JOHNSON, DUSTY (a Representative from South Dakota)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: commemorate anniversary of, and express that the Mexico City policy relative to limiting U.S. foreign aid from being spent on promotion or provision of abortion services, should be permanently codified (see H. Con. Res. 58), H7500 [13AU]
——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 20), H8880 [14NO]
——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 616), H675 [16JA]
——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 784), H2047 [22FE]
——— 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), H1394 [6FE]
al-Baghdadi, Abu Bakr: tribute to U.S. military personnel and working dog who carried out mission leading to death in Syria (see H. Res. 678), H8881 [14NO]
Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 1175), H4011 [20MY]
Antitrust policy: restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (see H.R. 1418), H5826 [15JY]
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]
Bankruptcy: clarify definition of the term ‘‘family farmer’’ (see H.R. 2336), H3274 [18AP]
Brand USA, Inc.: extend transfer of Electronic Travel Authorization System fees (see H.R. 3851), H8828 [13NO]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 6), H8201 [16OC]
CFTC: modernize authority to conduct research, development, demonstration, and information programs (see H.R. 4535), H8054 [26SE]
——— reauthorize (see H.R. 4895), H9059 [19NO]
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2480), H3439 [2MY]
Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality toward labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1858), H3341 [30AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: allow schools that participate in National School Lunch Program to serve whole milk (see H.R. 832), H5913 [16JY]
Dept. of Education: establish job training Federal Pell Grants demonstration program (see H.R. 2161), H7775 [18SE]
——— provide grants for institutions of higher education to prevent substance misuse (see H.R. 3591), H5258 [27JN]
——— update postsecondary student data system to ensure students and families have access to accurate and complete information on student outcomes (see H.R. 1766), H9122 [20NO]
Dept. of HHS: authorize advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service by providing a 2-fiscal-year budget authority (see H.R. 1135), H2719 [13MR]
——— ensure doctors have access to patients’ treatment history to prevent addiction relapses or harmful drug interactions and protect confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records (see H.R. 2062), H3682 [9MY]
——— 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), H7597 [10SE]
——— reauthorize autism-related research and programs (see H.R. 1058), H7161 [22JY]
——— reauthorize Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (see H.R. 776), H7161 [22JY]
Dept. of Justice: establish Interdiction for the Protection of Child Victims of Exploitation and Human Trafficking Program to train officers to identify and assist victims of child exploitation and human trafficking (see H.R. 836), H7536 [6SE]
——— extend authorization of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1327), H3102 [4AP]
——— review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols to address missing and murdered Native Americans (see H.R. 2733), H5261 [27JN]
Dept. of Labor: prohibit States and municipalities from adopting certain laws and ordinances relative to Fair Labor Standards Act (see H.R. 3515), H5200 [26JN]
Dept. of State: prohibit flying of any flag other than the U.S. flag over U.S. diplomatic and consular posts (see H.R. 144), H7665 [11SE]
Dept. of Transportation: modify hours of service requirements for drivers hauling live animals and agricultural perishable goods (see H.R. 4919), H8960 [18NO]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), H7666 [11SE]
Drugs: impose sanctions relative to foreign traffickers of illicit opioids (see H.R. 2483), H5261 [27JN]
——— lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition (see H.R. 19), H9386 [9DE]
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), H4163 [23MY]
——— 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), H8741 [8NO]
FCC: clarify prohibitions on making robocalls (see H.R. 3375), H7244 [23JY]
——— improve enforcement and enhance penalties for violations involving illegal robocalls (see H.R. 2015), H4390 [10JN]
FDA: codify definition of beef for labeling purposes, reinforce existing misbranding provisions to eliminate consumer confusion, and enhance Dept. of Agriculture labeling enforcement measures (see H.R. 4881), H8880 [14NO]
——— define the term natural cheese (see H.R. 4487), H12297 [23DE]
——— 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), H8910 [15NO]
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), H3681 [9MY]
Forests: implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (see H.R. 2607), H3501 [8MY]
Fraternal organizations: recognize benefits provided by tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies to their members and communities (see H. Con. Res. 27), H7756 [17SE]
Health: protect patients from surprise medical bills (see H.R. 3502), H7708 [12SE]
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), H8261 [18OC]
——— require Members to have non-participatory access to committee impeachment proceedings, transcribed interviews, and depositions (see H. Res. 639), H8542 [28OC]
Hunger: recognize importance of U.S. leadership to accelerate global progress against maternal and child malnutrition and support commitment of AID to global nutrition through its multi-sectoral nutrition strategy (see H. Res. 189), H7667 [11SE]
Immigration: require a DNA test to determine familial relationship between an alien and an accompanying minor (see H.R. 3864), H7775 [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), H3102 [4AP]
——— 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), H2988 [2AP]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1855), H3442 [2MY] (see H.R. 2571), H6001 [17JY]
Law enforcement: use forfeited criminal proceeds resulting from prosecution of Joaquín A. Guzmán Loera (El Chapo) or other felony drug convictions for border security measures, including a border wall (see H.R. 714), H5585 [10JY]
LeMond, Greg: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3589), H7162 [22JY]
Medicare: expand access to telehealth services (see H.R. 4932), H8828 [13NO]
——— 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), H8057 [26SE]
——— provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 884), H2987 [2AP]
Medicare/Medicaid: modify skilled nursing facility training lockout penalties to allow certain facilities to continue certified nurse assistant training (see H.R. 1265), H3267 [12AP]
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), H4350 [6JN]
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), H3220 [9AP]
National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see H. Res. 104), H1494 [8FE]
Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 779), H1211 [24JA]
——— reauthorize program to ensure survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages (see H.R. 912), H7836 [19SE]
——— repeal certain obsolete laws relating to Native Americans (see H.R. 3684), H5583 [10JY]
Office of National Drug Control Policy: evaluate effectiveness of federally funded programs tasked with reducing demand for illicit substances and publish information on such programs (see H.R. 3820), H7149 [18JY]
Older Americans Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4334), H7714 [16SE]
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), H3130 [8AP]
Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 54), H3272 [15AP]
Presidents of the U.S.: prohibit continuation of an executive emergency declaration under the National Emergencies Act absent approval by Congress (see H.R. 1410), H3102 [4AP]
Public welfare programs: amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 1753), H3407 [1MY]
Radio: oppose new fees, taxes, royalties, or charges on local, over the air, radio stations (see H. Con. Res. 20), H4774 [18JN]
Taxation: allow limited 529 college savings programs funds to be used for elementary and secondary education, including homeschooling (see H.R. 621), H4065 [21MY]
——— encourage retirement savings (see H.R. 1007), H8741 [8NO]
——— extend credits for biodiesel and renewable diesel (see H.R. 2089), H3260 [10AP]
——— extend exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payments of qualified education loans (see H.R. 1043), H2506 [6MR]
——— 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), H7707 [12SE]
——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 1680), H7707 [12SE]
——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 510), H1393 [6FE]
——— promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in taxation of digital goods and services (see H.R. 1725), H8741 [8NO]
——— provide tax incentives for the donation of wild game meat (see H.R. 2291), H3682 [9MY]
——— reform low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3077), H8103 [8OC]
——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 2207), H3252 [10AP]
——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property (see H.R. 1869), H4066 [21MY]
Transportation Security Administration: provide TSA PreCheck to certain severely injured or disabled veterans (see H.R. 3356), H7598 [10SE]
Turkey: impose sanctions relative to military offensive in Syria (see H.R. 4692), H8261 [18OC]
Venezuela: prohibit contracting with persons that have business operations with the Maduro regime (see H.R. 2204), H4066 [21MY]
Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1741), H2988 [2AP]
Wildlife: authorize a special resource study on spread of vectors of chronic wasting disease among deer, elk, and moose (see H.R. 837), H8827 [13NO]
——— support State and tribal efforts to implement management strategies on chronic wasting disease among deer, elk, and moose and provide for research and response plans to reduce its spread and prevalence (see H.R. 1550), H8785 [12NO]
Women: mint coins in commemoration of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage (see H.R. 2423), H8097 [4OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Ben Reifel Post Office Building, Rosebud, SD: designate (see H.R. 2454), H3404 [1MY]
CFTC: improve consideration of the costs and benefits of regulations and orders (see H.R. 4909), H8594 [29OC]
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]
——— make grants to State land-grant universities to provide educational resources to improve farm management knowledge and skills of livestock producers (see H.R. 4773), H8297 [21OC]
——— make local livestock and meat procurement for school lunch programs a priority and include ranching educational activities in Farm to School Program (see H.R. 3090), H4312 [4JN]
Dept. of Defense: establish a consortia of universities for advice on cybersecurity matters (see H.R. 3840), H7150 [18JY]
——— provide a briefing to congressional defense committees relative to ‘‘middle tier’’ of acquisition programs (see H.R. 3132), H4342 [5JN]
Dept. of Education: allow institutional aid grant recipients to use grant funds to establish, improve, or expand partnerships with child care providers (see H.R. 4253), H7558 [9SE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: grant authority to waive environmental reviews required by certain legislation for purpose of construction of physical barriers along the southern border (see H.R. 1732), H2716 [13MR]
Forest Service: transfer certain Black Hills National Forest lands to Custer County, SD, Airport (see H.R. 382), H357 [9JA]
Native Americans: allow tribal grant school employees to participate in Federal Employee Health Benefits program and Federal Employees Group Life Insurance program (see H.R. 895), H1334 [30JA]
NLRB: permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see H.R. 2992), H4163 [23MY]
——— remove exclusive bargaining power of labor organizations by allowing employees in a unionized workplace to independently negotiate their employment terms with their employer (see H.R. 5147), H8958 [18NO]
Constitutional authority statements
Ben Reifel Post Office Building, Rosebud, SD: designate (H.R. 2454), H3405 [1MY]
CFTC: improve consideration of the costs and benefits of regulations and orders (H.R. 4909), H8595 [29OC]
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 (H.R. 3183), H4389 [10JN]
——— make grants to State land-grant universities to provide educational resources to improve farm management knowledge and skills of livestock producers (H.R. 4773), H8298 [21OC]
——— make local livestock and meat procurement for school lunch programs a priority and include ranching educational activities in Farm to School Program (H.R. 3090), H4313 [4JN]
Dept. of Defense: establish a consortia of universities for advice on cybersecurity matters (H.R. 3840), H7151 [18JY]
——— provide a briefing to congressional defense committees relative to ‘‘middle tier’’ of acquisition programs (H.R. 3132), H4344 [5JN]
Dept. of Education: allow institutional aid grant recipients to use grant funds to establish, improve, or expand partnerships with child care providers (H.R. 4253), H7559 [9SE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: grant authority to waive environmental reviews required by certain legislation for purpose of construction of physical barriers along the southern border (H.R. 1732), H2718 [13MR]
Forest Service: transfer certain Black Hills National Forest lands to Custer County, SD, Airport (H.R. 382), H359 [9JA]
Native Americans: allow tribal grant school employees to participate in Federal Employee Health Benefits program and Federal Employees Group Life Insurance program (H.R. 895), H1338 [30JA]
NLRB: permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (H.R. 2992), H4166 [23MY]
——— remove exclusive bargaining power of labor organizations by allowing employees in a unionized workplace to independently negotiate their employment terms with their employer (H.R. 5147), H8959 [18NO]
Remarks
Abortion: 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, H2935 [1AP]
Ben Reifel Post Office Building, Rosebud, SD: designate (H.R. 2454), H3410 [2MY], H3465 [7MY]
Budget: deficit, H1288 [30JA]
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 (H.R. 3183), H4775• [19JN]
——— investigation of possible price manipulation, collusion, or unfair practices in the cattle market, H7777 [19SE]
——— modify Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents, H2833 [27MR]
Dept. of Education: permanently reauthorize mandatory funding programs for historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions (H.R. 5363), H9964, H9965, H9966, H9967 [10DE]
——— simplify and shorten Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and amend Federal Pell Grant Program, H9967 [10DE]
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), H10113 [11DE]
Dept. of Justice: require Federal law enforcement agencies report on cases of missing or murdered Indians (H.R. 4289), H8181 [16OC]
——— review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols to address missing and murdered Native Americans (H.R. 2733), H8181 [16OC]
Dept. of the Treasury: establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans from a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund (H.R. 397), H7324 [24JY]
Drugs: lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition (H.R. 19), H10113 [11DE]
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]
Johnson, Alan and Mickie: Sand County Foundation Leopold Conservation Award recipient for South Dakota, E654• [22MY]
Midwestern Mechanical, Inc.: tribute to apprenticeship program, H8884 [15NO]
National Agriculture Week: observance, H2629 [11MR]
National Apprenticeship Week: observance, H8884 [15NO]
Native Americans: reauthorize program to ensure survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages (S. 256), H9378, H9379, H9380 [9DE]
——— recognize crisis of violence against Native women, H8181 [16OC]
Pelosi, Speaker: disapprove actions to initiate impeachment inquiry against President Trump, H8204 [17OC]
Spearfish, SD: tribute to Spearfish High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E296• [13MR]
Trump, President: impeachment (H. Res. 755), H12180 [18DE]
U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA): implement (H.R. 5430), H12264 [19DE]
——— ratify, H2629 [11MR], H7757 [18SE]
Tributes
Ahmad, Iftikhar, E506• [30AP]
Dávila, Vidal, E1576• [11DE]
Goetsch, Dylan M., E1617• [19DE]
Schmoker, Christopher W., E1617• [19DE]
Seiler, Dawn, H1468 [8FE]