DONOVAN, DANIEL M., JR. (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 5515), H4568 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: promote economic growth through conservation and biodiversity programs that facilitate cooperation, improve natural resource management, and protect and preserve threatened wildlife in Okavango River Basin (see H.R. 4819), H738 [2FE]

Animals: prohibit the slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption (see H.R. 6720), H7919 [6SE]

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]

Army Specialist Jose L. Ruiz Post Office Building, Brentwood, NY: designate (see H.R. 5412), H3049 [26MR]

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. 5819), H3976 [15MY]

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), H133 [10JA]

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

Coastal zones: require research in coastal sustainability and resilience to ensure continued Federal implementation and advancement of coastal resiliency efforts (see H.R. 6288), H6465 [17JY]

Crime: call for States to pass sexual assault kit reform legislation (see H. Res. 909), H4583 [22MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: end use of cats in experiments that cause pain or stress (see H.R. 5780), H4210 [17MY]

Dept. of Defense: 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), H9449 [26OC]

Dept. of Education: allow for deferment of certain student loans while a borrower is receiving treatment for cancer (see H.R. 2976), H5094 [12JN]

——— make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 5460), H3095 [10AP]

Dept. of Energy: provide for prize competitions relative to climate and energy (see H.R. 5031), H6042 [10JY]

Dept. of HHS: conduct a demonstration program to test alternative pain management protocols to limit use of opioids in emergency departments (see H.R. 5197), H4981 [7JN]

——— direct Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to reform liver allocation criteria based on donor’s place of residence or listing, except to avoid wasting organs (see H.R. 6517), H7751 [10AU]

——— provide for a national strategy to address and overcome Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases (see H.R. 5900), H4778 [5JN]

——— reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program (see H.R. 5329), H5022 [8JN]

——— reauthorize school-based health centers (see H.R. 5899), H6465 [17JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize cyber incident response teams (see H.R. 5074), H1220 [20FE]

——— conduct a threat and operational analysis of ports of entry (see H.R. 6400), H6463 [17JY]

——— develop a strategy to secure schools and institutions of higher education from acts of terrorism, active shooters, and other homeland security threats (see H.R. 5731), H3884 [9MY]

——— establish a continuous diagnostics and mitigation program (see H.R. 6443), H6651 [23JY]

——— establish Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program (see H.R. 6439), H6587 [19JY]

——— implement certain requirements for information relative to supply chain risk (see H.R. 6430), H7689 [25JY]

——— prepare a maritime border threat analysis and design a strategic plan based on such analysis (see H.R. 5869), H4209 [17MY]

——— require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to remove personally identifiable information from vessel manifests (see H.R. 4403), H903 [6FE]

——— support officers and employees of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and denounce efforts to abolish agency (see H. Res. 990), H6111 [11JY]

Dept. of Justice: provide grants to local education agencies to purchase and install devices in schools for the immediate notification of appropriate officials in case of emergency (see H.R. 4811), H1503 [8MR]

——— reauthorize Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program Secure Our Schools grant program (see H.R. 4909), H1544 [13MR]

——— 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]

Dept. of Labor: establish grant program to support creation, implementation, and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs in cybersecurity (see H.R. 6791), H8170 [12SE]

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), H7921 [6SE]

——— 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), H5581 [22JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans from a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund (see H.R. 4444), H738 [2FE]

Dept. of Transportation: develop bus operations safety risk reduction programs to improve safety and training for drivers and modify bus specifications and technology to reduce accidents (see H.R. 6016), H4981 [7JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program to improve private health care for veterans who are survivors of military sexual trauma (see H.R. 3642), H1227 [23FE]

——— ensure children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of certain per diem grant amounts (see H.R. 4099), H584 [19JA]

——— expand eligibility for, and benefits under, the family caregiver assistance program and enhance compensation for uniformed services members requiring assistance in everyday life (see H.R. 1472), H1373 [5MR]

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 846), H1213 [15FE]

——— require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see H.R. 103), H1442 [6MR]

DIPG Awareness Week: designate (see H. Res. 69), H3507 [24AP]

Drugs: require a group health plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol (see H.R. 2077), H9152 [27SE]

——— stop production of fentanyl and its trafficking into the U.S. from China (see H.R. 7091), H9448 [26OC]

Egypt: express concern over attacks on Coptic Christians (see H. Res. 673), H170 [11JA]

Employment: clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment age discrimination and retaliation claims (see H.R. 2650), H7156 [24JY]

FAA: issue regulations on secondary cockpit barriers (see H.R. 911), H1507 [9MR]

——— require air carriers to disclose date and location of most recent aircraft maintenance (see H.R. 6028), H4979 [7JN]

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 6014), H6465 [17JY]

FCC: repeal requirement to reallocate and auction the T-Band spectrum (see H.R. 5085), H3056 [2AP]

Federal employees: ensure that 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see H.R. 6275), H6175 [12JY]

——— permit disabled law enforcement, intelligence, and other safety and security officers and employees to receive the same retirement benefits as if they had not been disabled (see H.R. 3303), H3979 [15MY]

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. 6445), H6587 [19JY]

——— provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions (see H.R. 4846), H8886 [25SE]

FEMA: exempt properties located in flood hazard areas that are participating in an approved buy-out program from mandatory purchase requirement under National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 5618), H6175 [12JY]

——— reauthorize National Urban Search and Rescue Response System (see H.R. 6455), H6651 [23JY]

Firearms: ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require background checks for commercial sales (see H.R. 4240), H1336 [27FE]

——— prohibit possession or transfer of certain firearm accessories that modify semi-automatic weapons to fire at the rate of automatic weapons (see H.R. 3999), H1267 [26FE]

——— provide States with limited authority to reduce frequency with which qualified law enforcement officers must meet firearm training standards to be eligible to carry a concealed firearm (see H.R. 4896), H731 [30JA]

Flags: require that the POW/MIA flag be displayed on all days that the flag of the U.S. is displayed on certain Federal property (see H.R. 504), H1477 [7MR]

Floods: codify standards to ensure infrastructure projects that receive Federal funding are built to withstand flood damage (see H.R. 7024), H9414 [2OC]

Foreign aid: ensure adolescent girls in developing countries enroll in and succeed in school, address barriers adolescent girls face in accessing school, and develop U.S. Global Strategy To Empower Adolescent Girls (see H.R. 7055), H9425 [9OC]

Gleason, Stephen M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5499), H10337 [19DE]

Government: prioritize obligations and appropriate emergency funding for continued pay for the Armed Forces and Federal law enforcement officers if statutory debt ceiling is reached or there is a funding gap (see H.R. 1536), H625 [22JA]

GSA: transfer certain surplus computers and technology equipment to nonprofit computer refurbishers for repair and distribution (see H.R. 6407), H6463 [17JY]

Hamas (terrorist organization): impose sanctions for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights by reason of the use of civilians as human shields (see H.R. 3542), H1127 [13FE]

Health care professionals: limit liability of volunteers who provide health care services in response to a disaster (see H.R. 1876), H6264 [16JY]

Immigration: provide that certain naturalized individuals who are affiliated with a criminal gang are subject to revocation of citizenship (see H.R. 5065), H1508 [9MR]

——— reform (H.R. 4760), consideration (see H. Res. 774), H1542 [13MR]

Insurance: ensure health coverage for individuals with pre-existing conditions and reinstate such coverage in the case of a court ruling that would hinder such coverage (see H. Res. 1066), H8726 [13SE]

Investments: protect the investment choices of American investors (see H.R. 2319), H1267 [26FE]

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 state-sponsored terrorist attacks against U.S. citizens and officials and Iranian dissidents and recognize right of Iranian people to establish a democratic, secular, and non-nuclear republic (see H. Res. 1034), H7921 [6SE]

——— impose additional sanctions relative to serious human rights abuses, censorship, diversion of goods, corruption, and hostage-taking (see H.R. 4744), H478 [17JA]

——— impose sanctions against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (see H.R. 5132), H3707 [26AP]

Israel: authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 5141), H3936 [11MY]

——— support security and law enforcement training and cooperation with the U.S. (see H.R. 6998), H9405 [28SE]

Joseph Sanford Jr., Channel, NY: designate (see H.R. 6125), H9092 [26SE]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: provide consistent and reliable authority and funding to maximize effectiveness for future generations (see H.R. 6759), H9092 [26SE]

Law enforcement officers: permit uniformed law enforcement officers to carry agency-issued firearms in certain Federal facilities (see H.R. 2561), H170 [11JA]

Louise and Bob Slaughter Post Office, Fairport, NY: designate (see H.R. 7293), H10209 [13DE]

Major Robert Odell Owens Post Office, Brooklyn, NY: designate (see H.R. 5238), H1506 [9MR]

Marine mammals: support and provide financial resources for North Atlantic right whale conservation programs and projects of persons with expertise required for such conservation (see H.R. 6060), H9471 [9NO]

Maurice D. Hinchey Post Office Building, Saugerties, NY: designate (see H.R. 4722), H405 [16JA]

Medicare: permit occupational therapists to conduct initial assessment visits under a home health plan of care for certain rehabilitation cases (see H.R. 6225), H5987 [3JY]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 807), H18 [8JA]

Members of Congress: suspend salary during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 1789), H583 [19JA]

Metropolitan Museum of Art: issue postage stamp in commemoration of anniversary of founding (see H. Res. 1130), H9443 [23OC]

National Commission on Fibrotic Diseases: establish (see H.R. 4638), H3211 [12AP]

National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (see H.R. 4732), H3316 [13AP]

National Lyme Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 887), H4739 [1JN]

National Park Service: provide competitive grants for operation, security, and maintenance of certain memorials to victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 6287), H6112 [11JY]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 4306), H7748 [7AU]

New York, NY: extend authorization of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 7062), H9430 [12OC]

NIH: expand unique research initiatives authority (see H.R. 5002), H4730 [24MY]

Pensions: authorize a new composite multiemployer pension plan design (see H.R. 4997), H2043 [22MR]

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), H6651 [23JY]

——— provide that care packages mailed to an Armed Forces member by any family member shall be carried at no cost (see H.R. 3456), H3835 [8MY]

Public buildings: reduce costs of Federal real estate and improve building security (see H.R. 6194), H7756 [17AU]

Ross Bouyea Post Office Building, Plattsburgh, NY: designate (see H.R. 6930), H9149 [27SE]

SBA: establish pilot program for certifying that a small business concern is owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (see H.R. 6514), H7686 [25JY]

Social Security: eliminate waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer (see H.R. 6114), H5199 [14JN]

Staff Sergeant Alexandria Gleason-Morrow Post Office Building, Dansville, NY: designate (see H.R. 5395), H2041 [22MR]

Staub, Daniel J. (Rusty): tribute (see H. Res. 874), H3782 [7MY]

Taxation: clarify treatment of State and local real property taxes paid in 2017 and assessed for 2018 (see H.R. 4803), H403 [16JA]

——— establish a new tax credit for charitable donations to nonprofit organizations providing workforce training and education scholarships to qualified elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 5153), H5094 [12JN]

——— provide work opportunity tax credit for hiring veterans who are receiving certain educational assistance (see H.R. 6392), H6465 [17JY]

——— restore tax exemption for advance refunding bonds (see H.R. 5003), H6650 [23JY]

U.N.: disapprove U.N. General Assembly resolution on U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel (see H. Res. 671), H18 [8JA]

U.S. Copyright Office: provide clarity and modernize the licensing system for musical works and ensure fairness in establishing certain rates and fees for songwriters and composers (see H.R. 4706), H170 [11JA]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 333), H4210 [17MY]

——— provide an additional tool to prevent certain frauds against veterans (see H.R. 506), H82 [9JA]

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

Crime: provide penalty enhancements for committing certain offenses while in disguise (see H.R. 6054), H5020 [8JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (see H.R. 6198), H5580 [22JN] (see H.R. 7213), H9763 [3DE]

——— establish National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (see H.R. 4991), H1074 [8FE]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit sanctuary jurisdictions from receiving Federal funds under State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 5617), H3574 [25AP]

Dept. of State: authorize rewards for thwarting wildlife trafficking linked to transnational organized crime (see H.R. 6197), H5580 [22JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: confiscate certain frozen assets and interest paid on certain frozen bank accounts (see H.R. 6783), H8170 [12SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: notify qualifying veterans of a covered change of service reducing or eliminating a medical service provided at a departmental medical facility (see H.R. 6151), H5284 [19JN]

FAA: promulgate regulations to prohibit storage of live animals in overhead compartments of airplanes (see H.R. 5315), H1651 [15MR]

Gateway National Recreation Area: grant States and local governments easements and rights-of-way for construction, operation, and maintenance of projects for control and prevention of flooding and shoreline erosion (see H.R. 6666), H7750 [10AU]

Gateway National Seashore: rename portions as Senator James L. Buckley National Seashore (see H.R. 7125), H9525 [14NO]

Liberia: affirm strong U.S. ties and support for democracy, and call for implementation of Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations, including establishment of an Extraordinary Criminal Tribunal for Liberia (see H. Res. 1055), H7941 [7SE]

Postal Service: require each post office to display the official portrait of the President and the Vice President (see H.R. 5705), H3833 [8MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Crime: provide penalty enhancements for committing certain offenses while in disguise (H.R. 6054), H5021 [8JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (H.R. 6198), H5581 [22JN]

——— establish Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (H.R. 7213), H9763 [3DE]

——— establish National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (H.R. 4991), H1075 [8FE]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit sanctuary jurisdictions from receiving Federal funds under State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (H.R. 5617), H3575 [25AP]

Dept. of State: authorize rewards for thwarting wildlife trafficking linked to transnational organized crime (H.R. 6197), H5581 [22JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: confiscate certain frozen assets and interest paid on certain frozen bank accounts (H.R. 6783), H8171 [12SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: notify qualifying veterans of a covered change of service reducing or eliminating a medical service provided at a departmental medical facility (H.R. 6151), H5285 [19JN]

FAA: promulgate regulations to prohibit storage of live animals in overhead compartments of airplanes (H.R. 5315), H1653 [15MR]

Gateway National Recreation Area: grant States and local governments easements and rights-of-way for construction, operation, and maintenance of projects for control and prevention of flooding and shoreline erosion (H.R. 6666), H7751 [10AU]

Gateway National Seashore: rename portions as Senator James L. Buckley National Seashore (H.R. 7125), H9526 [14NO]

Postal Service: require each post office to display the official portrait of the President and the Vice President (H.R. 5705), H3834 [8MY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1509 [13MR]

Letters

Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Act: Kirstjen M. Nielsen, Sec. of Homeland Security, H8116 [12SE]

——— Representative McCaul, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H8116 [12SE], H9806 [10DE]

——— Representative Walden, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H8116 [12SE], H9806 [10DE]

Rescuing Animals With Rewards (RAWR) Act: Kitty Block, Humane Society of the U.S., Sara Amundson, Human Society Legislative Fund (organization), and Teresa M. Telecky, Humane Society International, H8156 [12SE]

——— Wildlife Conservation Society, H8156 [12SE]

Shielding Public Spaces From Vehicular Terrorism Act: Don Erickson, Security Industry Association, H5270 [19JN]

Supporting Research and Development for First Responders Act: Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H5266 [19JN]

——— Representative McCaul, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H5267 [19JN]

——— Thomas S. Kahn, American Federation of Government Employees, H5266 [19JN]

Remarks

China: impact of increasing influence in global affairs, H544 [18JA]

Crime: prohibit importation or transportation of child sex dolls (H.R. 4655), H5120 [13JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize expenditures to combat emerging terrorist threats, including vehicular attacks (H.R. 4627), H5269, H5270, H5271 [19JN]

——— establish Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (H.R. 6198), H8113, H8115, H8116, H8117 [12SE]

——— establish Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (H.R. 7213), H9804, H9806 [10DE]

——— establish joint task force to integrate border security operations to detect, interdict, disrupt, and prevent narcotics such as fentanyl and other synthetic opioids from entering U.S. (H.R. 5762), H5267, H5268, H5269 [19JN]

——— establish National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (H.R. 4991), H5266, H5267 [19JN]

——— provide funding to secure nonprofit facilities from terrorist attacks (H.R. 1486), H38, H39 [9JA]

Dept. of State: authorize rewards for thwarting wildlife trafficking linked to transnational organized crime (H.R. 6197), H8155, H8156 [12SE]

Drugs: address trafficking of illicit fentanyl and urge Mexico and China to assist in stopping such trafficking, H544 [18JA]

——— improve ability to address synthetic opioid epidemic (H.R. 1781), H544 [18JA]

Gateway National Recreation Area: grant States and local governments easements and rights-of-way for construction, operation, and maintenance of projects for control and prevention of flooding and shoreline erosion (H.R. 6666), H9487 [13NO]

Guild for Exceptional Children (organization): anniversary, E337• [19MR]

Hurricanes: ensure preparedness for start of season, H4858 [7JN]

Liberia: affirm strong U.S. ties and support for democracy, and call for implementation of Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations, including establishment of an Extraordinary Criminal Tribunal for Liberia (H. Res. 1055), H9493 [13NO]

New York, NY: tribute to law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, H4143 [17MY]

Terrorism: anniversary of September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, H8115 [12SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H4692 [23MY], H5198 [14JN], H5646 [25JN]

Tributes

Drayer, Nathan, E45• [16JA]

Jackson, Doris, E179• [13FE]

Nadramia, Stephen, E409• [10AP]

Neube, Alex, E972• [6JY]

Niamonitakis, Steven, E411• [10AP]

Proske, Donna, E515• [24AP]

Russo, Francis, E69• [19JA]

Strange, Theodore, E1621• [10DE]