LARSON, JOHN B. (a Representative from Connecticut)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6147), H6530 [18JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: prohibit issuance of licenses to certain individuals connected to dealers of dogs who have had licenses revoked (see H.R. 4691), H9420 [5OC]

Aquaculture: limit recovery for certain injuries incurred by workers in shellfish aquaculture activities if State workers’ compensation is available (see H.R. 5061), H3507 [24AP]

Armed Forces: remove from unauthorized hostilities in Yemen (see H. Con. Res. 138, 142), H9821 [10DE]

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), H555 [18JA]

CPSC: require compliant flame mitigation devices to be use on portable fuel containers for flammable liquids (see H.R. 919), H3049 [26MR]

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 Defense: prohibit research and development, production, and deployment of Trident D5 low-yield nuclear warhead (see H.R. 6840), H9463 [2NO]

——— 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), H7754 [14AU]

Dept. of Education: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1957), H9408 [28SE]

——— establish a competitive grant program assisting development of innovative early learning curricula for low-income children (see H.R. 6945), H9150 [27SE]

——— expand access to school-wide arts and music programs (see H.R. 6137), H6042 [10JY]

——— improve opportunities to attain a quality, debt-free degree or credential (see H.R. 6543), H9467 [6NO]

——— 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), H9569 [16NO]

——— simplify the college financial aid application process (see H.R. 2015), H9092 [26SE]

Dept. of Energy: establish a program to provide grants to States, local governments, and electric utilities to make electric infrastructure more resilient to hurricanes, tornadoes, and other major weather-related events (see H.R. 4251), H6112 [11JY]

——— promote national security and jobs through use of natural gas to fuel heavy-duty trucks and fleet vehicles (see H.R. 5959), H4728 [24MY]

——— reauthorize Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) (see H.R. 3681), H1442 [6MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish community action opioid response grant program (see H.R. 5124), H3343 [16AP]

——— establish grant program to prevent student and student athlete opioid misuse (see H.R. 5992), H4738 [1JN]

——— establish National Advisory Committee on Individuals With Disabilities in All-Hazards Emergencies (see H.R. 6201), H6042 [10JY]

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

——— reauthorize Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 5385), H6042 [10JY]

——— require breast density reporting to physicians and patients by facilities that perform mammograms (see H.R. 4122), H555 [18JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for certain protections for aliens granted temporary protected status or deferred enforced departure (see H.R. 4253), H3050 [26MR]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see H.R. 4057), H3097 [10AP]

——— limit ability to remove a special counsel (see H.R. 3654), H3096 [10AP]

——— make grants to implement statutes and policies to issue firearm relinquishment orders to individuals charged or convicted of domestic violence and report on best practices for such statutes and policies (see H.R. 6629), H9539 [15NO]

——— 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), H678 [29JA]

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

——— require judicial review of executive branch ability to remove a special counsel (see H.R. 5476), H4584 [22MY]

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), H7732 [27JY]

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), H9416 [2OC]

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), H9463 [2NO]

——— 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), H9420 [5OC]

——— prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas off the coast of New England (see H.R. 4774), H168 [11JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: furnish nursing home care and hospital care at State licensed or certified residential care facilities (see H.R. 5397), H2041 [22MR]

——— seek to enter into an agreement with Vallejo, CA, for transfer of Mare Island Naval Cemetery (see H.R. 5588), H5094 [12JN]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 2862), H2043 [22MR]

Drugs: authorize employees of a hospice program to handle controlled substances in the residence of a deceased hospice patient to assist in disposal (see H.R. 5041), H3783 [7MY]

——— provide for additional flexibility relative to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders (see H.R. 3692), H3835 [8MY]

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

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]

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]

Eximbank: revise statutory quorum requirement for Board of Directors (see H.R. 4007), H170 [11JA]

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

FDA: preserve effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in treatment of animal diseases in order to minimize development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (see H.R. 1587), H9415 [2OC]

Federal Labor Relations Authority: provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions (see H.R. 4846), H9467 [6NO]

Firearms: 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), H1336 [27FE]

——— prohibit possession by, or disposition of a firearm to, a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of animal cruelty (see H.R. 6278), H7743 [3AU]

——— provide for discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings (see H.R. 3984), H3452 [23AP]

——— provide victims of gun violence access to the same civil remedies available to those injured through other means and ensure the gun industry is not shielded from liability when negligent (see H.R. 3984), H3452 [23AP]

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

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 671), H3096 [10AP]

Foreign trade: provide for congressional review of the imposition of duties and other trade measures by the executive branch (see H.R. 5760), H7943 [7SE]

Freedom of religion: ensure laws intended to protect religious freedom do not infringe upon laws intended to protect civil rights (see H.R. 3222), H9415 [2OC]

FTC: prohibit unfair and deceptive practice of commercial sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy (see H.R. 2119), H9408 [28SE]

Gleason, Stephen M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5499), H5153 [13JN]

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), H2043 [22MR]

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), H7743 [3AU]

Hurricanes: establish a commission to investigate death toll and Federal response to Hurricane Maria (see H.R. 6048), H6042 [10JY]

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]

——— 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), H9449 [26OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2902), H7759 [21AU]

Insurance: improve affordability, undo sabotage, and increase access to health insurance coverage (see H.R. 5155), H3750 [3MY]

——— 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), H9668 [27NO]

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), H3317 [13AP]

——— impose sanctions against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (see H.R. 5132), H4733 [25MY]

IRS: provide for a one-time safe harbor for certain failures by individuals and small businesses to pay estimated income tax following implementation of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (see H.R. 7300), H10209 [13DE]

Israel: authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 5141), H4777 [5JN]

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender: commemorate anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s death by preventing hate crimes and discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity and recognize tolerance efforts (see H. Res. 1121), H9430 [12OC]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1542), H3050 [26MR]

Medicare: cover opioid treatment program services (see H.R. 5083), H3148 [11AP]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1825), H3978 [15MY]

——— identify and notify outlier prescribers of opioids (see H.R. 5716), H3884 [9MY]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1542), H3050 [26MR]

——— modify requirement for certain former Armed Forces members to enroll in Part B to be eligible for TRICARE for Life and provide coverage of certain DNA specimen provenance assay tests (see H.R. 6886), H8884 [25SE]

——— provide for ambulatory surgical center representation during review of hospital outpatient payment rates (see H.R. 6138), H5284 [19JN]

——— provide for distribution of additional residency positions to help combat the opioid crisis (see H.R. 5818), H7689 [25JY]

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

——— treat audiologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing services, improve access to audiology services available for coverage, and enable beneficiaries to have their choice of audiologists (see H.R. 2276), H8742 [24SE]

National Commission of the Federal Response to Natural Disasters in Puerto Rico: establish (see H.R. 6103), H6042 [10JY]

National Health and Wellness Coach Recognition Week: designate (see H. Res. 733), H1227 [23FE]

National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day: designate (see H. Res. 1115), H9419 [5OC]

National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (see H.R. 4732), H1076 [8FE]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1095), H9151 [27SE]

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

National Voting Rights Month: designate (see H. Res. 1058), H9153 [27SE]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 761), H1443 [6MR]

New York, NY: extend authorization of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 7062), H9444 [23OC]

NIH: establish and fund Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative to expand, intensify, and coordinate fundamental, translational, and clinical research of opioid abuse and the understanding and treatment of pain (see H.R. 4733), H1342 [1MR]

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), H3887 [9MY]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (see H.R. 4117), H6112 [11JY]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 1134), H4733 [25MY] (see H.R. 6239), H5814 [27JN]

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 864), H6042 [10JY]

Portugal: include in list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the U.S. as E-1 and E-2 nonimmigrants if U.S. nationals are treated similarly by Portugal (see H.R. 5173), H1544 [13MR]

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), H9421 [5OC]

Public buildings: recognize need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all people and in particular disabled citizens (see H. Con. Res. 131), H7724 [26JY]

Public lands: protect Presidentially designated national monuments, establish National Monument Enhancement Fund, and designate certain lands in New Mexico and Nevada as wilderness (see H.R. 6410), H9467 [6NO]

Public welfare programs: provide grants for coordination of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program with career pathways (see H.R. 5888), H4283 [21MY]

Refugees: reaffirm U.S. commitment to the protection of refugees and displaced persons (see H. Res. 395), H5581 [22JN]

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

Science: protect scientific integrity in Federal research and policymaking (see H.R. 1358), H9511 [13NO]

SSA: provide for a single point of contact for individuals who are victims of identity theft (see H.R. 6084), H5151 [13JN]

Taxation: allow a refundable income tax credit for the purchase of qualified access technology for the blind (see H.R. 1734), H1178 [14FE]

——— allow qualified distributions from health savings account for certain home care expenses (see H.R. 6813), H8725 [13SE]

——— encourage retirement savings (see H.R. 5282), H1608 [14MR]

——— exclude from income discharge of medical indebtedness (see H.R. 5493), H3209 [12AP]

——— extend expensing of environmental remediation costs (see H.R. 5579), H3451 [23AP]

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]

Veterans Memorial Post Office, Oakville, CT: designate (see H.R. 6335), H6111 [11JY]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 6545), H7756 [17AU]

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), H9153 [27SE]

Weissmandl, Michoel Ber: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2740), H975 [7FE]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 5034), H9431 [12OC]

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

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to women who joined the workforce to provide vehicles, weaponry, and ammunition to win the war and were referred to as ‘‘Rosie the Riveter’’ (see H.R. 4912), H3452 [23AP]

——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to Chinese American veterans in recognition of dedicated service (see H.R. 2358), H8886 [25SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Social Security: protect system and improve benefits (H.R. 1902), consideration (see H. Res. 968), H5748 [26JN]

SSA: permanently appropriate funding for administrative expenses, eliminate waiting periods for receipt of disability benefits and Medicare eligibility, and implement a moratorium on closure of field offices (see H.R. 6251), H5815 [27JN]

Constitutional authority statements

SSA: permanently appropriate funding for administrative expenses, eliminate waiting periods for receipt of disability benefits and Medicare eligibility, and implement a moratorium on closure of field offices (H.R. 6251), H5816 [27JN]

Eulogies

Gaffney, J. Brian: by Chris Healy, E886• [21JN]

Shea, Mary Ellen: by Mary F. Shea, E1038• [19JY]

Letters

Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act: by, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H746 [5FE]

——— Gretchen Knauff, Disability Rights Connecticut, Inc., H747 [5FE]

Motions

Taxation: make permanent certain tax relief for individuals, families, and small business (H.R. 6760), H9172 [28SE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing, E90• [22JA]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), H3181 [12AP]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6147), H6530, H6531 [18JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: financial impact of pyrrhotite in concrete home foundations study funding, H6530, H6531 [18JY]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations, H6530, H6531 [18JY]

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, E90• [22JA]

Peace Corps: improve health care standards and access for current and returned volunteers, assist and protect sexual assault victims, increase disability payments, and improve oversight and management (H.R. 2259), H6025• [10JY]

Social Security: extend funding, gradually adjust Federal matching rates, and provide State flexibility for State Children’s Health Insurance Program, E90• [22JA]

SSA: improve and strengthen representative payment program (H.R. 4547), H746, H747, H749 [5FE]

Taxation: make permanent certain tax relief for individuals, families, and small business (H.R. 6760), motion to recommit, H9173 [28SE]

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (H. Con. Res. 119), H6565 [19JY]

——— prohibit making permanent certain tax relief for individuals, families, and small business unless enactment will not harm the financial position of Medicare and Social Security trust funds, H9173 [28SE]

Votes: position on missed, H96 [10JA], H3727• [27AP], E886• [21JN], E1534• [16NO]

Statements

House Republican Tax Proposal Repeats Flaws in 2017 Tax Law: Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H9173 [28SE]

Tributes

Gaffney, J. Brian, E886• [21JN]