SCOTT, ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ (a Representative from Virginia)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2500), H5687 [11JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), H4888 [19JN], H4956 [20JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), H4540 [12JN]

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

Racist History of Tipping, William J. Barber II, Politico (publication), H7121 [18JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure affordable abortion coverage for every woman (see H.R. 1692), H4629 [12JN]

——— 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]

Air pollution: 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]

Animal Welfare Act: require covered persons to develop and implement emergency contingency plans (see H.R. 1042), H8959 [18NO]

Animals: prohibit transportation of horses in vehicles containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another (see H.R. 1400), H5305 [9JY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: repeal oil and gas program (see H.R. 1146), H4175 [28MY]

Arctic Ocean: prohibit drilling (see H.R. 309), H9170 [21NO]

Arizona: permanently extend moratorium on uranium mining in Grand Canyon region (see H.R. 1373), H4314 [4JN]

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), H2763 [21MR]

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

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 401), H4164 [23MY]

Bahamas: permit nationals to be eligible for temporary protected status (see H.R. 4303), H7704 [12SE]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 155), H2271 [27FE]

Booker, Simeon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1355), H2101 [25FE]

Business and industry: protect unpaid interns from workplace harassment and discrimination (see H.R. 134), H206 [3JA]

Capital punishment: abolish (see H.R. 4022), H9180 [26NO]

Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network: reauthorize (see H.R. 2427), H3403 [1MY]

Chesapeake Bay Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 1620), H2583 [7MR]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2480), H3439 [2MY]

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: acknowledge climate emergency which demands massive-scale mobilization to halt, reverse, and address its consequences and causes (see H. Con. Res. 52), H10259 [12DE]

Coast Guard: making continuing appropriations (see H.R. 367), H678 [16JA] (see H.R. 421), H1285 [29JA]

Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys: establish (see H.R. 1636), H4701 [14JN]

Commission To Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans: establish (see H.R. 40), H5077 [24JN]

Conyers, John, Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 386), H3924 [16MY]

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

——— prohibit exclusion of individuals from service on a District of Columbia jury on account of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 2275), H4350 [6JN]

Crime: increase transparency in civil asset forfeiture process, protect innocent property owners, and implement additional protections to ensure property owners have the opportunity to contest seizures (see H.R. 2835), H3962 [17MY]

——— specify lynching as a hate crime (see H.R. 35), H288 [8JA]

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: establish a grant program to provide grants to local agencies and clinics to improve health of mothers and infants (see H.R. 3117), H4341 [5JN]

——— prevent changing of regulations governing provision of waivers under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 5349), H9346 [6DE]

Dept. of Defense: limit and regulate transfer of surplus military equipment to State and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1714), H2715 [13MR]

Dept. of Education: amend the process by which students with certain special circumstances apply for Federal financial aid for college (see H.R. 1075), H4697 [13JN]

——— authorize grants to support new and expand existing voluntary community-driven strategies to increase diversity in schools (see H.R. 2639), H3679 [9MY]

——— disapprove rule on borrower defense institutional accountability (see H.J. Res. 76), H8054 [26SE]

——— require institutions of higher education to disclose hazing incidents (see H.R. 662), H717 [17JA]

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 (see H.R. 3), H7834 [19SE]

——— negotiate prices of prescription drugs furnished under Medicare part D and mandate production of generic versions of drugs if pharmaceutical companies fail to negotiate in good faith (see H.R. 1046), H1458 [7FE]

——— prohibit sale or distribution of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21 (see H.R. 2411), H7715 [16SE]

——— provide for research, surveillance, treatment, prevention, awareness, development of rules of play, standards, and dissemination of information relative to sports-related and other concussions (see H.R. 280), H1213 [24JA]

——— reauthorize and extend funding for community health centers and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 1943), H2914 [28MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: 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), H7493 [6AU]

——— protect victims of crime or serious labor violations from deportation during enforcement actions (see H.R. 5225), H9168 [21NO]

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), H7666 [11SE]

——— establish a grant program to incentivize States to reduce prison populations (see H.R. 2865), H4172 [24MY]

——— establish and carry out a Veteran Treatment Court Program (see H.R. 886), H1333 [30JA]

——— extend authorization of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1327), H3276 [18AP]

——— incentivize States to enact laws requiring independent investigation and prosecution for use of deadly force by law enforcement officers (see H.R. 125), H205 [3JA]

——— reauthorize DNA Backlog Reduction Program (see H.R. 777), H3130 [8AP]

——— require identification for offenders reentering the community (see H.R. 2232), H4697 [13JN]

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

——— require States receiving Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program funds to mandate sensitivity training for law enforcement officers (see H.R. 125), H205 [3JA]

——— require States to submit an annual report on the number of individuals who represented themselves in court in criminal matters or juvenile delinquency matters (see H.R. 568), H2756 [18MR]

Dept. of Labor: increase minimum salary threshold for employees who are exempt from overtime pay and provide for periodic updates of such threshold (see H.R. 3197), H4431 [11JN]

——— 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), H2042 [19FE]

——— provide increased labor law protections for agricultural workers (see H.R. 1080), H1461 [7FE]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize a National Heritage Area Program (see H.R. 1049), H12211 [18DE]

——— conduct special resource study of sites associated with life and legacy of Julius Rosenwald, with a special focus on the Rosenwald Schools (see H.R. 3250), H8596 [29OC]

——— conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (see H.R. 4007), H7464 [25JY]

——— permanently prohibit offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Atlantic Ocean, Straits of Florida, and Eastern Gulf of Mexico (see H.R. 341), H284 [8JA]

——— prohibit issuance of certain geological and geophysical exploration permits in the Atlantic Ocean (see H.R. 1149), H7536 [6SE]

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing and related activities off the coast of Mid-Atlantic States (see H.R. 337), H284 [8JA]

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), H358 [9JA]

——— regulate tax return preparers (see H.R. 4751), H8258 [18OC]

——— require $20 notes to include a likeness of Harriet Tubman (see H.R. 3082), H5261 [27JN]

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), H9059 [19NO]

——— require a minimum of 2-person crews for freight trains (see H.R. 1748), H7597 [10SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for benefit purposes (see H.R. 2823), H3961 [17MY]

——— ensure children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of certain per diem grant amounts (see H.R. 95), H361 [9JA]

——— provide for presumption of service connection for diseases associated with herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Guam, American Samoa, and Johnston Atoll (see H.R. 1713), H8741 [8NO]

——— 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]

——— 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), H1586 [13FE]

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), H7472 [25JY]

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

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H1173 [23JA]

Dorothy Braden Bruce Post Office Building, Midlothian, VA: designate (see H.R. 4975), H8724 [1NO]

Earth Day: observance (see H. Res. 330), H3303 [29AP]

Education: ensure public school teacher compensation is comparable to other college graduates and increase investment in public education (see H. Res. 58), H1214 [24JA]

Elections: prohibit individuals from knowingly deceiving others about the time, place, eligibility, or procedures of participating in a Federal election for the purpose of deterring an individual from voting (see H.R. 3281), H4695 [13JN]

Emancipation National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 434), H520 [11JA]

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]

——— prohibit forced arbitration in employment disputes (see H.R. 2749), H3840 [15MY]

EPA: designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under CERCLA (see H.R. 535), H9170 [21NO]

——— regulate wastes associated with exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy (see H.R. 4006), H7464 [25JY]

Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation: establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3465), H7484 [30JY]

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), H9348 [6DE]

FCC: clarify prohibitions on making robocalls (see H.R. 3375), H5306 [9JY]

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

FDA: prevent human health threats posed by consumption of equines raised in the U.S. (see H.R. 961), H8880 [14NO]

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), H718 [17JA]

——— protect unpaid interns in the Federal Government from workplace harassment and discrimination (see H.R. 136), H206 [3JA]

——— require certain agencies to develop scientific integrity policies (see H.R. 1709), H8102 [8OC]

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

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

——— 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), H718 [17JA]

——— restore administrative law judges to the competitive service (see H.R. 2429), H3403 [1MY]

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), H5165 [25JN]

——— provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions (see H.R. 1154), H2719 [13MR]

Firearms: prohibit a Federal licensee from selling or delivering certain semiautomatic centerfire rifles to a person under 21 years of age, with the exception of active military and full-time law enforcement personnel (see H.R. 717), H1170 [23JA]

——— prohibit Federal funding to train or arm school personnel with firearms (see H. Res. 231), H2745 [14MR]

——— 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]

——— require face to face purchases of ammunition, licensing of ammunition dealers, and reporting of bulk purchases of ammunition (see H.R. 686), H719 [17JA]

Fish and fishing: prohibit sale of shark fins (see H.R. 737), H8096 [4OC]

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]

Fort Monroe National Monument: provide for acquisition of non-Federal land (see H.R. 4345), H7753 [17SE]

Franklin, Aretha L.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1003), H1390 [6FE]

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]

FRS: require Federal reserve banks to interview one individual reflective of gender diversity and one individual reflective of racial or ethnic diversity when appointing Federal reserve bank presidents (see H.R. 281), H1218 [25JA]

FTC: prohibit unfair and deceptive practice of commercial sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy (see H.R. 3570), H9059 [19NO]

GAO: study barriers to participation in federally funded cancer clinical trials by populations that have been traditionally underrepresented in such trials (see H.R. 1966), H4920 [19JN]

Green New Deal: address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and agricultural and hazardous waste, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities (see H. Res. 109), H2103 [25FE]

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]

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

Historic buildings and sites: provide for public and private sector partnerships to preserve, conserve, and enhance visitor experiences at significant battlefields of the American Revolution, War of 1812, and Civil War (see H.R. 307), H282 [8JA]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 693), H4011 [20MY]

House of Representatives: authorize the Speaker to intervene in Texas v. U.S., and any appellate proceedings (see H. Res. 14), H211 [3JA]

——— provide an allowance to Members’ offices to compensate interns (see H.R. 2370), H3283 [25AP]

Immigration: appoint counsel to children and vulnerable individuals, provide legal orientation programs to detainees, and identify number of persons represented by counsel and receiving legal orientation presentations (see H.R. 4155), H7494 [6AU]

——— 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]

——— 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), H8827 [13NO]

IRS: clarify that all Internal Revenue Code provisions shall apply to legally married same-sex couples in the same manner as other married couples (see H.R. 1244), H4389 [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), H4350 [6JN]

Journeyman Lineman Recognition Day: designate (see H. Res. 478), H5586 [10JY]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 450), H4918 [19JN]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: provide permanent, dedicated funding (see H.R. 3195), H7715 [16SE]

LeMond, Greg: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3589), H6001 [17JY]

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

Louise and Bob Slaughter Post Office, Fairport, NY: designate (see H.R. 540), H958 [18JA]

Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance (see H. Res. 71), H1171 [23JA]

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), H3285 [25AP]

Medgar Evers National Monument: establish (see H.R. 356), H356 [9JA]

Medicaid: clarify authority of State Medicaid fraud and abuse control units to investigate and prosecute cases of patient abuse and neglect in any setting (see H.R. 233), H4772 [18JN]

——— 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), H4701 [14JN]

Medicare: establish an improved Medicare for All national health insurance program (see H.R. 1384), H2269 [27FE]

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

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1948), H9170 [21NO]

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

Medicare/Medicaid: eliminate cost-sharing relative to coverage of insulin as a covered part D drug under Medicare or as a covered outpatient drug under Medicaid (see H.R. 366), H356 [9JA]

Middle East: support U.S. role in efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated two-state solution (see H. Res. 326), H7708 [12SE]

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), H2681 [12MR]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Res. 154), H2271 [27FE]

NASA: allow to accept in-kind consideration for certain leases (see H.R. 4304), H7704 [12SE]

——— 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), H2887 [27MR]

——— extend authority to enter into leases of non-excess property (see H.R. 5213), H9349 [6DE]

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

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

National Day of Service and Remembrance: observance (see H. Con. Res. 60), H7665 [11SE]

National George C. Marshall Museum and Library, Lexington, VA: designate (see H. Con. Res. 14), H1362 [5FE]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 658), H717 [17JA]

National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (see H.R. 1865), H8260 [18OC]

National Men’s Health Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 48), H4774 [18JN]

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), H7837 [19SE]

——— establish African American Burial Grounds Network (see H.R. 1179), H2323 [4MR]

——— reauthorize Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program (see H.R. 870), H1332 [30JA]

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

News media: reaffirm commitment to diversity as a core tenet of public interest standard in media policy and support efforts to eliminate barriers to media diversity (see H. Res. 549), H7596 [10SE]

NIH: study health and developmental effects of technology and media on infants, children, and adolescents (see H.R. 1367), H12292 [19DE]

NOAA: provide grants supporting research on conservation, restoration, or management of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay (see H.R. 5366), H9387 [9DE]

Norman Duncan Post Office Building, Leesburg, VA: designate (see H.R. 4971), H8718 [31OC]

OSHA: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers and penalties for violators, and disclose violations of workplace safety regulations, and clarify employer’s duty to provide a safe worksite (see H.R. 1074), H1460 [7FE]

——— issue occupational safety and health standard to protect workers from heat-related injuries and illnesses (see H.R. 3668), H5583 [10JY]

Political campaigns: 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), H7867 [20SE]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 54), H1343 [31JA]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 23), H4698 [13JN]

——— ensure that the Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to privatization (see H. Res. 33), H520 [11JA]

——— repeal requirement to prepay future retirement benefits (see H.R. 2382), H4629 [12JN]

——— restore preexisting service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 60), H1494 [8FE]

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]

Reverend Curtis West Harris Post Office Building, Hopewell, VA: designate (see H.R. 3847), H7150 [18JY]

Ryan Keith Cox Post Office Building, Virginia Beach, VA: designate (see H.R. 3305), H4770 [18JN]

SBA: establish a pilot program to grant awards to historically Black colleges and universities to establish entrepreneurship curriculum and placement of a Small Business Development Center on campuses (see H.R. 2981), H4698 [13JN]

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), H2647 [11MR]

Sikhism: recognize historic, cultural, and religious significance of Guru Nanak’s birthday, contributions and sacrifices of Sikh Americans, and discrimination Sikh Americans have faced (see H. Res. 538), H7560 [9SE]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H1173 [23JA]

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), H5272 [5JY]

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

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 141), H2681 [12MR]

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

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

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H1173 [23JA]

Taxation: expand the earned income and child tax credits (see H.R. 3157), H10263 [13DE]

——— 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]

——— make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 2137), H9388 [9DE]

——— modify definition of income for purposes of determining the tax-exempt status of certain mutual or cooperative telephone or electric companies (see H.R. 2147), H8910 [15NO]

——— modify earned income tax credit to account for amount by which economic growth has outpaced income growth (see H.R. 1431), H2312 [28FE]

——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 510), H4167 [23MY]

——— provide current year inclusion of net controlled foreign corporation tested income by ending tax breaks for exporting jobs and profits (see H.R. 1711), H2715 [13MR]

——— regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 3063), H4216 [3JN]

——— treat certain military survivor benefits as earned income for purposes of the kiddie tax (see H.R. 2481), H3926 [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), H3285 [25AP]

Trump, President: condemn racist comments directed at Members of Congress and support immigrants, new citizens, and legal immigration by those seeking asylum or refuge (see H. Res. 489), H5914 [16JY]

——— 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: anniversary of Paris Agreement adoption (see H. Res. 762), H10258 [12DE]

——— 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), H2883 [27MR]

Virginia Beach, VA: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions to families of victims of shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center (see H.R. 4566), H8080 [27SE]

——— express condolences to families and victims of shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center, and commend first responders (see H. Res. 428), H4343 [5JN]

Voting: require States to ensure individuals who provide identifying information to motor vehicle authorities are automatically registered to vote in Federal elections unless eligibility requirements are not met (see H.R. 645), H716 [17JA]

——— require States to implement processes under which individuals who are 16 years old may apply to register to vote in Federal elections and make grants to increase involvement of minors in elections (see H.R. 1442), H3220 [9AP]

——— 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]

Washington Nationals (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 684), H8739 [8NO]

Whistleblowing: provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry (see H.R. 2984), H4162 [23MY]

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), H8298 [21OC]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 35), H1364 [5FE]

——— 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), H3787 [14MY]

——— 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), H8260 [18OC]

——— mint coins in commemoration of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage (see H.R. 2423), H8113 [11OC]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 79), H9059 [19NO]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H1173 [23JA]

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), H7755 [17SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Civil rights: restore right to individual civil actions in cases involving disparate impact (see H.R. 2574), H3500 [8MY]

Committee on Education and Labor (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 194), H2614 [8MR]

Courts: allow judges greater discretion in sentencing decisions in Federal cases involving mandatory minimum sentences (see H.R. 1097), H1461 [7FE]

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

——— reduce cost of college, hold colleges accountable for students’ success, and improve students’ opportunity to graduate on-time and transition to a successful career (see H.R. 4674), H8143 [15OC]

Dept. of HHS: promote child care and early learning (see H.R. 1364), H2232 [26FE]

Dept. of Labor: assist entities using special subminimum wage certificates to transform business and program models, support transition to competitive integrated employment for the disabled, and phase out use of such certificates (see H.R. 873), H1333 [30JA]

——— award grants for recruitment, retention, and advancement of direct care workers (see H.R. 4397), H7834 [19SE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish program to restore and protect the Chesapeake Bay watershed (see H.R. 4967), H8718 [31OC]

Employment: clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment age discrimination and retaliation claims (see H.R. 1230), H2029 [14FE]

——— 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]

FBI: ensure criminal background checks prepared for employment-related purposes are complete and accurate (see H.R. 2851), H4010 [20MY]

Federal agencies and departments: enforce Civil Rights Act sections that prohibit racial discrimination in education and other aspects of public life and restore private right of action in cases involving disparate impact (see H. Res. 66), H997 [22JA]

400 Years of African-American History Commission: extend (see H.R. 3988), H7463 [25JY]

Medicaid: expand requirememt for States to suspend, rather than terminate, eligibility for medical assistance while an individual is an inmate of a public institution (see H.R. 3953), H7377 [24JY]

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

Mining and mineral resources: include certain coal industry retirees in Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan (see H.R. 934), H1341 [31JA]

Taxation: ensure solvency of the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund by extending the excise tax on coal (see H.R. 3876), H7239 [23JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Civil rights: restore right to individual civil actions in cases involving disparate impact (H.R. 2574), H3501 [8MY]

Courts: allow judges greater discretion in sentencing decisions in Federal cases involving mandatory minimum sentences (H.R. 1097), H1464 [7FE]

Dept. of Education: provide for long-term improvement of public school facilities (H.R. 865), H1337 [30JA]

——— reduce cost of college, hold colleges accountable for students’ success, and improve students’ opportunity to graduate on-time and transition to a successful career (H.R. 4674), H8144 [15OC]

Dept. of HHS: promote child care and early learning (H.R. 1364), H2234 [26FE]

——— award grants for recruitment, retention, and advancement of direct care workers (H.R. 4397), H7836 [19SE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish program to restore and protect the Chesapeake Bay watershed (H.R. 4967), H8719 [31OC]

Employment: clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment age discrimination and retaliation claims (H.R. 1230), H2033 [14FE]

FBI: ensure criminal background checks prepared for employment-related purposes are complete and accurate (H.R. 2851), H4010 [20MY]

400 Years of African-American History Commission: extend (H.R. 3988), H7468 [25JY]

Medicaid: expand requirememt for States to suspend, rather than terminate, eligibility for medical assistance while an individual is an inmate of a public institution (H.R. 3953), H7378 [24JY]

Minimum wage: increase (H.R. 582), H676 [16JA]

Mining and mineral resources: include certain coal industry retirees in Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan (H.R. 934), H1342 [31JA]

Taxation: ensure solvency of the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund by extending the excise tax on coal (H.R. 3876), H7242 [23JY]

Letters

Consumers First Act: by, Committee on Education and Labor (House), H4076 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction: by, Committee on Education and Labor (House), H5339 [10JY]

Paycheck Fairness Act: Paul Shearon and Matthew Biggs, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, H2863 [27MR]

Raise the Wage Act: Bruce Lesley, First Focus Campaign for Children (organization), E968• [23JY]

——— Christine L. Owens, National Employment Law Project (organization), H7119 [18JY]

——— Don Kusler, Americans for Democratic Action (organization), E968• [23JY]

——— Emily J. Martin, National Women’s Law Center, H7119 [18JY]

——— Interreligious Working Group on Domestic Human Needs, E967• [23JY]

——— James P. Hoffa, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, E966• [23JY]

——— Kristen Clark, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, H7120 [18JY]

——— Marc H. Morial, National Urban League, E966• [23JY]

——— Minor Sinclair, Oxfam America (organization), E981• [24JY]

——— National Disability Rights Network, E967• [23JY]

——— Quincy Howard, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, E968• [23JY]

——— Scott Frey, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H7119 [18JY]

——— several health care organizations, E967• [23JY]

——— several organizations, H7120 [18JY]

——— Terry O’Neill, National Employment Lawyers Association, E969• [23JY]

Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act: Mary K. Henry, Service Employees International Union, H7327 [24JY]

——— Nancy A. LeaMond, AARP (organization), H7327 [24JY]

——— Robert Martinez, Jr., International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, H7327 [24JY]

——— Thomas M. Conway, United Steelworkers (organization), H7328 [24JY]

——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H7327 [24JY]

Violence Against Women Act reauthorization: by, Committee on Education and Labor (House), H3005 [3AP]

Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act: by, Committee on Education and Labor (House), H9128 [21NO]

Questions and answers

OMB reclassification of public safety telecommunicators (9-1-1 operators and dispatchers) as ‘‘protective service occupations’’ within the Standard Occupational Classification system: BLS, H5631• [11JY]

Remarks

African Americans: commemorate 400th anniversary of arrival of first African slaves to the territory that would become the U.S., recognize cultural contributions of African Americans, and address continuing economic and racial disparities, H7552 [9SE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 265), H393 [10JA]

Chesapeake, VA: anniversary of Providence United Church of Christ, E667• [23MY]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2480), H3992 [20MY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 7), H2848, H2859, H2863 [27MR]

Courts: eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (H.R. 1423), H7844 [20SE], H10080• [11DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2500), H5630•, H5692• [11JY]

——— report to Congress on status of GAO priority recommendations implementation, H5692• [11JY]

Dept. of Education: importance of historically Black colleges and universities, H9214 [3DE]

——— permanently reauthorize mandatory funding programs for historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions (H.R. 5363), H9966 [10DE]

——— reauthorize mandatory funding programs for historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions (H.R. 2486), H7736 [17SE], H9214 [3DE]

Dept. of Justice: condemn invalidation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions on preexisting conditions and other health coverage and reverse position in Texas v. U.S. (H. Res. 271), H2966 [2AP]

——— Youth PROMISE local delinquency prevention grant funding through reductions in U.S. Marshals Service Federal Prisoner Detention funding, H4888, H4889 [19JN]

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 (H.R. 1309), H9130 [21NO]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans from a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund (H.R. 397), H7318, H7323, H7324, H7327, H7328, H7334, H7335 [24JY]

——— set Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund loan interest rate at 5% per annum for the first five years and 9% per annum thereafter, H7335 [24JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve access to child care for certain veterans receiving health care at a departmental facility (H.R. 840), H1475• [8FE]

——— prohibit employment of individuals convicted of certain crimes by child care programs, H1475• [8FE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), H4888, H4889 [19JN], H4958• [20JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), H4540 [12JN]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (H.R. 5), H3936 [17MY]

Employment: 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 (H.R. 2474), H9113 [20NO]

400 Years of African-American History Commission: funding, H4958• [20JN], H7552 [9SE]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H393 [10JA]

Health: ensure coverage for preexisting conditions and guarantee coverage in individual and group markets contingent on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act repeal (H.R. 692), H2966 [2AP]

——— reduce prescription drug prices, facilitate entry of generic and biosimilar products into the market, strengthen Federal exchanges, and reverse extension of short-term health plans (H.R. 987), H3863, H3868 [16MY]

House of Representatives: authorize the Speaker to intervene in Texas v. U.S., and any appellate proceedings, H340 [9JA]

House Rules: amend and adopt (H. Res. 6), H340 [9JA]

Immigration: 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 (H.R. 5038), H10080• [11DE]

Insurance: ensure health coverage for individuals with preexisting conditions, H340 [9JA]

——— 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, H3863 [16MY]

Minimum wage: impact of increase on poverty and racial wage gap, H5819 [15JY]

——— increase (H.R. 582), H5819 [15JY], H7095, H7096, H7097, H7098, H7099, H7100, H7102, H7103, H7104, H7105, H7106, H7110, H7111, H7119, H7122 [18JY], H10080• [11DE], E966• [23JY], E981• [24JY]

Newport News, VA: anniversary of American Legion Braxton-Perkins Post 25, E1413• [8NO]

Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.: anniversary of Apprentice School, E828• [24JN]

Older Americans Act: authorize appropriations (H.R. 4334), H8474 [28OC]

OMB: reclassify public safety telecommunicators (9-1-1 operators and dispatchers) as ‘‘protective service occupations’’ within the Standard Occupational Classification system, H5630• [11JY]

OSHA: prohibit funding to finalize or implement proposed rule to weaken health protections in existing beryllium standards for construction and maritime workers, H4540 [12JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H340 [9JA]

Portsmouth, VA: anniversary of Truxtun community, E613• [16MY]

Ryan Keith Cox Post Office Building, Virginia Beach, VA: designate (H.R. 3305), H5957• [17JY]

Taxation: encourage retirement savings (H.R. 1994), H4144 [23MY]

Trump, President: impeachment (H. Res. 755), H12172 [18DE]

Reports filed

Dignity in Aging Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 4334) (H. Rept. 116–258), H8537 [28OC]

Lower Drug Costs Now Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 3) (H. Rept. 116–324), H9386 [9DE]

Paycheck Fairness Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 7) (H. Rept. 116–18), H2754 [18MR]

Protecting the Right To Organize Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 2474) (H. Rept. 116–347), H10305 [16DE]

Raise the Wage Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 582) (H. Rept. 116–150), H5725 [11JY]

Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 397) (H. Rept. 116–159), H7156 [19JY]

Rule on Definition of Short-Term Insurance for Purposes of Exclusion From Definition of Individual Health Insurance Coverage Shall Have No Force or Effect: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 1010) (H. Rept. 116–43), H3302 [29AP]

Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 2480) (H. Rept. 116–74), H4009 [20MY]

Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 1309) (H. Rept. 116–296), H8957 [18NO]

Tributes

Conyers, John, Jr., H8533 [28OC]

Cummings, Elijah E., H8287 [21OC]

Jones, Walter B., H2349• [5MR]

Ogle, Robert H., E556• [8MY]

Seminario, Margaret, E824• [24JN]

Weiss, Danny, H2674 [12MR]