RICE, KATHLEEN M. (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2500), H5684 [11JY], H5740 [12JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), H5052 [24JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), H4743 [18JN]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3494), H5898 [16JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure affordable abortion coverage for every woman (see H.R. 1692), H2679 [12MR]

——— 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), H4162 [23MY]

AID: authorize appropriations for a cooperative program with Israel to provide assistance in the areas of water resources, agriculture, and energy storage in developing countries (see H.R. 1820), H7560 [9SE]

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), H3478 [7MY]

——— reform taxation (see H.R. 1175), H4011 [20MY]

Animal Welfare Act: require covered persons to develop and implement emergency contingency plans (see H.R. 1042), H1458 [7FE]

Animals: outlaw practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 724), H1170 [23JA]

——— prohibit issuance of licenses to certain individuals connected to dealers of dogs who have had licenses revoked (see H.R. 1002), H2036 [14FE]

——— provide for humane treatment of dogs (see H.R. 2442), H7379 [24JY]

——— restrict use of exotic and nondomesticated animals in traveling circuses and exhibitions (see H.R. 2863), H4063 [21MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: repeal oil and gas program (see H.R. 1146), H4772 [18JN]

Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see H.R. 4807), H8455 [23OC]

——— clarify that Congress has not provided authorization for use of military force against Iran (see H.R. 2829), H5039 [21JN]

——— ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see H.R. 2091), H3099 [4AP]

——— 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), H2719 [13MR]

——— prohibit funds to be obligated or expended for introduction of members into hostilities (see H.R. 1193), H1582 [13FE]

——— prohibit introduction into hostilities in Venezuela without declaration of war or explicit statutory authorization (see H.R. 1004), H2748 [14MR]

——— remove from unauthorized hostilities in Yemen (see H.J. Res. 37), H1494 [8FE]

Armenia: commemorate, reject efforts to deny, and encourage education and understanding of Armenian genocide, including U.S. role in humanitarian relief effort and relevance to modern crimes against humanity (see H. Res. 296), H3128 [8AP]

Army Specialist Thomas J. Wilwerth Post Office Building, Mastic, NY: designate (see H.R. 829), H1243 [28JA]

Bahamas: permit nationals to be eligible for temporary protected status (see H.R. 4272), H7708 [12SE]

Bears Ears National Monument: expand boundaries and ensure prompt engagement with the Bears Ears Commission and prompt implementation of the proclamation establishing the Monument (see H.R. 871), H2102 [25FE]

Benjamin A. Gilman Post Office Building, Middletown, NY: designate (see H.R. 694), H996 [22JA]

Bureau of the Census: provide advanced notice to Congress before changing any questions on the decennial census (see H.R. 732), H1586 [13FE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: accelerate progress toward prevention strategies, treatments, and a cure for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and provide caregivers dementia care training (see H.R. 2283), H9171 [21NO]

Central America: respond to migrant surge from Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras at the southern border in a strategic and humane manner (see H.R. 3731), H5727 [11JY]

Chisholm, Shirley: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1968), H2916 [28MR]

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

Climate: protect through increasing renewable energy, enhancing energy efficiency standards, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions (see H.R. 330), H2647 [11MR]

Coast Guard: making continuing appropriations (see H.R. 367), H603 [15JA]

——— study and report to Congress on recreational vessel operator training (see H.R. 1669), H2646 [11MR]

Congress: establish use of ranked choice voting in elections (see H.R. 4464), H7901 [24SE]

Congressman Bill Carney Post Office, Smithtown, NY: designate (see H.R. 828), H1242 [28JA]

Copyrights: establish an alternative dispute resolution program for copyright small claims (see H.R. 2426), H8260 [18OC]

Corp. for National and Community Service: authorize grant program that strengthens capacity of community development financial institutions through alignment with national service participants (see H.R. 3845), H7150 [18JY]

Courts: allow claims against foreign states for unlawful computer intrusion (see H.R. 4189), H8261 [18OC]

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

CPSC: promulgate a product safety rule for free-standing clothing storage units to protect children from tip-over related death or injury (see H.R. 2211), H4773 [18JN]

Crime: authorize a court to impose a reduced sentence for a youthful victim offender (see H.R. 1950), H3503 [8MY]

——— make certain corrections relative to laws governing possession by a restricted person of biological agents or toxins (see H.R. 1986), H2917 [28MR]

——— prohibit traveling interstate or causing another to travel interstate for purposes of female genital mutilation (see H.R. 959), H2748 [14MR]

——— protect victims of stalking from gun violence (see H.R. 569), H601 [15JA]

——— provide a defense to prosecution for fraud and related activity in connection with computers for persons defending against unauthorized intrusions into their computers (see H.R. 3270), H4694 [13JN]

——— specify lynching as a hate crime (see H.R. 35), H520 [11JA]

DEA: clarify how controlled substance analogues that are imported or offered for import are to be regulated (see H.R. 4963), H8718 [31OC]

——— eliminate separate registration requirement for dispensing narcotic drugs categorized in schedules with lower potential for abuse that are intended for maintenance or detoxification treatment (see H.R. 2482), H4920 [19JN]

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), H361 [9JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify availability and appropriateness of training for local school food service personnel (see H.R. 2651), H7904 [24SE]

——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see H.R. 2818), H7904 [24SE]

——— strengthen Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for families, adults looking for work, seniors, and the disabled (see H.R. 1368), H2233 [26FE]

Dept. of Defense: develop with Israel directed energy capabilities to detect and defeat ballistic missiles and other threats (see H.R. 1795), H8741 [8NO]

——— review discharge characterizations of former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see H.R. 3517), H5200 [26JN]

——— 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), H4919 [19JN]

Dept. of Education: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 2653), H5729 [11JY]

——— 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), H7837 [19SE]

——— automatically discharge Federal student loan debt of eligible permanently disabled veterans (see H.R. 3598), H7153 [18JY]

——— award grants for cybersecurity curriculum for secondary schools (see H.R. 4962), H8718 [31OC]

——— establish a grant program for eligible institutions to plan and implement programs that provide support services and resources to increase transfer and graduation rates at community colleges (see H.R. 3578), H5257 [27JN]

——— establish emergency grant aid program for certain college students (see H.R. 4308), H7837 [19SE]

——— improve Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (see H.R. 2441), H7837 [19SE]

——— maintain and update College Scorecard and require institutions of higher education participating in Federal student aid programs to prominently display scorecard on home page of website (see H.R. 3026), H4350 [6JN]

——— make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 943), H1342 [31JA]

——— promote comprehensive college campus mental health and suicide prevention plans (see H.R. 4327), H7705 [12SE]

——— provide for interest-free deferment on student loans for borrowers serving in a medical or dental internship or residency program (see H.R. 1554), H3407 [1MY]

——— provide for long-term improvement of public school facilities (see H.R. 865), H1332 [30JA]

——— provide for refinancing and recalculation of certain Federal student loans (see H.R. 1899), H2884 [27MR]

——— provide for temporary emergency Impact Aid Program funds for local educational agencies (see H.R. 4316), H7705 [12SE]

——— provide grants to State libraries to allow schools with summer lunch programs to keep their libraries open for student use during summer months (see H.R. 3667), H7379 [24JY]

——— reauthorize and improve grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, and improving veteran student centers (see H.R. 1652), H7152 [18JY]

——— require colleges and universities to publish information on religious exemptions to Title IX provisions prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program (see H.R. 3555), H5256 [27JN]

——— require institutions of higher education that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (see H.R. 2747), H3840 [15MY]

——— revise rule requiring for-profit colleges receiving a certain percentage of revenue from non-Federal sources to count military and veterans’ education benefits as Federal sources (see H.R. 3369), H7497 [9AU]

——— strengthen prevention and enforcement efforts to combat college campus sexual violence (see H.R. 3381), H5005 [20JN]

——— update postsecondary student data system to ensure students and families have access to accurate and complete information on student outcomes (see H.R. 1766), H8459 [23OC]

Dept. of Energy: establish Climate Solutions Challenges program to provide for prize competitions relative to climate and energy (see H.R. 3100), H5077 [24JN]

——— establish Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy as the lead Federal agency for coordinating Federal, State, and local assistance to promote the energy retrofitting of schools (see H.R. 762), H1586 [13FE]

Dept. of HHS: address health, hygiene, and limited child care options available for infants and toddlers who lack sufficient diapers (see H.R. 1846), H3844 [15MY]

——— authorize grants for youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies to be used for school personnel and students to receive student suicide awareness and prevention training (see H.R. 3778), H7711 [13SE]

——— award grants for innovative approaches to securing prompt access to appropriate follow-on care for individuals who experience an acute mental health episode and provide for care in an emergency department (see H.R. 2519), H4701 [14JN]

——— award grants to support access of marginalized youth to sexual health services (see H.R. 2701), H3788 [14MY]

——— conduct a study on designation of general surgery shortage areas (see H.R. 1841), H3271 [15AP]

——— establish a National Mesothelioma Patient Registry (see H.R. 1824), H8260 [18OC]

——— extend advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs (see H.R. 728), H5585 [10JY]

——— facilitate State efforts to establish auto-enrollment systems to provide opt-out insurance coverage for individuals eligible for premium assistance or Medicaid (see H.R. 2061), H3067 [3AP]

——— 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), H2587 [7MR]

——— prohibit implementation or enforcement of rule on protection of statutory conscience rights in provision of health care services (see H.R. 5036), H8782 [12NO]

——— promote child care and early learning (see H.R. 1364), H2323 [4MR]

——— provide assistance to combat escalating burden of Lyme disease and other tick and vector-borne diseases (see H.R. 3073), H8228 [17OC]

——— provide for a national strategy to address and overcome Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases (see H.R. 220), H8228 [17OC]

——— provide for sexual health education of young people, including promotion of healthy relationships and prevention of unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and dating violence (see H.R. 2720), H7707 [12SE]

——— provide social service agencies with resources to provide services to meet urgent needs of Holocaust survivors to age in place with dignity, comfort, security, and quality of life (see H.R. 4077), H7490 [2AU]

——— provide women with increased access to preventive and life-saving cancer screening (see H.R. 3129), H4342 [5JN]

——— reauthorize and expand Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 2815), H5305 [9JY]

——— reauthorize and extend funding for community health centers and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 2328), H4434 [11JN]

——— reauthorize autism-related research and programs (see H.R. 1058), H3728 [10MY]

——— reauthorize grant programs and other initiatives to promote expanded screening of newborns and children for genetic diseases and disorders (see H.R. 2507), H4773 [18JN]

——— require educational agencies receiving mental health program funding to expand suicide prevention, threat identification, and intervention training to students and schools (see H.R. 2599), H5305 [9JY]

——— revise and extend projects relative to children and violence and provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 1109), H1491 [8FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: codify and strengthen Counterterrorism Advisory Board (see H.R. 769), H1210 [24JA]

——— conduct a collective response to a terrorism exercise that includes management of cascading effects on critical infrastructure during times of extreme cold weather (see H.R. 3669), H5583 [10JY]

——— conduct an inland waters threat analysis (see H.R. 4402), H8200 [16OC]

——— design and administer a voluntary online terrorist content moderation exercise program and assess social media companies’ efficacy in addressing such content (see H.R. 5209), H9167 [21NO]

——— establish Chief Information Security Officer Advisory Committee within Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (see H.R. 1975), H5008 [20JN]

——— establish Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program in Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (see H.R. 4237), H7667 [11SE]

——— establish Joint Threat Assessment and Management Task Force to make recommendations on developing a national strategy to prevent targeted violence (see H.R. 838), H5038 [21JN]

——— implement certain requirements for information relative to supply chain risk (see H.R. 3320), H4770 [18JN]

——— improve employee morale by conferring new responsibilities to Chief Human Capital Officer, establishing employee engagement committee, requiring action plans, and authorizing employee award program (see H.R. 1433), H2648 [11MR]

——— improve U.S. Customs and Border Protection identification of staffing needs (see H.R. 1639), H2613 [8MR]

——— prohibit closing of certain international field offices (see H.R. 2637), H3679 [9MY]

——— prohibit funding to implement ‘‘public charge’’ rule that expands the list of Federal aid programs that could be considered when an immigrant is applying for admission (see H.R. 3222), H4626 [12JN]

——— protect U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, agents, other personnel, and canines against potential synthetic opioid exposure (see H.R. 4739), H8257 [18OC]

——— provide funding to secure nonprofit facilities from terrorist attacks (see H.R. 2476), H3438 [2MY]

——— provide standards for facilities at which aliens in custody are detained (see H.R. 2415), H3792 [14MY]

——— require a joint domestic terrorism report, establish a National Center for the Study of Domestic Terrorism, and authorize research on current trends in domestic terrorism (see H.R. 3106), H4341 [5JN]

——— require U.S. Customs and Border Protection provision of initial health screenings, adequate medical care, water, nutrition, hygiene, sanitation, and living accommodations for detainees (see H.R. 3239), H5776 [12JY]

Dept. of HUD: allow duplication of benefits for certain Community Development Block Grant Program disaster recovery program recipients impacted by Hurricane Sandy (see H.R. 5452), H10608 [17DE]

——— authorize additional monies to the Public Housing Capital Fund (see H.R. 4546), H8079 [27SE]

Dept. of Justice: allow denial of transfer of firearms or issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see H.R. 1531), H2367 [5MR]

——— allow pursuit of Federal charges against individuals who hack voting systems used in Federal elections (see H.R. 3238), H8228 [17OC]

——— 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), H2273 [27FE]

——— extend authorization of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1327), H2099 [25FE]

——— report firearm background check denials to State and local law enforcement to allow pursuit of criminal charges and study and report to Congress on categories of people who are denied firearms (see H.R. 1671), H2646 [11MR]

——— require judicial review of executive branch ability to remove a special counsel (see H.R. 197), H208 [3JA]

——— submit to Congress investigative materials in the event of Presidential pardons for offenses that arise from an investigation in which the President, or a relative of the President, is a target (see H.R. 1627), H2583 [7MR]

Dept. of Labor: enter into contracts with industry intermediaries for purposes of promoting the development of and access to apprenticeships in the technology sector (see H.R. 1733), H2716 [13MR]

——— 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), H3926 [16MY]

——— list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (see H.R. 3219), H8228 [17OC]

——— promote registered apprenticeships and other work-based learning programs for small and medium-sized businesses within in-demand industry sectors (see H.R. 989), H1494 [8FE]

Dept. of State: ban foreigners who have committed gross violations of internationally recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) individuals from entering the U.S. (see H.R. 3252), H4693 [13JN]

——— monitor and combat anti-Semitism globally by elevating position of Special Envoy To Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism to the rank of Ambassador (see H.R. 221), H288 [8JA]

——— require annual human rights reports include information on reproductive rights (see H.R. 1581), H2581 [7MR]

——— submit a report on potential benefits and impact on the U.S. of establishment of joint U.S.-Israel Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (see H.R. 2488), H7521 [23AU]

——— support U.S. international cyber diplomacy by establishing an Ambassador to lead cyber diplomacy efforts, rejecting Internet censorship, and including Internet freedoms in human rights reports (see H.R. 739), H8199 [16OC]

Dept. of the Interior: place a moratorium on oil and gas leasing-related activities on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Atlantic Ocean, Straits of Florida, and Eastern Gulf of Mexico (see H.R. 291), H4171 [24MY]

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (see H.R. 1941), H4171 [24MY]

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), H1393 [6FE]

——— improve transparency of the Financial Stability Oversight Council and improve the systemically important financial institution (SIFI) designation process (see H.R. 3561), H8910 [15NO]

——— pay rewards to help identify and recover stolen assets linked to foreign government corruption and proceeds of such corruption hidden behind complex financial structures in the U.S. and abroad (see H.R. 389), H3069 [3AP]

——— redesign Federal reserve notes to include a likeness of Harriet Tubman (see H.R. 1083), H8228 [17OC]

Dept. of Transportation: award grants to States that have enacted and are enforcing laws to impound or immobilize limousines that fail safety inspections (see H.R. 4709), H8742 [8NO]

——— conduct research on, and implement certain safety measures and programs to prevent, illegal passing of schoolbuses (see H.R. 2218), H10124 [11DE]

——— 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), H8057 [26SE]

——— establish safety standards for limousines (see H.R. 4708), H8742 [8NO]

——— issue a rule requiring new passenger motor vehicles to be equipped with a child safety alert system to prevent leaving an unattended child in the vehicle (see H.R. 3593), H12308 [3JA]

——— modify definition of commercial motor vehicle to include any vehicle used to transport certain numbers of people (see H.R. 4697), H8828 [13NO]

——— 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), H4175 [28MY]

——— require a minimum of 2-person crews for freight trains (see H.R. 1748), H2748 [14MR]

——— require development of public transportation operations safety risk reduction programs to improve transit worker and pedestrian safety (see H.R. 1139), H3406 [1MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize use of Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program benefits to pay for preparatory courses for professional licenses and certification (see H.R. 2934), H5261 [27JN]

——— carry out a clinical trial of effects of cannabis on certain health outcomes of adults with chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 712), H3069 [3AP]

——— carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 4305), H7704 [12SE]

——— 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), H2233 [26FE]

——— ensure children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of certain per diem grant amounts (see H.R. 95), H1285 [29JA]

——— enter into an agreement with Vallejo, CA, for transfer of Mare Island Naval Cemetery (see H.R. 578), H601 [15JA]

——— extend period under which an election must be made for entitlement to educational assistance under All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program and phase out such program (see H.R. 4162), H7492 [6AU] (see H.R. 5278), H9221 [3DE]

——— make grants to State and local entities to carry out peer-to-peer mental health programs (see H.R. 1749), H2717 [13MR]

——— modify authorities relative to collective bargaining of Veterans Health Administration employees (see H.R. 1133), H1492 [8FE]

——— pay educational assistance or subsistence allowances to certain individuals during school term, quarter, or semester breaks (see H.R. 2230), H5203 [26JN]

——— prohibit smoking on premises of Veterans Health Administration facilities (see H.R. 3700), H5725 [11JY]

——— provide certain employees of Members of Congress and certain State or local government employees with access to case-tracking information (see H.R. 628), H676 [16JA]

——— 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), H8090 [1OC]

——— provide for presumption of service connection for diseases associated with herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served offshore of Vietnam (see H.R. 299), H282 [8JA]

——— provide hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for veterans discharged from the Armed Forces by reason of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 2931), H4119 [22MY]

——— 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), H4065 [21MY]

——— study and report on the prevalence of cholangiocarcinoma and liver disease in veterans of the Vietnam era caused by exposure to certain parasites (see H.R. 2568), H3474 [7MY]

Depts. of Homeland Security and HHS: notify Congress, hold congressional hearings, and limit agency authority to invoke executive privilege to avoid testifying relative to deaths of foreign nationals in U.S. custody (see H.R. 3660), H6001 [17JY]

Disabled: prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports (see H.R. 555), H600 [15JA]

Disasters: require search and rescue dogs to be treated in the same manner as seeing-eye dogs relative to protections for travel, lodging, and dining services in disaster areas (see H.R. 2623), H3678 [9MY]

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), H5261 [27JN]

——— improve health and safety of those living with food allergies and related disorders, including anaphylaxis, food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome, and eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases (see H.R. 2117), H3342 [30AP]

District of Columbia: statehood (see H.R. 51), H202 [3JA]

Drugs: decriminalize marijuana, use tax revenues to assist certain small businesses, research effects on driving and health, restrict advertising to protect children, and expunge certain marijuana-related convictions (see H.R. 2843), H4009 [20MY]

Easterseals (organization): anniversary (see H. Res. 100), H1362 [5FE]

Education: ensure public school teacher compensation is comparable to other college graduates and increase investment in public education (see H. Res. 58), H998 [22JA]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 2), H288 [8JA]

——— protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for infrastructure used to carry out such elections (see H.R. 2660), H3726 [10MY]

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), H2744 [14MR]

——— allow workers to make requests about schedules without fear of retaliation and ensure employers consider such requests in order to provide more stable and predictable schedules for employees (see H.R. 5004), H8738 [8NO]

——— prevent workplace harassment, end mandatory arbitration and pre-employment non-disclosure agreements, expand civil rights protections, empower workers who report harassment, and eliminate tipped minimum wage (see H.R. 2148), 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), H3438 [2MY]

——— strengthen protections for employees experiencing harassment in the workplace, including sexual harassment and assault and harassment based on protected categories (see H.R. 1521), H2366 [5MR]

EPA: reestablish Office of Noise Abatement and Control (see H.R. 3001), 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), H7536 [6SE]

——— take certain actions relative to pesticides that may affect pollinators (see H.R. 1337), H3442 [2MY]

Executive Office of the President: require quarterly reports on security clearances for employees (see H.R. 538), H543 [14JA]

FAA: enter into appropriate arrangements with National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to provide for a report on health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution (see H.R. 976), H1361 [5FE]

——— provide funding from Airport and Airway Trust Fund for FAA activities in the event of a Government shutdown (see H.R. 1108), H2036 [14FE]

Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or child involved (see H.R. 3114), H7152 [18JY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: provide that 12 weeks of family leave made available to Federal employees shall be paid leave (see H.R. 1534), H3267 [12AP]

FCC: combat pirate radio by increasing fines, enhance liability for those who facilitate pirate operations, streamline enforcement process, and institute enforcement sweeps (see H.R. 583), H1586 [13FE]

——— designate 9-8-8 as universal telephone number for national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system operated through National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Veterans Crisis Line (see H.R. 4194), H9388 [9DE]

——— provide that certain actions shall have no force or effect (see H.R. 530), H2887 [27MR]

——— repeal requirement to reallocate and auction the T-Band spectrum (see H.R. 451), H8199 [16OC]

——— restore Open Internet Order and its net neutrality protections (see H.R. 1644), H2748 [14MR]

——— revise sponsorship identification rules to require disclosure of significant donors to persons paying for broadcasts of political matters or matters involving issues of public importance (see H.R. 5015), H8738 [8NO]

FDA: prevent human health threats posed by consumption of equines raised in the U.S. (see H.R. 961), H2047 [22FE]

FEC: enhance transparency and accountability for online political advertisements by requiring those who purchase and publish such ads to disclose information about the advertisements (see H.R. 2592), H3500 [8MY]

——— reduce number of members, revise method of selection and terms of service of members, and distribute the powers between the Chair and the remaining members (see H.R. 1272), H2031 [14FE]

Federal agencies and departments: guarantee back pay to federally-contracted retail, food, custodial, and security service workers furloughed during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 339), H603 [15JA] (see H.R. 678), H1214 [24JA]

——— modify Do Not Pay Initiative and improve detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments to deceased individuals (see H.R. 2543), H3473 [7MY]

——— provide back pay to Federal contractors (see H.R. 824), H2043 [19FE]

——— require certain agencies to develop scientific integrity policies (see H.R. 1709), H3477 [7MY]

Federal employees: increase rates of pay for General Schedule and prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 1073), H1460 [7FE]

——— protect Federal employees and contractors from foreclosures, evictions, loan defaults, property repossession, and other civil liabilties during a lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 588), H674 [16JA]

——— provide for compensation of furloughed employees in the event of a lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 67), H203 [3JA]

——— provide that civilian service as a temporary employee after a certain date may be creditable service under the Federal Employees Retirement System (see H.R. 2478), H4350 [6JN]

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), H5776 [12JY]

——— provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions (see H.R. 1154), H7867 [20SE]

FEMA: provide capitalization grants to States to establish revolving funds to provide funding assistance to reduce flood risks (see H.R. 1610), H3407 [1MY]

Firearms: authorize issuance of extreme risk protection orders to allow family or law enforcement to petition to have firearms temporarily removed from a person who may present a danger to others or themselves (see H.R. 3076), H4312 [4JN]

——— establish Federal requirements for safe storage, penalties for violations, and incentives for States to establish similar requirements (see H.R. 2867), H7867 [20SE]

——— prevent a person convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or who received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in its commission, from obtaining a firearm (see H.R. 2708), H5305 [9JY]

——— prevent the purchase of ammunition by prohibited purchasers (see H.R. 1705), H2715 [13MR]

——— prohibit Federal funding to train or arm school personnel with firearms (see H. Res. 231), H3131 [8AP]

——— prohibit online publication of blueprints for 3-D printed plastic guns (see H.R. 3265), H4920 [19JN]

——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1186), H1582 [13FE]

——— regulate assault weapons and ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited (see H.R. 1296), H2038 [15FE]

——— require a background check for every firearm sale (see H.R. 8), H361 [9JA]

Fish and fishing: improve conservation of sharks (see H.R. 788), H7471 [25JY]

——— prohibit sale of shark fins (see H.R. 737), H7505 [16AU]

Floyd H. Flake Federal Building, Queens, NY: designate (see H.R. 718), H3304 [29AP]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 1055), H1459 [7FE]

Foreign policy: promote security and energy partnerships in the Eastern Mediterranean (see H.R. 2913), H4390 [10JN]

Foreign trade: require congressional approval before the President can adjust imports in the interest of national security (see H.R. 940), H7867 [20SE]

——— require Dept. of Defense to justify national security basis for certain tariffs and increase congressional oversight of process by which Presidents can apply such tariffs (see H.R. 1008), H7903 [24SE]

Freedom of religion: ensure laws intended to protect religious freedom do not infringe upon laws intended to protect civil rights (see H.R. 1450), H2313 [28FE]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 2646), H3679 [9MY]

——— prohibit unfair and deceptive practice of commercial sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy (see H.R. 3570), H5257 [27JN]

——— promulgate regulations relative to sensitive personal information or behavioral data (see H.R. 2013), H2938 [1AP]

GAO: study how certain individuals who are granted pretrial release are monitored (see H.R. 3657), H7666 [11SE]

George H. Bacel Post Office Building, Fayetteville, NY: designate (see H.R. 5451), H10608 [17DE]

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]

——— increase availability and affordability of menstrual hygiene products for women and girls with limited access (see H.R. 1882), H4434 [11JN]

——— prohibit insurance companies from denying or limiting coverage or charging higher premiums for living organ donors and allow use of family and medical leave by such donors (see H.R. 1224), H3792 [14MY]

——— protect patients from surprise medical bills (see H.R. 3502), H5261 [27JN]

——— recognize importance of vaccinations and immunizations (see H. Res. 179), H3729 [10MY]

Health care professionals: reauthorize certain grant programs relative to health professions workforce training (see H.R. 2781), H7493 [6AU]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 561), H7773 [18SE]

Honduras: suspend security assistance until human rights violations by security forces stop and their perpetrators are brought to justice (see H.R. 1945), H2914 [28MR]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 693), H1350 [4FE]

Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area: redesignate as Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area (see H.R. 695), H996 [22JA]

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), H2678 [12MR]

——— eliminate annual numerical limitation on U visas and grant work authorization to certain aliens with a pending application for nonimmigrant status (see H.R. 4319), H7837 [19SE]

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

——— limit separation of families at or near ports of entry (see H.R. 541), H543 [14JA]

——— provide that an alien may not be denied admission to the U.S. because of religion (see H.R. 590), H674 [16JA]

——— require the President to set a minimum annual goal for number of refugees to be admitted into the U.S. at not less than 110,000 after 2020 (see H.R. 3376), H5005 [20JN]

——— rescind Executive actions suspending issuance of visas to nationals of certain countries, prohibit religious discrimination, and limit Presidential authority to suspend or restrict entry of a class of aliens (see H.R. 2214), H3252 [10AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1878), H3260 [10AP] (see H.R. 2315), H7837 [19SE]

Infrastructure: ensure any infrastructure plan provides for job creation, public investment, clean energy jobs, fair hiring and wage standards, and protection of Federal aid programs, the environment, and civil rights (see H. Con. Res. 36), H3283 [25AP]

Insurance: require a group health plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol (see H.R. 2279), H3442 [2MY]

——— require group and individual health insurance coverage for treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect (see H.R. 1379), H2233 [26FE]

——— require health insurance providers to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (see H.R. 1730), H2797 [25MR]

Iran: limit use of funds for military operations in or against Iran (see H.R. 2354), H5077 [24JN]

IRS: disapprove rule on charitable contribution and estate tax deductions when a taxpayer receives or expects to receive a corresponding State or local tax credit (see H.J. Res. 72), H7153 [18JY]

Israel: affirm benefits of U.S.-Israel economic relationship, include science and technology innovation in continued cooperation, and encourage expansion of economic dialogue (see H. Res. 324), H8742 [8NO]

——— authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 1837), H2919 [28MR]

——— 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), H2798 [25MR]

Kent, Shannon M.: tribute (see H. Res. 134), H8229 [17OC]

King, Representative Steve: condemn and censure relative to remarks about White supremacy and White nationalism (see H. Res. 40), H603 [15JA]

Korea, Republic of: provide high-skilled visas for nationals (see H.R. 1762), H9180 [26NO]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: provide permanent, dedicated funding (see H.R. 3195), H8097 [4OC]

LGBTQ Equality Day: designate (see H. Res. 465), H5201 [26JN]

Louise and Bob Slaughter Post Office, Fairport, NY: designate (see H.R. 540), H543 [14JA]

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), H3448 [3MY]

Medicaid: increase number of States that may conduct demonstration programs to improve access to community mental health services (see H.R. 1767), H2743 [14MR]

——— promote access to life-saving therapies for enrollees by ensuring coverage of routine patient costs for items and services furnished in connection with participation in qualifying clinical trials (see H.R. 913), H4345 [5JN]

——— reauthorize Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program (see H.R. 1342), H2648 [11MR]

——— reduce maternal mortality by extending duration of coverage for women after they give birth, improving obstetric case management, and providing training to clinicians to better care for women of color (see H.R. 1897), H3792 [14MY]

Medicare: amend certain reporting requirements relative to clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 3584), H9176 [22NO]

——— coordinate programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 1530), H5305 [9JY]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 1763), H2763 [21MR]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2150), H3267 [12AP]

——— establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to target home and community-based care to eligible beneficiaries (see H.R. 3461), H5306 [9JY]

——— exclude complex rehabilitative manual wheelchairs from competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 2293), H3263 [12AP]

——— expand coverage to include eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dental care (see H.R. 576), H601 [15JA]

——— improve how beneficiaries are assigned under the shared savings program by also basing such assignment on primary care services from nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and clinical nurse specialists (see H.R. 900), H2102 [25FE]

——— permit nurse practitioners and physician assistants to satisfy the documentation requirement for coverage of certain shoes for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 808), H2035 [14FE]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1948), H2915 [28MR]

——— provide for a pilot program to include respiratory therapists as telehealth practitioners (see H.R. 2508), H4315 [4JN]

——— provide for an option for individuals age 50 to 64 to buy into Medicare (see H.R. 1346), H3406 [1MY]

——— provide for distribution of additional residency positions to help combat the opioid crisis (see H.R. 2439), H4218 [3JN] (see H.R. 3414), H5169 [25JN]

——— provide for payments for certain rural health clinic and federally qualified health center services furnished to hospice patients (see H.R. 2594), H5305 [9JY]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program and Medicare Advantage program to further transparency of payment methodology of pharmacies (see H.R. 1035), H1458 [7FE]

——— provide outreach and reporting on comprehensive Alzheimer’s disease care planning services (see H.R. 1873), H7529 [30AU]

——— recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (see H.R. 1840), H3442 [2MY]

——— remove exclusion of coverage for hearing aids and examinations (see H.R. 1518), H2366 [5MR]

——— 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), H7378 [24JY]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1570), H2504 [6MR]

——— waive eligibility waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington’s disease (see H.R. 2770), H3841 [15MY]

Meningitis B Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 313), H3256 [10AP]

Metropolitan Museum of Art: issue postage stamp in commemoration of anniversary of founding (see H. Res. 311), H3407 [1MY]

Middle East: address Arab-Israeli conflict in a concurrent track with Israeli-Palestinian peace process and commend Arab and Muslim-majority states that have improved bilateral relations with Israel (see H. Res. 138), H5586 [10JY]

——— impose sanctions relative to foreign support for Palestinian terrorism (see H.R. 1850), H4011 [20MY]

Minimum wage: increase (see H.R. 582), H673 [16JA]

——— provide for a Federal minimum wage based on regional cost-of-living (see H.R. 2080), H3099 [4AP]

Mongolia: promote trade with the U.S. by authorizing duty-free treatment for certain imports (see H.R. 2219), H5266 [28JN]

Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini Post Office Building, Brooklyn, NY: designate (see H.R. 4794), H8460 [23OC]

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), H5586 [10JY]

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), H4697 [13JN]

National and Community Service Administration: establish (see H.R. 3464), H5165 [25JN]

National Commission on Fibrotic Diseases: establish (see H.R. 3446), H5075 [24JN]

National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 34), H3264 [12AP]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 340), H3404 [1MY]

National Gun Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 391), H4345 [5JN]

National Gun Violence Awareness Weekend: designate (see H. Res. 391), H4345 [5JN]

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), H4697 [13JN]

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1830), H2754 [18MR]

National Voting Rights Month: designate (see H. Res. 556), H7775 [18SE]

National Whistleblower Appreciation Day: designate (see H. Res. 240), H2745 [14MR]

National Women’s Hall of Fame: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 1982), H3342 [30AP]

Native Americans: reauthorize program to ensure survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages (see H.R. 912), H8959 [18NO]

News media: express that all briefings held by the President or Federal agencies should be made available to the press, except under circumstances that are consistent with Federal law (see H. Res. 325), H3407 [1MY]

Normandia Maldonado Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 3870), H7560 [9SE]

Northern Ireland: reaffirm support for the Good Friday Agreement as the framework for continued advancement of partnership, reconciliation, and mutual trust and encourage continued respect for provisions (see H. Res. 585), H8098 [4OC]

NSF: support multidisciplinary research on the science of suicide (see H.R. 4704), H9059 [19NO]

Oceans: improve domestic infrastructure to prevent marine debris (see H.R. 3969), H7711 [13SE]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: establish an interagency working group to coordinate activities and develop policy guidance to protect federally funded research and development (see H.R. 3038), H4920 [19JN]

Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor: increase funding (see H.R. 2288), H3342 [30AP]

O’Ree, Willie: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2504), H7598 [10SE]

Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge: rename as Congressman Lester Wolff National Wildlife Refuge (see H.R. 263), H228 [4JA]

Partnership Fund for Peace: establish to facilitate and finance joint economic ventures and people-to-people exchanges between Palestinians, Israelis, and Americans (see H.R. 3104), H7904 [24SE]

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), H9058 [19NO]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 748), H1218 [25JA]

Plum Island, NY: repeal requirement for GSA to sell certain Federal property, require further use be for conservation, education, and research, and conduct a special resource study (see H.R. 1578), H2504 [6MR]

Political campaigns: clarify obligation to report acts of foreign election influence and require implementation of compliance and reporting systems by Federal campaigns to detect and report such acts (see H.R. 4617), H8200 [16OC]

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

Population: improve Federal population surveys by requiring collection of voluntary, self-disclosed information on sexual orientation and gender identity in certain surveys (see H.R. 3509), H5200 [26JN]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 54), H1218 [25JA]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 23), H1173 [23JA]

——— ensure that the Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to privatization (see H. Res. 33), H603 [15JA]

——— provide authority to mail alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 2517), H4390 [10JN]

——— provide for certain index fund investments from the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (see H.R. 2553), H5729 [11JY]

——— repeal requirement to prepay future retirement benefits (see H.R. 2382), H3844 [15MY]

——— restore preexisting service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 60), H1465 [7FE]

——— study retrofitting mail collection boxes with narrow mail slots to prevent mail theft (see H.R. 3579), H5257 [27JN]

Poway, CA: condemn attack on Chabad of Poway Synagogue, offer condolences to victims, commend first responders, and condemn anti-Semitism, white supremacy, white nationalism, and all forms of hatred (see H. Res. 364), H3679 [9MY]

Presidents of the U.S.: require disclosure of Federal income tax returns by Presidents and Vice Presidents and candidates for such offices (see H.R. 273), H1350 [4FE]

Public Health Service: designate Chief Nurse Officer as National Nurse for Public Health (see H.R. 1597), H7755 [17SE]

Religion: recognize historic contributions by the American Muslim community (see H. Res. 276), H3267 [12AP]

Schools: prohibit stigmatization of children who are unable to pay for meals (see H.R. 2311), H5270 [2JY]

SEC: require public companies to disclose gender, race, ethnicity, and veteran status of their board directors, nominees, and senior executive officers (see H.R. 1018), H2273 [27FE]

Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon M. Kent Post Office, Pine Plains, NY: designate (see H.R. 2151), H3215 [9AP]

Senior citizens: issue Stamp Out Elder Abuse Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 2719), H8228 [17OC]

——— provide equal treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older individuals (see H.R. 1777), H2743 [14MR]

Sesame Street (television program): anniversary (see H. Res. 540), H8083 [27SE]

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), H3406 [1MY]

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), H7472 [25JY]

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (see H.R. 1407), H2270 [27FE]

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

——— improve Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program for low-income mothers (see H.R. 2602), H3926 [16MY]

——— improve quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1551), H3792 [14MY]

——— protect system and improve benefits (see H.R. 860), H1331 [30JA]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 141), H2370 [5MR]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 1532), H2367 [5MR]

Sports: ensure pay equity for amateur athletes (see H.R. 3804), H7162 [22JY]

——— 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), H2742 [14MR]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 1185), H1581 [13FE]

Syria: reaffirm unique collaboration among U.S. nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), including faith-based organizations, and Israel Defense Forces to deliver humanitarian assistance to Syrians (see H. Res. 310), H5586 [10JY]

Taxation: allow for contributions to Alzheimer’s Research and Caregiving Trust Fund through Federal income tax returns (see H.R. 3453), H7484 [30JY]

——— allow the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard (see H.R. 413), H5038 [21JN]

——— encourage retirement savings (see H.R. 1007), H8459 [23OC]

——— expand exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance and expand availability of student loan interest deduction (see H.R. 5359), H9347 [6DE]

——— expand use of Coverdell education savings accounts as lifelong learning accounts to pay for skills training, career-related learning, and professional development (see H.R. 898), H1334 [30JA]

——— extend exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payments of qualified education loans (see H.R. 1043), H1458 [7FE]

——— impose a tax on carbon dioxide emissions from energy and industrial facilities and use revenues to establish a Carbon Dioxide Trust Fund to support families and encourage clean energy technologies (see H.R. 763), H4167 [23MY]

——— increase age limits for ABLE account eligibility (see H.R. 1814), H3407 [1MY]

——— increase and make child tax credit fully refundable, establish an increased child tax credit for young children, index credits for inflation, and set up advance payments on a monthly basis (see H.R. 1560), H2503 [6MR]

——— increase deduction allowed for student loan interest (see H.R. 3098), H4312 [4JN]

——— make permanent the work opportunity tax credit (see H.R. 2213), H7904 [24SE]

——— 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), H9348 [6DE]

——— modify limitation on deduction of State and local taxes (see H.R. 5377), H10015 [10DE]

——— modify tax treatment of amounts related to employment discrimination and harassment in the workplace, including sexual harassment and assault and harassment based on protected categories (see H.R. 1521), H2366 [5MR]

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

——— repeal limitation on deduction for State and local taxes and restore higher tax rates for upper income individuals (see H.R. 1142), H1517 [11FE]

——— repeal limitation on deductions for certain taxes, including State and local taxes (see H.R. 257), H288 [8JA]

——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property (see H.R. 1869), H7378 [24JY]

——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 1679), H2887 [27MR]

——— treat certain military survivor benefits as earned income for purposes of the kiddie tax (see H.R. 2481), H4066 [21MY]

Terrorism: authorize domestic terrorism offices in the Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice and the FBI to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and take steps to prevent domestic terrorism (see H.R. 1931), H3442 [2MY]

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4634), H8960 [18NO]

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), H2587 [7MR]

——— ensure aviation security fees are used to finance costs of aviation security screening by repealing requirement that a portion of such fees be deposited into the Treasury (see H.R. 1171), H1580 [13FE]

——— require deployment of law enforcement personnel at airport screening locations at very large airports (see H.R. 4020), H7465 [25JY]

——— require GAO review of screening protocols for formula, breast milk, purified deionized water for infants, and juice (see H.R. 3246), H4693 [13JN]

Trump, President: prohibit funding to enforce Executive order suspending the issuance of visas to nationals of certain countries and entrance of all refugees (see H.R. 810), H3266 [12AP]

——— 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]

Turkey: impose sanctions relative to military offensive in Syria (see H.R. 4695), H8460 [23OC]

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), H2919 [28MR]

——— reaffirm commitment to, and oppose withdrawal from, Paris Agreement (see H. Con. Res. 15), H1492 [8FE]

U.N. Population Fund: authorize contributions (see H.R. 4722), H8227 [17OC]

Uterine Fibroids Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 488), H7473 [25JY]

Veterans: issue PFC Garfield M. Langhorn Memorial semipostal stamp to benefit veterans (see H.R. 688), H2102 [25FE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1585), H2828 [26MR]

Voting: develop academic curriculum on importance, history of suppression, and current restrictive laws, issue stamp recognizing efforts supporting the right to vote, and promote elections and automatic registration (see H. Res. 556), H7775 [18SE]

——— encourage Congress to pass legislation to increase voting access and registration, protect voting rights, and improve election security (see H. Res. 556), H7775 [18SE]

——— require voting systems to produce voter-verified, auditable paper records of votes, minimum cybersecurity standards, accessibility for disabled individuals, and post-election risk-limiting audits (see H.R. 2754), H3841 [15MY]

——— 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] (see H.R. 1799), H2745 [14MR]

Water: establish a trust fund to provide adequate funding for water and sewer infrastructure (see H.R. 1417), H3449 [3MY]

Weissmandl, Michoel Ber: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 929), H2506 [6MR]

Wildlife: 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), H2234 [26FE]

——— support wildlife conservation, improve anti-trafficking enforcement, reward anti-trafficking whistleblowers, and use fines and other penalties to fund conservation efforts (see H.R. 864), H3681 [9MY]

Women: allow certain grants to be used to assist victims of female genital mutilation and classify female genital mutilation as a crime for purposes of FBI Uniform Crime Reports (see H.R. 960), H2748 [14MR]

——— combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 5267), H9179 [26NO]

——— constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 35), H7473 [25JY]

——— 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]

——— ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see H.R. 2694), H8200 [16OC]

——— 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), H4920 [19JN]

——— mint coins in commemoration of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage (see H.R. 2423), H7990 [25SE]

——— 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), H3844 [15MY]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 38), H1336 [30JA] (see H.J. Res. 79), H8739 [8NO]

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), H5038 [21JN]

——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) known as ‘‘Merrill’s Marauders’’ for bravery and service in the jungles of Burma (see H.R. 906), H8199 [16OC]

——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. merchant mariners of World War II (see H.R. 550), H3259 [10AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Alcohol Responsibility Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 305), H3256 [10AP]

Crime: increase reporting of domestic violence records (see H.R. 4600), H8094 [4OC]

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), H2884 [27MR]

——— ensure that healthy research dogs and cats are adopted into suitable homes (see H.R. 2850), H4010 [20MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop and disseminate a threat assessment relative to terrorist use of virtual currency (see H.R. 428), H461 [10JA]

——— establish National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (see H.R. 542), H544 [14JA]

——— rescind authority to waive Federal law to facilitate construction of border barriers (see H.R. 1232), H2029 [14FE]

Dept. of Transportation: condition Federal highway funding to States on enactment and enforcement of laws charging individuals who drive a motor vehicle, with a child passenger, while intoxicated or impaired (see H.R. 3008), H4164 [23MY]

——— establish a distracted driving education grant program (see H.R. 3009), H4164 [23MY]

——— improve safety of individuals by taking measures to end drunken driving (see H.R. 3011), H4164 [23MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: give preference to companies that employ veterans when awarding contracts for procurement of goods or services (see H.R. 2109), H3100 [4AP]

——— revise mission statement to be more inclusive of women veterans and surviving family members (see H.R. 3010), H4164 [23MY]

FEC: apply restrictions on personal use of campaign funds to political committees, treat certain coordinated expenditures as candidate contributions, and disclose funding source for political advertisements (see H.R. 679), H718 [17JA]

GAO: provide for a joint session of House and Senate budget committees to receive a presentation on the audited financial statement of the Executive branch (see H. Con. Res. 68), H8054 [26SE]

House of Representatives: carry out an annual information security training program for Members, officers, and employees of the House (see H. Res. 355), H3474 [7MY]

Lieutenant Michael R. Davidson Post Office Building, Floral Park, NY: designate (see H.R. 1833), H2755 [18MR]

National Apprenticeship Week: designate (see H. Res. 703), H8878 [14NO]

National Park Service: study ways to commemorate and preserve the aviation history of Long Island, NY (see H.R. 2369), H3283 [25AP]

Reoforce, Inc.: relief (see H.R. 4972), H8719 [31OC]

Simonson, Theodore: relief (see H.R. 4972), H8719 [31OC]

Taxation: increase deduction allowed for student loan interest and exclude from gross income discharges of income-contigent or income-based student loan indebtedness (see H.R. 1798), H2745 [14MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Crime: increase reporting of domestic violence records (H.R. 4600), H8095 [4OC]

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 (H.R. 1903), H2886 [27MR]

——— ensure that healthy research dogs and cats are adopted into suitable homes (H.R. 2850), H4010 [20MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop and disseminate a threat assessment relative to terrorist use of virtual currency (H.R. 428), H463 [10JA]

——— establish National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (H.R. 542), H544 [14JA]

——— rescind authority to waive Federal law to facilitate construction of border barriers (H.R. 1232), H2033 [14FE]

Dept. of Transportation: condition Federal highway funding to States on enactment and enforcement of laws charging individuals who drive a motor vehicle, with a child passenger, while intoxicated or impaired (H.R. 3008), H4166 [23MY]

——— establish a distracted driving education grant program (H.R. 3009), H4166 [23MY]

——— improve safety of individuals by taking measures to end drunken driving (H.R. 3011), H4167 [23MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: give preference to companies that employ veterans when awarding contracts for procurement of goods or services (H.R. 2109), H3101 [4AP]

——— revise mission statement to be more inclusive of women veterans and surviving family members (H.R. 3010), H4167 [23MY]

FEC: apply restrictions on personal use of campaign funds to political committees, treat certain coordinated expenditures as candidate contributions, and disclose funding source for political advertisements (H.R. 679), H720 [17JA]

Lieutenant Michael R. Davidson Post Office Building, Floral Park, NY: designate (H.R. 1833), H2756 [18MR]

National Park Service: study ways to commemorate and preserve the aviation history of Long Island, NY (H.R. 2369), H3284 [25AP]

Reoforce, Inc.: relief (H.R. 4972), H8720 [31OC]

Simonson, Theodore: relief (H.R. 4972), H8720 [31OC]

Taxation: increase deduction allowed for student loan interest and exclude from gross income discharges of income-contigent or income-based student loan indebtedness (H.R. 1798), H2747 [14MR]

Letters

Securing American Nonprofit Organizations Against Terrorism Act: Robert B. Goldberg, Jewish Federations of North America, H4366 [10JN]

Supporting Research and Development for First Responders Act: Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H4364 [10JN]

——— Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H4365 [10JN]

Remarks

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, H8475 [28OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: assign certain officers and intelligence analysts to participating State, local, and regional fusion centers in jurisdictions with high-risk surface transportation assets (H.R. 2539), H4369, H4370 [10JN]

——— authorize cyber incident response teams (H.R. 1158), H4367, H4368 [10JN]

——— develop an engagement strategy with State and local fusion centers (H.R. 504), H1261, H1262, H1263 [29JA]

——— develop and disseminate a threat assessment relative to terrorist use of virtual currency (H.R. 428), H1259, H1260 [29JA]

——— develop and disseminate threat assessment on terrorist use of ghost guns (H.R. 2621), H4364 [10JN]

——— establish a board to coordinate and integrate departmental intelligence, activities, and policy relative to counterterrorism (H.R. 769), H1263, H1264 [29JA]

——— establish National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (H.R. 542), H4364, H4365 [10JN]

——— produce and disseminate an annual catalog on training, publications, programs, and services for State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies (H.R. 449), H1260, H1261 [29JA]

——— provide funding to secure nonprofit facilities from terrorist attacks (H.R. 2476), H4365, H4366, H4367 [10JN]

——— require U.S. Customs and Border Protection establishment of uniform and improved processes for performance of initial health screenings of individuals interdicted between ports of entry (H.R. 3525), H8034 [26SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: give preference to companies that employ veterans when awarding contracts for procurement of goods or services (H.R. 2109), H5045 [24JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), H5053 [24JN]

FAA: Airport and Airway Trust Fund aircraft noise mitigation funding, H5053 [24JN]

Garden City, NY: anniversary, H10128 [12DE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3494), H5898, H5899 [16JY]

Lieutenant Michael R. Davidson Post Office Building, Floral Park, NY: designate (H.R. 1833), H8170 [16OC]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: consult with Under Sec. of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis and share threat assessment on terrorist use of virtual currency with State, local, and regional fusion centers, H5898, H5899 [16JY]

Older Americans Act: authorize appropriations (H.R. 4334), H8475 [28OC]

Votes: position on missed, H3239• [10AP], H7690• [12SE]

Tributes

Getman, Mark, H7255 [24JY]