RUIZ, RAUL (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Democracy: improve access to voting and protect election integrity, strengthen Government ethics laws, reform political campaign finance system, and support statehood for the District of Columbia (H.R. 1), H2516 [7MR]

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

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), H4884 [19JN], H4956 [20JN], H5012 [21JN]

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

U.S. Export Finance Agency: reauthorize, reform, and rename Eximbank (H.R. 4863), H8868 [14NO]

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: 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), H7472 [25JY]

Agriculture: improve job opportunities, benefits, and security for undocumented alien farmworkers (see H.R. 641), H8082 [27SE]

Air pollution: preserve appropriate and achievable Federal standards for greenhouse gas emissions and corporate average fuel economy for cars and light trucks (see H.R. 978), H1361 [5FE]

——— support U.S. clean vehicle emissions standards and defend authority of States under the Clean Air Act to protect the people of those States from harmful air pollution (see H. Con. Res. 65), H7835 [19SE]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 1175), H2681 [12MR]

Animal Welfare Act: require covered persons to develop and implement emergency contingency plans (see H.R. 1042), H10124 [11DE]

Animals: outlaw practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 724), H8298 [21OC]

——— prohibit issuance of licenses to certain individuals connected to dealers of dogs who have had licenses revoked (see H.R. 1002), H10124 [11DE]

Arizona: permanently extend moratorium on uranium mining in Grand Canyon region (see H.R. 1373), H4390 [10JN]

——— repeal land exchange with Resolution Copper Mining (company) (see H.R. 665), H718 [17JA]

Armed Forces: 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), H2371 [5MR]

——— repeal authority to use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 1274), H5007 [20JN]

——— rescind Medals of Honor awarded for acts at Wounded Knee Creek in 1890 (see H.R. 3467), H9223 [3DE]

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), H1333 [30JA]

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

Bureau of Justice Assistance: make grants to States, units of local government, and gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs (see H.R. 1279), H2371 [5MR]

California Desert Conservation Area: provide for conservation, enhanced recreation opportunities, and development of renewable energy (see H.R. 376), H357 [9JA]

CDC: authorize appropriations for firearms safety or gun violence prevention research (see H.R. 674), H1214 [24JA]

Chávez, César E.: tribute (see H. Res. 266), H2917 [28MR]

Chisholm, Shirley: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1968), H5008 [20JN]

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

Coast Guard: making continuing appropriations (see H.R. 367), H1172 [23JA]

Courts: eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (see H.R. 1423), H3130 [8AP]

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

Dept. of Defense: 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), H3341 [30AP]

Dept. of Education: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 2653), H8200 [16OC]

——— expand Federal Pell Grant Program eligibility to short-term job training programs (see H.R. 3497), H8261 [18OC]

——— make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 943), H7755 [17SE]

——— provide for long-term improvement of public school facilities (see H.R. 865), H9122 [20NO]

Dept. of HHS: authorize advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service by providing a 2-fiscal-year budget authority (see H.R. 1135), H1492 [8FE]

——— 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), H8114 [11OC]

——— conduct research to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth from child abuse and neglect, include such demographics in child abuse reports, and train personnel on meeting needs of such youth (see H.R. 2775), H4012 [20MY]

——— establish an Individual Market Reinsurance Fund to provide funding for State individual market stabilization reinsurance programs (see H.R. 4652), H8111 [11OC]

——— establish Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, penalize companies that refuse to negotiate, and prevent excessive price increases and establish out-of-pocket caps for Medicare (see H.R. 3), H8199 [16OC]

——— improve detection, prevention, and treatment of mental health issues among public safety officers (see H.R. 1646), H3220 [9AP]

——— 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), H7161 [22JY]

——— provide for behavioral and mental health outreach and education strategy to reduce stigma associated with mental health among Hispanic and Latino population (see H.R. 4543), H8079 [27SE]

——— provide full-year appropriations for Indian Health Service in the event of a partial lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 195), H288 [8JA]

——— reauthorize and modernize Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1695), H12305 [2JA]

——— reduce racial disparities in maternal mortality and morbidity through supporting implicit bias training, pregnancy medical home programs, and incorporating bias recognition in medical school skills testing (see H.R. 2902), H8102 [8OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: notify State and local officials, Congress, and affected voters of credible evidence of an unauthorized intrusion into an election system and if it could have altered voter information (see H.R. 3529), H7715 [16SE]

——— reduce ability of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to engage in enforcement actions that harm unaccompanied alien children and ensure safety and welfare of such children (see H.R. 2217), H3253 [10AP]

Dept. of Justice: 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), H7559 [9SE]

——— extend authorization of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1327), H3267 [12AP]

——— modify payments to certain public safety officers who have become permanently and totally disabled as a result of personal injuries sustained in the line of duty (see H.R. 2812), H4390 [10JN]

——— review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols to address missing and murdered Native Americans (see H.R. 2733), H3789 [14MY]

Dept. of Labor: 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), H3305 [29AP]

Dept. of the Interior: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (see H.R. 279), H281 [8JA]

——— reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see H.R. 375), H3406 [1MY]

——— reaffirm that certain lands have been taken into trust for Samish Indian Nation (see H.R. 2961), H4161 [23MY]

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), H3406 [1MY]

——— provide interest-free loans to Federal employees and District of Columbia employees affected by a Government shutdown (see H.R. 657), H1214 [24JA]

Dept. of Transportation: 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), H8261 [18OC]

——— establish a grant program for installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure and hydrogen fueling infrastructure along National Highway System (see H.R. 2616), H5008 [20JN]

——— extend regulatory deadline for emergency relief transportation projects to advance to construction (see H.R. 3193), H4431 [11JN]

——— require a minimum of 2-person crews for freight trains (see H.R. 1748), H4773 [18JN]

——— require development of public transportation operations safety risk reduction programs to improve transit worker and pedestrian safety (see H.R. 1139), H8541 [28OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: amend disability rating schedule to add a diagnostic code and evaluation criteria for obliterative bronchiolitis (see H.R. 1005), H1390 [6FE]

——— 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), H3476 [7MY]

——— establish a Veterans Conservation Corps (see H.R. 2274), H3255 [10AP]

——— improve access to gender specific medical care for women veterans (see H.R. 3224), H8724 [1NO]

——— provide for presumption of service connection for diseases associated with herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served offshore of Vietnam (see H.R. 299), H2102 [25FE]

——— provide for presumption of service connection for illnesses associated with open burn pits (see H.R. 4086), H7476 [26JY]

——— provide process for family members of deceased individuals eligible for burn pit registry to register for such registry on behalf of the deceased individual (see H.R. 1001), H1390 [6FE]

——— 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), H1494 [8FE]

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), H7244 [23JY]

Disabled: prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports (see H.R. 555), H4011 [20MY]

Discrimination: prohibit in public accommodations on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (see H.R. 2687), H3727 [10MY]

——— prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (see H.R. 5), H2714 [13MR]

District of Columbia: statehood (see H.R. 51), H4697 [13JN]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 2), H1218 [25JA]

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]

——— 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]

EPA: conduct research on wildfire smoke (see H.R. 4924), H8677 [30OC]

——— exclude vehicles used solely for competition from certain provisions of the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 5434), H10305 [16DE]

——— reestablish Office of Noise Abatement and Control (see H.R. 3001), H8228 [17OC]

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), H8260 [18OC]

——— provide funding from Airport and Airway Trust Fund for FAA activities in the event of a Government shutdown (see H.R. 1108), H4167 [23MY]

FCC: clarify prohibitions on making robocalls (see H.R. 3375), H5169 [25JN]

——— include public safety requirements in terms and conditions States may require of mobile services (see H.R. 3836), H7150 [18JY]

——— require material in the online public inspection file of a covered entity, including political ad buying information, to be made available in a format that is machine-readable (see H.R. 5016), H8738 [8NO]

——— restore Open Internet Order and its net neutrality protections (see H.R. 1644), H2613 [8MR]

——— 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: clarify types of patents on safe and effective drug list, require list of applicable exclusivities for listed drugs, update patent sponsor requirements, and reform patent list guidelines (see H.R. 1503), H2987 [2AP]

——— enhance health warnings on cigarette packages, raise minimum age to purchase tobacco products, restrict tobacco flavors, and regulate sale and marketing of all tobacco, including e-cigarettes and accessories (see H.R. 2339), H8299 [21OC]

——— increase competition in generic drug market by removing barriers for a second generic drug to come to market created by exclusivity period granted to a first generic drug application (see H.R. 938), H2828 [26MR]

——— prevent human health threats posed by consumption of equines raised in the U.S. (see H.R. 961), H8959 [18NO]

——— prohibit abusive delay tactics by pharmaceutical companies to block entry of generic drugs and biosimilar biological products from the market (see H.R. 965), H2828 [26MR]

——— provide for publication of a list of licensed biological products (see H.R. 1520), H2828 [26MR]

FEC: 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), H7755 [17SE]

Federal agencies and departments: require certain agencies to develop scientific integrity policies (see H.R. 1709), H7483 [30JY]

Federal employees: allow penalty-free distributions from retirement accounts in the case of Federal employees and certain Federal contractors impacted by the Federal Government shutdown (see H.R. 545), H1214 [24JA]

——— 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), H1218 [25JA]

——— provide that a lapse in discretionary appropriations constitutes a financial hardship for purposes of a withdrawal from the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 673), H1214 [24JA]

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), H7379 [24JY]

——— provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions (see H.R. 1154), H2939 [1AP]

Financial institutions: create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to legitimate marijuana-related businesses (see H.R. 1595), H2757 [18MR]

Firearms: 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), H7755 [17SE]

——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1186), H7775 [18SE]

——— 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), H721 [17JA]

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]

Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (organization): commend work, affirm U.S. financial commitment, and urge donor and recipient countries to increase pledges and meet commitments (see H. Res. 517), H8261 [18OC]

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), H2826 [26MR]

Health care professionals: improve and expand training for future and current physicians and mid-level health care providers on treating pain and prescribing opioids (see H. Con. Res. 8), H1283 [29JA]

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

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 693), H1214 [24JA]

House of Representatives: require States to conduct redistricting through independent commissions (see H.R. 3572), H5257 [27JN]

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]

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

——— reform H–2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers to earn legal status and provide employer flexibility, and establish mandatory E-verify program for employment eligibility (see H.R. 5038), H9388 [9DE]

——— 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), H8299 [21OC]

Infrastructure: improve through investment in broadband, water systems, clean energy, brownfield redevelopment, and health care projects (see H.R. 2741), H3840 [15MY]

Insurance: provide that rule on definition of short-term limited duration insurance for purposes of its exclusion from the definition of individual health insurance coverage shall have no force or effect (see H.R. 1010), H2887 [27MR]

——— require group and individual health insurance coverage for treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect (see H.R. 1379), H3260 [10AP]

Iran: condemn state-sponsored terrorist attacks against U.S. citizens and officials and Iranian dissidents and recognize right of Iranian people to establish a democratic, secular, and non-nuclear republic (see H. Res. 374), H4391 [10JN]

Israel: oppose global boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement, urge negotiated solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and support U.S.-Israel scientific and technological cooperation in civilian areas (see H. Res. 246), H3286 [25AP]

Jose Ramos Post Office Building, Whittier, CA: designate (see H.R. 3144), H4343 [5JN]

Journeyman Lineman Recognition Day: designate (see H. Res. 478), H6002 [17JY]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: provide permanent, dedicated funding (see H.R. 3195), H5272 [5JY]

LeMond, Greg: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3589), H5729 [11JY]

Marilyn Monroe Post Office, Van Nuys, CA: designate (see H.R. 1252), H2030 [14FE]

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), H3304 [29AP]

Medicaid: extend full Federal medical assistance percentage to urban Indian organizations (see H.R. 2316), H3264 [12AP]

——— prohibit payments for sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy (see H.R. 1981), H8880 [14NO]

——— provide for a State option to provide for and extend continuous coverage for certain individuals (see H.R. 4996), H9176 [22NO]

——— 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), H8741 [8NO]

Medicare: coordinate programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 1530), H2367 [5MR]

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

——— improve Medicare Advantage prior authorization process through common-sense transparency, electronic adoption, and an analysis of items and services subject to prior authorization (see H.R. 3107), H7472 [25JY]

——— provide coverage for generic and biosimilar medications on part D plan formularies and ensure generic drugs are placed on formulary tiers so beneficiaries are not charged brand name drug prices (see H.R. 4913), H10017 [10DE]

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

——— provide coverage of dental, vision, and hearing care (see H.R. 1393), H5305 [9JY]

——— recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (see H.R. 1840), H2760 [21MR]

——— require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 275), H7505 [16AU]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1570), H2648 [11MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission with access to certain drug payment information, including certain rebate information (see H.R. 1781), H2888 [27MR]

Middle East: support U.S. role in efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated two-state solution (see H. Res. 326), H4629 [12JN]

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

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), H4919 [19JN]

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

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), H2029 [14FE]

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

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 33), H3256 [10AP]

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

Native Americans: improve behavioral health outcomes for American Indians and Alaskan Natives (see H.R. 4533), H8054 [26SE]

——— increase intergovernmental coordination to identify and combat violent crime within Indian lands and of Indians (see H.R. 2438), H3403 [1MY]

——— protect voting rights by increasing access and boosting registration, education, and election participation in tribal communities and eliminating discriminatory barriers (see H.R. 1694), H2679 [12MR]

——— provide advance appropriations authority for certain accounts of BIA and Indian Health Service (see H.R. 1128), H1492 [8FE]

——— provide for rental assistance for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans (see H.R. 2999), H4163 [23MY]

——— reauthorize program to ensure survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages (see H.R. 912), H7755 [17SE]

——— reauthorize special programs for Indians for providing services for prevention and treatment of diabetes (see H.R. 2680), H8260 [18OC]

——— tribute to American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women (see H. Res. 173), H2506 [6MR]

NIH: study health and developmental effects of technology and media on infants, children, and adolescents (see H.R. 1367), H9348 [6DE]

OSHA: issue occupational safety and health standard to protect workers from heat-related injuries and illnesses (see H.R. 3668), H7379 [24JY]

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), H2828 [26MR]

——— guarantee funding for navigator programs to provide assistance in choosing health plans and increase outreach and education about plan options and financial support availability (see H.R. 1386), H2887 [27MR]

——— preserve State option to implement health care marketplaces (see H.R. 1385), H2828 [26MR]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 748), H2370 [5MR]

——— revoke certain guidance relative to waivers for State innovation that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (see H.R. 986), H2887 [27MR]

Paul Eaton Post Office Building, Montclair, CA: designate (see H.R. 3329), H4771 [18JN]

Petty Officer 2d Class (SEAL) Matthew G. Axelson Post Office Building, Cupertino, CA: designate (see H.R. 4672), H9171 [21NO]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit biological product manufacurers from compensating biosimilar and interchangeable product companies to delay entry of biosimilar and interchangeable products into the market (see H.R. 1499), H2828 [26MR]

——— prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (see H.R. 1499), H2828 [26MR]

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

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 54), H1244 [28JA]

——— repeal requirement to prepay future retirement benefits (see H.R. 2382), H7521 [23AU]

Power resources: transition away from fossil fuel sources of energy to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2050 (see H.R. 5221), H9167 [21NO]

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

Public lands: protect Presidentially designated national monuments, establish National Monument Enhancement Fund, and designate certain lands in New Mexico and Nevada as wilderness (see H.R. 1050), H1459 [7FE]

Public welfare programs: clarify authority of tribal governments relative to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 2128), H7490 [2AU]

Ray Chavez Post Office Building, Poway, CA: designate (see H.R. 3005), H5169 [25JN]

Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (see H.R. 3794), H7379 [24JY]

Ritchie Valens Post Office Building, Pacoima, CA: designate (see H.R. 1253), H2030 [14FE]

Riverside County Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Memorial Post Office, Murrieta, CA: designate (see H.R. 646), H1214 [24JA]

Smithsonian Institution: establish a comprehensive women’s history museum (see H.R. 1980), H5261 [27JN]

——— establish National Museum of the American Latino (see H.R. 2420), H7152 [18JY]

Social Security: improve Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program for low-income mothers (see H.R. 2602), H7775 [18SE]

——— improve quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1551), H7755 [17SE]

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

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 141), H678 [16JA]

Sports: 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), H10259 [12DE]

——— mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of integration of baseball (see H.R. 3483), H5166 [25JN]

SSI: authorize extension to Guam (see H.R. 208), H2035 [14FE]

Taxation: expand exclusion for certain conservation subsidies to include subsidies for water conservation or efficiency measures and storm water management measures (see H.R. 2313), H5038 [21JN]

——— extend exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payments of qualified education loans (see H.R. 1043), H9175 [22NO]

——— 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), H5272 [5JY]

——— 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), H4434 [11JN]

——— modify limitations on credit for plug-in electric drive motor vehicles (see H.R. 2256), H5261 [27JN]

——— permit individuals eligible for Indian Health Service assistance to qualify for health savings accounts (see H.R. 4530), H8053 [26SE]

——— provide investment tax credits for energy storage technologies (see H.R. 2096), H4011 [20MY]

——— repeal certain provisions applicable to foreign investment in U.S. real property (see H.R. 2210), H7490 [2AU]

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

——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property (see H.R. 1869), H5203 [26JN]

——— treat certain payments made by tribal governments as earned income for purposes of the kiddie tax (see H.R. 2810), H3924 [16MY]

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), H3843 [15MY]

——— provide for the eligibility of employees to receive public safety officers’ death benefits (see H.R. 372), H998 [22JA]

Trump, President: 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]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: 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), H2987 [2AP]

Vietnamese Conflict: commend Korean and Korean-American veterans for service to the U.S. (see H. Res. 404), H4164 [23MY]

Voting: 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]

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), H10124 [11DE]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see H.R. 1468), H2314 [28FE]

——— 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), H5270 [2JY]

——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. merchant mariners of World War II (see H.R. 550), H4175 [28MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

California: take certain lands into trust for the benefit of Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (see H.R. 4059), H7466 [25JY]

DEA: amend certain regulations so that practitioners may not administer more than 3 days of medication to a person at one time when administering narcotics in order to relieve acute withdrawal symptoms (see H.R. 2281), H3255 [10AP]

Dept. of Commerce: establish SelectUSA program to facilitate foreign direct investment in the U.S. economy (see H.R. 3288), H4695 [13JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorize assistance and training to countries bordering the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, or Mediterranean Sea in an effort to deter and counter illicit smuggling and related maritime activity by Iran (see H.R. 2280), H3255 [10AP]

Dept. of Education: authorize additional grant activities for Hispanic-serving institutions of higher education (see H.R. 4573), H8080 [27SE]

Dept. of HHS: acquire private land to facilitate access to Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, CA (see H.R. 4495), H7989 [25SE]

——— 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), H3447 [3MY]

——— reauthorize and expand Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 2815), H3924 [16MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: ensure U.S. Customs and Border Protection provision of adequate medical care, water, nutrition, hygiene, sanitation, and living accommodations for individuals in custody (see H. Con. Res. 17), H1517 [11FE]

——— 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), H4627 [12JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify that caregivers for veterans with serious illnesses are eligible for assistance and support services (see H.R. 4451), H7865 [20SE]

——— provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases in veterans who were exposed to burn pits (see H.R. 4574), H8080 [27SE]

——— provide for eligibility of certain individuals exposed to burn pits for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care (see H.R. 4137), H7481 [30JY]

——— take actions necessary to ensure that certain individuals may update the burn pit registry with a registered individual’s cause of death (see H.R. 1381), H2234 [26FE]

Executive Office of the President: require the President, Vice President, and Cabinet-level officers to release their tax returns (see H.R. 3688), H5584 [10JY]

Eximbank: authorize use of a certain percentage of profits for administrative expenses (see H.R. 4450), H7865 [20SE]

FAA: issue or revise regulations to provide for temporary flight restrictions in the vicinity of outdoor music festivals (see H.R. 4060), H7466 [25JY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for an adult child, grandchild, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 4452), H7865 [20SE]

FCC: add access to telecommunication and information services in Indian country and areas with high Indian population to the universal service principle (see H.R. 4449), H7865 [20SE]

Federal agencies and departments: address environmental justice through agency actions and permitting decisions and strengthen legal protections against environmental injustice for low-income and minority communities (see H.R. 3923), H7241 [23JY]

Health: protect patients from surprise medical bills (see H.R. 3502), H5200 [26JN]

Insurance: require a group health plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol (see H.R. 2279), H3255 [10AP]

Law enforcement: reform benefits for public service officers (see H.R. 1210), H1583 [13FE]

Medicaid: extend certain spousal impoverishment protections, provide State option of coordinated care for children with medically complex conditions, and prevent misclassification of drugs in drug rebate program (see H.R. 1839), H2760 [21MR]

Medicare: distribute additional information to beneficiaries to prevent health care fraud (see H.R. 4453), H7865 [20SE]

——— establish a system to notify individuals approaching eligibility and simplify and modernize eligibility enrollment process (see H.R. 2477), H3438 [2MY]

——— modernize physician self-referral prohibitions to promote care coordination in the merit-based incentive payment system and facilitate physician practice participation in alternative payment models (see H.R. 2282), H3255 [10AP]

Members of Congress: prohibit use of official funds for airline accommodations for Members and other officers and employees of the legislative branch which are not coach-class accommodations (see H.R. 3687), H5583 [10JY]

National parks and recreation areas: provide a lifetime America the Beautiful—National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Pass to any veteran with a service-connected disability (see H.R. 4930), H8678 [30OC]

Native Americans: improve the public health system in tribal communities and increase the number of American Indians and Alaska Natives pursuing health careers (see H.R. 4534), H8054 [26SE]

Political campaigns: prohibit a candidate for election to Federal office from using amounts contributed to the candidate’s campaign to make payments to vendors owned or controlled by the candidate (see H.R. 3686), H5583 [10JY]

Political ethics: prohibit use of Federal funds or contracting at businesses owned by the President, Vice President, heads of Executive departments, and Members of Congress, or their families (see H.R. 1626), H2583 [7MR]

Taxation: provide an employer credit for increasing wages (see H.R. 5261), H9175 [22NO]

Tobacco products: increase certain civil penalties applicable to violations of certain restrictions on the sale and distribution of tobacco products (see H.R. 5022), H8739 [8NO]

Constitutional authority statements

California: take certain lands into trust for the benefit of Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (H.R. 4059), H7471 [25JY]

Dept. of Commerce: establish SelectUSA program to facilitate foreign direct investment in the U.S. economy (H.R. 3288), H4697 [13JN]

Dept. of Education: authorize additional grant activities for Hispanic-serving institutions of higher education (H.R. 4573), H8082 [27SE]

Dept. of HHS: acquire private land to facilitate access to Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, CA (H.R. 4495), H7990 [25SE]

——— reauthorize and expand Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program (H.R. 2815), H3925 [16MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: require U.S. Customs and Border Protection provision of initial health screenings, adequate medical care, water, nutrition, hygiene, sanitation, and living accommodations for detainees (H.R. 3239), H4628 [12JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify that caregivers for veterans with serious illnesses are eligible for assistance and support services (H.R. 4451), H7866 [20SE]

——— provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases in veterans who were exposed to burn pits (H.R. 4574), H8082 [27SE]

——— provide for eligibility of certain individuals exposed to burn pits for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care (H.R. 4137), H7482 [30JY]

——— take actions necessary to ensure that certain individuals may update the burn pit registry with a registered individual’s cause of death (H.R. 1381), H2235 [26FE]

Executive Office of the President: require the President, Vice President, and Cabinet-level officers to release their tax returns (H.R. 3688), H5585 [10JY]

Eximbank: authorize use of a certain percentage of profits for administrative expenses (H.R. 4450), H7866 [20SE]

FAA: issue or revise regulations to provide for temporary flight restrictions in the vicinity of outdoor music festivals (H.R. 4060), H7471 [25JY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for an adult child, grandchild, or grandparent with a serious health condition (H.R. 4452), H7866 [20SE]

FCC: add access to telecommunication and information services in Indian country and areas with high Indian population to the universal service principle (H.R. 4449), H7866 [20SE]

Health: protect patients from surprise medical bills (H.R. 3502), H5202 [26JN]

Insurance: require a group health plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol (H.R. 2279), H3259 [10AP]

Law enforcement: reform benefits for public service officers (H.R. 1210), H1585 [13FE]

Medicare: distribute additional information to beneficiaries to prevent health care fraud (H.R. 4453), H7866 [20SE]

——— establish a system to notify individuals approaching eligibility and simplify and modernize eligibility enrollment process (H.R. 2477), H3441 [2MY]

Native Americans: improve the public health system in tribal communities and increase the number of American Indians and Alaska Natives pursuing health careers (H.R. 4534), H8055 [26SE]

Taxation: provide an employer credit for increasing wages (H.R. 5261), H9175 [22NO]

Tobacco products: increase certain civil penalties applicable to violations of certain restrictions on the sale and distribution of tobacco products (H.R. 5022), H8741 [8NO]

Remarks

Bureau of Reclamation: public health benefit projects funding, H4745 [18JN]

California: address drought in Salton Sea region, H2876 [27MR]

——— tribute to LGBTQ Veterans Memorial, E523• [1MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2500), H5711 [11JY]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1790), conference report, H10005 [10DE]

——— conduct education and outreach campaign to veterans exposed to open burn pits and who are eligible to enroll in Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry, H5711 [11JY]

——— health impact of open air burn pits on service personnel research funding, H5711 [11JY]

——— study feasibility of phasing out use of open burn pits, H5711 [11JY]

——— submit to Congress plan to phase out use of open burn pits and list of locations where such pits were used, H10005 [10DE]

Dept. of Education: provide for long-term improvement of public school facilities (H.R. 865), H8608 [30OC]

Dept. of HHS: establish Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, penalize companies that refuse to negotiate, and prevent excessive price increases and establish out-of-pocket caps for Medicare (H.R. 3), H8398 [23OC], H10103 [11DE]

——— provide standards for facilities at which aliens in custody are detained, H4402 [11JN]

——— require U.S. Customs and Border Protection provision of health screenings, medical care, water, nutrition, hygiene, sanitation, and living accommodations for detainees (H.R. 3239), consideration (H. Res. 509), H7261 [24JY]

——— U.S. Customs and Border Protection provision of initial health screenings, adequate medical care, water, nutrition, hygiene, sanitation, and living accommodations for detainees (H.R. 3239), motion to recommit, H7349 [24JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: take actions necessary to ensure that certain individuals may update the burn pit registry with a registered individual’s cause of death (H.R. 1381), H2333 [5MR]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), H4745 [18JN]

Health: protect patients from surprise medical bills (H.R. 3502), H5176 [26JN]

——— protect patients from surprise medical bills (H.R. 3630), H7095 [18JY]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3401), H5083 [25JN]

Law enforcement: reform benefits for public service officers (H.R. 1210), H4013 [21MY]

Law enforcement officers: tribute to border patrol and immigration enforcement agents, H7349 [24JY]

Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance, E61• [17JA]

——— increase number of States that may conduct demonstration programs to improve access to community mental health services, H2777 [25MR]

——— reauthorize Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program, H2777 [25MR]

National Police Week: observance, H4013 [21MY]

Palm Springs, CA: tribute to Desert Healthcare District expansion, H367 [10JA]

Trump, President: impeachment (H. Res. 755), H12199• [18DE]

U.S. Export Finance Agency: allow use of surplus funds to expand or establish additional regional finance centers, H8869 [14NO]

——— reauthorize, reform, and rename Eximbank (H.R. 4863), H8869 [14NO]

Tributes

Ashley, Marion, H1249 [29JA], E23• [9JA]

Forman, George, E1306• [18OC], E1324• [22OC]

Green, Andrew, E424• [8AP]

Kaplan, Seymour (Sy), H3846 [16MY]

Keller, Barbara, H7383 [25JY]

Olinger, Larry N., H7250 [24JY]

Osuna, Jesus R., H7250 [24JY]

Pettis, Greg, H1249 [29JA]

Pollom, Norman (Coach), E149• [7FE]

Poussaint, Alvin, H8305 [22OC]

Quattlebaum, Laura, E1624• [19DE]

Smith, Jane Dundas, E1382• [31OC]