COMER, JAMES (a Representative from Kentucky)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 20), H1172 [23JA]

——— 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), H1586 [13FE]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 1175), H2273 [27FE]

American Farm Bureau Federation: anniversary of national convention (see H. Res. 45), H1214 [24JA]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 22), H284 [8JA]

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

Centre College: anniversary (see H. Res. 55), H676 [16JA]

CFTC: reauthorize (see H.R. 4895), H9059 [19NO]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2480), H3439 [2MY]

Coast Guard: making continuing appropriations (see H.R. 367), H1586 [13FE]

Committee on Oversight and Reform (House): submit official transcript of testimony by Michael Cohen to Dept. of Justice to aid in investigation and possible prosecution for false testimony (see H. Res. 304), H3256 [10AP]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality toward labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1858), H5305 [9JY]

Courts: allow claims against foreign states for unlawful computer intrusion (see H.R. 4189), H9123 [20NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (see H.R. 3444), H5826 [15JY]

——— reverse declining milk consumption in schools (see H.R. 3125), H4342 [5JN]

Dept. of Education: allow parents of eligible military dependent children to redirect a portion of their per pupil Impact Aid Program allocations to establish Military Education Savings Accounts (see H.R. 1605), H4629 [12JN]

——— establish an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 276), H1493 [8FE]

——— improve effectiveness and access to Net Price Calculator system to give prospective students a more accurate understanding of the true cost of college (see H.R. 1915), H4773 [18JN]

——— 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), H8200 [16OC]

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), H5038 [21JN]

——— eliminate percentage cap on funding under National Family Caregiver Support Program for older caregivers taking over primary caregiver role for a grandchild due to opioid epidemic (see H.R. 4853), H8457 [23OC]

——— establish a national telehealth program (see H.R. 4900), H9296 [5DE]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 647), H2047 [22FE]

——— prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 296), H282 [8JA]

——— prohibit sale or distribution of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21 (see H.R. 2411), H8720 [31OC]

——— provide for participation of physical therapists in National Health Service Corps loan repayment program (see H.R. 2802), H8102 [8OC]

——— reauthorize and modernize Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1695), H2797 [25MR]

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), H7529 [30AU]

Dept. of Labor: harmonize definitions of employee with common law under the Fair Labor Standards Act (see H.R. 4069), H8880 [14NO]

——— prohibit States and municipalities from adopting certain laws and ordinances relative to Fair Labor Standards Act (see H.R. 3515), H7153 [18JY]

——— promote registered apprenticeships and other work-based learning programs for small and medium-sized businesses within in-demand industry sectors (see H.R. 989), H2939 [1AP]

Dept. of Transportation: issue regulations allowing qualified drivers under the age of 21 who complete a vehicle operation and mentor-apprentice training program to move freight across State lines (see H.R. 1374), H3477 [7MY]

——— modify hours of service requirements relative to transportation of certain live animals (see H.R. 487), H463 [10JA]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds to purchase passenger rail cars or buses from China and require rail transit operators to develop and execute a plan for identifying and reducing cybersecurity risks (see H.R. 2739), H5008 [20JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 4305), H10263 [13DE]

——— modify presumption of service connection for diseases associated with herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Thailand during the Vietnam era (see H.R. 2201), H8730 [5NO]

——— 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), H8828 [13NO]

——— 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), H2919 [28MR]

Diseases and disorders: extend availability of semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research (see H.R. 3113), H7715 [16SE]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H8827 [13NO]

Drugs: lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition (see H.R. 19), H9386 [9DE]

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), H3926 [16MY]

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), H8102 [8OC]

FAA: provide funding from Airport and Airway Trust Fund for FAA activities in the event of a Government shutdown (see H.R. 1108), H4167 [23MY]

FCC: establish program to promote availability and sustainability of robust rural broadband networks in high cost rural areas (see H.R. 2929), H7837 [19SE]

FDA: improve regulation of abortion drugs by prohibiting approval of new drugs, preventing labeling changes of existing drugs, and preventing providers from dispensing drugs remotely, by mail, or telemedicine (see H.R. 4399), H8828 [13NO]

Financial institutions: create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to legitimate marijuana-related businesses (see H.R. 1595), H4181 [30MY]

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]

Flag—U.S.: recognize historic, cultural, and political significance of ‘‘Betsy Ross Flag’’ (see H. Res. 485), H5774 [12JY]

Gun-Free School Zones Act: repeal (see H.R. 3200), H4431 [11JN]

Horse Protection Act: provide increased protection for horses participating in shows, exhibitions, or sales (see H.R. 1157), H1580 [13FE]

Immigration: eliminate per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see H.R. 1044), H1458 [7FE]

Insurance: require a group health plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol (see H.R. 2279), H9348 [6DE]

——— require group and individual health insurance coverage for treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect (see H.R. 1379), H8082 [27SE]

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), H8828 [13NO]

Israel: authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 1837), H3276 [18AP]

——— 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), H2924 [29MR]

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

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1855), H2795 [25MR]

LeMond, Greg: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3589), H7162 [22JY]

Medicare: improve home health payment reforms (see H.R. 2573), H5270 [2JY]

——— improve Medicare Advantage prior authorization process through common-sense transparency, electronic adoption, and an analysis of items and services subject to prior authorization (see H.R. 3107), H8097 [4OC]

——— provide coverage for all physicians’ services furnished by chiropractors within the scope of their license (see H.R. 3654), H7756 [17SE]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1948), H4172 [24MY]

——— provide outreach and reporting on comprehensive Alzheimer’s disease care planning services (see H.R. 1873), H3070 [3AP]

——— require drug price concessions, incentive payments, and adjustments to be included in negotiated prices at the point-of-sale under part D (see H.R. 1034), H8144 [15OC]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1570), H8090 [1OC]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 4), H545 [14JA] (see H.J. Res. 20), H5270 [2JY]

Middle East: recognize Israel’s sovereignty over, and promote and conduct joint projects on, Golan Heights, and ensure Syria faces consequences for killing civilians, ethnic cleansing, and use of weapons of mass destruction (see H.R. 1372), H3070 [3AP]

Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan and reduce minimum age for allowable in-service distributions (see H.R. 935), H3503 [8MY]

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), H7598 [10SE]

National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (see H.R. 1865), H2795 [25MR]

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), H3276 [18AP]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: make grants to establish or expand Internet exchange facilities to improve broadband infrastructure in rural areas (see H.R. 3869), H7160 [22JY]

National Workforce Development Month: designate (see H. Res. 578), H7902 [24SE]

National World War II Memorial: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 4681), H9257 [4DE]

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), H4920 [19JN]

NSF: support science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and workforce development research focused on rural areas (see H.R. 4979), H8729 [5NO]

Older Americans Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4334), H7714 [16SE]

OMB: reclassify public safety telecommunicators (9-1-1 operators and dispatchers) as ‘‘protective service occupations’’ within the Standard Occupational Classification system (see H.R. 1629), H4314 [4JN]

Patent and Trademark Office: clarify that licensing of a mark for use by a related company does not establish an employment relationship between the owner of the mark and that related company or its employees (see H.R. 4164), H8097 [4OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay reimposition of annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 1398), H3271 [15AP]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 748), H2797 [25MR]

Political science: express that socialist proposals such as Medicare for All, student loan forgiveness, and the Green New Deal are antithetical to American foundational values of self-responsibility and opportunity (see H. Res. 675), H8718 [31OC]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 54), H4122 [22MY]

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

Public welfare programs: amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 1753), H4629 [12JN]

Radio: oppose new fees, taxes, royalties, or charges on local, over the air, radio stations (see H. Con. Res. 20), H2042 [19FE]

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), H8103 [8OC] (see H. Res. 630), H8201 [16OC]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H8827 [13NO]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 141), H361 [9JA]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H8827 [13NO]

Taxation: exclude from gross income certain amounts realized on the disposition of property raised or produced by a student farmer (see H.R. 1770), H3843 [15MY]

——— exclude from gross income interest received on certain loans secured by agricultural real property (see H.R. 1872), H4121 [22MY]

——— exempt aging process in determination of production period for distilled spirits for purposes of capitalization of interest costs (see H.R. 4284), H7664 [11SE]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 2258), H9348 [6DE]

——— extend credits for biodiesel and renewable diesel (see H.R. 2089), H3305 [29AP]

——— extend exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payments of qualified education loans (see H.R. 1043), H3791 [14MY]

——— make permanent the deduction for qualified business income (see H.R. 216), H2719 [13MR]

——— 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), H8144 [15OC]

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

——— reform low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3077), H9256 [4DE]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 218), H678 [16JA]

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

——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property (see H.R. 1869), H3963 [17MY]

——— terminate designation of income tax payments to Presidential Election Campaign Fund and provide for designation of income tax payments to Border Wall Trust Fund (see H.R. 3717), H5726 [11JY]

Time: allow States to observe year-round daylight saving time (see H.R. 1601), H8596 [29OC]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: withdraw from Paris Agreement (see H. Res. 676), H8724 [1NO]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: issue depredation permits for taking of black vultures to livestock farmers to prevent harm to livestock (see H.R. 3655), H5302 [9JY]

Wildlife: authorize a special resource study on spread of vectors of chronic wasting disease among deer, elk, and moose (see H.R. 837), H10017 [10DE]

Women: mint coins in commemoration of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage (see H.R. 2423), H8056 [26SE]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H8827 [13NO]

World War I: award a Congressional Gold Medal to female telephone operators of the Army Signal Corps, known as ‘‘Hello Girls’’ (see H.R. 1953), H2915 [28MR]

World War II: mint coins in honor of anniversary of end of war (see H.R. 3155), H8541 [28OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bureau of the Census: require any questionnaire used in determining the decennial census of population shall contain an option for respondents to indicate citizenship status (see H.R. 3765), H5910 [16JY]

Dept. of Transportation: designate a section of Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway in Muhlenberg and Ohio Counties, KY, as a spur of Interstate 69 (see H.R. 2052), H3067 [3AP]

SBA: clarify functions and duties of Office of Advocacy (see H.R. 128), H205 [3JA]

Constitutional authority statements

Bureau of the Census: require any questionnaire used in determining the decennial census of population shall contain an option for respondents to indicate citizenship status (H.R. 3765), H5912 [16JY]

Dept. of Transportation: designate a section of Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway in Muhlenberg and Ohio Counties, KY, as a spur of Interstate 69 (H.R. 2052), H3068 [3AP]

SBA: clarify functions and duties of Office of Advocacy (H.R. 128), H214 [3JA]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H8150 [16OC], H8835 [14NO]

Remarks

Benton, KY: anniversary of shooting at Marshall County High School, H1162 [23JA]

Budget: deficit, H2049 [25FE]

Bureau of the Census: proposed use of questions on citizenship, nationality, or immigration status in a decennial census, H5943, H5949 [17JY]

——— require any questionnaire used in determining the decennial census of population shall contain an option for respondents to indicate citizenship status (H.R. 3765), H5842 [16JY]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2480), H3989, H3992 [20MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), H4540 [12JN]

Discrimination: ensure prohibition on discrimination on basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity will not require biological females to face competition from biological males in any sporting event, H3941 [17MY]

——— prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (H.R. 5), H3941 [17MY]

Franklin, KY: anniversary, E97• [28JA]

Henderson, KY: tribute to Henderson County High School recipients of Dept. of Education and Advance CTE (organization) National Excellence in Action Award, E430• [9AP]

House of Representatives: find Attorney General Barr and Sec. of Commerce Ross in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued (H. Res. 497), H5943, H5949 [17JY]

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), H5232 [27JN]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3401), unanimous-consent request, H5232 [27JN]

Journal: question of approval, H2049 [25FE]

Kelley, Steve: Kentucky Farm Bureau Farmer of the Year award recipient, H9066 [20NO]

Kentucky Magistrates and Commissioners Association: tribute, H9262 [5DE]

Murray, KY: inclusion in SafeWise (organization) Safest College Towns in America list, H8905 [15NO]

——— Murray-Calloway County Chamber of Commerce recipient of Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives, Inc., National Chamber of the Year award, H5925 [17JY]

National Apprenticeship Week: observance, H8836 [14NO]

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: anniversary, H3186 [9AP]

National School Lunch Week: observance, H8251 [18OC]

Necco (organization): Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Honoree, H8789 [13NO]

Older Americans Act: authorize appropriations (H.R. 4334), H8474 [28OC]

OSHA: prohibit funding to finalize or implement proposed rule to weaken health protections in existing beryllium standards for construction and maritime workers, H4540 [12JN]

Owen, Dean: Dept. of Labor HIRE Vets Medallion Award recipient, H8789 [13NO]

Public debt: ceiling, H2049 [25FE]

SBA: clarify functions and duties of Office of Advocacy (H.R. 128), H274 [8JA]

Simpson County, KY: anniversary, E97• [28JA]

Simpson County, KY, Historical Society, Inc.: opening of new facility in Franklin, KY, H7670 [12SE]

Taylor County, KY: anniversary of Amazon.com, Inc., SDF1 Fulfillment Center, E694• [3JN]

Trump, President: impeachment, H8396 [23OC], H8789 [13NO]

——— impeachment (H. Res. 755), H12150 [18DE]

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA): implement (H.R. 5430), H12257 [19DE]

——— ratify, H8706 [31OC], H10024 [11DE]

Tributes

Bartley, Iris, H10605 [17DE]

Brewer, Charles D., E499• [29AP]

Burress, Rodney, E558• [8MY]

Cofield, Lynn and Sam, H9262 [5DE]

Copass, Wyman, H8208 [17OC]

Cunningham, Bill, H2001 [14FE]

Eckstein, Ray, H3430 [2MY]

Falconite, Mike, H2925 [1AP]

Garnett, Brandon, H2925 [1AP]

Lund, Tom, E1608• [18DE]

Phelps, John, H10024 [11DE]

Price, Jay, H3717 [10MY]

Shreve, Marlyn, E1119• [10SE]