PALMER, GARY J. (a Representative from Alabama)

Amendments

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), H4682 [13JN]

Appointments

Committee on the Climate Crisis (House, Select), H2319 [4MR]

Committee to escort NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg into the House Chamber, H2989 [3AP]

Committee to escort the President, H1356 [5FE]

Committee to escort the Speaker-elect to the Chair, H4 [3JA]

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]

——— ensure that a woman seeking a chemical abortion is informed that it may be possible to reverse the intended effects of the abortion if the woman changes her mind (see H.R. 2010), H3682 [9MY]

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

——— prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 2014), H2938 [1AP]

——— prohibit dismemberment abortions (see H.R. 956), H2036 [14FE]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 20), H5269 [2JY]

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

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 784), H1211 [24JA]

——— 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), H2102 [25FE]

Alabama: anniversary of statehood (see H. Res. 711), H9057 [19NO]

Appropriations: eliminate unauthorized spending on Federal programs and establish Spending Accountability Commission (see H.R. 2505), H3440 [2MY]

Armed Forces: require a full military honors ceremony for certain deceased veterans (see H.R. 1019), H2043 [19FE]

Budget: provide that any estimate prepared by CBO or Committee on Taxation (Joint) shall include costs relative to servicing the public debt (see H.R. 638), H1214 [24JA]

CBO: make publicly available fiscal and mathematical models, data, and other details of computations used in cost analysis and scoring (see H.R. 1077), H1460 [7FE]

Charities: allow charitable organizations to make statements on political campaigns if such statements are made in the ordinary course of carrying out its tax-exempt purpose (see H.R. 949), H1586 [13FE]

China: condemn persecution of Christians (see H. Res. 493), H8057 [26SE]

Citizenship: provide for automatic acquisition of U.S. citizenship for certain internationally adopted individuals (see H.R. 2731), H5272 [5JY]

Courts: restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at fertilization (see H.R. 305), H7707 [12SE]

Dept. of Education: allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 3149), H4343 [5JN]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit certain research on human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to an abortion (see H.R. 573), H601 [15JA]

——— prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 296), H1244 [28JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize U.S. Customs and Border Protection to conduct certain activities to secure the international land borders within designated wilderness areas (see H.R. 612), H1586 [13FE]

——— detain any unlawfully present alien who is arrested for certain criminal offenses (see H.R. 74), H203 [3JA]

——— establish Joint Threat Assessment and Management Task Force to make recommendations on developing a national strategy to prevent targeted violence (see H.R. 838), H2939 [1AP]

Dept. of State: eliminate Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (see H.R. 479), H998 [22JA]

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), H5260 [27JN]

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

——— enforce licensure requirement for medical providers (see H.R. 3530), H8261 [18OC]

District of Columbia: expand school choice by providing private school vouchers (see H.R. 778), H1339 [30JA]

——— reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (see H.R. 787), H1211 [24JA]

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

Egypt: enact reforms to ensure Coptic Christians have the same rights and opportunities as other Egyptian citizens and take steps to end attacks on Christians (see H. Res. 49), H8229 [17OC]

Elections: recognize value and importance of Electoral College (see H. Res. 350), H4122 [22MY]

FDA: strengthen regulation of compounding drugs by pharmacies (see H.R. 1959), H3267 [12AP]

Federal agencies and departments: clarify nature of judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions (see H.R. 1927), H2885 [27MR]

——— modernize Federal grant reporting (see H.R. 150), H206 [3JA]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 38), H202 [3JA]

——— prohibit Federal funding of State firearm ownership databases (see H.R. 1761), H7666 [11SE]

——— remove silencers from definition of firearms relative to taxation, registration, and transfer laws (see H.R. 155), H206 [3JA]

Foreign trade: provide for congressional review of the imposition of duties and other trade measures by the executive branch (see H.R. 723), H2235 [26FE]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H201 [3JA]

House Rules: require a specific oath be administered to any witness appearing before a committee (see H. Res. 110), H2103 [25FE]

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), H7708 [12SE]

Israel: 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), H4168 [23MY]

Jews: reject anti-Israel and anti-Semitic hatred (see H. Res. 72), H2036 [14FE]

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

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), H1586 [13FE]

Lumber industry: exempt certain children employed in timber harvesting entities from child labor laws (see H.R. 1785), H3130 [8AP]

Medicaid: require States report abortion data to CDC to receive certain family planning funding (see H.R. 3580), H5257 [27JN]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 20), H210 [3JA]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services and increase funding for other women’s health care service providers (see H.R. 369), H357 [9JA]

Postmaster Robert Ingram, Sr., Post Office, Thomasville, AL: designate (see H.R. 5307), H10611 [17DE]

Public debt: recognize the national debt as a threat to national security and commit to restoring regular order in appropriations process and addressing the fiscal crisis (see H. Res. 149), H2234 [26FE]

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), H8098 [4OC] (see H. Res. 630), H8201 [16OC]

Taxation: apply current income tax bracket breakpoints to capital gains brackets (see H.R. 589), H8260 [18OC]

——— expand permissible use of health savings accounts to include health insurance payments and increase contribution limits for such accounts (see H.R. 603), H674 [16JA]

——— impose Federal taxes on bonds used to provide facilities owned by abortion providers (see H.R. 219), H361 [9JA]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 2177), H3216 [9AP]

——— 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), H8910 [15NO]

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see H. Con. Res. 41), H4168 [23MY]

——— provide that amounts paid for an abortion are not taken into account for purposes of deduction for medical expenses (see H.R. 2742), H7666 [11SE]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 218), H2887 [27MR]

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

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H3791 [14MY]

——— require individuals to include their Social Security numbers on the income tax return as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 979), H2043 [19FE]

——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property (see H.R. 1869), H8827 [13NO]

——— 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), H8261 [18OC]

Turkey: impose sanctions relative to military offensive in Syria (see H.R. 4692), H8197 [16OC]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

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]

Federal agencies and departments: require publication of settlement agreements (see H.R. 995), H1390 [6FE]

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

GSA: require certain prospectuses for public buildings to be made publicly available (see H.R. 2502), H3439 [2MY]

Medicare: allow individuals to choose to opt out of part A benefit (see H.R. 2108), H3100 [4AP]

Religion: condemn global persecution of Christians or members of any faith and prioritize freedom of conscience and religious freedom in U.S. foreign policy consideration (see H. Res. 640), H8259 [18OC]

Constitutional authority statements

Aviation: withhold Federal grants from airports that violate grant agreements by discriminating against an air carrier operating pursuant to Federal contract (H.R. 2955), H4165 [23MY]

Federal agencies and departments: require publication of settlement agreements (H.R. 995), H1392 [6FE]

——— require the appropriation of funds to use a fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds received from a settlement (H.R. 850), H1284 [29JA]

GSA: require certain prospectuses for public buildings to be made publicly available (H.R. 2502), H3441 [2MY]

Medicare: allow individuals to choose to opt out of part A benefit (H.R. 2108), H3101 [4AP]

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, H2219 [26FE]

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), H2405 [6MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish health insurance Federal invisible risk sharing program, H1278 [29JA]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), H4682, H4683 [13JN]

Elections: protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for infrastructure used to carry out such elections (H.R. 2722), H5219 [27JN]

EPA: reauthorize diesel emissions reduction program (H.R. 1768), H7542 [9SE]

Federal agencies and departments: require publication of settlement agreements (H.R. 995), H1501 [11FE]

GSA: require certain prospectuses for public buildings to be made publicly available (H.R. 2502), H8489 [28OC]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H1278 [29JA]

——— 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, H8377 [22OC]

Immigration: making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3401), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 466), H5230 [27JN]

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

Insurance: ensure health coverage for individuals with preexisting conditions, H1278 [29JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H1278 [29JA]

Trump, President: impeachment (H. Res. 755), H12168 [18DE]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: Paris Agreement withdrawal funding, H4682, H4683 [13JN]

Votes: position on missed, H10002• [10DE], E913• [12JY]

Women: anniversary of passage and ratification of 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage, E678• [28MY], E683• [30MY]

——— 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 (H. Res. 354), H4054 [21MY]

Tributes

Cushing, Abby Mayhew, E683• [30MY]

Williams, Michael, E860• [27JN]