ROGERS, MIKE (a Representative from Alabama)

Appointments

Conferee: S. 1790, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7745 [17SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

——— require health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (see H.R. 962), H1394 [6FE]

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

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 1175), H7597 [10SE]

American Legion: allow determination of membership requirements (see H.R. 1641), H7161 [22JY]

Appropriations: making for Federal employees working during the Government shutdown (see H.R. 271), H465 [10JA]

Armed Forces: expand certain benefits for survivors of members who die in the line of duty (see H.R. 1911), H3271 [15AP]

——— review service of certain members during World War I to determine if such members should be awarded the Medal of Honor and authorize such award based on results of the review (see H.R. 2249), H4218 [3JN]

Committee on Homeland Security (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 192), H2584 [7MR]

Dept. of Education: reauthorize mandatory funding programs for historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions (see H.R. 2486), H7598 [10SE]

——— update postsecondary student data system to ensure students and families have access to accurate and complete information on student outcomes (see H.R. 1766), H7715 [16SE]

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), H5038 [21JN]

——— provide assistance to combat escalating burden of Lyme disease and other tick and vector-borne diseases (see H.R. 3073), H5039 [21JN]

——— provide for research and improvement of cardiovascular health among South Asian population of the U.S. (see H.R. 3131), H8679 [30OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: ensure U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, agents, and other personnel have adequate synthetic opioid detection equipment and a process to update synthetic opioid detection capability (see H.R. 4761), H8258 [18OC]

——— establish Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program (see H.R. 3377), H5005 [20JN]

——— establish programs to combat transnational criminal organizations (see H.R. 3273), H4774 [18JN]

——— expedite U.S. Customs and Border Protection hiring process for law enforcement positions by expanding authority to waive polygraph examinations for certain applicants (see H.R. 1609), H2583 [7MR]

——— extend Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program (see H.R. 251), H228 [4JA]

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

——— improve management and administration of security clearance processes (see H.R. 424), H461 [10JA]

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

——— prohibit from operating or procuring foreign-made unmanned aircraft systems (see H.R. 4753), H8258 [18OC]

——— 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 for certain acquisition authorities for the Under Sec. of Management (see H.R. 3413), H7472 [25JY]

——— reauthorize U.S. Customs and Border Protection Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Program (see H.R. 3719), H5726 [11JY]

——— require certain coordination with Federal and non-Federal entities relative to cybersecurity risks and incidents (see H.R. 5394), H10123 [11DE]

Dept. of Labor: ensure compensation for certain hours of work for border patrol agents (see H.R. 2335), H3306 [29AP]

——— 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), H7560 [9SE]

Dept. of Transportation: clarify definition of agricultural commodities relative to motor carrier safety regulations (see H.R. 1673), H3260 [10AP]

——— 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]

——— 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), H5008 [20JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 4305), H8299 [21OC]

——— 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), H1363 [5FE]

FDA: strengthen regulation of compounding drugs by pharmacies (see H.R. 1959), H4181 [30MY]

FEMA: ensure more effective use and management of advance contracts for goods and services in areas affected by disasters by incorporating GAO recommendations on such contracts (see H.R. 3500), H5261 [27JN]

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

——— update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 2443), H4218 [3JN]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 65), H5266 [28JN]

Israel: authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 1837), H2888 [27MR]

——— 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), H2888 [27MR]

Jews: reject anti-Israel and anti-Semitic hatred (see H. Res. 72), H1351 [4FE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1855), H5038 [21JN]

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), H2987 [2AP]

Medicaid: provide coverage for services for treatment of psychiatric or substance use disorders furnished to certain individuals in an institution for mental diseases (see H.R. 5006), H8786 [12NO]

——— require States to report information on payments to abortion providers (see H.R. 708), H997 [22JA]

Medicare: delay reduction of durable medical equipment payment reimbursement rates and update budget neutrality requirement for oxygen (see H.R. 2771), H4175 [28MY]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 1763), H4171 [24MY]

——— improve home health payment reforms (see H.R. 2573), H8741 [8NO]

——— permit States to designate facilities in rural areas as critical access hospitals without any mileage limitations (see H.R. 2990), H8459 [23OC]

——— prohibit prescription drug plan sponsors and Medicare Advantage prescription drug organizations from retroactively reducing payment on clean claims submitted by pharmacies (see H.R. 803), H5304 [9JY]

——— provide coverage for all physicians’ services furnished by chiropractors within the scope of their license (see H.R. 3654), H7756 [17SE]

——— 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), H4181 [30MY]

——— 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), H4181 [30MY]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1570), H3285 [25AP]

Middle East: recognize Israel’s sovereignty over, and promote and conduct joint projects on, Golan Heights, and ensure Syria faces consequences for killing civilians, ethnic cleansing, and use of weapons of mass destruction (see H.R. 1372), H2828 [26MR]

Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan and reduce minimum age for allowable in-service distributions (see H.R. 935), H1519 [11FE]

NASA: allow to accept in-kind consideration for certain leases (see H.R. 4304), H8542 [28OC]

——— 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), H7152 [18JY]

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), H4217 [3JN] (see H.R. 1225), H4349 [6JN]

——— establish African American Burial Grounds Network (see H.R. 1179), H9348 [6DE]

National Police Week: observance (see H. Res. 383), H3964 [17MY]

NIH: provide that authority of National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to make certain research endowments applies to both current and former centers of excellence (see H.R. 4499), H8880 [14NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 748), H4175 [28MY]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 54), H8742 [8NO]

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

Public welfare programs: amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 1753), H3305 [29AP]

Radio: oppose new fees, taxes, royalties, or charges on local, over the air, radio stations (see H. Con. Res. 20), H2042 [19FE]

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]

Senate Rules: require any sitting Senator actively seeking election to the Presidency to recuse themselves from impeachment trial of an incumbent President serving his or her first term (see H. Res. 744), H9294 [5DE]

Social Security: establish disability benefit offset for Purple Heart recipients (see H.R. 2655), H9223 [3DE]

Taxation: establish tax credits to encourage individual and corporate taxpayers to contribute to scholarships for elementary and secondary students through eligible scholarship-granting organizations (see H.R. 1434), H2312 [28FE]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 2258), H7244 [23JY]

——— extend exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payments of qualified education loans (see H.R. 1043), H8880 [14NO]

——— make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 2137), H7152 [18JY]

——— modify definition of income for purposes of determining the tax-exempt status of certain mutual or cooperative telephone or electric companies (see H.R. 2147), H7707 [12SE]

——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 510), H1350 [4FE]

——— provide a special rule for certain casualty losses of uncut timber (see H.R. 1444), H3477 [7MY]

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

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

——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property (see H.R. 1869), H8459 [23OC]

——— 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), H5726 [11JY]

Transportation Security Administration: establish a task force to conduct an analysis of emerging and potential future threats to transportation security (see H.R. 3318), H4770 [18JN]

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

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: issue depredation permits for taking of black vultures to livestock farmers to prevent harm to livestock (see H.R. 3655), H5302 [9JY]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H2586 [7MR]

Women: mint coins in commemoration of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage (see H.R. 2423), H7904 [24SE]

World War II: 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), H4919 [19JN]

——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. merchant mariners of World War II (see H.R. 550), H5168 [25JN]

——— mint coins in honor of anniversary of end of war (see H.R. 3155), H7867 [20SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: make certain multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements eligible for purchase with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 3142), H4343 [5JN]

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 344), H284 [8JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: require annual homeland threat assessment (see H.R. 480), H463 [10JA]

FCC: require multichannel video programming distributors to carry rural video programming (see H.R. 2682), H3727 [10MY]

Immigration: making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (see H.R. 3056), H4215 [3JN]

Time: allow States to observe year-round daylight saving time (see H.R. 2389), H3303 [29AP]

U.N.: terminate U.S. membership (see H.R. 204), H208 [3JA]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Agriculture: make certain multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements eligible for purchase with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (H.R. 3142), H4344 [5JN]

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (H.R. 344), H287 [8JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: require annual homeland threat assessment (H.R. 480), H465 [10JA]

FCC: require multichannel video programming distributors to carry rural video programming (H.R. 2682), H3728 [10MY]

Immigration: making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3056), H4216 [3JN]

Time: allow States to observe year-round daylight saving time (H.R. 2389), H3304 [29AP]

U.N.: terminate U.S. membership (H.R. 204), H217 [3JA]

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, H7443 [25JY]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 21), H185 [3JA]

Armed Forces: prohibit deployment to the southern border to enforce immigration law, H5722, H5723 [11JY]

Auburn University: tribute to bass fishing club, E1160• [17SE]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): authorize initiation or intervention in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas (H. Res. 430), consideration (H. Res. 431), H4408 [11JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2500), H5721, H5722, H5723 [11JY]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1790), conference report, H10087 [11DE]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1790), motion to instruct conferees, H7740 [17SE]

——— prohibit use of facilities to house or detain unaccompanied alien children, H5721, H5722 [11JY]

——— prohibit use of facilities to house or detain undocumented aliens, H5723 [11JY]

——— restore funding to military construction projects that had funds diverted to fund national emergency declared by President Trump in order to construct a continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border, H7740 [17SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: extend Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program (H.R. 251), H267 [8JA]

——— improve management and administration of security clearance processes (H.R. 424), H1255 [29JA]

——— increase transparency, accountability, and community engagement, provide independent border security oversight, and improve training of border security agents and officers (H.R. 2203), H7930, H7931, H7934 [25SE]

——— require annual report on the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement (H.R. 495), H1256, H1258 [29JA]

——— 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), H8032, H8034, H8036, H8037 [26SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), consideration (H. Res. 431), H4408 [11JN]

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), consideration (H. Res. 357), H3516 [9MY]

Dixie Green, Inc.: Alabama Farm of Distinction award recipient, E1112• [9SE]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H185 [3JA]

House of Representatives: moment of silence for tornado victims in Alabama and Georgia, H2676 [12MR]

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 (H.R. 6), H4274 [4JN]

——— border security and immigration enforcement funding, H3516 [9MY]

——— border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children funding, H4274 [4JN]

——— close loopholes in immigration laws that serve as incentives to aliens to attempt to enter the U.S. unlawfully (H.R. 586), H4274 [4JN]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3056), H4408 [11JN]

——— proposed construction of continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border, H185 [3JA]

——— secure the border between the U.S. and Mexico, H4274 [4JN]

Lineville, AL: tribute to Central-Clay County High School football team, E21• [8JA]

Opelika, AL: reunion of J.W. Darden High School Class of 1969, E589• [14MY]

Phenix City, AL: anniversary of American Legion Fletcher McCollister Post 135, E99• [28JA]

——— tribute to Central-Phenix City High School football team, E20• [8JA]

Talladega, AL: anniversary of Talladega Superspeedway, H8076 [27SE], E1180• [19SE]

——— tribute to Talladega High School boys’ basketball team, E377• [1AP]

Tornadoes: express condolences for victims of, commend first responders to, and provide disaster assistance to those affected in Alabama and Georgia, E301• [13MR]

Trump, President: impeachment (H. Res. 755), H12138 [18DE]

——— request to divert military construction funds in order to fund declared national emergency to construct a continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border, H8064 [27SE]

——— terminate declared national emergency to obtain funding for construction of a continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border (H.J. Res. 46), H2133 [26FE]

——— terminate declared national emergency to obtain funding for construction of a continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border (H.J. Res. 46), veto, H2810 [26MR]

——— terminate declared national emergency to obtain funding for construction of a continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border (S.J. Res. 54), H8064 [27SE]

Upchurch, Chris and Jordyn: Alabama Farmers Federation Alabama Outstanding Young Farm Family of the Year award recipient, E599• [15MY]

Wilkes, Randy: School Superintendents of Alabama (organization) Alabama Superintendent of the Year award recipient, E72• [22JA]

Tributes

Atkinson, Willie M., E995• [25JY]

Boozer, Zameron, E552• [7MY]

Boyd, Nancy Parker, E1109• [9SE]

Brooks, Dennis M., E381• [1AP]

Burnette, Suzanne Girard, E520• [1MY]

Caudle, Tommie L., E663• [23MY]

Cole, Tiffany Johnson, E1291• [16OC]

Gardner, Johnny (Sal), E921• [15JY]

Griffith, Kenneth, E922• [15JY]

Grinstead, C.O., E553• [7MY]

Harper, Consuello, E808• [20JN]

Kelley, Everett B., E100• [28JA]

Knop, Christian, E220• [27FE]

Leonard, Ramiah E., E1110• [9SE]

McBride, Deborah R., H2804 [26MR], E346• [25MR]

McCarthy, James J., E1112• [9SE]

Mullinax, Henry and Lona, E1113• [9SE]

Robertson, Pamela C., E184• [14FE]

Rollins, Mike, E1289• [16OC]

Stroud, Willie, Jr., E945• [18JY]

Warhurst, Joel, E266• [7MR]