SHERRILL, MIKIE (a Representative from New Jersey)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2500), H5687, H5703 [11JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve access to child care for certain veterans receiving health care at a departmental facility (H.R. 840), H1469, H1474, H1475 [8FE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), H4948, H4956 [20JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), H4711 [18JN]

Political campaigns: clarify obligation to report acts of foreign election influence and require implementation of compliance and reporting systems by Federal campaigns to detect and report such acts (H.R. 4617), H8435 [23OC]

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure affordable abortion coverage for every woman (see H.R. 1692), H7525 [27AU]

——— 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]

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

American Legion: allow determination of membership requirements (see H.R. 1641), H2748 [14MR]

Animal Welfare Act: require covered persons to develop and implement emergency contingency plans (see H.R. 1042), H12211 [18DE]

Animals: outlaw practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 724), H3130 [8AP]

——— prohibit issuance of licenses to certain individuals connected to dealers of dogs who have had licenses revoked (see H.R. 1002), H3276 [18AP]

Appropriations: provide for automatic continuing resolutions (see H.R. 834), H1282 [29JA]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: repeal oil and gas program (see H.R. 1146), H3963 [17MY]

Armed Forces: authorize location of a memorial on the National Mall to commemorate and honor members that served on active duty in support of Global War on Terrorism (see H.R. 5046), H8783 [12NO]

——— improve fielding of newest generations of personal protective equipment (see H.R. 5491), H12289 [19DE]

——— include digital breast tomosynthesis as a primary and preventative health care service under military health system and TRICARE program (see H.R. 5238), H10611 [17DE]

——— 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), H2043 [19FE]

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

——— remove from unauthorized hostilities in Yemen (see H.J. Res. 37), H1336 [30JA]

——— require a full military honors ceremony for certain deceased veterans (see H.R. 1019), H1465 [7FE]

Brand USA, Inc.: extend transfer of Electronic Travel Authorization System fees (see H.R. 3851), H7904 [24SE]

Business and industry: prohibit physical retail businesses from refusing cash payments (see H.R. 2650), H7472 [25JY]

Chisholm, Shirley: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1968), H9058 [19NO]

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

Clara Barton Post Office Building, Bordentown, NJ: designate (see H.R. 4988), H8729 [5NO]

Coast Guard: making continuing appropriations (see H.R. 367), H1363 [5FE]

——— provide interim appropriations for Coast Guard Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans for each fiscal year after 2018 (see H.R. 847), H1282 [29JA]

Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship Program: establish (see H. Res. 107), H2323 [4MR]

Courts: allow claims against foreign states for unlawful computer intrusion (see H.R. 4189), H9223 [3DE]

——— eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (see H.R. 1423), H3260 [10AP]

Crime: provide that it is unlawful to distribute private intimate visual depictions without the person’s consent (see H.R. 2896), H8828 [13NO]

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

Democracy: improve access to voting and protect election integrity, strengthen Government ethics laws, reform political campaign finance system, and support statehood for the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1), H1172 [23JA]

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

——— study servicemembers’ exposure to open burn pits and toxic airborne chemicals while on active duty to ensure appropriate treatment for health effects (see H.R. 663), H3285 [25AP]

Dept. of Education: establish a grant program for State and local educational agencies to promote digital citizenship and media literacy (see H.R. 4668), H8111 [11OC]

——— make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 943), H3406 [1MY]

——— prohibit institutions of higher education from denying students access to transcripts because of loan default (see H.R. 3761), H5825 [15JY]

——— provide for long-term improvement of public school facilities (see H.R. 865), H4217 [3JN]

——— revise rule requiring for-profit colleges receiving a certain percentage of revenue from non-Federal sources to count military and veterans’ education benefits as Federal sources (see H.R. 3369), H4917 [19JN]

Dept. of Energy: establish a program to incentivize innovation and to enhance U.S. industrial competitiveness by developing technologies to reduce emissions of nonpower industrial sectors (see H.R. 4230), H8103 [8OC]

——— promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (see H.R. 3962), H7905 [24SE]

——— provide for a program of wind energy research, development, and demonstration (see H.R. 3609), H8910 [15NO]

——— reauthorize Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) (see H.R. 4091), H8724 [1NO]

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), H7775 [18SE]

——— authorize State Opioid Response Grants and Tribal Opioid Response Grants programs (see H.R. 2466), H3404 [1MY]

——— ensure doctors have access to patients’ treatment history to prevent addiction relapses or harmful drug interactions and protect confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records (see H.R. 2062), H4773 [18JN]

——— establish a grant program that provides grants to States, U.S. territories, and Indian tribes for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programs (see H.R. 1643), H5077 [24JN]

——— improve health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (see H.R. 2271), H9180 [26NO]

——— 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), H5168 [25JN]

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

——— reauthorize autism-related research and programs (see H.R. 1058), H3285 [25AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: ensure access to appropriate temporary shelter, food, and water for individuals apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (see H.R. 3670), H7153 [18JY]

——— 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), H7708 [12SE]

Dept. of HUD: meet the needs of homeless children, youth, and families, and honor assessments and priorities of local communities (see H.R. 2001), H8880 [14NO]

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), H7536 [6SE]

——— 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. (see H. Res. 271), H2988 [2AP]

——— 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), H2099 [25FE]

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), H7525 [27AU]

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

Dept. of the Interior: authorize a National Heritage Area Program (see H.R. 1049), H7597 [10SE]

——— 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]

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), H5913 [16JY]

Dept. of Transportation: modify treatment of certain loans in consideration for fixed guideway capital investment grants (see H.R. 731), H1171 [23JA] (see H.R. 1849), H2761 [21MR]

——— 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), H7483 [30JY]

——— require development of public transportation operations safety risk reduction programs to improve transit worker and pedestrian safety (see H.R. 1139), H3259 [10AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 4305), H7704 [12SE]

——— conduct a study on barriers for women veterans to health care (see H.R. 2982), H4172 [24MY]

——— develop and implement a plan to hire medical center directors (see H.R. 1360), H3792 [14MY]

——— ensure children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of certain per diem grant amounts (see H.R. 95), H2505 [6MR]

——— include the cost of applying to an institution of higher learning as part of the benefits provided under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 730), H3728 [10MY]

——— make grants to eligible organizations to provide transition assistance to Armed Forces members recently separated from active duty and their spouses (see H.R. 1599), H3792 [14MY]

——— make grants to entities that provide legal services to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness (see H.R. 3749), H9348 [6DE]

——— make grants to State and local entities to carry out peer-to-peer mental health programs (see H.R. 1749), H3477 [7MY]

——— make permanent the authority to provide financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing (see H.R. 1750), H3477 [7MY]

——— prohibit conduct of medical research causing significant pain or distress to dogs (see H.R. 1155), H5260 [27JN]

——— provide certain employees of Members of Congress and certain State or local government employees with access to case-tracking information (see H.R. 628), H3681 [9MY]

——— provide eligibility for beneficiary travel for veterans seeking treatment or care for military sexual trauma in specialized outpatient or residential program facilities (see H.R. 713), H3503 [8MY]

——— provide financial assistance to eligible entities to provide and coordinate suicide prevention services for veterans at risk of suicide and veteran families (see H.R. 3495), H8880 [14NO]

——— provide for presumption of service connection for diseases associated with herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served offshore of Vietnam (see H.R. 299), H1464 [7FE]

——— 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), H3406 [1MY]

——— require in-patient psychiatric care for any veteran enrolled in the VA health care system requesting such care (see H.R. 2997), H4163 [23MY]

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

Disabled: prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports (see H.R. 555), H3476 [7MY]

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

Diseases and disorders: improve health and safety of those living with food allergies and related disorders, including anaphylaxis, food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome, and eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases (see H.R. 2117), H7521 [23AU]

District of Columbia: statehood (see H.R. 51), H4433 [11JN]

Drugs: impose sanctions relative to foreign traffickers of illicit opioids (see H.R. 2483), H4066 [21MY]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 2), H9181 [26NO]

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), H7529 [30AU]

——— 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), H7536 [6SE]

Endangered species: repeal rules that weaken protections of endangered wildlife and fish (see H.R. 4348), H12211 [18DE]

Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 130), H1583 [13FE]

EPA: cancel registration for all uses of the pesticide paraquat (see H.R. 3817), H9348 [6DE]

——— support carbon utilization and direct air capture research and facilitate permitting and development of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipelines (see H.R. 1166), H8144 [15OC]

FAA: provide funding from Airport and Airway Trust Fund for FAA activities in the event of a Government shutdown (see H.R. 1108), H5260 [27JN]

FCC: clarify prohibitions on making robocalls (see H.R. 3375), H5729 [11JY]

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), H7711 [13SE]

Federal agencies and departments: provide back pay to Federal contractors impacted by lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 824), H1363 [5FE]

——— require certain agencies to develop scientific integrity policies (see H.R. 1709), H4175 [28MY]

Federal employees: 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]

——— require Presidential appointees to give written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate for expenditures over a certain amount to furnish or redecorate their office (see H.R. 1181), H1581 [13FE]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1174), H7903 [24SE]

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), H7904 [24SE]

——— provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions (see H.R. 1154), H4772 [18JN]

FEMA: extend National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 3872), H7161 [22JY]

Financial institutions: create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to legitimate marijuana-related businesses (see H.R. 1595), H2887 [27MR]

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

——— establish Federal requirements for safe storage, penalties for violations, and incentives for States to establish similar requirements (see H.R. 2867), H8056 [26SE]

——— 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), H3788 [14MY]

——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1186), H7536 [6SE]

——— provide for a national research program to examine the nature, causes, consequences, and prevention of violence and unintended injury and death relative to gun ownership, use, and trafficking (see H.R. 435), H3406 [1MY]

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

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

Fish and fishing: prohibit sale of shark fins (see H.R. 737), H3271 [15AP]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 1055), H2756 [18MR]

FTC: prescribe rules to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive acts and practices in connection with primary and secondary ticket sales (see H.R. 3248), H10017 [10DE]

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

——— regulate use of automated software programs, or bots, intended to impersonate or replicate human activity on social media and prohibit use of such programs for political advertising (see H.R. 4536), H8054 [26SE]

GAO: provide for a joint session of House and Senate budget committees to receive a presentation on the audited financial statement of the Executive branch (see H. Con. Res. 68), H8389 [22OC]

Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS: tribute (see H. Res. 705), H8879 [14NO]

Gold Star Mothers National Monument Foundation: extend authority for establishment of a commemorative work in honor of Gold Star Families (see H.R. 2819), H7493 [6AU]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 693), H3130 [8AP]

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), H2887 [27MR]

——— eliminate per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see H.R. 1044), H2987 [2AP]

——— express that immigration makes the U.S. stronger, secure borders, condemn White supremacy and leaders who legitimize such ideology, deter domestic terrorism, and call for removal of extremist online content (see H. Res. 299), H3217 [9AP]

——— provide for special immigrant status for Syrian Kurds and other Syrians who partnered with the U.S. in Syria (see H.R. 4873), H8725 [1NO]

——— 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), H7867 [20SE]

Information technology: create and implement an inter-agency strategy to secure fifth generation (5G) and future technology and infrastructure in the U.S. and with strategic allies (see H.R. 2881), H7525 [27AU]

Insurance: require group and individual health insurance coverage for treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect (see H.R. 1379), H7529 [30AU]

IRS: disapprove rule on charitable contribution and estate tax deductions when a taxpayer receives or expects to receive a corresponding State or local tax credit (see H.J. Res. 67), H6002 [17JY]

Israel: authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 1837), H6001 [17JY]

——— 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), H3102 [4AP]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: provide permanent, dedicated funding (see H.R. 3195), H7512 [20AU]

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

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

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), H3925 [16MY]

Medicaid: increase number of States that may conduct demonstration programs to improve access to community mental health services (see H.R. 1767), H7666 [11SE]

——— prohibit payments for sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy (see H.R. 1981), H7506 [16AU]

——— 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), H7529 [30AU]

Medicare: amend certain reporting requirements relative to clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 3584), H8097 [4OC]

——— improve home health payment reforms (see H.R. 2573), H8102 [8OC]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1948), H9176 [22NO]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1570), H4773 [18JN]

Members of Congress: suspend salary during any period in which automatic continuing appropriations are in effect (see H.R. 834), H1282 [29JA]

Middle East: support U.S. role in efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated two-state solution (see H. Res. 326), H4920 [19JN]

Minimum wage: increase (see H.R. 582), H1285 [29JA]

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), H3406 [1MY]

National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (see H.R. 1865), H7497 [9AU]

National Park Service: encourage recycling, reduction, or possible elimination of disposable plastic bottles in units of the National Park System (see H.R. 4236), H10017 [10DE]

——— 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), H5038 [21JN]

National Senior Corps Week: designate (see H. Res. 402), H4164 [23MY]

National Small Business Week: designate (see H. Res. 360), H4066 [21MY]

Native Americans: reauthorize program to ensure survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages (see H.R. 912), H8679 [30OC]

NSF: promote veteran involvement in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, computer science, and scientific research (see H.R. 425), H2102 [25FE]

——— support multidisciplinary research on the science of suicide (see H.R. 4704), H8828 [13NO]

——— support research on opioid addiction (see H.R. 3153), H4920 [19JN]

——— support research on outputs that may be generated by generative adversarial networks, or deepfakes, and other comparable techniques that may be developed in the future (see H.R. 4355), H7837 [19SE]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: provide for Federal coordination of activities supporting sustainable chemistry to improve efficiency of chemical production while reducing health and environmental risks (see H.R. 2051), H7521 [23AU]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: establish a Climate Security Intelligence Center (see H.R. 3110), H8097 [4OC]

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

Political campaigns: clarify obligation to report acts of foreign election influence and require implementation of compliance and reporting systems by Federal campaigns to detect and report such acts (see H.R. 3873), H8103 [8OC]

——— prohibit foreign nationals from purchasing a broadcast, cable, or satellite communication that mentions a clearly identified candidate for Federal office (see H.R. 2135), H7707 [12SE]

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

Political ethics: prohibit use of funds for official travel of Members of Congress and executive branch employees and other activities during any period in which automatic continuing appropriations are in effect (see H.R. 834), H1282 [29JA]

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

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 54), H4698 [13JN]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 23), H5008 [20JN]

——— ensure that the Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to privatization (see H. Res. 33), H4774 [18JN]

——— repeal requirement to prepay future retirement benefits (see H.R. 2382), H4697 [13JN]

——— restore preexisting service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 60), H4698 [13JN]

Poway, CA: condemn attack on Chabad of Poway Synagogue, offer condolences to victims, commend first responders, and condemn anti-Semitism, white supremacy, white nationalism, and all forms of hatred (see H. Res. 364), H4698 [13JN]

Power resources: codify EPA emission standards rule requiring capture of methane gas produced from oil and gas wells and reinstate and enhance BLM rule limiting release of methane gas by energy producers on public lands (see H.R. 2711), H8541 [28OC]

——— 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), H7536 [6SE]

Russia: reiterate support for sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, condemn aggressive actions and assaults on democracies, and oppose readmission into Group of Seven (see H. Res. 546), H8229 [17OC]

Science: promote botanical research and sciences capacity (see H.R. 1572), H3442 [2MY]

Sesame Street (television program): anniversary (see H. Res. 540), H9171 [21NO]

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), H2102 [25FE]

Smithsonian Institution: establish a comprehensive women’s history museum (see H.R. 1980), H6001 [17JY]

——— establish National Museum of the American Latino (see H.R. 2420), H7990 [25SE]

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (see H.R. 1407), H7511 [20AU]

——— eliminate waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer (see H.R. 2178), H8097 [4OC]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 141), H7559 [9SE]

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), H8102 [8OC]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 1185), H7496 [9AU]

Task Force on Super Pollutants: establish to review policies and measures to promote, and to develop best practices for, reduction of short-lived climate pollutants (see H.R. 4143), H8145 [15OC]

Taxation: clarify that payment of taxes on deferred foreign income in installments shall not prevent credit or refund of overpayments or increase estimated taxes (see H.R. 2985), H9256 [4DE]

——— exclude all disability-related first responder retirement payments from gross income regardless of retirement age (see H.R. 2560), H3474 [7MY]

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

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

——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 510), H7903 [24SE]

——— provide investment tax credits for energy storage technologies (see H.R. 2096), H10259 [12DE]

——— reform low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3077), H8828 [13NO]

——— repeal limitation on deductions for certain taxes, including State and local taxes (see H.R. 188), H1585 [13FE]

——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property (see H.R. 1869), H7536 [6SE]

——— treat certain military survivor benefits as earned income for purposes of the kiddie tax (see H.R. 2481), H3449 [3MY]

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

Transportation Security Administration: enhance security operations and stabilize security workforce by applying a unified personnel system to employees responsible for screening passengers and property (see H.R. 1140), H8910 [15NO]

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]

Turkey: impose sanctions relative to military offensive in Syria (see H.R. 4695), H8542 [28OC]

U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: urge Senate ratification (see H. Res. 454), H5006 [20JN]

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), H3069 [3AP]

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

U.S. Green Bank: establish to assist in financing of qualified clean energy and energy efficiency projects and issue Green Bonds to acquire capital stock of such bank (see H.R. 3423), H8097 [4OC]

Veterans: authorize spouses of servicemembers who incur a catastrophic injury or illness, or die while in military service, to terminate leases of premises and motor vehicles (see H.R. 2227), H3267 [12AP]

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), H8459 [23OC]

Women: ensure access to, and ability to make decisions on, health care, including reproductive health care, regardless of their State of residence and promote preventive health care services (see H. Con. Res. 40), H4064 [21MY]

——— mint coins in commemoration of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage (see H.R. 2423), H8228 [17OC]

——— observe anniversary of passage and ratification of 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage and strengthen democratic participation and precedent established by such amendment (see H. Res. 354), H3927 [16MY]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 38), H7484 [30JY] (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), H7244 [23JY]

——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to 23d Headquarters Special Troops known as the ‘‘Ghost Army’’ (see H.R. 2350), H8228 [17OC]

——— mint coins in honor of anniversary of end of war (see H.R. 3155), H8541 [28OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Army: procure two Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system batteries (see H.R. 3186), H4388 [10JN]

Dept. of Defense: provide degree granting authority for the U.S. Army Armament Graduate School at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ (see H.R. 2880), H4063 [21MY]

Dept. of HHS: extend funding for Family-to-Family Health Information Centers (see H.R. 2822), H3961 [17MY]

IRS: disapprove rule on charitable contribution and estate tax deductions when a taxpayer receives or expects to receive a corresponding State or local tax credit (see H.J. Res. 72), H5911 [16JY]

NIH: reauthorize innovation projects (see H.R. 4667), H8111 [11OC]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: establish an interagency working group to coordinate activities and develop policy guidance to protect federally funded research and development (see H.R. 3038), H4180 [30MY]

Taxation: extend expensing of environmental remediation costs (see H.R. 5215), H9167 [21NO]

——— increase limitation on deduction for State and local taxes (see H.R. 2624), H3678 [9MY]

Voting: carry out research and other activities to promote security and modernization of voting systems (see H.R. 4990), H8737 [8NO]

Women Veterans Appreciation Day: designate (see H. Res. 438), H4627 [12JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Army: procure two Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system batteries (H.R. 3186), H4389 [10JN]

Dept. of Defense: provide degree granting authority for the U.S. Army Armament Graduate School at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ (H.R. 2880), H4065 [21MY]

Dept. of HHS: extend funding for Family-to-Family Health Information Centers (H.R. 2822), H3962 [17MY]

IRS: disapprove rule on charitable contribution and estate tax deductions when a taxpayer receives or expects to receive a corresponding State or local tax credit (H.J. Res. 72), H5912 [16JY]

NIH: reauthorize innovation projects (H.R. 4667), H8112 [11OC]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: establish an interagency working group to coordinate activities and develop policy guidance to protect federally funded research and development (H.R. 3038), H4180 [30MY]

Taxation: extend expensing of environmental remediation costs (H.R. 5215), H9169 [21NO]

——— increase limitation on deduction for State and local taxes (H.R. 2624), H3680 [9MY]

Voting: carry out research and other activities to promote security and modernization of voting systems (H.R. 4990), H8740 [8NO]

Remarks

Amtrak: funding, H425 [10JA]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 7), motion to recommit, H2873 [27MR]

Courts: cap attorney fees to certain percent of judgement in cases of discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, H2873 [27MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2500), motion to recommit, H5762 [12JY]

——— integration of 3-D printed components in undersea warfare platforms funding, H4714 [18JN]

——— military readiness, pay increase, and personnel account funding, H5762 [12JY]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (H.R. 1327), H2576 [7MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure veterans receiving military sexual trauma counseling and care services are eligible for child care services, H1475 [8FE]

——— improve access to child care for certain veterans receiving health care at a departmental facility (H.R. 840), H1469, H1470, H1474, H1475 [8FE]

——— prohibit employment of individuals convicted of certain crimes by child care programs, H1474 [8FE]

——— require public notification online of child care services available to certain veterans receiving health care at a departmental facility, H1469, H1470 [8FE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), E855• [27JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), H4714 [18JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 267), H425 [10JA]

Elections: expand time limit from 60 to 90 days to prohibit knowingly deceptive practices in Federal elections, H8435 [23OC]

EPA: Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers funding, E855• [27JN]

Firearms: require a background check for every firearm sale (H.R. 8), H2238 [27FE]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H425 [10JA]

Lobosco Association: anniversary, E1544• [5DE]

Paterson, NJ: renaming of Paterson Fire Dept., headquarters in honor of Representative Pascrell, H5044 [24JN]

Political campaigns: clarify obligation to report acts of foreign election influence and require implementation of compliance and reporting systems by Federal campaigns to detect and report such acts (H.R. 4617), H8435 [23OC]

Taxation: modify limitation on deduction of State and local taxes, E1637• [19DE]

——— modify limitation on deduction of State and local taxes (H.R. 5377), H12272 [19DE]

——— repeal limitation on deductions for certain taxes, including State and local taxes, H9230 [4DE], H9281 [5DE], H9337 [6DE], H9382 [9DE], H9956 [10DE], H10033 [11DE], H10127 [12DE], H10602 [17DE], E1578• [11DE]

Votes: position on missed, H1556• [13FE]

World War II: recognize anniversary of, and Armed Forces members who participated in, the D-Day amphibious landing at Normandy, France, H4209 [3JN]

Resolutions by organizations

Urge Congress to restore full deductibility of State and local taxes: New Jersey State League of Municipalities, E1578• [11DE]

——— New Jersey State League of Municipalities (excerpt), H10033 [11DE]

Tributes

Brodish, William, H4209 [3JN]

Springsteen, Bruce, H8042 [26SE], E1222• [27SE]