WELCH, PETER (a Representative from Vermont)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 5515), H4565 [22MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6157), H5796 [27JN]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6147), H6447, H6455 [17JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5895), H4976 [7JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghan Allies Protection Act: amend (see H.R. 5694), H4850 [6JN]

AID: implement policies to end preventable maternal and child deaths globally within a generation (see H.R. 4022), H3148 [11AP]

Air pollution: preserve appropriate and achievable Federal standards for greenhouse gas emissions and corporate average fuel economy for cars and light trucks (see H.R. 5226), H1501 [8MR]

Animals: prohibit issuance of licenses to certain individuals connected to dealers of dogs who have had licenses revoked (see H.R. 4691), H9758 [30NO]

Appropriations: making continuing (see H.R. 4874), H624 [22JA]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: repeal oil and gas program (see H.R. 5911), H9408 [28SE]

Arlington National Cemetery: mint coins in commemoration of Tomb of the Unknown Soldier anniversary (see H.R. 6635), H8728 [13SE]

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 for establishment and operation of Reserve component cyber civil support teams (see H.R. 3712), H1374 [5MR]

——— 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]

——— remove from unauthorized hostilities in Yemen (see H. Con. Res. 138), H9090 [26SE] (see H. Con. Res. 142), H9763 [3DE]

Bankruptcy: allow full subrogation, including subrogation to the priority rights of the U.S., of claims for the payment of customs duties (see H.R. 4657), H1179 [14FE]

BatWeek: designate (see H. Res. 1136), H9449 [26OC]

Bureau of the Census: provide advanced notice to Congress before changing any questions on the decennial census (see H.R. 5359), H7759 [21AU]

Burma: promote democracy and human rights through provision of humanitarian assistance, imposition of sanctions, and travel bans on officials responsible for violence against Rohingya population (see H.R. 5819), H3976 [15MY]

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), H9431 [12OC]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: compel manufacturers to correct inaccurate classification data reported to Medicaid rebate program (see H.R. 5712), H3833 [8MY]

Climate: cap emissions of greenhouse gases through requirement to purchase carbon permits and distribute proceeds of such purchases to eligible individuals (see H.R. 4889), H676 [29JA]

——— recognize and accept findings of U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and call for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in line with recommendations of such panel (see H. Res. 1145), H9510 [13NO]

Coal: establish a worker adjustment assistance program to provide assistance and job retraining for workers who have lost their jobs due to unplanned closures of coal and coal-dependent industries (see H.R. 6819), H8725 [13SE]

Colleges and universities: prohibit discrimination in higher education against certain undocumented students on the basis of immigration status (see H.R. 6525), H8743 [24SE]

Congress: eliminate partisan redistricting and gerrymandering (see H. Res. 283), H5987 [3JY]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 356), H3317 [13AP]

Crime: protect victims of stalking from gun violence (see H.R. 3207), H7824 [4SE]

Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 860), H3742 [27AP]

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 Rural Partnerships Office to provide assistance to rural communities and small towns with infrastructure planning, asset management, life-cycle accounting, and project oversight (see H.R. 4947), H901 [6FE]

——— exempt certain recipients of conservation assistance from certain reporting requirements (see H.R. 1163), H18 [8JA]

——— extend and expand the Market Access Program and the Foreign Market Development Program (see H.R. 2321), H3060 [5AP]

——— 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), H8108 [10SE]

——— provide for State and tribal regulation of hemp production (see H.R. 5485), H4584 [22MY]

——— reauthorize Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones Program (see H.R. 5250), H1542 [13MR]

——— simplify the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recertification process for the elderly and disabled and spur innovation in application processes for certain entitlement programs (see H.R. 4521), H7748 [7AU]

Dept. of Commerce: study and report on the state of the Internet-connected devices industry (see H.R. 6032), H4979 [7JN]

——— 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: study servicemembers’ exposure to open burn pits and toxic airborne chemicals while on active duty to ensure appropriate treatment for health effects (see H.R. 5671), H4139 [16MY]

Dept. of Education: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1957), H8732 [17SE]

——— allow certain payments made by public service employees to qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (see H.R. 4859), H4730 [24MY]

——— establish State-Federal partnerships to provide students with debt-free college, provide Pell Grant eligibility to certain immigrants, and restore assistance eligibility for drug-related offenses (see H.R. 5384), H2040 [22MR]

——— improve opportunities to attain a quality, debt-free degree or credential (see H.R. 6543), H10338 [19DE]

——— provide for a percentage of student loan forgiveness for public service employment (see H.R. 3026), H4584 [22MY]

——— require institutions of higher education that receive Federal financial assistance to distribute voter registration forms to students enrolled at the institution (see H.R. 5564), H5286 [19JN]

——— support early childhood educators and elementary and secondary school teachers through increased training, loan forgiveness, teaching certification assistance, and tax credits (see H.R. 4914), H7748 [7AU]

Dept. of Energy: establish a Financing Energy Efficient Manufacturing Program (see H.R. 5042), H1211 [15FE]

——— establish Combined Heat and Power Technical Assistance Partnership (CHP TAP) Program (see H.R. 6949), H9150 [27SE]

——— establish new goals and carry out certain demonstration projects relative to energy storage (see H.R. 5610), H3574 [25AP]

——— provide financial assistance to local governments impacted by reduction in tax revenue from nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 6814), H8725 [13SE]

Dept. of HHS: clarify intent, enhance integrity, and protect and expand 340B discount drug program to meet the needs of the opioid drug crisis (see H.R. 6071), H7732 [27JY]

——— extend funding for certain public health programs (see H.R. 4820), H733 [30JA]

——— nullify certain contractual provisions prohibiting or penalizing a pharmacist’s disclosure of availability of equivalent alternative drugs or methods of purchasing less expensive drugs (see H.R. 5343), H1727 [20MR]

——— provide women with increased access to preventive and life-saving cancer screening (see H.R. 6315), H7921 [6SE]

——— reauthorize rural emergency medical services training and equipment assistance program (see H.R. 5429), H7156 [24JY]

——— repeal provision prohibiting sponsorship of research on gun violence (see H.R. 1478), H1227 [23FE]

——— revise and extend projects relative to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 2913), H3783 [7MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit funding to implement the ‘‘public charge’’ rule that expands the list of Federal aid programs that could be considered when an immigrant is applying for admission (see H.R. 7052), H9449 [26OC]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see H.R. 4057), H7728 [26JY]

——— carry out a pilot program to provide grants to eligible entities to divert individuals with low-level drug offenses to prebooking diversion programs (see H.R. 1763), H3210 [12AP]

——— condemn decision seeking to declare domestic violence and gang violence as invalid grounds for seeking asylum (see H. Res. 987), H6111 [11JY]

——— develop and implement national standards for the use of solitary confinement in correctional facilities (see H.R. 5710), H3833 [8MY]

——— limit ability to remove a special counsel (see H.R. 3654), H733 [30JA]

——— require a report of any Special Counsel who is removed from office (see H.R. 5533), H4210 [17MY]

——— require judicial review of executive branch ability to remove a special counsel (see H.R. 5476), H3397 [17AP] (see H.R. 5505), H3315 [13AP]

——— submit to Congress investigative materials in the event of Presidential pardons for offenses that arise from an investigation in which the President, or a relative of the President, is a target (see H.R. 5551), H7772 [24AU]

Dept. of Labor: 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), H7728 [26JY]

Dept. of State: certify that U.S. assistance funds to Israel do not support military detention, interrogation, abuse, or ill-treatment of Palestinian children (see H.R. 4391), H3507 [24AP]

——— establish a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Peoples in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (see H.R. 6033), H5022 [8JN]

——— facilitate reunification of Central American families, report on, and develop a strategy to reduce, gender-based and gang violence, and address impact of family separation on Central American children (see H.R. 6193), H5580 [22JN]

——— require annual human rights reports include information on reproductive rights (see H.R. 7228), H10338 [19DE]

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), H7685 [25JY]

——— 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), H7921 [6SE]

——— prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas off the coast of New England (see H.R. 4774), H168 [11JA]

——— provide that production safety systems rule and well control rule shall have the same force and effect of law as if such rules had been enacted by Congress (see H.R. 4888), H676 [29JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a Ski Area Fee Retention Account (see H.R. 5171), H3097 [10AP]

Dept. of Transportation: include broadband conduit installation in certain highway construction projects (see H.R. 4800), H1217 [16FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a demonstration program to expand availability of telemedicine services for veterans living in rural areas with certain mental health disorders (see H.R. 7017), H9414 [2OC]

——— 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), H1544 [13MR]

——— clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 809), H1442 [6MR]

——— establish a center of excellence in prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of health conditions relative to exposure to burn pits (see H.R. 1279), H1342 [1MR]

——— furnish dental care in the same manner as any other medical service (see H.R. 4556), H7688 [25JY]

——— prohibit conduct of medical research causing significant pain or distress to dogs (see H.R. 3197), H9511 [13NO]

——— provide for presumption of herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Korea (see H.R. 3605), H3931 [10MY]

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

Drugs: 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: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections and establishment of a mandatory public financing system for Federal elections (see H.J. Res. 126), H4694 [23MY]

——— prohibit individuals from knowingly deceiving others about the time, place, eligibility, or procedures of participating in a Federal election for the purpose of deterring an individual from voting (see H.R. 6607), H7772 [24AU]

——— protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for infrastructure used to carry out such elections (see H.R. 5011), H1342 [1MR]

——— require candidates for public office or those affilated with their campaign to notify the FBI upon receiving unsolicited information about other candidates from a foreign power or agent of a foreign power (see H.R. 6046), H4980 [7JN]

Employment: prohibit forced arbitration in employment disputes (see H.R. 7109), H9460 [30OC]

EPA: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 2510), H9415 [2OC]

——— call for resignation of E. Scott Pruitt as Administrator and appointment of an Administrator committed to fulfillment of the mission of the Agency (see H. Res. 834), H3441 [18AP]

——— support vehicle emissions standards and policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and oil usage and recognize rights of States to set stronger standards under the Clean Air Act (see H. Con. Res. 130), H7724 [26JY]

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

Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or the child involved (see H.R. 2640), H8171 [12SE]

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 6014), H5649 [25JN]

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), H901 [6FE]

——— make Wi-Fi access on schoolbuses eligible for support from FCC Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support (E-rate) program (see H.R. 6286), H5974 [28JN]

——— reinstate rules regulating inmate telephone service rates, which include immigrant detention facilities, and ensure immigrant parents can call their separated children without charge (see H.R. 6254), H5815 [27JN]

FDA: hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for illegal marketing and distribution of opioid products and for their role in creating and exacerbating the opioid epidemic (see H.R. 5782), H9467 [6NO]

——— prohibit abusive delay tactics by pharmaceutical companies to block entry of generic drugs and biosimilar biological products from the market (see H.R. 2212), H903 [6FE]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 964), H1267 [26FE]

——— 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]

Federal Labor Relations Authority: ensure public sector employees are able to form and join unions and enter into a written contract with employers and reaffirm policy to encourage collective bargaining (see H.R. 6238), H5978 [28JN]

Federal Labor-Management Partnership Council: establish (see H.R. 4878), H5977 [28JN]

Financial institutions: create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to legitimate marijuana-related businesses (see H.R. 2215), H478 [17JA]

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), H5022 [8JN]

——— regulate assault weapons and ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited (see H.R. 5087), H1266 [26FE]

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

Global Food Security Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5129), H4243 [18MY]

Health: improve health care coverage under vision and dental plans for certain self-funded, non-Federal Government plans (see H.R. 1606), H5153 [13JN]

——— require ingredient list labels for menstrual hygiene products (see H.R. 2416), H8886 [25SE]

——— support protecting patients’ access to medically appropriate, evidence-based health care and information, including information about access to safe and legal abortion (see H. Res. 915), H5154 [13JN]

Homeless: provide a path to end homelessness (see H.R. 2076), H3930 [10MY]

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), H7748 [7AU]

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

House Rules: encourage consensus and increase accountability and transparency (see H. Res. 1090), H9151 [27SE]

Hurricanes: establish a commission to investigate death toll and Federal response to Hurricane Maria (see H.R. 6048), H5286 [19JN]

——— provide additional disaster recovery assistance for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria (see H.R. 4782), H738 [2FE]

Immigration: appoint counsel to children and vulnerable individuals, provide legal orientation programs to detainees, and identify number of persons represented by counsel and receiving legal orientation presentations (see H.R. 6527), H7686 [25JY]

——— 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]

——— promote family unity by reducing visa backlogs and implementing policies to facilitate immigrant family reunification (see H.R. 4944), H4850 [6JN]

——— provide relief from removal and adjustment of status of aliens who are long-term U.S. residents and entered U.S. as children, improve border security, and foster U.S. engagement in Central America (see H.R. 4796), H403 [16JA]

——— reform (H.R. 4760), consideration (see H. Res. 774), H3444 [18AP]

——— request the President and direct Sec. of HHS Azar to transmit to the House of Representatives information on health and welfare of children separated from parents due to zero tolerance policy (see H. Res. 982), H6113 [11JY]

——— 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. 6172), H5505 [21JN]

Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Congressional Gold Medal to the crew (see H.R. 4107), H9408 [28SE]

Insurance: cap prescription drug cost-sharing (see H.R. 6340), H6111 [11JY]

——— disapprove rule on definition of short-term limited duration insurance for purposes of its exclusion from the definition of individual health insurance coverage (see H.J. Res. 140), H9432 [12OC]

——— improve affordability, undo sabotage, and increase access to health insurance coverage (see H.R. 5155), H7728 [26JY]

——— prohibit health insurance issuers, group health plans, Medicare Advantage organizations, and prescription drug plan sponsors from limiting drug price information a pharmacy may give to a consumer (see H.R. 6733), H7941 [7SE]

IRS: disapprove rule ending requirement of tax-exempt organizations who engage in political activity to disclose personally identifiable information about their contributors as part of annual returns (see H.J. Res. 145), H10338 [19DE]

Journeyman Lineman Recognition Day: designate (see H. Res. 986), H6041 [10JY]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: prohibit unconstitutional military strikes or introduction of Armed Forces into hostilities without declaration of war or explicit statutory authorization (see H.R. 4837), H552 [18JA]

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

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

Land and Water Conservation Fund: provide consistent and reliable authority and funding to maximize effectiveness for future generations (see H.R. 6759), H9471 [9NO]

LGBTQ Pride Month: observance (see H. Res. 972), H5975 [28JN]

Medicaid: prevent misclassification of drugs for purposes of the drug rebate program (see H.R. 7223), H9767 [6DE]

——— provide extension of enhanced Federal medical assistance percentage for health homes for individuals with substance use disorders (see H.R. 5810), H3976 [15MY]

——— reauthorize Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program (see H.R. 5306), H7943 [7SE]

Medicare: cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see H.R. 3032), H5581 [22JN]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 2267), H7751 [10AU]

——— identify and notify outlier prescribers of opioids (see H.R. 5716), H3884 [9MY]

——— permit review of certain payment determinations for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 5985), H9449 [26OC]

——— provide coverage of methadone (see H.R. 4097), H170 [11JA]

——— provide educational resources regarding opioid use and pain management as part of the ‘‘Medicare & You’’ handbook (see H.R. 5685), H3781 [7MY]

——— provide for payments for certain rural health clinic and federally qualified health center services furnished to hospice patients (see H.R. 1828), H1699 [19MR]

——— require Dept. of HHS to negotiate prices of prescription drugs (see H.R. 6505), H7685 [25JY]

——— study and report on feasibility of basing reimbursement rates for part B drugs and covered part D drugs on average prices in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development member-states (see H.R. 6958), H9150 [27SE]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1017), H9449 [26OC]

Members of Congress: permit office of a Member of the House to employ a certain number of interns under the Members’ Representational Allowance without affecting number of other employees (see H.R. 6956), H9150 [27SE]

——— reduce rate of pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 1794), H583 [19JA]

——— suspend salary during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 1789), H583 [19JA]

Memphis, TN: anniversary of sanitation workers’ strike (see H. Res. 720), H732 [30JA]

National Commission of the Federal Response to Natural Disasters in Puerto Rico: establish (see H.R. 6103), H5286 [19JN]

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), H9431 [12OC]

National Mentoring Month: observance (see H. Res. 683), H738 [2FE]

National Park Service: establish, fund, and provide for use of amounts in a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog (see H.R. 2584), H1609 [14MR]

National Voting Rights Month: designate (see H. Res. 1058), H8170 [12SE]

NIH: expand unique research initiatives authority (see H.R. 5002), H1442 [6MR]

NOAA: establish Climate Change Education Program (see H.R. 5606), H3505 [24AP]

NRC: develop plans for dry cask storage of spent nuclear fuel and expand emergency planning zones (see H.R. 4891), H676 [29JA]

Office of Government Ethics: reform (see H.R. 5902), H4284 [21MY]

Pesticides: ban use of chlorpyrifos (see H.R. 3380), H404 [16JA]

Political campaigns: clarify treatment of coordinated expenditures as contributions to candidates (see H.R. 3952), H7728 [26JY]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 6239), H5814 [27JN]

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]

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

Power resources: transition away from fossil fuel sources of energy to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2035 (see H.R. 3671), H10337 [19DE]

Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers Who Deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 6085), H7772 [24AU]

Presidents of the U.S.: disapprove granting of Presidential pardons to himself or any member of his family for offenses against the U.S. (see H. Res. 523), H7754 [14AU]

——— require Presidential candidates to develop ethics plans for transition teams (see H.R. 4826), H552 [18JA]

Prisoners of Conscience Day: designate (see H. Res. 750), H3060 [5AP]

Public Health Service: submit annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health (see H.R. 5161), H1372 [5MR]

Public lands: protect Presidentially designated national monuments, establish National Monument Enhancement Fund, and designate certain lands in New Mexico and Nevada as wilderness (see H.R. 6410), H7689 [25JY]

Refugees: set presidential determination of annual refugee admissions limit at certain level (see H.R. 6909), H9089 [26SE]

——— set presidential determination of annual refugee admissions limit at certain level and operate U.S. Refugee Admissions Program in good faith (see H. Res. 1073), H8738 [20SE]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 5339), H3211 [12AP]

Russia: impose sanctions in response to cyber intrusions, aggression, and destabilizing activities (see H.R. 5216), H1500 [8MR]

Saudi Arabia: prohibit military assistance (see H.R. 7082), H9442 [23OC]

——— prohibit military assistance until Dept. of State determines that Jamal Khashoggi is alive and free (see H.R. 7070), H9435 [16OC]

——— require congressional approval for entry into a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement and impose conditions relative to the death of Jamal Khashoggi, uranium enrichment, and human rights (see H.R. 7350), H10336 [19DE]

Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 5374), H1754 [21MR]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2899), H3148 [11AP]

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

Social Security: eliminate waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer (see H.R. 6114), H7921 [6SE]

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

Tariff: recreational performance outerwear (see H.R. 3645), H5363 [20JN]

——— repeal increases in duty and a tariff-rate quota on certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells (see H.R. 5571), H4210 [17MY]

Taxation: deny certain tax benefits to persons responsible for the discharge of oil or other hazardous substances into navigable waters (see H.R. 6658), H7747 [7AU]

——— limit amount of certain qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 4459), H7824 [4SE]

——— provide current year inclusion of net controlled foreign corporation tested income by ending tax breaks for exporting jobs and profits (see H.R. 5108), H3743 [27AP]

——— provide investment tax credits for energy storage technologies (see H.R. 4649), H976 [7FE]

Territories: provide the option of discharging certain unsecured financial obligations, allocate funds to eligible Puerto Rican creditors whose debt was terminated, and audit causes of Puerto Rico’s debt (see H.R. 6827), H8725 [13SE]

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]

——— prohibit funding to enforce Executive order suspending the issuance of visas to nationals of certain countries and entrance of all refugees (see H.R. 4271), H10170 [12DE]

U.S. Geological Survey: perform a nationwide survey of perfluorinated compounds (see H.R. 7284), H10169 [12DE]

Veterans: establish presumptions of service connection for illnesses associated with open burn pits and direct GAO to establish Open Burn Pit Advisory Commission (see H.R. 6582), H7722 [26JY]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 6545), H7720 [26JY]

Voting: develop academic curriculum on importance, history of suppression, and current restrictive laws, issue stamp recognizing efforts supporting the right to vote, and promote elections and automatic registration (see H. Res. 1058), H8170 [12SE]

Water: establish a trust fund to be funded by ending the deferral on income taxes on offshore corporate profits in order to provide adequate funding for water and sewer infrastructure (see H.R. 5609), H3574 [25AP]

Wildlife: support State and tribal efforts to implement management strategies on chronic wasting disease among deer, elk, and moose and provide for research and response plans to reduce spread and prevalence of the disease (see H.R. 4454), H7156 [24JY]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 5034), H1211 [15FE]

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

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Chinese American veterans in recognition of dedicated service (see H.R. 2358), H7943 [7SE]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

DEA: clarify process for denying, revoking, or suspending a registration to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance (see H.R. 5267), H1542 [13MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a program for procurement of domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables to provide healthier school meals under National School Lunch Program (see H.R. 7161), H9568 [16NO]

——— mitigate threat of invasive species (see H.R. 5519), H3315 [13AP]

——— reauthorize Acer Access and Development Program (see H.R. 5667), H3741 [27AP]

Dept. of Energy: establish Federal Smart Building Program (see H.R. 5069), H1217 [16FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide oversight of border zone in which Federal agents may conduct vehicle checkpoints and stops and enter private land without a warrant (see H.R. 6462), H6588 [19JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: determine best available estimate of total amount of nonhighway recreational fuel taxes received (see H.R. 7202), H9743 [29NO]

EPA: reform renewable fuel standard by mitigating harmful environmental impacts and advancing the next generation of biofuels (see H.R. 5212), H1500 [8MR]

FDA: provide that labeling of certain single ingredient foods is not required to include the term ‘‘added sugar’’ (see H.R. 6634), H7724 [26JY]

Federal agencies and departments: authorize certain long-term contracts for Federal purchases of energy (see H.R. 6538), H7687 [25JY]

Forest Service: establish a grant program to support landscape-scale restoration and management (see H.R. 4976), H974 [7FE]

High Performance Building Week: designate (see H. Res. 945), H5200 [14JN]

Immigration: permit aliens who lawfully enter the U.S. as nonimmigrant elementary and secondary students to attend public schools if such aliens reimburse local educational agencies for costs of attending such schools (see H.R. 7132), H9525 [14NO]

Insurance: clarify definition of nonadmitted insurer to expressly exclude a captive insurance company (see H.R. 7133), H9525 [14NO]

Intelligence services: require Presidents’ annual budget submissions to include the total dollar amount requested for intelligence or intelligence-related activities of the Government (see H.R. 5406), H2041 [22MR]

NRC: ensure State and local communities participate in development of nuclear plant decommissioning plans and require public approval or rejection of such proposed plans (see H.R. 4975), H974 [7FE]

Social Security: allow older disabled individuals to remain in the workforce by removing age limit on Medicaid buy-in program and work restrictions on disabled adult children who have reached retirement age (see H.R. 7101), H9448 [26OC]

Taxation: extend certain tax credits relative to electric cars (see H.R. 6274), H5974 [28JN]

Constitutional authority statements

DEA: clarify process for denying, revoking, or suspending a registration to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance (H.R. 5267), H1543 [13MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a program for procurement of domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables to provide healthier school meals under National School Lunch Program (H.R. 7161), H9569 [16NO]

——— mitigate threat of invasive species (H.R. 5519), H3316 [13AP]

——— reauthorize Acer Access and Development Program (H.R. 5667), H3743 [27AP]

Dept. of Energy: establish Federal Smart Building Program (H.R. 5069), H1217 [16FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide oversight of border zone in which Federal agents may conduct vehicle checkpoints and stops and enter private land without a warrant (H.R. 6462), H6589 [19JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: determine best available estimate of total amount of nonhighway recreational fuel taxes received (H.R. 7202), H9744 [29NO]

EPA: reform renewable fuel standard by mitigating harmful environmental impacts and advancing the next generation of biofuels (H.R. 5212), H1502 [8MR]

FDA: provide that labeling of certain single ingredient foods is not required to include the term ‘‘added sugar’’ (H.R. 6634), H7727 [26JY]

Federal agencies and departments: authorize certain long-term contracts for Federal purchases of energy (H.R. 6538), H7688 [25JY]

Forest Service: establish a grant program to support landscape-scale restoration and management (H.R. 4976), H975 [7FE]

Immigration: permit aliens who lawfully enter the U.S. as nonimmigrant elementary and secondary students to attend public schools if such aliens reimburse local educational agencies for costs of attending such schools (H.R. 7132), H9526 [14NO]

Insurance: clarify definition of nonadmitted insurer to expressly exclude a captive insurance company (H.R. 7133), H9526 [14NO]

Intelligence services: require Presidents’ annual budget submissions to include the total dollar amount requested for intelligence or intelligence-related activities of the Government (H.R. 5406), H2043 [22MR]

NRC: ensure State and local communities participate in development of nuclear plant decommissioning plans and require public approval or rejection of such proposed plans (H.R. 4975), H975 [7FE]

Social Security: allow older disabled individuals to remain in the workforce by removing age limit on Medicaid buy-in program and work restrictions on disabled adult children who have reached retirement age (H.R. 7101), H9449 [26OC]

Taxation: extend certain tax credits relative to electric cars (H.R. 6274), H5976 [28JN]

Eulogies

In Memory of John F. Girard: Dan Fraser, E1296• [25SE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing, H592 [20JA]

Armed Forces: remove from unauthorized hostilities in Yemen (H. Con. Res. 138), exempt from certain War Powers Resolution requirements (H. Res. 1142), H9520, H9521 [14NO]

Berlin, VT: anniversary of Wayside Restaurant, E1058• [24JY]

Corps of Engineers: dam rehabilitation funding, H4789 [6JN]

——— improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 918), H4789 [6JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 891), H3999 [16MY]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 1176), H10121 [12DE]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program reform, H3999 [16MY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 6157), H5796 [27JN]

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

Dept. of Justice: require judicial review of executive branch ability to remove a special counsel (H.R. 4669), H1736 [21MR]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6147), H6447, H6455 [17JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry funding, H4976 [7JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, H4976 [7JN]

Election Assistance Commission: election security grant program funding, H6481 [18JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5895), H4976 [7JN]

Energy Efficiency Day: observance, E1371• [5OC]

EPA: Lake Champlain Basin Program funding, H6447 [17JY]

Forest Service: emerald ash borer eradication funding, H6455 [17JY]

GPO: restrict distribution of free printed copies of the Federal Register to Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the U.S. (H.R. 195), Senate amendment, H592 [20JA]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 676), H3692, H3693 [26AP]

House of Representatives: legislative process, H4298 [22MY]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 708), H592 [20JA]

——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 708), H592 [20JA]

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), H5377 [21JN]

——— 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, H4859 [7JN]

——— reform (H.R. 4760), consideration (H. Res. 774), H5377 [21JN]

——— reform (H.R. 4760), consideration (H. Res. 954), H5377 [21JN]

Medicaid: prevent misclassification of drugs for purposes of the drug rebate program, H10050 [11DE]

——— provide States with option of providing coordinated care for children with medically complex conditions (H.R. 7217), H10050 [11DE]

Mueller, Robert S., III: special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, H1736 [21MR]

National Building Safety Month: observance, E591• [7MY]

North Country National Scenic Trail: revise route to extend trail into Vermont to connect with Appalachian National Scenic Trail (H.R. 1026), H4749 [5JN]

South Newbury, VT: anniversary of Four Corners Farm, E918• [26JN]

Taxation: oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (H. Con. Res. 119), consideration (H. Res. 1001), H6481, H6484 [18JY]

——— promote new business innovation (H.R. 6756), H9115 [27SE]

Votes: position on missed, H698• [30JA], H1644• [15MR]

Tributes

Baker, James, E1291• [25SE]

Carpenter, Sarah, E1490• [2NO]

Curtis, Jane, E748• [29MY]

Girard, John F., E1296• [25SE]

Morrow, Ed, E79• [19JA]

Richard, Karen, E863• [19JN]