GRAVES, SAM (a Representative from Missouri)

Amendments

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), H4710, H4743 [18JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit abortion in cases where a fetal heartbeat is detectable (see H.R. 490), H678 [16JA]

——— prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 2014), H2938 [1AP]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 20), H715 [17JA]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 616), H675 [16JA]

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

——— require health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (see H.R. 962), H1519 [11FE]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 1175), H3792 [14MY]

Armed Forces: review service of certain members during World War I to determine if such members should be awarded the Medal of Honor and authorize such award based on results of the review (see H.R. 2249), H3254 [10AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of rotunda to honor the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II upon death (see H. Con. Res. 10), H8742 [8NO]

Career and Technical Education Month: designate (see H. Res. 119), H1587 [13FE]

Climate: prohibit U.S. contributions to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or Green Climate Fund (see H.R. 1881), H5008 [20JN]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3409), H5036 [21JN]

——— mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1257), H2797 [25MR]

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 211), H2647 [11MR]

DEA: include fentanyl-related substances under schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, designating they have high potential for abuse and have no medical use (see H.R. 5421), H10257 [12DE]

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 344), H2987 [2AP]

Dept. of Labor: clarify use of subminimum wage relative to certain contracts (see H.R. 3704), H5726 [11JY]

Dept. of State: eliminate Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (see H.R. 479), H8959 [18NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of certain per diem grant amounts (see H.R. 95), H2887 [27MR]

——— improve recruitment of Veterans Health Administration personnel by enhancing the hiring timeline, releasing physicians from non-compete agreements, and updating minimum credentials (see H.R. 1163), H4011 [20MY]

——— include the cost of applying to an institution of higher learning as part of the benefits provided under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 730), H1494 [8FE]

——— increase certain veteran funeral benefits (see H.R. 497), H721 [17JA]

——— provide for presumption of service connection for diseases associated with herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served offshore of Vietnam (see H.R. 299), H1518 [11FE]

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 553), H4701 [14JN]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H2919 [28MR]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H4011 [20MY]

EPA: adjust the renewable fuel obligation to account for the full volume of gasoline and diesel produced by small refineries that are allowed certain exemptions (see H.R. 4385), H7773 [18SE]

——— impose an annual deadline for small refineries to submit petitions for exemptions from certain renewable fuel requirements based on disproportionate economic hardship (see H.R. 3006), H5305 [9JY]

FCC: issue rules on collection of data relative to availability of broadband services (see H.R. 4229), H9348 [6DE]

——— prohibit Internet service providers from knowingly submitting inaccurate Internet access service coverage information or data in order to compile an inaccurate broadband coverage map (see H.R. 4227), H9348 [6DE]

Federal agencies and departments: provide for a method by which the economic costs of significant regulatory actions may be offset by the repeal of other regulatory actions (see H.R. 575), H7536 [6SE]

Federal Labor Relations Authority: provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions (see H.R. 1154), H7559 [9SE]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 38), H603 [15JA]

——— remove silencers from definition of firearms relative to taxation, registration, and transfer laws (see H.R. 155), H1464 [7FE]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: provide for use of funds for the purposes for which the funds were collected and ensure credited funds are used to support navigation (see H.R. 2440), H3403 [1MY]

Harry S. Truman Union Station, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 2583), H3500 [8MY]

Immigration: clarify classes of individuals born in the U.S. who are nationals and citizens of the U.S. at birth (see H.R. 140), H206 [3JA]

——— close loopholes in immigration laws that serve as incentives to aliens to attempt to enter the U.S. unlawfully (see H.R. 586), H12211 [18DE]

——— eliminate per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see H.R. 1044), H3791 [14MY]

——— reform policies relative to family-sponsored immigrants and reduce the number of such immigrants (see H.R. 891), H1394 [6FE]

Iran: make financial assets of the Iranian Government available to pay compensatory damages to families of victims of the 1983 bombing of U.S. Marine barracks in Lebanon (see H.R. 2790), H7521 [23AU]

Israel: authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 1837), H4171 [24MY]

——— oppose global boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement, urge negotiated solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and support U.S.-Israel scientific and technological cooperation in civilian areas (see H. Res. 246), H4168 [23MY]

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2197), H3251 [10AP]

McAuliffe, Christa: mint commemorative coins with proceeds from sales going to For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) (organization) Robotics program (see H.R. 500), H2828 [26MR]

Medicaid: increase number of States that may conduct demonstration programs to improve access to community mental health services (see H.R. 1767), H8144 [15OC]

Medicare: delay reduction of durable medical equipment payment reimbursement rates and update budget neutrality requirement for oxygen (see H.R. 2771), H8785 [12NO]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2150), H4349 [6JN]

——— improve home health payment reforms (see H.R. 2573), H8102 [8OC]

——— provide coverage for all physicians’ services furnished by chiropractors within the scope of their license (see H.R. 3654), H7708 [12SE]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1948), H4121 [22MY]

——— update rural health clinic provisions relative to usage of advanced practice clinicians, laboratory requirements and delivery of telehealth services, and reimbursement rates (see H.R. 2788), H8145 [15OC]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1570), H12292 [19DE]

Money: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of minting of Morgan dollar and Peace dollar (see H.R. 3757), H7837 [19SE]

Motor vehicles: promote awareness of, and encourage collaboration and communication to engage in efforts to end, motorcycle profiling by law enforcement (see H. Res. 255), H8114 [11OC]

National CRNA Week: observance (see H. Res. 70), H1171 [23JA]

National Park Service: establish, fund, and provide for use of amounts in a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog (see H.R. 1225), H7903 [24SE]

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1830), H2754 [18MR]

NTSB: authorize investigation of commercial space transportation accidents (see H.R. 1562), H2503 [6MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay reimposition of annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 1398), H9122 [20NO]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 748), H1363 [5FE]

Pipelines: provide enhanced safety and environmental protection in pipeline transportation (see H.R. 5175), H9056 [19NO]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services and increase funding for other women’s health care service providers (see H.R. 369), H603 [15JA]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 54), H676 [16JA]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 23), H1465 [7FE]

——— ensure that the Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to privatization (see H. Res. 33), H1364 [5FE]

——— repeal requirement to prepay future retirement benefits (see H.R. 2382), H9171 [21NO]

Public Health Service: designate Chief Nurse Officer as National Nurse for Public Health (see H.R. 1597), H2887 [27MR]

Public Schools Week: designate (see H. Res. 254), H2796 [25MR]

Radio: oppose new fees, taxes, royalties, or charges on local, over the air, radio stations (see H. Con. Res. 20), H2371 [5MR]

Schiff, Representative: condemn and censure relative to remarks during hearing on whistleblower complaint against President Trump and alleged collusion between the Trump Campaign and Russia (see H. Res. 604), H8145 [15OC] (see H. Res. 630), H8201 [16OC]

Small business: tribute (see H. Res. 730), H9169 [21NO]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H2919 [28MR]

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (see H.R. 1407), H4011 [20MY]

——— establish disability benefit offset for Purple Heart recipients (see H.R. 2655), H9058 [19NO]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 141), H8959 [18NO]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H2919 [28MR]

Taxation: extend exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payments of qualified education loans (see H.R. 1043), H12292 [19DE]

——— modify definition of income for purposes of determining the tax-exempt status of certain mutual or cooperative telephone or electric companies (see H.R. 2147), H7837 [19SE]

——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 510), H1173 [23JA]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 218), H5304 [9JY]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 2207), H3252 [10AP]

——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property (see H.R. 1869), H8113 [11OC]

——— restore tax exemption for advance refunding bonds (see H.R. 2772), H5169 [25JN]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see H.R. 1854), H5305 [9JY]

Women: mint coins in commemoration of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage (see H.R. 2423), H8102 [8OC]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H2919 [28MR]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) known as ‘‘Merrill’s Marauders’’ for bravery and service in the jungles of Burma (see H.R. 906), H7836 [19SE]

——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. merchant mariners of World War II (see H.R. 550), H2919 [28MR]

——— mint coins in honor of anniversary of end of war (see H.R. 3155), H4698 [13JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Corps of Engineers: remove fish and wildlife as an authorized purpose of Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System and make flood control the higest priority (see H.R. 2174), H3216 [9AP]

Federal agencies and departments: require annual reports detailing the cost of multilingual services to end speculation about the cost of such services provided by the Federal Government (see H.R. 1728), H2716 [13MR]

FEMA: provide capitalization grants to States to establish revolving funds to provide funding assistance to reduce harmful impacts from multiple hazards (see H.R. 3531), H5255 [27JN]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (see H. Res. 363), H3679 [9MY]

Taxation: increase and expand above-the-line deduction for certain expenses of school teachers (see H.R. 4180), H7496 [9AU]

Constitutional authority statements

Corps of Engineers: remove fish and wildlife as an authorized purpose of Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System and make flood control the higest priority (H.R. 2174), H3219 [9AP]

Federal agencies and departments: require annual reports detailing the cost of multilingual services to end speculation about the cost of such services provided by the Federal Government (H.R. 1728), H2718 [13MR]

FEMA: provide capitalization grants to States to establish revolving funds to provide funding assistance to reduce harmful impacts from multiple hazards (H.R. 3531), H5258 [27JN]

Taxation: increase and expand above-the-line deduction for certain expenses of school teachers (H.R. 4180), H7496 [9AU]

Remarks

American Bus Association: anniversary of Bus Industry Safety Council, E1341• [24OC]

Bartlett, David: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E595• [15MY]

Beckert, Noah: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E84• [24JA]

Bednar, Jacob: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1177• [19SE]

Bennett, Ryan O.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1531• [4DE]

Boyer, Lori: St. Joseph, MO, YWCA Women of Excellence Emerging Leader Award recipient, E826• [24JN]

Brecht, Baxter: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1179• [19SE]

Bridges: transfer Harmony Way Bridge over the Wabash River to Illinois and Indiana (H.R. 3245), H7290 [24JY]

Brown, Jane Pansing: Northland Regional Chamber of Commerce Northlander of the Year award recipient, E90• [24JA]

Buharivala, Zarius: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E84• [24JA]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3409), H7285 [24JY]

Coday, William E.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1531• [4DE]

Comstock, Peyton: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1180• [19SE]

Conner, Isaac D.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1532• [4DE]

Eyberg, Jo: St. Joseph, MO, YWCA Lifetime Achievement in the Workplace Award recipient, E824• [24JN]

FEMA: provide for online repository for certain reporting requirements for recipients of Federal disaster assistance (H.R. 1307), H7292 [24JY]

Fletcher, Nathan: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1533• [4DE]

Gallagher, Alex: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1181• [19SE]

Gervy, Justin: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E828• [24JN]

Gibson, Haven J.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E129• [5FE]

Gilbert, Sheila: St. Joseph, MO, YWCA Woman in Volunteerism Award recipient, E822• [24JN]

Greenwald, Payton: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E85• [24JA]

Heutinck, Harrison: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1182• [19SE]

Jacob, Brandon: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1359• [29OC]

Jines, Landon: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E85• [24JA]

Judah, Linda: St. Joseph, MO, YWCA Women of Excellence Woman of Merit Award recipient, E827• [24JN]

Keller, Brian J.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1534• [4DE]

Kelley, Jack: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E86• [24JA]

Ladies Union Benevolent Association: St. Joseph, MO, YWCA Employer of Excellence Award recipient, E820• [24JN]

Lanning, Fredrick: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E86• [24JA]

Larson, Chris: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E87• [24JA]

Laubscher, Jeffrey K.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1360• [29OC]

Laubscher, William C.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1357• [29OC]

Loyd, Thomas: Northland Regional Chamber of Commerce Northlander of the Year award recipient, E90• [24JA]

Marble, McKay R.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E132• [5FE]

McCoy, Austin: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1535• [4DE]

Meyers, Carol: St. Joseph, MO, YWCA Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award recipient, E825• [24JN]

OMB: submit report on all disaster-related assistance provided by the Federal Government (H.R. 1984), H7289 [24JY]

Owen, Grant: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1183• [19SE]

Palmyra, MO: anniversary, E1009• [30JY]

Pickeral, Colten M.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1361• [29OC]

Salanky, Hilary: St. Joseph, MO, YWCA Woman in the Workplace Award recipient, E823• [24JN]

Schormann, David: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E683• [30MY]

Smelley, Austyn: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E596• [15MY]

Smith, Allyah: St. Joseph, MO, YWCA Future Leader Award recipient, E821• [24JN]

St. Joseph, MO: anniversary of Meierhoffer Funeral Home and Crematory, E1014• [30JY]

Strough, Kylee: St. Joseph, MO, YWCA Workplace Leadership Award recipient, E825• [24JN]

Swindle, Adrian D.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1184• [19SE]

Trischler, Alex: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E89• [24JA]

Trump, President: terminate declared national emergency to obtain funding for construction of a continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border (H.J. Res. 46), H2130, H2131, H2133, H2137, H2138, H2139, H2140 [26FE]

——— terminate declared national emergency to obtain funding for construction of a continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border (H.J. Res. 46), veto, H2807, H2809, H2810, H2811 [26MR]

Votes: position on missed, E922• [15JY]

Wilson, Marcus D.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E89• [24JA]

Winheim, Garrett: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E597• [15MY]

Wooldridge, Ian: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E880• [9JY]

Tributes

Blankenship, April, E540• [3MY]

Evert, Thomas, E1491• [21NO]

Hays, M. Diane, E831• [25JN]

Knight, William M. and Betty A., E119• [31JA]

Lammers, Earl W. and Linda M., E130• [5FE]

May, William, E963• [23JY]

Smith, Charles E., E1027• [2AU]

Vartabedian, Robert, E832• [25JN]