CLAY, WM. LACY (a Representative from Missouri)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: limit restrictions on the provision of abortion services to protect a women’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy (see H.R. 1322), H554 [18JA]

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

African-American Music Appreciation Month: observance (see H. Res. 974), H5975 [28JN]

AID: implement policies to end preventable maternal and child deaths globally within a generation (see H.R. 4022), H733 [30JA]

Animals: call for end to dog and cat meat industry and urge certain countries to adopt and enforce prohibitions on such practices (see H. Res. 401), H3783 [7MY]

——— prohibit issuance of licenses to certain individuals connected to dealers of dogs who have had licenses revoked (see H.R. 4691), H8742 [24SE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: repeal oil and gas program (see H.R. 5911), H9569 [16NO]

Armed Forces: ensure an order to serve on active duty for preplanned missions in support of combatant commands by selected Reserves is treated the same as other active duty orders for determining benefit eligibility (see H.R. 5038), H1544 [13MR]

——— provide permanent appropriations for death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members in the event of lapsed appropriations (see H.R. 1928), H583 [19JA]

——— 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]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 755), H1443 [6MR]

Bureau of the Census: provide advanced notice to Congress before changing any questions on the decennial census (see H.R. 5359), H3064 [9AP]

CDC: authorize appropriations for firearms safety or gun violence prevention research (see H.R. 1832), H9821 [10DE]

——— 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]

China: express solidarity with Tuidang Movement whereby Chinese citizens renounce ties to the Communist Party and affiliates and call for immediate end to campaign to persecute Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Res. 932), H9092 [26SE]

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]

Committee on the Library (Joint): obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the U.S. Capitol (see H.R. 4856), H581 [19JA]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: require to meet its statutory purpose (see H.R. 6972), H9405 [28SE]

Crime: require automatic sealing of certain minor nonviolent criminal records (see H.R. 6669), H7754 [14AU] (see H.R. 6677), H7772 [24AU]

——— 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: establish a grant program to award funds to certain land-grant African-American colleges and universities to award scholarships to students attending such institutions (see H.R. 51), H1335 [27FE]

——— expand and improve opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 4316), H1227 [23FE]

——— improve food safety, encourage greater production of agricultural commodities for use in the locality in which produced, and reauthorize and expand support of these efforts (see H.R. 3941), H1507 [9MR]

——— prohibit certain activities and require greater transparency in commodity check-off programs (see H.R. 1753), H784 [5FE]

——— prohibit mandatory or compulsory participation of producers in commodity check-off programs (see H.R. 1752), H784 [5FE]

——— require sale of distressed assets and distribute proceeds to low-income communities for infrastructure projects and deficit reduction (see H.R. 6104), H5199 [14JN]

Dept. of Commerce: transmit documents and Dept. of Justice letter relative to decision to include a question on citizenship in the decennial census (see H. Res. 877), H3833 [8MY]

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

——— carry out a program on service dog training for Armed Forces members with post-traumatic stress disorder or other post-deployment mental health conditions (see H.R. 5918), H9463 [2NO]

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

——— expand access to school-wide arts and music programs (see H.R. 6137), H5284 [19JN]

——— improve opportunities to attain a quality, debt-free degree or credential (see H.R. 6543), H7732 [27JY]

Dept. of HHS: 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), H3507 [24AP]

——— reauthorize rural emergency medical services training and equipment assistance program (see H.R. 5429), H4694 [23MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for certain protections for aliens granted temporary protected status or deferred enforced departure (see H.R. 4253), H9463 [2NO]

——— provide lawful permanent resident status to previously removed alien parents and spouses of U.S. citizens (see H.R. 5510), H3315 [13AP]

Dept. of HUD: meet the needs of homeless children, youth, and families, and honor assessments and priorities of local communities (see H.R. 1511), H6464 [17JY]

Dept. of Justice: improve the restitution process for child pornography victims by considering total losses, requiring timely restitution, and spreading costs among multiple defendants (see H.R. 4963), H974 [7FE]

——— limit ability to remove a special counsel (see H.R. 3654), H737 [2FE]

——— provide for programs to help reduce the risk that prisoners will recidivate upon release from prison (see H.R. 5682), H4285 [21MY]

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

Dept. of Labor: establish a pilot program to provide grants for job guarantee programs (see H.R. 6467), H6648 [23JY]

——— 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), H6112 [11JY]

——— provide increased labor law protections for agricultural workers (see H.R. 6230), H7728 [26JY]

——— provide that over-the-road bus drivers are covered under the maximum hours requirement under the Fair Labor Standards Act (see H.R. 4156), H9463 [2NO]

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), H9408 [28SE]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize a National Heritage Area Program (see H.R. 1002), H7732 [27JY]

——— designate Quindaro Townsite in Kansas City, KS, as a National Historic Landmark (see H.R. 5613), H3783 [7MY]

——— 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), H7825 [4SE]

——— modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims (see H.R. 5753), H3928 [10MY]

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), H9463 [2NO]

——— prepare a plan on preservation needs of Route 66 (see H.R. 66), H5987 [3JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct and support research on the efficacy and safety of medicinal marijuana (see H.R. 5520), H3397 [17AP]

——— prohibit conduct of medical research causing significant pain or distress to dogs (see H.R. 3197), H9449 [26OC]

——— provide for circumstances under which reimbursement for emergency ambulance services shall be provided (see H.R. 1445), H3210 [12AP]

DIPG Awareness Week: designate (see H. Res. 69), H10104 [11DE]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H9668 [27NO]

Drugs: make marijuana legal at the Federal level, incentivize States to change marijuana laws that disproportionately impact minority communities, and allow retroactive review of marijuana sentences (see H.R. 4815), H3707 [26AP]

——— protect States and individuals in States that have laws which permit the use of marijuana (see H.R. 4779), H4777 [5JN]

——— 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), H5225 [15JN]

Elections: protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for infrastructure used to carry out such elections (see H.R. 5011), H4694 [23MY]

Emancipation National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 4745), H9744 [29NO]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 1516), H9511 [13NO]

EPA: address lead contamination in school drinking water (see H.R. 6951), H9150 [27SE]

——— establish a grant program for funding of water recycling and reuse projects (see H.R. 5127), H1478 [7MR]

Executive Office of the President: require quarterly reports on security clearances for employees (see H.R. 5019), H1177 [14FE]

Fair Housing Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 817), H3147 [11AP]

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]

——— facilitate a spectrum pipeline for commercial use and require a portion of proceeds from spectrum auctions to go to wireless broadband infrastructure buildout in unserved and underserved rural areas (see H.R. 4953), H9569 [16NO]

FDIC: exclude affiliates and subsidiaries of insured depository institutions in the definition of deposit broker (see H.R. 6158), H5362 [20JN]

Federal agencies and departments: require Executive agencies to give priority to entities with on-site child care for employees in awarding certain contracts (see H.R. 5401), H9463 [2NO]

Federal employees: increase rates of pay for General Schedule and prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 4775), H168 [11JA]

——— provide for compensation of furloughed employees in the event of a lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 4827), H584 [19JA] (see H.R. 4961), H973 [7FE] (see H.R. 5391), H2041 [22MR] (see H.R. 7368), H10587 [21DE]

Federal Labor Relations Authority: provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions (see H.R. 4846), H6264 [16JY]

Firearms: allow family members and close associates of suspected unstable individuals to take legal actions to prevent such individuals from purchasing or possessing firearms (see H.R. 2598), H5817 [27JN]

——— 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]

Fish and fishing: improve conservation of sharks (see H.R. 5248), H1542 [13MR]

Foreign policy: affirm U.S. commitment to NATO and condemn President Trump’s failure to confront Russian President, Vladimir Putin, for Russia’s election interference and worldwide aggression (see H. Res. 1008), H7729 [26JY]

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

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]

FRS: require Federal reserve banks to interview one individual reflective of gender diversity and one individual reflective of racial or ethnic diversity when appointing Federal reserve bank presidents (see H.R. 485), H3096 [10AP]

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), H9569 [16NO]

Global Food Security Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5129), H5649 [25JN]

Health: provide for research and improvement of cardiovascular health among the South Asian population of the U.S. (see H.R. 3592), H9463 [2NO]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 1068), H8726 [13SE]

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), H9432 [12OC]

——— prohibit Members from using congressional offices for personal overnight accommodations and allow a tax deduction for living expenses incurred by Members (see H.R. 5845), H4137 [16MY]

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

Housing: prohibit discrimination based on use of Section 8 housing vouchers (see H.R. 202), H3059 [5AP]

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]

——— require reunification of families separated as a result of the zero tolerance policy that prosecutes all adults entering the U.S. illegally (see H.R. 6236), H5814 [27JN]

Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Congressional Gold Medal to the crew (see H.R. 4107), H9463 [2NO]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2902), H1075 [8FE]

Iran: 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), H7782 [31AU]

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

Labor Management Relations Act: amend (see H.R. 6080), H9467 [6NO]

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act: amend (see H.R. 6080), H9467 [6NO]

Law enforcement officers: classify use of chokeholds as excessive and prohibited use of force (see H.R. 7118), H9467 [6NO]

——— 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]

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

Medicare: ensure equitable payment for, and beneficiary access to, diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals under hospital outpatient prospective payment system (see H.R. 6948), H9511 [13NO]

——— extend transition to new payment rates for durable medical equipment and update budget neutrality requirement for oxygen (see H.R. 4229), H9467 [6NO]

——— improve home health payment reforms (see H.R. 6932), H9467 [6NO]

——— provide that Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs final regulation on payments for drugs and biologicals shall have no force or effect (see H.R. 4392), H584 [19JA]

——— require Dept. of HHS to negotiate prices of prescription drugs (see H.R. 6505), H9408 [28SE]

Memphis, TN: anniversary of sanitation workers’ strike (see H. Res. 715), H677 [29JA] (see H. Res. 720), H1179 [14FE]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 5942), H9439 [19OC]

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

National Commission on Fibrotic Diseases: establish (see H.R. 4638), H7921 [6SE]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1104), H9406 [28SE]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 914), H4732 [25MY]

National Gun Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 913), H4729 [24MY]

National Gun Violence Awareness Weekend: designate (see H. Res. 913), H4729 [24MY]

National Labor Relations Act: amend (see H.R. 6080), H9467 [6NO]

National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (see H.R. 4732), H7871 [5SE]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 761), H1341 [1MR]

New York, NY: extend authorization of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 7062), H9449 [26OC]

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), H9463 [2NO]

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), H7729 [26JY]

——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 31), H4778 [5JN]

Powell, Barbara R. Johns: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 5561), H3707 [26AP]

Power resources: reform fossil fuel leasing, promote renewable energy, prepare for climate change, increase industry accountability, improve returns for development of Federal energy resources, and protect special places (see H.R. 4426), H678 [29JA]

Presidents of the U.S.: require Presidential candidates to develop ethics plans for transition teams (see H.R. 4826), H552 [18JA]

Puerto Rico: enable admission as a State (see H.R. 6246), H6264 [16JY]

Route 66 Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 66), H5987 [3JY]

Route 66 National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 801), H82 [9JA]

Sadat, Anwar: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 754), H3052 [29MR]

Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 5374), H3444 [18AP]

SEC: allow the owning of certain securities by, change capital structure requirements of, and revise certain rules relative to business development companies (see H.R. 4267), H1374 [5MR]

Sexual harassment: provide for research to better understand causes and consequences of sexual harassment in the scientific workforce and examine policies to reduce the prevalence and negative impact of such harassment (see H.R. 7031), H9419 [5OC]

Small Business Saturday: observance (see H. Res. 1144), H9569 [16NO]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H9668 [27NO]

SO2 Navy SEAL Adam Olin Smith Post Office, Bevier, MO: designate (see H.R. 5475), H3146 [11AP]

Spc. Sterling William Wyatt Post Office Building, Columbia, MO: designate (see H.R. 4960), H973 [7FE]

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

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H9668 [27NO]

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

——— eliminate tax preferences for foreign profits by repealing reduced rate of tax on foreign-derived intangible income and global intangible low-taxed income (see H.R. 5145), H6650 [23JY]

——— encourage retirement savings (see H.R. 5282), H9821 [10DE]

——— increase and make permanent the exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 1550), H3452 [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]

Voting: require States to ensure individuals who provide identifying information to motor vehicle authorities are automatically registered to vote in Federal elections unless eligibility requirements are not met (see H.R. 2840), H3979 [15MY]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 5034), H4777 [5JN]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H9668 [27NO]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. merchant mariners of World War II (see H.R. 5879), H7776 [28AU]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bureau of the Census: provide that individuals in prison shall, for purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to the last place of residence before incarceration (see H.R. 5454), H3095 [10AP]

National Park Service: change U.S. Code references from U.S. Civil Rights Network to African American Civil Rights Network (see H.R. 7172), H9667 [27NO]

Constitutional authority statements

Bureau of the Census: provide that individuals in prison shall, for purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to the last place of residence before incarceration (H.R. 5454), H3096 [10AP]

National Park Service: change U.S. Code references from U.S. Civil Rights Network to African American Civil Rights Network (H.R. 7172), H9667 [27NO]

Remarks

First Sergeant P. Andrew McKenna, Jr., Post Office, Bristol, RI: designate (H.R. 4685), H1350, H1351 [5MR]

Gleason, Stephen M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 2652), H10415, H10416 [20DE]

Government regulations: provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), H6184 [13JY]

Lance Corporal Jordan S. Bastean Post Office, Pekin, IL: designate (H.R. 2673), H1348 [5MR]

Lance Corporal Thomas E. Rivers, Jr., Post Office Building, Birmingham, AL: designate (H.R. 4646), H1350 [5MR]

Mission Veterans Post Office Building, Mission, TX: designate (H.R. 1209), H1347 [5MR]

Police Officer Scott Bashioum Post Office Building, Canonsburg, PA: designate (S. 831), H1352 [5MR]

SEC: exempt investment advisers who solely advise certain rural business investment companies from certain regulations (S. 2765), H10416 [20DE]

Tuskegee Airmen Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (H.R. 4406), H1348, H1349 [5MR]

U.S. Navy Seaman Dakota Kyle Rigsby Post Office, Palmyra, VA: designate (H.R. 3183), H1353 [5MR]

Tributes

Dellums, Ronald V., H7905 [6SE]

Kaptur, Representative, H1596 [14MR]