DENT, CHARLES W. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Atrocities Prevention Board: authorize and enhance capacities to prevent and mitigate acts of genocide and mass atrocities (see H.R. 3030), H678 [29JA]

Burma: promote democracy and human rights through provision of humanitarian assistance, imposition of sanctions, and travel bans on officials responsible for violence against Rohingya population (see H.R. 4223), H1442 [6MR]

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), H1127 [13FE]

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), H1127 [13FE]

Dept. of Justice: make grants to States that have in place laws that authorize the seizure of firearms from dangerous individuals (see H.R. 5717), H3884 [9MY]

——— require judicial review of executive branch ability to remove a special counsel (see H.R. 5476), H3743 [27AP]

Elections: expose and deter interference in U.S. elections by Russia and other countries by imposing sanctions and blocking assets and coordinate with the European Union on such efforts (see H.R. 4884), H738 [2FE]

Firearms: ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require background checks for commercial sales (see H.R. 4240), H1227 [23FE]

——— prohibit a Federal licensee from selling or delivering certain semiautomatic centerfire rifles to a person under 21 years of age, with the exception of active military and full-time law enforcement personnel (see H.R. 5090), H1336 [27FE]

Foreign trade: provide for congressional review of the imposition of duties and other trade measures by the executive branch (see H.R. 5760), H3929 [10MY]

Global Partnership for Education (organization): support U.S. role in promoting children’s access to quality education (see H. Res. 466), H678 [29JA]

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), H1653 [15MR]

Immigration: 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), H1610 [14MR]

Investments: exempt certain college savings plans from asset limitations when determining SSI, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, or LIHEAP eligibility (see H.R. 5738), H3885 [9MY]

Iran: 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), H1654 [15MR]

Medicare: ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1825), H1609 [14MR]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 930), H3743 [27AP]

Memphis, TN: anniversary of sanitation workers’ strike (see H. Res. 720), H1214 [15FE]

Philadelphia Eagles (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 735), H1075 [8FE]

Taxation: treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 1267), H737 [2FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Justice: require judicial review of executive branch ability to remove a special counsel (see H.R. 5505), H3315 [13AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (see H.R. 5786), H3934 [11MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Justice: require judicial review of executive branch ability to remove a special counsel (H.R. 5505), H3316 [13AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5786), H3935 [11MY]

Letters

Resignation from the House of Representatives: by, H3797 [8MY]

Remarks

Allentown, PA: anniversary of Queen City Airport, E273• [7MR]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H2024 [22MR]

Dept. of State: 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, H2024 [22MR]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, H2024 [22MR]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H3920 [10MY]

Israel: independence anniversary, E515• [24AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H3919, H3920, H3922 [10MY]

Reports filed

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans’ Services: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5786) (H. Rept. 115–673), H3934 [11MY]

Resignations

House of Representatives, H3797 [8MY]

Tributes

Andretti, Mario, E474• [16AP]

Hays, Anna M., E47• [16JA]