MASSIE, THOMAS (a Representative from Kentucky)

Amendments

Dept. of Agriculture: reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), H4217 [18MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: remove from unauthorized hostilities in Yemen (see H. Con. Res. 138), H9090 [26SE] (see H. Con. Res. 142), H9743 [29NO]

——— 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), H677 [29JA]

Budget: balance through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending (see H.R. 5572), H3441 [18AP]

Congress: require every bill, resolution, and document produced by Congress to be created, transmitted, and published in searchable electronic formats (see H.R. 5143), H1340 [1MR]

——— require every bill to show the changes the bill makes to the full text of existing sections of law the bill repeals or amends (see H.R. 5142), H1340 [1MR]

Dept. of State: submit to Congress a report on designation of Muslim Brotherhood (organization) as a foreign terrorist organization (see H.R. 377), H8742 [24SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: update dollar amount thresholds for certain currency transaction and suspicious activity reports (see H.R. 6850), H9691 [28NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize health care providers to provide recommendations and opinions to veterans regarding participation in State marijuana programs (see H.R. 1820), H677 [29JA]

——— increase certain veteran funeral benefits (see H.R. 1212), H3835 [8MY]

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), H6042 [10JY]

——— 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), H4739 [1JN]

——— exclude cannabidiol and cannabidiol-rich plants from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 2273), H584 [19JA]

Fab Foundation: provide a Federal charter for the National Fab Lab Network, a network of digital fabrication facilities providing community access to advanced manufacturing tools (see H.R. 4948), H901 [6FE]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit requirement that private entities design or alter their commercial information technology products to facilitate Government surveillance (see H.R. 5823), H3977 [15MY]

Immigration: eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase the per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see H.R. 392), H3049 [26MR]

Intelligence services: require Presidents’ annual budget submissions to include the total dollar amount requested for intelligence or intelligence-related activities of the Government (see H.R. 5406), H3397 [17AP]

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]

Medicare: permit nurse practitioners and physician assistants to satisfy the documentation requirement for coverage of certain shoes for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1617), H3452 [23AP]

Ollie M. James Post Office Building, Marion, KY: designate (see H.R. 6838), H8887 [25SE]

Pakistan: prohibit funding for assistance and require Dept. of State and AID to transfer funds to the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 4934), H1374 [5MR]

Patents: restore patent rights to inventors (see H.R. 6557), H9408 [28SE]

Rosenstein, Rod J.: impeach (see H. Res. 1028), H7729 [26JY]

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

——— prohibit military assistance until Dept. of State determines that Jamal Khashoggi is alive and free (see H.R. 7070), H9435 [16OC]

Taxation: oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see H. Con. Res. 119), H6196 [13JY]

——— permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 172), H677 [29JA]

——— provide for treatment of certain direct primary care service arrangements and periodic provider fees (see H.R. 365), H677 [29JA]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Firearms: reduce age requirement at which a person may obtain a handgun from a Federal firearms licensee (see H.R. 5112), H1333 [27FE]

Patents: establish a robust patent system that restores and protects the right of inventors to own and enforce private property rights in inventions and discoveries (see H.R. 6264), H5974 [28JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Firearms: reduce age requirement at which a person may obtain a handgun from a Federal firearms licensee (H.R. 5112), H1335 [27FE]

Patents: establish a robust patent system that restores and protects the right of inventors to own and enforce private property rights in inventions and discoveries (H.R. 6264), H5976 [28JN]

Remarks

Agriculture: prohibit Federal interference in interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products in final package form for human consumption between States that allow the sale of such products, H4218, H4219 [18MY]

Armed Forces: remove from unauthorized hostilities in Yemen, exempt from certain War Powers Resolution requirements (H. Res. 1176), H10112 [12DE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), H3157 [12AP]

Crime: eliminate sections of the U.S. Code that over-criminalize activities that should not be crimes (H.R. 7093), H10396 [20DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), H4218, H4219 [18MY]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 1176), H10112 [12DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: examine actions undertaken to combat vehicular terrorism (H.R. 4227), Senate amendments, H10415 [20DE]

Dept. of Justice: integrate Ashanti Alert plans throughout the U.S. by creating a national communications network to initiate and facilitate alerts for missing adults (H.R. 5075), Senate amendment, H10395 [20DE]

——— reauthorize Children’s Advocacy Centers (S. 2961), H10401 [20DE]

Fort Thomas, KY: tribute to Highlands High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, H3586 [26AP]

IRS: modernize and improve (H.R. 7227), H10414 [20DE]

Macron, Emmanuel: address to Congress, H3586 [26AP]

Point of order, H10291, H10297, H10303, H10305 [19DE]

Surplus Government property: provide access to and manage distribution of excess or surplus property to veteran-owned small businesses (S. 2679), H10402 [20DE]