FINKENAUER, ABBY (a Representative from Iowa)

Amendments

Democracy: improve access to voting and protect election integrity, strengthen Government ethics laws, reform political campaign finance system, and support statehood for the District of Columbia (H.R. 1), H2517 [7MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2500), H5574 [10JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, penalize companies that refuse to negotiate, and prevent excessive price increases and establish out-of-pocket caps for Medicare (H.R. 3), H10214 [12DE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), H5050 [24JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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 H.R. 2975), H5008 [20JN]

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), H4066 [21MY]

——— reform taxation (see H.R. 1175), H3267 [12AP]

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 726), H4772 [18JN]

American Legion: allow determination of membership requirements (see H.R. 1641), H3926 [16MY]

Animal Welfare Act: require covered persons to develop and implement emergency contingency plans (see H.R. 1042), H12299 [26DE]

Animals: outlaw practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 724), H2756 [18MR]

——— prohibit issuance of licenses to certain individuals connected to dealers of dogs who have had licenses revoked (see H.R. 1002), H12297 [23DE]

Appropriations: provide for automatic continuing resolutions (see H.R. 834), H1282 [29JA]

Armed Forces: oppose ban on transgender members, reject claims for basis of such ban, and urge Dept. of Defense to not reinstate the ban (see H. Res. 124), H2829 [26MR]

——— remove prohibition on eligibility for TRICARE Reserve Select of members of Reserve components who are eligible to enroll in certain health benefits plans (see H.R. 613), H2719 [13MR]

——— require a full military honors ceremony for certain deceased veterans (see H.R. 1019), H7483 [30JY]

Bankruptcy: clarify definition of the term ‘‘family farmer’’ (see H.R. 2336), H3792 [14MY]

——— exempt certain Social Security, victims of war crimes or terrorism, and disability benefits from calculation of monthly income of veterans (see H.R. 2938), H7244 [23JY]

——— prohibit payment of bonuses to highly compensated employees and insiders of the debtor to perform services during the bankruptcy case (see H.R. 1557), H2939 [1AP]

Budget: ensure timely completion of concurrent resolution and regular appropriation bills (see H.R. 1059), H1460 [7FE]

Buy American Act: standardize and extend certain provisions (see H.R. 2755), H3841 [15MY]

Career and Technical Education Month: designate (see H. Res. 119), H2719 [13MR]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2480), H4011 [20MY]

Chisholm, Shirley: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1968), H5008 [20JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 7), H1331 [30JA]

Coast Guard: making continuing appropriations (see H.R. 367), H2370 [5MR]

Copyrights: establish an alternative dispute resolution program for copyright small claims (see H.R. 2426), H8200 [16OC]

Corp. for National and Community Service: prohibit closure of State or territory offices without congressional approval (see H.R. 1458), H4011 [20MY]

Corps of Engineers: consider navigation benefits when deciding whether a levee is worthy of rehabilitation (see H.R. 3898), H7240 [23JY]

——— recognize start of inland waterway system navigation season and call for investment in waterway infrastructure (see H. Res. 484), H5727 [11JY]

Courts: eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (see H.R. 1423), H2311 [28FE]

Democracy: improve access to voting and protect election integrity, strengthen Government ethics laws, reform political campaign finance system, and support statehood for the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1), H465 [10JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow certain producers who harvest or graze covered crops planted as a result of a prevent planting to be eligible for certain crop insurance (see H.R. 3183), H4388 [10JN]

——— clarify availability and appropriateness of training for local school food service personnel (see H.R. 2651), H8228 [17OC]

——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see H.R. 2818), H8459 [23OC]

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

Dept. of Commerce: establish Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth (see H.R. 1328), H3476 [7MY]

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]

——— 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), H4345 [5JN]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 1707), H2715 [13MR]

——— authorizing appropriations for improving basic programs operated by local educational agencies for the disadvantaged (see H.R. 2315), H8260 [18OC]

——— 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 H.R. 4826), H8960 [18NO]

——— disapprove rule on borrower defense institutional accountability (see H.J. Res. 76), H8054 [26SE]

——— ensure that student borrowers are provided relief from their student loans in the instance of substantial misrepresentation or omission by an institution of higher education (see H.R. 3662), H5583 [10JY]

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

——— 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]

——— make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 943), H7483 [30JY]

——— prohibit institutions of higher education from denying students access to transcripts because of loan default (see H.R. 3761), H5825 [15JY]

——— provide for long-term improvement of public school facilities (see H.R. 865), H2506 [6MR]

——— restore Federal Pell Grant eligibility for periods during which students would have qualified for loan forgiveness due to school closure or institutional fraud or misconduct (see H.R. 4298), H7704 [12SE]

——— strengthen investments in postsecondary career and technical education programs and build connections across the entire education and workforce development system (see H.R. 4371), H7772 [18SE]

Dept. of Energy: reauthorize Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (see H.R. 2088), H3964 [17MY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service by providing a 2-fiscal-year budget authority (see H.R. 1135), H7597 [10SE]

——— 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), H8228 [17OC]

——— establish Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, penalize companies that refuse to negotiate, and prevent excessive price increases and establish out-of-pocket caps for Medicare (see H.R. 3), H8785 [12NO]

——— extend advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs (see H.R. 728), H3271 [15AP]

——— improve child care protections provided through interstate background checks of child care workers hired by providers receiving Child Care and Development Block Grant Program funding (see H.R. 3986), H7463 [25JY]

——— improve detection, prevention, and treatment of mental health issues among public safety officers (see H.R. 1646), H9348 [6DE]

——— improve obstetric care in rural areas (see H.R. 4243), H7558 [9SE]

——— 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), H4772 [18JN]

——— promote child care and early learning (see H.R. 1364), H2506 [6MR]

——— provide assistance to States to expand child care workforce and child care facilities (see H.R. 1488), H8260 [18OC]

——— provide for participation of physical therapists in National Health Service Corps loan repayment program (see H.R. 2802), H8720 [31OC]

——— reauthorize and extend funding for community health centers and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 1943), H3926 [16MY] (see H.R. 2328), H7483 [30JY]

——— reauthorize and increase funding for Special Diabetes Program for Type 1 Diabetes (see H.R. 2668), H8720 [31OC]

——— reauthorize and modernize Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1695), H8959 [18NO]

——— reauthorize autism-related research and programs (see H.R. 1058), H4345 [5JN]

——— require manufacturers to justify drug price spikes and high launch prices and report on drug, device, biological, and medical supply product samples provided to health care providers (see H.R. 2113), H3271 [15AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: increase number of Agriculture Specialists and support staff in U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations (see H.R. 4482), H9059 [19NO]

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 (see H.R. 1236), H7837 [19SE]

——— condemn invalidation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions on preexisting conditions and other health coverage and reverse position in Texas v. U.S. (see H. Res. 271), H2988 [2AP]

——— establish and carry out a Veteran Treatment Court Program (see H.R. 886), H4701 [14JN]

——— extend authorization of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1327), H2939 [1AP]

——— provide grants to State, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies to obtain behavioral health crisis response training for law enforcement officers (see H.R. 2698), H9348 [6DE]

Dept. of Labor: issue an occupational safety and health rule that requires covered health care and social service employers to adopt a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan (see H.R. 1309), H3682 [9MY]

——— promote effective registered apprenticeships for skills, credentials, academic credit, and employment (see H.R. 4965), H8960 [18NO]

——— support development of pre-apprenticeship programs in building and construction trades that serve underrepresented populations, including individuals from low-income and rural areas (see H.R. 399), H2756 [18MR]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize a National Heritage Area Program (see H.R. 1049), H4314 [4JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans from a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund (see H.R. 397), H3266 [12AP]

Dept. of Transportation: condition receipt of certain highway funding by States on the enactment and enforcement of laws to prevent repeated intoxicated driving (see H.R. 2998), H7501 [13AU]

——— 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), H7775 [18SE]

——— include broadband conduit installation in certain highway construction projects (see H.R. 2692), H3926 [16MY]

——— protect transportation personnel and passengers from sexual assault and harassment (see H.R. 5139), H9176 [22NO]

——— require a minimum of 2-person crews for freight trains (see H.R. 1748), H4697 [13JN]

——— require development of public transportation operations safety risk reduction programs to improve transit worker and pedestrian safety (see H.R. 1139), H4701 [14JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: classify veterans who participated in cleanup of Enewetak Atoll on the Marshall Islands as radiation-exposed veterans for purposes of presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities (see H.R. 1377), H8228 [17OC]

——— ensure children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of certain per diem grant amounts (see H.R. 95), H2370 [5MR]

——— improve care provided to newborn children (see H.R. 2645), H8960 [18NO]

——— improve oversight and evaluation of mental health and suicide prevention media outreach campaigns (see H.R. 2184), H8228 [17OC]

——— improve provision of health care to women veterans (see H.R. 3036), H8960 [18NO]

——— provide for presumption of service connection for diseases associated with herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served offshore of Vietnam (see H.R. 299), H2505 [6MR]

——— 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), H2719 [13MR]

——— report on availability of prosthetic items for women veterans (see H.R. 2681), H8960 [18NO]

——— require in-patient psychiatric care for any veteran enrolled in the VA health care system requesting such care (see H.R. 2997), H4163 [23MY]

Disabled: prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports (see H.R. 555), H4065 [21MY]

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), H5038 [21JN]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (see H.R. 5), H2714 [13MR]

Diseases and disorders: extend availability of semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research (see H.R. 3113), H8261 [18OC]

——— issue semipostal stamp to support breast cancer research (see H.R. 2689), H8228 [17OC]

District of Columbia: statehood (see H.R. 51), H3266 [12AP]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H9256 [4DE]

Education: ensure public school teacher compensation is comparable to other college graduates and increase investment in public education (see H. Res. 58), H2317 [28FE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 2), H1214 [24JA]

Employment: allow employees to earn paid sick time to address their health needs, the health needs of their families, or to seek assistance relative to domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault (see H.R. 1784), H3682 [9MY]

——— protect freedom to join a union by bolstering remedies and punishing violations of workers’ rights, strengthening workers’ freedom to negotiate for better working conditions, and restoring fairness to the economy (see H.R. 2474), H3449 [3MY]

EPA: 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), H4390 [10JN]

——— reauthorize certain water pollution control programs (see H.R. 1497), H2719 [13MR]

——— require water treatment works projects funded by Drinking Water State Revolving Fund funds to use domestic iron and steel products (see H.R. 5193), H9223 [3DE]

——— support carbon utilization and direct air capture research and facilitate permitting and development of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipelines (see H.R. 1166), H3130 [8AP]

FAA: provide funding from Airport and Airway Trust Fund for FAA activities in the event of a Government shutdown (see H.R. 1108), H1586 [13FE]

FCC: clarify prohibitions on making robocalls (see H.R. 946), H3682 [9MY] (see H.R. 3375), H5306 [9JY]

——— establish a challenge process to verify fixed and mobile broadband service coverage data (see H.R. 2643), H3964 [17MY]

——— 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), H4629 [12JN]

——— improve enforcement and enhance penalties for violations involving illegal robocalls (see H.R. 2015), H3964 [17MY]

——— 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]

FDA: prevent human health threats posed by consumption of equines raised in the U.S. (see H.R. 961), H12297 [23DE]

——— prohibit abusive delay tactics by pharmaceutical companies to block entry of generic drugs and biosimilar biological products from the market (see H.R. 965), H2323 [4MR]

——— require enforcement of labeling regulations against misbranded imitation dairy products such as milk, cheese, or yogurt (see H.R. 1769), H9296 [5DE]

Federal agencies and departments: provide back pay to Federal contractors (see H.R. 824), H3266 [12AP]

——— require certain agencies to develop scientific integrity policies (see H.R. 1709), H3682 [9MY]

Federal Labor Relations Authority: ensure public sector employees are able to form and join unions and enter into a written contract with employers and reaffirm policy to encourage collective bargaining (see H.R. 3463), H5165 [25JN]

——— provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions (see H.R. 1154), H2719 [13MR]

FEMA: provide capitalization grants to eligible entities to establish revolving funds to provide assistance to reduce disaster risks (see H.R. 3779), H7598 [10SE]

Financial institutions: create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to legitimate marijuana-related businesses (see H.R. 1595), H3267 [12AP]

Firearms: regulate assault weapons and ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited (see H.R. 1296), H7511 [20AU]

——— require a background check for every firearm sale (see H.R. 8), H1363 [5FE]

Fish and fishing: prohibit sale of shark fins (see H.R. 737), H3476 [7MY]

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), H3285 [25AP]

Health care professionals: provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities (see H.R. 2895), H4117 [22MY]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 693), H3681 [9MY]

Immigration: authorize cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain aliens known as Dreamers as well as for people covered by Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure (see H.R. 6), H3341 [30AP]

——— eliminate per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see H.R. 1044), H3448 [3MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1878), H7529 [30AU] (see H.R. 2315), H8260 [18OC]

Insurance: provide for coverage of medically necessary food and vitamins and individual amino acids for digestive and inherited metabolic disorders under Federal health programs and private health insurance (see H.R. 2501), H8228 [17OC]

——— require a group health plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol (see H.R. 2279), H3926 [16MY]

——— require group and individual health insurance coverage for treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect (see H.R. 1379), H3271 [15AP]

——— require insurance companies to regularly update their provider directories to prevent patients from unknowingly receiving out-of-network care (see H.R. 4379), H7772 [18SE]

Israel: authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 1837), H4345 [5JN]

——— 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), H3070 [3AP]

Journeyman Lineman Recognition Day: designate (see H. Res. 478), H5303 [9JY]

LeMond, Greg: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3589), H7837 [19SE]

LGBTQ Equality Day: designate (see H. Res. 465), H7497 [9AU]

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), H3963 [17MY]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 2235), H3729 [10MY]

Medicare: coordinate programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 1530), H9348 [6DE]

——— cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see H.R. 945), H2719 [13MR]

——— delay reduction of durable medical equipment payment reimbursement rates and update budget neutrality requirement for oxygen (see H.R. 2771), H4390 [10JN]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 1763), H4773 [18JN]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2150), H7512 [20AU]

——— exclude complex rehabilitative manual wheelchairs from competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 2293), H4697 [13JN]

——— expand coverage to include eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dental care (see H.R. 576), H8199 [16OC]

——— 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), H8261 [18OC]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 2235), H3729 [10MY]

——— provide coverage for custom fabricated breast prostheses following a mastectomy (see H.R. 1370), H2719 [13MR]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1948), H8298 [21OC]

——— provide coverage of certain mental health telehealth services (see H.R. 1301), H3271 [15AP]

——— provide for a pilot program to include respiratory therapists as telehealth practitioners (see H.R. 2508), H7490 [2AU]

——— provide for payments for certain rural health clinic and federally qualified health center services furnished to hospice patients (see H.R. 2594), H4773 [18JN]

——— provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 884), H4919 [19JN]

——— recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (see H.R. 1840), H4345 [5JN]

——— 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), H7483 [30JY]

——— update and clarify classification of and applicable payment methodology for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 2408), H4629 [12JN]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1570), H3267 [12AP]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 3260), H4694 [13JN]

——— suspend salary during any period in which automatic continuing appropriations are in effect (see H.R. 834), H1282 [29JA]

Middle East: support U.S. role in efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated two-state solution (see H. Res. 326), H4315 [4JN]

NASA: 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), H5038 [21JN]

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 726), H4772 [18JN]

National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (see H.R. 1865), H3926 [16MY]

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), H4772 [18JN]

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1830), H3267 [12AP]

National Senior Corps Week: designate (see H. Res. 402), H4434 [11JN]

National Small Business Week: designate (see H. Res. 347), H3405 [1MY]

National Veterans Small Business Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 677), H8724 [1NO]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 171), H2940 [1AP]

Native Americans: provide advance appropriations authority for certain accounts of BIA and Indian Health Service (see H.R. 1128), H7525 [27AU]

——— reauthorize program to ensure survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages (see H.R. 912), H9295 [5DE]

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), H7483 [30JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish Improve Health Insurance Affordability Fund to provide for certain reinsurance payments to lower premiums in the individual health insurance market (see H.R. 1425), H2828 [26MR]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 748), H3791 [14MY]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit biological product manufacturers from compensating biosimilar and interchangeable product companies to delay entry of biosimilar and interchangeable products into the market (see H.R. 1499), H3271 [15AP]

——— prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (see H.R. 1499), H3271 [15AP]

——— shorten monopoly periods for prescription drugs that are the subjects of sudden price hikes (see H.R. 1188), H4349 [6JN]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 2977), H4162 [23MY]

Political ethics: prohibit use of funds for official travel of Members of Congress and executive branch employees and other activities during any period in which automatic continuing appropriations are in effect (see H.R. 834), H1282 [29JA]

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 146), H2757 [18MR]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 54), H2371 [5MR]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 23), H2323 [4MR]

——— ensure that the Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to privatization (see H. Res. 33), H2317 [28FE]

——— provide authority to mail alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 2517), H8200 [16OC]

——— repeal requirement to prepay future retirement benefits (see H.R. 2382), H4345 [5JN]

——— restore preexisting service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 60), H4345 [5JN]

Public Health Service: designate Chief Nurse Officer as National Nurse for Public Health (see H.R. 1597), H4773 [18JN]

Public works: ensure that certain materials used in carrying out Federal infrastructure aid programs are made in the U.S. (see H.R. 3459), H5165 [25JN]

SBA: adjust collateral requirements for disaster loans (see H.R. 277), H3503 [8MY]

——— codify Boots to Business Program (see H.R. 3537), H5913 [16JY]

——— submit report to Congress on Office of Rural Affairs (see H.R. 2633), H3678 [9MY]

——— support entrepreneurs serving in the National Guard and Reserves by making certain loan programs more accessible (see H.R. 3661), H5914 [16JY]

SEC: establish Senior Investor Taskforce (see H.R. 1876), H3305 [29AP]

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

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H9256 [4DE]

Smithsonian Institution: establish a comprehensive women’s history museum (see H.R. 1980), H5168 [25JN]

——— establish National Museum of the American Latino (see H.R. 2420), H9296 [5DE]

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (see H.R. 1407), H3305 [29AP]

——— eliminate waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer (see H.R. 2178), H3267 [12AP]

——— protect system and improve benefits (see H.R. 860), H3681 [9MY]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 141), H2681 [12MR]

Sports: improve integrity and safety of horseracing by requiring a uniform anti-doping and medication control program enforced by an independent Horseracing Anti-Doping and Medication Control Authority (see H.R. 1754), H12297 [23DE]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 1185), H2036 [14FE]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H9256 [4DE]

Taxation: allow workers an above-the-line deduction for union dues and expenses and a miscellaneous itemized deduction for unreimbursed expenses incurred in the trade or business of being an employee (see H.R. 2103), H7483 [30JY]

——— encourage retirement savings (see H.R. 1007), H3266 [12AP] (see H.R. 1994), H3477 [7MY]

——— exclude from gross income certain amounts realized on the disposition of property raised or produced by a student farmer (see H.R. 1770), H4629 [12JN]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 2258), H9180 [26NO]

——— extend exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payments of qualified education loans (see H.R. 1043), H2370 [5MR]

——— extend tax credit for residential energy efficient property and investment tax credit for clean energy technologies (see H.R. 3961), H7484 [30JY]

——— make permanent second generation biofuel producer credit (see H.R. 2059), H3067 [3AP]

——— make permanent the work opportunity tax credit (see H.R. 2213), H8959 [18NO]

——— 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), H5203 [26JN]

——— modify rehabilitation credit for certain small projects, eliminate requirement that the taxpayer’s basis in a building be reduced by the amount of rehabilitation credit determined relative to such building (see H.R. 2825), H8200 [16OC]

——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 510), H3266 [12AP]

——— provide current year inclusion of net controlled foreign corporation tested income by ending tax breaks for exporting jobs and profits (see H.R. 1711), H3267 [12AP]

——— provide tax relief for certain disasters (see H.R. 2284), H3255 [10AP]

——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property (see H.R. 1869), H5008 [20JN]

——— treat certain military survivor benefits as earned income for purposes of the kiddie tax (see H.R. 2481), H4345 [5JN]

Transportation Security Administration: enhance security operations and stabilize security workforce by applying a unified personnel system to employees responsible for screening passengers and property (see H.R. 1140), H5728 [11JY]

Trump, President: condemn racist comments directed at Members of Congress and support immigrants, new citizens, and legal immigration by those seeking asylum or refuge (see H. Res. 489), H5914 [16JY]

——— terminate declared national emergency to obtain funding for construction of a continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border (see H.J. Res. 46), H2046 [22FE]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: disapprove U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, commend supporters of the Agreement, and urge the President to reverse decision and maintain U.S. participation (see H. Res. 743), H9294 [5DE]

——— prohibit funding to advance withdrawal from Paris Agreement and require the President to develop a plan for the U.S. to meet its pollution reduction goals under such agreement (see H.R. 9), H3271 [15AP]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 4), H2232 [26FE]

Weissmandl, Michoel Ber: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 929), H3681 [9MY]

Wildlife: authorize a special resource study on spread of vectors of chronic wasting disease among deer, elk, and moose (see H.R. 837), H7483 [30JY]

——— prohibit breeding and private possession of captive big cats except by accredited zoos and facilities and require registration of big cats currently in possession by private owners (see H.R. 1380), H8959 [18NO]

Women: ensure access to, and ability to make decisions on, health care, including reproductive health care, regardless of their State of residence and promote preventive health care services (see H. Con. Res. 40), H4064 [21MY]

——— mint and issue quarter dollars in commemoration of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution providing women with the right to vote (see H.R. 1923), H4345 [5JN]

——— mint coins in commemoration of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage (see H.R. 2423), H8200 [16OC]

——— observe anniversary of passage and ratification of 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage and strengthen democratic participation and precedent established by such amendment (see H. Res. 354), H3927 [16MY]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 79), H8960 [18NO]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H9256 [4DE]

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]

——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. merchant mariners of World War II (see H.R. 550), H4389 [10JN]

——— recognize and honor service of individuals who served in U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps by providing veteran status, honorable discharges and service medals where merited, and limited burial benefits (see H.R. 2056), H7483 [30JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Defense: establish National Center for Military Painting and Applied Research (see H.R. 3181), H4388 [10JN]

Dept. of Education: conduct a study on feasibility of a single certification for certain programs under Higher Education Act (see H.R. 4342), H7753 [17SE]

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

——— ensure States set aside certain funds for construction and operational improvements on high risk rural roads (see H.R. 4338), H7714 [16SE]

——— increase a set-aside for Rural Project Initiative of the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) program (see H.R. 4110), H7480 [30JY]

FCC: improve collection and distribution of broadband availability data (see H.R. 4024), H7465 [25JY]

Medicare: extend work geographic index floor (see H.R. 3445), H5075 [24JN]

——— improve accuracy of geographic adjustment factors and permanently extend certain adjustments to such factors for certain localities (see H.R. 3302), H4770 [18JN]

National Rural Health Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 719), H9121 [20NO]

SBA: provide certain assistance to small businesses participating in the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program (see H.R. 246), H227 [4JA]

Taxation: expand certain exceptions to private activity bond rules for first-time farmers (see H.R. 5007), H8738 [8NO]

——— extend credits for biodiesel and renewable diesel (see H.R. 2089), H3099 [4AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Defense: establish National Center for Military Painting and Applied Research (H.R. 3181), H4389 [10JN]

Dept. of Education: conduct a study on feasibility of a single certification for certain programs under Higher Education Act (H.R. 4342), H7754 [17SE]

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

——— ensure States set aside certain funds for construction and operational improvements on high risk rural roads (H.R. 4338), H7715 [16SE]

——— increase a set-aside for Rural Project Initiative of the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) program (H.R. 4110), H7482 [30JY]

FCC: improve collection and distribution of broadband availability data (H.R. 4024), H7469 [25JY]

Medicare: extend work geographic index floor (H.R. 3445), H5076 [24JN]

——— improve accuracy of geographic adjustment factors and permanently extend certain adjustments to such factors for certain localities (H.R. 3302), H4771 [18JN]

SBA: provide certain assistance to small businesses participating in the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program (H.R. 246), H228 [4JA]

Taxation: expand certain exceptions to private activity bond rules for first-time farmers (H.R. 5007), H8740 [8NO]

——— extend credits for biodiesel and renewable diesel (H.R. 2089), H3101 [4AP]

Letters

Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act: Scott Frey, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H9132 [21NO]

Remarks

Dept. of HHS: establish Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, penalize companies that refuse to negotiate, and prevent excessive price increases and establish out-of-pocket caps for Medicare (H.R. 3), H10214, H10215 [12DE]

Dept. of Labor: issue an occupational safety and health rule that requires covered health care and social service employers to adopt a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan (H.R. 1309), H9132 [21NO]

Drugs: require disclosure of list prices of prescription drugs and biological products in direct-to-consumer television advertising, H10214, H10215 [12DE]

Iowa Safe Schools (organization): tribute to Pride Camp, E1023• [2AU]

SBA: provide certain assistance to small businesses participating in the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program (H.R. 246), H525 [14JA]

Votes: position on missed, H2781• [25MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H3198 [9AP]