CARTER, JOHN R. (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2500), H5563 [10JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that a woman seeking a chemical abortion is informed that it may be possible to reverse the intended effects of the abortion if the woman changes her mind (see H.R. 2010), H7483 [30JY]

——— prohibit abortion in cases where a fetal heartbeat is detectable (see H.R. 490), H517 [11JA]

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

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 784), H1339 [30JA]

——— 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), H3342 [30AP]

Career and Technical Education Month: designate (see H. Res. 119), H1517 [11FE]

Charles W. Stenholm Post Office Building, Stamford, TX: designate (see H.R. 512), H545 [14JA]

Courts: provide for the secure storage of a licensed firearm possessed by a Federal judge (see H.R. 4825), H8456 [23OC]

Dept. of Defense: improve oversight of privatized military housing provided to Armed Forces members and their families (see H.R. 2811), H3924 [16MY]

Dept. of Education: expand military student identifier program to include students of parents who serve in the National Guard and Reserves (see H.R. 1896), H2940 [1AP]

——— provide for accreditation reform, require institutions of higher education to publish information on student success, and provide for fiscal and student loan accountability by institutions (see H.R. 4098), H7560 [9SE]

——— require institutions of higher education to use a uniform financial aid form with standard definitions for financial aid terms to make it easier to compare offers from different schools (see H.R. 2321), H7536 [6SE]

Dept. of Energy: establish a pilot program to identify security vulnerabilities of certain entities in the energy sector (see H.R. 680), H719 [17JA]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit sale or distribution of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21 (see H.R. 2411), H7379 [24JY]

——— provide assistance to combat escalating burden of Lyme disease and other tick and vector-borne diseases (see H.R. 3073), H5039 [21JN]

——— reauthorize grant programs and other initiatives to promote expanded screening of newborns and children for genetic diseases and disorders (see H.R. 2507), H5008 [20JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Joint Threat Assessment and Management Task Force to make recommendations on developing a national strategy to prevent targeted violence (see H.R. 838), H7529 [30AU]

Dept. of Justice: establish a grant program to encourage schools to conduct independent facility security risk assessments and make hard security improvements (see H.R. 3665), H9059 [19NO]

——— establish grant program to assist with medical expenses of qualified retired military and law enforcement working dogs (see H.R. 5081), H8877 [14NO]

——— extend authorization of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1327), H4697 [13JN]

——— 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 H.R. 1671), H7505 [16AU]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit States and municipalities from adopting certain laws and ordinances relative to Fair Labor Standards Act (see H.R. 3515), H7472 [25JY]

Dept. of State: submit report on designation of Reynosa/Los Metros faction of the Gulf Cartel, Jalisco New Generation Cartel, and Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas as foreign terrorist organizations (see H.R. 1700), H8741 [8NO]

Dept. of Transportation: extend I-14 interstate highway to additional areas in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi (see H.R. 2220), H3253 [10AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 4305), H8742 [8NO]

——— 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), H998 [22JA]

Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal Post Office Building, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 5317), H10611 [17DE]

Drugs: lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition (see H.R. 19), H10124 [11DE]

Education: recognize importance of career and technical education in preparing students to enter the workforce (see H. Res. 551), H7867 [20SE]

FDA: strengthen regulation of compounding drugs by pharmacies (see H.R. 1959), H4314 [4JN]

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), H3304 [29AP]

——— update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 2443), H4218 [3JN]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H5076 [24JN]

Green New Deal: express that implementation would negatively impact civil liberties and the economy, many proposals are unrelated to climate change, and it would usher in socialist policies (see H. Res. 398), H4119 [22MY]

Health: protect patients from surprise medical bills (see H.R. 3502), H7497 [9AU]

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 (see H. Res. 633), H8229 [17OC]

Immigration: screen asylum seekers at U.S. embassies or consulates outside the U.S., create bench warrants for immigrants failing to appear for court, provide detention alternatives, and codify third country asylum rule (see H.R. 4030), H8114 [11OC]

Israel: authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 1837), H5203 [26JN]

——— 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), H5078 [24JN]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: call for dismantling of labor camp system, investigate crimes against humanity, end human rights abuses, and allow monitoring of prisoner rehabilitation (see H. Res. 141), H2317 [28FE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 2571), H3499 [8MY]

Lance Corporal Rhonald Dain Rairdan Post Office, Castroville, TX: designate (see H.R. 4785), H8386 [22OC]

Lucas Lowe Post Office, Hardin, TX: designate (see H.R. 1250), H2030 [14FE]

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), H2919 [28MR]

NASA: allow to accept in-kind consideration for certain leases (see H.R. 4304), H8542 [28OC]

——— award Congressional Gold Medals to Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden and posthumously to Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson for contributions during the ‘‘Space Race’’ (see H.R. 1396), H4697 [13JN]

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), H2756 [18MR]

News media: provide a temporary safe harbor from antitrust laws for publishers of online content to collectively negotiate with dominant online platforms about terms on which their content may be distributed (see H.R. 2054), H7536 [6SE]

North American Development Bank: authorize U.S. participation in a general capital increase (see H.R. 132), H2102 [25FE]

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

Overton, Richard A.: tribute (see H. Res. 37), H518 [11JA]

Red River: provide legal certainty for property owners along the Red River in Texas by using gradient survey method to determine ownership boundary between public and private land (see H.R. 346), H284 [8JA]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see H.R. 897), H1334 [30JA]

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]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of the American Latino (see H.R. 2420), H7483 [30JY]

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (see H.R. 1407), H9256 [4DE]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 141), H9256 [4DE]

——— replace windfall elimination provision with a formula equalizing benefits for certain individuals with non-covered employment, such as teachers, first responders, and other public servants (see H.R. 3934), H7376 [24JY]

Taxation: exempt survivor benefit annuity plan payments from individual alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1791), H2744 [14MR]

——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 510), H1518 [11FE]

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

——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property (see H.R. 1869), H8959 [18NO]

——— simplify reporting requirements, promote tax compliance, and reduce tip reporting compliance burdens in the beauty service industry (see H.R. 1349), H3267 [12AP]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: designate (see H. Res. 270), H2940 [1AP]

Wilson and Young Medal of Honor VA Clinic, Odessa, TX: designate (see H.R. 2334), H3274 [18AP]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to women who joined the workforce to provide vehicles, weaponry, and ammunition to win the war and were referred to as ‘‘Rosie the Riveter’’ (see H.R. 1773), H7483 [30JY]

——— mint coins in honor of anniversary of end of war (see H.R. 3155), H9171 [21NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Defense: establish demonstration program at a military installation to evaluate feasibility and benefits of using innovative technologies and systems to assist in military installation management (see H.R. 2450), H3403 [1MY]

Dept. of Education: allow use of Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program grants to reinforce school safety infrastructure, technology, and personnel (see H.R. 4951), H8717 [31OC]

Immigration: provide for expedited removal of unaccompanied alien children who are not victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons and do not fear returning to country of nationality or last habitual residence (see H.R. 3940), H7376 [24JY]

Survivors Victory Day: observance (see H. Res. 715), H9057 [19NO]

Taxation: make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 2667), H3726 [10MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Education: allow use of Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program grants to reinforce school safety infrastructure, technology, and personnel (H.R. 4951), H8719 [31OC]

Taxation: make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (H.R. 2667), H3728 [10MY]

Lists

Dept. of Homeland Security U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and officers killed in the line of duty, E686• [30MY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H10599 [17DE]

——— making continuing (H.R. 4378), H7793 [19SE]

Dept. of Energy: authorize pilot program identifying classes of security vulnerabilities in the energy grid and establish a working group to evaluate proposed technology solutions to cyber threats, H5892 [16JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: tribute to U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and officers, E686• [30MY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), H4803 [19JN], H5013 [21JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, H10599 [17DE]

Health: extend certain public health programs (H.R. 4378), H7793 [19SE]

Hudson, Representative: honorary induction into the Texas Navy, H7136 [18JY]

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), H5230 [27JN]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3401), unanimous-consent request, H5230 [27JN]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3494), H5892 [16JY]

Logan, Gordon: HillVets Foundation Philanthropist of the Year Award recipient, E389• [2AP]

National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (H.R. 1865), Senate amendment, H10599 [17DE]

Round Rock, TX: tribute to Dell, Inc., facility, E934• [17JY]

Trump, President: impeachment (H. Res. 755), H12199• [18DE]

Tributes

Beck family, E172• [13FE]

Dailey, Daniel A., E927• [16JY]

DiLillo, Marlene, E1446• [14NO]

Fairbrother, Bill, E174• [13FE]

Gibson, David R., E845• [26JN]

Peckham, William H., III, E292• [12MR]

Perot, H. Ross, H5772 [12JY]

Rehbein, Edna, E961• [23JY]

Sulak, Alice Sefcik, E1443• [14NO]

Yowell family, E171• [13FE]