GRANGER, KAY (a Representative from Texas)

Addresses

George Washington University Dee J. Kelly Law Learning Center Dedication: Blake Morant, E1190• [4SE]

——— Dee J. Kelly, Jr., E1191• [4SE]

——— Thomas J. LeBlanc, E1190• [4SE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 6157, Depts. of Defense, Labor, HHS, and Education and related agencies and continuing appropriations, H7806 [4SE]

Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation Board of Trustees, H9402 [28SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Budget: rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (see H.R. 3), H3884 [9MY]

Bush, Barbara Pierce: tribute (see H. Res. 838), H3505 [24AP]

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 103), H783 [5FE]

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), H9821 [10DE]

Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.: modernize and strengthen to more effectively guard against national security risks posed by certain foreign investments (see H.R. 4311), H3835 [8MY]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: provide an exemption from rules and regulations for community financial institutions (see H.R. 1264), H6041 [10JY]

Correctional institutions: prohibit use of restraints and restrictive housing on inmates during pregnancy, labor, and recovery, collect data on pregnant inmates, and address health needs relative to pregnancy and childbirth (see H.R. 6805), H8724 [13SE]

Dept. of Education: allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 719), H404 [16JA]

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

Dept. of HHS: establish Eye Bond Pilot Program to fund translational research and advance treatments and cures for blindness and other severe vision impairments (see H.R. 6421), H8172 [12SE]

Dept. of State: monitor and combat anti-Semitism globally by elevating position of Special Envoy To Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism to the rank of Ambassador (see H.R. 1911), H3444 [18AP]

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]

——— 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), H5286 [19JN]

Dept. of Transportation: issue regulations allowing qualified drivers under the age of 21 who complete a vehicle operation and mentor-apprentice training program to move freight across State lines (see H.R. 5358), H4694 [23MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of certain per diem grant amounts (see H.R. 4099), H8739 [20SE]

——— 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), H1127 [13FE]

Discrimination: provide for consideration of a definition of anti-Semitism for enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws relative to education programs or activities (see H.R. 5924), H4692 [23MY]

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), H404 [16JA]

George P. Kazen Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Laredo, TX: designate (see H.R. 5280), H3783 [7MY]

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

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1847), H9821 [10DE]

Immigration: reform (see H.R. 4760), H738 [2FE]

Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Congressional Gold Medal to the crew (see H.R. 4107), H9511 [13NO]

Iran: impose additional sanctions relative to serious human rights abuses, entities controlled by Iranian armed forces, supporters of ballistic missile program, and violations of agreement relative to nuclear program (see H.R. 4821), H552 [18JA]

——— impose sanctions against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (see H.R. 5132), H1443 [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), H1508 [9MR]

Lucas Lowe Post Office, Hardin, TX: designate (see H.R. 7331), H10335 [19DE]

Medicaid: provide States with option of providing coordinated care for children with medically complex conditions (see H.R. 3325), H5649 [25JN]

Medicare: ensure appropriate care for victims of sexual assault (see H.R. 3415), H7156 [24JY]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1017), H9408 [28SE]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1152), H9568 [16NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1152), H9568 [16NO]

National Public Health Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 805), H2042 [22MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure any replacement allows States to reform their individual health insurance markets provided that such reform includes certain features (see H. Res. 1089), H9151 [27SE]

Pittsburgh, PA: condemn shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue and rising anti-Semitism, honor those killed, support those who were injured, offer condolences to those affected, and commend first responders (see H. Res. 1138), H9467 [6NO]

Postal Service: require foreign shipments to provide electronic advance customs data to U.S. Customs and Border Protection on packages entering the U.S. to help stop trafficking of illicit synthetic drugs (see H.R. 1057), H1477 [7MR]

Public Health Thank You Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 141), H9510 [13NO]

Religion: recognize significance of parsonage allowance to religious and spiritual communities and support its continued exemption from gross income for tax purposes (see H. Con. Res. 129), H6463 [17JY]

Social Security: replace windfall elimination provision with a formula equalizing benefits for certain individuals with non-covered employment (see H.R. 6933), H9420 [5OC]

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 Defense: making appropriations (see H.R. 4877), H628 [25JA] (see H.R. 6157), H5361 [20JN]

Dept. of Justice: provide additional grants for school security for purchasing and installing metal detectors and encouraging limitation of entry and exit points (see H.R. 5135), H1340 [1MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4877), H629 [25JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6157), H5362 [20JN]

Dept. of Justice: provide additional grants for school security for purchasing and installing metal detectors and encouraging limitation of entry and exit points (H.R. 5135), H1341 [1MR]

Letters

Navy Virginia-class submarine program funding through reductions in shipbuilding and procurement programs funding: J. Roy Robinson, National Guard Association of the U.S., H5810 [27JN]

——— Patrick M. Shanahan, Deputy Sec. of Defense, H5810 [27JN]

Motions

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), H700 [30JA]

Remarks

Air Force: A–10 wing replacement funding, H5742 [26JN]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H2019 [22MR]

Army: Quantum Information Sciences program funding, H5743 [26JN]

Budget: rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a certain special message transmitted to Congress by the President (H.R. 3), H4874 [7JN]

Defense Advisory Committee on Investigation, Prosecution, and Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces: study collateral misconduct and disciplinary actions brought against survivors of sexual assault funding, H5794 [27JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorize award of an Atomic Veterans Service Medal, H5740 [26JN]

——— Breast Cancer Research Program funding, H5745 [26JN]

——— Cyber Scholarship Program funding, H5802 [27JN]

——— Defense Information Systems Agency funding, H5747 [26JN]

——— Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental funding, H5801 [27JN]

——— Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency funding, H5742 [26JN], H5793 [27JN]

——— establish Military Community Infrastructure Program to ease traffic jams around military bases by making public highway improvements, H5792 [27JN]

——— explosive ordnance disposal equipment upgrades and technology enhancements funding, H5802 [27JN]

——— gender advisors, foreign security forces training on how to integrate women in security efforts, and National Defense University research on women’s contributions to security funding, H5791 [27JN]

——— Gulf War Illness Research Program funding, H5745 [26JN]

——— laser scaling technologies for boost-phase intercontinental ballistic missile defense funding, H5789 [27JN]

——— lung cancer research funding, H5797 [27JN]

——— making appropriations, H719, H724 [30JA], H2019 [22MR]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6157), H5707, H5739, H5740, H5742, H5743, H5744, H5745, H5746, H5747 [26JN], H5789, H5790, H5791, H5792, H5793, H5794, H5795, H5796, H5797, H5798, H5799, H5801, H5802, H5803, H5805, H5807, H5810, H5812 [27JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6157), conference report, H9041 [26SE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6157), motion to recommit, H5851 [28JN]

——— National Security Technology Accelerator funding, H5744 [26JN]

——— open air burn pits research funding, H5796, H5798 [27JN]

——— peer-reviewed traumatic brain injury and psychological health research funding, H5851 [28JN]

——— prohibit funding for procurement or extension of a contract for goods or services from certain foreign telecommunications companies, H5805 [27JN]

——— prohibit funding to contravene existing Federal requirements for meaningful consultation and engagement with tribal communities, H5747 [26JN]

——— prohibit funding to end ROTC programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges and universities, H5790 [27JN]

——— provide flexibility to provide technical assistance by U.S. military women to military women in other countries combating violence as a weapon of war, terrorism, human trafficking, or narcotics trafficking, H5739 [26JN]

——— Sexual Assault Special Victims’s Counsel Program funding, H5803 [27JN]

——— Special Operations Forces funding, H5796 [27JN]

——— STARBASE program funding, H5739 [26JN]

——— Tomahawk cruise missile funding, H5791 [27JN]

——— training and retention of cybersecurity professionals funding, H5792, H5793 [27JN]

——— triple-negative breast cancer research funding, H5799 [27JN]

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 amendments, H699, H719, H724 [30JA]

Dept. of State: include severe forms of trafficking in persons within the definition of transnational organized crime for purposes of the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program (H.R. 1625), Senate amendment, H2019 [22MR]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H9041 [26SE]

Fisher House Foundation, Inc.: funding, H5798 [27JN]

George Washington University: dedication of Dee J. Kelly Law Learning Center, E1190• [4SE]

Greater Fort Worth, TX, Association of Realtors: anniversary, E1392• [12OC]

National Background Investigations Bureau: retain processing of Federal background investigations at Butler County, PA, facility, H5791 [27JN]

National Guard: Counterdrug Program funding, H5807 [27JN]

——— National Guard Youth Challenge Program funding, H5740 [26JN]

National security: space-based ballistic missile defense technology funding, H5789 [27JN]

Navy: AIM–120 delta advanced medium-range air-to-air missile funding, H5794, H5795 [27JN]

——— Virginia-class submarine program funding through reductions in shipbuilding and procurement programs funding, H5810, H5812 [27JN]

Pakistan: Coalition Support Fund reimbursements funding, H5746 [26JN]

Votes: position on missed, H3912• [10MY], H6569• [19JY], E116•, E121• [30JA], E740• [25MY], E1355• [2OC]

Reports filed

Dept. of Defense Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 6157) (H. Rept. 115–769), H5361 [20JN]

Tributes

Bennett, Mark, E956• [29JN]

Bush, George, H9811 [10DE]

Dollaga, Leonard C. (Butch), E859• [19JN]

Finerty, Christopher E., E27• [10JA]

Jasso, Stephen, E55• [17JA]

Jennings, Charles D. (Shawn), E557• [27AP]

Kitchens, Ted, E659• [16MY]

Sharpe, Dwight A., E1067• [25JY]