FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS

Amendments

Crime: enhance penalties for stalkers of children (S. 134), S6200, S6204 [28OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop an engagement strategy with State and local fusion centers (H.R. 504), S5115 [25JY]

——— provide for engagements with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments (S. 1846), S6762, S6769 [21NO]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize Bulletproof Vest Partnership (S. 1231), S2837 [14MY]

——— reauthorize Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (H.R. 494), H1431 [7FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize use of National Cemetery Administration grants by States and tribal organizations for training at National Cemetery Administration training center (S. 2096), S7219, S7232 [19DE]

Natural resources: improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), S872 [5FE], S926, S996, S1007, S1008, S1009, S1010, S1011, S1016, S1017, S1018, S1019, S1021, S1022 [6FE], S1031, S1101, S1109, S1143, S1145, S1146, S1147 [7FE], S1160, S1161, S1170, S1171, S1172, S1173, S1174 [11FE], S1281 [12FE]

Taxation: modify limitation on deduction of State and local taxes (H.R. 5377), H12283 [19DE]

——— modify limitation on deduction of State and local taxes (H.R. 5377), consideration (H. Res. 772), H12220 [19DE]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 741), H9271 [5DE]

Articles and editorials

Blue States Warned of a SALT Apocalypse. It Hasn’t Happened, S6070 [23OC]

Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Hit to Homeowners, H12275 [19DE]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect a women’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (see S. 1645), S3105 [23MY] (see H.R. 2975), H4162 [23MY]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see S. 160), S273 [16JA] (see H.R. 784), H1211 [24JA]

Agriculture: prevent States and local jurisdictions from interfering with the production and distribution of agricultural products in interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 272), H281 [8JA]

Air pollution: support U.S. clean vehicle emissions standards and defend authority of States under the Clean Air Act to protect the people of those States from harmful air pollution (see S. Res. 316), S5577 [18SE] (see H. Con. Res. 65), H7835 [19SE]

Arizona: repeal land exchange with Resolution Copper Mining (company) (see S. 173), S293 [17JA] (see H.R. 665), H718 [17JA]

Arlington County, VA: provide for transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain parcels of Federal land (see S. 1152), S2433 [11AP]

Armed Forces: permit members to possess firearms on military installations in accordance with applicable State law (see S. 3130), S7208 [19DE]

——— provide that members and spouses have the same rights regarding receipt of firearms at the location of any duty station (see H.R. 2251), H3254 [10AP]

Bureau of Reclamation: support water infrastructure in reclamation States (see S. 1932), S4169 [20JN]

CDC: award grants to States to implement a tick identification pilot program (see H.R. 3568), H5257 [27JN]

——— collaborate with State and local health departments to provide information and education to the public on asthma (see H.R. 4622), H8101 [8OC] (see H.R. 5230), H9168 [21NO]

——— reauthorize Climate and Health Program (see H.R. 3819), H7149 [18JY]

Chesapeake Bay Program: reauthorize (see S. 701), S1733 [7MR] (see H.R. 1620), H2583 [7MR]

Climate: provide communities with tools to respond to extreme weather and implement a strategy to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources on which tourism and recreation jobs and local economies depend (see S. 1482), S2884 [15MY] (see H.R. 2748), H3840 [15MY]

Commission on Intergovernmental Relations of the U.S.: establish (see S. 2967), S6824 [3DE] (see H.R. 3883), H7239 [23JY]

Conservation of natural resources: establish a national goal on conserving U.S. lands and oceans (see S. Res. 372), S5966 [22OC]

Constitutional amendments: give States the right to repeal Federal laws and regulations when ratified by the legislatures of two-thirds of the several States (see H.J. Res. 32), H997 [22JA]

Corp. for National and Community Service: prohibit closure of State or territory offices without congressional approval (see H.R. 1458), H2313 [28FE]

Corps of Engineers: carry out Great Lakes coastline resiliency assessment (see H.R. 4032), H7465 [25JY]

——— ensure right of individuals to carry firearms at water resources development projects (see S. 2013), S4628 [27JN] (see H.R. 664), H718 [17JA]

Courts: eliminate effect on constitutionally protected expression of religion by Federal, State, and local officials from threat of litigants seeking damages and attorney’s fees (see H.R. 1269), H2031 [14FE]

——— restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at fertilization (see H.R. 305), H282 [8JA]

Crime: call for States to pass sexual assault kit reform legislation (see H. Res. 81), H1243 [28JA]

——— enhance penalties for stalkers of children (see S. 134), S220 [15JA] (see H.R. 570), H601 [15JA]

——— seal or expunge nonviolent criminal records, reform treatment of juveniles in the justice system, and lift ban on certain Federal benefits for low-level drug offenders (see H.R. 2410), H3339 [30AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow interstate sale of State-inspected meat and poultry (see S. 1720), S3250 [5JN]

——— award grants to support and encourage public-private partnerships in Appalachia that will improve regional infrastructure, encourage entrepreneurship, and create jobs (see H.R. 178), H207 [3JA]

——— prevent changing of regulations governing provision of waivers under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 5349), H9346 [6DE]

——— require States to include a photograph on electronic benefit cards issued to provide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 5235), H9168 [21NO]

Dept. of Defense: limit and regulate transfer of surplus military equipment to State and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1714), H2715 [13MR]

Dept. of Education: allow local educational agencies to use Federal funds for programs and activities that address chronic absenteeism (see H.R. 4220), H7528 [30AU]

——— allow States and local educational agencies to use existing Federal grant money to make physical safety improvements to school campus facilities (see H.R. 1192), H1582 [13FE]

——— allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see S. 1752), S3252 [5JN] (see H.R. 3149), H4343 [5JN]

——— allow States to submit a State management decision and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 2263), H3254 [10AP]

——— authorize grants to support new and expand existing voluntary community-driven strategies to increase diversity in schools (see S. 1418), S2770 [9MY] (see H.R. 2639), H3679 [9MY]

——— award career pathways innovation grants to local educational agencies and community colleges to encourage partnerships with businesses to help students explore a variety of career pathways (see S. 2670), S6091 [23OC] (see H.R. 4826), H8456 [23OC]

——— eliminate tuition at public colleges and universities, forgive outstanding student loan debt and reduce interest rates for new loans, and expand work study program (see S. 1947), S4455 [24JN]

——— end use of corporal punishment in schools by prohibiting funding to any institution or agency utilizing such practices and providing assistance with positive behavior support approaches (see H.R. 727), H1171 [23JA]

——— 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 S. 672), S1705 [6MR] (see H.R. 1571), H2504 [6MR]

——— increase and improve access to Federal Pell Grants, correlate State higher education funding with Pell Grant allotments, and increase college transparency on costs and student outcomes (see S. 2471), S5474 [12SE] (see H.R. 4638), H8110 [11OC]

——— prohibit State suspension, revocation, or denial of State-issued professional or driver’s licenses or issuance of penalties due to student loan default (see H.R. 3689), H5584 [10JY]

——— provide access to higher education through a Federal-State partnership to waive community college tuition and provide grants to minority-serving institutions to assist low-income students (see S. 2250), S5062 [24JY] (see H.R. 3933), H7376 [24JY] (see H.R. 4212), H7525 [27AU]

——— provide block grants to States to establish elementary and secondary education voucher programs to allow for school choice (see H.R. 771), H1210 [24JA]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies for modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities (see H.R. 1457), H2313 [28FE]

——— provide relief to State education budgets and help fulfill Federal mandate to provide higher education opportunities for Native Americans (see S. 759), S1792 [12MR] (see H.R. 1688), H2679 [12MR]

——— reduce frequency of federally required academic assessments (see H.R. 4630), H8101 [8OC]

——— strengthen Federal-State partnerships in postsecondary education (see S. 3028), S6992 [11DE]

Dept. of Energy: establish Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy as the lead Federal agency for coordinating Federal, State, and local assistance to promote the energy retrofitting of schools (see S. 253), S742 [29JA] (see H.R. 762), H1210 [24JA]

——— obtain consent of affected State and local governments before making an expenditure from the Nuclear Waste Fund for a nuclear waste repository (see S. 649), S1659 [5MR] (see H.R. 1544), H2367 [5MR]

——— provide Federal financial assistance to States to implement, review, and revise State energy security plans (see S. 2094), S4807 [11JY] (see H.R. 2114), H3127 [8AP]

Dept. of HHS: allow States to extend certain child welfare demonstration projects scheduled to expire (see S. 107), S143 [10JA] (see H.R. 3116), H4341 [5JN]

——— authorize State Opioid Response Grants and Tribal Opioid Response Grants programs (see H.R. 2466), H3404 [1MY]

——— authorize State Opioid Response Grants program and allow use of funding to address methamphetamine and cocaine abuse (see S. 1925), S4168 [20JN] (see H.R. 4111), H7480 [30JY]

——— award competitive grants to enhance collaboration between State child welfare and juvenile justice systems (see S. 1465), S2815 [14MY] (see H.R. 4911), H8594 [29OC]

——— condition receipt by State and local entities of preventive health services grants on establishment of vaccination requirements for public school students in accordance with certain CDC recommendations (see H.R. 2527), H3447 [3MY]

——— develop a national strategic action plan and program to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (see S. 523), S1383 [14FE] (see H.R. 1243), H2030 [14FE]

——— enter into arrangement with National Academy of Sciences to conduct and update biennially study on effects of State legalized marijuana programs (see H.R. 1587), H2581 [7MR]

——— establish a national assessment standard for evaluating prospective foster and adoptive parents and a national registry to improve matching of foster and adoptive children with families (see S. 1912), S3844 [19JN] (see H.R. 3359), H4917 [19JN]

——— establish an Individual Market Reinsurance Fund to provide funding for State individual market stabilization reinsurance programs (see H.R. 4652), H8111 [11OC]

——— establish an interagency council on social determinants of health to provide recommendations and assistance in developing strategies to target health and well-being of high-need patients (see S. 2986), S6888 [5DE] (see H.R. 4004), H7464 [25JY]

——— improve guardianship oversight and data collection by designating an online resource center, authorizing State grants for guardianship databases, and sharing guardian background check information (see S. 591), S1540 [27FE] (see H.R. 4174), H7492 [6AU]

——— improve Head Start Program by authorizing block grants to States for prekindergarten education (see S. 2996), S6888 [5DE] (see H.R. 62), H203 [3JA]

——— issue and disseminate guidance to States to clarify strategies to address social determinants of health under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4621), H8101 [8OC]

——— provide grants to enable States to carry out activities to reduce administrative costs and burdens in health care (see S. 1260), S2569 [1MY]

——— provide grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families (see H.R. 3507), H5200 [26JN]

——— require educational agencies receiving mental health program funding to expand suicide prevention, threat identification, and intervention training to students and schools (see H.R. 2599), H3501 [8MY]

——— require mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect to law enforcement or State child protective services agencies and provide training on what constitutes child abuse or neglect (see S. 1353), S2688 [7MY] (see H.R. 2567), H3474 [7MY]

——— require recipients of certain grants to comply with State and local laws requiring reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, incest, intimate partner violence, or human trafficking (see H.R. 4504), H8052 [26SE]

——— require States to follow certain procedures in placing a child who has been removed from the custody of his or her parents (see H.R. 4923), H8677 [30OC]

——— streamline Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act State innovation waiver process (see H.R. 2183), H3217 [9AP]

——— strengthen National Disaster Medical System (see S. 11), S19 [3JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize Operation Stonegarden grant program (see S. 2750), S6300 [30OC] (see H.R. 3990), H7463 [25JY]

——— develop an engagement strategy with State and local fusion centers (see H.R. 504), H517 [11JA]

——— develop tools to help State and local governments establish or improve cybersecurity (see H.R. 4217), H7528 [30AU]

——— establish a State-sponsored nonimmigrant guest worker visa pilot program (see H.R. 5174), H9056 [19NO]

——— establish an election security grant program (see S. 1319), S2614 [2MY]

——— establish Joint Threat Assessment and Management Task Force to make recommendations on developing a national strategy to prevent targeted violence (see S. 265), S742 [29JA] (see H.R. 838), H1282 [29JA]

——— notify State and local officials, Congress, and affected voters of credible evidence of an unauthorized intrusion into an election system and if it could have altered voter information (see H.R. 3529), H5255 [27JN]

——— produce and disseminate an annual catalog on training, publications, programs, and services for State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 449), H462 [10JA]

——— prohibit admission to U.S. as a nonimmigrant under certain categories, aliens who are nationals of noncompliant countries (see H.R. 5461), H10609 [17DE]

——— prohibit construction of certain elements of a physical barrier along the southern border of the U.S. in Federal wildlife and wilderness areas and on State land (see S. 264), S742 [29JA]

——— prohibit immigration officers or agents from wearing clothing or other items bearing the word ‘‘police’’ (see S. 2151), S4907 [17JY] (see H.R. 3498), H5199 [26JN]

——— provide for engagements with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments (see S. 1846), S3476 [13JN]

——— provide support to State and local governments in their efforts to counter violent extremist threats (see H.R. 5344), H9346 [6DE]

Dept. of HUD: provide that an individual who uses marijuana in compliance with State law may not be denied occupancy of federally assisted housing (see H.R. 2338), H3274 [18AP]

Dept. of Justice: allow Federal Bureau of Prisons and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency to share information with the District of Columbia to help ensure the District has services ready for returning citizens (see H.R. 5290), H9221 [3DE]

——— allow use of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program grants to develop court processes to allow family members to petition courts to block dangerous individuals from purchasing weapons (see S. 506), S1383 [14FE] (see H.R. 1236), H2029 [14FE]

——— establish a grant program to incentivize States to reduce prison populations (see S. 1557), S3004 [21MY] (see H.R. 2865), H4063 [21MY]

——— establish a task force to study causes of violence against and involving law enforcement and make recommendations on improving community safety (see H.R. 5251), H9174 [22NO]

——— establish grant program to provide mental health services and behavioral health services to at-risk youth in the justice system to eliminate imposition of juvenile fines and fees (see H.R. 2300), H3263 [12AP]

——— incentivize State reporting systems that allow submittal of information by mental health professionals on individuals deemed dangerous relative to firearms possession (see H.R. 3554), H5256 [27JN]

——— incentivize States to enact laws requiring independent investigation and prosecution for use of deadly force by law enforcement officers (see S. 1938), S4169 [20JN] (see H.R. 125), H205 [3JA]

——— make competitive grants to eligible State, tribal, and local prosecutors to establish and maintain witness protection and assistance programs (see S. 2531), S5663 [24SE] (see H.R. 4467), H7901 [24SE]

——— make grants to implement statutes and policies on firearm relinquishment orders to individuals charged or convicted of domestic violence and report on best practices for such statutes and policies (see H.R. 1287), H2032 [14FE]

——— make grants to State and local governments for programs to provide medication-assisted treatment to individuals incarcerated in the jurisdiction who are addicted to opioids (see S. 1983), S4566 [26JN] (see H.R. 3496), H5199 [26JN]

——— make grants to States that have in place a law providing for the rights of sexual assault survivors (see S. 2770), S6391 [5NO] (see H.R. 5026), H8739 [8NO]

——— prohibit awarding of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funds to police departments that allow plain-clothes officers to make routine traffic stops in unmarked vehicles (see H.R. 1787), H2744 [14MR]

——— prohibit Federal prosecution of individuals using medical or recreational marijuana in States with legalized marijuana (see H.R. 493), H517 [11JA]

——— provide a grant program for handgun licensing programs (see S. 1844), S3476 [13JN] (see H.R. 3285), H4695 [13JN]

——— provide Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program grants to States that adopt red flag laws to remove guns from individuals who may be a threat to themselves or others (see H.R. 744), H1209 [24JA]

——— provide notification to relevant law enforcement agencies if a background check conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System determines that a person may not receive a firearm (see H.R. 3552), H5256 [27JN]

——— provide that Federal law enforcement officers may not use deadly force or less lethal force unless such force is necessary and encourage States to adopt similar laws or policies (see H.R. 4359), H7753 [17SE]

——— reauthorize Bulletproof Vest Partnership (see S. 1231), S2515 [30AP] (see H.R. 2379), H3303 [29AP] (see H.R. 4163), H7492 [6AU]

——— reauthorize Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (see H.R. 494), H517 [11JA]

——— reauthorize State Criminal Alien Assistance Program and allow reimbursement of State and local governments that incur correctional officer salary costs for incarcerating criminal illegal aliens (see S. 1470), S2815 [14MY]

——— report firearm background check denials to State and local law enforcement to allow pursuit of criminal charges and study and report to Congress on categories of people who are denied firearms (see S. 875), S1987 [26MR] (see H.R. 1671), H2646 [11MR]

——— require State and local law enforcement agencies to submit all gathered evidence when investigating a crime (see H.R. 4799), H8387 [22OC]

——— require States receiving Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program funds to mandate fair and impartial policing training for law enforcement officers (see S. 1938), S4169 [20JN]

——— require States receiving Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program funds to mandate sensitivity training for law enforcement officers (see H.R. 125), H205 [3JA]

——— require States receiving Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program funds to require de-escalation training for law enforcement officers to reduce need for use of force (see H.R. 2927), H4118 [22MY]

Dept. of State: establish Office of Subnational Diplomacy (see H.R. 3571), H5257 [27JN]

Dept. of the Interior: allow delegation of certain emergency abandoned mine reclamation activities to States and Indian tribes (see H.R. 4248), H7558 [9SE]

——— convey certain land to La Paz County, AZ (see S. 54), S68 [8JA] (see H.R. 304), H282 [8JA]

——— convey to States all right, title, and interest in, and to a percentage of, the mineral royalties and other amounts required to be paid relative to public land and deposits in the State (see H.R. 998), H1390 [6FE]

——— empower States to manage development and production of oil and gas on Federal land, distribute Outer Continental Shelf energy leasing revenues to coastal States, and promote alternative energy (see H.R. 4294), H7665 [11SE]

——— empower States to manage the development and production of oil and gas on available Federal land (see S. 218), S586 [24JA]

——— modify a definition and disposition and authorized uses of qualified Outer Continental Shelf revenues, exempt certain payments from sequestration, and distribute certain revenues to Alaska (see S. 2418), S5311 [1AU]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide States with access to records on unredeemed savings bonds to facilitate reuniting of bonds with bondholders by putting names and addresses in State unclaimed property databases (see S. 2417), S5311 [1AU] (see H.R. 5269), H9179 [26NO]

Dept. of Transportation: approve Federal participation to rehabilitate or replace certain bridges (see H.R. 4591), H8089 [1OC]

——— assist States to rehabilitate or replace certain bridges (see S. 1707), S3215 [4JN] (see H.R. 3134), H4342 [5JN]

——— create supplemental grants to States for distracted driving prevention and provide States applying for such grants an explanation of the eligibility decision (see H.R. 2416), H3339 [30AP]

——— develop and provide States and transportation planning organizations with data sets measuring the level of access by all modes of transportation to important destinations (see S. 654), S1659 [5MR] (see H.R. 1517), H2366 [5MR]

——— establish a competitive grant program to repair, improve, rehabilitate, or replace bridges and improve safety, efficiency, and reliability of movement of people and freight over bridge crossings (see S. 2310), S5141 [29JY]

——— expand Appalachian development highway system (see S. 2211), S5012 [23JY]

——— extend regulatory deadline for emergency relief transportation projects to advance to construction (see H.R. 3193), H4431 [11JN]

——— modify permitted uses of certain grants, allow States to reallocate national priority safety program funds, and award grants to improve interoperability of State and national traffic data systems (see H.R. 4531), H8053 [26SE]

——— modify treatment of certain loans in consideration for fixed guideway capital investment grants (see H.R. 731), H1171 [23JA] (see H.R. 1849), H2761 [21MR]

——— reauthorize surface transportation system funding alternatives program (see H.R. 5449), H10608 [17DE]

——— require any discretionary grant funds provided for high-speed rail development in California be reimbursed and authorize additional funds for other transportation projects (see H.R. 1515), H2366 [5MR]

——— require any discretionary grant funds provided for high-speed rail development in California that are rescinded or reimbursed be used for water storage, nitrate reduction, or well construction (see H.R. 1600), H2582 [7MR]

——— require Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to implement national employer notification service (see S. 1787), S3319 [11JN] (see H.R. 2793), H3923 [16MY]

——— withhold Federal highway funds from States that provide drivers’ licenses or identification cards to illegal aliens (see H.R. 3739), H5774 [12JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow veterans to use, possess, or transport medical marijuana and to discuss the use of medical marijuana with departmental physicians as authorized by State or tribal law (see S. 445), S1275 [12FE] (see H.R. 1151), H1525 [12FE]

——— authorize use of National Cemetery Administration grants by States and tribal organizations for training at National Cemetery Administration training center (see S. 2096), S4807 [11JY]

——— furnish nursing home care and hospital care at State licensed or certified residential care facilities (see H.R. 4985), H8729 [5NO]

——— improve ability of veterans to receive in-State tuition using departmental educational assistance (see S. 2136), S4907 [17JY] (see H.R. 3608), H5269 [2JY]

——— prohibit denial of benefits due to participation in a State-approved marijuana program (see H.R. 2191), H3217 [9AP]

——— revise definition of spouse for purposes of veterans benefits in recognition of new State definitions of spouse (see H.R. 1030), H1391 [6FE]

Depts. of Justice and Transportation: authorize Federal funding to integrate U.S. territories into the national AMBER Alert system (see S. 732), S1734 [7MR] (see H.R. 4614), H8095 [4OC]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: prohibit the taking of privately held water rights and uphold longstanding State water laws (see H.R. 579), H601 [15JA]

——— require coordination with impacted parties when conducting forest management activities (see H.R. 5218), H9167 [21NO]

Disasters: convene an interagency working group to assess Federal activities relative to extreme weather resilience across key sectors and support State, local, and private sector resiliency efforts (see H.R. 855), H1283 [29JA]

District of Columbia: allow Congress to review District laws before they may take effect and permit Congress to enact resolutions of disapproval to disapprove specific provisions of such laws (see H.R. 4445), H7865 [20SE]

——— repeal a Federal criminal penalty on a person in the District of Columbia for obstructing a bridge between the District and Virginia (see H.R. 4136), H7481 [30JY]

——— statehood (see S. 631), S1594 [28FE] (see H.R. 51), H202 [3JA]

Drugs: allow State and tribal regulation of marijuana, maintain application of certain criminal offenses relative to marijuana, prohibit its sale to individuals under 21, and study effects of legalization (see S. 1028), S2269 [4AP] (see H.R. 2093), H3099 [4AP] (see H.R. 3754), H5824 [15JY]

——— decriminalize marijuana, use tax revenues to assist certain small businesses, research effects on driving and health, restrict advertising to protect children, and expunge certain marijuana-related convictions (see S. 1552), S2962 [20MY] (see H.R. 2843), H4009 [20MY]

——— decriminalize marijuana at the Federal level and leave States the power to regulate marijuana similar to the power to regulate alcohol (see H.R. 420), H358 [9JA]

——— end Federal ban of medical marijuana, allow importation of certain derivatives, enable medicinal research, and allow prescription to veterans (see H.R. 127), H205 [3JA]

——— limit application of Federal laws to distribution and consumption of marijuana (see H.R. 1588), H2581 [7MR]

——— make marijuana legal at the Federal level, incentivize States to change marijuana laws that disproportionately impact minority communities, and allow retroactive review of marijuana sentences (see S. 597), S1593 [28FE]

——— prohibit Federal interference with State marijuana policies (see S. 2030), S4628 [27JN] (see H.R. 3546), H5256 [27JN]

——— prohibit Federal prosecution of residents who are acting in accordance with their State’s marijuana laws (see H.R. 1456), H2313 [28FE]

——— protect States and individuals in States that have laws which permit the use of marijuana (see H.R. 1455), H2313 [28FE]

——— 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 S. 1365), S2742 [8MY] (see H.R. 2569), H3499 [8MY]

——— provide for legitimate use of medicinal marijuana in accordance with State laws (see H.R. 171), H207 [3JA]

——— provide for taxation and regulation of marijuana products (see S. 420), S1133 [7FE] (see H.R. 1120), H1491 [8FE]

——— provide that Federal law shall not preempt State law in enforcement of Controlled Substances Act criminal penalties for marijuana (see H.R. 2012), H2938 [1AP]

——— reduce gap between Federal and State marijuana policy (see S. 421), S1133 [7FE] (see H.R. 1119), H1491 [8FE]

——— require use of prescription drug monitoring programs and facilitate information sharing among States that receive Federal funding to combat opioid abuse (see S. 516), S1383 [14FE] (see H.R. 3974), H7463 [25JY]

Ecology and environment: authorize assignment to States of Federal agency environmental review responsibilities (see H.R. 363), H356 [9JA]

Economic Development Administration: designate and support manufacturing communities (see H.R. 2631), H3678 [9MY]

Education: constitutional amendment to require Federal, State, tribal, and territorial governments to jointly ensure a high-quality education to all persons in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 69), H5201 [26JN]

Elections: 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 S. 1834), S3475 [13JN] (see H.R. 3281), H4695 [13JN]

——— protect administration of Federal elections against cybersecurity threats (see H.R. 3412), H5036 [21JN]

Endangered Species Act: disclose to States the basis of determinations and ensure use of information provided by State, tribal, and county governments in decisionmaking (see S. 502), S1382 [14FE]

——— establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements (see S. 1426), S2786 [13MY]

EPA: address lead contamination in school drinking water (see H.R. 852), H1283 [29JA]

——— establish a program to defer designation of nonattaiment areas by allowing State and local governments to develop early action compacts to achieve national ambient air quality standards for ozone (see S. 1973), S4505 [25JN]

——— establish centers of excellence for innovative stormwater control infrastructure (see S. 2456), S5407 [10SE] (see H.R. 4266), H7596 [10SE]

——— establish Office of Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Programs (see S. 2856), S6604 [14NO]

——— give States the option of monitoring covered criteria air pollutants in designated areas by increasing number of air quality sensors in exchange for greater regulatory flexibility in monitoring methods (see H.R. 1284), H2032 [14FE]

——— reestablish Office of Noise Abatement and Control (see H.R. 3001), H4163 [23MY]

——— require water treatment works projects funded by Drinking Water State Revolving Fund funds to use domestic iron and steel products (see H.R. 5193), H9120 [20NO]

——— update and modernize reporting requirements for contaminants in drinking water and provide assistance to disadvantaged communities to improve water quality testing and compliance with standards (see S. 1613), S3059 [22MY]

Executive Office of the President: establish Office of Critical Technologies and Security (see S. 29), S27 [4JA] (see H.R. 618), H675 [16JA]

FAA: update navigable airspace and preserve State, local, and tribal operational and zoning authorities relative to drones or unmanned aircraft systems (see S. 2607), S5841 [16OC]

FBI: improve communication with State law enforcement agencies (see S. 2708), S6156 [24OC] (see H.R. 4889), H8539 [28OC]

——— report on number of firearms transfers resulting from failure to complete a background check within 3 days, and procedures followed after it is discovered a firearm is transferred to an ineligible recipient (see H.R. 49), H202 [3JA]

——— require National Instant Criminal Background Check System notification of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and State and local law enforcement when an illegal immigrant attempts to receive a firearm (see H.R. 1412), H2271 [27FE]

FCC: allow State or Federal correctional facilities to utilize jamming equipment to prevent contraband cell phone use in prisons (see S. 952), S2088 [28MR] (see H.R. 1954), H2915 [28MR]

——— 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. 2136), H3128 [8AP]

——— ensure Internet openness, prohibit blocking or throttling of content and devices, and paid prioritization, require transparency of network management, and classify broadband as an information service (see H.R. 1101), H1461 [7FE]

——— provide for Internet openness requirements for broadband Internet access service providers (see H.R. 1006), H1390 [6FE] (see H.R. 1096), H1461 [7FE]

——— restore local authority to regulate fifth generation (5G) telecommunications equipment deployment and determine how much wireless carriers would pay to use public phone and utility poles (see S. 2012), S4628 [27JN]

Federal agencies and departments: enter into or amend agreements with States for removal and remedial actions to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination in water and land surface and subsurface strata (see S. 1372), S2743 [8MY] (see H.R. 2626), H3678 [9MY]

——— provide for regulatory impact analyses for certain rules and for consideration of the least burdensome regulatory alternative (see S. 870), S1987 [26MR]

——— require publication of settlement agreements (see H.R. 995), H1390 [6FE]

Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Best Practices: establish (see S. 2779), S6391 [5NO] (see H.R. 5229), H9168 [21NO]

Federal employees: remove limitations on Federal employment for individuals legally using marijuana according to laws of the State in which they reside (see H.R. 1687), H2679 [12MR]

Federal Highway Administration: use customs and border patrol freight and passenger revenues to increase infrastructure funding and provide States greater control over design and construction of Federal highway projects (see S. 1038), S2270 [4AP]

FEMA: modify eligibility requirements for certain hazard mitigation assistance programs (see H.R. 2548), H3474 [7MY]

——— report on preliminary disaster damage assessment and establish damage assessment teams (see H.R. 4358), H7753 [17SE]

——— require rulemaking to address considerations in evaluating the need for public and individual disaster assistance (see S. 1852), S3476 [13JN]

FERC: establish Office of Public Participation and Consumer Advocacy (see S. 1477), S2883 [15MY] (see H.R. 3240), H4627 [12JN]

Financial institutions: create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to legitimate marijuana-related businesses (see S. 1200), S2434 [11AP] (see H.R. 1595), H2582 [7MR]

——— grant State attorneys general ability to issue subpoenas to investigate suspected violations of State laws applicable to national banks (see S. 2098), S4807 [11JY] (see H.R. 3643), H5302 [9JY]

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 S. 7), S19 [3JA]

——— limit authority of States and localities to regulate conduct, or impose penalties or taxes, in relation to rifles or shotguns (see H.R. 1072), H1460 [7FE]

——— permit law-abiding citizens in States with constitutional carry laws the same legal authority to possess a firearm as individuals in States that require a permit to carry a concealed weapon (see S. 1506), S2924 [16MY] (see H.R. 5301), H9255 [4DE]

——— prohibit Federal funding of State firearm ownership databases (see S. 351), S919 [6FE] (see H.R. 1761), H2743 [14MR]

——— provide that silencers be treated the same as firearms accessories relative to registration and transfer laws (see S. 202), S586 [24JA] (see H.R. 775), H1210 [24JA]

——— update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 2443), H3403 [1MY]

Gambling: remove Federal barriers relative to the offering of mobile sports wagers on Indian lands when the applicable State and Indian Tribe have reached an agreement (see H.R. 5502), H12289 [19DE]

GAO: study census resources and evaluate coordination between States, nonprofit organizations, local governments, and Federal Government, to limit redundancy and determine best practices in carrying out decennial census (see H.R. 5404), H10123 [11DE]

Government: prohibit Federal bailout of State or local governments that have filed bankruptcy, defaulted on their debts, or are at risk of bankruptcy or default (see S. 2120), S4822 [15JY] (see H.R. 4572), H8080 [27SE]

Government regulations: provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (see H.R. 300), H282 [8JA]

——— provide an exemption from certain requirements for federally funded projects and activities in areas not in metropolitan statistical areas (see S. 2430), S5311 [1AU]

Green Alert System Advisory and Support Committee: establish to develop Green Alert systems that would be activated when a veteran goes missing (see S. 699), S1733 [7MR]

Health: improve insurance access and affordability, strengthen protections for individuals with preexisting conditions, and terminate sale of short-term, limited duration insurance plans (see H.R. 1884), H2826 [26MR]

Historic buildings and sites: provide for public and private sector partnerships to preserve, conserve, and enhance visitor experiences at significant battlefields of the American Revolution, War of 1812, and Civil War (see S. 225), S586 [24JA] (see H.R. 307), H282 [8JA]

Immigration: ban Federal funding to any State or local government with laws or policies that prevents maintaining custody of an illegal immigrant pursuant to a Dept. of Homeland Security detainer (see H.R. 438), H461 [10JA]

——— ban Federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions that interfere with enforcement of Federal immigration law (see H.R. 153), H206 [3JA] (see H.R. 516), H518 [11JA]

——— ban Federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions that interfere with enforcement of Federal immigration law and redirect such funds to homeless and veterans’ assistance programs (see H.R. 3218), H4626 [12JN]

——— clarify definition of sanctuary jurisdictions, provide civil remedies for victims of crimes committed by individuals benefitting from a sanctuary policy, and withhold grant funding from such jurisdictions (see S. 2059), S4729 [9JY] (see H.R. 3964), H7462 [25JY]

——— ensure State and local compliance with all Federal immigration detainers on aliens in custody (see H.R. 2988), H4163 [23MY]

——— ensure State and local cooperation with Federal law enforcement against illegal alien criminals and ban Federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions that interfere with enforcement of Federal immigration law (see H.R. 1885), H2827 [26MR]

——— impose penalties for State noncompliance with enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 1928), H2885 [27MR]

——— improve use of immigration detainers by State and local law enforcement and incentivize compliance with Federal detainers through reimbursement of detention costs and indemnification for certain claims (see S. 2739), S6299 [30OC] (see H.R. 4948), H8717 [31OC]

——— provide exception from grounds for inadmissibility for participation in a cannabis business operating in compliance with State law (see S. 3097), S7156 [18DE]

——— rescind State and local immigration enforcement authority and clarify that immigration enforcement is solely a function of the Federal Government (see S. 1440), S2814 [14MY] (see H.R. 2729), H3789 [14MY]

IMPACT for Energy Foundation: establish (see S. 2005), S4628 [27JN] (see H.R. 3575), H5257 [27JN]

Information technology: preempt State and local encryption laws to ensure a uniform, national policy for interstate issue of encryption technology (see H.R. 4170), H7492 [6AU]

Insurance: create safe harbor for insurers that provide services to legitimate marijuana-related businesses (see H.R. 4074), H7467 [25JY]

——— disapprove rule on waivers to States for alternatives to health insurance exchanges that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (see S.J. Res. 52), S5249 [31JY] (see H.J. Res. 74), H7488 [2AU]

——— provide support to States to establish invisible high risk pool or reinsurance programs (see S. 1868), S3477 [13JN]

Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act: reauthorize (see S. 914), S2043 [27MR] (see H.R. 1314), H2042 [19FE]

Interagency Board for Empowering Low-Income Families: establish to allow States to experiment with new approaches that integrate Federal programs to provide more coordinated and holistic solutions to families in need (see S. 2416), S5311 [1AU]

IRS: disapprove rule on charitable contribution and estate tax deductions when a taxpayer receives or expects to receive a corresponding State or local tax credit (see S.J. Res. 50), S4856 [16JY] (see H.J. Res. 67), H4918 [19JN] (see H.J. Res. 72), H5911 [16JY]

——— provide authority to postpone certain tax deadlines by reason of State declared disasters or emergencies (see S. 1677), S3106 [23MY] (see H.R. 2976), H4162 [23MY]

Law enforcement officers: allow local uniformed law enforcement officers participating on joint operations with Federal law enforcement to wear and use body cameras (see H.R. 4049), H7466 [25JY]

——— expand provisions allowing carriage of concealed weapons by active and retired officers (see H.R. 1156), H1580 [13FE]

Medicaid: allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (see H.R. 888), H1334 [30JA]

——— extend certain spousal impoverishment protections, provide State option of coordinated care for children with medically complex conditions, and prevent misclassification of drugs in drug rebate program (see H.R. 1839), H2760 [21MR]

——— provide States with option of providing coordinated care for children with medically complex conditions (see S. 317), S831 [4FE] (see H.R. 1226), H2029 [14FE]

——— provide the same level of Federal matching assistance for every State that chooses to expand coverage to newly eligible individuals, regardless of when such expansion takes place (see S. 585), S1540 [27FE] (see H.R. 584), H673 [16JA]

——— require States to report information on payments to abortion providers (see H.R. 708), H997 [22JA]

——— stabilize in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 3371), H4918 [19JN]

——— strengthen in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 2306), H3263 [12AP]

——— treat Puerto Rico as a State for purposes of calculating the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 2241), H3254 [10AP]

Mental health: strengthen mental health infrastructure and firearm prohibitions for at-risk individuals, and improve reporting of mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 4199), H7511 [20AU]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit further extension or establishment of national monuments in Arizona except by express authorization of Congress (see H.R. 79), H203 [3JA]

——— prohibit further extension or establishment of national monuments in Utah except by express authorization of Congress (see S. 90), S142 [10JA]

Native Americans: increase intergovernmental coordination to identify and combat violent crime within Indian lands and of Indians (see S. 982), S2189 [2AP] (see H.R. 2438), H3403 [1MY]

——— protect legal production, purchase, and possession of marijuana by Indian tribes (see H.R. 1416), H2271 [27FE]

——— provide for advancements in public safety services to Indian communities (see S. 210), S586 [24JA]

Natural Gas Act: provide for Federal and State agency coordination in approval of certain authorizations (see H.R. 3983), H7463 [25JY]

Natural resources: improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (see S. 47), S67 [8JA]

——— improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), correction in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 21), H2234 [26FE]

New Mexico: increase consultation between the Federal Government and governing bodies of land grant-mercedes and acequias and recognize historic-traditional boundaries of land grant-mercedes (see H.R. 3682), H5583 [10JY]

North American Securities Administrators Association: commend role of State securities regulators in protecting and educating investors and promoting capital formation and urge continued collaboration with SEC (see H. Res. 456), H5037 [21JN]

OMB: immediately release certain grant funds awarded for disaster mitigation activities under Dept. of HUD Community Development Block Grant Program (see S. 1415), S2770 [9MY] (see H.R. 2761), H3841 [15MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: better align grace period required for non-payment of premiums before discontinuing coverage under qualified health plans with such grace periods provided for under State law (see H.R. 2469), H3438 [2MY]

——— establish and support State-based universal health care systems that provide comprehensive health benefits to State residents (see H.R. 5010), H8738 [8NO]

——— provide parity among States in timing of application of higher Federal Medicaid matching rates for expansion population (see H.R. 909), H1335 [30JA]

——— require States awarded grants to establish an exchange and that terminate such exchange provide an audit of use of grant funds and return funds to Federal Government (see H.R. 59), H203 [3JA]

Pensions: prohibit Federal bailout of, or other Federal assistance to, State and local government pension plans (see H.R. 2126), H3128 [8AP]

Political campaigns: prohibit certain State election administration officials from actively participating in electoral campaigns (see H.R. 137), H206 [3JA] (see H.R. 1535), H2367 [5MR]

Postal Service: provide certain nonpostal property, products, and services on behalf of State, local, and tribal governments (see H.R. 3577), H5257 [27JN]

Poverty: develop a national strategic plan to address complex factors and structures that contribute to poverty (see H. Res. 763), H10258 [12DE]

Preserve America Initiative: expand cultural heritage tourism to increase job creation, boost economic growth, and collaborate with communities adjacent to national parks to leverage local tourism assets (see S. 1746), S3251 [5JN]

Privacy: allow domestic violence victims who are participating in State Address Confidentiality Programs to use their confidential substitute address when creating new public records at the Federal level (see H.R. 4705), H8198 [16OC]

Public welfare programs: extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 260), H228 [4JA] (see H.R. 430), H461 [10JA] (see H.R. 2940), H4160 [23MY]

——— require State agencies to use Federal tax return information to verify income eligibility for Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 588), S1540 [27FE] (see H.R. 1495), H2365 [5MR]

SBA: modify Federal and State Technology Partnership Program to make grants more competitive and give priority to underserved States (see S. 2023), S4628 [27JN]

SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics: anniversary (see H. Res. 503), H7151 [18JY]

Social Security: enter into agreements with States to share data relative to individuals subject to guardianship (see H.R. 5380), H10015 [10DE]

——— improve Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program for low-income mothers (see S. 1343), S2687 [7MY] (see H.R. 2602), H3501 [8MY]

——— provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see S. 873), S1987 [26MR] (see H.R. 1879), H2826 [26MR]

States: carry out congressional redistricting in accordance with a process under which the public is informed of proposals and has the opportunity to participate in their development prior to adoption (see H.R. 131), H206 [3JA]

——— express that the Federal Government should take no action to redeem, assume, or guarantee any State debt, including pension obligations and require Dept. of the Treasury to report any such negotiations (see S. Res. 268), S4629 [27JN]

——— limit congressional redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives (see H.R. 44), H202 [3JA]

——— limit congressional redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 124), H205 (see H.R. 130), H206 [3JA]

——— prohibit from suspending, revoking, or denying State-issued professional or driver’s licenses or issuing penalties due to student loan default (see S. 609), S1593 [28FE]

——— require use of independent nonpartisan commissions to carry out congressional redistricting and holding of open primaries for elections for Federal office (see H.R. 163), H207 [3JA]

——— suspend authority of States to administer funds under Federal block grant programs if the State does not enact certain conflict of interest protections (see H.R. 3069), H4216 [3JN]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: award grants to States to expand access to clinically appropriate services for opioid abuse, dependence, or addiction (see H.R. 1302), H2038 [15FE]

Task Force on Local Mental Health Needs: establish (see H.R. 5411), H10257 [12DE]

Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis: establish (see S. 1772), S3319 [11JN] (see H.R. 3211), H4432 [11JN]

Taxation: allow deductions and credits relative to expenditures in connection with marijuana sales conducted in compliance with State law (see S. 422), S1133 [7FE] (see H.R. 1118), H1491 [8FE]

——— clarify use of State and local sales taxes on aviation fuel (see H.R. 2939), H4160 [23MY]

——— exclude from gross income amounts received from State-based catastrophe loss mitigation programs (see H.R. 5494), H12289 [19DE]

——— exclude from gross income amounts received from State-based earthquake loss mitigation programs (see S. 1058), S2294 [8AP] (see H.R. 2053), H3067 [3AP]

——— free States to spend gas tax revenues on their transportation priorities (see S. 615), S1593 [28FE]

——— increase limitation on deduction for State and local taxes (see H.R. 1757), H2743 [14MR] (see H.R. 2624), H3678 [9MY] (see H.R. 2894), H4117 [22MY]

——— increase limitation on deduction for State and local taxes for individuals filing jointly (see S. 2762), S6333 [31OC]

——— modify limitation on deduction of State and local taxes (see H.R. 5377), H10015 [10DE]

——— modify limitation on deduction of State and local taxes (H.R. 5377), consideration (see H. Res. 772), H12289 [19DE]

——— modify residence and source rules to provide for economic recovery in the territories (see H.R. 412), H358 [9JA]

——— modify source rules to provide for economic recovery in the territories (see H.R. 411), H358 [9JA]

——— provide for Move America bonds and Move America credits to support public-private partnerships for infrastructure investment (see S. 146), S273 [16JA] (see H.R. 1508), H2366 [5MR]

——— provide for tax treatment of first-time homeowner assistance programs established by States (see H.R. 4120), H7480 [30JY]

——— regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 3063), H4216 [3JN]

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H201 [3JA]

——— repeal limitation on deduction for State and local taxes and restore higher tax rates for upper income individuals (see S. 437), S1165 [11FE] (see H.R. 1142), H1517 [11FE]

——— repeal limitation on deductions for certain taxes, including State and local taxes (see H.R. 188), H208 [3JA] (see H.R. 257), H228 [4JA] (see H.R. 515), H518 [11JA]

——— treat certain contributions by government entities as contributions to capital (see S. 2942), S6755 [21NO]

——— treat Indian tribal governments in the same manner as State governments for certain Federal tax purposes (see H.R. 2484), H3439 [2MY]

Transportation: ensure each State receives a fair percentage of total Federal highway funding (see H.R. 2804), H3923 [16MY]

Tulare, CA: convey and remove reversionary interest of the U.S. in certain lands (see H.R. 340), H284 [8JA]

U.S. Coral Reef Task Force: establish (see S. 2429), S5311 [1AU] (see H.R. 4160), H7488 [2AU]

U.S. Digital Service: provide grants to establish and enhance digital services in State and local governments (see S. 848), S1899 [14MR]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: establish National Wildlife Corridors Program and other initiatives to protect and restore native fish, wildlife, and plant species and their habitats (see S. 1499), S2923 [16MY] (see H.R. 2795), H3923 [16MY]

——— establish Tribal Wildlife Corridors (see S. 2891), S6669 [19NO] (see H.R. 5179), H9057 [19NO]

——— increase State and local involvement in management plans under Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 4483), H7901 [24SE]

——— 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. 3742), H5774 [12JY]

Voting: allow all eligible voters to vote by mail and establish national procedures for automatic voter registration for Federal elections (see S. 26), S19 [3JA] (see H.R. 92), H204 [3JA]

——— allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections (see H.R. 138), H206 [3JA]

——— clarify that a State may not use inactivity of voters as the basis for cancelling the registration of such voters in the State on grounds that they have changed residence (see S. 507), S1383 [14FE]

——— encourage Congress to pass legislation to increase voting access and registration, protect voting rights, and improve election security (see S. Res. 309), S5474 [12SE] (see H. Res. 556), H7705 [12SE]

——— prohibit a State from removing registrants from list of eligible voters unless the State verifies that the registrants are ineligible to vote in Federal elections (see H.R. 3201), H4431 [11JN]

——— 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. 151), H206 [3JA]

——— prohibit interference with voter registration (see H.R. 1451), H2313 [28FE]

——— prohibit practice of voter roll purging known as voter caging and other questionable challenges to voting (see H.R. 1460), H2313 [28FE]

——— provide incentives to States to invest in practices and technology that are designed to expedite voting at polls and simplify voter registration (see H.R. 1512), H2366 [5MR]

——— require States to ensure individuals who provide identifying information to motor vehicle authorities are automatically registered to vote in Federal elections unless eligibility requirements are not met (see H.R. 645), H716 [17JA]

——— require States to ensure that any voting machine used for the purposes of a Federal election is manufactured in the U.S. (see H.R. 2652), H3679 [9MY]

——— require States to implement processes under which individuals who are 16 years old may apply to register to vote in Federal elections and make grants to increase involvement of minors in elections (see S. 621), S1594 [28FE] (see H.R. 1442), H2313 [28FE]

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see S. 561), S1492 [26FE] (see H.R. 4), H2232 [26FE] (see H.R. 1799), H2745 [14MR]

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 4), consideration (see H. Res. 741), H9255 [4DE]

Water: establish a trust fund to provide adequate funding for water and sewer infrastructure (see S. 611), S1593 [28FE] (see H.R. 1417), H2311 [28FE]

——— modify payment periods of loans from State revolving funds under Safe Drinking Water Act and Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 5513), H12290 [19DE]

Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 2705), H3788 [14MY]

Water pollution: improve and coordinate interagency Federal actions and provide assistance to States for responding to public health challenges posed by emerging contaminants (see S. 1251), S2515 [30AP] (see H.R. 5361), H9386 [9DE]

Weather: enhance planning, preparation, and dissemination of best practices for extreme weather to increase resiliency, improve regional coordination, and mitigate financial risk (see H.R. 4347), H7753 [17SE]

Wildfires: provide wildfire smoke mitigation assistance to States and units of local government (see S. 1813), S3363 [12JN]

Wildlife: clarify that intrastate species are not in interstate commerce or subject to regulation under the Endangered Species Act or other Federal interstate commerce laws (see S. 1768), S3284 [10JN]

——— 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 its spread and prevalence (see S. 613), S1593 [28FE] (see S. 689), S1705 [6MR] (see H.R. 1550), H2502 [6MR] (see H.R. 1919), H2884 [27MR]

Cloture motions

Natural resources: improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), S1117 [7FE], S1161 [11FE]

——— improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), motion to proceed, S777 [31JA], S858 [5FE]

Court decisions

Obergefell v. Hodges (excerpt), H3939 [17MY]

Letters

Applicability of Congressional Review Act to State relief and empowerment waivers: Thomas H. Armstrong, GAO, S4901–S4903 [17JY]

Dept. of HHS rule on waivers to States for alternatives to health insurance exchanges that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions: Seema Verma, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, S6223 [29OC]

Dept. of Justice statutory role in identifying and eradicating civil rights abuses by law enforcement: several Committee on the Judiciary (House) members, H3754 [14MY]

Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects Act: Representative DeFazio, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H10277 [16DE]

——— Representative Waters, Committee on Financial Services (House), H10277 [16DE]

Impact of Medicaid expansion: Nansie J. Garnham Feeny, S4789 [11JY]

Medicaid provision to States with option of providing coordinated care for children with medically complex conditions: several children’s health organizations, H2779 [25MR]

Premium Reduction Act: Eric A. Cioppa, Raymond G. Farmer, David Altmaier, and Dean L. Cameron, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, S5900 [17OC]

——— several health organizations, S5900 [17OC]

Protect administration of Federal elections against cybersecurity threats: several State attorneys general, S5079 [25JY]

Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act: several organizations, H12274 [19DE]

——— William J. Johnson, National Association of Police Organizations, Inc., H12281 [19DE]

Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act: Aaron Smith, National Cannabis Industry Association, E1440 [14NO]

——— Ademola Oyefeso, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, E1216 [26SE]

——— Alessandro DiNello, Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America, E1217 [26SE]

——— Basil Thomson, National Armored Car Association, E1442 [14NO]

——— Becky Dansky, Safe and Responsible Banking Alliance, E1230 [27SE]

——— Betsy Laird, International Council of Shopping Centers, E1240 [1OC]

——— Bill Himpler, American Financial Services Association, E1254 [4OC]

——— Jeffrey D. DeBoer, Real Estate Roundtable, Inc., E1230 [27SE]

——— Jim King, ScottsMiracle-Gro Co., E1253 [4OC]

——— John Smaby, National Association of Realtors, E1230 [27SE]

——— Ken A. Crerar, Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers, E1239 [1OC]

——— Lindsay Robinson, California Cannabis Industry Association, E1441 [14NO]

——— Marsha Jones, Third Party Payment Processors Association, E1229 [27SE]

——— Mayors Coalition To Push for Marijuana Reform, E1253 [4OC]

——— Michael F. Beech, Brink’s, Inc., E1240 [1OC]

——— National Association of Attorneys General, E1215 [26SE]

——— Neal Levine, Cannabis Trade Federation, E1441 [14NO]

——— Neill Franklin, Law Enforcement Action Partnership, Inc., E1228 [27SE]

——— Nicole Fried, Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services, E1442 [14NO]

——— Paul A. Smith, Rural County Representatives of California (organization), E1239 [1OC]

——— Representatives McHenry and Luetkemeyer, Committee on Financial Services (House), H7965 [25SE]

——— Rob Nichols, American Bankers Association, E1216 [26SE]

——— Saphira Galoob, National Cannabis Roundtable (organization), E1441 [14NO]

——— Scott Talbott, Electronic Transactions Association, E1229 [27SE]

——— several bankers associations, E1216 [26SE]

——— several former Office of National Drug Control Policy and DEA officials, H7966 [25SE]

——— several organizations, E1217 [26SE]

——— several State banking supervisors, E1262 [8OC]

——— several State Governors, E1262 [8OC]

——— several trade associations, E1239 [1OC], E1254 [4OC]

——— Shanita Penny, Minority Cannabis Business Association, E1240 [1OC]

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program extension: Kate Brown and Charlie Baker, National Governors Association, H4195 [3JN]

Voting Rights Advancement Act: Andrea Senteno, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (organization), H9328, H9338 [6DE]

——— Anti-Defamation League, H9317 [6DE]

——— Jason Kimelman-Block, Bend the Arc—Jewish Action (organization), H9318 [6DE]

——— Jody Rabhan, National Council of Jewish Women, H9330 [6DE]

——— Josh Nassar, UAW, H9315 [6DE]

——— Kristen Clarke, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, H9327 [6DE]

——— Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, H9327, H9338 [6DE]

——— Marc Egan, National Education Association, H9316 [6DE]

——— Marcela Howell, In Our Own Voice—National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda (organization), H9316 [6DE]

——— Mary K. Henry, Service Employees International Union, H9329 [6DE]

——— Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers, H9330 [6DE]

——— Robert Weissman, Public Citizen (organization), H9330 [6DE]

——— Ronald Newman and Sonia Gill, ACLU, H9316 [6DE]

——— Scott Frey, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H9329 [6DE]

——— Thomas A. Saenz and Juan Cartagena, National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (organization), H9315 [6DE]

——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H9318 [6DE]

Lists

Organizations and officials supporting H.R. 1595, Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, H7971 [25SE]

Organizations supporting S. 47, Natural Resources Management Act, S900 [6FE]

Senate staff who worked on S. 47, Natural Resources Management Act, S900 [6FE]

Motions

Insurance: disapprove rule on waivers to States for alternatives to health insurance exchanges that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (S.J. Res. 52), S6220 [29OC]

IRS: disapprove rule on charitable contribution and estate tax deductions when a taxpayer receives or expects to receive a corresponding State or local tax credit (S.J. Res. 50), S5952 [22OC]

Natural resources: improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), S1108, S1109 [7FE], S1160 [11FE]

Taxation: modify limitation on deduction of State and local taxes (H.R. 5377), H12281 [19DE]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 4), H9331 [6DE]

Notices

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 995, Settlement Agreement Information Database Act, H1515 [11FE]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1595, Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, H7987 [25SE]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1839, Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act, H2793 [25MR]

Remarks in House

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children, H706 [17JA], H1279 [29JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 784), H2909 [28MR]

Air pollution: proposed rule prohibiting States from setting stricter standards for regulating motor vehicle emissions and fuel economy than Federal standards, H7821 [19SE], H7840 [20SE]

American Samoa: nutritional assistance programs funding, H658 [16JA], H3700 [10MY]

CDC: Climate and Health Program funding, H4399 [11JN]

Chaco Culture National Historical Park: prohibit withdrawal of certain surrounding Federal land from further mineral development if it is determined New Mexico will suffer loss of revenues, H8638 [30OC]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: require report on consumer complaints from senior citizens, including a State-by-State breakdown of complaints by type of consumer financial product or service, H4099, H4100 [22MY]

Corp. for National and Community Service: prohibit closure of State or territory offices without congressional approval (H.R. 1458), H3223 [10AP], H3296 [29AP]

Corps of Engineers: work with State officials to establish a no wake zone in covered navigation channels when certain criteria exists, H4745 [18JN]

Crime: allow State prosecution of websites that facilitate sex trafficking, provide civil remedies for victims of sex trafficking or sexual exploitation, and clarify interactive computer services’ role in sex trafficking, H12258 [19DE]

——— enhance penalties for stalkers of children, H3042 [3AP]

——— enhance penalties for stalkers of children (H.R. 570), H610 [16JA]

Dept. of Defense: give priority to States with the most need when distributing excess property for firefighting purposes, H5659 [11JY]

——— require cooperative agreements with States to mitigate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination resulting from their facilities, H5648 [11JY]

Dept. of Education: end use of corporal punishment in schools by prohibiting funding to any institution or agency utilizing such practices and providing assistance with positive behavior support approaches (H.R. 727), E78 [23JA]

——— 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 (H.R. 1571), H3397–H3399 [1MY]

Dept. of Energy: establish Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy as the lead Federal agency for coordinating Federal, State, and local assistance to promote the energy retrofitting of schools (H.R. 762), H2328, H2329 [5MR]

——— provide Federal financial assistance to States to implement, review, and revise State energy security plans (H.R. 2114), H7543, H7544 [9SE]

Dept. of HHS: allow States to extend certain child welfare demonstration projects scheduled to expire, H7781 [19SE]

——— Community Resource Centers funding through reductions in departmental management funding, H4606, H4607 [12JN]

——— conduct audit of Head Start Program to ensure grant funding selection and evaluation processes do not have a disparate impact on minority communities, H4537, H4538 [12JN]

——— conduct study to identify how parental substance abuse affects adoption outcomes, H3990 [20MY]

——— extend deadline by which States may apply for Federal assistance to establish State-based marketplaces and extend date for State exchanges to be self-sustaining, H3887 [16MY]

——— identify model standards for licensing foster family homes, require States adhere to such standards, and grant States authority to waive certain non-safety standards for relative foster family caregivers, H8965 [19NO]

——— require mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect to law enforcement or State child protective services agencies and provide training on what constitutes child abuse or neglect, H3992 [20MY]

——— Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration grants to States to develop best practices for emergency room treatment of opioid overdose patients funding, H4564 [12JN]

——— Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grants and State Opioid Response Grants program funding, E849 [26JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize Operation Stonegarden grant program (H.R. 3990), H7933 [25SE]

——— develop an engagement strategy with State and local fusion centers (H.R. 504), H1261–H1263 [29JA]

——— establish Joint Threat Assessment and Management Task Force to make recommendations on developing a national strategy to prevent targeted violence (H.R. 838), H3914 [16MY]

——— produce and disseminate an annual catalog on training, publications, programs, and services for State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies (H.R. 449), H1260, H1261 [29JA]

Dept. of HUD: expedite publication of Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery Program rules, H3706–H3708 [10MY]

——— provide that an individual who uses marijuana in compliance with State law may not be denied occupancy of federally assisted housing (H.R. 2338), E478 [18AP]

Dept. of Justice: allow Federal Bureau of Prisons and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency to share information with the District of Columbia to help ensure the District has services ready for returning citizens (H.R. 5290), E1527 [3DE]

——— allow use of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program grants to develop court processes to allow family members to petition courts to block dangerous individuals from purchasing weapons (H.R. 1236), H3914 [16MY]

——— establish guidelines to prevent and address occurrences of bullying, H1404–H1406 [7FE]

——— incentivize States to enact laws requiring independent investigation and prosecution for use of deadly force by law enforcement officers (H.R. 125), E2 [3JA]

——— juvenile justice programs funding, H4878 [19JN]

——— make grants to regional gang task forces to prevent violence committed by and against youths, H4293 [4JN]

——— prohibit awarding of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funds to police departments that allow plain-clothes officers to make routine traffic stops in unmarked vehicles (H.R. 1787), E313 [14MR]

——— prohibit Federal prosecution of individuals using medical or recreational marijuana in States with legalized marijuana (H.R. 493), E36 [11JA]

——— prohibit funding for adoptive seizures through the Assets Forfeiture Fund, H4889, H4890 [19JN]

——— prohibit funding to interfere in marijuana policy of States, District of Columbia, and U.S. territories, H4890, H4891 [19JN]

——— prohibit involvement in State and local elections relative to misinformation campaigns, H8425, H8426 [23OC]

——— reauthorize Bulletproof Vest Partnership (H.R. 2379), H3751–H3755 [14MY], H3914 [16MY], E614 [16MY]

——— reauthorize Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (H.R. 494), H1403–H1406, H1431 [7FE], H2088 [25FE]

——— require States receiving Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program funds to mandate sensitivity training for law enforcement officers (H.R. 125), E2 [3JA]

Dept. of the Interior: allow delegation of certain emergency abandoned mine reclamation activities to States and Indian tribes (H.R. 4248), H8231 [18OC]

——— empower States to manage development and production of oil and gas on Federal land, distribute Outer Continental Shelf energy leasing revenues to coastal States, and promote alternative energy (H.R. 4294), H7629 [11SE], H7675 [12SE]

Dept. of Transportation: California high-speed rail development funding, H3931 [17MY]

——— clarify treatment of local funds used to repay Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loans relative to non-Federal share of project costs, H5047–H5049 [24JN]

——— ensure transportation projects in historical areas comply with certain environmental and preservation regulations, H5062 [24JN]

——— equalize State apportionment of Better Utilizing Investments To Leverage Development (BUILD) funding, H5050 [24JN]

——— extend regulatory deadline for emergency relief transportation projects to advance to construction (H.R. 3193), E743 [11JN]

——— modify permitted uses of certain grants, allow States to reallocate national priority safety program funds, and award grants to improve interoperability of State and national traffic data systems (H.R. 4531), H8395 [23OC]

——— modify treatment of certain loans in consideration for fixed guideway capital investment grants (H.R. 731), H1008 [23JA]

——— require any discretionary grant funds provided for high-speed rail development in California be reimbursed and authorize additional funds for other transportation projects, H2220 [26FE]

——— require any discretionary grant funds provided for high-speed rail development in California be reimbursed and authorize additional funds for other transportation projects (H.R. 1515), H2343 [5MR]

——— urge infrastructure repairs and improvements and prioritize safety on roads and highways, H5310 [10JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve ability of veterans to receive in-State tuition using departmental educational assistance, H8759 [12NO]

Depts. of Justice and Transportation: authorize Federal funding to integrate U.S. territories into the national AMBER Alert system (H.R. 4614), E1251 [4OC]

District of Columbia: congressional role in local budget matters, H5106–H5110 [25JN]

——— statehood, H3198–H3200 [9AP], H3997 [20MY]

——— statehood (H.R. 51), H2109 [26FE], H2299–H2301 [28FE], H3243 [10AP], H7550 [9SE], H7592–H7594 [10SE], H8708 [31OC], H8796 [13NO], H10604 [17DE], E6 [3JA]

Drugs: address prescription opioid and heroin abuse, H374 [10JA], H548 [15JA], H2106 [26FE], H7993 [26SE]

——— end Federal ban of medical marijuana, allow importation of certain derivatives, enable medicinal research, and allow prescription to veterans (H.R. 127), E7 [3JA]

——— prohibit Federal prosecution of residents who are acting in accordance with their State’s marijuana laws (H.R. 1456), H7969, H7971 [25SE]

Election Assistance Commission: make grants to States to increase involvement of minors in elections, H2541, H2542 [7MR]

Elections: ensure States that have taken appropriate measures to increase voter turnout are not subject to additional Federal automatic voter registration mandates, H2531, H2532 [7MR]

——— prohibit Federal Election Campaign Act violators and their immediate family members from serving on redistricting commissions, H2564 [7MR]

——— prohibit individuals registered under the Foreign Agents Act from serving on redistricting commissions, H2565 [7MR]

——— protect administration of Federal elections against cybersecurity threats (H.R. 3412), H5094 [25JN], H5215, H5221 [27JN]

EPA: reestablish Office of Noise Abatement and Control (H.R. 3001), E659 [23MY]

Every Student Succeeds Act: anniversary, H10019 [11DE]

FBI: require FBI report on number of background check petitions it was not able to make a determination on within the 10-day period, H2285–H2287 [28FE]

FCC: prohibit funding to finalize rule that overturns local ordinances to promote broadband competition in multi-tenant buildings, H5187 [26JN]

FEC: notify States within a certain time period after determination of a credible targeted disinformation campaign against a State election, H8424, H8425 [23OC]

Federal agencies and departments: require publication of settlement agreements (H.R. 995), H1500–H1502 [11FE]

Federal aid programs: impact of requirement to allocate certain percentage of funds for assistance in persistent poverty counties, H4878 [19JN]

Federal Highway Administration: Emergency Relief Program funding, H3709, H3710 [10MY]

——— prohibit funding to deny extensions for projects to rebuild infrastructure after disasters, H3705 [10MY]

FEMA: modify eligibility requirements for certain hazard mitigation assistance programs (H.R. 2548), H10276 [16DE]

Financial institutions: create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to legitimate marijuana-related businesses (H.R. 1595), H7911, H7962–H7974, H7979, H7980 [25SE], E1215 [26SE], E1239 [1OC], E1253, E1256 [4OC], E1440 [14NO]

Firearms: improve National Instant Criminal Background Check System by increasing Federal and State reporting requirements, H2245 [27FE]

Forest Service: Tongass National Forest logging roads construction funding, H4960–H4962 [20JN]

Government regulations: provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 300), H3799 [15MY]

Health: improve insurance access and affordability, strengthen protections for individuals with preexisting conditions, and terminate sale of short-term, limited duration insurance plans (H.R. 1884), H2805, H2806, H2820, H2821 [26MR], H2835 [27MR], H2935 [1AP], H2946, H2947, H2968, H2976–H2980 [2AP], H3119 [8AP]

Immigration: ban Federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions that interfere with enforcement of Federal immigration law (H.R. 516), H4059 [21MY]

——— border security and immigration enforcement funding, H3431 [2MY], H3516, H3668 [9MY], H3688 [10MY], H3953, H3954 [17MY], H4169 [24MY]

——— clarify definition of sanctuary jurisdictions, provide civil remedies for victims of crimes committed by individuals benefitting from a sanctuary policy, and withhold grant funding from such jurisdictions (H.R. 3964), H7565 [10SE]

Infrastructure: importance of investment, H3800 [15MY]

Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act: reauthorize, H9973, H9975 [10DE]

IRS: disapprove rule on charitable contribution and estate tax deductions when a taxpayer receives or expects to receive a corresponding State or local tax credit (H.J. Res. 67), H9298 [6DE]

——— disapprove rule on charitable contribution and estate tax deductions when a taxpayer receives or expects to receive a corresponding State or local tax credit (H.J. Res. 72), H9298 [6DE]

Johnstown, PA: tribute to Showcase for Commerce business trade show and defense contract exhibit, H4225 [4JN]

Kansas: importance of libraries, H3411 [2MY]

Law enforcement officers: allow local uniformed law enforcement officers participating on joint operations with Federal law enforcement to wear and use body cameras (H.R. 4049), E988 [25JY]

——— expand provisions allowing carriage of concealed weapons by active and retired officers (H.R. 1156), H3915 [16MY]

Medicaid: extend certain spousal impoverishment protections, provide State option of coordinated care for children with medically complex conditions, and prevent misclassification of drugs in drug rebate program (H.R. 1839), H2773–H2780, H2781 [25MR], H3224 [10AP], E354 [26MR]

Natural resources: improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), H2089 [25FE], H2109, H2141–H2217 [26FE], H2238 [27FE], H2327 [5MR], H9958 [10DE], E224 [27FE], E237 [4MR], E241, E244 [5MR], E316 [18MR], E1026 [2AU]

——— improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 21), H2219 [26FE]

New York: commend passage of State legislation making tuition assistance programs available to certain aliens who are long-term U.S. residents and who entered the U.S. as children, H1161 [23JA]

——— importance of 19th Congressional District townhall meetings, H10128 [12DE]

NIST: clarify role in protecting administration of Federal elections against cybersecurity threats, H2382 [6MR], E265 [7MR]

North American Securities Administrators Association: commend role of State securities regulators in protecting and educating investors and promoting capital formation and urge continued collaboration with SEC (H. Res. 456), H5280–H5282 [9JY]

Northern Mariana Islands: emergency food assistance block grant funding, H658 [16JA]

——— Medicaid block grant funding, H656–H658 [16JA]

——— water and sewer recovery funding for communites recovering from Typhoon Yutu, H3701, H3702 [10MY]

Public welfare programs: extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 430), H531–H534 [14JA], E71 [22JA]

——— extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 2940), H4195–H4198, H4207 [3JN]

——— reauthorize and amend the program of block grants to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, H4196 [3JN]

Social Security: enter into agreements with States to share data relative to individuals subject to guardianship (H.R. 5380), E1572 [10DE]

States: limit redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (H.R. 124), E6 [3JA]

Taxation: increase limitation on deduction for State and local taxes (H.R. 2624), H9383 [9DE]

——— modify limitation on deduction of State and local taxes, E1637 [19DE]

——— modify limitation on deduction of State and local taxes (H.R. 5377), H12270–H12284 [19DE]

——— modify limitation on deduction of State and local taxes (H.R. 5377), consideration (H. Res. 772), H12214–H12221 [19DE]

——— modify limitation on deduction of State and local taxes (H.R. 5377), motion to recommit, H12281–H12283 [19DE]

——— provide for Move America bonds and Move America credits to support public-private partnerships for infrastructure investment (H.R. 1508), E244 [5MR]

——— repeal limitation on deductions for certain taxes, including State and local taxes, H555 [15JA], H9230 [4DE], H9281 [5DE], H9337 [6DE], H9382 [9DE], H9956 [10DE], H10033 [11DE], H10127 [12DE], H10602 [17DE], E1578 [11DE]

——— repeal limitation on deductions for certain taxes, including State and local taxes (H.R. 188), H2515 [7MR], H2686 [13MR]

——— repeal limitation on deductions for certain taxes, including State and local taxes (H.R. 257), H2686 [13MR]

——— repeal limitation on deductions for certain taxes, including State and local taxes (H.R. 515), H12278 [19DE]

——— retain limitation on deduction of State and local taxes for certain high-income taxpayers, H12281–H12283 [19DE]

Trump, President: evaluation of administration relative to border security and immigration enforcement, H4395 [11JN]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: make supplemental funding available for management of fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need as determined by State fish and wildlife agencies, H354 [9JA]

Voting: modify pre-election registration deadlines to ensure deadline does not fall on a Federal holiday, H2488 [6MR]

——— provide incentives to States to invest in practices and technology designed to enhance voter security, expedite voting at polls, and simplify voter registration, H2494 [6MR]

——— require States to ensure individuals who provide identifying information to motor vehicle authorities are automatically registered to vote in Federal elections unless eligibility requirements are not met, H2383 [6MR]

——— require States to ensure that any voting machine used for the purposes of a Federal election is manufactured in the U.S., H2538, H2539 [7MR]

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting, H2407 [6MR]

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 4), H2608 [8MR], H4124 [23MY], H9247 [4DE], H9282 [5DE], H9308–H9334, H9338, H9339, H9340 [6DE], E225 [27FE], E273 [8MR]

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 741), H9265–H9271 [5DE]

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 4), motion to recommit, H9331, H9332 [6DE]

Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund: establish (H.R. 2705), E588 [14MY]

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 its spread and prevalence, H2655 [12MR]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect a women’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (S. 1645), S3078 [23MY]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (S. 160), S196 [15JA], S253, S263, S275 [16JA], S2299–S2301 [9AP]

Air pollution: proposed rule prohibiting States from setting stricter standards for regulating motor vehicle emissions and fuel economy than Federal standards, S5551 [18SE]

Bureau of Reclamation: support water infrastructure in reclamation States (S. 1932), S4174–S4176 [20JN]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: oppose certain policies relative to organ procurement, donations, and transplants, S903 [6FE]

Chesapeake Bay Program: tribute, S4152 [20JN]

Corps of Engineers: convey Colonel James Barker, Sr., House and land to Friends of the Barker House (organization), S6465 [7NO]

Crime: allow State prosecution of websites that facilitate sex trafficking, provide civil remedies for victims of sex trafficking or sexual exploitation, and clarify interactive computer services’ role in sex trafficking, S1666 [5MR]

——— enhance penalties for stalkers of children (S. 134), S6204 [28OC]

——— enhance protection of children from predators using social media and other online sites, S4788 [11JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide for State and tribal regulation of hemp production, S6206 [29OC]

Dept. of Education: strengthen Federal-State partnerships in postsecondary education (S. 3028), S6994 [11DE]

Dept. of HHS: authorize State Opioid Response Grants program and allow use of funding to address methamphetamine and cocaine abuse (S. 1925), S4173 [20JN], S5091 [25JY], S7224 [19DE]

——— improve guardianship oversight and data collection by designating an online resource center, authorizing State grants for guardianship databases, and sharing guardian background check information (S. 591), S1541 [27FE]

——— require congressional review of regulations regarding a State’s ability to offer waivers relative to certain health insurance exchange requirements, S4901 [17JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop an engagement strategy with State and local fusion centers (H.R. 504), S5115 [25JY]

——— establish Joint Threat Assessment and Management Task Force to make recommendations on developing a national strategy to prevent targeted violence (S. 265), S1341 [14FE]

——— provide for engagements with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments (S. 1846), S6768 [21NO]

Dept. of Justice: allow use of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program grants to develop court processes to allow family members to petition courts to block dangerous individuals from purchasing weapons (S. 506), S3837 [19JN], S5509, S5520, S5529 [17SE]

——— Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program Anti-Methamphetamine Program funding, S6227 [29OC]

——— impact of Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program, S5351 [9SE]

——— make grants to States that have in place a law providing for the rights of sexual assault survivors (S. 2770), S6543, S6544 [13NO]

——— provide Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program grants to States that adopt red flag laws to remove guns from individuals who may be a threat to themselves or others, S5424–S5427 [11SE]

——— reauthorize Bulletproof Vest Partnership, S6227 [29OC]

——— reauthorize Bulletproof Vest Partnership (H.R. 2379), S2900–S2902 [16MY]

——— reauthorize Bulletproof Vest Partnership (S. 1231), S2776 [13MY], S2803, S2837 [14MY], S2862 [15MY]

——— report firearm background check denials to State and local law enforcement to allow pursuit of criminal charges and study and report to Congress on categories of people who are denied firearms (S. 875), S5510 [17SE]

Dept. of the Interior: empower States to manage the development and production of oil and gas on available Federal land (S. 218), S4538 [26JN], S5648 [24SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide States with access to records on unredeemed savings bonds to facilitate reuniting of bonds with bondholders by putting names and addresses in State unclaimed property databases (S. 2417), S5462 [12SE], S5505, S5506 [17SE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a competitive grant program to repair, improve, rehabilitate, or replace bridges and improve safety, efficiency, and reliability of movement of people and freight over bridge crossings, S5172 [30JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize use of National Cemetery Administration grants by States and tribal organizations for training at National Cemetery Administration training center (S. 2096), S7231, S7232 [19DE]

Drugs: address methamphetamine abuse, S2737–S2739 [8MY], S3465 [13JN], S5091 [25JY]

——— address prescription opioid and heroin abuse, S1585 [28FE], S1663–S1666 [5MR], S2737–S2739 [8MY], S2918 [16MY], S3147 [3JN], S3305 [11JN], S3464 [13JN], S5089–S5091 [25JY], S5126 [29JY], S5220 [31JY], S5436 [11SE]

——— address trafficking of illicit fentanyl, S5090 [25JY]

Economic Development Administration: funding, S6209 [29OC]

Elections: 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 (S. 1834), S6080 [23OC]

——— prohibit individuals from knowingly deceiving others about the time, place, eligibility, or procedures of participating in a Federal election for the purpose of deterring from voting (S. 1834), unanimous-consent request, S6080 [23OC]

——— protect administration of Federal elections against cybersecurity threats, S2503 [30AP], S2600 [2MY], S2659 [7MY], S2777 [13MY], S3356 [12JN], S4709 [9JY], S4743, S4745 [10JY], S4779 [11JY], S4815 [15JY], S5127–S5129 [29JY], S5152–S5154 [30JY], S5209, S5218–S5220 [31JY], S5281–S5284 [1AU], S5460 [12SE], S5551 [18SE], S5638 [24SE], S5679 [25SE], S5936, S5958 [22OC], S6580 [14NO], S6683 [20NO]

FCC: allow State or Federal correctional facilities to utilize jamming equipment to prevent contraband cell phone use in prisons, S2538 [1MY]

Firearms: allow family members and close associates of suspected unstable individuals to take legal actions to prevent such individuals from purchasing or possessing firearms (S. 7), S1341 [14FE]

——— improve National Instant Criminal Background Check System by increasing Federal and State reporting requirements, S1921 [25MR], S2904 [16MY], S5350–S5352 [9SE], S5553 [18SE]

Health: condemn invalidation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions on preexisting conditions and other health coverage and safeguard patient protections, S4764, S4765 [10JY]

——— improve insurance access and affordability, strengthen protections for individuals with preexisting conditions, and terminate sale of short-term, limited duration insurance plans, S6688 [20NO]

Immigration: border security and immigration enforcement funding, S3071 [23MY], S3148 [3JN], S3172 [4JN]

——— clarify sanctuary jurisdictions, provide civil remedies for victims of crimes committed by individuals benefitting from a sanctuary policy and withhold grant funding from such jurisdictions (S. 2059), unanimous-consent request, S6416–S6418 [6NO]

IMPACT for Energy Foundation: establish, S1577 [28FE]

Infrastructure: importance of investment, S785 [31JA], S2476 [29AP], S2535 [1MY], S3029 [22MY], S3067 [23MY], S6633 [19NO]

Insurance: allow States to establish reinsurance programs, give States flexibility to provide affordable health insurance options outside of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges, and continue cost-sharing premium subsidies, S2001 [26MR]

——— disapprove efforts to weaken access to health insurance exchanges during open enrollment periods, S6968 [11DE]

——— disapprove rule on waivers to States for alternatives to health insurance exchanges that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (S.J. Res. 52), S5680 [25SE], S5909–S5911 [21OC], S6082–S6086 [23OC], S6181 [28OC], S6206, S6208, S6210, S6223–S6225, S6228–S6234, S6235, S6236 [29OC], S6263–S6266, S6268–S6273 [30OC], S6347 [31OC]

——— provide support to States to establish invisible high risk pool or reinsurance programs (S. 1868), S4719 [9JY], S5899 [17OC]

IRS: disapprove rule on charitable contribution and estate tax deductions when a taxpayer receives or expects to receive a corresponding State or local tax credit (S.J. Res. 50), S5934, S6048–S6050 [22OC], S6052, S6053, S6060, S6066–S6071, S6079 [23OC]

Medicaid: extend certain spousal impoverishment protections, provide State option of coordinated care for children with medically complex conditions, and prevent misclassification of drugs in drug rebate program (H.R. 1839), S2203 [2AP]

——— provide the same level of Federal matching assistance for every State that chooses to expand coverage to newly eligible individuals, regardless of when such expansion takes place (S. 585), S4713 [9JY]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit further extension or establishment of national monuments in Utah except by express authorization of Congress, S1152, S1158–S1160 [11FE]

Native Americans: increase intergovernmental coordination to identify and combat violent crime within Indian lands and of Indians, S6692 [20NO]

——— increase intergovernmental coordination to identify and combat violent crime within Indian lands and of Indians (S. 982), S2673, S2676 [7MY], S6360 [31OC]

Natural resources: improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), S72 [8JA], S77 [9JA], S1031–S1109, S1149 [7FE], S1152–S1162 [11FE], S1175, S1178–S1182, S1184–S1186, S1193–S1196, S1271 [12FE], S1289, S1304 [13FE], S1373 [14FE], S1457, S1472 [26FE], S1823 [13MR], S5440 [11SE], S5571 [18SE]

——— improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 21), S1519 [27FE]

——— improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), motion to proceed, S777 [31JA], S817 [4FE], S841, S858 [5FE], S881, S885, S896–S903 [6FE], S1031 [7FE]

North Carolina: call for new 9th Congressional District election relative to alleged election fraud, S1447 [26FE]

OMB: immediately release certain grant funds awarded for disaster mitigation activities under Dept. of HUD Community Development Block Grant Program (S. 1415), S2988 [21MY], S3078 [23MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of Medicaid expansion, S4712 [9JY], S4746 [10JY], S4789 [11JY], S4961 [22JY], S5035 [24JY], S5076 [25JY], S6689 [20NO]

Public welfare programs: extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 430), S319 [22JA]

——— extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 2940), S4648 [27JN]

States: require use of independent nonpartisan commissions to carry out congressional redistricting, S107 [9JA]

Supreme Court: decision in Shelby County v. Holder relative to constitutionality of preclearance of attempts to change voting qualifications or prerequisites to voting, S4478 [25JN]

——— decision in Sturgeon v. Frost relative to regulatory authority over navigable waters within National Park System lands in Alaska, S2263–S2266 [4AP]

——— decisions to overturn precedents established by prior cases, S2897 [16MY]

Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis: establish, S6228 [29OC]

Taxation: increase limitation on deduction for State and local taxes for individuals filing jointly (S. 2762), S6336 [31OC]

——— repeal limitation on deduction for State and local taxes and restore higher tax rates for upper income individuals (S. 437), S1509 [27FE]

——— treat certain contributions by government entities as contributions to capital (S. 2942), S6900 [9DE]

Trump, President: evaluation of administration relative to Medicaid coverage, S3347–S3354 [12JN]

Voting: allow all eligible voters to vote by mail and establish national procedures for automatic voter registration for Federal elections (S. 26), S108 [9JA]

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting, S108 [9JA]

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (S. 561), S3190 [4JN]

Reports filed

Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1620) (H. Rept. 116–338), H10256 [12DE]

Consideration of H.R. 4, Voting Rights Advancement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 741) (H. Rept. 116–322), H9255 [4DE]

Consideration of H.R. 5377, Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 772) (H. Rept. 116–357), H12289 [19DE]

Coordinated Ocean Observations and Research Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 914) (S. Rept. 116–168), S6888 [5DE]

Dept. of Justice Bulletproof Vest Partnership Reauthorization: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1231), S2769 [9MY]

DHS Field Engagement Accountability Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 504) (S. Rept. 116–16), S1939 [25MR]

Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 2114) (S. Rept. 116–137), S5965 [22OC]

——— Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2094) (S. Rept. 116–136), S5965 [22OC]

Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2548) (H. Rept. 116–339), H10257 [12DE]

Indian Community Public Safety Services Advancements: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 210) (S. Rept. 116–37), S2645 [6MY]

Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act Reauthorization: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1314) (H. Rept. 116–231), H8110 [11OC]

Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 5377) (H. Rept. 116–345), H10262 [13DE]

Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1595) (H. Rept. 116–104), H4341 [5JN]

State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1846) (S. Rept. 116–90), S5406 [10SE]

Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 762) (S. Rept. 116–108), S5602 [19SE]

——— Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 253) (S. Rept. 116–107), S5602 [19SE]

Voting Rights Advancement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4) (H. Rept. 116–317), H9186 [29NO]

Resolutions by organizations

Urge Congress to restore full deductibility of State and local taxes: New Jersey State League of Municipalities, E1578 [11DE]

——— New Jersey State League of Municipalities (excerpt), H10033 [11DE]

Statements

Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act: Alex Hendrie, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), H12273 [19DE]

——— Brent Gardner, Americans for Prosperity (organization), H12273 [19DE]

——— Executive Office of the President, H12216 [19DE]

——— Heritage Action for America (organization), H12274 [19DE]

——— National Taxpayers Union, H12273 [19DE]

Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act: Global Alliance for Cannabis Commerce, E1262 [8OC]

Voting Rights Advancement Act: Executive Office of the President, H9321 [6DE]

——— Several Faith Leaders, H9326 [6DE]

Tables

Estimated pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 1839, Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act, H2793 [25MR]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 21, correction in enrollment of S. 47, Natural Resources Management Act, H2219 [26FE]

H. Res. 456, commend role of State securities regulators and North American Securities Administrators Association in protecting and educating investors and promoting capital formation and urge continued collaboration with SEC, H5280 [9JY]

H. Res. 741, consideration of H.R. 4, Voting Rights Advancement Act, H9265 [5DE]

H. Res. 772, consideration of H.R. 5377, Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act, H12214 [19DE]

H.R. 4, Voting Rights Advancement Act, H9308–H9312 [6DE]

H.R. 430, TANF Extension Act, H531 [14JA]

H.R. 449, Pathways to Improving Homeland Security at the Local Level Act, H1260 [29JA]

H.R. 494, Dept. of Justice Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program reauthorization, H1403 [7FE]

H.R. 504, DHS Field Engagement Accountability Act, S5115 [25JY], H1261 [29JA]

H.R. 762, Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act, H2328 [5MR]

H.R. 995, Settlement Agreement Information Database Act, H1500 [11FE]

H.R. 1595, Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, H7962–H7964 [25SE]

H.R. 1839, Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act, H2773–H2776 [25MR]

H.R. 2114, Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act, H7543 [9SE]

H.R. 2379, Dept. of Justice Bulletproof Vest Partnership reauthorization, H3751 [14MY]

H.R. 2548, Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects Act, H10276 [16DE]

H.R. 2940, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program extension, H4195 [3JN]

H.R. 5377, Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act, H12270 [19DE]

S. 47, Natural Resources Management Act, S1196–S1265 [12FE], H2142–H2211 [26FE]

S. 134, Combat Online Predators Act, S6204 [28OC]

S. 1231, Dept. of Justice Bulletproof Vest Partnership reauthorization, S2837 [14MY]

S. 1552, Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act, S2971 [20MY]

S. 1846, State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act, S6768 [21NO]

S. 1852, Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act, S3481 [13JN]

S. 2096, use of National Cemetery Administration grants by States and tribal organizations for training at National Cemetery Administration training center, S7232 [19DE]

S. Res. 268, express that the Federal Government should take no action to redeem, assume, or guarantee any State debt, including pension obligations and require Dept. of the Treasury to report any such negotiations, S4636 [27JN]

S. Res. 309, encourage Congress to pass legislation to increase voting access and registration, protect voting rights, and improve election security, S5476 [12SE]

S. Res. 316, support U.S. clean vehicle emissions standards and defend authority of States under the Clean Air Act to protect the people of those States from harmful air pollution, S5579 [18SE]

S. Res. 372, establish a national goal on conserving U.S. lands and oceans, S5976 [22OC]

S.J. Res. 50, disapprove IRS rule on charitable contribution and estate tax deductions when a taxpayer receives or expects to receive a corresponding State or local tax credit, S4859 [16JY]