SCOTT, ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ (a Representative from Virginia)

Appointments

Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans (Joint, Select), H1224 [23FE]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

African Americans: increase upward social mobility of Black families and help ensure equal protection under the law (see H.R. 5785), H3935 [11MY]

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 1494), H629 [25JA]

Armed Forces: extend certain morale, welfare, and recreation privileges to certain veterans and their caregivers and improve electronic physical access control system used by military commissaries and exchanges (see H.R. 5467), H3146 [11AP]

——— repeal authority to use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 1229), H3707 [26AP]

Ashe, Arthur: tribute (see H. Res. 1054), H7920 [6SE]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 911), H4729 [24MY]

Barbara Rose Johns Post Office, Farmville, VA: designate (see H.R. 6556), H7782 [31AU]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 755), H1443 [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), H9691 [28NO]

Chisholm, Shirley: anniversary of election to the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 1139), H9471 [9NO]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 7107), H9459 [30OC]

Clean the Bay Day: support efforts and goals (see H. Res. 912), H4729 [24MY]

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), H676 [29JA]

Committee on the Library (Joint): obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the U.S. Capitol (see H.R. 4856), H1374 [5MR]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 3530), H7688 [25JY]

Courts: require States to release persons charged with a misdemeanor on non-monetary conditions only prior to court adjudication (see H.R. 4833), H552 [18JA]

Crime: specify lynching as a hate crime (see H.R. 6086), H5152 [13JN]

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: provide financial flexibility for certain land-grant African-American colleges and universities by allowing carryover of funding from year to year (see H.R. 4984), H1508 [9MR]

Dept. of Defense: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 936), H132 [10JA]

Dept. of Education: authorize grants to support new and expand existing voluntary community-driven strategies to increase diversity in schools (see H.R. 6722), H7919 [6SE]

——— permanently reauthorize mandatory funding programs for historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions (see H.R. 6876), H8883 [25SE]

——— prohibit seclusion and use of restraints in schools except to protect students and staff and provide school personnel with crisis intervention training (see H.R. 7124), H9525 [14NO]

Dept. of HHS: expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 820), H902 [6FE]

——— extend funding for certain public health programs (see H.R. 4820), H551 [18JA]

——— protect information obtained relative to placement of unaccompanied alien children from being used for any purpose other than providing safe and secure placements (see H.R. 7030), H9414 [2OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: protect victims of crime or serious labor violations from deportation during enforcement actions (see H.R. 5908), H4582 [22MY]

——— provide standards for facilities at which aliens in custody are detained (see H.R. 3923), H3096 [10AP]

——— strengthen partnerships with historically Black colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions (see H.R. 6772), H8887 [25SE]

Dept. of HUD: extend Fair Housing Act protections to persons suffering discrimination on the basis of sex or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1447), H5153 [13JN]

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]

——— establish and carry out a Veteran Treatment Court Program (see H.R. 4345), H678 [29JA]

——— limit ability to remove a special counsel (see H.R. 3654), H3060 [5AP]

——— make grants to nonprofit organizations to offer legal assistance to certain aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipients, and refugees (see H.R. 858), H3342 [16AP]

——— require judicial review of executive branch ability to remove a special counsel (see H.R. 5476), H3317 [13AP]

Dept. of Labor: issue an occupational safety and health rule that requires covered health care and social service employers to adopt a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan (see H.R. 7141), H9567 [16NO]

——— 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), H9436 [16OC]

——— provide increased labor law protections for agricultural workers (see H.R. 6230), H5748 [26JN]

Dept. of State: establish a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Peoples in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (see H.R. 6033), H4979 [7JN]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit oil and gas leasing and related activities off the coast of Mid-Atlantic States (see H.R. 6008), H5225 [15JN]

——— provide that production safety systems rule and well control rule shall have the same force and effect of law as if such rules had been enacted by Congress (see H.R. 4888), H676 [29JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out certain major medical facility leases (see H.R. 90), H3978 [15MY]

Disabled: prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports (see H.R. 2472), H9431 [12OC]

Drugs: provide assistance to States and localities affected by the opioid epidemic and improve delivery of essential services to individuals with substance use disorders and their families (see H.R. 5545), H7728 [26JY]

Education: ensure public school teacher compensation is comparable to other college graduates and increase investment in public education (see H. Res. 876), H3833 [8MY]

Emancipation National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 4745), H9758 [30NO]

Employment: prohibit forced arbitration in employment disputes (see H.R. 7109), H9460 [30OC]

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]

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 6014), H5154 [13JN]

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

Federal employees: 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]

Federal Labor Relations Authority: ensure public sector employees are able to form and join unions and enter into a written contract with employers and reaffirm policy to encourage collective bargaining (see H.R. 6238), H5814 [27JN]

——— provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions (see H.R. 4846), H1442 [6MR]

Filipino American History Month: observance (see H. Res. 1124), H9431 [12OC]

Firearms: clarify that the Dickey Amendment does not prevent funding for research on mental health, gun violence, and how they intersect, and provide for reporting on effects of gun violence (see H.R. 4573), H1442 [6MR]

——— establish background check procedures for gun shows (see H.R. 1612), H1267 [26FE]

——— 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), H1266 [26FE]

——— prohibit firearm dealers from proceeding with the sale of a weapon if a background check on the buyer is not returned by the FBI within 3 days (see H.R. 3464), H1374 [5MR]

——— prohibit transfer of a firearm at a gun show by a person who is not a licensed dealer (see H.R. 6654), H10104 [11DE]

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

Franklin, Aretha L.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 6681), H7772 [24AU]

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), H5817 [27JN]

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), H6112 [11JY]

House of Representatives: authorize certain committees of the House to intervene in Texas v. U.S., No. 4—18-cv-00167-O (N.D. Tex.) (see H. Res. 1031), H7687 [25JY]

——— provide an allowance to Members’ offices to compensate interns (see H.R. 6711), H7870 [5SE]

Housing: expand Federal investments in affordable and accessible rental homes to help more low-income families who struggle to make ends meet (see H. Con. Res. 120), H3833 [8MY]

Immigration: appoint counsel to children and vulnerable individuals, provide legal orientation programs to detainees, and identify number of persons represented by counsel and receiving legal orientation presentations (see H.R. 6527), H7686 [25JY]

——— 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), H901 [6FE]

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

Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Congressional Gold Medal to the crew (see H.R. 4107), H9415 [2OC]

Insurance: disapprove rule on definition of short-term limited duration insurance for purposes of its exclusion from the definition of individual health insurance coverage (see H.J. Res. 140), H8725 [13SE]

——— improve affordability, undo sabotage, and increase access to health insurance coverage (see H.R. 5155), H1372 [5MR]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 948), H5285 [19JN]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 6964), H9404 [28SE]

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]

Law enforcement officers: establish grant program for States that establish standards for education and training programs concerning civilian and law enforcement encounters during traffic stops and other in-person encounters (see H.R. 7281), H10169 [12DE]

LGBTQ Pride Month: observance (see H. Res. 972), H5975 [28JN]

Major Robert Odell Owens Post Office, Brooklyn, NY: designate (see H.R. 5238), H6112 [11JY]

Medicaid: reduce maternal mortality by extending duration of coverage for women after they give birth, improving obstetric case management, and providing training to clinicians to better care for women of color (see H.R. 5977), H7689 [25JY]

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

Members of Congress: permit office of a Member of the House to employ a certain number of interns under the Members’ Representational Allowance without affecting number of other employees (see H.R. 6956), H9150 [27SE]

Memphis, TN: anniversary of sanitation workers’ strike (see H. Res. 715), H677 [29JA] (see H. Res. 720), H732 [30JA]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 5942), H4693 [23MY]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 108), H1443 [6MR]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medals to Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden and posthumously to Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson for contributions during the ‘‘Space Race’’ (see H.R. 6795), H9569 [16NO]

——— redesignate certain facilities (see H.R. 6716), H7919 [6SE]

National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (see H.R. 4732), H5977 [28JN]

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

NLRB: establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations (see H.R. 5728), H3884 [9MY]

Phillips, Velvalea H. Rodgers: tribute (see H. Res. 863), H3742 [27AP]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 6239), H6042 [10JY]

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), H7759 [21AU]

Powell, Barbara R. Johns: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 5561), H3507 [24AP]

Refugees: set presidential determination of annual refugee admissions limit at certain level (see H.R. 6909), H9089 [26SE]

Russia: impose sanctions in response to cyber intrusions, aggression, and destabilizing activities (see H.R. 5216), H1500 [8MR]

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

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

September 11th National Memorial Trail: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 60), H4139 [16MY]

Small business: reduce costs for certain businesses required to relocate from a Superfund site (see H.R. 5669), H3746 [1MY]

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

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: repeal and use funds to cancel student loan debt and increase Pell grants (see H.R. 5928), H4692 [23MY]

Taxation: eliminate requirement that charities, churches, and traditionally tax-exempt organizations pay Federal taxes on provided employee benefits (see H.R. 6504), H7685 [25JY]

——— provide current year inclusion of net controlled foreign corporation tested income by ending tax breaks for exporting jobs and profits (see H.R. 5108), H7728 [26JY]

——— regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 6978), H9405 [28SE]

Technology: promote a 21st century artificial intelligence workforce (see H.R. 4829), H552 [18JA]

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), H553 [18JA]

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]

Walker, Wyatt T.: tribute (see H. Res. 742), H1217 [16FE]

Washington Capitals (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 935), H5093 [12JN]

William & Mary: anniversary (see H. Res. 711), H678 [29JA]

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), H9415 [2OC]

——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. merchant mariners of World War II (see H.R. 5879), H5095 [12JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Education: improve opportunities to attain a quality, debt-free degree or credential (see H.R. 6543), H7720 [26JY]

Education: enforce Civil Rights Act sections that prohibit racial discrimination in education and restore private right of action in cases involving disparate impact (see H. Res. 902), H4209 [17MY]

FBI: provide safeguards relative to criminal background checks prepared for employment purposes (see H.R. 6145), H5284 [19JN]

Labor Management Relations Act: amend (see H.R. 6080), H5151 [13JN]

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act: amend (see H.R. 6080), H5151 [13JN]

Medicaid: require States to suspend, rather than terminate, an individual’s eligibility for medical assistance while such individual is an inmate of a public institution (see H.R. 6823), H8725 [13SE]

National Labor Relations Act: amend (see H.R. 6080), H5151 [13JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Education: improve opportunities to attain a quality, debt-free degree or credential (H.R. 6543), H7725 [26JY]

FBI: provide safeguards relative to criminal background checks prepared for employment purposes (H.R. 6145), H5285 [19JN]

Labor Management Relations Act: amend (H.R. 6080), H5153 [13JN]

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act: amend (H.R. 6080), H5153 [13JN]

Medicaid: require States to suspend, rather than terminate, an individual’s eligibility for medical assistance while such individual is an inmate of a public institution (H.R. 6823), H8727 [13SE]

National Labor Relations Act: amend (H.R. 6080), H5153 [13JN]

Letters

Clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act: William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H123 [10JA]

Executive order relative to hiring practices for administrative law judges: Hilarie Bass, ABA, H6278 [17JY]

——— Linda Lipsen, American Association for Justice, H6278 [17JY]

Press releases

Executive Order Relative to Hiring Practices for Administrative Law Judges: Federal Administrative Law Judges Conference, H6279 [17JY]

——— Marilyn Zahm, Association of Administrative Law Judges, H6278 [17JY]

Remarks

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), H1185 [15FE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), H3173 [12AP]

——— rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), H4880 [7JN]

Career and Technical Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2353), Senate amendment, H7191 [25JY]

Crime: expand and strengthen Federal sex offenses and reauthorize certain programs established by Child Protection and Safety Act (H.R. 6847), H8842 [25SE]

——— provide alternative sentencing guidelines for minors convicted in sexting cases, H8842 [25SE]

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

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program reform, H4051 [16MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 5515), consideration (H. Res. 908), H4597 [23MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6157), H5808 [27JN]

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

Dept. of Education: prohibit funding to purchase firearms for teachers, H7804 [4SE]

——— provide for the long-term improvement of public school facilities (H.R. 2475), H4597 [23MY]

Dept. of Justice: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention, E1681• [17DE]

——— provide for programs to help reduce the risk that prisoners will recidivate upon release from prison (H.R. 5682), H4319 [22MY]

Dept. of the Interior: clarify use of amounts in the White Mountain Apache Tribe Settlement Fund (S. 140), H115, H123, H124 [10JA]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6147), consideration (H. Res. 996), H6278, H6279 [17JY]

Depts. of Justice and Education: conduct a survey of public schools to determine the number of school resource officers at such schools (H.R. 5242), H3948 [15MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H7804 [4SE]

Drugs: clarify how synthetic drugs known as analogues are to be regulated (H.R. 2851), H5207 [15JN]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit funding for Executive order relative to hiring practices for administrative law judges and preserve the impartiality, independence, and competence of administrative law judges, H6278, H6279 [17JY]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations, H6278, H6279 [17JY]

Firearms: gun control, H4279 [21MY]

Hampton University: anniversary, E561• [27AP]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: eliminate valid court order (VCO) exception to Deinstitutionalization of Status Offenders (DSO) requirement, E1680• [17DE]

——— reauthorize and improve (H.R. 6964), Senate amendment, E1680• [17DE]

Labor unions: importance, H661 [29JA]

Memphis, TN: anniversary of sanitation workers’ strike (H. Res. 715), H661 [29JA]

National parks and recreation areas: modify boundary of Shiloh National Military Park in Tennessee and Mississippi and establish Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield as an affiliated area of the National Park System (H.R. 88), Senate amendment, H10476• [20DE]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act, H115, H123, H124 [10JA]

Navy: Virginia-class submarine program funding through reductions in shipbuilding and procurement programs funding, H5808 [27JN]

Newport News, VA: anniversary of First Baptist Church Jefferson Park, E1267• [20SE]

——— anniversary of Hilton Village neighborhood, E937• [27JN]

——— anniversary of New Grafton Baptist Church, E1308• [26SE]

——— anniversary of United Steelworkers (organization) Local 8888, E1272• [20SE]

Portsmouth, VA: anniversary of Olive Branch Baptist Church, E1469• [26OC]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize and amend, E1681• [17DE]

Social Security: State Children’s Health Insurance Program funding, H4880 [7JN]

Supreme Court: decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS, relative to segregated schools, H3564 [25AP]

——— hearing of Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31 relative to mandatory payment of union fees by public sector employees, H661 [29JA]

Taxation: extend expiring provisions, modify tax treatment of disaster relief and retirement and savings, stimulate innovation, clarify and correct certain existing provisions, and modernize and improve the IRS, H10476• [20DE]

——— extend tax on coal production in order to fund Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, H10476• [20DE]

Virginia: Barbara Johns Day observance, H3564 [25AP]

Windsor, VA: anniversary of Chapel Grove United Church of Christ, E1419• [16OC]

Tributes

Carson, Ron, E244• [1MR]

Ellison, Pauline A., E936• [27JN]