RICE, TOM (a Representative from South Carolina)

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), H3887 [9MY]

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), H5749 [26JN]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: disapprove rule on accessing short-term, small-dollar loans (see H.J. Res. 122), H3750 [3MY]

Crime: provide penalties for certain obstructions of the enforcement of Federal immigration laws (see H.R. 4915), H5363 [20JN]

Dept. of Education: allow parents of eligible military dependent children to redirect a portion of their per pupil Impact Aid Program allocations to establish Military Education Savings Accounts (see H.R. 5199), H3507 [24AP]

——— allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 719), H1178 [14FE]

——— provide for accreditation reform, require institutions of higher education to publish information on student success, and provide for fiscal and student loan accountability by institutions (see H.R. 4274), H1214 [15FE]

Dept. of State: prohibit flying of any flag other than the U.S. flag over U.S. diplomatic and consular posts (see H.R. 6450), H6588 [19JY]

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), H1267 [26FE]

Employment: make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 6417), H7772 [24AU]

Federal agencies and departments: require the appropriation of funds to use a fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds received from a settlement (see H.R. 850), H583 [19JA]

FEMA: provide assistance for common interest communities, condominiums, and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster (see H.R. 3238), H4777 [5JN]

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

Immigration: clarify classes of individuals born in the U.S. who are nationals and citizens of the U.S. at birth (see H.R. 140), H5506 [21JN]

——— create a nonimmigrant H-2C work visa program for agricultural workers (see H.R. 6417), H7772 [24AU]

——— reform (see H.R. 4760), H478 [17JA]

Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Congressional Gold Medal to the crew (see H.R. 4107), H9691 [28NO]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 785), H5981 [29JN]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see H.R. 502), H5094 [12JN]

Medicaid: provide States with option of providing coordinated care for children with medically complex conditions (see H.R. 3325), H7776 [28AU]

Members of Congress: ensure that Members and staff receive health care from the Dept. of Veterans Affairs instead of the Federal Health Benefits Program or health care exchanges (see H.R. 307), H1729 [20MR]

Pensions: adjust single-employer benefit plan premiums (see H.R. 3596), H1502 [8MR]

Postmaster Frazier B. Baker Post Office, Lake City, SC: designate (see H.R. 7230), H9819 [10DE]

Public welfare programs: amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 5861), H4209 [17MY]

——— help individuals receiving assistance under means-tested welfare programs obtain self-sufficiency, provide spending information and limits on such programs, and prohibit Federal funding of abortions (see H.R. 2832), H1217 [16FE]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see H.R. 1881), H6041 [10JY]

SSA: improve service and strengthen Social Security Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 6559), H7921 [6SE]

Taxation: encourage retirement and family savings (see H.R. 6757), H8106 [10SE]

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

——— make permanent certain tax relief for individuals, families, and small business (see H.R. 6760), H8107 [10SE]

——— promote new business innovation (see H.R. 6756), H8106 [10SE]

——— provide tax relief for victims of Hurricane Florence (see H.R. 6854), H8738 [20SE]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 1150), H6175 [12JY]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 6618), H7723 [26JY]

Voting: prohibit Federal payments to a unit of local government that allows individuals who are not U.S. citizens to vote in elections for State or local office (see H.R. 6482), H7689 [25JY]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. merchant mariners of World War II (see H.R. 5879), H9408 [28SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HHS: revise and extend Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network programs to increase organ donations (see H.R. 6458), H6588 [19JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: require senior departmental officials to receive VA health care (see H.R. 5097), H1266 [26FE]

EPA: exempt from certain Clean Air Act requirements law enforcement agency incinerator units when used for the sole purpose of destroying contraband or household pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 6291), H5974 [28JN]

Taxation: provide an automatic delay for certain internal revenue requirements in the case of taxpayers in an area where a federally declared disaster is requested (see H.R. 6842), H8732 [17SE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of HHS: revise and extend Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network programs to increase organ donations (H.R. 6458), H6589 [19JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: require senior departmental officials to receive VA health care (H.R. 5097), H1267 [26FE]

EPA: exempt from certain Clean Air Act requirements law enforcement agency incinerator units when used for the sole purpose of destroying contraband or household pharmaceuticals (H.R. 6291), H5977 [28JN]

Taxation: provide an automatic delay for certain internal revenue requirements in the case of taxpayers in an area where a federally declared disaster is requested (H.R. 6842), H8732 [17SE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing, H10496 [20DE]

Dept. of Justice: establish a permanent background check system for employees and volunteers of organizations who serve children, the elderly, or the disabled (H.R. 695), Senate amendment, H10496 [20DE]

Immigration: authorize cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain aliens who are long-term U.S. residents and who entered the U.S. as children (H.R. 3440), H971 [7FE]

——— proposed construction of continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border, H10496 [20DE]

——— reform, H971 [7FE]

Insurance: modify definition of qualified health plan for health insurance premium tax credit and allow individuals purchasing health insurance in individual market to buy lower premium copper plan (H.R. 6311), H7654 [25JY]

IRS: modernize and improve (H.R. 7227), H10402, H10413 [20DE]

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, H10471 [20DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H7654 [25JY]

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, H10471 [20DE]

——— include certain over-the-counter medical products as qualified medical expenses (H.R. 6199), H7654 [25JY]

——— provide an automatic delay for certain internal revenue requirements in the case of taxpayers in an area where a federally declared disaster is requested, H10471 [20DE]

——— provide tax relief for victims of Hurricane Florence, H10471 [20DE]