing on inmates during pregnancy, labor, and recovery, collect data on pregnant inmates, and address health needs relative to pregnancy and childbirth (see H.R. 6805), H8724 [13SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend and expand the Market Access Program and the Foreign Market Development Program (see H.R. 2321), H1755 [21MR]

Dept. of Education: establish an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 2234), H3978 [15MY]

Dept. of HHS: 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]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 1676), H5981 [29JN]

——— nullify certain contractual provisions prohibiting or penalizing a pharmacist’s disclosure of availability of equivalent alternative drugs or methods of purchasing less expensive drugs (see H.R. 5343), H1727 [20MR]

——— provide for additional programs funded by grants to strengthen health care system response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (see H.R. 7212), H9763 [3DE]

Dept. of Justice: provide for programs to help reduce the risk that prisoners will recidivate upon release from prison (see H.R. 5682), H3979 [15MY]

——— reauthorize Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program Secure Our Schools grant program (see H.R. 4909), H1268 [26FE]

Dept. of the Interior: 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), H9092 [26SE]

Dept. of Transportation: exempt certain small trucking operations from electronic logging device mandates (see H.R. 5948), H5286 [19JN]

——— issue regulations allowing qualified drivers under the age of 21 who complete a vehicle operation and mentor-apprentice training program to move freight across State lines (see H.R. 5358), H5153 [13JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish Alzheimer’s disease research, education, and clinical centers (see H.R. 5191), H1475 [7MR]

——— establish qualifications for human resources positions within the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 5864), H6465 [17JY]

——— increase certain veteran funeral benefits (see H.R. 1212), H4243 [18MY]

——— permit Members of Congress use of departmental facilities for purposes of meeting with constituents (see H.R. 5413), H4139 [16MY]

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), H4692 [23MY]

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), H4210 [17MY]

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]

——— require the appropriation of funds to use a fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds received from a settlement (see H.R. 850), H170 [11JA]

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]

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

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

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 4575), H1653 [15MR]

——— prohibit health insurance issuers, group health plans, Medicare Advantage organizations, and prescription drug plan sponsors from limiting drug price information a pharmacy may give to a consumer (see H.R. 6733), H7941 [7SE]

——— require health insurance providers to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (see H.R. 1409), H4139 [16MY]

Iran: condemn human rights violations and issue targeted sanctions, support antigovernment protesters and freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and promote access to communications technology and social media (see H. Res. 676), H19 [8JA]

——— condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 274), H976 [7FE]

——— impose sanctions against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (see H.R. 5132), H5981 [29JN]

Israel: authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 5141), H5981 [29JN]

James Marshall ‘Jimi’ Hendrix Post Office Building, Renton, WA: designate (see H.R. 6628), H7724 [26JY]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 2723), H733 [30JA]

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

Medicaid: allow States to provide medical assistance at a residential pediatric recovery center to infants under 1 year of age with neonatal abstinence syndrome and their families (see H.R. 6004), H8732 [17SE]

——— provide States with option of providing coordinated care for children with medically complex conditions (see H.R. 3325), H9408 [28SE]

Medicare: clarify payment rules for manual wheelchairs under part B (see H.R. 7305), H10210 [13DE]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1825), H1755 [21MR]

——— expand eligibility for medication therapy management programs to include certain individuals who are at risk for prescription drug abuse (see H.R. 5684), H3781 [7MY]

National Commission on Fibrotic Diseases: establish (see H.R. 4638), H3397 [17AP]

NIST: improve assistance provided by Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership to small manufacturers in the defense industrial supply chain on matters relative to cybersecurity (see H.R. 5517), H3507 [24AP]

Pensions: provide alternative minimum funding rules for certain single-employer benefit plans maintained by community newspapers (see H.R. 6377), H6651 [23JY]

Powell, Barbara R. Johns: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 5561), H9420 [5OC]

Sergeant Dietrich Schmieman Post Office Building, West Richland, WA: designate (see H.R. 5504), H3315 [13AP]

Taxation: make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 2318), H1213 [15FE]

——— provide a child tax credit for pregnant moms (see H.R. 5006), H1126 [13FE]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1201), H7156 [24JY]

——— provide for periodic designation of qualified opportunity zones (see H.R. 6890), H9408 [28SE]

U.N.: disapprove U.N. General Assembly resolution on U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel (see H. Res. 671), H1227 [23FE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: remove gray wolves from list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 6784), H8170 [12SE]

U.S. International Development Finance Corp.: establish (see H.R. 5105), H5507 [21JN]

Venezuela: condemn deteriorating situation and resulting regional humanitarian crisis, affirm support for legitimate National Assembly and Supreme Court, and urge further regional action in support of democracy (see H. Res. 1006), H8887 [25SE]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Chinese American veterans in recognition of dedicated service (see H.R. 2358), H9539 [15NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House): majority party appointments (see H. Res. 963), H5748 [26JN]

Committees of the House: majority party appointments (see H. Res. 1000), H6463 [17JY] (see H. Res. 1050), H7870 [5SE]

Whitman County, WA: provide for a land exchange of Federal and non-Federal land (see H.R. 5742), H3885 [9MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Whitman County, WA: provide for a land exchange of Federal and non-Federal land (H.R. 5742), H3886 [9MY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing, H534 [18JA]

Army: anniversary of Army Reserve, E501• [18AP]

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House): majority party appointments (H. Res. 963), H5674 [26JN]

Committees of the House: majority party appointments (H. Res. 1000), H6282 [17JY]

——— majority party appointments (H. Res. 1050), H7864 [5SE]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, H8228 [13SE]

——— improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 8), H4834 [6JN]

Crime: allow enforcement of criminal and civil sex trafficking laws against websites that knowingly facilitate online sex trafficking, H1296 [27FE]

——— allow State prosecution of websites that facilitate sex trafficking, provide civil remedies for victims of sex trafficking or sexual exploitation, and clarify interactive computer services’ role in sex trafficking (H.R. 1865), H1296 [27FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 1176), H10124 [12DE]

Dept. of Justice: promote pro bono legal services as a critical way to empower survivors of domestic violence (S. 717), H6284 [17JY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6147), H6505 [18JY]

Diana E. Murphy U.S. Courthouse, Minneapolis, MN: designate (S. 3021), H8228 [13SE]

EPA: prohibit funding for revised water quality standard implementation in Washington (State), H6505 [18JY]

FDA: improve and clarify certain nutrition disclosure requirements for restaurants and similar retail food establishments and amend authority to bring certain proceedings (H.R. 772), H818 [6FE]

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, H534 [18JA]

Hydroelectric power: modify definition of renewable energy to include hydropower, allow FERC extension of preliminary permits, and establish a schedule following the filing of a licensing application, H8228 [13SE]

——— provide for operation of the Federal Columbia River Power System that allows certain Snake River dams to continue to operate while also protecting salmon runs (H.R. 3144), H3543 [25AP]

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), H534 [18JA]

Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act: amend (S. 245), H9788 [10DE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H6638 [23JY]

SBA: improve number of small business investment companies in underlicensed States (H.R. 4111), H3809 [8MY]

Social Security: extend funding, gradually adjust Federal matching rates, and provide State flexibility for State Children’s Health Insurance Program, H534 [18JA]

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: impact, H491 [18JA], H5644 [25JN]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: remove gray wolves from list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act (H.R. 6784), H9546 [16NO]

Venezuela: provide humanitarian assistance, defend democratic governance, and combat widespread public corruption (H.R. 2658), H7169 [25JY]

Whitman County, WA: provide for a land exchange of Federal and non-Federal land, H4834 [6JN], H8228 [13SE]

Tributes

Deutsch, Jeremy, H10205 [13DE]

Fitzsimmons, Mike, E142• [6FE]

Gorton, Slade, E98• [25JA]

Lund, Pamela May, E354• [21MR]

Moyer, Jim, E415• [10AP]

Turner, John, E1727• [21DE]