LUCAS, FRANK D. (a Representative from Oklahoma)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2500), H5669 [11JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: 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), H1393 [6FE]

Brand USA, Inc.: extend transfer of Electronic Travel Authorization System fees (see H.R. 3851), H8090 [1OC]

Colleges and universities: enhance Federal science agencies’ efforts relative to the quality of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and research capacity at minority-serving institutions (see H.R. 4372), H8098 [4OC]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality toward labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1858), H7483 [30JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: 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]

Dept. of Defense: provide blood testing for departmental firefighters to determine potential exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (see H.R. 1863), H4011 [20MY]

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), H7483 [30JY]

Dept. of Energy: consider water intensity in energy research, development, and demonstration programs to help guarantee efficient, reliable, and sustainable delivery of energy and water resources (see H.R. 34), H201 [3JA]

——— establish program for research, development, and demonstration of commercially viable technologies for capture of carbon dioxide produced during the generation of natural gas-generated power (see H.R. 3828), H7149 [18JY]

——— reauthorize Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) (see H.R. 4091), H8724 [1NO]

Dept. of the Treasury: direct Community Development Financial Institution Fund to perform outreach program for new markets tax credit to underserved communities (see H.R. 3664), H7708 [12SE]

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]

——— prepare a plan on preservation needs of Route 66 (see H.R. 66), H361 [9JA]

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

——— 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), H8460 [23OC]

——— 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), H4314 [4JN]

Depts. of Energy and Veterans Affairs: conduct collaborative research to improve health care services for veterans (see H.R. 617), H675 [16JA]

Diseases and disorders: extend availability of semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research (see H.R. 3113), H7472 [25JY]

Emergency medical personnel: include nonprofit and volunteer ground and air ambulance crew members and first responders for certain benefits (see H.R. 2887), H8299 [21OC]

FAA: provide for a full annuity supplement for air traffic controllers that participate in Federal Contract Tower Program (see H.R. 5297), H12212 [18DE]

FCC: allow State or Federal correctional facilities to utilize jamming equipment to prevent contraband cell phone use in prisons (see H.R. 1954), H8056 [26SE]

——— establish program to promote availability and sustainability of robust rural broadband networks in high cost rural areas (see H.R. 2929), H5729 [11JY]

——— require multichannel video programming distributors to carry rural video programming (see H.R. 2682), H4773 [18JN]

Federal agencies and departments: require Federal agencies with jurisdiction over broadband deployment to enter into an interagency agreement related to certain types of funding for broadband deployment (see H.R. 4283), H8299 [21OC]

——— require response to comments from congressional committees about proposed rulemaking (see H.R. 395), H358 [9JA]

——— require the appropriation of funds to use a fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds received from a settlement (see H.R. 850), H1283 [29JA]

Financial institutions: require regulatory agencies to take risk profiles and business models of institutions into account when taking regulatory actions (see H.R. 741), H1209 [24JA]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 38), H361 [9JA]

——— remove silencers from definition of firearms relative to taxation, registration, and transfer laws (see H.R. 155), H465 [10JA]

FRS: require Board of Governors Vice Chairman for Supervision to provide a written report (see H.R. 974), H1361 [5FE]

Insurance: require group and individual health insurance coverage for treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect (see H.R. 1379), H7707 [12SE]

International Olympic Committee: call for official recognition of Jim Thorpe as the sole Gold Medalist in 1912 pentathlon and decathlon events and correction of such inaccuracies in official Olympic books (see H. Res. 720), H9121 [20NO]

Korea, Republic of: provide high-skilled visas for nationals (see H.R. 1762), H12211 [18DE]

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

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), H1285 [29JA]

Medicare: distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 1763), H8596 [29OC]

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

——— improve home health payment reforms (see H.R. 2573), H8596 [29OC]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1948), H3682 [9MY]

——— provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 884), H12211 [18DE]

——— 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: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 20), H361 [9JA]

——— prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see H.R. 129), H3728 [10MY]

Middle East: improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (see H.R. 336), H7483 [30JY]

Money: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of minting of Morgan dollar and Peace dollar (see H.R. 3757), H9059 [19NO]

NASA: anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon landing and tribute to crew and support staff (see H. Con. Res. 47), H5266 [28JN]

——— 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), H2270 [27FE]

——— extend authority to enter into leases of non-excess property (see H.R. 5213), H9167 [21NO]

National FFA Organization: amend charter (see H.R. 439), H998 [22JA]

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), H7471 [25JY]

NSF: develop an Innovation Corps (I-Corps) course to support commercialization-ready innovation companies (see H.R. 539), H543 [14JA]

——— support research on opioid addiction (see H.R. 3153), H4920 [19JN]

——— support research on outputs that may be generated by generative adversarial networks, or deepfakes, and other comparable techniques that may be developed in the future (see H.R. 4355), H8057 [26SE]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: ensure Federal science agencies and institutions of higher education receiving Federal research and development funding are fully engaging their entire talent pool (see H.R. 2528), H3473 [7MY]

——— establish an interagency working group to coordinate activities and develop policy guidance to protect federally funded research and development (see H.R. 3038), H4180 [30MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 748), H4349 [6JN]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 54), H1465 [7FE]

Radio: oppose new fees, taxes, royalties, or charges on local, over the air, radio stations (see H. Con. Res. 20), H2587 [7MR]

Research: provide for a coordinated Federal research program to ensure continued U.S. leadership in engineering biology (see H.R. 4373), H7772 [18SE]

Route 66 Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 66), H361 [9JA]

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. 630), H8201 [16OC]

SEC: carry out a study with certain Federal agencies on accounting standards (see H.R. 3182), H5913 [16JY]

Sexual harassment: provide for research to better understand causes and consequences of sexual harassment in the scientific workforce and examine policies to reduce the prevalence and negative impact of such harassment (see H.R. 36), H202 [3JA]

Social Security: eliminate waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer (see H.R. 2178), H7707 [12SE]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 141), H8260 [18OC]

Space policy: call for an international agreement and require Federal agencies issuing licenses for commercial space activities to include provisions to protect and preserve the Apollo 11 and other lunar landing sites (see H.R. 3766), H5910 [16JY]

Taxation: exclude from gross income certain amounts realized on the disposition of property raised or produced by a student farmer (see H.R. 1770), H3130 [8AP]

——— extend tax credit for residential energy efficient property and investment tax credit for clean energy technologies (see H.R. 3961), H8742 [8NO]

——— 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), H4171 [24MY]

——— reform low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3077), H7666 [11SE]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 2207), H3342 [30AP]

——— 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), H3963 [17MY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: make supplemental funding available for management of fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need as determined by State fish and wildlife agencies (see H.R. 3742), H7162 [22JY]

U.S. Geological Survey: reauthorize grants for, and require applied water supply research on, water resources research and technology institutes (see H.R. 3510), H7708 [12SE]

Voting: carry out research and other activities to promote security and modernization of voting systems (see H.R. 4990), H8737 [8NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Energy: reauthorize Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) (see H.R. 3915), H7241 [23JY]

——— support innovation in advanced geothermal research (see H.R. 5374), H10015 [10DE]

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

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Energy: reauthorize Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) (H.R. 3915), H7243 [23JY]

——— support innovation in advanced geothermal research (H.R. 5374), H10016 [10DE]

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

Remarks

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), consideration (H. Res. 172), H2382, H2383 [6MR]

Depts. of Energy and Veterans Affairs: conduct collaborative research to improve health care services for veterans (H.R. 617), H7180, H7181 [23JY]

Federal agencies and departments: establish prize competitions for innovation or adaptation management development relative to ocean acidification (H.R. 1921), H4328 [5JN]

FRS: require Board of Governors Vice Chairman for Supervision to provide a written report (H.R. 974), H2621 [11MR]

Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia: develop plan for reducing, mitigating, and controlling harmful algal blooms and hypoxia in south Florida (H.R. 335), H8011, H8012 [26SE]

Large Synoptic Survey Telescope: redesignate as Vera Rubin Survey Telescope (H.R. 3196), H7176 [23JY]

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: provide for a study by the Ocean Studies Board examining impact of ocean acidification and other stressors in estuarine environments (H.R. 988), H4330 [5JN]

NIST: clarify role in protecting administration of Federal elections against cybersecurity threats, H2382 [6MR]

——— enable Manufacturing USA institutes to provide advanced workforce development to certain businesses, increase program funding, review funding process, and foster economic development goals (H.R. 2397), H7170, H7171 [23JY]

NOAA: conduct coastal community vulnerability assessments relative to ocean acidification (H.R. 1716), H4326, H4327 [5JN]

——— establish an Ocean Acidification Advisory Board to study impacts of ocean acidification (H.R. 1237), H4322, H4325 [5JN]

NSF: develop an Innovation Corps (I-Corps) course to support commercialization-ready innovation companies (H.R. 539), H2056, H2057 [25FE]

——— promote veteran involvement in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, computer science, and scientific research (H.R. 425), H2059, H2060 [25FE]

——— support research on opioid addiction (H.R. 3153), H7172, H7173 [23JY]

——— support research on outputs that may be generated by generative adversarial networks, or deepfakes, and other comparable techniques that may be developed in the future (H.R. 4355), H9364 [9DE]

——— support science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education research focused on early childhood (H.R. 1665), H7167, H7168 [23JY]

——— support science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education research focused on early childhood (S. 737), H9363 [9DE]

——— provide for Federal coordination of activities supporting sustainable chemistry to improve efficiency of chemical production while reducing health and environmental risks (H.R. 2051), H9361, H9362 [9DE]

Research: provide for a coordinated Federal research program to ensure continued U.S. leadership in engineering biology (H.R. 4373), H9359 [9DE]

U.S. Export Finance Agency: reauthorize, reform, and rename Eximbank (H.R. 4863), consideration (H. Res. 695), H8842 [14NO]

Votes: position on missed, H4985• [20JN], E167• [13FE]