BERGMAN, JACK (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve access to child care for certain veterans receiving health care at a departmental facility (H.R. 840), H1424 [7FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

——— prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify they will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that performs, abortions (see H.R. 833), H1282 [29JA]

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

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 616), H4389 [10JN]

——— 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), H1465 [7FE]

Alcoholic beverages: recognize successful State-based alcohol regulation since the creation of an effective system of independent beer, wine, and spirits distribution (see H. Res. 285), H4774 [18JN]

——— reform taxation (see H.R. 1175), H2273 [27FE]

Aretha Franklin Post Office Building, Detroit, MI: designate (see H.R. 3976), H7463 [25JY]

Armed Forces: provide for continuance of pay and allowances for members, including Reserve components during any period of lapsed appropriations (see H.R. 491), H517 [11JA]

——— require a full military honors ceremony for certain deceased veterans (see H.R. 1019), H2648 [11MR]

Aviation: withhold Federal grants from airports that violate grant agreements by discriminating against an air carrier operating pursuant to Federal contract (see H.R. 2955), H4161 [23MY]

Coast Guard: making continuing appropriations (see H.R. 367), H721 [17JA]

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 H.R. 664), H718 [17JA]

Dept. of Defense: modify Certificate of Release or Discharge From Active Duty (DD Form 214) to include a block for a member of the Armed Forces to provide one or more email addresses (see H.R. 563), H600 [15JA]

——— study servicemembers’ exposure to open burn pits and toxic airborne chemicals while on active duty to ensure appropriate treatment for health effects (see H.R. 663), H717 [17JA]

Dept. of Education: establish partnership grants for rural teaching residency programs (see H.R. 5397), H10123 [11DE]

——— update postsecondary student data system to ensure students and families have access to accurate and complete information on student outcomes (see H.R. 1766), H2757 [18MR]

Dept. of HHS: authorize services to be provided to individuals under 60 with Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder with neurological or organic brain dysfunction (see H.R. 1903), H8096 [4OC]

——— establish a rural health center innovation awards program and a rural health department enhancement program (see H.R. 4898), H10124 [11DE]

——— establish National Health Service Corps Rural Provider Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 4899), H10259 [12DE]

——— prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 296), H603 [15JA]

——— reauthorize and extend funding for community health centers and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 2328), H4390 [10JN]

——— reauthorize school-based health centers (see H.R. 2075), H5261 [27JN]

Dept. of State: eliminate Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (see H.R. 479), H998 [22JA]

——— provide for rewards for the arrest or conviction of certain foreign nationals who have committed genocide or war crimes (see H.R. 1819), H8880 [14NO]

Dept. of Transportation: ensure authorizations to foreign air carriers to operate in the U.S. comply with certain labor standards or labor-related rights and principles (see H.R. 3632), H8057 [26SE]

——— modify final rule relative to flightcrew member duty and rest requirements for passenger operations of air carriers to apply to all-cargo operations (see H.R. 5170), H12292 [19DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 4305), H8057 [26SE]

——— develop and implement a plan to hire medical center directors (see H.R. 1360), H2232 [26FE]

——— enforce licensure requirement for medical providers (see H.R. 3530), H5255 [27JN]

——— ensure children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of certain per diem grant amounts (see H.R. 95), H998 [22JA]

——— furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy to veterans with traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 4370), H12292 [19DE]

——— improve procurement practices (see H.R. 1577), H2504 [6MR]

——— increase certain veteran funeral benefits (see H.R. 497), H3280 [22AP]

——— permit Members of Congress use of departmental facilities for purposes of meeting with constituents (see H.R. 2846), H4009 [20MY]

——— prohibit payment to child care providers that employ individuals convicted of certain crimes (see H.R. 3788), H5998 [17JY]

——— provide certain employees of Members of Congress and certain State or local government employees with access to case-tracking information (see H.R. 628), H676 [16JA]

——— provide for presumption of service connection for diseases associated with herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served offshore of Vietnam (see H.R. 299), H1172 [23JA]

——— 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), H1214 [24JA]

——— revise mission statement to be more inclusive of women veterans and surviving family members (see H.R. 3010), H4164 [23MY]

——— submit a plan to address certain high risk areas identified by GAO relative to acquisition management (see H.R. 4477), H7901 [24SE]

DIPG Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 114), H4920 [19JN]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H1173 [23JA]

Drugs: lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition (see H.R. 19), H10263 [13DE]

EPA: reauthorize Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (see H.R. 4031), H7465 [25JY]

FAA: require installation of secondary cockpit barriers on existing aircraft (see H.R. 911), H1335 [30JA]

FCC: designate 9-8-8 as universal telephone number for national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system operated through National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Veterans Crisis Line (see H.R. 4194), H7510 [20AU]

——— improve broadband data collection, mapping, and validation to support effective deployment of broadband services to all areas of the U.S. (see H.R. 3162), H9348 [6DE]

——— 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: require the appropriation of funds to use a fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds received from a settlement (see H.R. 850), H1394 [6FE]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 38), H202 [3JA]

——— remove silencers from definition of firearms relative to taxation, registration, and transfer laws (see H.R. 155), H206 [3JA]

Fish and fishing: prohibit sale of shark fins (see H.R. 737), H5202 [26JN]

Flags: require that the POW/MIA flag be displayed on all days that the flag of the U.S. is displayed on certain Federal property (see H.R. 1579), H2581 [7MR]

GAO: provide for a joint session of House and Senate budget committees to receive a presentation on the audited financial statement of the Executive branch (see H. Con. Res. 68), H8054 [26SE]

Great Lakes: issue Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 1440), H7755 [17SE]

Health care professionals: require prescribers of controlled substances to complete training on treating patients with opioid and other substance use disorders and incorporate such training in medical school curricula (see H.R. 4974), H8724 [1NO]

Immigration: admit Canadian retirees who own or lease a home in the U.S. as long-term visitors for purpose of travel or recreation (see H.R. 3241), H4920 [19JN]

Insurance: require group and individual health insurance coverage for treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect (see H.R. 1379), H8959 [18NO]

——— require health insurance providers to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (see H.R. 1730), H5728 [11JY]

International Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day: support goals (see H. Res. 399), H4119 [22MY]

Iran: condemn state-sponsored terrorist attacks against U.S. citizens and officials and Iranian dissidents and recognize right of Iranian people to establish a democratic, secular, and non-nuclear republic (see H. Res. 374), H7521 [23AU]

Iraq: defer removal of certain nationals living in the U.S. (see H.R. 2537), H3473 [7MY]

Israel: 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), H5306 [9JY]

Jews: reject anti-Israel and anti-Semitic hatred (see H. Res. 72), H1587 [13FE]

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), H1244 [28JA]

Medicare: delay reduction of durable medical equipment payment reimbursement rates and update budget neutrality requirement for oxygen (see H.R. 2771), H12292 [19DE]

——— expand access to telehealth services (see H.R. 4932), H10124 [11DE]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1948), H2940 [1AP]

——— provide for payment for services of radiologist assistants (see H.R. 1970), H7560 [9SE]

——— provide for payments for certain rural health clinic and federally qualified health center services furnished to hospice patients (see H.R. 2594), H4066 [21MY]

——— provide outreach and reporting on comprehensive Alzheimer’s disease care planning services (see H.R. 1873), H8082 [27SE]

——— recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (see H.R. 1840), H5038 [21JN]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1570), H3285 [25AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: deem certain State veterans homes meeting certain health and safety standards as meeting conditions and requirements for skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 4138), H12211 [18DE]

Members of Congress: ban lobbying by former Members failing to meet requirement to reimburse amounts paid as settlements and awards under Congressional Accountability Act (see H.R. 931), H2681 [12MR]

——— constitutional amendment to prohibit receipt of compensation for any period during which a Government shutdown is in effect (see H.J. Res. 18), H210 [3JA]

——— hold salaries in escrow if Congress does not adopt a concurrent budget resolution by a certain date (see H.R. 236), H1213 [24JA]

Motor vehicles: permit installation of pulsating light systems for high mounted brake lamps (see H.R. 3293), H5586 [10JY]

National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (see H.R. 1865), H8228 [17OC]

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), H2029 [14FE]

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

National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see H. Res. 104), H1465 [7FE]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 779), H4065 [21MY]

O’Ree, Willie: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2504), H3440 [2MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay reimposition of annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 1398), H4171 [24MY]

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

Patriot Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 61), H7665 [11SE]

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), H357 [9JA]

Russia: call for provision of evidence of wrongdoing or release of U.S. citizen, Paul Whelan, being detained on espionage allegations (see H. Res. 552), H7665 [11SE]

SBA: assume responsibility of verifying small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans or service-disabled veterans (see H.R. 1615), H2583 [7MR]

——— clarify treatment of certain surviving spouses under the definition of small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans (see H.R. 499), H517 [11JA]

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), H8114 [11OC] (see H. Res. 630), H8201 [16OC]

SEC: carry out a study with certain Federal agencies on accounting standards (see H.R. 3182), H8145 [15OC]

Small business: establish additional criteria for determining when employers may join together in a group or association of employers that will be treated as an employer for purposes of sponsoring a group health plan (see H.R. 2294), H4066 [21MY]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H1173 [23JA]

Smithsonian Institution: establish a comprehensive women’s history museum (see H.R. 1980), H7472 [25JY]

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (see H.R. 1407), H2270 [27FE]

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

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H1173 [23JA]

Taxation: 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), H7152 [18JY]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 1680), H4345 [5JN]

——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 510), H1214 [24JA]

——— 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]

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), H3305 [29AP]

Turkey: impose sanctions relative to military offensive in Syria (see H.R. 4692), H8197 [16OC]

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 (see H.R. 3742), H7162 [22JY]

U.S. Geological Survey: conduct monitoring, assessment, science, and research in support of binational fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin (see H.R. 1023), H1391 [6FE]

——— develop technologies to detect perfluorinated compounds and conduct a nationwide sampling of such compounds in the environment (see H.R. 1976), H2916 [28MR]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H3276 [18AP]

Weissmandl, Michoel Ber: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 929), H4314 [4JN]

Wildlife: authorize a special resource study on spread of vectors of chronic wasting disease among deer, elk, and moose (see H.R. 837), H2939 [1AP]

Women: mint coins in commemoration of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage (see H.R. 2423), H8228 [17OC]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H1173 [23JA]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. merchant mariners of World War II (see H.R. 550), H4121 [22MY]

——— mint coins in honor of anniversary of end of war (see H.R. 3155), H7484 [30JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Courts: allow claims against foreign states for unlawful computer intrusion (see H.R. 4189), H7505 [16AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: adopt certain strategies for preventive colorectal screenings for veterans (see H.R. 941), H1342 [31JA]

——— extend period under which an election must be made for entitlement to educational assistance under All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program and phase out such program (see H.R. 4162), H7492 [6AU] (see H.R. 5278), H9221 [3DE]

——— improve oversight of contracts awarded to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans (see H.R. 561), H600 [15JA]

——— provide financial assistance to eligible entities to provide and coordinate suicide prevention services for veterans at risk of suicide and veteran families (see H.R. 3495), H5199 [26JN]

Taxation: allow for a credit against tax for placing in service qualified broadband property to expand the level of broadband service in a qualified rural census tract (see H.R. 3999), H7464 [25JY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: enact as law certain regulations relative to the taking of double-crested cormorants to reduce depredation at aquaculture facilities and protect public resources (see H.R. 1242), H2030 [14FE]

Constitutional authority statements

Courts: allow claims against foreign states for unlawful computer intrusion (H.R. 4189), H7505 [16AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: adopt certain strategies for preventive colorectal screenings for veterans (H.R. 941), H1342 [31JA]

——— extend period under which an election must be made for entitlement to educational assistance under All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program and phase out such program (H.R. 4162), H7492 [6AU]

——— extend period under which an election must be made for entitlement to educational assistance under All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program and phase out such program (H.R. 5278), H9222 [3DE]

——— improve oversight of contracts awarded to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans (H.R. 561), H602 [15JA]

——— provide financial assistance to eligible entities to provide and coordinate suicide prevention services for veterans at risk of suicide and veteran families (H.R. 3495), H5201 [26JN]

Taxation: allow for a credit against tax for placing in service qualified broadband property to expand the level of broadband service in a qualified rural census tract (H.R. 3999), H7469 [25JY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: enact as law certain regulations relative to the taking of double-crested cormorants to reduce depredation at aquaculture facilities and protect public resources (H.R. 1242), H2033 [14FE]

Remarks

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, H706 [17JA]

——— require health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (H.R. 962), unanimous-consent request, H5251 [27JN]

Alpena, MI: anniversary of Habitat for Humanity Northeast Michigan, E1184• [19SE]

Anderson, Tony: Traverse City, MI, Area Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Service Award recipient, E80• [23JA]

Calumet, MI: dedication of Italian Hall disaster of 1913 memorial, E232• [28FE]

Cromell, Dave: Munising, MI, American Legion Post 131 ‘‘Hub’’ Perreault Citizenship Award recipient, E1140• [12SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2500), H5348 [10JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend period under which an election must be made for entitlement to educational assistance under All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program and phase out such program (H.R. 4162), H8759 [12NO]

——— improve access to child care for certain veterans receiving health care at a departmental facility (H.R. 840), H1425 [7FE]

——— prohibit use of funds for construction of new facilities to be used as child care centers, H1425 [7FE]

——— report biennially on actions taken to address issues that led to inclusion of veterans health care on GAO High Risk List, H8753 [12NO]

——— submit a plan to address certain high risk areas identified by GAO relative to acquisition management (H.R. 4477), H8753 [12NO]

East Jordan, MI: anniversary of Jordan Valley District Library, E899• [11JY]

Forest Service: anniversary of Smokey Bear, E1039• [6AU]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H581 [15JA]

Great Lakes Maritime Academy: anniversary, E1555• [6DE]

House of Representatives: require all impeachment inquiry related hearings, interviews, communications, document production and examination, proceedings, and other related work be done in an open and public setting, H8375 [22OC]

Immigration: making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3401), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 466), H5229 [27JN]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3401), unanimous-consent request, H5229 [27JN]

——— proposed construction of continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border, H581 [15JA]

Ironwood (MI) Daily Globe: anniversary, E1479• [20NO]

Keweenaw Land Trust, Inc.: Land Trust Accreditation Commission accreditation, E693• [3JN]

Leelanau County, MI: anniversary of Leelanau Conservation District, E1387• [31OC]

Mackinac Island, MI: anniversary of designation of Grand Hotel as a National Historic Landmark, E858• [27JN]

——— tribute to Grand Hotel, H7746 [17SE], E1141• [12SE]

Mackinaw (Coast Guard cutter): anniversary, E856• [27JN]

Manistee, MI: anniversary, E811• [20JN]

——— anniversary of Manistee Fire Station, E786• [18JN]

March for Life: commend marchers and recognize the right to life, H707 [17JA]

Marine Corps: anniversary of terrorist bombings of Marine Corps Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, H8451 [23OC]

——— tribute to Marines killed in terrorist bombings of Marine Corps Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, H8451 [23OC]

Marquette County, MI: anniversary of Sawyer International Airport, E1081• [27AU]

——— tribute to Marquette County Dept. of Veterans Affairs Committee, E942• [18JY]

Menominee, MI: visit of Remembering Our Fallen memorial, E1038• [6AU]

Michigan Farm Bureau: anniversary, E125• [4FE]

Ontonagon County, MI: tribute to Ontonagon County Veterans Association, E946• [18JY]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance, E456• [12AP]

Petoskey Plastics, Inc.: anniversary, E944• [18JY]

Rogers City, MI: anniversary of St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Parish, E716• [5JN]

Skauge, Stu: Upper Peninsula Labor Hall of Fame inductee, E1268• [11OC]

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: tribute to reaching visitor milestone, E1274• [11OC]

Spencer, Tommy: Upper Peninsula Labor Hall of Fame inductee, E1268• [11OC]

Stanaway, Bernard J., Jr.: Michigan Upper Peninsula Veteran of the Year award recipient, E1040• [6AU]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H707 [17JA]

Thornton, Shana: Upper Peninsula Labor Hall of Fame inductee, E1268• [11OC]

Traverse City, MI: anniversary of Grand Traverse County Senior Center Network, E1214• [26SE]

Trump, President: impeachment (H. Res. 755), H12157 [18DE]

Veliquette, Norman R.: Michigan Farmers Hall of Fame inductee, E1142• [12SE]

Votes: correction, H5022• [21JN]

——— position on missed, H3422• [2MY], H7853• [20SE], H8410• [23OC], E587• [14MY], E625• [17MY]

Zelten, Beth and Kenn: TravelCenters of America, LLC Citizen Drivers award recipients, E714• [5JN]

Tributes

Byrum, Jim, E1138• [12SE]

Cunningham, Mimi, H7746 [17SE]

Dessellier, Jeremy, E103• [29JA]

Dillon, Helen Keating, E1279• [11OC]

Graboski, Mark, E579• [10MY]

Green, Phyllis, E1386• [31OC]

Griffin, Robert P., E1211• [26SE]

Lawler, Charles S., E992• [25JY]

McVannel, Brett, E590• [14MY]

Miller, Lila, E987• [25JY]

Musser, Dan, III, H7746 [17SE], E1141• [12SE]

Musser, Marlee, H7746 [17SE]

Nelson, Timothy J., E996• [25JY]

Saunders, Elizabeth, E987• [25JY]

Sheehan, Michael J., E785• [18JN]

Sproule, Richard, E464• [12AP]

Sproule, Rickie, E716• [5JN]

Twist, James O., E1376• [30OC]

Veenstra, Alvin J., E1522• [3DE]

Wakeley, Joseph V., E510• [30AP]