BARLETTA, LOU (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Articles and editorials

As Millions Recover From Florence, Congress Has a Chance To Enact Disaster Reform, by and R. David Paulison, Hill (publication), H9036 [26SE]

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), H7921 [6SE]

——— provide for humane treatment of dogs (see H.R. 4693), H5094 [12JN]

Armed Forces: prohibit provision of unpaid compensation and benefits to members found guilty of desertion and provide such back pay to families of members killed or injured while on search and rescue missions (see H.R. 4437), H405 [16JA]

Atrocities Prevention Board: authorize and enhance capacities to prevent and mitigate acts of genocide and mass atrocities (see H.R. 3030), H3931 [10MY]

Career and Technical Education Month: designate (see H. Res. 730), H1128 [13FE]

CBO: modernize scoring of preventive health legislation to assess long-term health savings (see H.R. 2953), H7754 [14AU]

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), H1477 [7MR]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 3530), H9460 [30OC]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (see H.R. 8), H4738 [1JN]

Courts: protect U.S. businesses from foreign companies claiming diplomatic immunity in U.S. courts (see H.R. 5116), H1503 [8MR]

Crime: prohibit importation or transportation of child sex dolls (see H.R. 4655), H1268 [26FE]

——— provide for certain sentencing enhancements relating to illegal reentry offenses and clarify manner in which sentences for such offenses are to be served (see H.R. 5526), H3395 [17AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow schools that participate in National School Lunch Program to serve whole milk (see H.R. 5640), H6464 [17JY]

——— end use of cats in experiments that cause pain or stress (see H.R. 5780), H5581 [22JN]

Dept. of Education: add a work-study program at higher education institutions for off-campus community service at selected after-school activities (see H.R. 6036), H4979 [7JN]

——— make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 5460), H3887 [9MY]

——— support students in completing an affordable postsecondary education that will prepare them to enter the workforce with skills they need for lifelong success (see H.R. 4508), H173 [12JA]

Dept. of HHS: establish community action opioid response grant program (see H.R. 5124), H3507 [24AP]

——— publish physical activity recommendations (see H.R. 1519), H3046 [23MR]

——— reauthorize and modernize Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 5365), H3397 [17AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: alter deadlines by which an application for asylum must be made (see H.R. 4850), H1268 [26FE]

——— 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]

——— develop an engagement strategy with State and local fusion centers (see H.R. 5079), H1342 [1MR]

——— improve suspicious activity reporting to prevent acts of terrorism (see H.R. 5094), H1503 [8MR]

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

——— take appropriate actions to ensure that an illegal alien sex offender is in removal proceedings or has been ordered removed, and is required to register as a sex offender (see H.R. 6595), H9420 [5OC]

Dept. of Justice: extend public safety officers’ death benefits to fire police officers (see H.R. 3918), H1336 [27FE]

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

——— reauthorize Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program Secure Our Schools grant program (see H.R. 4909), H1503 [8MR]

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), H8732 [17SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: reform Federal Insurance Office (see H.R. 3861), H4850 [6JN]

Dept. of Transportation: prepare a plan on preservation needs of Route 66 (see H.R. 66), H3096 [10AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of certain per diem grant amounts (see H.R. 4099), H7751 [10AU]

——— waive copayment requirement for medical and hospital services in the case of certain billing errors and inform veterans of payment plan and waiver rights relative to untimely billing (see H.R. 1972), H1342 [1MR]

DIPG Awareness Week: designate (see H. Res. 69), H4139 [16MY]

Disabled: clarify definition of competitive integrated employment to increase career opportunities (see H.R. 5658), H8728 [13SE]

Drugs: remove barriers to access to residential substance use disorder treatment services under Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 2938), H3783 [7MY]

Employment: recognize importance of funding workforce development programs (see H. Res. 1100), H9406 [28SE]

FAA: reauthorize programs (see H.R. 4), H3314 [13AP]

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 6014), H5817 [27JN]

Federal aid programs: recognize essential benefit of Medicare and Social Security programs to current enrollees and strengthen such programs for future generations (see H. Res. 1026), H7759 [21AU]

FEMA: improve provision of disaster and mitigation assistance to eligible individuals and households and to eligible State, local, tribal, and territorial governments and certain private nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 4), H3314 [13AP]

Fish and fishing: prohibit sale of shark fins (see H.R. 1456), H9091 [26SE]

Foreign policy: support continued cooperation with Israel, ensure adequate capabilites to counter Iran’s destabilizing activities, and support stability and safety in the Middle East (see H. Res. 785), H3317 [13AP]

FTC: prohibit pyramid promotional schemes and ensure compensation is not based upon recruitment of participants into a plan, but on sales to individuals who use products or services sold (see H.R. 3409), H3052 [29MR]

Gleason, Stephen M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5499), H9758 [30NO]

Government: making continuing appropriations for payment of Armed Forces and Dept. of Homeland Security personnel performing national security activities and prohibit Members of Congress from being paid during a shutdown (see H.R. 4852), H610 [21JA]

Health: authorize use of unapproved medical products by patients diagnosed with a terminal illness in accordance with State law (see H.R. 878), H737 [2FE]

Immigration: change first-time illegal entry into the U.S. from a misdemeanor to a felony and make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 6318), H6264 [16JY]

——— provide that any alien who has been convicted of a felony or two misdemeanors, is deportable (see H.R. 5653), H3741 [27AP]

——— reform (see H.R. 4760), H584 [19JA]

——— use of budget reconciliation to establish a Border Wall and Security Trust Fund (see H.R. 7073), H9449 [26OC]

Iran: impose sanctions against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (see H.R. 5132), H3056 [2AP]

IRS: prohibit from requiring that the identity of contributors to 501(c) organizations be included in annual tax returns (see H.R. 4916), H1442 [6MR]

Israel: authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 5141), H3097 [10AP]

——— celebrate independence anniversary, encourage equitable treatment in international forums, support U.N. Security Council candidacy, and encourage diplomatic recognition and engagement (see H. Res. 835), H3576 [25AP]

Medicare: extend transition to new payment rates for durable medical equipment and update budget neutrality requirement for oxygen (see H.R. 4229), H555 [18JA]

Melinda ‘Mindy’ Gene Picotti Post Office, Laceyville, PA: designate (see H.R. 6453), H6588 [19JY] (see H.R. 6606), H7723 [26JY]

Morrill, Justin Smith: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 3034), H9431 [12OC]

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

National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (see H.R. 4732), H3148 [11AP]

National Workforce Development Month: observance (see H. Res. 1100), H9406 [28SE]

NIST: improve assistance provided by Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership to small manufacturers in the defense industrial supply chain on matters relative to cybersecurity (see H.R. 5517), H4243 [18MY]

Oil Region National Heritage Area: reauthorize (see H.R. 6507), H8732 [17SE]

OMB: require Federal agencies to allocate grant funding to States and localities based on the number of U.S. citizens and legal residents as determined under the decennial census (see H.R. 5435), H3317 [13AP]

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), H7752 [10AU]

Route 66 Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 66), H3096 [10AP]

Sadat, Anwar: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 754), H6175 [12JY]

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

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

Taxation: allow for a credit against tax for placing in service qualified broadband property to expand the level of broadband service in a qualified rural census tract (see H.R. 6871), H8883 [25SE]

——— encourage retirement savings (see H.R. 5282), H4850 [6JN]

——— 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), H3931 [10MY]

——— expand use of Coverdell education savings accounts as lifelong learning accounts to pay for skills training, career-related learning, and professional development (see H.R. 6250), H5815 [27JN]

——— impose Federal taxes on bonds used to provide facilities owned by abortion providers (see H.R. 4131), H478 [17JA]

——— permit unborn children to be account beneficiaries of section 529 education savings accounts (see H.R. 4794), H555 [18JA]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 5422), H3835 [8MY]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 1150), H1075 [8FE]

U.N.: establish U.S. policy relative to contributions to U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (see H.R. 6451), H7735 [31JY]

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), H9420 [5OC]

Weissmandl, Michoel Ber: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2740), H3316 [13AP]

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

Appalachian Regional Commission: allow funding to be used to address impacts of opioid addiction on workforce development and economic growth in Appalachia (see H.R. 5294), H1651 [15MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and for National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition (see H. Con. Res. 115), H1652 [15MR]

Depts. of Homeland Security and Education: issue guidance on security for schools based on security standards issued for Federal buildings (see H.R. 5990), H4738 [1JN]

GSA: provide flexibility relative to leaseback of certain Federal real property (see H.R. 7319), H10269 [17DE]

Public buildings: reduce costs of Federal real estate and improve building security (see H.R. 6194), H5580 [22JN]

Public Buildings Reform Board: ensure adequate time is provided to carry out responsibilities (see H.R. 7318), H10269 [17DE]

Taxation: allow a credit for certain facilities that remediate and reclaim coal refuse sites by producing electricity from coal refuse (see H.R. 4977), H1074 [8FE]

Constitutional authority statements

Appalachian Regional Commission: allow funding to be used to address impacts of opioid addiction on workforce development and economic growth in Appalachia (H.R. 5294), H1652 [15MR]

Depts. of Homeland Security and Education: issue guidance on security for schools based on security standards issued for Federal buildings (H.R. 5990), H4738 [1JN]

GSA: provide flexibility relative to leaseback of certain Federal real property (H.R. 7319), H10269 [17DE]

Public buildings: reduce costs of Federal real estate and improve building security (H.R. 6194), H5581 [22JN]

Public Buildings Reform Board: ensure adequate time is provided to carry out responsibilities (H.R. 7318), H10269 [17DE]

Taxation: allow a credit for certain facilities that remediate and reclaim coal refuse sites by producing electricity from coal refuse (H.R. 4977), H1075 [8FE]

Remarks

Appalachian Regional Commission: allow funding to be used to address impacts of opioid addiction on workforce development and economic growth in Appalachia, H9249 [28SE]

——— allow funding to be used to address impacts of opioid addiction on workforce development and economic growth in Appalachia (H.R. 5294), H5115, H5116 [13JN]

Bureau of Prisons: provide secure storage areas on institution grounds outside the secure perimeter for employees authorized to carry firearms (H.R. 613), E699• [21MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (H. Con. Res. 113), H4319, H4320 [22MY]

——— authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and for National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition (H. Con. Res. 115), H3381 [17AP]

Carbon County, PA: anniversary, E298• [13MR]

Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor: anniversary, E769• [5JN]

Drugs: provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment (H.R. 6), concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 1099), H9249 [28SE]

Elizabethville, PA: tribute to Upper Dauphin Area High School girls’ softball team, E1082• [26JY]

FAA: reauthorize programs, H9036 [26SE]

——— reauthorize programs (H.R. 4), H3595 [26AP], E731• [24MY]

FEMA: improve provision of disaster and mitigation assistance to eligible individuals and households and to eligible State, local, tribal, and territorial governments and certain private nonprofit organizations, H9036 [26SE]

——— improve provision of disaster and mitigation assistance to eligible individuals and households and to eligible State, local, tribal, and territorial governments and certain private nonprofit organizations (H.R. 4), H3595 [26AP], E731• [24MY]

Firearms: gun control, H4588 [23MY]

GAO: study FEMA buyout practices (H.R. 5846), H6224, H6225, H6226 [16JY]

George P. Kazen Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Laredo, TX: designate (S. 2734), H6223, H6224 [16JY]

Health care professionals: protect sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (H.R. 302), concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 1082), H9036 [26SE]

House of Representatives: allow the Speaker to declare a recess to receive French President Emmanuel Macron, H3381 [17AP]

——— appreciation of opportunity to serve, E1659• [12DE]

Israel: independence anniversary, E511• [23AP]

J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson U.S. Courthouse, Amarillo, TX: designate (H.R. 5772), H6221 [16JY]

John Hervey Wheeler U.S. Courthouse, Durham, NC: designate (H.R. 3460), H6222 [16JY]

National Building Safety Month: observance, E731• [24MY]

Pennsylvania State Police: anniversary, E583• [3MY]

Rovegno, Rick: Carlisle, PA, Exchange Club Molly Pitcher Club Award recipient, E284• [8MR]

Sugarloaf Township, PA: anniversary of Valley Chiefs Mini-Football League, E1339• [28SE]

Tuckey, Kenneth L.: Boy Scouts of Cumberland County, PA, Friends of Scouting Award recipient, E549• [26AP]

Tunkhannock, PA: tribute to Tunkhannock Little League softball team, E1175• [24AU]

Votes: position on missed, H5136• [13JN]

Zionist Organization of America: tribute to Greater Philadelphia, PA, Chapter gala and gala honorees, E1186• [31AU]

Tributes

Borton, Christopher L., E908• [25JN]

Coleman, Marie, E25• [10JA]

Slapikas, Edward, E807• [8JN]