BARR, ANDY (a Representative from Kentucky)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 5515), H4712 [24MY]

Dept. of HUD: set aside section 8 housing vouchers for supportive and transitional housing for individuals recovering from opioid use disorders (H.R. 5735), H5180 [14JN]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (H.R. 2315), H10155 [12DE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5895), H4977 [7JN]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (H.R. 2315), H10155 [12DE]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (H.R. 2315), H10155 [12DE]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (H.R. 2315), H10155 [12DE]

World Bank Group: increase accountability, combat corruption, and strengthen management effectiveness (H.R. 3326), H451 [17JA]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 5515, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H5788 [27JN], H5984 [3JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Baltic States: recognize independence anniversary, commend political, economic, social, and military progress, support NATO European Deterrence Initiative, and continue mutually beneficial relationship (see H. Res. 826), H4210 [17MY]

Bush, George: tribute (see H. Res. 1172), H9820 [10DE]

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), H7921 [6SE]

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select): release of memo on alleged misuse of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants in investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials (see H. Res. 717), H677 [29JA]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: clarify data and information sharing requirements relative to consumer complaints (see H.R. 3601), H5581 [22JN]

——— disapprove rule on accessing short-term, small-dollar loans (see H.J. Res. 122), H3317 [13AP]

——— provide procedures for guidance issued (see H.R. 5534), H5022 [8JN]

——— replace Director with a 5-person commission and establish it as the Financial Product Safety Commission (see H.R. 5266), H7921 [6SE]

——— require Senate confirmation of Inspector General (see H.R. 3625), H4981 [7JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve access to grants and loans for evidence-based substance use disorder treatment services in rural areas (see H.R. 3566), H975 [7FE]

Dept. of Education: carry out a grant program to secure elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 5107), H1755 [21MR]

Dept. of HHS: authorize a loan repayment program for substance use disorder treatment employees (see H.R. 5102), H3343 [16AP]

——— conduct a demonstration program to test alternative pain management protocols to limit use of opioids in emergency departments (see H.R. 5197), H3097 [10AP]

——— ensure doctors have access to patients’ treatment history to prevent addiction relapses or harmful drug interactions and protect confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records (see H.R. 3545), H3050 [26MR] (see H.R. 5795), H3975 [15MY]

——— provide coordinated care to patients who have experienced a non-fatal overdose after emergency room discharge (see H.R. 5176), H3148 [11AP]

——— provide for sharing of health information concerning an individual’s substance abuse history and treatment by certain entities (see H.R. 5009), H1268 [26FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Joint Threat Assessment and Management Task Force to make recommendations on developing a national strategy to prevent targeted violence (see H.R. 6664), H8728 [13SE]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize Children’s Advocacy Centers (see H.R. 5955), H6264 [16JY]

——— reauthorize Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program Secure Our Schools grant program (see H.R. 4909), H1374 [5MR]

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), H8172 [12SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: direct IMF U.S. Executive Director to support capacity of IMF to prevent money laundering and financing of terrorism (see H.R. 6872), H8883 [25SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a grant program to provide Veteran Student Centers at institutions of higher education to assist veterans in the pursuit of higher education (see H.R. 3272), H584 [19JA]

——— disapprove courses for purposes of educational assistance programs unless the educational institution permits individuals to attend or participate in courses pending departmental payment (see H.R. 4830), H1336 [27FE]

——— ensure children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of certain per diem grant amounts (see H.R. 4099), H1267 [26FE]

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

——— 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), H6264 [16JY]

Depts. of Homeland Security and Education: issue guidance on security for schools based on security standards issued for Federal buildings (see H.R. 5990), H5154 [13JN]

DIPG Awareness Week: designate (see H. Res. 69), H1699 [19MR]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H1075 [8FE]

Drugs: authorize use of eligible investigational drugs by patients diagnosed with a disease or condition in which death will occur within a matter of months, or with another eligible illness (see H.R. 5247), H1541 [13MR]

——— require improved packaging and disposal methods with respect to certain drugs (see H.R. 5687), H4694 [23MY]

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

Employment: make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 6417), H6557 [18JY]

Europe: reject Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline from Russia to Europe, support energy security and diversification, and impose sanctions against individuals and companies working on pipeline (see H. Res. 1035), H9092 [26SE]

FCC: ensure Internet openness, prohibit blocking of content, services, and devices and impairment of Internet traffic, limit authority to preempt State law, and consider Internet service to be an information service (see H.R. 4682), H405 [16JA]

FDA: prohibit abusive delay tactics by pharmaceutical companies to block entry of generic drugs and biosimilar biological products from the market (see H.R. 2212), H3750 [3MY]

FDIC: exclude affiliates and subsidiaries of insured depository institutions in the definition of deposit broker (see H.R. 6158), H7728 [26JY]

Federal agencies and departments: disclose incident report on false ballistic missile event in Hawaii, review current missile threat notification protocols, and strenthen public health readiness for various weapon attacks (see H.R. 4949), H1268 [26FE]

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), H7772 [24AU]

Financial institutions: nullify certain guidance on deposit advance products, establish standards for short-term, small-dollar loans made by insured institutions, and exempt insured institutions from payday lending rule (see H.R. 4861), H5022 [8JN]

Firearms: enhance penalties for certain thefts of a firearm from certain Federal firearms licensees and criminalize theft of a firearm from a gun range that rents firearms or a shooting club (see H.R. 3790), H1442 [6MR]

——— update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 6624), H7724 [26JY]

Foreign trade: provide for congressional review of the imposition of duties and other trade measures by the executive branch (see H.R. 5281), H1729 [20MR]

Fraternal organizations: recognize benefits provided by tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies to their members and communities (see H. Con. Res. 10), H1227 [23FE]

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

Graham, Billy: tribute (see H.J. Res. 130), H1334 [27FE]

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), H5153 [13JN]

Immigration: create a nonimmigrant H-2C work visa program for agricultural workers (see H.R. 6417), H6557 [18JY]

——— fund construction of southern border wall, ensure compliance with Federal immigration law, and combat sanctuary cities, transnational gangs, human trafficking, and drugs (see H.R. 7059), H9436 [16OC]

——— reform (see H.R. 4760), H405 [16JA]

——— reinstate returning worker exemption for H-2B visas (see H.R. 4207), H1267 [26FE]

Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Congressional Gold Medal to the crew (see H.R. 4107), H9569 [16NO]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 4575), H1336 [27FE]

Iran: impose sanctions against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (see H.R. 5132), H1443 [6MR]

——— impose terrorism-related sanctions against As-Saib Ahl Al-Haq and Harakat Hizballah Al-Nujaba and publish a list of armed groups receiving assistance from Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (see H.R. 4238), H3576 [25AP]

Israel: authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 5141), H3835 [8MY]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: call for dismantling of labor camp system, investigate crimes against humanity, end human rights abuses, and allow monitoring of prisoner rehabiltation (see H. Res. 763), H1610 [14MR]

Labor unions: allow question of representation affecting commerce when fewer than half of bargaining unit members had opportunity to vote in certification elections or no election was held (see H.R. 4327), H3211 [12AP]

Medicaid: provide States with option of providing coordinated care for children with medically complex conditions (see H.R. 3325), H9408 [28SE]

——— reauthorize Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program (see H.R. 5306), H7921 [6SE]

——— require State plans have in place certain drug utilization review activities to receive full Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 5799), H3975 [15MY]

Medicare: align physician supervision requirements for radiology services provided by advanced level radiographers with State requirements (see H.R. 1904), H4730 [24MY]

——— ensure fairness in hospital payments by establishing a floor for the area wage index applied to certain hospitals (see H.R. 1130), H3835 [8MY]

——— extend transition to new payment rates for durable medical equipment and update budget neutrality requirement for oxygen (see H.R. 4229), H133 [10JA]

——— permit review of certain payment determinations for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 5985), H7871 [5SE]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 807), H19 [8JA]

Morrill, Justin Smith: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 3034), H5977 [28JN]

National FFA Organization: update charter (see H.R. 5595), H8732 [17SE]

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

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay reimposition of annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 5963), H5977 [28JN]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H1075 [8FE]

Social Security: eliminate waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer (see H.R. 6114), H9420 [5OC]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H1075 [8FE]

Syria: condemn attacks on hospitals and medical personnel, allow humanitarian assistance, and conduct investigation of human rights violations (see H. Res. 632), H1268 [26FE]

——— condition U.S. assistance to Government-controlled territories on human rights reforms, political transition, and a safe and voluntary return of refugees (see H.R. 4681), H478 [17JA]

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: make permanent certain changes made to the child tax credit (see H.R. 5903), H4582 [22MY]

Taxation: allow a refundable income tax credit for the purchase of qualified access technology for the blind (see H.R. 1734), H1442 [6MR]

——— allow an above-the-line deduction for charitable contributions (see H.R. 5771), H6112 [11JY]

——— allow an above-the-line deduction for charitable contributions for individuals not itemizing deductions (see H.R. 3988), H6112 [11JY]

——— allow tax credit for coal-powered electric generation units (see H.R. 5270), H1607 [14MR]

——— allow tax free distributions from 529 college savings plans for certain expenses associated with registered apprenticeship programs (see H.R. 3395), H3887 [9MY]

——— clarify retirement income account rules relative to church controlled organizations (see H.R. 2341), H7759 [21AU]

——— eliminate requirement that charities, churches, and traditionally tax-exempt organizations pay Federal taxes on provided employee benefits (see H.R. 6460), H6588 [19JY]

——— encourage retirement savings (see H.R. 5282), H5153 [13JN]

——— increase and make permanent the exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 1550), H3452 [23AP]

——— make permanent the deduction for qualified business income (see H.R. 6277), H7777 [28AU]

——— make permanent the individual tax rates in effect for taxable years 2018–2025 (see H.R. 4886), H676 [29JA]

——— make permanent the individual tax rates in effect for taxable years 2018–2025 and medical expense deduction, make certain bonuses tax free, increase standard deduction, and make child tax credit fully refundable (see H.R. 5372), H7689 [25JY]

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see H. Con. Res. 119), H5978 [28JN]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 1098), H8107 [10SE]

——— provide families with more discretion in the use of, and contributions to, flexible spending accounts for health care services (see H.R. 1204), H5363 [20JN]

——— reform the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 1661), H5201 [14JN]

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), H3060 [5AP]

U.S. International Development Finance Corp.: establish (see H.R. 5105), H3783 [7MY]

Veterans: protect veterans’ credit ratings by delaying inclusion of medical debt from services received through Veterans Choice Program and other VA programs from reports to credit reporting agencies (see H.R. 2683), H173 [12JA]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H1075 [8FE]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Chinese American veterans in recognition of dedicated service (see H.R. 2358), H9539 [15NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Camp Nelson Heritage National Monument: establish as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 5655), H3741 [27AP]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: extend supervisory authority to include assessing compliance with the Military Lending Act (see H.R. 7364), H10510 [20DE]

Dept. of HHS: establish a pilot program to help individuals in recovery from a substance use disorder transition from treatment to independent living and the workforce (see H.R. 5736), H3885 [9MY]

Dept. of HUD: set aside section 8 housing vouchers for supportive and transitional housing for individuals recovering from opioid use disorders (see H.R. 5735), H3885 [9MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a tiger team to address difficulties in implementation of Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program after enactment of certain changes to housing allowances (see H.R. 7273), H10169 [12DE]

FRS: reform and increase monetary policy transparency and accountability (see H.R. 6741), H7941 [7SE]

Taxation: apply current income tax brackets to capital gains brackets (see H.R. 6179), H5505 [21JN]

——— exclude from definition of personal holding company income certain royalties and rents derived from active trade or business (see H.R. 5813), H3976 [15MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Camp Nelson Heritage National Monument: establish as a unit of the National Park System (H.R. 5655), H3743 [27AP]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: extend supervisory authority to include assessing compliance with the Military Lending Act (H.R. 7364), H10511 [20DE]

Dept. of HHS: establish a pilot program to help individuals in recovery from a substance use disorder transition from treatment to independent living and the workforce (H.R. 5736), H3886 [9MY]

Dept. of HUD: set aside section 8 housing vouchers for supportive and transitional housing for individuals recovering from opioid use disorders (H.R. 5735), H3886 [9MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a tiger team to address difficulties in implementation of Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program after enactment of certain changes to housing allowances (H.R. 7273), H10170 [12DE]

FRS: reform and increase monetary policy transparency and accountability (H.R. 6741), H7942 [7SE]

Taxation: apply current income tax brackets to capital gains brackets (H.R. 6179), H5506 [21JN]

——— exclude from definition of personal holding company income certain royalties and rents derived from active trade or business (H.R. 5813), H3978 [15MY]

Letters

National Strategy for Combating the Financing of Transnational Criminal Organizations Act: Chuck Canterbury, National Fraternal Order of Police, H1398 [6MR]

Remarks

Camp Nelson Heritage National Monument: establish as a unit of the National Park System (H.R. 5655), H4753 [5JN]

Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.: modernize and strengthen to more effectively guard against national security risks posed by certain foreign investments, H7704 [26JY]

——— modernize and strengthen to more effectively guard against national security risks posed by certain foreign investments (H.R. 5841), H5694, H5695 [26JN]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: disapprove rule on indirect auto lending (S.J. Res. 57), H3820 [8MY]

Credit: provide a safe harbor from certain requirements relative to qualified mortgages for residential mortgage loans held on an originating depository institution’s portfolio, H4344 [22MY]

——— provide a safe harbor from certain requirements relative to qualified mortgages for residential mortgage loans held on an originating depository institution’s portfolio (H.R. 2226), H1389, H1390, H1391, H1392 [6MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 5515), conference report, H7704 [26JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish a pilot program to help individuals in recovery from a substance use disorder transition from treatment to independent living and the workforce, H9248 [28SE]

Dept. of HUD: ensure that tribal housing authorities are designated as eligible entities to receive vouchers and that selection criteria for awarding vouchers reflects impact that opioids are having in tribal communities, H5182, H5183 [14JN]

——— set aside section 8 housing vouchers for supportive and transitional housing for individuals recovering from opioid use disorders (H.R. 5735), H5174, H5180, H5181, H5182, H5183 [14JN]

——— set aside section 8 housing vouchers for supportive and transitional housing for individuals recovering from opioid use disorders (H.R. 5735), consideration (H. Res. 934), H5111 [13JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Adaptive Sports Equine-Assisted Therapy Program funding, H4977 [7JN]

——— carry out a pilot program to improve private health care for veterans who are survivors of military sexual trauma (H.R. 3642), H4250 [21MY]

——— establish a tiger team to address difficulties in implementation of Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program after enactment of certain changes to housing allowances (H.R. 7273), H10323 [19DE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, H4977 [7JN]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (H.R. 2315), H10155 [12DE]

Drugs: clarify how synthetic drugs known as analogues are to be regulated (H.R. 2851), consideration (H. Res. 934), H5111 [13JN]

——— provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment (H.R. 6), concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 1099), H9248 [28SE]

Economy: promote economic growth, provide tailored regulatory relief, and enhance consumer protections (S. 2155), H4344 [22MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5895), H4977 [7JN]

Financial institutions: require regulatory agencies to take risk profiles and business models of institutions into account when taking regulatory actions (H.R. 1116), H1580 [14MR]

——— require short form call reports for certain depository institutions (H.R. 4725), H1393, H1394 [6MR]

——— specify which depository institutions are subject to certain maintenance of records and disclosure requirements (H.R. 2954), consideration (H. Res. 693), H426 [17JA]

FRS: reform the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review process and the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Stress Test process (H.R. 4293), H3115 [11AP]

Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Congressional Gold Medal to the crew (S. 2101), H10157 [12DE]

Law enforcement: develop a national strategy to combat financial networks of transnational organized criminals (H.R. 4768), H1395, H1398 [6MR]

Lexington VA Health Care System, Lexington, KY: designate and name campuses in honor of Franklin R. Sousley and Troy Bowling (H.R. 4533), H1083 [13FE]

Richmond, KY: anniversary of First Baptist Church, E1123• [3AU]

SEC: increase threshold amount for requiring issuers to provide certain disclosures relative to employee stock compensatory benefit plans (S. 488), H6309 [17JY]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (H.R. 2315), H10155 [12DE]

Social Security: extend funding, gradually adjust Federal matching rates, and provide State flexibility for State Children’s Health Insurance Program, H426 [17JA]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (H.R. 2315), H10155 [12DE]

Taxation: oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (H. Con. Res. 119), consideration (H. Res. 1001), H6479 [18JY]

Trump, President: decision to withdraw U.S. from agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, H6034 [10JY]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection: provide for processing of certain international mail shipments and advance electronic information on international mail shipments to target opioid shipments (H.R. 5788), consideration (H. Res. 934), H5111 [13JN]

Weissmandl, Michoel Ber: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (H.R. 2740), H9474, H9475 [13NO]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (H.R. 2315), H10155 [12DE]

World Bank Group: grant Presidential waiver authority to countries taking steps to correct U.N. sanction enforcement failures against Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and condition assistance on such enforcement, H451 [17JA]

——— increase accountability, combat corruption, and strengthen management effectiveness (H.R. 3326), H442, H450, H451 [17JA]

——— increase accountability, combat corruption, and strengthen management effectiveness (H.R. 3326), consideration (H. Res. 693), H426 [17JA]

——— modify Dept. of the Treasury reporting requirement to ensure promotion of a reduction in government barriers to entrepreneurship as an important component of poverty reduction, H450 [17JA]

——— report steps taken to ensure G-5 nonimmigrant visa holders employed by World Bank diplomats and staff are informed of the protections afforded to them, H450 [17JA]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Chinese American veterans in recognition of dedicated service (S. 1050), H10156 [12DE]

Tributes

Adams, Benjamin F., III, E1222• [7SE]

Allen, Darren, E1187• [4SE]

Baber, John, E735• [25MY]

Cassidy, Kenneth, E731• [24MY]

Codell, J. Hagan, E732• [24MY]

Conn, Randolph, E730• [24MY]

Davis, Thomas A. (Tad), E341• [20MR]

Lyons, Pearse, H1548 [14MR]

Palumbo, John A., H7171 [25JY]

Reffitt, Thomas E., E733• [24MY]

Shely, Mary P. (Pat), E1120• [3AU]

Wright, Gail K., E734• [24MY]

Zupan, Frank, E1122• [3AU]