STATES related term(s) Federal Aid Programs; National Guard
Amendments
Corporations: disclose beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (H.R. 2513), consideration (H. Res. 646), H8314 [22OC]
——— require disclosure of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (H.R. 2513), H8335, H8336, H8337, H8338 [22OC]
Crime: enhance penalties for stalkers of children (S. 134), S6200, S6204 [28OC]
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), H2479, H2480, H2481, H2483, H2484, H2485, H2487, H2488, H2489, H2490, H2491, H2492, H2494, H2495, H2496, H2497 [6MR], H2515, H2516, H2517, H2519, H2520, H2521, H2525, H2526, H2528, H2529, H2530, H2531, H2533, H2534, H2535, H2537, H2538, H2539, H2540, H2542, H2544, H2545, H2546, H2559, H2560, H2561, H2562, H2564, H2565, H2566, H2567, H2568 [7MR], H2591, H2593, H2594 [8MR]
——— 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), consideration (H. Res. 172), H2387 [6MR]
Dept. of Homeland Security: develop an engagement strategy with State and local fusion centers (H.R. 504), S5115 [25JY]
——— provide for engagements with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments (S. 1846), S6762, S6769 [21NO]
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), consideration (H. Res. 274), H2955 [2AP]
——— reauthorize DNA Backlog Reduction Program (S. 820), S2946 [16MY]
——— reauthorize Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (H.R. 494), H1431 [7FE]
Dept. of the Interior: permanently extend moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas in the Gulf of Mexico (H.R. 205), H7630, H7631, H7632 [11SE]
——— permanently extend moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas in the Gulf of Mexico (H.R. 205), consideration (H. Res. 548), H7571 [10SE]
——— prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (H.R. 1941), H7615, H7616, H7617, H7618, H7619, H7621, H7622 [11SE]
——— prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (H.R. 1941), consideration (H. Res. 548), H7571 [10SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize use of National Cemetery Administration grants by States and tribal organizations for training at National Cemetery Administration training center (S. 2096), S7219, S7232 [19DE]
——— report major adverse personnel actions involving certain health care employees to the National Practitioner Data Bank and applicable State licensing boards (S. 221), S7218, S7230 [19DE]
Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 268), S327, S474 [22JA], S499, S520, S521, S529, S530, S531, S532, S539 [23JA], S592, S614, S615, S616, S617, S618, S624, S631, S638, S639, S645, S652, S658 [24JA], S1991, S1998 [26MR], S2058, S2060 [27MR], S2065, S2095, S2096, S2097 [28MR], S2135, S2136, S2137, S2143, S2150, S2157, S2158, S2159 [1AP], S2195 [2AP], S2244 [3AP], S2446 [11AP], H646, H647, H649, H650, H651, H652, H653, H654, H655, H656, H658 [16JA]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 268), consideration (H. Res. 43), H624 [16JA]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), S3118 [23MY], H3700, H3701, H3702, H3703, H3704, H3705, H3706, H3708, H3709 [10MY], H4184 [3JN]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), consideration (H. Res. 357), H3518 [9MY]
Elections: protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for infrastructure used to carry out such elections (H.R. 2722), consideration (H. Res. 460), H5099 [25JN]
House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 389), H4030 [21MY]
——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 389), H4030 [21MY]
Middle East: improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (S. 1), S702, S723 [28JA], S732, S746, S747, S748, S749, S752, S753, S754 [29JA], S771, S772, S773 [30JA], S789, S812, S813, S814 [31JA], S830, S836 [4FE]
Natural resources: improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), S872 [5FE], S926, S996, S1007, S1008, S1009, S1010, S1011, S1016, S1017, S1018, S1019, S1021, S1022 [6FE], S1031, S1101, S1109, S1143, S1145, S1146, S1147 [7FE], S1160, S1161, S1170, S1171, S1172, S1173, S1174 [11FE], S1281 [12FE]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: revoke certain guidance relative to waivers for State innovation that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (H.R. 986), H3531, H3532, H3533, H3534, H3535, H3537, H3538, H3540, H3541, H3542, H3543 [9MY]
——— revoke certain guidance relative to waivers for State innovation that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (H.R. 986), consideration (H. Res. 357), H3518 [9MY]
Taxation: modify limitation on deduction of State and local taxes (H.R. 5377), H12283 [19DE]
——— modify limitation on deduction of State and local taxes (H.R. 5377), consideration (H. Res. 772), H12220 [19DE]
Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 741), H9271 [5DE]
Articles and editorials
Blue States Warned of a SALT Apocalypse. It Hasn’t Happened, S6070 [23OC]
Foreign Cartels Embrace Home-Grown Marijuana in Pot-Legal States, H7966 [25SE]
John Paul Stevens Looks Back on Nearly a Century of Life and Law, but Worries About the Future, S3042 [22MY]
No Benefit to a Beneficial Ownership Reporting System That Increases America’s Over-Incarceration Problem and Fails To Adequately Protect Privacy, H8322 [22OC]
No Money Tree, E516 [1MY]
Obstruction of Justice in the Mueller Report—A Heat Map (excerpt), S2666 [7MY]
Projects Defunded for Trump’s Border Wall Include Military Buildings With ‘Life Safety Violations’ and Hazmat Concerns, H8067 [27SE]
Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Hit to Homeowners, H12275 [19DE]
Bills and resolutions
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 S. 1645), S3105 [23MY] (see H.R. 2975), H4162 [23MY]
——— require parental notification and intervention for minors seeking an abortion (see H.R. 2082), H3099 [4AP]
Agriculture: prevent States and local jurisdictions from interfering with the production and distribution of agricultural products in interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 272), H281 [8JA]
——— prohibit Federal interference in interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products in final package form for human consumption between States that allow the sale of such products (see H.R. 5410), H10257 [12DE]
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 S. Res. 316), S5577 [18SE] (see H. Con. Res. 65), H7835 [19SE]
Alabama: anniversary of statehood (see S. Res. 456), S7114 [17DE] (see H. Res. 711), H9057 [19NO]
Alaska: anniversary of statehood (see H. Res. 21), H211 [3JA]
Alcoholic beverages: recognize successful State-based alcohol regulation since the creation of an effective system of independent beer, wine, and spirits distribution (see H. Res. 285), H3068 [3AP]
Amtrak: require placement of at least 1 station agent in every State in which Amtrak operates (see S. 2432), S5311 [1AU]
Animals: conserve global bear populations by prohibiting importation, exportation, and interstate trade of bear viscera and items or products containing bear viscera (see H.R. 2264), H3254 [10AP]
Appalachian Regional Commission: reauthorize (see S. 2273), S5107 [25JY] (see H.R. 4434), H7865 [20SE]
Aquaculture: limit recovery for certain injuries incurred by workers in shellfish aquaculture activities if State workers’ compensation is available (see H.R. 2425), H3339 [30AP]
Arizona: repeal land exchange with Resolution Copper Mining (company) (see S. 173), S293 [17JA] (see H.R. 665), H718 [17JA]
Armed Forces: permit members to possess firearms on military installations in accordance with applicable State law (see S. 3130), S7208 [19DE]
——— provide a guarantee of residency for registration of businesses and improve portability of occupational licenses from State to State for military spouses (see S. 1383), S2769 [9MY] (see H.R. 2618), H3678 [9MY] (see H.R. 3072), H4216 [3JN]
——— provide that members and spouses have the same rights regarding receipt of firearms at the location of any duty station (see H.R. 2251), H3254 [10AP]
Assets for Independence Act: reauthorize and approve applications to operate new demonstration programs, renew existing programs, and enhance program flexibility (see H.R. 4473), H7901 [24SE]
BLM: convey certain lands to Atlantic Richfield Co. (ARCO), facilitate resolution of environmental remediation and reclamation, resolve potential U.S. liability, and promote economic development in Lyon County, NV (see H.R. 1813), H2754 [18MR]
——— require a portion of revenues from new Federal mineral and geothermal leases be paid to States to supplement primary and secondary education and support institutions of higher education (see H.R. 786), H1211 [24JA]
Bureau of Justice Assistance: make grants to States, units of local government, and gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs (see H.R. 1279), H2032 [14FE]
Bureau of Prisons: provide information on voting rights and registration to Federal prisoners upon their release from prison (see H.R. 893), H1334 [30JA]
Bureau of Reclamation: conduct certain water security measures in Western States through improved conservation and restoration efforts and groundwater management (see S. 2718), S6189 [28OC] (see H.R. 4891), H8539 [28OC]
——— provide for water security, reliability, modernization, and abundance in Western States (see H.R. 5217), H9167 [21NO]
——— support water infrastructure in reclamation States (see S. 1932), S4169 [20JN]
Bureau of the Census: make clear that each decennial census shall tabulate the total number of persons in each State, and that no information regarding U.S. citizenship or immigration status may be elicited in any such census (see S. 201), S586 [24JA]
——— prohibit use of citizenship information in data provided to States for legislative redistricting (see S. 2068), S4773 [10JY] (see H.R. 4412), H7834 [19SE]
——— provide that individuals in prison shall, for purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to the last place of residence before incarceration (see H.R. 794), H1217 [25JA] (see H.R. 3645), H5302 [9JY]
Business and industry: allow State and local governments to purchase from the Federal supply schedule (see H.R. 3187), H4388 [10JN]
Capital punishment: abolish (see H.R. 4022), H7465 [25JY]
CDC: award grants to States to implement a tick identification pilot program (see H.R. 3568), H5257 [27JN]
——— collaborate with State and local health departments to provide information and education to the public on asthma (see H.R. 4622), H8101 [8OC] (see H.R. 5230), H9168 [21NO]
——— develop program to prevent use of electronic nicotine delivery systems among students in middle and high schools and award grants to implement such program (see S. 3096), S7156 [18DE] (see H.R. 5482), H12210 [18DE]
——— establish a grant program for the purpose of public health data system modernization (see S. 1793), S3362 [12JN]
——— reauthorize Climate and Health Program (see H.R. 3819), H7149 [18JY]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: establish Patient and State Stability Fund to stabilize individual and small group State insurance markets and lower patient costs (see H.R. 1510), H2366 [5MR]
CERCLA: provide for use of funds in Superfund program for their intended purposes and ensure adequate resources for cleanup of hazardous substances (see H.R. 4088), H7476 [26JY]
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: amend and reauthorize (see S. 2971), S6825 [3DE]
——— making appropriations (see H.R. 4893), H8539 [28OC]
——— reauthorize (see H.R. 2480), H3439 [2MY]
Children and youth: establish a task force to assist States in implementing hiring requirements for child care staff members to improve child safety (see S. 2683), S6092 [23OC]
——— provide for a temporarily enhanced Federal match for certain State or tribal child welfare data reporting expenditures (see H.R. 3438), H5075 [24JN]
Civil liberties: protect rights of citizens to transport knives interstate, notwithstanding patchwork of local and State prohibitions (see S. 542), S1437 [25FE]
——— protect rights of citizens to transport knives interstate, notwithstanding patchwork of local and State prohibitions, and repeal Federal regulations on switchblade knives which burden citizens (see H.R. 88), H204 [3JA]
Clean Air Act: repeal provisions requiring States to address emissions that endanger public health or welfare in other countries if such countries provide reciprocal protections (see H.R. 1584), H2581 [7MR]
Climate: authorize Dept. of the Treasury to issue climate change bonds, deposit funds in a Dept. of Commerce Climate Change Resiliency Fund, and establish Climate Change Advisory Commission to award such funds to projects (see S. 763), S1793 [12MR] (see H.R. 1689), H2679 [12MR]
——— provide communities with tools to respond to extreme weather and implement a strategy to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources on which tourism and recreation jobs and local economies depend (see S. 1482), S2884 [15MY] (see H.R. 2748), H3840 [15MY]
Coalter, Kim: authorize testimony in administrative hearing of Bryan K. Stanley before the Mississippi Division of Medicaid (see S. Res. 172), S2485 [29AP]
Coastal zones: improve ability of NOAA, Coast Guard, and coastal States to sustain healthy oceans and coastal ecosystems by maintaining capabilities relative to oil spill preparedness, prevention, and response (see H.R. 2352), H3279 [22AP]
Colleges and universities: establish that a State-based education loan program is excluded from certain requirements relating to a preferred lender arrangement (see S. 3054), S7048 [16DE]
——— require programs offered by institutions to meet licensure and accreditation requirements for an occupation in order to receive Federal tuition grants and loans (see S. 2925), S6755 [21NO] (see H.R. 5241), H9168 [21NO]
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations of the U.S.: establish (see S. 2967), S6824 [3DE] (see H.R. 3883), H7239 [23JY]
Congress: carry out congressional redistricting in accordance with a process under which the public is informed of proposals and has the opportunity to participate in their development prior to adoption (see H.R. 131), H206 [3JA]
——— eliminate partisan redistricting and gerrymandering (see S. 1972), S4505 [25JN] (see H. Res. 36), H463 [10JA]
——— limit congressional redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives (see H.R. 44), H202 [3JA]
——— limit congressional redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 124), H205 (see H.R. 130), H206 [3JA]
Consumers: prevent deceptive and harassing practices when collecting debt owed to a State or local government, index award of debt collection damages for inflation, and prohibit referral of emergency individual assistance debt (see H.R. 3948), H7377 [24JY]
Corp. for National and Community Service: prohibit closure of State or territory offices without congressional approval (see H.R. 1458), H2313 [28FE]
Corporations: constitutional amendment to clarify application of the words people, person, or citizen in the Constitution to corporations, limited liability companies, or other corporate entities (see S. 736), S1762 [11MR]
——— constitutional amendment to exclude from rights given to natural persons and affirm power of Congress and States to regulate political contributions and expenditures (see H.J. Res. 48), H2047 [22FE]
——— disclose beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (H.R. 2513), consideration (see H. Res. 646), H8297 [21OC]
——— require disclosure of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (see S. 1889), S3651 [18JN] (see S. 1978), S4566 [26JN] (see H.R. 2513), H3447 [3MY]
Corps of Engineers: carry out Great Lakes coastline resiliency assessment (see H.R. 4032), H7465 [25JY]
——— ensure right of individuals to carry firearms at water resources development projects (see S. 2013), S4628 [27JN] (see H.R. 664), H718 [17JA]
——— establish Flood Control Civilian Advisory Council to address flood control and navigation along the Missouri River (see S. 1565), S3004 [21MY]
——— modify procedure for communicating certain emergency risks (see H.R. 3944), H7377 [24JY]
Correctional institutions: remove limitations on inmate eligibility for Medicare, State Children’s Health Insurance Program, and veteran’s health benefits (see S. 2626), S5895 [17OC]
Courts: eliminate effect on constitutionally protected expression of religion by Federal, State, and local officials from threat of litigants seeking damages and attorney’s fees (see H.R. 1269), H2031 [14FE]
——— eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses for claims rising under Federal or State statute, the U.S. Constitution, or a State constitution (see S. 635), S1594 [28FE]
——— establish that no Federal statute is intended to preempt a cause or action against an airport in any State small claims or superior court when the action is brought for noise or nuisance (see H.R. 5112), H8878 [14NO]
——— modify amount in controversy requirement and remove complete diversity requirement in civil litigation actions (see S. 297), S800 [31JA]
——— permit expungement of records of certain nonviolent criminal offenses (see H.R. 121), H205 [3JA]
——— require States to release persons charged with a misdemeanor on non-monetary conditions only prior to court adjudication (see H.R. 2233), H3253 [10AP]
——— restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at fertilization (see H.R. 305), H282 [8JA]
——— strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 4203), H7520 [23AU]
CPSC: require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (see S. 481), S1326 [13FE] (see H.R. 1618), H2583 [7MR]
Credit: empower States to set maximum annual percentage rates applicable to consumer credit transactions (see S. 1006), S2239 [3AP]
Crime: call for States to pass sexual assault kit reform legislation (see H. Res. 81), H1243 [28JA]
——— enhance penalties for killing, attempting to kill, or assaulting a public safety officer (see S. 1508), S2924 [16MY]
——— enhance penalties for killing, attempting to kill, or assaulting a public safety officer or judge (see S. 1135), S2387 [10AP]
——— enhance penalties for stalkers of children (see S. 134), S220 [15JA] (see H.R. 570), H601 [15JA]
——— establish new Federal crimes for killing, assaulting, or fleeing from an assault on law enforcement officers and judges, limit rights of offenders, and allow officers to carry firearms in Federal facilities (see S. 1480), S2883 [15MY]
——— prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see S. 119), S220 [15JA] (see S. 194), S315 [19JA] (see H.R. 611), H675 [16JA] (see H.R. 2817), H3924 [16MY]
——— prohibit traveling interstate or causing another to travel interstate for purposes of female genital mutilation (see H.R. 959), H1349 [4FE]
——— seal or expunge nonviolent criminal records, reform treatment of juveniles in the justice system, and lift ban on certain Federal benefits for low-level drug offenders (see H.R. 2410), H3339 [30AP]
Daughters of the Republic of Texas (organization): establish Republic of Texas Legation Memorial as a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3349), H4917 [19JN]
Democracy: ensure election security, improve voting access, reduce influence of money in politics, establish accountability and integrity measures for Congress, and strengthen ethics rules for public servants (see H.R. 1612), H2583 [7MR]
——— 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 S. 949), S2088 [28MR] (see H.R. 1), H201 [3JA]
——— 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), consideration (see H. Res. 172), H2365 [5MR]
——— recognize vital importance in the U.S. and encourage State and local governments to help individuals reflect on contributions of democracy to a free and stable world (see H. Res. 513), H7241 [23JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: allow interstate sale of State-inspected meat and poultry (see S. 1720), S3250 [5JN]
——— establish a Great Lakes basin initiative for agricultural nonpoint source pollution prevention (see H.R. 2141), H3128 [8AP]
——— exempt from inspection the slaughter of animals and preparation of carcasses conducted at a custom slaughter facility (see S. 1620), S3059 [22MY] (see H.R. 2859), H4063 [21MY]
——— expand eligibility of college students to participate in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 2143), S4907 [17JY] (see H.R. 3809), H5999 [17JY]
——— improve access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by reducing administrative requirements and award grants to establish a Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program (see H.R. 1470), H2314 [28FE]
——— improve direct certification and community eligibility for school meal programs (see S. 2692), S6155 [24OC] (see H.R. 5283), H9221 [3DE]
——— make certain multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements eligible for purchase with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see S. 1717), S3250 [5JN] (see H.R. 3142), H4343 [5JN]
——— make grants to State land-grant universities to provide educational resources to improve farm management knowledge and skills of livestock producers (see H.R. 4773), H8297 [21OC]
——— prevent changing of regulations governing provision of waivers under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 5349), H9346 [6DE]
——— repeal work requirements that disqualify able-bodied adults from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility (see H.R. 2809), H3924 [16MY]
——— require a study of the time and duration of school lunch periods (see H.R. 5463), H10609 [17DE]
——— require preclearance quarantine inspections for all movement to or from Hawaii by either domestic or international travel (see H.R. 5506), H12289 [19DE]
——— require schools participating in school meal programs to provide free meals to all children, incentivize local food procurement, improve reimbursements, and assist food purchases during the summer (see S. 2609), S5841 [16OC] (see H.R. 4684), H8143 [15OC]
——— require States to include a photograph on electronic benefit cards issued to provide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 5235), H9168 [21NO]
——— strengthen Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for families, adults looking for work, seniors, and the disabled (see H.R. 1368), H2233 [26FE]
Dept. of Commerce: establish clean technology consortia to enhance economic, environmental, and energy security by promoting domestic development, manufacture, and deployment of clean technologies (see S. 3135), S7208 [19DE] (see H.R. 5505), H12289 [19DE]
Dept. of Defense: authorize grants to support the study of world languages in elementary and secondary schools (see S. 2307), S5141 [29JY] (see H.R. 1094), H1461 [7FE]
——— authorize transfer of surplus high water rescue vehicles to State and Federal agencies to assist communities with disaster-related emergency preparedness (see H.R. 5407), H10257 [12DE]
——— limit and regulate transfer of surplus military equipment to State and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1714), H2715 [13MR]
Dept. of Education: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see S. 2548), S5706 [25SE] (see H.R. 2653), H3679 [9MY]
——— allow local educational agencies to use Federal funds for programs and activities that address chronic absenteeism (see H.R. 4220), H7528 [30AU]
——— allow States and local educational agencies to use existing Federal grant money to make physical safety improvements to school campus facilities (see H.R. 1192), H1582 [13FE]
——— allow States to let Federal funds for the education of disadvantaged children follow low-income children to accredited or otherwise State-approved schools or supplemental educational services program (see H.R. 69), H203 [3JA]
——— allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see S. 1752), S3252 [5JN] (see H.R. 3149), H4343 [5JN]
——— allow States to submit a State management decision and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 2263), H3254 [10AP]
——— award grants to States to establish Seal of Biliteracy to recognize high-level student proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in English and a second language (see H.R. 3119), H4342 [5JN]
——— award grants to States to establish universal prekindergarten in public schools and public charter schools (see H.R. 4213), H7525 [27AU]
——— effectively staff public elementary and secondary schools with school-based mental health services providers (see S. 2499), S5577 [18SE] (see H.R. 4381), H7772 [18SE]
——— eliminate (see H.R. 1930), H2885 [27MR]
——— eliminate tuition at public colleges and universities, forgive outstanding student loan debt and reduce interest rates for new loans, and expand work study program (see S. 1947), S4455 [24JN]
——— end use of corporal punishment in schools by prohibiting funding to any institution or agency utilizing such practices and providing assistance with positive behavior support approaches (see H.R. 727), H1171 [23JA]
——— ensure States oversee closure preparedness among higher education institutions by providing refunds and maintaining student contact information, complaint system, and transcript access (see H.R. 5148), H8958 [18NO]
——— establish a grant program for State and local educational agencies to promote digital citizenship and media literacy (see S. 2240), S5012 [23JY] (see H.R. 4668), H8111 [11OC]
——— establish a grant program that will support efforts at the State level to establish anti-bullying task forces to study, address, and reduce bullying in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 5286), H9221 [3DE]
——— establish a pilot program to promote public-private partnerships among apprenticeships or other job training programs, local educational agencies, and community colleges (see H.R. 1197), H1582 [13FE]
——— establish a program that enables college-bound residents of certain territories to have greater choices among institutions of higher education by allowing students to pay in-State tuition in certain States (see H.R. 404), H358 [9JA] (see H.R. 2465), H3404 [1MY]
——— establish State-Federal partnerships to provide students with debt-free college, provide Pell Grant eligibility to certain immigrants, and restore assistance eligibility for drug-related offenses (see S. 672), S1705 [6MR] (see H.R. 1571), H2504 [6MR]
——— expand military student identifier program to include students of parents who serve in the National Guard and Reserves (see S. 784), S1845 [13MR] (see H.R. 1896), H2883 [27MR]
——— improve Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (see S. 1203), S2435 [11AP]
——— improve quality and accountability for educator preparation programs (see S. 969), S2118 [1AP]
——— improve remedial education programs that train students in the competencies needed to succeed in higher education (see H.R. 3950), H7377 [24JY]
——— increase and improve access to Federal Pell Grants, correlate State higher education funding with Pell Grant allotments, and increase college transparency on costs and student outcomes (see S. 2471), S5474 [12SE] (see H.R. 4638), H8110 [11OC]
——— invest in middle level education by creating a grant program to allow middle schools to identify and implement best practices to improve student outcomes and increase high school graduation rates (see S. 1704), S3215 [4JN] (see H.R. 3089), H4312 [4JN]
——— make grants to help high schoolers receive college credit and reduce college costs by accelerating time to degree, aligning secondary and postsecondary education, and improving credit transfers (see S. 2736), S6299 [30OC]
——— make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 4525), H8053 [26SE]
——— prohibit issuance or enforcement of certain rules that weaken enforcement of Title IX provisions prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program (see H.R. 5388), H10016 [10DE]
——— prohibit provision of certain assistance to institutions of higher education that violate immigration laws by creating sanctuary campuses (see H.R. 768), H1210 [24JA]
——— prohibit State suspension, revocation, or denial of State-issued professional or driver’s licenses or issuance of penalties due to student loan default (see H.R. 3689), H5584 [10JY]
——— promote minimum State requirements for prevention and treatment of concussions caused by participation in school sports (see S. 2600), S5793 [15OC]
——— provide access to higher education through a Federal-State partnership to waive community college tuition and provide grants to minority-serving institutions to assist low-income students (see S. 2250), S5062 [24JY] (see H.R. 3933), H7376 [24JY] (see H.R. 4212), H7525 [27AU]
——— provide additional funds to States to establish and make disbursements from high cost funds to reimburse local schools for special educational services (see H.R. 4673), H8143 [15OC]
——— provide block grants to States to establish elementary and secondary education voucher programs to allow for school choice (see H.R. 771), H1210 [24JA]
——— provide for a percentage of student loan forgiveness for public service employment (see H.R. 3096), H4312 [4JN] (see H.R. 4113), H7480 [30JY]
——— provide for accreditation reform, require institutions of higher education to publish information on student success, and provide for fiscal and student loan accountability by institutions (see S. 2339), S5196 [30JY] (see H.R. 4098), H7479 [30JY]
——— provide for long-term improvement of public school facilities (see S. 266), S742 [29JA] (see H.R. 865), H1332 [30JA]
——— provide for teacher, principal, and other school leader quality enhancement (see S. 468), S1325 [13FE]
——— provide for temporary emergency Impact Aid Program funds for local educational agencies (see H.R. 4316), H7705 [12SE]
——— provide formula grants to States to improve higher education opportunities for foster youth and homeless youth (see S. 1650), S3105 [23MY] (see H.R. 2966), H4161 [23MY]
——— provide grants to eligible entities to establish, expand, or support dual or concurrent enrollment programs offering career and technical education (see H.R. 653), H717 [17JA]
——— provide grants to State educational agencies for modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities (see H.R. 1457), H2313 [28FE]
——— provide grants to State libraries to allow schools with summer lunch programs to keep their libraries open for student use during summer months (see S. 2070), S4773 [10JY] (see H.R. 3667), H5583 [10JY]
——— provide grants to States to establish a comprehensive school career counseling program (see H.R. 5092), H8877 [14NO]
——— provide grants to States to establish public-private partnerships for apprenticeship and other job training programs (see H.R. 3893), H7240 [23JY]
——— provide pathways for debt-free higher education for those on a public service career path and enhance loan forgiveness for current public servants (see S. 686), S1705 [6MR] (see H.R. 3692), H5584 [10JY]
——— provide relief to State education budgets and help fulfill Federal mandate to provide higher education opportunities for Native Americans (see S. 759), S1792 [12MR] (see H.R. 1688), H2679 [12MR]
——— provide students with disabilities and their families with access to critical information needed to select the right college and succeed once enrolled (see S. 1585), S3058 [22MY] (see H.R. 3086), H4312 [4JN]
——— provide temporary Impact Aid Program construction grants to eligible local educational agencies (see H.R. 3647), H5302 [9JY]
——— provide that children that have relocated from Puerto Rico to the States are fully considered for purposes of State allotments under English language acquisition grants (see S. 2761), S6333 [31OC] (see H.R. 4943), H8717 [31OC]
——— reduce frequency of federally required academic assessments (see H.R. 4630), H8101 [8OC]
——— reform Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) (see S. 303), S800 [31JA] (see H.R. 954), H1349 [4FE]
——— reinstate Federal Pell Grant Program eligibility for incarcerated individuals and Federal financial aid eligibility for individuals convicted of certain drug offenses (see H.R. 4073), H7467 [25JY]
——— reinstate Federal Pell Grant Program eligibility for individuals incarcerated in Federal and State penal institutions (see S. 1074), S2328 [9AP] (see H.R. 2168), H3216 [9AP]
——— require States to charge in-State tuition rates at public institutions of higher education for refugees, asylees, and certain special immigrants who reside in such State (see H.R. 3391), H5006 [20JN]
——— strengthen Federal-State partnerships in postsecondary education (see S. 3028), S6992 [11DE]
——— strengthen investments in postsecondary career and technical education programs and build connections across the entire education and workforce development system (see H.R. 4371), H7772 [18SE]
——— support educational entities in fully implementing Title IX and reducing and preventing sex discrimination in all areas of education (see S. 1964), S4504 [25JN] (see H.R. 3513), H5200 [26JN]
——— terminate (see H.R. 899), H1334 [30JA]
——— transition Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program to a State-directed program of annual loan repayment benefits for workers in high-need occupations (see H.R. 4851), H8457 [23OC]
Dept. of Energy: establish Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy as the lead Federal agency for coordinating Federal, State, and local assistance to promote the energy retrofitting of schools (see S. 253), S742 [29JA] (see H.R. 762), H1210 [24JA]
——— establish or designate Distributed Energy Opportunity Board and certify Distributed Energy Opportunity Communities to streamline clean energy technology permitting (see S. 2447), S5360 [9SE] (see H.R. 5335), H9346 [6DE]
——— improve State loan eligibility for projects for innovative technology (see S. 2399), S5248 [31JY]
——— increase flexibility, efficiency, and reliability of the electric grid, train workers for transitions to high-skill clean energy jobs, and assist States with reducing energy prices (see S. 1740), S3251 [5JN]
——— obtain consent of affected State and local governments before making an expenditure from the Nuclear Waste Fund for a nuclear waste repository (see S. 649), S1659 [5MR] (see H.R. 1544), H2367 [5MR]
——— provide Federal financial assistance to States to implement, review, and revise State energy security plans (see S. 2094), S4807 [11JY] (see H.R. 2114), H3127 [8AP]
——— provide grants and loan guarantees to improve energy efficiency of publicly owned wastewater treatment facilities (see S. 3046), S7027 [12DE]
——— provide grants for energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements at public school facilities (see S. 1890), S3652 [18JN] (see H.R. 3322), H4770 [18JN]
——— require certain financial assistance to be distributed without undue delay to support State and local high-impact energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives (see S. 185), S293 [17JA]
Dept. of HHS: address opioid drug abuse epidemic (see H.R. 2922), H4118 [22MY]
——— administer vaccinations for hepatitis A, at no cost to the inoculated, in certain areas at risk of a hepatitis A outbreak (see H.R. 2361), H3283 [25AP]
——— allow grants to States under Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program to establish Baby Box Programs to provide training, services, and items for newborn and postpartum care (see H.R. 4201), H7511 [20AU]
——— allow States to extend certain child welfare demonstration projects scheduled to expire (see S. 107), S143 [10JA] (see H.R. 3116), H4341 [5JN]
——— assist States, tribes, territories, counties, and cities in implementing child welfare systems and services to families at risk of entering the child welfare or foster care systems (see S. 2777), S6391 [5NO] (see H.R. 4980), H8729 [5NO]
——— authorize grants to develop and implement statewide or tribal post-adoption and post-legal guardianship mental health service programs for children who are adopted or placed in legal guardianship (see H.R. 3909), H7240 [23JY]
——— authorize grants to establish a national network of statewide legal hotlines for senior citizens (see S. 905), S2043 [27MR]
——— authorize State Opioid Response Grants and Tribal Opioid Response Grants programs (see H.R. 2466), H3404 [1MY]
——— authorize State Opioid Response Grants program and allow use of funding to address methamphetamine and cocaine abuse (see S. 1925), S4168 [20JN] (see H.R. 4111), H7480 [30JY]
——— award certain allergies and asthma-related grants and increase preference given to States that require certain public schools to have allergies and asthma management programs (see H.R. 2468), H3438 [2MY]
——— award competitive grants to enhance collaboration between State child welfare and juvenile justice systems (see S. 1465), S2815 [14MY] (see H.R. 4911), H8594 [29OC]
——— award grants to States to provide safety measures to social workers, health workers, and human services professionals in high-risk and potentially dangerous situations (see S. 2880), S6625 [18NO] (see H.R. 5138), H8958 [18NO]
——— clarify responsibilities for unaccompanied alien children relative to background checks for sponsors, monitoring care, appearance at immigration proceedings, and notifying States of placement of such children (see S. 1165), S2433 [11AP]
——— condition certain grants on States, local educational agencies, and tribes implementing a school-based student suicide awareness and prevention training policy (see S. 2492), S5539 [17SE]
——— condition receipt by State and local entities of preventive health services grants on establishment of vaccination requirements for public school students in accordance with certain CDC recommendations (see H.R. 2527), H3447 [3MY]
——— conduct pilot program to improve recruitment and retention of child welfare workers (see S. 1070), S2328 [9AP]
——— 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 S. 1073), S2328 [9AP] (see H.R. 2775), H3841 [15MY]
——— develop a national strategic action plan and program to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (see S. 523), S1383 [14FE] (see H.R. 1243), H2030 [14FE]
——— develop a poverty line for purposes of Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 5069), H8826 [13NO]
——— eliminate barriers to providing child welfare services for those in need and provide additional resources to provide services to families at risk of entering the child welfare or foster care systems (see S. 1376), S2743 [8MY] (see H.R. 2702), H3788 [14MY] (see H.R. 3017), H4164 [23MY]
——— encourage caregiver needs assessments to identify individual needs of family caregivers and to target services more effectively (see H.R. 3782), H5911 [16JY]
——— enter into arrangement with National Academy of Sciences to conduct and update biennially study on effects of State legalized marijuana programs (see H.R. 1587), H2581 [7MR]
——— establish a grant program for States that provide flexibility in licensing for health care providers who offer services on a volunteer basis (see H.R. 2216), H3253 [10AP]
——— 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), H2613 [8MR]
——— establish a grant program to provide self-harm and suicide prevention services in primary care offices (see H.R. 4353), H7753 [17SE]
——— establish a national assessment standard for evaluating prospective foster and adoptive parents and a national registry to improve matching of foster and adoptive children with families (see S. 1912), S3844 [19JN] (see H.R. 3359), H4917 [19JN]
——— establish an Individual Market Reinsurance Fund to provide funding for State individual market stabilization reinsurance programs (see H.R. 4652), H8111 [11OC]
——— establish an interagency council on social determinants of health to provide recommendations and assistance in developing strategies to target health and well-being of high-need patients (see S. 2986), S6888 [5DE] (see H.R. 4004), H7464 [25JY]
——— establish State insulin assistance programs, hold manufacturers accountable for excessive insulin price increases, and promote market competition to drive down prices (see S. 2004), S4628 [27JN] (see H.R. 4010), H7464 [25JY]
——— establish universal child care and early learning programs (see S. 1878), S3651 [18JN] (see H.R. 3315), H4770 [18JN]
——— extend and expand demonstration projects to provide low-income individuals with opportunities to enter and follow a career pathway in health professions under Health Profession Opportunity Grant program (see H.R. 3398), H5035 [21JN]
——— facilitate State efforts to establish auto-enrollment systems to provide opt-out insurance coverage for individuals eligible for premium assistance or Medicaid (see H.R. 2061), H3067 [3AP]
——— guarantee that grants under Health Profession Opportunity Grant program are made to grantees in each State that is not a territory (see H.R. 3346), H4917 [19JN]
——— impose a fee on opioid manufacturers to fund an increase in drug addiction treatment capacity (see S. 1662), S3105 [23MY] (see H.R. 3105), H4341 [5JN]
——— improve access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce transmission of HIV (see S. 1926), S4168 [20JN] (see H.R. 3815), H5999 [17JY]
——— improve child care protections provided through interstate background checks of child care workers hired by providers receiving Child Care and Development Block Grant Program funding (see S. 1408), S2770 [9MY] (see H.R. 3986), H7463 [25JY]
——— improve guardianship oversight and data collection by designating an online resource center, authorizing State grants for guardianship databases, and sharing guardian background check information (see S. 591), S1540 [27FE] (see H.R. 4174), H7492 [6AU]
——— improve Head Start Program by authorizing block grants to States for prekindergarten education (see S. 2996), S6888 [5DE] (see H.R. 62), H203 [3JA]
——— increase funding for National Family Caregiver Support Program and provide caregiver assessments and technical assistance to address the needs of family caregivers (see S. 1017), S2240 [3AP]
——— issue and disseminate guidance to States to clarify strategies to address social determinants of health under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4621), H8101 [8OC]
——— plan, develop, and make recommendations to increase access to sexual assault examinations for survivors by holding hospitals accountable and supporting providers that serve them (see S. 402), S1132 [7FE] (see H.R. 1082), H1461 [7FE]
——— prioritize education and training for existing and new environmental health professionals (see S. 1137), S2387 [10AP] (see H.R. 2262), H3254 [10AP]
——— provide assistance to combat escalating burden of Lyme disease and other tick and vector-borne diseases (see S. 1657), S3105 [23MY] (see H.R. 3073), H4216 [3JN]
——— provide assistance to States to expand child care workforce and child care facilities (see S. 605), S1593 [28FE] (see H.R. 1488), H2322 [4MR]
——— provide grants to enable States to carry out activities to reduce administrative costs and burdens in health care (see S. 1260), S2569 [1MY]
——— provide grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families (see H.R. 3507), H5200 [26JN]
——— provide grants to support job creation initiatives under the Social Services Block Grants Program (see H.R. 4471), H7901 [24SE]
——— reauthorize and modernize Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1695), H2680 [12MR]
——— reauthorize grant programs and other initiatives to promote expanded screening of newborns and children for genetic diseases and disorders (see S. 2158), S4947 [18JY] (see H.R. 2507), H3440 [2MY]
——— reauthorize Personal Responsibility Education Program (see H.R. 3053), H4215 [3JN]
——— reduce maternal deaths and complications by providing funding to States and hospitals to develop and implement standardized maternal safety best practices and review pregnancy-related deaths and complications (see S. 116), S219 [15JA]
——— 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 S. 1600), S3059 [22MY] (see H.R. 2902), H4117 [22MY]
——— require mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect to law enforcement or State child protective services agencies and provide training on what constitutes child abuse or neglect (see S. 1353), S2688 [7MY] (see H.R. 2567), H3474 [7MY]
——— require recipients of certain grants to comply with State and local laws requiring reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, incest, intimate partner violence, or human trafficking (see H.R. 4504), H8052 [26SE]
——— require States and their designees receiving grants for suicide early intervention and prevention strategies to consult with Indian tribes and organizations (see S. 467), S1325 [13FE] (see H.R. 1191), H1582 [13FE]
——— require States to follow certain procedures in placing a child who has been removed from the custody of his or her parents (see H.R. 4923), H8677 [30OC]
——— require States to provide for placement of a foster child in a cottage home and make a child so placed eligible for foster care maintenance payments (see H.R. 4839), H8457 [23OC]
——— require States to review child fatalities from maltreatment (see S. 3027), S6992 [11DE]
——— revise and extend projects relative to children and violence and provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see S. 1122), S2386 [10AP] (see H.R. 1109), H1491 [8FE]
——— streamline Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act State innovation waiver process (see H.R. 2183), H3217 [9AP]
——— strengthen National Disaster Medical System (see S. 11), S19 [3JA]
——— test the feasibility and outcomes of integrating a substance use disorder and behavioral health treatment locator tool into prescription drug monitoring programs of eligible States (see H.R. 3927), H7376 [24JY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: allow Homeland Security Grant Program funds to be used to safeguard faith-based community centers and houses of worship (see S. 1308), S2613 [2MY]
——— authorize Operation Stonegarden grant program (see S. 2750), S6300 [30OC] (see H.R. 3990), H7463 [25JY]
——— conduct an inland waters threat analysis (see H.R. 4402), H7834 [19SE]
——— develop an engagement strategy with State and local fusion centers (see H.R. 504), H517 [11JA]
——— develop tools to help State and local governments establish or improve cybersecurity (see H.R. 4217), H7528 [30AU]
——— establish a State-sponsored nonimmigrant guest worker visa pilot program (see H.R. 5174), H9056 [19NO]
——— establish an election security grant program (see S. 1319), S2614 [2MY]
——— establish Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program in Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (see S. 2318), S5195 [30JY] (see H.R. 4237), H7535 [6SE]
——— establish Joint Threat Assessment and Management Task Force to make recommendations on developing a national strategy to prevent targeted violence (see S. 265), S742 [29JA] (see H.R. 838), H1282 [29JA]
——— establish School Safety Clearinghouse (see S. 2530), S5628 [23SE]
——— expedite U.S. Customs and Border Protection hiring process for law enforcement positions by expanding authority to waive polygraph examinations for certain applicants (see S. 731), S1734 [7MR] (see H.R. 1609), H2583 [7MR]
——— improve intelligence and information sharing on threats posed by terrorist attacks using chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear materials (see H.R. 1589), H2581 [7MR]
——— 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), H5255 [27JN]
——— produce and disseminate an annual catalog on training, publications, programs, and services for State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 449), H462 [10JA]
——— prohibit admission to U.S. as a nonimmigrant under certain categories, aliens who are nationals of noncompliant countries (see H.R. 5461), H10609 [17DE]
——— prohibit construction of certain elements of a physical barrier along the southern border of the U.S. in Federal wildlife and wilderness areas and on State land (see S. 264), S742 [29JA]
——— prohibit immigration officers or agents from wearing clothing or other items bearing the word ‘‘police’’ (see S. 2151), S4907 [17JY] (see H.R. 3498), H5199 [26JN]
——— promote creation of State anonymous school threat reporting programs (see H.R. 2100), H3099 [4AP]
——— provide for engagements with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments (see S. 1846), S3476 [13JN]
——— provide grants to assist States in developing and implementing plans to address cybersecurity threats or vulnerabilities (see S. 1065), S2294 [8AP] (see H.R. 2130), H3128 [8AP]
——— provide support to State and local governments in their efforts to counter violent extremist threats (see H.R. 5344), H9346 [6DE]
——— require annual report on the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement (see H.R. 495), H517 [11JA]
——— require certain coordination with Federal and non-Federal entities relative to cybersecurity risks and incidents (see H.R. 5394), H10123 [11DE]
——— require use of American made iron and steel products in southern border wall construction (see H.R. 1543), H2367 [5MR]
Dept. of HUD: authorize State-licensed appraisers to conduct appraisals in connection with mortgages insured by FHA and require compliance with existing appraiser education requirement (see S. 1722), S3250 [5JN] (see H.R. 2852), H4010 [20MY]
——— award grants to eligible entities to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards, lead in drinking water hazards, and lead in soil hazards in certain residential real properties (see H.R. 4416), H7835 [19SE]
——— consider appropriate inclusion of residential manufactured homes in certain programs (see H.R. 926), H1335 [30JA]
——— ensure sale or lease of public housing assets financially benefits the public housing project residents and the public housing agency that owns the housing project (see H.R. 5455), H10609 [17DE]
——— establish a grant program to provide assistance to States to prevent and repair damage to residential structures with crumbling foundations due to pyrrhotite (see S. 356), S919 [6FE]
——— expedite disaster assistance to States, insular areas, and localities under a Community Development Block Grant Program grant disaster recovery program (see S. 2796), S6447 [6NO]
——— improve removal of lead from drinking water in public housing (see S. 2087), S4806 [11JY] (see H.R. 3721), H5726 [11JY]
——— issue guidelines relative to appropriate inclusion of residential manufactured homes in Consolidated Plans (see S. 1804), S3363 [12JN]
——— make grants to States to eliminate blight and assist in neighborhood revitalization (see H.R. 2390), H3303 [29AP]
——— modify minimum allocation requirement for Emergency Solutions Grants program to ensure local allocation of funds (see S. 812), S1898 [14MR] (see H.R. 1800), H2745 [14MR]
——— provide disaster assistance to States, Puerto Rico, and localities under a Community Development Block Grant Program grant disaster recovery program (see S. 2301), S5108 [25JY] (see H.R. 3702), H5726 [11JY]
——— provide incentives to grantees under Continuum of Care program to re-house all former Armed Forces members to help address veteran homelessness (see H.R. 715), H1170 [23JA]
——— provide that an individual who uses marijuana in compliance with State law may not be denied occupancy of federally assisted housing (see H.R. 2338), H3274 [18AP]
——— require Community Development Block Grant Program recipients to submit land use plans to disclose potential discriminatory housing policies (see S. 1919), S4168 [20JN] (see H.R. 4351), H7753 [17SE]
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 S. 506), S1383 [14FE] (see H.R. 1236), H2029 [14FE]
——— allow use of grants under Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program to combat sex trafficking (see H.R. 1110), H1491 [8FE]
——— authorize a grant program to assist State and local law enforcement agencies in purchasing body-worn cameras and securely storing and maintaining recording data for law enforcement officers (see H.R. 120), H205 [3JA]
——— authorize Justice Reinvestment Initiative grant program (see H.R. 3081), H4312 [4JN]
——— call for protection of individuals with preexisting medical conditions by defending Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions in Texas v. U.S. (see S. Res. 94), S1660 [5MR]
——— 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), H2923 [29MR]
——— 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), consideration (see H. Res. 274), H2937 [1AP]
——— enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study to develop guidelines, best practices, and examples for congressional redistricting (see H.R. 2057), H3067 [3AP]
——— establish a grant program for States and Indian Tribes to enroll individuals purchasing firearms and holders of licenses or permits to possess, carry, sell, or transfer firearms into FBI Rap Back program (see H.R. 3599), H5265 [28JN]
——— establish a grant program to incentivize States to reduce prison populations (see S. 1557), S3004 [21MY] (see H.R. 2865), H4063 [21MY]
——— establish a gun buyback grant program (see H.R. 659), H717 [17JA]
——— establish a task force to study causes of violence against and involving law enforcement and make recommendations on improving community safety (see H.R. 5251), H9174 [22NO]
——— establish Adverse Childhood Experiences Response Team grant program (see S. 2720), S6189 [28OC] (see H.R. 4886), H8539 [28OC]
——— establish and carry out a Veteran Treatment Court Program (see S. 2774), S6391 [5NO] (see H.R. 886), H1333 [30JA]
——— establish grant program to provide mental health services and behavioral health services to at-risk youth in the justice system to eliminate imposition of juvenile fines and fees (see H.R. 2300), H3263 [12AP]
——— establish grants to reduce incidence of hate crimes (see H.R. 223), H209 [3JA]
——— establish Green Alert communications network throughout the U.S. to help locate missing at-risk veterans and coordinate with other Federal, State, and local agencies on Green Alert plans (see H.R. 1350), H2101 [25FE]
——— federally criminalize female genital mutilation through establishment of stronger connections between the practice and interstate commerce (see S. 2017), S4628 [27JN] (see H.R. 3583), H5257 [27JN]
——— grant voters right to petition for investigation of voting complaints (see H.R. 1513), H2366 [5MR]
——— incentivize hate crime reporting, provide grants for State-run hate crime hotlines, and establish private rights of action for victims and additional penalties for certain hate crime convictions (see S. 2043), S4629 [27JN] (see H.R. 3545), H5256 [27JN]
——— incentivize State reporting systems that allow submittal of information by mental health professionals on individuals deemed dangerous relative to firearms possession (see H.R. 3554), H5256 [27JN]
——— incentivize States and localities to improve access to justice by establishing workload limits, increased pay, and student loan repayment for public defenders (see S. 1377), S2743 [8MY] (see H.R. 2868), H4063 [21MY]
——— incentivize States to enact laws requiring independent investigation and prosecution for use of deadly force by law enforcement officers (see S. 1938), S4169 [20JN] (see H.R. 125), H205 [3JA]
——— increase funding for Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program grants and Secure Our Schools grant program (see H.R. 3023), H4170 [24MY]
——— increase oversight of pretrial release program by requiring entities that receive funds to report on defendants’ criminal behavior and failure to appear at trial (see H.R. 5320), H9293 [5DE]
——— make available to Congress and the public the special counsel report on investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials (see H. Con. Res. 24), H2584 [7MR]
——— make available to Congress and the public the special counsel report on investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials (H. Con. Res. 24), consideration (see H. Res. 208), H2646 [11MR]
——— make competitive grants to eligible State, tribal, and local prosecutors to establish and maintain witness protection and assistance programs (see S. 2531), S5663 [24SE] (see H.R. 4467), H7901 [24SE]
——— make grants to implement statutes and policies on firearm relinquishment orders to individuals charged or convicted of domestic violence and report on best practices for such statutes and policies (see H.R. 1287), H2032 [14FE]
——— make grants to State and local governments for programs to provide medication-assisted treatment to individuals incarcerated in the jurisdiction who are addicted to opioids (see S. 1983), S4566 [26JN] (see H.R. 3496), H5199 [26JN]
——— make grants to State and tribal courts in order to allow electronic service of certain court orders (see S. 2397), S5248 [31JY] (see H.R. 4313), H7705 [12SE]
——— make grants to States and local governments to deploy and implement gunfire detection and location technology (see H.R. 5181), H9057 [19NO] (see H.R. 5385), H10016 [10DE]
——— make grants to States that have in place laws that authorize the seizure of firearms from dangerous individuals (see H.R. 2786), H3923 [16MY]
——— make grants to States that have laws that expand protections to victims of sex offenses who are not in a familiar or dating relationship with the perpetrators of such offenses (see H.R. 1100), H1461 [7FE]
——— make grants to States to provide right to counsel in civil actions relative to eviction (see H.R. 5298), H9255 [4DE]
——— prohibit Federal prosecution of individuals using medical or recreational marijuana in States with legalized marijuana (see H.R. 493), H517 [11JA]
——— protect Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions on preexisting conditions and other health coverage and reverse position in Texas v. U.S. (see S. Res. 134), S2189 [2AP]
——— provide a grant program for handgun licensing programs (see S. 1844), S3476 [13JN] (see H.R. 3285), H4695 [13JN]
——— provide Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program grants to States that adopt red flag laws to remove guns from individuals who may be a threat to themselves or others (see H.R. 744), H1209 [24JA]
——— provide grants to State, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies to obtain behavioral health crisis response training for law enforcement officers (see S. 1464), S2815 [14MY] (see H.R. 2698), H3787 [14MY]
——— provide grants to State and local law enforcement agencies to purchase chemical screening devices to detect dangerous drugs and train personnel on use of such devices (see S. 954), S2088 [28MR] (see H.R. 2070), H3068 [3AP]
——— provide grants to States to encourage implementation and maintenance of firearms licensing requirements (see S. 2014), S4628 [27JN] (see H.R. 3569), H5257 [27JN]
——— provide notification to relevant law enforcement agencies if a background check conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System determines that a person may not receive a firearm (see H.R. 3552), H5256 [27JN]
——— provide that Federal law enforcement officers may not use deadly force or less lethal force unless such force is necessary and encourage States to adopt similar laws or policies (see H.R. 4359), H7753 [17SE]
——— reauthorize Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program (see H.R. 1528), H2367 [5MR]
——— reauthorize DNA Backlog Reduction Program (see S. 820), S1898 [14MR] (see H.R. 777), H1210 [24JA]
——— reauthorize DNA Backlog Reduction Program (S. 820), consideration (see H. Res. 634), H8198 [16OC]
——— reauthorize Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (see H.R. 494), H517 [11JA]
——— reauthorize State Criminal Alien Assistance Program and allow reimbursement of State and local governments that incur correctional officer salary costs for incarcerating criminal illegal aliens (see S. 1470), S2815 [14MY]
——— report firearm background check denials to State and local law enforcement to allow pursuit of criminal charges and study and report to Congress on categories of people who are denied firearms (see S. 875), S1987 [26MR] (see H.R. 1671), H2646 [11MR]
——— require an alien lawfully admitted to the U.S. under a nonimmigrant visa to obtain approval prior to receiving a firearm (see H.R. 5507), H12289 [19DE]
——— require State and local law enforcement agencies to submit all gathered evidence when investigating a crime (see H.R. 4799), H8387 [22OC]
——— require States receiving Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program funds to mandate fair and impartial policing training for law enforcement officers (see S. 1938), S4169 [20JN]
——— 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 receiving Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program funds to require de-escalation training for law enforcement officers to reduce need for use of force (see H.R. 2927), H4118 [22MY]
——— 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), H601 [15JA]
Dept. of Labor: award grants for recruitment, retention, and advancement of direct care workers (see S. 2521), S5602 [19SE] (see H.R. 4397), H7834 [19SE]
——— establish Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative (see S. 1666), S3105 [23MY] (see H.R. 3007), H4164 [23MY]
——— establish jobs programs for long-term unemployed workers (see S. 1920), S4168 [20JN]
——— establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (see H.R. 1000), H1390 [6FE]
——— prohibit States and municipalities from adopting certain laws and ordinances relative to Fair Labor Standards Act (see H.R. 3515), H5200 [26JN]
——— promote registered apprenticeships, including those within in-demand industry sectors, through support of workforce intermediaries (see S. 951), S2088 [28MR] (see H.R. 1995), H2923 [29MR]
——— provide fair and advanced notice before business closures and mass layoffs (see S. 2938), S6755 [21NO] (see H.R. 5205), H9121 [20NO]
——— provide grants to States for summer employment programs for youth (see S. 2036), S4628 [27JN]
Dept. of State: establish Global Electoral Exchange Program to promote international exchanges on best election practices and cultivate more secure democratic institutions (see S. 324), S831 [4FE] (see H.R. 753), H1210 [24JA]
——— establish Office of Subnational Diplomacy (see H.R. 3571), H5257 [27JN]
Dept. of the Interior: allow delegation of certain emergency abandoned mine reclamation activities to States and Indian tribes (see H.R. 4248), H7558 [9SE]
——— authorize partnerships between States and nongovernmental entities to reclaim and restore land and water resources adversely affected by coal mining activities before a certain date (see H.R. 315), H283 [8JA]
——— conduct a special resource study of Fort Pillow Historic State Park in Henning, TN (see H.R. 1130), H1492 [8FE]
——— conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (see H.R. 4007), H7464 [25JY]
——— convey to States all right, title, and interest in, and to a percentage of, the mineral royalties and other amounts required to be paid relative to public land and deposits in the State (see H.R. 998), H1390 [6FE]
——— coordinate Federal and State permitting processes relative to construction of new surface water storage projects on Federal lands and designate Bureau of Reclamation as lead agency (see H.R. 1621), H2583 [7MR]
——— empower States to manage development and production of oil and gas on Federal land, distribute Outer Continental Shelf energy leasing revenues to coastal States, and promote alternative energy (see H.R. 4294), H7665 [11SE]
——— empower States to manage the development and production of oil and gas on available Federal land (see S. 218), S586 [24JA]
——— enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge (see S. 248), S698 [28JA]
——— establish a moratorium on oil and gas leasing on public land on the Central Coast of California (see H.R. 5303), H9255 [4DE]
——— establish a pilot program for commercial recreation concessions on certain land managed by BLM (see S. 3060), S7048 [16DE] (see H.R. 4028), H7465 [25JY]
——— establish Maya Security and Conservation Partnership Program (see S. 3131), S7208 [19DE]
——— identify and convey to Colorado land for use as a storage site for residual radioactive material (see S. 2526), S5602 [19SE] (see H.R. 4427), H7835 [19SE]
——— include Florida in Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf revenue sharing program and extend moratorium on oil and gas leasing in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (see S. 13), S19 [3JA]
——— modify a definition and disposition and authorized uses of qualified Outer Continental Shelf revenues, exempt certain payments from sequestration, and distribute certain revenues to Alaska (see S. 2418), S5311 [1AU]
——— permanently extend moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas in the Gulf of Mexico (see H.R. 205), H208 [3JA]
——— permanently extend moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas in the Gulf of Mexico (H.R. 205), consideration (see H. Res. 548), H7558 [9SE]
——— permanently prohibit offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Atlantic Ocean and the Straits of Florida (see S. 1304), S2613 [2MY]
——— 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]
——— permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Pacific Ocean (see S. 1318), S2614 [2MY] (see H.R. 310), H282 [8JA]
——— permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (see H.R. 279), H281 [8JA]
——— place a moratorium on oil and gas leasing-related activities on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Atlantic Ocean, Straits of Florida, and Eastern Gulf of Mexico (see H.R. 291), H281 [8JA]
——— prohibit issuance of certain geological and geophysical exploration permits in the Atlantic Ocean (see H.R. 1149), H1517 [11FE]
——— prohibit oil-, gas- and methane hydrate-related seismic activities on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Atlantic Ocean and Straits of Florida (see S. 828), S1899 [14MR] (see H.R. 1606), H2582 [7MR]
——— prohibit oil and gas leasing and related activities off the coast of Mid-Atlantic States (see H.R. 337), H284 [8JA]
——— prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (see H.R. 1941), H2914 [28MR]
——— prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (H.R. 1941), consideration (see H. Res. 548), H7558 [9SE]
——— prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas off the coast of Florida (see H.R. 286), H281 [8JA]
——— prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas off the coast of New England (see S. 1296), S2613 [2MY] (see H.R. 287), H281 [8JA]
——— promote economic revitalization, diversification, and development in economically distressed communities through reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by mining (see S. 1232), S2515 [30AP] (see H.R. 2156), H3216 [9AP]
——— provide economic stabilization resources to distressed rural communities directly impacted by the closure of an electric generating station (see H.R. 4318), H7705 [12SE]
——— provide for a moratorium on oil and gas leasing and exploration off the coast of Florida (see H.R. 3585), H5258 [27JN]
——— provide grants to acquire land and water for parks and other outdoor recreation purposes and develop new or renovate existing outdoor recreation facilities (see S. 1458), S2815 [14MY] (see H.R. 1334), H2100 [25FE] (see H.R. 4512), H8053 [26SE]
Dept. of the Treasury: conduct study to identify disparities between communities in auto insurance costs and payout amounts based on predominant racial makeup of such communities (see H.R. 2684), H3727 [10MY]
——— include State insurance commissioner as a voting member of Financial Stability Oversight Council (see S. 1298), S2613 [2MY] (see H.R. 2479), H3439 [2MY]
——— provide States with access to records on unredeemed savings bonds to facilitate reuniting of bonds with bondholders by putting names and addresses in State unclaimed property databases (see S. 2417), S5311 [1AU] (see H.R. 5269), H9179 [26NO]
Dept. of Transportation: accelerate completion of Appalachian development highway system by facilitating exchanges between States with unspent balances of targeted funds to States that lack funding (see S. 2271), S5107 [25JY] (see H.R. 4896), H8594 [29OC]
——— allow States to include information on small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans in reporting under the disadvantaged business enterprise program (see S. 2031), S4628 [27JN]
——— allow States to use certain Federal transportation funding to develop and implement Vision Zero transportation safety plans in eligible localities (see H.R. 4819), H8456 [23OC]
——— approve Federal participation to rehabilitate or replace certain bridges (see H.R. 4591), H8089 [1OC]
——— assist States to rehabilitate or replace certain bridges (see S. 1707), S3215 [4JN] (see H.R. 3134), H4342 [5JN]
——— authorize a pilot program within Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects program to increase State infrastructure investments (see S. 2285), S5107 [25JY]
——— authorize funds for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs, expedite environmental reviews for projects, improve resiliency, and reduce carbon emissions (see S. 2302), S5141 [29JY]
——— award grants to States that have enacted and are enforcing laws to impound or immobilize limousines that fail safety inspections (see S. 2605), S5841 [16OC] (see H.R. 4709), H8198 [16OC]
——— compel States and ride-hailing companies to require illuminated signs and other safety measures on ride-hailing vehicles and prohibit the sale of such signs (see S. 1871), S3477 [13JN] (see H.R. 3262), H4694 [13JN] (see H.R. 4686), H8143 [15OC]
——— condition Federal highway funding to States on enactment and enforcement of laws charging individuals who drive a motor vehicle, with a child passenger, while intoxicated or impaired (see H.R. 3008), H4164 [23MY]
——— condition receipt of certain highway funding by States on enactment of laws to prevent use of automated traffic enforcement systems (see H.R. 2962), H4161 [23MY]
——— condition receipt of certain highway funding by States on the enactment and enforcement of laws to prevent repeated intoxicated driving (see H.R. 2998), H4163 [23MY]
——— condition receipt of grants by New York, NY, Metropolitan Transportation Authority on exempting New Jersey drivers from congestion fees and provide year-end tax credits for congestion taxes (see H.R. 2523), H3447 [3MY]
——— create supplemental grants to States for distracted driving prevention and provide States applying for such grants an explanation of the eligibility decision (see H.R. 2416), H3339 [30AP]
——— develop and provide States and transportation planning organizations with data sets measuring the level of access by all modes of transportation to important destinations (see S. 654), S1659 [5MR] (see H.R. 1517), H2366 [5MR]
——— ensure long-term solvency of Highway Trust Fund through user fees and require Federal highway spending that exceeds Highway Trust Fund revenues and balances to be offset (see S. Res. 288), S5141 [29JY]
——— ensure States set aside certain funds for construction and operational improvements on high risk rural roads (see H.R. 4338), H7714 [16SE]
——— establish a competitive grant program to repair, improve, rehabilitate, or replace bridges and improve safety, efficiency, and reliability of movement of people and freight over bridge crossings (see S. 2310), S5141 [29JY]
——— establish a grant program to facilitate the installation on bridges of suicide prevention nets and barriers (see H.R. 4309), H7704 [12SE]
——— establish a grant program to improve evacuation routes in rural communities (see S. 1709), S3215 [4JN]
——— establish a pedestrian safety bollard installation grant program (see S. 1913), S3844 [19JN] (see H.R. 2237), H3253 [10AP]
——— establish a pilot toll credit marketplace program (see S. 2954), S6756 [21NO]
——— establish additional requirements for certain transportation projects with estimated costs of 2.5 billion dollars or more (see H.R. 5508), H12289 [19DE]
——— establish grant program for States that establish standards for education and training programs on civilian and law enforcement encounters during traffic stops and other in-person encounters (see H.R. 169), H207 [3JA]
——— expand Appalachian development highway system (see S. 2211), S5012 [23JY]
——— extend regulatory deadline for emergency relief transportation projects to advance to construction (see H.R. 3193), H4431 [11JN]
——— improve pipeline safety by closing regulatory loopholes and increasing safety standards (see S. 1097), S2329 [9AP] (see H.R. 2139), H3128 [8AP]
——— improve transportation alternatives program (see S. 1098), S2329 [9AP] (see H.R. 5231), H9168 [21NO]
——— improve Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (TIFIA) Program (see S. 353), S919 [6FE] (see H.R. 2475), H3438 [2MY]
——— issue regulations allowing qualified drivers under the age of 21 who complete a vehicle operation and mentor-apprentice training program to move freight across State lines (see S. 569), S1493 [26FE] (see H.R. 1374), H2233 [26FE]
——— modify percentage of Surface Transportation Block Grant Program funding to certain urbanized areas (see H.R. 879), H1333 [30JA]
——— modify permitted uses of certain grants, allow States to reallocate national priority safety program funds, and award grants to improve interoperability of State and national traffic data systems (see H.R. 4531), H8053 [26SE]
——— 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]
——— provide dedicated funding for Better Utilizing Investments To Leverage Development (BUILD) Discretionary Grant Program and Capital Investment Grants Program (see H.R. 180), H207 [3JA]
——— reauthorize Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration pipeline safety programs (see H.R. 4700), H8198 [16OC]
——— reauthorize surface transportation system funding alternatives program (see H.R. 5449), H10608 [17DE]
——— repeal a rescission of funds in Federal-aid highway program contract authority (see S. 1992), S4566 [26JN] (see H.R. 3612), H5269 [2JY]
——— require auto dealers to fix outstanding safety recalls before selling or leasing used passenger motor vehicles (see S. 1971), S4505 [25JN]
——— require buses purchased by public transit systems using Federal Transit Administration funds to be zero-emissions buses (see H.R. 2164), H3216 [9AP]
——— require Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to implement national employer notification service (see S. 1787), S3319 [11JN] (see H.R. 2793), H3923 [16MY]
——— require metropolitan planning organizations to consider greenhouse gas emissions in long-range transportation plans and transportation improvement programs (see H.R. 3822), H7149 [18JY]
——— require Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to respond to petitions for regulatory action within a certain period of time (see S. 3024), S6992 [11DE]
——— require State and local transportation agencies to direct Highway Safety Improvement Program funds to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety (see H.R. 3040), H4180 [30MY]
——— require State and local transportation planners to consider projects and strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (see S. 2084), S4773 [10JY] (see H.R. 5354), H9346 [6DE]
——— require States to conduct life-cycle cost analyses for certain infrastructure projects (see H.R. 1890), H2827 [26MR]
——— require States to provide notification of use of automated traffic enforcement systems under highway safety programs (see H.R. 2963), H4161 [23MY]
——— study regulatory and legislative improvements necessary to preserve access to aggregates used in construction projects and reduce costs and environmental impacts of infrastructure projects (see H.R. 5117), H8908 [15NO]
——— withhold Federal highway funds from States that provide drivers’ licenses or identification cards to illegal aliens (see H.R. 3739), H5774 [12JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow veterans to use, possess, or transport medical marijuana and to discuss the use of medical marijuana with departmental physicians as authorized by State or tribal law (see S. 445), S1275 [12FE] (see H.R. 1151), H1525 [12FE]
——— authorize State approving agencies to carry out outreach activities about opportunities available to veterans (see H.R. 5284), H9221 [3DE]
——— authorize use of grants awarded under Veterans Cemetery Grants Program for construction of fully enclosed committal service shelters in certain State veterans’ cemeteries (see S. 2369), S5248 [31JY]
——— authorize use of National Cemetery Administration grants by States and tribal organizations for training at National Cemetery Administration training center (see S. 2096), S4807 [11JY]
——— enter into contracts with States or award grants to States to promote health and wellness, prevent suicide, and improve outreach to veterans (see S. 3020), S6992 [11DE] (see H.R. 5516), H12290 [19DE]
——— enter into grants or other agreements to assist States and local governments with infrastructure projects that support VA medical facilities (see H.R. 2866), H4063 [21MY]
——— furnish nursing home care and hospital care at State licensed or certified residential care facilities (see H.R. 4985), H8729 [5NO]
——— improve ability of veterans to receive in-State tuition using departmental educational assistance (see S. 2136), S4907 [17JY] (see H.R. 3608), H5269 [2JY]
——— increase maximum amount of grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans’ cemeteries (see H.R. 5487), H12210 [18DE]
——— make grants to State and local entities to carry out peer-to-peer mental health programs (see H.R. 1749), H2717 [13MR]
——— pay costs relating to transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans’ cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization (see H.R. 697), H996 [22JA]
——— prohibit denial of benefits due to participation in a State-approved marijuana program (see H.R. 2191), H3217 [9AP]
——— provide certain employees of Members of Congress and certain State or local government employees with access to case-tracking information (see H.R. 628), H676 [16JA]
——— provide for a policy on medicinal cannabis (see H.R. 2675), H3726 [10MY]
——— report major adverse personnel actions involving certain health care employees to the National Practitioner Data Bank and applicable State licensing boards (see S. 221), S586 [24JA]
——— require educational institutions to abide by certain principles as a condition of approval for purposes of participating in departmental educational assistance programs (see H.R. 4625), H8101 [8OC]
——— review health care providers whose licenses were terminated for care or services provided at non-departmental facilities and notify patients who received inadequate care from such providers (see S. 123), S220 [15JA] (see H.R. 4858), H8462 [24OC]
——— revise definition of spouse for purposes of veterans benefits in recognition of new State definitions of spouse (see H.R. 1030), H1391 [6FE]
Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: prohibit the taking of privately held water rights and uphold longstanding State water laws (see H.R. 579), H601 [15JA]
——— require coordination with impacted parties when conducting forest management activities (see H.R. 5218), H9167 [21NO]
Disabled: prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports (see S. 117), S219 [15JA] (see H.R. 555), H600 [15JA]
——— promote and ensure delivery of special education and related services to students with visual and hearing disabilities through appropriate instructional methodologies (see S. 2681), S6092 [23OC] (see H.R. 4822), H8456 [23OC]
Disasters: convene an interagency working group to assess Federal activities relative to extreme weather resilience across key sectors and support State, local, and private sector resiliency efforts (see H.R. 855), H1283 [29JA]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (see S. 572), S1493 [26FE] (see S. 811), S1898 [14MR] (see H.R. 268), H280 [8JA] (see H.R. 2145), H3215 (see H.R. 2157), H3216 [9AP]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 268), consideration (see H. Res. 43), H599 [15JA]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), consideration (see H. Res. 357), H3473 [7MY]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), correction in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 45), H4216 [3JN]
——— prohibit certain disaster relief funding from being transferred or reprogrammed to plan, develop, or construct a continuous wall or fence along the southern U.S. border (see S. 534), S1384 [14FE] (see H.R. 1214), H1583 [13FE]
Discrimination: provide for consideration of a definition of anti-Semitism for enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws relative to education programs or activities (see S. 852), S1899 [14MR] (see H.R. 4009), H7464 [25JY]
District of Columbia: recognize residents who are active duty servicemembers, National Guard members, reservists, veterans, and their families deserve full participation in Government through statehood (see H. Res. 407), H4165 [23MY]
——— recognize service of veterans, condemn denial of voting rights in Congress and full home rule for resident veterans and their families, and call for statehood (see H. Res. 685), H8739 [8NO]
——— statehood (see S. 631), S1594 [28FE] (see H.R. 51), H202 [3JA]
Drugs: allow State and tribal regulation of marijuana, maintain application of certain criminal offenses relative to marijuana, prohibit its sale to individuals under 21, and study effects of legalization (see S. 1028), S2269 [4AP] (see H.R. 2093), H3099 [4AP] (see H.R. 3754), H5824 [15JY]
——— allow State-based, market-oriented, prescription drug negotiations to lower drug prices, encourage competition, and increase consumer choice and access (see H.R. 2038), H2986 [2AP]
——— combat heroin epidemic and assist forensic labs with addressing seized drug identification backlogs (see H.R. 817), H1242 [28JA]
——— decriminalize marijuana, use tax revenues to assist certain small businesses, research effects on driving and health, restrict advertising to protect children, and expunge certain marijuana-related convictions (see S. 1552), S2962 [20MY] (see H.R. 2843), H4009 [20MY]
——— decriminalize marijuana at the Federal level and leave States the power to regulate marijuana similar to the power to regulate alcohol (see H.R. 420), H358 [9JA]
——— end Federal ban of medical marijuana, allow importation of certain derivatives, enable medicinal research, and allow prescription to veterans (see H.R. 127), H205 [3JA]
——— limit application of Federal laws to distribution and consumption of marijuana (see H.R. 1588), H2581 [7MR]
——— lower cost of prescription drugs (see H.R. 3947), H7377 [24JY]
——— make marijuana legal at the Federal level, incentivize States to change marijuana laws that disproportionately impact minority communities, and allow retroactive review of marijuana sentences (see S. 597), S1593 [28FE]
——— prohibit Federal interference with State marijuana policies (see S. 2030), S4628 [27JN] (see H.R. 3546), H5256 [27JN]
——— prohibit Federal prosecution of residents who are acting in accordance with their State’s marijuana laws (see H.R. 1456), H2313 [28FE]
——— protect States and individuals in States that have laws which permit the use of marijuana (see H.R. 1455), H2313 [28FE]
——— provide assistance to States and localities affected by the opioid epidemic and improve delivery of essential services to individuals with substance use disorders and their families (see S. 1365), S2742 [8MY] (see H.R. 2569), H3499 [8MY]
——— provide for legitimate use of medicinal marijuana in accordance with State laws (see H.R. 171), H207 [3JA]
——— provide for taxation and regulation of marijuana products (see S. 420), S1133 [7FE] (see H.R. 1120), H1491 [8FE]
——— provide that Federal law shall not preempt State law in enforcement of Controlled Substances Act criminal penalties for marijuana (see H.R. 2012), H2938 [1AP]
——— reduce gap between Federal and State marijuana policy (see S. 421), S1133 [7FE] (see H.R. 1119), H1491 [8FE]
——— require use of prescription drug monitoring programs and facilitate information sharing among States that receive Federal funding to combat opioid abuse (see S. 516), S1383 [14FE] (see H.R. 3974), H7463 [25JY]
Ecology and environment: authorize assignment to States of Federal agency environmental review responsibilities (see H.R. 363), H356 [9JA]
Economic Development Administration: designate and support manufacturing communities (see H.R. 2631), H3678 [9MY]
Economy: jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses (see S. 328), S832 [4FE]
Education: constitutional amendment to require Federal, State, tribal, and territorial governments to jointly ensure a high-quality education to all persons in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 69), H5201 [26JN]
Election Assistance Commission: provide grants to support continuing education in election administration or cybersecurity for election officials and employees (see S. 1692), S3106 [23MY]
Elections: constitutional amendment on congressional power to regulate campaign contributions for Federal elections (see H.J. Res. 21), H210 [3JA]
——— constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures by corporations and other business organizations intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 39), H1336 [30JA]
——— constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see S.J. Res. 51), S5196 [30JY] (see H.J. Res. 2), H210 [3JA]
——— constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections and establishment of a mandatory public financing system for Federal elections (see H.J. Res. 33), H1211 [24JA]
——— constitutional amendment on permissible sources of funding for elections for public office and State ballot measures (see H.J. Res. 73), H7150 [18JY]
——— constitutional amendment on the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns (see H.J. Res. 57), H3501 [8MY]
——— constitutional amendment permitting Congress and the States to establish limits on contributions and expenditures in elections for public office (see H.J. Res. 39), H1336 [30JA]
——— disclose access to election infrastructure by foreign nationals (see S. 2656), S5965 [22OC]
——— protect administration of Federal elections against cybersecurity threats (see H.R. 3412), H5036 [21JN]
——— protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for infrastructure used to carry out such elections (see S. 1540), S2925 [16MY] (see S. 2053), S4677 [28JN] (see S. 2238), S5012 [23JY] (see H.R. 2660), H3726 [10MY] (see H.R. 2722), H3789 [14MY]
——— protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for infrastructure used to carry out such elections (H.R. 2722), consideration (see H. Res. 460), H5074 [24JN]
——— recognize value and importance of Electoral College (see H. Res. 350), H3440 [2MY]
——— require States to provide equivalent ballot access to all congressional candidates regardless of party nomination or affiliation and eliminate straight-ticket voting (see H.R. 1681), H2679 [12MR]
——— require States to take steps to ensure domestic ownership and control of election service providers (see S. 825), S1898 [14MR] (see H.R. 4777), H8298 [21OC]
——— require use of independent nonpartisan commissions to carry out congressional redistricting and holding of open primaries for elections for Federal office (see H.R. 163), H207 [3JA]
Employment: establish that certain provisions of a nondisclosure agreement between a public sector employer and an employee shall be unenforceable if such agreements are based on sexual harassment settlements (see S. 1314), S2613 [2MY]
——— expand qualified use of 529 education savings plans, establish highway construction workforce development grants, encourage military spouse professional development, and expand goals of SBA 504 loan program (see S. 2620), S5895 [17OC]
——— prohibit from suspending, revoking, or denying State-issued professional or driver’s licenses or issuing penalties due to student loan default (see S. 609), S1593 [28FE]
Endangered Species Act: disclose to States the basis of determinations and ensure use of information provided by State, tribal, and county governments in decisionmaking (see S. 502), S1382 [14FE]
——— establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements (see S. 1426), S2786 [13MY]
EPA: carry out program to fund water infrastructure projects near the U.S.-Mexico border (see H.R. 4039), H7465 [25JY]
——— conduct research on wildfire smoke (see S. 1812), S3363 [12JN] (see H.R. 4924), H8677 [30OC]
——— ensure publicly owned treatment works monitor for and report sewer overflows to residents within a specified time period (see H.R. 3363), H4917 [19JN]
——— establish a discretionary grant program for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure projects (see S. 1837), S3476 [13JN] (see H.R. 3254), H4693 [13JN]
——— establish a program to defer designation of nonattaiment areas by allowing State and local governments to develop early action compacts to achieve national ambient air quality standards for ozone (see S. 1973), S4505 [25JN]
——— establish a voluntary program to reduce emissions from wood heaters (see S. 2274), S5107 [25JY] (see H.R. 5391), H10123 [11DE]
——— establish centers of excellence for innovative stormwater control infrastructure (see S. 2456), S5407 [10SE] (see H.R. 4266), H7596 [10SE]
——— establish new timeline for certain Alaska State implementation plan and attainment requirements for Fairbanks North Star Borough (see S. 2426), S5311 [1AU]
——— establish Office of Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Programs (see S. 2856), S6604 [14NO]
——— establish Recycling Infrastructure Program (see H.R. 5115), H8908 [15NO]
——— give States the option of monitoring covered criteria air pollutants in designated areas by increasing number of air quality sensors in exchange for greater regulatory flexibility in monitoring methods (see H.R. 1284), H2032 [14FE]
——— increase voluntary grant fund designed to give local and State governments flexibility to make conservation practice improvements to decrease water pollutants through partnerships within their communities (see S. 1604), S3059 [22MY] (see H.R. 1331), H2100 [25FE]
——— make changes relative to water quality certification (see H.R. 2205), H3252 [10AP]
——— making supplemental appropriations for Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (see H.R. 1429), H2312 [28FE]
——— permit States to transfer funds from Clean Water State Revolving Fund to Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to fund lead removal projects (see S. 1689), S3106 [23MY]
——— reauthorize Clean Bus Program to assist communities with reducing emissions from older diesel schoolbuses (see H.R. 2906), H4117 [22MY]
——— reestablish Office of Noise Abatement and Control (see H.R. 3001), H4163 [23MY]
——— require a certain percentage of Clean Water State Revolving Fund grants be used for green projects (see H.R. 2458), H3404 [1MY]
——— 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 S. 383), S1132 [7FE] (see H.R. 1166), H1580 [13FE]
——— update and modernize reporting requirements for contaminants in drinking water and provide assistance to disadvantaged communities to improve water quality testing and compliance with standards (see S. 1613), S3059 [22MY]
FAA: update navigable airspace and preserve State, local, and tribal operational and zoning authorities relative to drones or unmanned aircraft systems (see S. 2607), S5841 [16OC]
Families and domestic relations: ensure immigration status does not disqualify a parent or guardian for placement of a foster child and make policy changes to keep children of detained or deported parents with their families (see H.R. 3452), H5075 [24JN]
Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: reauthorize (see S. 85), S142 [10JA]
FBI: improve communication with State law enforcement agencies (see S. 2708), S6156 [24OC] (see H.R. 4889), H8539 [28OC]
——— report on number of firearms transfers resulting from failure to complete a background check within 3 days, and procedures followed after it is discovered a firearm is transferred to an ineligible recipient (see H.R. 49), H202 [3JA]
——— require National Instant Criminal Background Check System notification of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and State and local law enforcement when an illegal immigrant attempts to receive a firearm (see H.R. 1412), H2271 [27FE]
FCC: allow State or Federal correctional facilities to utilize jamming equipment to prevent contraband cell phone use in prisons (see S. 952), S2088 [28MR] (see H.R. 1954), H2915 [28MR]
——— allow States and localities to adopt a one touch make ready policy for utility pole attachments in order to expedite broadband deployment (see H.R. 2784), H3923 [16MY]
——— conduct an annual inquiry on availability of advanced telecommunications capability in broadband deserts (see H.R. 55), H203 [3JA]
——— ensure Internet openness, prohibit blocking of content, services, and devices and impairment of Internet traffic, limit authority to preempt State law, and consider Internet service to be an information service (see H.R. 2136), H3128 [8AP]
——— ensure Internet openness, prohibit blocking or throttling of content and devices, and paid prioritization, require transparency of network management, and classify broadband as an information service (see H.R. 1101), H1461 [7FE]
——— improve broadband data collection, mapping, and validation to support effective deployment of broadband services to all areas of the U.S. (see S. 1522), S2924 [16MY] (see H.R. 3162), H4349 [6JN]
——— improve mapping of wireless broadband coverage accuracy by considering use of consumer-reported data and State and local data (see S. 842), S1899 [14MR]
——— improve oversight of wireless and broadcast emergency alert systems (see S. 2693), S6155 [24OC] (see H.R. 4856), H8462 [24OC]
——— include public safety requirements in terms and conditions States may require of mobile services (see H.R. 3836), H7150 [18JY]
——— make grants to States to inform Medicaid enrollees and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants of potential eligibility for Lifeline program (see S. 2545), S5706 [25SE] (see H.R. 4529), H8053 [26SE]
——— preserve and protect ability of State and local governments and public-private partnerships to provide broadband capability and services (see H.R. 2785), H3923 [16MY]
——— provide Federal matching funding for State-level broadband programs (see S. 2018), S4628 [27JN]
——— provide for greater access to in-State television broadcast programming for cable and satellite subscribers in certain counties (see S. 2454), S5407 [10SE]
——— provide for Internet openness requirements for broadband Internet access service providers (see H.R. 1006), H1390 [6FE] (see H.R. 1096), H1461 [7FE]
——— require cable operators and broadband Internet service providers subject to State fines to report on number of customers, average bills, fees charged, and average Internet speeds delivered in each county (see H.R. 1555), H2503 [6MR]
——— require telecommunications carriers to provide call location information to law enforcement during emergencies (see S. 273), S769 [30JA] (see H.R. 1818), H2754 [18MR]
——— restore local authority to regulate fifth generation (5G) telecommunications equipment deployment and determine how much wireless carriers would pay to use public phone and utility poles (see S. 2012), S4628 [27JN]
——— streamline siting processes for small cell infrastructure deployment (see S. 1699), S3164 [3JN]
FDA: amend liability under State and local requirements relative to certain medical devices by allowing legal recourse by victims of unsafe devices (see H.R. 2669), H3726 [10MY]
Federal agencies and departments: enter into or amend agreements with States for removal and remedial actions to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination in water and land surface and subsurface strata (see S. 1372), S2743 [8MY] (see H.R. 2626), H3678 [9MY]
——— require agencies not performing security functions to relocate throughout the U.S. (see S. 493), S1382 [14FE]
——— require publication of settlement agreements (see H.R. 995), H1390 [6FE]
Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Best Practices: establish (see S. 2779), S6391 [5NO] (see H.R. 5229), H9168 [21NO]
Federal employees: remove limitations on Federal employment for individuals legally using marijuana according to laws of the State in which they reside (see H.R. 1687), H2679 [12MR]
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council: clarify Appraisal Subcommittee treatment of appraisal management company registry and trainee fees and assist with appraiser qualification criteria compliance (see H.R. 3619), H5272 [5JY]
——— provide designees of Dept. of Veterans Affairs and Dept. of Agriculture Rural Housing Service with positions on Appraisal Subcommittee (see S. 3050), S7027 [12DE]
Federal Highway Administration: incorporate resilience into emergency relief projects and assist States in rebuilding roads, highways, and bridges damaged by natural disasters (see S. 2129), S4856 [16JY]
——— use customs and border patrol freight and passenger revenues to increase infrastructure funding and provide States greater control over design and construction of Federal highway projects (see S. 1038), S2270 [4AP]
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 S. 1970), S4504 [25JN] (see H.R. 3463), H5165 [25JN]
——— provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions (see S. 1394), S2770 [9MY] (see H.R. 1154), H1580 [13FE]
Federal-State relations: constitutional amendment to give States the right to repeal Federal laws and regulations when ratified by the legislatures of two-thirds of the several States (see H.J. Res. 32), H997 [22JA]
——— express that the Federal Government should take no action to redeem, assume, or guarantee any State debt, including pension obligations and require Dept. of the Treasury to report any such negotiations (see S. Res. 268), S4629 [27JN]
——— suspend authority of States to administer funds under Federal block grant programs if the State does not enact certain conflict of interest protections (see H.R. 3069), H4216 [3JN]
FEMA: clarify definition of an eligible high hazard potential dam under the National Dam Safety Program (see H.R. 5504), H12289 [19DE]
——— ensure that unmet needs after a major disaster are met (see H.R. 1311), H2042 [19FE]
——— establish a grant program to provide assistance to States to prevent and repair damage to small business, condominium association, and residential structures with crumbling foundations due to pyrrhotite (see S. 355), S919 [6FE]
——— establish a review process for certain grant applications for first responders to purchase equipment or systems that do not meet or exceed any applicable national voluntary consensus standards (see H.R. 1594), H2581 [7MR]
——— include certain services in definition of critical services (see H.R. 2242), H3254 [10AP]
——— provide capitalization grants to eligible entities to establish revolving funds to provide assistance to reduce disaster risks (see H.R. 3779), H5911 [16JY]
——— provide capitalization grants to States to establish revolving funds to provide funding assistance to reduce flood risks (see S. 2192), S4948 [18JY] (see H.R. 1610), H2583 [7MR]
——— provide capitalization grants to States to establish revolving funds to provide funding assistance to reduce harmful impacts from multiple hazards (see H.R. 3531), H5255 [27JN]
——— report on preliminary disaster damage assessment and establish damage assessment teams (see H.R. 4358), H7753 [17SE]
FERC: establish Office of Public Participation and Consumer Advocacy (see S. 1477), S2883 [15MY] (see H.R. 3240), H4627 [12JN]
——— require States to adopt standards to allow community solar projects to be connected to the grid and allow electricity produced by shared solar facilities to be credited to consumers to offset electricity bills (see H.R. 4175), H7492 [6AU]
Financial institutions: create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to legitimate marijuana-related businesses (see S. 1200), S2434 [11AP] (see H.R. 1595), H2582 [7MR]
——— grant State attorneys general ability to issue subpoenas to investigate suspected violations of State laws applicable to national banks (see S. 2098), S4807 [11JY] (see H.R. 3643), H5302 [9JY]
——— make improvements relative to State banking agencies (see H.R. 241), H227 [4JA]
——— provide a safe harbor for financial institutions that maintain a customer account at the request of a Federal or State law enforcement agency (see S. 1592), S3058 [22MY] (see H.R. 758), H1210 [24JA]
Financial literacy: encourage greater public-private sector collaboration to promote for students and young adults (see H. Res. 327), H3284 [25AP]
——— improve for secondary school students (see S. 155), S273 [16JA] (see H.R. 2974), H4161 [23MY]
Firearms: allow family members and close associates of suspected unstable individuals to take legal actions to prevent such individuals from purchasing or possessing firearms (see S. 7), S19 [3JA]
——— encourage States to allow local governments to implement laws to reduce gun violence (see H.R. 3435), H5075 [24JN]
——— establish Federal requirements for safe storage, penalties for violations, and incentives for States to establish similar requirements (see S. 193), S305 [18JA] (see H.R. 2867), H4063 [21MY]
——— facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States (see S. 94), S142 [10JA] (see H.R. 1222), H2029 [14FE]
——— implement a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and a record of sale system for those firearms (see S. 2272), S5107 [25JY] (see H.R. 4062), H7466 [25JY]
——— limit authority of States and localities to regulate conduct, or impose penalties or taxes, in relation to rifles or shotguns (see H.R. 1072), H1460 [7FE]
——— more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition (see S. 3139), S7208 [19DE] (see H.R. 175), H207 [3JA]
——— permit law-abiding citizens in States with constitutional carry laws the same legal authority to possess a firearm as individuals in States that require a permit to carry a concealed weapon (see S. 1506), S2924 [16MY] (see H.R. 5301), H9255 [4DE]
——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 69), S103 [9JA] (see H.R. 38), H202 [3JA]
——— prohibit Federal firearms licensee transfer of a long gun to an individual or business that does not reside in the State in which the licensee’s place of business is located (see H.R. 2634), H3679 [9MY]
——— prohibit Federal funding of State firearm ownership databases (see S. 351), S919 [6FE] (see H.R. 1761), H2743 [14MR]
——— provide that silencers be treated the same as firearms accessories relative to registration and transfer laws (see S. 202), S586 [24JA] (see H.R. 775), H1210 [24JA]
——— update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 2443), H3403 [1MY]
Fish and fishing: encourage partnerships among public agencies and other interested parties to promote fish conservation (see S. 754), S1792 [12MR] (see H.R. 1747), H2717 [13MR]
Forest and Refuge County Foundation: grant Federal charter and establish Natural Resources Permanent Fund to provide stable, increasing, and reliable funding for rural county services (see S. 1643), S3105 [23MY]
Forest Service: make the District of Columbia eligible for certain forestry research grants (see H.R. 4885), H8539 [28OC]
Freedom of religion: reaffirm importance of religion and freedom to exercise beliefs peacefully (see H. Res. 56), H676 [16JA]
FTC: prohibit unfair and deceptive advertising of rates for hotel rooms and other places of short-term lodging (see H.R. 4489), H7988 [25SE]
——— protect consumers from deceptive practices by online hotel reservation booking sites, simplify complaint reporting system, and study impact of fraud on consumers (see S. 2229), S5012 [23JY] (see H.R. 3956), H7377 [24JY]
——— provide that certain bad faith communications in connection with assertion of a patent are unfair or deceptive acts or practices (see H.R. 108), H205 [3JA]
——— review and revise standards for safeguarding customer information to ensure that consumer reporting agencies and service providers maintain sufficient safeguards against cyber attacks and related threats (see H.R. 331), H283 [8JA]
Gambling: remove Federal barriers relative to the offering of mobile sports wagers on Indian lands when the applicable State and Indian Tribe have reached an agreement (see H.R. 5502), H12289 [19DE]
GAO: study census resources and evaluate coordination between States, nonprofit organizations, local governments, and Federal Government, to limit redundancy and determine best practices in carrying out decennial census (see H.R. 5404), H10123 [11DE]
Gateway National Recreation Area: grant States and local governments easements and rights-of-way for construction, operation, and maintenance of projects for control and prevention of flooding and shoreline erosion (see H.R. 415), H358 [9JA]
Government: prohibit Federal bailout of State or local governments that have filed bankruptcy, defaulted on their debts, or are at risk of bankruptcy or default (see H.R. 4572), H8080 [27SE]
——— reimburse employees of the Federal Government, District of Columbia, Federal contractors, and States for certain costs incurred as a result of a Government shutdown (see H.R. 1016), H1391 [6FE]
Government regulations: provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (see H.R. 300), H282 [8JA]
Green Alert System Advisory and Support Committee: establish to develop Green Alert systems that would be activated when a veteran goes missing (see S. 699), S1733 [7MR]
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act: amend (see H.R. 3814), H5999 [17JY]
Gun-Free School Zones Act: repeal (see H.R. 3200), H4431 [11JN]
Hazardous substances: eliminate lead-based pipe, tap hazards, and paint in housing, assist with relocation of displaced families, and implement lead exposure reduction activities (see H.R. 4321), H7705 [12SE]
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]
——— protect health care of all Americans, especially those with preexisting conditions, and ensure a replacement for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act if it is struck down in Texas v. U.S. (see H. Res. 280), H2986 [2AP]
Health care professionals: provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities (see S. 948), S2088 [28MR] (see H.R. 2895), H4117 [22MY]
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 S. 225), S586 [24JA] (see H.R. 307), H282 [8JA]
House of Representatives: authorize the Speaker to intervene in Texas v. U.S., and any appellate proceedings (see H. Res. 14), H211 [3JA]
——— constitutional amendment to apportion Representatives among States according to their respective numbers, counting the number of persons in each State who are U.S. citizens (see H.J. Res. 34), H1211 [24JA] (see H.J. Res. 49), H2101 [25FE]
——— require States to conduct redistricting through independent commissions (see S. 2226), S5012 [23JY] (see H.R. 3572), H5257 [27JN]
House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (see H. Res. 389), H4009 [20MY]
——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (see H. Res. 389), H4009 [20MY]
Housing America Month: designate (see H. Res. 658), H8539 [28OC]
Immigration: ban Federal funding to any State or local government with laws or policies that prevents maintaining custody of an illegal immigrant pursuant to a Dept. of Homeland Security detainer (see H.R. 438), H461 [10JA]
——— ban Federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions that interfere with enforcement of Federal immigration law (see H.R. 153), H206 [3JA] (see H.R. 516), H518 [11JA]
——— ban Federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions that interfere with enforcement of Federal immigration law and provide liability protection for local law enforcement who enforce Federal laws (see S. 1644), S3105 [23MY] (see H.R. 3000), H4163 [23MY]
——— ban Federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions that interfere with enforcement of Federal immigration law and redirect such funds to homeless and veterans’ assistance programs (see H.R. 3218), H4626 [12JN]
——— clarify admissibility and deportability of aliens acting in accordance with State and foreign marijuana laws (see H.R. 2703), H3788 [14MY]
——— clarify definition of sanctuary jurisdictions, provide civil remedies for victims of crimes committed by individuals benefitting from a sanctuary policy, and withhold grant funding from such jurisdictions (see S. 2059), S4729 [9JY] (see H.R. 3964), H7462 [25JY]
——— ensure State and local compliance with all Federal immigration detainers on aliens in custody (see H.R. 2988), H4163 [23MY]
——— ensure State and local cooperation with Federal law enforcement against illegal alien criminals and ban Federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions that interfere with enforcement of Federal immigration law (see H.R. 1885), H2827 [26MR]
——— expand access to health care services, including sexual, reproductive, and maternal health services, for immigrants by removing legal and policy barriers to health insurance coverage (see H.R. 4701), H8198 [16OC]
——— impose penalties for State noncompliance with enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 1928), H2885 [27MR]
——— improve use of immigration detainers by State and local law enforcement and incentivize compliance with Federal detainers through reimbursement of detention costs and indemnification for certain claims (see S. 2739), S6299 [30OC] (see H.R. 4948), H8717 [31OC]
——— prioritize allocation of H-2B work visas for States with low unemployment rates (see S. 135), S220 [15JA]
——— provide exception from grounds for inadmissibility for participation in a cannabis business operating in compliance with State law (see S. 3097), S7156 [18DE]
——— rescind Executive order prioritizing the majority of unauthorized individuals for removal and withholding Federal funding to sanctuary cities (see S. 1591), S3058 [22MY]
——— rescind State and local immigration enforcement authority and clarify that immigration enforcement is solely a function of the Federal Government (see S. 1440), S2814 [14MY] (see H.R. 2729), H3789 [14MY]
Information technology: allow certain State and tribal permitting authority to encourage expansion of broadband service to rural communities (see H.R. 292), H281 [8JA]
——— preempt State and local encryption laws to ensure a uniform, national policy for interstate issue of encryption technology (see H.R. 4170), H7492 [6AU]
Infrastructure: improve through investment in broadband, water systems, clean energy, brownfield redevelopment, and health care projects (see H.R. 2741), H3840 [15MY]
——— waive certain procurement provisions for a project that receives funds from certain Federal agencies (see H.R. 4687), H8197 [16OC]
Insurance: bring stability to the individual insurance market, make insurance coverage more affordable, lower prescription drug prices, and improve Medicaid (see S. 3), S19 [3JA]
——— create safe harbor for insurers that provide services to legitimate marijuana-related businesses (see H.R. 4074), H7467 [25JY]
——— disapprove rule on waivers to States for alternatives to health insurance exchanges that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (see S.J. Res. 52), S5249 [31JY] (see H.J. Res. 74), H7488 [2AU]
——— expand types of commercial insurance authorized for risk retention groups serving nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 4523), H8053 [26SE]
——— facilitate prompt and efficient adjusting of claims in the case of natural and other disasters and losses and promote uniformity and reciprocity among States in licensing of claims adjusters (see H.R. 4037), H7465 [25JY]
——— limit amount hospitals and physicians can charge uninsured patients and out-of-network patients who have individual market coverage (see S. 967), S2118 [1AP]
——— preserve State-based system of insurance regulation and provide greater oversight and transparency of international insurance standards setting processes (see H.R. 4592), H8089 [1OC]
——— provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 71), H203 [3JA]
——— provide support to States to establish invisible high risk pool or reinsurance programs (see S. 1868), S3477 [13JN]
Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act: reauthorize (see S. 914), S2043 [27MR] (see H.R. 1314), H2042 [19FE]
Interagency Board for Empowering Low-Income Families: establish to allow States to experiment with new approaches that integrate Federal programs to provide more coordinated and holistic solutions to families in need (see S. 2416), S5311 [1AU]
Interstate commerce: allow transportation of merchandise in noncontiguous trade on foreign-flag vessels (see H.R. 5498), H12289 [19DE]
——— provide a definition of reasonable rate for noncontiguous domestic ocean trade (see H.R. 5499), H12289 [19DE]
——— regulate certain State impositions on interstate commerce by prohibiting imposition of sales taxes on individuals with no physical presence in the taxing State (see S. 128), S220 [15JA] (see H.R. 5515), H12290 [19DE]
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 S.J. Res. 50), S4856 [16JY] (see H.J. Res. 67), H4918 [19JN] (see H.J. Res. 72), H5911 [16JY]
——— provide authority to postpone certain tax deadlines by reason of State declared disasters or emergencies (see S. 1677), S3106 [23MY] (see H.R. 2976), H4162 [23MY]
Land and Water Conservation Fund: apply same funding apportionment formula to territories and the District of Columbia as is applied to States (see H.R. 1353), H2101 [25FE]
Law enforcement: assist State and local jurisdictions with processing unidentified remains and resolving missing persons cases and expand rescue and apprehension capabilities along U.S.-Mexico border (see S. 2174), S4948 [18JY]
——— eliminate racial, religious, or other discriminatory profiling (see S. 2355), S5247 [31JY]
——— prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 4339), H7714 [16SE]
Law enforcement officers: allow local uniformed law enforcement officers participating on joint operations with Federal law enforcement to wear and use body cameras (see H.R. 4049), H7466 [25JY]
——— expand provisions allowing carriage of concealed weapons by active and retired officers (see H.R. 1156), H1580 [13FE]
——— make it a criminal offense for Federal law enforcement officers to engage in sexual acts with individuals in their custody and encourage States to adopt similar laws (see S. 855), S1939 [25MR] (see H.R. 1574), H2504 [6MR]
——— permit uniformed law enforcement officers to carry agency-issued firearms in certain Federal facilities (see H.R. 2805), H3924 [16MY]
Library of Congress: obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install among stained glass panels depicting seals of States which overlook the Main Reading Room (see H.R. 1318), H2046 [22FE]
Maritime Administration: provide assistance for education and research harbors to protect research vessels and designate Maritime Academies as Centers of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education (see S. 1452), S2815 [14MY]
Medicaid: allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (see H.R. 888), H1334 [30JA]
——— allow for medical assistance for inmates during the 30-day period preceding release from a public institution (see H.R. 1329), H2100 [25FE]
——— allow for payments to States for substance abuse services furnished to inmates in public institutions (see H.R. 2511), H3440 [2MY]
——— apply asset verification program to all applicants for, and recipients of, medical assistance in all States and territories (see S. 2377), S5248 [31JY]
——— authorize States to provide ‘‘swipe cards’’ to recipients with funds designated for medical expenses, provide earned income tax credit for unused funds, and enroll patients in a catastrophic plan (see H.R. 2715), H3788 [14MY]
——— clarify authority of State Medicaid fraud and abuse control units to investigate and prosecute cases of patient abuse and neglect in any setting (see S. 2379), S5248 [31JY] (see H.R. 233), H209 [3JA]
——— determine State allotments for disproportionate share hospital payments based on State poverty levels and require States to prioritize such payments based on inpatient and low-income utilization rates (see S. 18), S19 [3JA] (see H.R. 3613), H5269 [2JY]
——— enable greater participation by seniors and Medicare beneficiaries in State Medicaid programs for working people with disabilities (see S. 3010), S6949 [10DE] (see H.R. 5429), H10262 [13DE]
——— enable States to better provide access to whole genome sequencing clinical services for certain undiagnosed children (see S. 3116), S7207 [19DE] (see H.R. 4144), H7488 [2AU]
——— encourage States to disregard parental income and assets when determining eligibility for disabled children (see S. 2067), S4773 [10JY]
——— equalize Federal medical assistance percentage applicable to certain individuals in expansion population of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see H.R. 1447), H2313 [28FE]
——— establish a demonstration program to develop and advance innovative payment models for freestanding birth center services for women with low-risk pregnancies (see H.R. 5189), H9120 [20NO]
——— establish a State public option to provide Americans with the choice of a high-quality, low-cost health insurance plan (see S. 489), S1382 [14FE] (see H.R. 1277), H2032 [14FE]
——— expand eligibility, outreach, and enrollment for former foster youth (see S. 1698), S3164 [3JN] (see H.R. 3059), H4216 [3JN]
——— expand permitted uses of drug price information disclosed to States under drug rebate program to make prescription drugs more affordable (see S. 2252), S5062 [24JY]
——— expand requirememt for States to suspend, rather than terminate, eligibility for medical assistance while an individual is an inmate of a public institution (see S. 2255), S5062 [24JY] (see H.R. 3953), H7377 [24JY]
——— 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]
——— extend community mental health services demonstration program (see S. 2047), S4629 [27JN]
——— extend demonstration programs to improve access to community mental health services (see H.R. 3074), H4216 [3JN]
——— extend full Federal medical assistance percentage to urban Indian organizations (see S. 1180), S2434 [11AP] (see H.R. 2316), H3264 [12AP]
——— increase minimum monthly personal needs allowance for institutionalized individuals and couples (see H.R. 3853), H7150 [18JY]
——— increase number of States that may conduct demonstration programs to improve access to community mental health services (see S. 824), S1898 [14MR] (see H.R. 1767), H2743 [14MR]
——— modify reductions in disproportionate share hospital allotments (see S. 2959), S6788 [2DE] (see H.R. 3054), H4215 [3JN]
——— prevent misclassification of drugs for purposes of the drug rebate program (see S. 205), S586 [24JA] (see H.R. 937), H1341 [31JA]
——— prohibit Federal funding for administrative costs of providing health benefits to individuals who are unauthorized immigrants (see S. 131), S220 [15JA] (see H.R. 2856), H4063 [21MY]
——— prohibit States receiving Federal medical assistance for medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorders from imposing utilization control policies or procedures (see H.R. 3925), H7241 [23JY]
——— promote access to life-saving therapies for enrollees by ensuring coverage of routine patient costs for items and services furnished in connection with participation in qualifying clinical trials (see H.R. 913), H1335 [30JA]
——— promote program integrity relative to enrollment of certain immigrants in State plans (see H.R. 3695), H5725 [11JY]
——— provide assistance to individuals and families affected by a disaster or emergency (see S. 1754), S3283 [10JN] (see H.R. 3215), H4432 [11JN]
——— provide consistent standard of health care to the incarcerated (see S. 2305), S5141 [29JY] (see H.R. 4141), H7488 [2AU]
——— provide coverage for services for treatment of psychiatric or substance use disorders furnished to certain individuals in an institution for mental diseases (see H.R. 5006), H8738 [8NO]
——— provide coverage of nonemergency transportation to medically necessary services (see S. 2846), S6566 [13NO] (see H.R. 3935), H7376 [24JY]
——— provide for a State option to provide DNA sequencing clinical services for certain children to determine its impact on diagnostic challenges and clinical outcomes (see H.R. 4393), H7773 [18SE]
——— provide for a State option to provide for and extend continuous coverage for certain individuals (see H.R. 4996), H8737 [8NO]
——— provide for a temporary increase to payment limits and Federal medical assistance percentage for U.S. territories (see H.R. 3631), H5302 [9JY]
——— provide for immediate eligibility for former foster youth (see S. 1697), S3164 [3JN] (see H.R. 3057), H4215 [3JN]
——— provide States with option of providing coordinated care for children with medically complex conditions (see S. 317), S831 [4FE] (see H.R. 1226), H2029 [14FE]
——— provide the same level of Federal matching assistance for every State that chooses to expand coverage to newly eligible individuals, regardless of when such expansion takes place (see S. 585), S1540 [27FE] (see H.R. 584), H673 [16JA]
——— reauthorize Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program (see S. 548), S1437 [25FE] (see H.R. 1342), H2100 [25FE]
——— reauthorize Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program and extend spousal impoverishment protections for beneficiaries receiving long-term care (see H.R. 259, 260), H228 [4JA]
——— remove limitation on an individual’s eligibility for medical assistance while in custody pending disposition of charges (see S. 2628), S5895 [17OC]
——— repeal reductions in disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 3022), H4170 [24MY]
——— require a State child health plan to include certain lead screening coverage (see H.R. 3842), H7150 [18JY]
——— require States report abortion data to CDC to receive certain family planning funding (see S. 2585), S5748 [26SE] (see H.R. 3580), H5257 [27JN]
——— require States to report information on payments to abortion providers (see H.R. 708), H997 [22JA]
——— sunset the limit on maximum rebate amount for single source drugs and innovator multiple source drugs (see H.R. 107), H205 [3JA]
——— support provision of treatment family care services (see S. 1880), S3651 [18JN] (see H.R. 3649), H5302 [9JY]
——— treat Puerto Rico as a State for purposes of calculating the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 2241), H3254 [10AP]
Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission: publish reports on estimated impact on States of Medicaid expansion, including impact of such expansion on States that have not expanded their Medicaid coverage (see S. 68), S103 [9JA] (see H.R. 944), H1342 [31JA]
Medicare: permit States to designate facilities in rural areas as critical access hospitals without any mileage limitations (see H.R. 2990), H4163 [23MY]
——— provide for automatic qualification of certain Medicaid beneficiaries for premium and cost-sharing subsidies under part D (see H.R. 4661), H8111 [11OC]
——— reform graduate medical education program to support rural residency training funding that is equitable for all States (see S. 289), S799 [31JA]
——— restore State authority to waive for certain facilities the mileage rule for designating critical access hospitals (see S. 3103), S7157 [18DE] (see H.R. 5481), H12210 [18DE]
Medicare/Medicaid: deem certain State veterans homes meeting certain health and safety standards as meeting conditions and requirements for skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 4138), H7481 [30JY]
——— improve access to care for beneficiaries through models tested under Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (see H.R. 3910), H7240 [23JY]
——— increase ability of providers to access National Practitioner Data Bank for purpose of conducting employee background checks (see S. 2574), S5748 [26SE]
——— promote ability of beneficiaries to access their personal medical claim data through a mobile health record application (see H.R. 1390), H2270 [27FE]
Mental health: strengthen mental health infrastructure and firearm prohibitions for at-risk individuals, and improve reporting of mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 4199), H7511 [20AU]
Middle East: improve assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (H.R. 336), consideration (see H. Res. 348), H3440 [2MY]
——— improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (see S. 1), S19 [3JA] (see H.R. 336), H283 [8JA]
——— improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and combat anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (H.R. 336), consideration (see H. Res. 314), H3256 [10AP]
Minimum wage: increase and provide option for minimum wage based on regional cost-of-living (see H.R. 3728), H5727 [11JY]
——— provide for a Federal minimum wage based on regional cost-of-living (see H.R. 2080), H3099 [4AP] (see H.R. 4443), H7865 [20SE]
Mining and mineral resources: affirm that States should primarily regulate hydraulic fracturing and the President should not declare a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing unless authorized by Congress (see S. Res. 411), S6475 [7NO] (see H. Res. 659), H8595 [29OC]
Montana: ratify Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes water compact and protect water rights of all Montanans (see S. 3019), S6992 [11DE]
Monuments and memorials: limit Presidential use of Antiquities Act to designate national monuments (see H.R. 1664), H2646 [11MR]
——— prohibit further extension or establishment of national monuments in Arizona except by express authorization of Congress (see H.R. 79), H203 [3JA]
——— prohibit further extension or establishment of national monuments in Utah except by express authorization of Congress (see S. 90), S142 [10JA]
Motor vehicles: protect consumers from discriminatory State taxes on motor vehicle rentals (see H.R. 4311), H7704 [12SE]
National Center for the Right to Counsel: establish (see H.R. 3741), H5774 [12JY]
National Community Policing Week: designate (see S. Res. 351), S5749 [26SE]
National Democracy Month: designate (see S. Res. 252), S3844 [19JN]
National Dyslexia Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 389), S6300 [30OC] (see H. Res. 653), H8457 [23OC]
National Falls Prevention Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 327), S5664 [24SE]
National Guard: authorize transfer of equipment and facilities from the Federal Government or a State, tribal, or local government to the National Guard Youth Challenge Program (see H.R. 1638), H2613 [8MR]
National Healthy Schools Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 342), H3404 [1MY] (see H. Res. 359), H3475 [7MY]
National Infrastructure Investment Corp.: establish (see H.R. 4780), H8386 [22OC]
National Move Over Law Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 373), H3727 [10MY]
National Telecommunications and Information Administration: establish a broadband infrastructure finance and innovation program to support construction and deployment of broadband infrastructure (see S. 2344), S5196 [30JY] (see H.R. 4127), H7480 [30JY]
——— further deployment of Next Generation 9-1-1 services to enhance and upgrade the Nation’s 9-1-1 systems (see S. 1479), S2883 [15MY] (see H.R. 2760), H3841 [15MY]
Native Americans: increase intergovernmental coordination to identify and combat violent crime within Indian lands and of Indians (see S. 982), S2189 [2AP] (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 S. 739), S1792 [12MR] (see H.R. 1694), H2679 [12MR]
——— provide for advancements in public safety services to Indian communities (see S. 210), S586 [24JA]
Natural Gas Act: provide for Federal and State agency coordination in approval of certain authorizations (see H.R. 3983), H7463 [25JY]
Natural resources: improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (see S. 47), S67 [8JA]
——— improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), correction in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 21), H2234 [26FE]
New Mexico: increase consultation between the Federal Government and governing bodies of land grant-mercedes and acequias and recognize historic-traditional boundaries of land grant-mercedes (see H.R. 3682), H5583 [10JY]
NIST: allow State Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnerships to award grants to small and medium sized manufacturers for purposes of training new workers to replace departing experienced workers (see S. 856), S1939 [25MR] (see H.R. 4877), H8538 [28OC]
NOAA: develop information platform to integrate coastal data, decision-support tools, training, and best practices, and coordinate collection of geospatial data to inform and improve management of coastal region (see S. 1069), S2328 [9AP] (see H.R. 2189), H3217 [9AP]
——— establish Climate Change Education Program (see S. 477), S1326 [13FE]
——— make grants to State and local governments and nongovernmental organizations to carry out climate-resilient living shoreline stabilization projects utilizing natural materials and systems (see S. 1730), S3251 [5JN] (see H.R. 3115), H4341 [5JN]
North Dakota: repeal legislation to confer jurisdiction over offenses committed by or against Indians on Devils Lake Indian Reservation to the State (see S. 2159), S4947 [18JY] (see H.R. 3831), H7149 [18JY]
OMB: immediately release certain grant funds awarded for disaster mitigation activities under Dept. of HUD Community Development Block Grant Program (see S. 1415), S2770 [9MY] (see H.R. 2761), H3841 [15MY]
——— submit report on all disaster-related assistance provided by the Federal Government (see H.R. 1984), H2916 [28MR]
Oregon: designate certain BLM land as wilderness, authorize certain land exchanges, and convey certain BLM land to Mitchell, OR, and Wheeler County for economic and community development purposes (see S. 1597), S3059 [22MY]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: align open enrollment periods for Exchange plans with deadline for filing Federal income tax returns (see H.R. 4336), H7714 [16SE]
——— better align grace period required for non-payment of premiums before discontinuing coverage under qualified health plans with such grace periods provided for under State law (see H.R. 2469), H3438 [2MY]
——— establish and support State-based universal health care systems that provide comprehensive health benefits to State residents (see H.R. 5010), H8738 [8NO]
——— 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 S. 1905), S3844 [19JN] (see H.R. 1386), H2269 [27FE]
——— preserve State option to implement health care marketplaces (see S. 1400), S2770 [9MY] (see H.R. 1385), H2269 [27FE]
——— provide parity among States in timing of application of higher Federal Medicaid matching rates for expansion population (see H.R. 909), H1335 [30JA]
——— repeal Multi-State Plan program (see S. 1313), S2613 [2MY] (see S. 1378), S2743 [8MY] (see H.R. 2524), H3447 [3MY]
——— require States awarded grants to establish an exchange and that terminate such exchange provide an audit of use of grant funds and return funds to Federal Government (see H.R. 59), H203 [3JA]
——— revoke certain guidance relative to waivers for State innovation that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (see S. 466), S1325 [13FE] (see H.R. 986), H1389 [6FE]
——— revoke certain guidance relative to waivers for State innovation that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (H.R. 986), consideration (see H. Res. 357), H3473 [7MY]
Pensions: prohibit Federal bailout of, or other Federal assistance to, State and local government pension plans (see H.R. 2126), H3128 [8AP]
People-Centered Assistance Reform Effort Commission: improve social safety net and increase social mobility by increasing access to resources which address underlying causes of poverty (see H.R. 841), H1282 [29JA]
Phillips County, AR: commemorate anniversary of Elaine massacre, honor lives and express sympathy to families of African Americans killed during racial violence, and recognize role of Supreme Court decision on due process (see H. Res. 150), H2234 [26FE]
Political campaigns: apply ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals to State and local ballot initiatives or referenda (see H.R. 1624), H2583 [7MR]
——— clarify treatment of activities by foreign agents and disclaimer rules for online advertisements, reduce illicit foreign money in elections, secure ballots, and prohibit non-citizens from voting (see H.R. 4736), H8257 [18OC]
——— prohibit certain State election administration officials from actively participating in electoral campaigns (see H.R. 137), H206 [3JA] (see H.R. 1535), H2367 [5MR]
——— prohibit criminal corporations from making disbursements of funds in connection with campaigns for Federal, State, or local office (see H.R. 3004), H4163 [23MY]
Postal Service: provide certain nonpostal property, products, and services on behalf of State, local, and tribal governments (see H.R. 3577), H5257 [27JN]
Poverty: develop a national strategic plan to address complex factors and structures that contribute to poverty (see H. Res. 763), H10258 [12DE]
Power resources: re-establish certain hydraulic fracturing chemical disclosure rules, standards for well construction, and waste management rules (see H.R. 436), H461 [10JA]
Privacy: allow domestic violence victims who are participating in State Address Confidentiality Programs to use their confidential substitute address when creating new public records at the Federal level (see H.R. 4705), H8198 [16OC]
——— prohibit entities from requiring individuals to submit to arbitration for disputes arising from a security breach (see H.R. 327), H283 [8JA]
Public buildings: recognize need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all people and in particular disabled citizens (see S. Con. Res. 30), S7027 [12DE] (see H. Con. Res. 80), H10258 [12DE]
Public lands: designate certain lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors (see S. 827), S1899 [14MR] (see H.R. 1321), H2046 [22FE]
——— maximize land management efficiencies, promote land conservation, and generate education funding (see H.R. 244), H227 [4JA]
Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see S. Res. 180), S2570 [1MY] (see H. Res. 353), H3440 [2MY]
Public utilities: assist States in updating certain procedures, tariff schedules, and standards for power fees for projects for combined heat and power technology and waste heat to power technology (see S. 2706), S6155 [24OC]
Public welfare programs: amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 1753), H2742 [14MR]
——— amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program by aligning and improving data reporting on work or work preparation activities and employment and earning outcomes (see H.R. 1469), H2314 [28FE]
——— amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program by eliminating contingency fund and distributing such amounts to States for child care (see H.R. 1245), H2030 [14FE]
——— amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program by including apprenticeships as a work activity (see H.R. 1247), H2030 [14FE]
——— amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program by promoting accountability by measuring work outcomes and providing transitional phase-out of benefits to support success in work (see H.R. 1490), H2322 [4MR]
——— amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program by renaming program, enforcing work requirements, and improving distribution of funds and program administration (see S. 802), S1898 [14MR]
——— amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program by requiring States to spend a certain amount of funds on work and work support activities (see H.R. 1246), H2030 [14FE]
——— amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program by reviewing improper payments to strengthen program integrity (see H.R. 1505), H2366 [5MR]
——— amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to improve alignment with workforce development programs by holding State agencies accountable for employment outcomes (see H.R. 1413), H2271 [27FE]
——— extend funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs (see H.R. 3039), H4180 [30MY] (see H.R. 3421), H5036 [21JN]
——— extend State court funding for child welfare (see S. 2587), S5748 [26SE] (see H.R. 4514), H8053 [26SE] (see H.R. 4602), H8094 [4OC]
——— extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 260), H228 [4JA] (see H.R. 430), H461 [10JA] (see H.R. 2940), H4160 [23MY]
——— require State agencies to use Federal tax return information to verify income eligibility for Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 588), S1540 [27FE] (see H.R. 1495), H2365 [5MR]
——— target Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funds to truly needy families (see H.R. 1473), H2314 [28FE]
Puerto Rico: enable admission as a State (see H.R. 1965), H2915 [28MR] (see H.R. 4901), H8594 [29OC]
Real estate: ensure short-term rental companies and Internet platforms comply with State and local law relative to leasing and renting of real property (see H.R. 4232), H7535 [6SE]
——— support adoption by States of consistent standards for digitization of the mortgage process and Ginnie Mae’s effort to accept eNotes and electronically signed mortgage documents (see H. Res. 500), H5999 [17JY]
Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see S. 274), S769 [30JA] (see H.R. 897), H1334 [30JA]
Religious Freedom Restoration Act: eliminate applicability to the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1408), H2271 [27FE]
Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (see S. 2666), S5966 [22OC] (see H.R. 3794), H5998 [17JY]
Roads and highways: establish a program to allow States to assume certain Federal responsibilities under Endangered Species Act relative to agency actions applicable to highway projects within the States (see S. 1051), S2270 [4AP]
——— establish a program to allow States to assume certain Federal responsibilities under National Park Service laws relative to agency actions applicable to highway projects within the States (see S. 1054), S2270 [4AP]
——— increase ability of a State to administer Federal highway project permits under Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see S. 1050), S2270 [4AP]
SBA: establish a competitive grant program to award grants to States and local governments to assist entrepreneurs planning to start a small business (see H.R. 3706), H5726 [11JY]
——— establish grant program for governmental and nonprofit small business accelerators and incubators to provide support and resources to startup businesses in formation and early growth stages (see S. 2149), S4907 [17JY]
——— modify Federal and State Technology Partnership Program to make grants more competitive and give priority to underserved States (see S. 2023), S4628 [27JN]
——— submit report to Congress on Office of Rural Affairs (see H.R. 2633), H3678 [9MY]
Schools: prohibit stigmatization of children who are unable to pay for meals (see H.R. 3366), H4917 [19JN]
SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics: anniversary (see H. Res. 503), H7151 [18JY]
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: extend (see S. 430), S1165 [11FE] (see H.R. 3048), H4180 [30MY]
Senate Legal Counsel: authorize representation of the Senate in Texas v. U.S. (see S. Res. 18), S220 [15JA]
Ships and vessels: exempt certain noncontiguous trade from the coastwise laws (see H.R. 5500), H12289 [19DE]
Smart Cities Week: observance (see H. Res. 614), H8095 [4OC]
Social Security: collect information under Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children’s Health Insurance Program relative to social determinants of health (see S. 1323), S2645 [6MY]
——— enter into agreements with States to share data relative to individuals subject to guardianship (see H.R. 5380), H10015 [10DE]
——— exempt firefighters and police officers from the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 710), S1734 [7MR]
——— extend reemployment services and eligibility assessments to all claimants for unemployment compensation (see S. 2872), S6604 [14NO]
——— improve Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program for low-income mothers (see S. 1343), S2687 [7MY] (see H.R. 2602), H3501 [8MY]
——— improve quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see S. 1960), S4504 [25JN] (see H.R. 1551), H2503 [6MR]
——— provide an equitable formula for individuals with non-covered employment and provide relief for individuals currently affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision (see H.R. 4540), H8079 [27SE]
——— provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see S. 873), S1987 [26MR] (see H.R. 1879), H2826 [26MR]
——— remove barriers to access to residential substance use disorder treatment services under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5232), H9168 [21NO]
——— remove limitations on Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, and State Children’s Health Insurance Program benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges (see H.R. 1345), H2100 [25FE]
——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 521), S1383 [14FE] (see H.R. 141), H206 [3JA]
——— require hospitals and other participating providers under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program to disclose provider’s policy on parental access to minor’s medical records (see S. 3137), S7208 [19DE]
——— require hospitals and other participating providers under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program to disclose provider’s policy on parental consent for emergency treatment of minors (see S. 3138), S7208 [19DE]
Southern New England Regional Commission: establish (see H.R. 5124), H8908 [15NO]
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: award grants to States to expand access to clinically appropriate services for opioid abuse, dependence, or addiction (see H.R. 1302), H2038 [15FE]
Supreme Court: express that the First Amendment was misinterpreted in Buckley v. Valeo decision on campaign contribution limits (see H. Con. Res. 11), H1336 [30JA]
Sustainable Communities Initiative: carry out (see H.R. 927), H1335 [30JA]
Task Force on Local Mental Health Needs: establish (see H.R. 5411), H10257 [12DE]
Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis: establish (see S. 1772), S3319 [11JN] (see H.R. 3211), H4432 [11JN]
Taxation: allow deductions and credits relative to expenditures in connection with marijuana sales conducted in compliance with State law (see S. 422), S1133 [7FE] (see H.R. 1118), H1491 [8FE]
——— allow designation of opportunity zones for population census tracts affected by Hurricanes Florence and Michael, and Mendocino, Carr, Camp, Woolsey, and Hill wildfires (see S. 1000), S2239 [3AP]
——— allow limited 529 college savings programs funds to be used for elementary and secondary education, including homeschooling (see S. 157), S273 [16JA] (see H.R. 65), H203 [3JA] (see H.R. 621), H675 [16JA]
——— allow use of 529 plans to pay apprenticeship and qualified early education expenses (see S. 220), S586 [24JA]
——— clarify treatment of certain retirement plan contributions picked up by governmental employers (see H.R. 3213), H4432 [11JN]
——— clarify use of State and local sales taxes on aviation fuel (see H.R. 2939), H4160 [23MY]
——— exclude from gross income amounts received from State-based catastrophe loss mitigation programs (see H.R. 5494), H12289 [19DE]
——— exclude from gross income amounts received from State-based earthquake loss mitigation programs (see S. 1058), S2294 [8AP] (see H.R. 2053), H3067 [3AP]
——— expand certain exceptions to private activity bond rules for first-time farmers (see H.R. 5007), H8738 [8NO]
——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and provide disaster tax relief (see S. 617), S1593 [28FE] (see H.R. 3301), H4770 [18JN]
——— free States to spend gas tax revenues on their transportation priorities (see S. 615), S1593 [28FE]
——— impose alternative minimum tax on certain State regulated electric utilities that have not fully adopted climate-resilient infrastructure (see H.R. 5258), H9175 [22NO]
——— impose Federal taxes on bonds used to provide facilities owned by abortion providers (see H.R. 219), H209 [3JA]
——— include green infrastructure bonds in definition of qualified private activity bonds (see H.R. 2718), H3789 [14MY]
——— increase limitation on deduction for State and local taxes (see H.R. 1757), H2743 [14MR] (see H.R. 2624), H3678 [9MY] (see H.R. 2894), H4117 [22MY]
——— increase limitation on deduction for State and local taxes for individuals filing jointly (see S. 2762), S6333 [31OC]
——— increase national limitation amount for qualified highway or surface freight transfer facility bonds (see S. 352), S919 [6FE] (see H.R. 2541), H3473 [7MY]
——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see S. 604), S1593 [28FE] (see H.R. 4796), H8387 [22OC]
——— make permanent the individual tax rates in effect for taxable years 2018–2025 (see S. 1162), S2433 [11AP]
——— modify certain rules applicable to qualified small issue manufacturing bonds and expand certain exceptions to private activity bond rules for first-time farmers (see H.R. 5422), H10257 [12DE]
——— modify limitation on deduction of State and local taxes (see H.R. 5377), H10015 [10DE]
——— modify limitation on deduction of State and local taxes (H.R. 5377), consideration (see H. Res. 772), H12289 [19DE]
——— prohibit States from retroactively imposing a sales tax collection duty on a remote seller and implement procedures and guidelines on future collection of such taxes (see S. 2350), S5247 [31JY] (see H.R. 379), H357 [9JA] (see H.R. 1933), H2885 [27MR]
——— promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in taxation of digital goods and services (see S. 765), S1844 [13MR] (see H.R. 1725), H2716 [13MR]
——— provide a refundable credit for certain teachers as a supplement to State efforts to provide teachers with a livable wage (see S. 2510), S5602 [19SE]
——— provide for Move America bonds and Move America credits to support public-private partnerships for infrastructure investment (see S. 146), S273 [16JA] (see H.R. 1508), H2366 [5MR]
——— provide for tax treatment of first-time homeowner assistance programs established by States (see H.R. 4120), H7480 [30JY]
——— regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 3063), H4216 [3JN]
——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H201 [3JA]
——— repeal limitation on deduction for State and local property and income taxes, limit step-up in basis for property acquired from a decedent, and deem a sale on any contribution of property to a private foundation (see H.R. 4274), H7596 [10SE]
——— repeal limitation on deduction for State and local taxes and restore higher tax rates for upper income individuals (see S. 437), S1165 [11FE] (see H.R. 1142), H1517 [11FE]
——— repeal limitation on deductions for certain taxes, including State and local taxes (see H.R. 188), H208 [3JA] (see H.R. 257), H228 [4JA] (see H.R. 515), H518 [11JA]
——— require States to give preference in allocating low-income housing credit dollar amounts to projects which are committed to providing non-smoking buildings (see H.R. 4689), H8197 [16OC]
——— restore tax exemption for advance refunding bonds (see H.R. 2772), H3841 [15MY]
——— treat certain contributions by government entities as contributions to capital (see S. 2942), S6755 [21NO]
——— treat Indian tribal governments in the same manner as State governments for certain Federal tax purposes (see H.R. 2484), H3439 [2MY]
Territories: provide for a definition of the term ‘‘State’’ and include territories therein (see H.R. 406), H358 [9JA]
Terrorism: authorize domestic terrorism offices in the Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice and the FBI to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and take steps to prevent domestic terrorism (see S. 894), S2042 [27MR] (see H.R. 1931), H2885 [27MR]
Texas: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Dept. of Public Safety (see H.R. 4940), H8717 [31OC]
Time: allow States to observe year-round daylight saving time (see H.R. 1601), H2582 [7MR] (see H.R. 2389), H3303 [29AP]
Trademarks: provide for registration of marks consisting of the flag, coat of arms, or other official insignia of the U.S., or of any State or municipality (see S. 963), S2117 [1AP] (see H.R. 1999), H2937 [1AP]
Transportation: ensure each State receives a fair percentage of total Federal highway funding (see H.R. 2804), H3923 [16MY]
——— require construction inspection functions be conducted by public employees (see H.R. 1099), H1461 [7FE]
U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: call for remaining a signatory to the Paris Agreement and support policies that promote reduction of global warming pollution and aim to meet objectives of the Paris Agreement (see S. Res. 449), S6950 [10DE]
U.S. Digital Service: provide grants to establish and enhance digital services in State and local governments (see S. 848), S1899 [14MR]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: establish National Wildlife Corridors Program and other initiatives to protect and restore native fish, wildlife, and plant species and their habitats (see S. 1499), S2923 [16MY] (see H.R. 2795), H3923 [16MY]
——— increase State and local involvement in management plans under Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 4483), H7901 [24SE]
——— make supplemental funding available for management of fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need as determined by State fish and wildlife agencies (see H.R. 3742), H5774 [12JY]
——— modernize funding of wildlife conservation (see S. 2092), S4807 [11JY] (see H.R. 877), H1333 [30JA]
——— permit States to regulate intrastate endangered and threatened species and allow taking of certain black vultures and ravens to prevent harm to livestock, vehicles, or buildings (see S. 2343), S5196 [30JY]
——— reauthorize Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund (see H.R. 4828), H8456 [23OC]
——— reissue final rules relative to listing of gray wolves in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act (see S. 831), S1899 [14MR]
——— reissue final rules relative to listing of gray wolves in the Western Great Lakes under the Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 4494), H7989 [25SE]
U.S. Geological Survey: reauthorize grants for, and require applied water supply research on, water resources research and technology institutes (see S. 2164), S4947 [18JY] (see H.R. 3510), H5200 [26JN]
U.S. Soccer Federation: prohibit funding for 2026 World Cup until provision of equitable pay to members of U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team and U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team (see S. 2062), S4729 [9JY] (see H.R. 3917), H7241 [23JY]
Veterans: recognize importance and effectiveness of veteran-to-veteran sponsorship programs (see H. Res. 483), H5584 [10JY]
Voting: allow all eligible voters to vote by mail and establish national procedures for automatic voter registration for Federal elections (see S. 26), S19 [3JA] (see H.R. 92), H204 [3JA]
——— allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections (see H.R. 138), H206 [3JA]
——— clarify that a State may not use inactivity of voters as the basis for cancelling the registration of such voters in the State on grounds that they have changed residence (see S. 507), S1383 [14FE]
——— condemn State and local voter suppression laws (see H. Res. 710), H8958 [18NO]
——— constitutional amendment to provide for direct popular election of the President and Vice President of the U.S. and to protect and enhance voter rights (see H.J. Res. 9), H210 [3JA]
——— designate public high schools as voter registration agencies, direct such schools to conduct voter registration drives for students, and reimburse such schools for costs of conducting such drives (see H.R. 1637), H2584 [7MR]
——— encourage Congress to pass legislation to increase voting access and registration, protect voting rights, and improve election security (see S. Res. 309), S5474 [12SE] (see H. Res. 556), H7705 [12SE]
——— establish a commission to develop proposals on voting representation for U.S. citizens who reside in a territory, commonwealth, or Federal District of the U.S. (see S. 960), S2088 [28MR]
——— establish a minimum period for early voting in Federal elections (see H.R. 1546), H2367 [5MR]
——— establish minimum requirements for early voting (see S. 957), S2088 [28MR]
——— prohibit a State from registering an individual to vote in elections for Federal office unless the individual provides documentary proof that they are a U.S. citizen (see H.R. 1217), H1583 [13FE]
——— prohibit a State from removing registrants from list of eligible voters unless the State verifies that the registrants are ineligible to vote in Federal elections (see H.R. 3201), H4431 [11JN]
——— prohibit Federal payments to a unit of local government that allows individuals who are not U.S. citizens to vote in elections for State or local office (see H.R. 151), H206 [3JA]
——— prohibit interference with voter registration (see H.R. 1451), H2313 [28FE]
——— prohibit practice of voter roll purging known as voter caging and other questionable challenges to voting (see H.R. 1460), H2313 [28FE]
——— promote early voting in Federal elections and prevent unreasonable waiting times for voters at polling places used in such elections (see H.R. 118), H205 [3JA]
——— provide incentives to States to invest in practices and technology that are designed to expedite voting at polls and simplify voter registration (see H.R. 1512), H2366 [5MR]
——— reduce waiting times for voters in Federal elections (see S. 955), S2088 [28MR]
——— require State notification of voters of polling place changes and make reasonable accommodations to voters who go to previously assigned voting locations (see H.R. 1504), H2366 [5MR]
——— require States to accept applications to register to vote in elections for Federal office from individuals under 18 years of age at the time of application (see H.R. 734), H1171 [23JA]
——— require States to allow an individual to cure a mismatched signature on a mail-in or provisional ballot (see H.R. 2547), H3474 [7MY]
——— require States to automatically register eligible voters (see S. 550), S1437 [25FE]
——— 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 ensure that any voting machine used for the purposes of a Federal election is manufactured in the U.S. (see H.R. 2652), H3679 [9MY]
——— 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 S. 621), S1594 [28FE] (see H.R. 1442), H2313 [28FE]
——— require States to permit individuals to register to vote in an election for Federal office on the date of the election (see S. 624), S1594 [28FE] (see H.R. 93), H204 [3JA] (see H.R. 1438), H2312 [28FE]
——— require States to provide voter registration forms at certain naturalization proceedings (see H.R. 3770), H5910 [16JY]
——— require voting systems to produce a voter-verified, auditable paper records of votes, require States to audit results of elections prior to certification, and provide grants to States to improve security (see H.R. 378), H357 [9JA]
——— require voting systems to produce voter-verified, auditable paper records of votes, minimum cybersecurity standards, accessibility for disabled individuals, and post-election risk-limiting audits (see S. 1472), S2883 [15MY] (see H.R. 2754), H3841 [15MY]
——— require voting systems to produce voter-verified, auditable paper records of votes, provide funding to States to meet such requirements, and study use of open-source electronic voting software (see H.R. 1946), H2915 [28MR]
——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see S. 561), S1492 [26FE] (see H.R. 4), H2232 [26FE] (see H.R. 1799), H2745 [14MR]
——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 4), consideration (see H. Res. 741), H9255 [4DE]
——— save eligible voters from voter purging (see S. 958), S2088 [28MR]
——— secure Federal voting rights of nonviolent persons when released from incarceration (see S. 1068), S2328 [9AP] (see H.R. 196), H208 [3JA]
Water: establish a trust fund to provide adequate funding for water and sewer infrastructure (see S. 611), S1593 [28FE] (see H.R. 1417), H2311 [28FE]
——— modify payment periods of loans from State revolving funds under Safe Drinking Water Act and Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 5513), H12290 [19DE]
——— prevent spread of aquatic invasive species in waters of Western States (see S. 2975), S6858 [4DE]
——— promote water supply reliability and improved water management for rural communities (see H.R. 2473), H3438 [2MY]
——— set local, State, and Federal standards for hexavalent chromium in drinking water and provide tax breaks for filtration systems to mitigate effects and determine causes of harmful levels of such chemical (see H. Res. 19), H211 [3JA]
Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 2705), H3788 [14MY]
Water pollution: improve and coordinate interagency Federal actions and provide assistance to States for responding to public health challenges posed by emerging contaminants (see S. 1251), S2515 [30AP] (see H.R. 5361), H9386 [9DE]
Weather: enhance planning, preparation, and dissemination of best practices for extreme weather to increase resiliency, improve regional coordination, and mitigate financial risk (see H.R. 4347), H7753 [17SE]
Wildfires: provide wildfire smoke mitigation assistance to States and units of local government (see S. 1813), S3363 [12JN]
Wildlife: clarify that intrastate species are not in interstate commerce or subject to regulation under the Endangered Species Act or other Federal interstate commerce laws (see S. 1768), S3284 [10JN]
——— exempt certain water transfers between Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana from the Lacey Act and Lacey Act Amendments ban on trafficking in wildlife, fish, and plants (see S. 2930), S6755 [21NO] (see H.R. 29), H201 [3JA]
——— support State and tribal efforts to implement management strategies on chronic wasting disease among deer, elk, and moose and provide for research and response plans to reduce its spread and prevalence (see S. 613), S1593 [28FE] (see S. 689), S1705 [6MR] (see H.R. 1550), H2502 [6MR] (see H.R. 1919), H2884 [27MR]
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 S. Con. Res. 18), S3005 [21MY] (see H. Con. Res. 40), H4064 [21MY]
Wyoming Women’s Suffrage Day: designate (see S. Res. 430), S6669 [19NO] (see H. Res. 700), H8878 [14NO]
Cloture motions
Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 268), S549, S557, S558 [24JA], S1972 [26MR], S2064, S2081 [28MR], S2113 [1AP]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 268), motion to proceed, S1882 [14MR]
Middle East: improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (S. 1), S736 [29JA], S776, S788 [31JA], S829 [4FE]
——— improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (S. 1), motion to proceed, S31 [4JA], S48 [8JA], S128 [10JA], S174 [14JA], S693 [28JA]
Natural resources: improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), S1117 [7FE], S1161 [11FE]
——— improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), motion to proceed, S777 [31JA], S858 [5FE]
Letters
Allow State and local governments to divest from entities engaging in boycott, divestment, or sanctions activities targeting Israel: several Senators, S45 [8JA]
America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act: American Council of Engineering Companies of North Dakota, S5234 [31JY]
——— Bernie L. Dardis, West Fargo, ND, Board of City Commissioners, S5234 [31JY]
——— Brenda E. Derrig, Fargo, ND, City Engineer, S5233 [31JY]
——— Brian Ritter, Bismarck-Mandan, ND, Chamber of Commerce, S5235 [31JY]
——— Dave Carlsrud, Mayor of Valley City, ND, S5234 [31JY]
——— Fargo-Moorhead, ND, Metropolitan Council of Governments, S5233 [31JY]
——— Michael R. Brown, Mayor of Grand Forks, ND, S5234 [31JY]
——— Russ Hanson, Associated General Contractors of North Dakota, S5233 [31JY]
——— Thomas K. Sorel and Doug Burgum, North Dakota Dept. of Transportation, S5233 [31JY]
Applicability of Congressional Review Act to State relief and empowerment waivers: Thomas H. Armstrong, GAO, S4901–S4903 [17JY]
Atlantic Coastal Economies Protection Act: Dawn S. Hunter, Greater Vineland, NJ, Chamber of Commerce, H2376 [6MR]
——— Michele Gillian, Ocean City, NJ, Chamber of Commerce, H2376 [6MR]
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act: James W. Tobin III, National Association of Home Builders, H7725 [17SE]
——— Jim Narva, National Association of State Fire Marshals, H7725 [17SE]
——— Philip Squair, National Electrical Manufacturers Association, H7726 [17SE]
——— Representative Lofgren, Committee on House Administration (House), H7724 [17SE]
——— Representative Pallone, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7724 [17SE]
——— several consumer organizations, H7725 [17SE]
——— William Wallace, Consumer Reports (organization), H7722, H7725 [17SE]
Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act: several organizations, H7613, H7627 [11SE], H7677 [12SE]
——— Terry O’Sullivan, Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA), H7613, H7628 [11SE], H7677 [12SE]
Corporate Transparency Act: Juanita D. Duggan, National Federation of Independent Business, H8321 [22OC]
——— several business associations, H8322 [22OC]
Dept. of HHS rule on waivers to States for alternatives to health insurance exchanges that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions: Seema Verma, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, S6223 [29OC]
Dept. of Justice special counsel report on investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials availability to Congress and the public: several House of Representatives committee chairs, H2729 [14MR]
Dept. of Justice special counsel report on investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials: Robert S. Mueller III, Dept. of Justice, S2535 [1MY]
——— several former Federal prosecutors, S2665 [7MY], H12132 [18DE]
Dept. of the Interior funding for oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas off the coast of Florida: several Florida Representatives, H4951 [20JN]
Extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and provide disaster tax relief: several organizations, S1598 [28FE]
FCC State-level broadband programs funding match: Lisa Harvey-McPherson, Northern Light Health, Inc., S4632 [27JN]
For the People Act: Carol Tobias, David N. O’Steen, and Jennifer Popik, National Right to Life Committee, Inc., H2570 [7MR]
——— Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, H2406 [6MR]
——— Kate Brown, Governor of Oregon, H2532 [7MR]
——— Paul Ziriax, Oklahoma State Election Board, H2382 [6MR]
——— Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers, H2536 [7MR]
——— several religious institutions, H2539 [7MR]
——— Thomas McClusky, March for Life Action (organization), H2570 [7MR]
——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H2536 [7MR]
GAO recommendations on Dept. of Justice DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program implementation: Senators Grassley and Cornyn, S7150 [18DE]
——— Stephen E. Boyd, Dept. of Justice, S7149 [18DE]
Impact of Medicaid expansion: Nansie J. Garnham Feeny, S4789 [11JY]
Local Water Protection Act: Steve Moyer, Trout Unlimited (organization), H3110 [8AP]
Medicaid provision to States with option of providing coordinated care for children with medically complex conditions: several children’s health organizations, H2779 [25MR]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act navigator program funding to assist in choosing plans and increase outreach about plan options and financial support availability: several medical organizations, H3875 [16MY]
Premium Reduction Act: Eric A. Cioppa, Raymond G. Farmer, David Altmaier, and Dean L. Cameron, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, S5900 [17OC]
——— several health organizations, S5900 [17OC]
Protect administration of Federal elections against cybersecurity threats: several State attorneys general, S5079 [25JY]
Protecting Americans With Preexisting Conditions Act: Representative Neal, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H3520 [9MY]
——— Representative Pallone, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H3520 [9MY]
——— Seema Verma, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, H3536 [9MY]
——— several patient and consumer advocacy organizations, H3515, H3530 [9MY]
Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act: several organizations, H7613, H7627 [11SE], H7677 [12SE]
——— Terry O’Sullivan, Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA), H7613, H7628 [11SE], H7677 [12SE]
Reforming Disaster Recovery Act: Representative DeFazio, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H8918 [18NO]
——— Representative Waters, Committee on Financial Services (House), H8919 [18NO]
——— several State governors, H8923 [18NO]
Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act: several organizations, H12274 [19DE]
——— William J. Johnson, National Association of Police Organizations, Inc., H12281 [19DE]
Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act: Aaron Smith, National Cannabis Industry Association, E1440 [14NO]
——— Ademola Oyefeso, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, E1216 [26SE]
——— Alessandro DiNello, Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America, E1217 [26SE]
——— Basil Thomson, National Armored Car Association, E1442 [14NO]
——— Becky Dansky, Safe and Responsible Banking Alliance, E1230 [27SE]
——— Betsy Laird, International Council of Shopping Centers, E1240 [1OC]
——— Bill Himpler, American Financial Services Association, E1254 [4OC]
——— Jeffrey D. DeBoer, Real Estate Roundtable, Inc., E1230 [27SE]
——— Jim King, ScottsMiracle-Gro Co., E1253 [4OC]
——— John Smaby, National Association of Realtors, E1230 [27SE]
——— Ken A. Crerar, Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers, E1239 [1OC]
——— Lindsay Robinson, California Cannabis Industry Association, E1441 [14NO]
——— Marsha Jones, Third Party Payment Processors Association, E1229 [27SE]
——— Mayors Coalition To Push for Marijuana Reform, E1253 [4OC]
——— Michael F. Beech, Brink’s, Inc., E1240 [1OC]
——— National Association of Attorneys General, E1215 [26SE]
——— Neal Levine, Cannabis Trade Federation, E1441 [14NO]
——— Neill Franklin, Law Enforcement Action Partnership, Inc., E1228 [27SE]
——— Nicole Fried, Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services, E1442 [14NO]
——— Paul A. Smith, Rural County Representatives of California (organization), E1239 [1OC]
——— Representatives McHenry and Luetkemeyer, Committee on Financial Services (House), H7965 [25SE]
——— Rob Nichols, American Bankers Association, E1216 [26SE]
——— Saphira Galoob, National Cannabis Roundtable (organization), E1441 [14NO]
——— Scott Talbott, Electronic Transactions Association, E1229 [27SE]
——— several bankers associations, E1216 [26SE]
——— several former Office of National Drug Control Policy and DEA officials, H7966 [25SE]
——— several organizations, E1217 [26SE]
——— several State banking supervisors, E1262 [8OC]
——— several State Governors, E1262 [8OC]
——— several trade associations, E1239 [1OC], E1254 [4OC]
——— Shanita Penny, Minority Cannabis Business Association, E1240 [1OC]
Securing America’s Federal Elections (SAFE) Act: Curt Decker, National Disability Rights Network, H5098 [25JN]
Siege at the Alamo: William B. Travis (1836), S1461 [26FE]
Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: Katherine McGuire, American Psychological Association Services, Inc., H3994 [20MY]
——— Kyle E. Yasuda, American Academy of Pediatrics, H3993 [20MY]
——— Ruth J. Friedman, National Child Abuse Coalition, H3993 [20MY]
Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act: Representative Grijalva, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H3289 [29AP]
——— Representative Neal, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H3289 [29AP]
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program extension: Kate Brown and Charlie Baker, National Governors Association, H4195 [3JN]
Ticks—Identify, Control, and Knockout (TICK) Act: Paula Jackson Jones, Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education (organization), S3112 [23MY]
——— Vector-Borne Disease Network and allied organizations, S3111 [23MY]
Voting Rights Advancement Act: Andrea Senteno, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (organization), H9328, H9338 [6DE]
——— Anti-Defamation League, H9317 [6DE]
——— Jason Kimelman-Block, Bend the Arc—Jewish Action (organization), H9318 [6DE]
——— Jody Rabhan, National Council of Jewish Women, H9330 [6DE]
——— Josh Nassar, UAW, H9315 [6DE]
——— Kristen Clarke, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, H9327 [6DE]
——— Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, H9327, H9338 [6DE]
——— Marc Egan, National Education Association, H9316 [6DE]
——— Marcela Howell, In Our Own Voice—National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda (organization), H9316 [6DE]
——— Mary K. Henry, Service Employees International Union, H9329 [6DE]
——— Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers, H9330 [6DE]
——— Robert Weissman, Public Citizen (organization), H9330 [6DE]
——— Ronald Newman and Sonia Gill, ACLU, H9316 [6DE]
——— Scott Frey, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H9329 [6DE]
——— Thomas A. Saenz and Juan Cartagena, National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (organization), H9315 [6DE]
——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H9318 [6DE]
Lists
Committee on Appropriations (Senate) staff who worked on H.R. 2157, disaster relief supplemental appropriations, S3085 [23MY]
Organizations and officials supporting H.R. 1595, Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, H7971 [25SE]
Organizations opposing H.R. 1, For the People Act, H2570 [7MR]
Organizations supporting H.R. 2513, Corporate Transparency Act, H8310 [22OC]
Organizations supporting Jones amendment to H.R. 3055, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction appropriations, on Mass Transit Account funding, S6320 [31OC]
Organizations supporting S. 47, Natural Resources Management Act, S900 [6FE]
Senate staff who worked on S. 47, Natural Resources Management Act, S900 [6FE]
Senators by State, S5 [3JA]
State organizations supporting H.R. 647, Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act, H8524 [28OC]
Supporters of H.R. 3702, Reforming Disaster Recovery Act, H8962 [19NO]
Memorandums
America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act: Jason Benson, Cass County, ND, Engineer, S5234 [31JY]
Motions
Corporations: require disclosure of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (H.R. 2513), H8368 [22OC]
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), H2600 [8MR]
Dept. of the Interior: prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (H.R. 1941), H7636 [11SE]
Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 268), S325 [22JA], S1882 [14MR], H660 [16JA]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), H3713 [10MY]
Elections: protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for infrastructure used to carry out such elections (H.R. 2722), H5243 [27JN]
Insurance: disapprove rule on waivers to States for alternatives to health insurance exchanges that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (S.J. Res. 52), S6220 [29OC]
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 (S.J. Res. 50), S5952 [22OC]
Middle East: improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (S. 1), S31 [4JA], S166 [14JA], S187 [15JA], S299 [18JA], S326 [22JA], S541, S549 [24JA], S725 [29JA]
Natural resources: improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), S1108, S1109 [7FE], S1160 [11FE]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: revoke certain guidance relative to waivers for State innovation that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (H.R. 986), H3548 [9MY]
Taxation: modify limitation on deduction of State and local taxes (H.R. 5377), H12281 [19DE]
Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 4), H9331 [6DE]
Notices
Estimated budget effects of H.R. 205, Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act, H7662 [11SE]
Estimated budget effects of H.R. 241, Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act, H7594 [10SE]
Estimated budget effects of H.R. 758, Cooperate With Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act, H2646 [11MR]
Estimated budget effects of H.R. 995, Settlement Agreement Information Database Act, H1515 [11FE]
Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1222, Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act, H3301 [29AP]
Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1595, Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, H7987 [25SE]
Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1839, Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act, H2793 [25MR]
Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1941, Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act, H7662 [11SE]
Estimated budget effects of H.R. 3619, Appraisal Fee Transparency Act, H7832 [19SE]
Estimated budget effects of H.R. 4625, Protect the GI Bill Act, H8781 [12NO]
Intention to object to H.R. 205, Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act: Senator Cassidy, S5449 [11SE]
Intention to object to H.R. 1941, Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act: Senator Cassidy, S5449 [11SE]
Petitions and memorials
Texas: Disaster Housing Response and Recovery Block Grant Program, S4765 [10JY]
Press releases
AJC Outraged by Rep. Tlaib’s Tweet: American Jewish Committee, S45 [8JA]
House Makes Last Minute Bait-and-Switch on Corporate Transparency Act: National Federation of Independent Business, H8337 [22OC]
Remarks in House
Abortion: State laws and court cases impacting women’s reproductive health care and access to abortion, H3955 [17MY], H4022 [21MY], H4115, H4116 [22MY], H4407 [11JN], E639 [21MY]
Air Force: operations and maintenance account funding to rebuild military installations affected by disasters, H3703, H3704 [10MY]
Air pollution: proposed rule prohibiting States from setting stricter standards for regulating motor vehicle emissions and fuel economy than Federal standards, H7821 [19SE], H7840 [20SE]
Alabama: anniversary of statehood (H. Res. 711), H8965 [19NO]
Arizona: decision by Arizona Supreme Court to block the Invest in Ed ballot initiative, H296 [9JA]
——— tribute to State legislature, H581 [15JA]
Armed Forces: tribute to Pennsylvania National Guard, H1998 [14FE]
Army: review impact of inactivating watercraft units on disaster preparedness, H5629 [11JY]
Bureau of Justice Assistance: make grants to States, units of local government, and gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs (H.R. 1279), H2511 [7MR]
Bureau of the Census: prohibit funding to include any question in the decennial census that was not included in the Providence County, RI, End-to-End Census Test, H4784, H4886–H4888 [19JN]
California: address certain water-related concerns in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley, H3471 [7MY]
CDC: Climate and Health Program funding, H4399 [11JN]
——— Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant Program funding through reductions in Dept. of HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration funding, H4568, H4569 [12JN]
Chaco Culture National Historical Park: prohibit withdrawal of certain surrounding Federal land from further mineral development if it is determined New Mexico will suffer loss of revenues, H8638 [30OC]
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2480), H3978–H3994, H3998 [20MY], E637 [21MY]
Children and youth: enact national child protective services standards, H3774 [14MY]
Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act: rename as Russian Energy Reliance and U.S. Poverty Act, H7616, H7617 [11SE]
Commissioners of the Revenue Association of Virginia: anniversary, E89 [24JA]
Congress: limit redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (H.R. 124), E6 [3JA]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: require report on consumer complaints from senior citizens, including a State-by-State breakdown of complaints by type of consumer financial product or service, H4099, H4100 [22MY]
Corp. for National and Community Service: prohibit closure of State or territory offices without congressional approval (H.R. 1458), H3223 [10AP], H3296 [29AP]
Corporations: disclose beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (H.R. 2513), consideration (H. Res. 646), H8307–H8315 [22OC]
——— require disclosure of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (H.R. 2513), H8243 [18OC], H8303, H8316–H8339, H8365–H8370 [22OC]
——— require disclosure of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (H.R. 2513), motion to recommit, H8368 [22OC]
——— require refresher training every two years for law enforcement officials who access database of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities, H8336, H8337 [22OC]
——— strike disclosure of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities, nullify rule requiring financial institutions to identify beneficial owners, and study existing Federal databases’ collection of such information, H8338, H8339 [22OC]
Corps of Engineers: work with State officials to establish a no wake zone in covered navigation channels when certain criteria exists, H4745 [18JN]
Council of Chief State School Officers: tribute to State Teachers of the Year award recipients, H3397 [1MY]
Courts: encourage States to provide enhanced sentencing penalties for persons convicted of committing, or attempting to commit, an act of domestic violence in the presence of minor children, H3010 [3AP]
——— permit expungement of records of certain nonviolent criminal offenses (H.R. 121), E4 [3JA]
CPSC: require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (H.R. 1618), H7723–H7727 [17SE]
Crime: allow State prosecution of websites that facilitate sex trafficking, provide civil remedies for victims of sex trafficking or sexual exploitation, and clarify interactive computer services’ role in sex trafficking, H12258 [19DE]
——— enhance penalties for stalkers of children, H3042 [3AP]
——— enhance penalties for stalkers of children (H.R. 570), H610 [16JA]
——— prohibit traveling interstate or causing another to travel interstate for purposes of female genital mutilation (H.R. 959), H1384 [6FE]
Crummey, Mark: Virginia Parent Teacher Association Elementary Principal of the Year award recipient, H5982 [17JY]
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), H6 [3JA], H225 [4JA], H232 [8JA], H348 [9JA], H1298, H1320 [30JA], H1469 [8FE], H2116, H2226–H2229 [26FE], H2276, H2300 [28FE], H2326, H2327, H2342 [5MR], H2377, H2378, H2379, H2390–H2498 [6MR], H2507, H2509, H2510, H2511, H2513, H2514, H2515–H2547, H2555–H2571 [7MR], H2589, H2590, H2591–H2602, H2603, H2606, H2608 [8MR], H2630 [11MR], H2722, H2733, H2736, H2739 [14MR], H3089, H3090 [4AP], H3194–H3198, H3200 [9AP], H3997 [20MY], H4124, H4158 [23MY], H4280 [4JN], H5085, H5092 [25JN], H5219, H5221 [27JN], H7166 [23JY], H7570, H7592 [10SE], H7784 [19SE], H8399, H8415 [23OC], H8837 [14NO], H9331 [6DE], E265 [7MR], E272, E274, E275 [8MR]
——— 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), consideration (H. Res. 172), H2379–H2388 [6MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: Emergency Watershed Protection Program funding, H3708, H3709 [10MY]
——— importance of Emergency Food Assistance Program, H8967 [19NO]
——— modify Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents, H14, H30 [3JA], H2651 [12MR], H2833 [27MR], H9263 [5DE]
——— prohibit release of proprietary Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program sales data of food retailers, H393 [10JA]
——— proposed rule limiting broad-based categorical eligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, H5918 [17JY], H7248, H7257 [24JY], H7390, H7444 [25JY]
——— proposed rule relative to work requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility, E1533 [4DE]
——— Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H637 [16JA], H2649 [12MR], H4338 [5JN]
——— repeal work requirements that disqualify able-bodied adults from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility, H4947 [20JN]
——— require preclearance quarantine inspections for all movement to or from Hawaii by either domestic or international travel (H.R. 5506), H12285 [19DE], E1625 [19DE]
——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H348 [9JA], H391, H395, H396 [10JA], H550 [15JA], H983 [22JA], H1020, H1022 [23JA], H1248 [29JA], H2374 [6MR], H4000–H4005 [20MY], H4780 [19JN], H5081 [25JN]
Dept. of Defense: award grants to defense education schools and to local education agencies that host Junior ROTC programs for the establishment, improvement, or expansion of world language, E912 [12JY]
——— give priority to States with the most need when distributing excess property for firefighting purposes, H5659 [11JY]
——— Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program funding, H4728, H4729 [18JN]
——— require cooperative agreements with States to mitigate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination resulting from their facilities, H5648 [11JY]
——— restore funding to military construction projects that had funds diverted to fund national emergency declared by President Trump in order to construct a continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border, H7739–H7742 [17SE]
Dept. of Education: award grants to States to establish universal prekindergarten in public schools and public charter schools (H.R. 4213), E1078 [27AU]
——— develop career counseling programs to provide counselors with the resources and training to support students interested in career and technical education, H8775 [12NO]
——— end use of corporal punishment in schools by prohibiting funding to any institution or agency utilizing such practices and providing assistance with positive behavior support approaches (H.R. 727), E78 [23JA]
——— establish a program that enables college-bound residents of certain territories to have greater choices among institutions of higher education by allowing students to pay in-State tuition in certain States (H.R. 2465), E515 [1MY]
——— establish State-Federal partnerships to provide students with debt-free college, provide Pell Grant eligibility to certain immigrants, and restore assistance eligibility for drug-related offenses (H.R. 1571), H3397–H3399 [1MY]
——— expand military student identifier program to include students of parents who serve in the National Guard and Reserves (H.R. 1896), E358 [27MR]
——— provide for long-term improvement of public school facilities (H.R. 865), H8608 [30OC]
——— provide grants to State libraries to allow schools with summer lunch programs to keep their libraries open for student use during summer months (H.R. 3667), H5593 [11JY]
——— provide grants to States to establish a comprehensive school career counseling program (H.R. 5092), H8884 [15NO], H9062 [20NO], H10029 [11DE]
——— Statewide Family Engagement Centers Program funding, H4535 [12JN]
Dept. of Energy: establish Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy as the lead Federal agency for coordinating Federal, State, and local assistance to promote the energy retrofitting of schools (H.R. 762), H2328, H2329 [5MR]
——— provide Federal financial assistance to States to implement, review, and revise State energy security plans (H.R. 2114), H7543, H7544 [9SE]
Dept. of HHS: address opioid drug abuse epidemic, H10032 [11DE]
——— allow State-run health insurance marketplaces to be eligible for federally-facilitated marketplace navigator program funds, H3880, H3881 [16MY]
——— allow States to extend certain child welfare demonstration projects scheduled to expire, H7781 [19SE]
——— allow use of ‘‘silver loading’’ to make up for loss of cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments to health insurance companies, H3867, H3868, H3879, H3880 [16MY]
——— conduct study on effects of forced child marriage in States that have not prevented practice, H3990 [20MY]
——— conduct study to identify how parental substance abuse affects adoption outcomes, H3990 [20MY]
——— encourage caregiver needs assessments to identify individual needs of family caregivers and to target services more effectively, H8479 [28OC]
——— ensure State plans for safe care of infants exposed to substances in utero do not unfairly target pregnant women who need to remain on certain medications, H3990 [20MY]
——— establish grant program for States to reduce unnecessary costs and administrative burdens in health care, H10213, H10214 [12DE]
——— extend deadline by which States may apply for Federal assistance to establish State-based marketplaces and extend date for State exchanges to be self-sustaining, H3887 [16MY]
——— Health Resources and Services Administration State Maternal Health Innovation Program funding, H4575–H4577 [12JN]
——— identify model standards for licensing foster family homes, require States adhere to such standards, and grant States authority to waive certain non-safety standards for relative foster family caregivers, H8965 [19NO]
——— improve recruitment and retention of child welfare workers, H3990, H3991 [20MY]
——— provide assistance to combat escalating burden of Lyme disease and other tick and vector-borne diseases (H.R. 3073), H4539 [12JN], H5273 [9JY]
——— reauthorize and modernize Community Services Block Grant Program (H.R. 1695), H2733 [14MR], H2943 [2AP], H3845 [16MY], H8588 [29OC]
——— reauthorize grant programs and other initiatives to promote expanded screening of newborns and children for genetic diseases and disorders (H.R. 2507), H3796 [15MY], H7365–H7368 [24JY]
——— require navigators to receive training on how to assist consumers with Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program enrollment, H3886, H3887 [16MY]
——— revise and extend projects relative to children and violence and provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (H.R. 1109), H3494 [8MY], H8950 [18NO]
——— Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant Program funding through reductions in health surveillance and program support funding, H4610, H4611 [12JN]
——— Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration grants to States to develop best practices for emergency room treatment of opioid overdose patients funding, H4564 [12JN]
——— Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grants and State Opioid Response Grants program funding, E849 [26JN]
——— unaccompanied alien children care funding, H3713 [10MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize Operation Stonegarden grant program (H.R. 3990), H7933 [25SE]
——— conduct an inland waters threat analysis (H.R. 4402), H9376, H9377 [9DE]
——— develop an engagement strategy with State and local fusion centers (H.R. 504), H1261–H1263 [29JA]
——— establish Joint Threat Assessment and Management Task Force to make recommendations on developing a national strategy to prevent targeted violence (H.R. 838), H3914 [16MY]
——— improve intelligence and information sharing on threats posed by terrorist attacks using chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear materials (H.R. 1589), H2931, H2932 [1AP], E410 [4AP]
——— produce and disseminate an annual catalog on training, publications, programs, and services for State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies (H.R. 449), H1260, H1261 [29JA]
——— require annual report on the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement (H.R. 495), H1256–H1258 [29JA]
——— require Federal agencies to report any election interference and notify State and local officials, H5216 [27JN]
Dept. of HUD: authorize State-licensed appraisers to conduct appraisals in connection with mortgages insured by FHA and require compliance with existing appraiser education requirement (H.R. 2852), H7572, H7573 [10SE]
——— expedite publication of Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery Program rules, H3706–H3708 [10MY]
——— provide disaster assistance to States, Puerto Rico, and localities under a Community Development Block Grant Program grant disaster recovery program (H.R. 3702), H8911, H8914–H8926 [18NO], H8962 [19NO], H9067 [20NO]
——— provide that an individual who uses marijuana in compliance with State law may not be denied occupancy of federally assisted housing (H.R. 2338), E478 [18AP]
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 (H.R. 1236), H3914 [16MY]
——— authorize a grant program to assist State and local law enforcement agencies in purchasing body-worn cameras and securely storing and maintaining recording data for law enforcement officers (H.R. 120), E1 [3JA]
——— call for protection of individuals with preexisting medical conditions by defending Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions in Texas v. U.S., H5314 [10JY]
——— Community Based Violence Prevention program funding, H4938 [20JN]
——— 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., H3239 [10AP], H5290, H5291, H5292 [9JY], H5732 [12JY]
——— 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), H2945, H2946, H2947, H2956–H2969, H2974, H2975 [2AP]
——— 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), consideration (H. Res. 274), H2948–H2956 [2AP]
——— create grant program for States, local governments, Indian tribes, and domestic violence victim service providers and coalitions to establish and operate lethality assessment programs, H3054 [3AP]
——— decision to support district court ruling finding all of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unconstitutional in appeal of Texas v. U.S., H2802, H2820, H2821 [26MR], H2835 [27MR], H5982 [17JY]
——— Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program law enforcement crisis training funding, H4934 [20JN]
——— establish and carry out a Veteran Treatment Court Program (H.R. 886), H8489–H8491 [28OC], H8548 [29OC]
——— establish Green Alert communications network throughout the U.S. to help locate missing at-risk veterans and coordinate with other Federal, State, and local agencies on Green Alert plans (H.R. 1350), E222 [27FE]
——— establish guidelines to prevent and address occurrences of bullying, H1404–H1406 [7FE]
——— incentivize States to enact laws requiring independent investigation and prosecution for use of deadly force by law enforcement officers (H.R. 125), E2 [3JA]
——— juvenile justice programs funding, H4878 [19JN]
——— make available to Congress and the public the special counsel report on investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials (H. Con. Res. 24), H2603 [8MR], H2723–H2732 [14MR], H2903–H2906 [28MR], H3089 [4AP]
——— make available to Congress and the public the special counsel report on investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials (H. Con. Res. 24), consideration (H. Res. 208), H2690–H2697 [13MR]
——— make grants to States that have in place laws that authorize the seizure of firearms from dangerous individuals (H.R. 2786), H3851 [16MY]
——— make grants to States to provide right to counsel in civil actions relative to eviction (H.R. 5298), H9285 [5DE]
——— Office of Justice Programs grant funding to child protective service agencies to support programs that seek to reduce and prevent domestic violence against children, H4886 [19JN], H4929 [20JN]
——— prohibit Federal prosecution of individuals using medical or recreational marijuana in States with legalized marijuana (H.R. 493), E36 [11JA]
——— prohibit funding for adoptive seizures through the Assets Forfeiture Fund, H4889, H4890 [19JN]
——— prohibit funding to interfere in marijuana policy of States, District of Columbia, and U.S. territories, H4890, H4891 [19JN]
——— prohibit involvement in State and local elections relative to misinformation campaigns, H8425, H8426 [23OC]
——— protect Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions on preexisting conditions and other health coverage and reverse position in Texas v. U.S., H5175, H5176 [26JN]
——— provide for inclusion of victim advocates/resources in State courts for urban American Indians/Alaskan Natives under STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program, H3054 [3AP]
——— provide grants to State and local law enforcement agencies to purchase chemical screening devices to detect dangerous drugs and train personnel on use of such devices (H.R. 2070), H3914 [16MY]
——— reauthorize DNA Backlog Reduction Program (H.R. 777), H8403–H8409 [23OC]
——— reauthorize DNA Backlog Reduction Program (S. 820), H7917, H7918 [25SE], H8001–H8003 [26SE]
——— reauthorize DNA Backlog Reduction Program (S. 820), unanimous-consent request, H8041 [26SE]
——— reauthorize Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (H.R. 494), H1403–H1406, H1431 [7FE], H2088 [25FE]
——— require a report from State and local governments that are DNA Backlog Grant Program recipients on best practices for reducing DNA evidence backlog, H3032, H3033 [3AP]
——— require States receiving Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program funds to mandate sensitivity training for law enforcement officers (H.R. 125), E2 [3JA]
——— sexual assault kit processing funding, H4937 [20JN]
——— Youth PROMISE local delinquency prevention grant funding through reductions in U.S. Marshals Service Federal Prisoner Detention funding, H4888, H4889 [19JN]
Dept. of Labor: clarify workplace violence prevention plans adopted by health care and social service employers shall not limit existing protections or laws relative to domestic violence, stalking, dating violence, and sexual assault, H9148 [21NO]
Dept. of State: establish Global Electoral Exchange Program to promote international exchanges on best election practices and cultivate more secure democratic institutions (H.R. 753), H3975, H3976 [20MY], E676 [24MY]
Dept. of the Interior: allow delegation of certain emergency abandoned mine reclamation activities to States and Indian tribes (H.R. 4248), H8231 [18OC]
——— certify that moratorium on certain offshore oil and gas leasing will not adversely effect employment for minorities and women, H7621, H7622, H7632, H7633 [11SE]
——— certify that prohibition of oil and gas leasing off the coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans will not increase the national average price of gasoline, H7636, H7637 [11SE]
——— consult with Dept. of Defense to determine if prohibition on certain offshore oil and gas leases pose a national security risk due to potential increase in dependence on foreign oil, H7617, H7618 [11SE]
——— contract with National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to complete ‘‘Review and Update of Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Offshore Oil and Gas Operations Inspection Program’’ study, H7631, H7632 [11SE]
——— empower States to manage development and production of oil and gas on Federal land, distribute Outer Continental Shelf energy leasing revenues to coastal States, and promote alternative energy (H.R. 4294), H7629 [11SE], H7675 [12SE]
——— exempt Georgia from prohibition on oil and gas leasing off the Atlantic coast, H7611 [11SE]
——— permanently extend moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas in the Gulf of Mexico (H.R. 205), H7565, H7566, H7586 [10SE], H7605, H7607, H7610, H7611, H7622–H7634 [11SE], H7673, H7676 [12SE], H7822, H7823 [19SE]
——— permanently extend moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas in the Gulf of Mexico (H.R. 205), consideration (H. Res. 548), H7566–H7571 [10SE]
——— permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (H.R. 279), H7612 [11SE]
——— place a moratorium on oil and gas leasing activities in the Outer Continental Shelf in the Pacific Ocean, H4975, H4976 [20JN]
——— place a moratorium on oil and gas leasing-related activities on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Atlantic Ocean, Straits of Florida, and Eastern Gulf of Mexico (H.R. 291), H372 [10JA]
——— prohibit funding for oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas off the coast of Florida, H4951, H4952 [20JN]
——— prohibit funding for oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in Outer Continental Shelf of the Atlantic Ocean, H4953, H4954 [20JN], H5174 [26JN]
——— prohibit issuance of certain geological and geophysical exploration permits in the Atlantic Ocean (H.R. 1149), H2375 [6MR]
——— prohibit oil-, gas- and methane hydrate-related seismic activities on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Atlantic Ocean and Straits of Florida, H7619–H7621 [11SE]
——— prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (H.R. 1941), H7586 [10SE], H7605, H7606–H7622, H7634–H7638 [11SE], H7673, H7676 [12SE], H7822, H7823 [19SE]
——— prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (H.R. 1941), consideration (H. Res. 548), H7566–H7571 [10SE]
——— prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (H.R. 1941), motion to recommit, H7636, H7637 [11SE]
——— prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas off the coast of New England, H7610 [11SE]
——— require Dept. of Commerce economic impact study of potential damage relative to offshore drilling, including impact on tourism, fishing, boating, transportation and other coastal-related businesses, H7622 [11SE]
——— require GAO study on costs and impacts of offshore drilling on coastal communities and their economies, H7618 [11SE]
——— require public disclosure of inspections of existing offshore oil and gas operations and payments made to Ocean Energy Safety Fund, H7619 [11SE]
Dept. of the Treasury: require Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to develop protocols to access database of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities and report to Congress number of times such database is accessed, H8335, H8336 [22OC]
Dept. of Transportation: allow States to use certain Federal transportation funding to develop and implement Vision Zero transportation safety plans in eligible localities (H.R. 4819), E1336 [23OC]
——— ensure transportation projects in historical areas comply with certain environmental and preservation regulations, H5062 [24JN]
——— equalize State apportionment of Better Utilizing Investments To Leverage Development (BUILD) funding, H5050 [24JN]
——— extend regulatory deadline for emergency relief transportation projects to advance to construction (H.R. 3193), E743 [11JN]
——— Federal-aid highway program contract authority rescission funding, H9039 [19NO]
——— improve pipeline safety by closing regulatory loopholes and increasing safety standards (H.R. 2139), H7669 [12SE]
——— issue regulations allowing qualified drivers under the age of 21 who complete a vehicle operation and mentor-apprentice training program to move freight across State lines (H.R. 1374), H2656 [12MR]
——— modify permitted uses of certain grants, allow States to reallocate national priority safety program funds, and award grants to improve interoperability of State and national traffic data systems (H.R. 4531), H8395 [23OC]
——— modify treatment of certain loans in consideration for fixed guideway capital investment grants (H.R. 731), H1008 [23JA]
——— Office of Inspector General funding, H5050 [24JN]
——— provide dedicated funding for Better Utilizing Investments To Leverage Development (BUILD) Discretionary Grant Program and Capital Investment Grants Program (H.R. 180), E2 [3JA]
——— urge infrastructure repairs and improvements and prioritize safety on roads and highways, H5310 [10JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve ability of veterans to receive in-State tuition using departmental educational assistance, H8759 [12NO]
——— increase maximum amount of grants to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans’ cemeteries (H.R. 5487), E1613 [18DE]
——— require educational institutions to abide by certain principles as a condition of approval for purposes of participating in departmental educational assistance programs (H.R. 4625), H8746–H8751 [12NO]
Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 268), H505 [11JA], H614, H616, H626–H662, H665 [16JA], H685 [17JA], H1184–H1188 [24JA], H2941 [2AP], H3090 [4AP], H3187–H3193 [9AP]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 268), consideration (H. Res. 43), H618–H624 [16JA]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 268), motion to recommit, H660 [16JA]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2145), H3146 [9AP]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), H3349 [1MY], H3430, H3431 [2MY], H3481 [8MY], H3687–H3717 [10MY], H3851 [16MY], H3953, H3954 [17MY], E578 [10MY], E609, E613 [16MY]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), consideration (H. Res. 357), H3510–H3519 [9MY]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 45), H4206 [3JN]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), motion to recommit, H3713 [10MY]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), Senate amendment, H4184–H4195, H4197, H4207 [3JN], H4335, H4338 [5JN], E733, E736 [10JN]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), unanimous-consent request, H4169 [24MY], H4173, H4174 [28MY], H4177 [30MY]
District of Columbia: statehood, H3198–H3200 [9AP], H3997 [20MY]
——— statehood (H.R. 51), H2109 [26FE], H2299–H2301 [28FE], H3243 [10AP], H7550 [9SE], H7592–H7594 [10SE], H8708 [31OC], H8796 [13NO], H10604 [17DE], E6 [3JA]
Drugs: address prescription opioid and heroin abuse, H374 [10JA], H548 [15JA], H2106 [26FE], H7993, H8043 [26SE], H9259 [5DE]
——— end Federal ban of medical marijuana, allow importation of certain derivatives, enable medicinal research, and allow prescription to veterans (H.R. 127), E7 [3JA]
——— prohibit Federal prosecution of residents who are acting in accordance with their State’s marijuana laws (H.R. 1456), H7969, H7971 [25SE]
Education: importance of education and teacher funding, H296 [9JA]
Election Assistance Commission: establish Election Security Grants Advisory Committee to review grant requests to ensure funds for election security infrastructure, H2486, H2487 [6MR]
——— make grants to States to increase involvement of minors in elections, H2541, H2542 [7MR]
Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures by corporations and other business organizations intended to affect elections (H.J. Res. 39), E114 [30JA]
——— constitutional amendment on permissible sources of funding for elections for public office and State ballot measures (H.J. Res. 73), H7136 [18JY]
——— constitutional amendment permitting Congress and the States to establish limits on contributions and expenditures in elections for public office (H.J. Res. 39), E114 [30JA]
——— ensure States locate polls near public transportation and in communities that will give rural residents the best opportunity to vote during the early voting period, H2480, H2481 [6MR]
——— ensure States that have taken appropriate measures to increase voter turnout are not subject to additional Federal automatic voter registration mandates, H2531, H2532 [7MR]
——— prohibit access to election infrastructure by foreign nationals, H5243, H5244 [27JN]
——— prohibit Federal Election Campaign Act violators and their immediate family members from serving on redistricting commissions, H2564 [7MR]
——— protect administration of Federal elections against cybersecurity threats (H.R. 3412), H5094 [25JN], H5215, H5221 [27JN]
——— protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for infrastructure used to carry out such elections, H2401 [6MR]
——— protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for infrastructure used to carry out such elections (H.R. 2722), H5022 [21JN], H5089 [25JN], H5207–H5223 [27JN], H9331 [6DE]
——— protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for infrastructure used to carry out such elections (H.R. 2722), consideration (H. Res. 460), H5091–H5100 [25JN]
——— protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for infrastructure used to carry out such elections (H.R. 2722), motion to recommit, H5243, H5244 [27JN]
——— require all paper ballots used in an election for Federal office be printed in the U.S. on paper manufactured in the U.S., H2566 [7MR]
——— secure collection of absentee ballots, H8416 [23OC]
EPA: decision to exempt Cargill, Inc., salt ponds in Redwood City, CA, from certain Federal Water Pollution Control Act regulations, H2650 [12MR]
——— increase voluntary grant fund designed to give local and State governments flexibility to make conservation practice improvements to decrease water pollutants through partnerships within their communities (H.R. 1331), H3109–H3111 [8AP]
——— permit States to transfer funds from Clean Water State Revolving Fund to Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to fund lead removal projects (S. 1689), H7744 [17SE]
——— reestablish Office of Noise Abatement and Control (H.R. 3001), E659 [23MY]
——— State and Tribal Assistance Grant funding to help low-income households to replace lead pipes, H4958 [20JN]
Every Student Succeeds Act: anniversary, H10019 [11DE]
FAA: threat to withhold funds from States not in compliance with policy that requires State and local governments to use revenue generated from aviation fuel sales taxes for airport purposes, H5057, H5058 [24JN]
Families and domestic relations: implement policies to improve foster care system to ensure safety of foster children, H3506 [9MY]
FBI: require FBI report on number of background check petitions it was not able to make a determination on within the 10-day period, H2285–H2287 [28FE]
FCC: improve broadband data collection, mapping, and validation to support effective deployment of broadband services to all areas of the U.S. (H.R. 3162), H7564 [10SE]
——— prohibit funding to finalize rule that overturns local ordinances to promote broadband competition in multi-tenant buildings, H5187 [26JN]
FEC: notify States within a certain time period after determination of a credible targeted disinformation campaign against a State election, H8424, H8425 [23OC]
Federal agencies and departments: require publication of settlement agreements (H.R. 995), H1500–H1502 [11FE]
Federal aid programs: impact of requirement to allocate certain percentage of funds for assistance in persistent poverty counties, H4878 [19JN]
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council: clarify Appraisal Subcommittee treatment of appraisal management company registry and trainee fees and assist with appraiser qualification criteria compliance (H.R. 3619), H7803–H7805 [19SE]
Federal Highway Administration: Emergency Relief Program funding, H3709, H3710 [10MY]
——— prohibit funding to deny extensions for projects to rebuild infrastructure after disasters, H3705 [10MY]
FEMA: establish a review process for certain grant applications for first responders to purchase equipment or systems that do not meet or exceed any applicable national voluntary consensus standards (H.R. 1594), H3755, H3756 [14MY]
——— include certain services in definition of critical services, E609 [16MY]
Financial institutions: create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to legitimate marijuana-related businesses (H.R. 1595), H7911, H7962–H7974, H7979, H7980 [25SE], E1215 [26SE], E1239 [1OC], E1253, E1256 [4OC], E1440 [14NO]
——— make improvements relative to State banking agencies (H.R. 241), H7579–H7581 [10SE]
——— provide a safe harbor for financial institutions that maintain a customer account at the request of a Federal or State law enforcement agency (H.R. 758), H2623–H2625 [11MR]
Financial literacy: encourage greater public-private sector collaboration to promote for students and young adults (H. Res. 327), H3312–H3314 [30AP], E516 [1MY]
Firearms: encourage States to allow local governments to implement laws to reduce gun violence (H.R. 3435), H5314 [10JY]
——— facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States (H.R. 1222), H3288–H3290 [29AP], E510 [30AP]
——— implement a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and a record of sale system for those firearms (H.R. 4062), H7758 [18SE]
——— improve National Instant Criminal Background Check System by increasing Federal and State reporting requirements, H2245 [27FE]
——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents, H2122 [26FE]
Fish and fishing: encourage partnerships among public agencies and other interested parties to promote fish conservation, H9974, H9976 [10DE]
Floods: disaster assistance to Arkansas, H4228 [4JN]
——— disaster assistance to Iowa, H2819 [26MR]
——— express condolences for victims of, commend first responders to, and provide disaster assistance to those affected by flooding in Nebraska, H2767 [25MR]
——— express condolences for victims of, commend first responders to, and provide disaster assistance to those affected by flooding in Tennessee, H2220 [26FE], H2342 [5MR]
——— express condolences for victims of Tropical Storm Imelda and provide disaster assistance to those affected by flooding in Texas, H7781 [19SE]
Forest Service: make the District of Columbia eligible for certain forestry research grants (H.R. 4885), E1346 [28OC]
——— State and private forestry fund funding, H654, H655 [16JA]
——— Tongass National Forest logging roads construction funding, H4960–H4962 [20JN]
FTC: prohibit unfair and deceptive advertising of rates for hotel rooms and other places of short-term lodging (H.R. 4489), H7999 [26SE]
GAO: conduct cost benefit analysis of establishment of State-administered health insurance plans for States that may want to offer a public option in their health insurance exchanges, H3888 [16MY]
——— require a report on the challenges and progress made in making elections accessible to individuals with disabilities, H2530, H2531 [7MR]
Gateway National Recreation Area: grant States and local governments easements and rights-of-way for construction, operation, and maintenance of projects for control and prevention of flooding and shoreline erosion (H.R. 415), H296 [9JA]
Government: reimburse employees of the Federal Government, District of Columbia, Federal contractors, and States for certain costs incurred as a result of a Government shutdown (H.R. 1016), H1397 [7FE]
Government regulations: impact of State and Federal regulations on ability of local government and community organizations to provide community servicies, H5086 [25JN]
——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 300), H3799 [15MY]
Hamilton County, OH: tribute to efforts to address prescription opioid abuse, H2721 [14MR]
Health: improve access to oral health care for vulnerable populations (see H.R. 1055), H1530 [13FE]
——— improve insurance access and affordability, strengthen protections for individuals with preexisting conditions, and terminate sale of short-term, limited duration insurance plans (H.R. 1884), H2805, H2806, H2820, H2821 [26MR], H2835 [27MR], H2935 [1AP], H2946, H2947, H2968, H2976–H2980 [2AP], H3119 [8AP]
——— promote health care in rural communities, H3509 [9MY]
——— protect health care of all Americans, especially those with preexisting conditions, and ensure a replacement for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act if it is struck down in Texas v. U.S., H3140 [9AP]
——— protect health care of all Americans, especially those with preexisting conditions, and ensure a replacement for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act if it is struck down in Texas v. U.S. (H. Res. 280), H3517 [9MY]
House of Representatives: authorize the Speaker to intervene in Texas v. U.S., and any appellate proceedings, H30 [3JA], H299, H301, H302, H338–H346 [9JA], H374 [10JA], E26 [9JA]
——— authorize the Speaker to intervene in Texas v. U.S., and any appellate proceedings (H. Res. 14), H617 [16JA], H2820 [26MR]
——— find Attorney General Barr in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena relative to the unredacted special counsel investigation report, H4332, H4334–H4336 [5JN]
——— require States to conduct redistricting through independent commissions, H2589 [8MR]
House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 389), H4024–H4031 [21MY]
——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 389), H4024–H4031 [21MY]
Housing: support affordable housing programs, H7382 [25JY]
Immigration: ban Federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions that interfere with enforcement of Federal immigration law (H.R. 516), H4059 [21MY]
——— border security and immigration enforcement funding, H3431 [2MY], H3516, H3668 [9MY], H3688 [10MY], H3953, H3954 [17MY], H4169 [24MY]
——— clarify admissibility and deportability of aliens acting in accordance with State and foreign marijuana laws (H.R. 2703), E591 [14MY]
——— clarify definition of sanctuary jurisdictions, provide civil remedies for victims of crimes committed by individuals benefitting from a sanctuary policy, and withhold grant funding from such jurisdictions (H.R. 3964), H7565 [10SE]
Infrastructure: importance of investment, H3800 [15MY]
Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act: reauthorize, H9973, H9975 [10DE]
Intelligence services: require report on domestic terrorism include training and resources provide to Federal, State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies by the FBI, Dept. of Homeland Security, and National Counterterrorism Center, H5904 [16JY]
Interstate commerce: allow transportation of merchandise in noncontiguous trade on foreign-flag vessels (H.R. 5498), E1628 [19DE]
——— provide a definition of reasonable rate for noncontiguous domestic ocean trade (H.R. 5499), E1628 [19DE]
——— regulate certain State impositions on interstate commerce by prohibiting imposition of sales taxes on individuals with no physical presence in the taxing State, H1998 [14FE]
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. 67), H9298 [6DE]
——— 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), H9298 [6DE]
Israel: allow State and local governments to divest from entities engaging in boycott, divestment, or sanctions activities targeting Israel, H1527 [13FE]
——— condemn the Global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement, including efforts to target U.S. companies engaged in legal commercial activities, H3081, H3082 [4AP]
Kansas: anniversary of statehood, H1236 [28JA], H1271 [29JA]
——— importance of libraries, H3411 [2MY]
——— Kansas Supreme Court ruling in Hodes & Nauser v. Schmidt relative to a women’s right to an abortion, H3345 [1MY]
Kansas Day: observance, H1236 [28JA]
Kentucky Magistrates and Commissioners Association: tribute, H9262 [5DE]
Law enforcement officers: allow local uniformed law enforcement officers participating on joint operations with Federal law enforcement to wear and use body cameras (H.R. 4049), E988 [25JY]
——— expand provisions allowing carriage of concealed weapons by active and retired officers (H.R. 1156), H3915 [16MY]
——— make it a criminal offense for Federal law enforcement officers to engage in sexual acts with individuals in their custody and encourage States to adopt similar laws, H3009 [3AP]
Library of Congress: obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install among stained glass panels depicting seals of States which overlook the Main Reading Room (H.R. 1318), E194 [22FE]
Marshall, Representative: tour of every county in Kansas, H7602 [11SE]
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 (H.R. 1839), H2773–H2780, H2781 [25MR], H3224 [10AP], E354 [26MR]
——— extend community mental health services demonstration program (S. 2047), H5263 [28JN]
——— increase number of States that may conduct demonstration programs to improve access to community mental health services, H2777, H2778 [25MR]
——— reauthorize Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program, H2777–H2780 [25MR]
——— reauthorize Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program and extend spousal impoverishment protections for beneficiaries receiving long-term care (H.R. 259), H234–H237 [8JA]
——— reform, H3686 [10MY]
Medicare: permit States to designate facilities in rural areas as critical access hospitals without any mileage limitations (H.R. 2990), H9066 [20NO]
——— provide for automatic qualification of certain Medicaid beneficiaries for premium and cost-sharing subsidies under part D, H10038 [11DE]
——— provide for automatic qualification of certain Medicaid beneficiaries for premium and cost-sharing subsidies under part D (H.R. 4661), H8207 [17OC]
Middle East: improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (H.R. 336), H1537–H1539 [13FE], H3431, H3432 [2MY], H3806 [15MY], H3930, H3954 [17MY], H4061 [21MY], H7129, H7130 [18JY], H7183, H7184, H7188, H7234 [23JY], H7382, H7392–H7394, H7444 [25JY], H9267, H9269 [5DE], H9300, H9305 [6DE]
——— improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (S. 1), H3082, H3088 [4AP], H7183 [23JY]
Mining and mineral resources: affirm that States should primarily regulate hydraulic fracturing and the President should not declare a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing unless authorized by Congress (H. Res. 659), H8551, H8552 [29OC]
Mueller, Robert S., III: call to testify before House committees relative to release of report on special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, H5177 [26JN]
——— release of report on special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, H2765, H2766, H2786 [25MR], H2878 [27MR], H2903–H2906 [28MR], H2936 [1AP], H3096–H3098 [4AP], H3307 [30AP], H3481, H3495 [8MY], H3551, H3661 [9MY], H3827–H3830 [15MY], H3845 [16MY], H4018, H4055 [21MY], H8246 [18OC], H8672 [30OC], H9164 [21NO]
——— special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, H3245–H3247 [10AP], H9341 [6DE]
——— testimony before House committees relative to release of report on special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, H7248, H7251, H7374 [24JY]
National Child Abuse Hotline: establish, H3991 [20MY]
National Commission on Foreign Interference in the 2016 Election: establish, H8430 [23OC]
National Dyslexia Awareness Month: observance, H8285 [21OC]
National Guard: Air National Guard Facility Modernization and Sustainment funding, H4714 [18JN]
——— anniversary, H9384 [9DE], H10128 [12DE]
National Pennsylvania Day: observance, H7094 [18JY]
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day: observance, H3296 [29AP]
National Telecommunications and Information Administration: prohibit funding to update broadband availability maps that rely solely on FCC census-block data, H4928 [20JN]
Natural resources: improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), H2089 [25FE], H2109, H2141–H2217 [26FE], H2238 [27FE], H2327 [5MR], H9958 [10DE], E224 [27FE], E237 [4MR], E241, E244 [5MR], E316 [18MR], E1026 [2AU]
——— improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 21), H2219 [26FE]
Nevada: anniversary of ratification of 15th amendment, E346 [25MR]
New York: commend passage of State legislation making tuition assistance programs available to certain aliens who are long-term U.S. residents and who entered the U.S. as children, H1161 [23JA]
NIST: allow State Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnerships to award grants to small and medium sized manufacturers for purposes of training new workers to replace departing experienced workers (H.R. 4877), H8549 [29OC]
——— clarify role in protecting administration of Federal elections against cybersecurity threats, H2382 [6MR], E265 [7MR]
NOAA: consider potential of a living shoreline project to enhance military communities when developing criteria for grant applications to State and local governments and nongovernmental organizations, H9997 [10DE]
——— develop information platform to integrate coastal data, decision-support tools, training, and best practices, and coordinate collection of geospatial data to inform and improve management of coastal region, H9957, H9974 [10DE]
——— emphasize that collaborations and partnerships between institutions of higher education and Federal agencies help ensure digital data focused on coastal management issues are communicated effectively, H9996 [10DE]
——— ensure that corals are included as a natural element eligible for grants under the living shoreline grant program, H9996, H9997 [10DE]
——— make grants to State and local governments and nongovernmental organizations to carry out climate-resilient living shoreline stabilization projects utilizing natural materials and systems, H9973, H9974 [10DE]
——— require no less than 10 percent of funds awarded under living shoreline grant program be available to projects located within the Great Lakes, H9993, H9994 [10DE]
Northern Border Regional Commission: funding, H4928 [20JN]
Office of the Director of National Intelligence: consult with Under Sec. of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis and share threat assessment on terrorist use of virtual currency with State, local, and regional fusion centers, H5898, H5899 [16JY]
——— submit pre-election threat assessment prior to each regularly scheduled general election for Federal office, H2567, H2568 [7MR]
Oklahoma: tribute to inauguration of State government officials, H582 [15JA]
OMB: submit report on all disaster-related assistance provided by the Federal Government (H.R. 1984), H7287–H7289 [24JY], H8486 [28OC]
Oroville, CA: Oroville Dam spillway restoration funding, H2722 [14MR]
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: allow Pacific Outer Continental Shelf planning area to be included in a future five-year leasing plan, H7615, H7616 [11SE]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: acknowledge impact of revoking guidance relative to waivers for State innovation on those with disabilities, H3531, H3532 [9MY]
——— clarify that certain guidance relative to waivers for State innovation does not weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions, H3548 [9MY]
——— ensure veterans are included in navigator outreach, H3901, H3902 [16MY]
——— guarantee funding for navigator programs to provide assistance in choosing health plans and increase outreach and education about plan options and financial support availability, H3859 [16MY]
——— preserve State option to implement health care marketplaces, H3862 [16MY]
——— preserve State option to implement health care marketplaces (H.R. 1385), H2275 [28FE]
——— prohibit any guidance or rule that would reduce affordability of comprehensive coverage for individuals with preexisting conditions, H3542, H3543 [9MY]
——— prohibit any guidance or rule that would reduce availability or affordability of coverage for substance use disorders, including opioid use disorders, H3540 [9MY]
——— prohibit any guidance or rule that would reduce availability, affordability, and comprehensiveness of health insurance for vulnerable communities, H3541 [9MY]
——— prohibit States from using waivers to provide health care plans that reduce coverage and decrease cost-sharing provisions, H3538, H3539 [9MY]
——— protect coverage for women’s health care as an essential health benefit, H3533, H3534 [9MY]
——— protect State efforts to strengthen insurance marketplaces, lower premiums, and expand access to care by preserving reinsurance programs, H3532, H3533 [9MY]
——— revoke certain guidance relative to waivers for State innovation that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (H.R. 986), H3411, H3430, H3431 [2MY], H3451 [7MY], H3480, H3483, H3484, H3492 [8MY], H3508, H3509, H3519–H3550, H3551 [9MY], H3719 [10MY], H3826 [15MY], H3857, H3860, H3863 [16MY], H4123 [23MY], H9248 [4DE], H9281 [5DE], E578 [10MY]
——— revoke certain guidance relative to waivers for State innovation that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (H.R. 986), consideration (H. Res. 357), H3510–H3519 [9MY]
——— revoke certain guidance relative to waivers for State innovation that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (H.R. 986), motion to recommit, H3548 [9MY]
People-Centered Assistance Reform Effort Commission: improve social safety net and increase social mobility by increasing access to resources which address underlying causes of poverty (H.R. 841), H1253 [29JA]
Political campaigns: clarify treatment of activities by foreign agents and disclaimer rules for online advertisements, reduce illicit foreign money in elections, secure ballots, and prohibit non-citizens from voting, H8441 [23OC]
——— clarify treatment of activities by foreign agents and disclaimer rules for online advertisements, reduce illicit foreign money in elections, secure ballots, and prohibit non-citizens from voting (H.R. 4736), H8399, H8411, H8416, H8434 [23OC]
Power resources: interstate renewable electricity production transfer, H3837–H3839 [15MY]
Public welfare programs: extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 430), H531–H534 [14JA], E71 [22JA]
——— extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 2940), H4195–H4198, H4207 [3JN]
——— reauthorize and amend the program of block grants to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, H4196 [3JN]
Puerto Rico: enable admission as a State, H4019 [21MY]
Rawlings, Cheryl: Pennsylvania Association of Realtors Realtor Active in Politics of the Year Award recipient, E1124 [10SE]
Religious Freedom Restoration Act: eliminate applicability to the District of Columbia (H.R. 1408), E217 [27FE]
Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (H.R. 3794), H7822 [19SE]
Ships and vessels: exempt certain noncontiguous trade from the coastwise laws (H.R. 5500), E1628 [19DE]
Social Security: enter into agreements with States to share data relative to individuals subject to guardianship (H.R. 5380), E1572 [10DE]
——— remove limitations on Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, and State Children’s Health Insurance Program benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges (H.R. 1345), E203 [25FE]
South Carolina: tribute to inauguration of officials, H299 [9JA]
Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H613, H663 [16JA], H705–H708, H710 [17JA], H983 [22JA], H1010 [23JA], H1176 [24JA], E64, E65 [17JA], E69 [22JA]
——— express that the First Amendment was misinterpreted in Buckley v. Valeo decision on campaign contribution limits (H. Con. Res. 11), E114 [30JA]
Taxation: allow limited 529 college savings programs funds to be used for elementary and secondary education, including homeschooling, H4025–H4030 [21MY], H4139, H4140, H4143, H4145, H4150 [23MY]
——— increase limitation on deduction for State and local taxes (H.R. 2624), H9383 [9DE]
——— increase national limitation amount for qualified highway or surface freight transfer facility bonds (H.R. 2541), H3468 [7MY], E552 [7MY]
——— modify limitation on deduction of State and local taxes, E1637 [19DE]
——— modify limitation on deduction of State and local taxes (H.R. 5377), H12270–H12284 [19DE]
——— modify limitation on deduction of State and local taxes (H.R. 5377), consideration (H. Res. 772), H12214–H12221 [19DE]
——— modify limitation on deduction of State and local taxes (H.R. 5377), motion to recommit, H12281–H12283 [19DE]
——— promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in taxation of digital goods and services (H.R. 1725), E295 [13MR]
——— provide for Move America bonds and Move America credits to support public-private partnerships for infrastructure investment (H.R. 1508), E244 [5MR]
——— repeal limitation on deduction for State and local property and income taxes, limit step-up in basis for property acquired from a decedent, and deem a sale on any contribution of property to a private foundation (H.R. 4274), H9298 [6DE]
——— repeal limitation on deductions for certain taxes, including State and local taxes, H555 [15JA], H9230 [4DE], H9281 [5DE], H9337 [6DE], H9382 [9DE], H9956 [10DE], H10033 [11DE], H10127 [12DE], H10602 [17DE], E1578 [11DE]
——— repeal limitation on deductions for certain taxes, including State and local taxes (H.R. 188), H2515 [7MR], H2686 [13MR]
——— repeal limitation on deductions for certain taxes, including State and local taxes (H.R. 257), H2686 [13MR]
——— repeal limitation on deductions for certain taxes, including State and local taxes (H.R. 515), H12278 [19DE]
——— retain limitation on deduction of State and local taxes for certain high-income taxpayers, H12281–H12283 [19DE]
Terrorism: authorize domestic terrorism offices in the Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice and the FBI to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and take steps to prevent domestic terrorism (H.R. 1931), H3344 [1MY]
Texas: request reimbursement of costs incurred from providing additional security along the southern border, H5144 [25JN]
Trump, President: evaluation of administration relative to border security and immigration enforcement, H4395 [11JN]
——— request to divert military construction funds in order to fund declared national emergency to construct a continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border, H8061–H8071 [27SE]
U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: clarify that U.S. withdrawal from Paris Agreement shall not prohibit States and cities from taking action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, H3385 [1MY]
——— recognize that U.S. cities, States, and businesses are stepping up and pledging to meet the Paris Agreement goals in the wake of absent Federal leadership, H3394, H3395 [1MY]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: make supplemental funding available for management of fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need as determined by State fish and wildlife agencies, H354 [9JA]
——— prohibit funding to list gray wolves as endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act, H4783 [19JN]
——— remove the gray wolf from list of endangered and threatened wildlife for Minnesota, H5011 [21JN]
Utah: anniversary of Golden Spike, H3452 [7MY]
Voting: extend guarantee of residency for purposes of voting to family members of absent military personnel, H2565, H2566 [7MR]
——— guarantee access to early voting every day of the week, including Sunday, H2542–H2544 [7MR]
——— include early voting locations to the minimum notification requirement for voters affected by voting place changes, H2544, H2545 [7MR]
——— modify pre-election registration deadlines to ensure deadline does not fall on a Federal holiday, H2488 [6MR]
——— permit individuals to deliver a mail ballot to polling place on election day, H2527 [7MR]
——— promote early voting in Federal elections and prevent unreasonable waiting times for voters at polling places used in such elections (H.R. 118), E3 [3JA]
——— provide incentives to States to invest in practices and technology designed to enhance voter security, expedite voting at polls, and simplify voter registration, H2494 [6MR]
——— require a portion of early voting hours to occur outside of normal businss hours, H2545 [7MR]
——— require driver’s license applicants to indicate whether they reside in another State or resided in another State prior to applying and if they intend for the State to serve as primary residence for voter registration purposes, H2489 [6MR]
——— require Federal and State governments to send voting registration materials to eligible individuals released from prison along with notification of restoration of voting rights, H2529, H2530 [7MR]
——— require report on State voter information hotline statistics to include a description of any actions taken in response to reports of voter intimidation and suppression, H2546 [7MR]
——— require States submit a report to Congress after the end of a Federal election cycle on the number of invalidated ballots and the attempts to contact voters to provide notice, H2483, H2484 [6MR]
——— require States to accept applications to register to vote in elections for Federal office from individuals under 18 years of age at the time of application, H2526 [7MR], H2591–H2593 [8MR]
——— 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, H2383 [6MR]
——— require States to ensure that any voting machine used for the purposes of a Federal election is manufactured in the U.S., H2538, H2539 [7MR]
——— require States to equalize polling hours across the State, H2559, H2560 [7MR]
——— require States to expand early voting hours, H2561, H2562 [7MR]
——— require States to permit individuals to register to vote in an election for Federal office on the date of the election, H2403 [6MR]
——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting, H2407 [6MR]
——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 4), H2608 [8MR], H4124 [23MY], H9247 [4DE], H9282 [5DE], H9308–H9334, H9338, H9339, H9340 [6DE], E225 [27FE], E273 [8MR]
——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 741), H9265–H9271 [5DE]
——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 4), motion to recommit, H9331, H9332 [6DE]
——— secure Federal voting rights of certain currently and previously incarcerated persons, H2402 [6MR]
——— secure Federal voting rights of nonviolent persons when released from incarceration (H.R. 196), E4 [3JA]
Waite Park, MN: Stearns County Soil and Water Conservation District recipient of Minnesota Dept. of Health Source Water Protection Award, H5922 [17JY]
Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund: establish (H.R. 2705), E588 [14MY]
Wildfires: disaster assistance to California, H374 [10JA], H585 [15JA], H614 [16JA], H4071 [22MY], H7551 [9SE]
Wildlife: support State and tribal efforts to implement management strategies on chronic wasting disease among deer, elk, and moose and provide for research and response plans to reduce its spread and prevalence, H2655 [12MR]
Wisconsin: tribute to State Assembly First Responder of the Year award recipients, E1316 [21OC]
Wyoming Women’s Suffrage Day: anniversary, E1572 [10DE]
Remarks in Senate
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 (S. 1645), S3078 [23MY]
——— State laws and court cases impacting women’s reproductive health care and access to abortion, S1418 [25FE], S1579 [28FE], S2848, S2851 [15MY], S2897, S2898 [16MY], S2953 [20MY], S2986, S2989–S2991, S2993 [21MY], S3018, S3026–S3028 [22MY], S3068, S3069, S3078 [23MY], S3189 [4JN], S3814 [19JN]
Air pollution: proposed rule prohibiting States from setting stricter standards for regulating motor vehicle emissions and fuel economy than Federal standards, S5551 [18SE]
Alabama: anniversary of statehood, S740 [29JA]
——— anniversary of statehood (S. Res. 456), S7121 [17DE]
Alaska: assessment of air, land, and water travel, S5226 [31JY]
——— tribute to citizens, S1318 [13FE]
Armed Forces: provide a guarantee of residency for registration of businesses and improve portability of occupational licenses from State to State for military spouses, S4494 [25JN], S6532 [13NO], S7022 [12DE]
Barr, Attorney General: assessment of tenure, S2405 [11AP]
——— testimony before Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) relative to the release of report on special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, S2553 [1MY], S2580 [2MY]
Bureau of Reclamation: support water infrastructure in reclamation States (S. 1932), S4174–S4176 [20JN]
CDC: establish a grant program for the purpose of public health data system modernization (S. 1793), S3365 [12JN]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: oppose certain policies relative to organ procurement, donations, and transplants, S903 [6FE]
Climate: impact of climate change on rising sea levels, S734–S736 [29JA]
Coalter, Kim: authorize testimony in administrative hearing of Bryan K. Stanley before the Mississippi Division of Medicaid (S. Res. 172), S2490 [29AP]
Committee on the Judiciary (House): vote to find Attorney General Barr in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena relative to the unredacted special counsel investigation report, S2760 [9MY]
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act: impact, S1664–S1666 [5MR], S2737–S2739 [8MY]
——— reauthorize and expand, S7224 [19DE]
Congress: eliminate partisan redistricting and gerrymandering, S2100 [28MR]
Corps of Engineers: convey Colonel James Barker, Sr., House and land to Friends of the Barker House (organization), S6465 [7NO]
Crime: allow State prosecution of websites that facilitate sex trafficking, provide civil remedies for victims of sex trafficking or sexual exploitation, and clarify interactive computer services’ role in sex trafficking, S1666 [5MR]
——— enhance penalties for stalkers of children (S. 134), S6204 [28OC]
——— enhance protection of children from predators using social media and other online sites, S4788 [11JY]
——— establish new Federal crimes for killing, assaulting, or fleeing from an assault on law enforcement officers and judges, limit rights of offenders, and allow officers to carry firearms in Federal facilities (S. 1480), S2865, S2888 [15MY]
——— prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 119), S196 [15JA], S263 [16JA]
Delaware Day: observance, S6995 [11DE]
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), S730 [29JA], S756 [30JA], S776 [31JA], S1104 [7FE], S1175 [12FE], S1286 [13FE], S1447 [26FE], S1611 [4MR], S1635–S1637 [5MR], S1712–S1715 [6MR], S1718–S1720 [7MR], S1853 [13MR], S1855 [14MR], S2259 [4AP], S3028 [22MY], S3146 [3JN], S3173 [4JN]
——— 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 (S. 949), S2064 [28MR], S6281–S6284 [30OC]
——— 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 (S. 949), unanimous-consent request, S6283 [30OC]
——— uphold the Constitution by protecting the integrity of the right to vote, political campaigns, and the electoral process, S107–S109 [9JA]
Dept. of Agriculture: Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network funding, S2999 [21MY]
——— proposed rule relative to work requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility, S6832 [4DE], S6965, S6969 [11DE]
——— provide for State and tribal regulation of hemp production, S6206 [29OC]
——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, S56 [8JA]
Dept. of Defense: prohibit diversion of funds to fund national emergency declared by President Trump in order to construct a continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border, S5559 [18SE], S5809 [16OC], S6530, S6533 [13NO], S6703 [20NO], S6784 [2DE], S6831 [4DE]
Dept. of Education: improve career and technical education, S2029–S2031 [27MR]
——— improve quality and accountability for educator preparation programs (S. 969), S2121 [1AP]
——— provide for long-term improvement of public school facilities (S. 266), S743 [29JA]
——— provide pathways for debt-free higher education for those on a public service career path and enhance loan forgiveness for current public servants (S. 686), S1709 [6MR]
——— provide students with disabilities and their families with access to critical information needed to select the right college and succeed once enrolled (S. 1585), S6646 [19NO]
——— reform Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) (S. 303), S1646 [5MR], S2411 [11AP], S3148 [3JN]
——— strengthen Federal-State partnerships in postsecondary education (S. 3028), S6994 [11DE]
——— support educational entities in fully implementing Title IX and reducing and preventing sex discrimination in all areas of education (S. 1964), S4507 [25JN]
Dept. of HHS: authorize State Opioid Response Grants program and allow use of funding to address methamphetamine and cocaine abuse (S. 1925), S4173 [20JN], S5091 [25JY], S7224 [19DE]
——— conduct pilot program to improve recruitment and retention of child welfare workers (S. 1070), S2331 [9AP]
——— 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 (S. 1073), S2331 [9AP]
——— improve guardianship oversight and data collection by designating an online resource center, authorizing State grants for guardianship databases, and sharing guardian background check information (S. 591), S1541 [27FE]
——— make Indian tribes eligible for State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis Grants and expand use to include methamphetamine abuse, S6279 [30OC]
——— prohibit social services organizations that receive Federal funding from discriminating based on religious beliefs, S5222–S5224 [31JY]
——— provide assistance to combat escalating burden of Lyme disease and other tick and vector-borne diseases (S. 1657), S3111, S3112 [23MY]
——— require congressional review of regulations regarding a State’s ability to offer waivers relative to certain health insurance exchange requirements, S4901 [17JY]
——— revise and extend projects relative to children and violence and provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (S. 1122), S2852 [15MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: develop an engagement strategy with State and local fusion centers (H.R. 504), S5115 [25JY]
——— establish Joint Threat Assessment and Management Task Force to make recommendations on developing a national strategy to prevent targeted violence (S. 265), S1341 [14FE]
——— establish School Safety Clearinghouse (S. 2530), S6236 [29OC]
——— provide for engagements with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments (S. 1846), S6768 [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 (S. 506), S3837 [19JN], S5509, S5520, S5529 [17SE]
——— call for protection of individuals with preexisting medical conditions by defending Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions in Texas v. U.S., S2798 [14MY]
——— call for protection of individuals with preexisting medical conditions by defending Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions in Texas v. U.S. (S. Res. 94), S7014 [12DE]
——— call for protection of preexisting medical conditions by defending Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions in Texas v. U.S. (S. Res. 94), unanimous-consent request, S1777 [12MR]
——— Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program Anti-Methamphetamine Program funding, S6227 [29OC]
——— 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., S4535–S4537 [26JN], S4684 [8JY], S4717–S4723, S4740 [9JY], S4999 [23JY], S5076 [25JY], S6234 [29OC], S6968 [11DE]
——— 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), S2108 [1AP], S2731, S2734 [8MY]
——— decision to support district court ruling finding all of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unconstitutional in appeal of Texas v. U.S., S1950, S1960, S2000–S2008 [26MR], S2013 [27MR], S2067, S2076 [28MR], S4710 [9JY], S4929 [18JY]
——— establish and carry out a Veteran Treatment Court Program (S. 2774), S7120 [17DE]
——— federally criminalize female genital mutilation through establishment of stronger connections between the practice and interstate commerce, S6694 [20NO]
——— make available to Congress and the public the special counsel report on investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, S1921 [25MR], S2289–S2291 [8AP]
——— make available to Congress and the public the special counsel report on investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials (H. Con. Res. 24), S1883–S1885 [14MR], S1927 [25MR], S2012, S2015 [27MR], S2065, S2068 [28MR], S2252, S2254 [4AP]
——— make available to Congress and the public the special counsel report on investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials (H. Con. Res. 24), unanimous-consent request, S1884, S1885 [14MR], S1928 [25MR], S2012 [27MR], S2072–S2074 [28MR], S2253, S2254 [4AP]
——— prohibit funding to litigate in support of district court ruling finding all of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unconstitutional in appeal of Texas v. U.S., S2014 [27MR], S6233 [29OC]
——— protect Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions on preexisting conditions and other health coverage and reverse position in Texas v. U.S., S3035 [22MY], S3177 [4JN], S3350 [12JN], S3809 [19JN], S4708, S4712 [9JY], S4746 [10JY], S4831 [16JY], S4874 [17JY], S4960 [22JY], S6746 [21NO], S6847 [4DE], S6919 [10DE]
——— protect Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions on preexisting conditions and other health coverage and reverse position in Texas v. U.S. (S. Res. 134), S2168 [2AP], S4789, S4790 [11JY]
——— protect Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions on preexisting conditions and other health coverage and reverse position in Texas v. U.S. (S. Res. 134), unanimous-consent request, S4790 [11JY]
——— provide Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program grants to States that adopt red flag laws to remove guns from individuals who may be a threat to themselves or others, S5424–S5427 [11SE]
——— provide grants to State and local law enforcement agencies to purchase chemical screening devices to detect dangerous drugs and train personnel on use of such devices (S. 954), S2847 [15MY]
——— reauthorize DNA Backlog Reduction Program (H.R. 777), S7046 [16DE], S7083 [17DE], S7149 [18DE]
——— reauthorize DNA Backlog Reduction Program (S. 820), S2353 [10AP], S2541 [1MY], S2803 [14MY], S2946, S2947 [16MY], S2952 [20MY], S3022 [22MY], S4747 [10JY], S5289 [1AU], S5375 [10SE], S5588 [19SE], S5678 [25SE], S6368, S6369 [5NO]
——— report firearm background check denials to State and local law enforcement to allow pursuit of criminal charges and study and report to Congress on categories of people who are denied firearms (S. 875), S5510 [17SE]
Dept. of Labor: award grants for recruitment, retention, and advancement of direct care workers (S. 2521), S5607 [19SE]
——— provide grants to States for summer employment programs for youth (S. 2036), S4634 [27JN]
Dept. of the Interior: empower States to manage the development and production of oil and gas on available Federal land (S. 218), S4538 [26JN], S5648 [24SE]
——— establish Maya Security and Conservation Partnership Program (S. 3131), S7196 [19DE]
——— permanently extend moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas in the Gulf of Mexico (H.R. 205), S5648 [24SE]
——— permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Pacific Ocean (S. 1318), S2619 [2MY]
——— prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (H.R. 1941), S5648 [24SE]
——— reform administration of the Outer Continental Shelf through more equitable revenue sharing for States from energy production leases, S2506 [30AP]
Dept. of the Treasury: provide States with access to records on unredeemed savings bonds to facilitate reuniting of bonds with bondholders by putting names and addresses in State unclaimed property databases (S. 2417), S5462 [12SE], S5505, S5506 [17SE]
Dept. of Transportation: accelerate completion of Appalachian development highway system by facilitating exchanges between States with unspent balances of targeted funds to States that lack funding, S5172 [30JY]
——— authorize funds for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs, expedite environmental reviews for projects, improve resiliency, and reduce carbon emissions (S. 2302), S5135, S5143–S5146 [29JY], S5172, S5173 [30JY], S5209, S5211, S5232 [31JY], S6934 [10DE]
——— establish a competitive grant program to repair, improve, rehabilitate, or replace bridges and improve safety, efficiency, and reliability of movement of people and freight over bridge crossings, S5172 [30JY]
——— establish a grant program to improve evacuation routes in rural communities (S. 1709), S3219 [4JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize use of National Cemetery Administration grants by States and tribal organizations for training at National Cemetery Administration training center (S. 2096), S7231, S7232 [19DE]
——— report major adverse personnel actions involving certain health care employees to the National Practitioner Data Bank and applicable State licensing boards (S. 221), S6592 [14NO], S7229 [19DE]
——— review health care providers whose licenses were terminated for care or services provided at non-departmental facilities and notify patients who received inadequate care from such providers (S. 123), S6422 [6NO]
Disaster Housing Response and Recovery Block Grant Program: establish, S4765 [10JY]
Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief, S1357, S1358 [14FE]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 268), S312 [19JA], S317 [22JA], S483–S497 [23JA], S541–S548, S549, S555–S559, S574, S581, S582 [24JA], S1573, S1576 [28FE], S2064–S2066, S2068, S2070, S2071 [28MR], S2105, S2106, S2108–S2114, S2161 [1AP], S2163, S2167 [2AP], S2247–S2249, S2260 [4AP], S2300 [9AP], S2352 [10AP], S2400, S2405 [11AP]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 268), motion to proceed, S1882 [14MR], S1929 [25MR], S1975 [26MR], S2011, S2012, S2014, S2017–S2020 [27MR], S2063, S2064 [28MR]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 268), unanimous-consent agreement, S325 [22JA], S548 [24JA]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 268), unanimous-consent request, S2112 [1AP], S2248 [4AP]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), S2553, S2554 [1MY], S2732 [8MY], S2757 [9MY], S2777, S2778 [13MY], S2837 [14MY], S2860, S2873, S2877 [15MY], S2953 [20MY], S2986, S2988 [21MY], S3018, S3030 [22MY], S3066, S3071, S3077, S3084–S3086, S3095 [23MY], S3185 [4JN], S3273 [10JN], S5354 [9SE]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), corrections in enrollment, S3179 [4JN]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (S. 572), S1522 [27FE], S1573 [28FE]
Drugs: address methamphetamine abuse, S2737–S2739 [8MY], S3465 [13JN], S5091 [25JY]
——— address prescription opioid and heroin abuse, S1585 [28FE], S1663–S1666 [5MR], S2737–S2739 [8MY], S2918 [16MY], S3147 [3JN], S3305 [11JN], S3464 [13JN], S5089–S5091 [25JY], S5126 [29JY], S5220 [31JY], S5436 [11SE]
——— address trafficking of illicit fentanyl, S5090 [25JY]
Economic Development Administration: funding, S6209 [29OC]
Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections, S107 [9JA]
——— disclose access to election infrastructure by foreign nationals (S. 2656), S5939 [22OC]
——— protect administration of Federal elections against cybersecurity threats, S2503 [30AP], S2600 [2MY], S2659 [7MY], S2777 [13MY], S3356 [12JN], S4709 [9JY], S4743, S4745 [10JY], S4779 [11JY], S4815 [15JY], S5127–S5129 [29JY], S5152–S5154 [30JY], S5209, S5218–S5220 [31JY], S5281–S5284 [1AU], S5460 [12SE], S5551 [18SE], S5638 [24SE], S5679 [25SE], S5936, S5958 [22OC], S6580 [14NO], S6683 [20NO]
——— protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for infrastructure used to carry out such elections, S5587 [19SE]
——— protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for infrastructure used to carry out such elections (H.R. 2722), S5074, S5078 [25JY], S5122 [29JY], S5218 [31JY]
——— protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for infrastructure used to carry out such elections (H.R. 2722), unanimous-consent request, S5080 [25JY]
——— protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for infrastructure used to carry out such elections (S. 1540), S4481 [25JN], S5213 [31JY], S5284 [1AU], S5346–S5349 [9SE], S5936, S5937–S5940 [22OC]
——— protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for infrastructure used to carry out such elections (S. 1540), unanimous-consent request, S4479–S4481 [25JN], S5938, S5939 [22OC]
——— protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for infrastructure used to carry out such elections (S. 2053), S5936 [22OC]
——— protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for infrastructure used to carry out such elections (S. 2238), S5282 [1AU], S6062, S6063 [23OC]
——— protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for infrastructure used to carry out such elections (S. 2238), unanimous-consent request, S6062 [23OC]
——— provide enhanced security for election infrastructure, S3278 [10JN], S3338 [12JN], S3639 [18JN], S4134 [20JN]
——— require use of independent nonpartisan commissions to carry out congressional redistricting, S107 [9JA]
EPA: permit States to transfer funds from Clean Water State Revolving Fund to Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to fund lead removal projects (S. 1689), S5367 [9SE], S5381 [10SE]
——— support carbon utilization and direct air capture research and facilitate permitting and development of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipelines, S4531 [26JN], S5172, S5173 [30JY]
——— support carbon utilization and direct air capture research and facilitate permitting and development of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipelines (S. 383), S1497 [27FE], S1690 [6MR], S1788 [12MR], S1822, S1823 [13MR], S2028 [27MR], S4538 [26JN]
Families and domestic relations: provide for safe, reliable, and affordable child care, S2718 [8MY]
FBI: investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, S6941–S6943 [10DE]
FCC: allow State or Federal correctional facilities to utilize jamming equipment to prevent contraband cell phone use in prisons, S2538 [1MY]
——— provide Federal matching funding for State-level broadband programs (S. 2018), S4632 [27JN]
——— require telecommunications carriers to provide call location information to law enforcement during emergencies (S. 273), S770 [30JA], S2899 [16MY]
——— streamline siting processes for small cell infrastructure deployment (S. 1699), S3173 [4JN], S6413 [6NO], S6830 [4DE], S7126 [18DE]
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 (S. 1970), S4617 [27JN]
FEMA: improve provision of disaster and mitigation assistance to eligible individuals and households and to eligible State, local, tribal, and territorial governments and certain private nonprofit organizations, S2260 [4AP]
——— provide capitalization grants to States to establish revolving funds to provide funding assistance to reduce flood risks (S. 2192), S4953 [18JY]
Firearms: allow family members and close associates of suspected unstable individuals to take legal actions to prevent such individuals from purchasing or possessing firearms (S. 7), S1341 [14FE]
——— establish Federal requirements for safe storage, penalties for violations, and incentives for States to establish similar requirements (S. 193), S5424 [11SE], S5521 [17SE]
——— facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States (H.R. 1222), S2502 [30AP]
——— facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States (H.R. 1222), unanimous-consent agreement, S2458 [11AP]
——— facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States (S. 94), S2393 [10AP]
——— improve National Instant Criminal Background Check System by increasing Federal and State reporting requirements, S1921 [25MR], S2904 [16MY], S5350–S5352 [9SE], S5553 [18SE]
Floods: disaster assistance to Ilinois, S3307 [11JN]
——— disaster assistance to Iowa, S1919 [25MR], S1967 [26MR], S3273 [10JN]
——— express condolences for victims of, commend first responders to, and provide disaster assistance to those affected by flooding in Kentucky, S1409 [25FE]
——— express condolences for victims of, commend first responders to, and provide disaster assistance to those affected by flooding in Nebraska, S1972 [26MR]
——— express condolences for victims of, commend first responders to, and provide disaster assistance to those affected by flooding in Oklahoma, S3024 [22MY]
——— express condolences for victims of Tropical Storm Imelda and provide disaster assistance to those affected by flooding in Texas, S5652 [24SE]
——— impact of flooding along Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, S2553 [1MY], S2732 [8MY]
Forest and Refuge County Foundation: grant Federal charter and establish Natural Resources Permanent Fund to provide stable, increasing, and reliable funding for rural county services (S. 1643), S3109 [23MY]
Grassely, Senator: meeting with constituents, S4683 [8JY]
Hazardous substances: Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, S2754 [9MY], S4538 [26JN]
Health: condemn invalidation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions on preexisting conditions and other health coverage and safeguard patient protections, S4764, S4765 [10JY]
——— improve insurance access and affordability, strengthen protections for individuals with preexisting conditions, and terminate sale of short-term, limited duration insurance plans, S6688 [20NO]
——— promote health care in rural communities, S6383 [5NO]
——— protect health care of all Americans, especially those with preexisting conditions, and ensure a replacement for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act if it is struck down in Texas v. U.S., S6530, S6531 [13NO]
Immigration: border security and immigration enforcement funding, S3071 [23MY], S3148 [3JN], S3172 [4JN]
——— clarify sanctuary jurisdictions, provide civil remedies for victims of crimes committed by individuals benefitting from a sanctuary policy and withhold grant funding from such jurisdictions (S. 2059), unanimous-consent request, S6416–S6418 [6NO]
——— prioritize allocation of H-2B work visas for States with low unemployment rates (S. 135), S2583 [2MY]
——— rescind Executive order prioritizing the majority of unauthorized individuals for removal and withholding Federal funding to sanctuary cities (S. 1591), S3072 [23MY]
Infrastructure: importance of investment, S785 [31JA], S2476 [29AP], S2535 [1MY], S3029 [22MY], S3067 [23MY], S6633 [19NO]
Insurance: allow States to establish reinsurance programs, give States flexibility to provide affordable health insurance options outside of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges, and continue cost-sharing premium subsidies, S2001 [26MR]
——— disapprove efforts to weaken access to health insurance exchanges during open enrollment periods, S6968 [11DE]
——— disapprove rule on waivers to States for alternatives to health insurance exchanges that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (S.J. Res. 52), S5680 [25SE], S5909–S5911 [21OC], S6082–S6086 [23OC], S6181 [28OC], S6206, S6208, S6210, S6223–S6225, S6228–S6234, S6235, S6236 [29OC], S6263–S6266, S6268–S6273 [30OC], S6347 [31OC]
——— provide support to States to establish invisible high risk pool or reinsurance programs (S. 1868), S4719 [9JY], S5899 [17OC]
Iowa: tribute, S1186 [12FE], S5224 [31JY]
——— tribute to ‘‘This Is Iowa’’ Campaign, S4132 [20JN], S5027 [24JY]
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 (S.J. Res. 50), S5934, S6048–S6050 [22OC], S6052, S6053, S6060, S6066–S6071, S6079 [23OC]
Israel: allow State and local governments to divest from entities engaging in boycott, divestment, or sanctions activities targeting Israel, S39, S44–S46 [8JA], S95–S97 [9JA], S126 [10JA], S727–S729 [29JA], S828, S829 [4FE], S848–S850 [5FE]
——— exempt certain small business contracts from efforts to allow State and local governments to divest from entities engaging in boycott, divestment, or sanctions activities targeting Israel, S851 [5FE]
Law enforcement: assist State and local jurisdictions with processing unidentified remains and resolving missing persons cases and expand rescue and apprehension capabilities along U.S.-Mexico border, S4788 [11JY]
——— strengthen mental health system, improve public safety, and reauthorize and improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, S5553 [18SE]
Maine: tribute, S1187 [12FE]
Medicaid: enable States to better provide access to whole genome sequencing clinical services for certain undiagnosed children (S. 3116), S7211 [19DE]
——— establish a State public option to provide Americans with the choice of a high-quality, low-cost health insurance plan (S. 489), S2001 [26MR]
——— 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 (H.R. 1839), S2203 [2AP]
——— extend community mental health services demonstration program (S. 2047), S4648 [27JN]
——— increase number of States that may conduct demonstration programs to improve access to community mental health services (S. 824), S4783, S4784 [11JY]
——— prevent misclassification of drugs for purposes of the drug rebate program (S. 205), S2470 [29AP], S5279 [1AU]
——— provide the same level of Federal matching assistance for every State that chooses to expand coverage to newly eligible individuals, regardless of when such expansion takes place (S. 585), S4713 [9JY]
——— reauthorize Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program and extend spousal impoverishment protections for beneficiaries receiving long-term care (H.R. 259), S297 [17JA]
Medicare/Medicaid: improve drug programs, protect from drastic increases in manufacturer drug prices, increase transparency of pharmacy benefit manager practices, and allow payment for certain treatments, S5121, S5126 [29JY], S5177 [30JY], S5207, S5221 [31JY], S5480 [12SE]
Middle East: improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (S. 1), S20 [3JA], S25 [4JA], S733 [29JA], S755–S758, S762 [30JA], S775, S777–S780, S786–S792 [31JA], S817, S819, S821 [4FE], S841, S843, S846–S857 [5FE], S914–S917 [6FE], S1673 [6MR], S2625 [6MY], S4924 [18JY]
——— improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (S. 1), motion to proceed, S35–S40, S44–S48, S63 [8JA], S78, S79, S94–S97 [9JA], S113, S114, S120, S125–S128 [10JA], S149 [11JA], S166, S169 [14JA], S187, S190–S193, S201 [15JA], S234 [16JA], S299 [18JA], S307 [19JA], S318 [22JA], S483 [23JA], S541 [24JA], S687, S692, S693 [28JA], S726–S730 [29JA]
——— improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and counter anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (S. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, S839 [4FE]
——— improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses, hold abusers accountable in Syria, allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (S. 1), unanimous-consent request, S826–S829 [4FE], S851 [5FE]
Missouri: tribute, S5225 [31JY]
Montana: tribute, S5225 [31JY]
Monuments and memorials: prohibit further extension or establishment of national monuments in Utah except by express authorization of Congress, S1152, S1158–S1160 [11FE]
Mueller, Robert S., III: call to testify before Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) relative to the release of report on special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, S2581 [2MY], S2628 [6MY]
——— release of report on special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, S1920, S1925–S1928 [25MR], S1951 [26MR], S2065, S2076 [28MR], S2476 [29AP], S2503 [30AP], S2535 [1MY], S2594, S2600–S2602 [2MY], S2629–S2631 [6MY], S2657, S2659, S2663–S2667, S2701–S2703 [7MY], S2708, S2732 [8MY], S2777 [13MY]
——— report on special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, S5020–S5025 [23JY]
——— special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, S1312 [13FE], S1366–S1368 [14FE]
——— testimony before House committees relative to release of report on special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, S5003–S5008 [23JY], S5031, S5035 [24JY], S5074, S5084–S5086 [25JY], S5121 [29JY], S5212 [31JY]
National Community Policing Week: designate (S. Res. 351), S5760 [26SE]
National Democracy Month: designate (S. Res. 252), S5759, S5760 [26SE]
National Dyslexia Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 389), S6307 [30OC]
National Falls Prevention Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 327), S5669, S5670 [24SE]
Native Americans: increase intergovernmental coordination to identify and combat violent crime within Indian lands and of Indians, S6692 [20NO]
——— increase intergovernmental coordination to identify and combat violent crime within Indian lands and of Indians (S. 982), S2673, S2676 [7MY], S6360 [31OC]
Natural resources: improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), S72 [8JA], S77 [9JA], S1031–S1109, S1149 [7FE], S1152–S1162 [11FE], S1175, S1178–S1182, S1184–S1186, S1193–S1196, S1271 [12FE], S1289, S1304 [13FE], S1373 [14FE], S1457, S1472 [26FE], S1823 [13MR], S5440 [11SE], S5571 [18SE]
——— improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 21), S1519 [27FE]
——— improve management of public lands, forests, national parks, sportsmen’s access, and water and power resources and reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund (S. 47), motion to proceed, S777 [31JA], S817 [4FE], S841, S858 [5FE], S881, S885, S896–S903 [6FE], S1031 [7FE]
New Jersey Community Development Corp.: anniversary, S6667 [19NO]
New York (State): passage of Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act to address climate change, S3811 [19JN]
North Carolina: call for new 9th Congressional District election relative to alleged election fraud, S1447 [26FE]
North Dakota: anniversary of statehood, S6329 [31OC]
Ohio: Federal appeals court ruling upholding decision in Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio v. Hodges relative to denying State funding to organizations providing abortion services, S2205 [2AP]
Oklahoma: tribute, S5227 [31JY]
OMB: immediately release certain grant funds awarded for disaster mitigation activities under Dept. of HUD Community Development Block Grant Program (S. 1415), S2988 [21MY], S3078 [23MY]
Park, Michael H.: suitability to be circuit judge relative to position on constitutionality of Medicaid expansion under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S2723 [8MY]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: guarantee funding for programs to provide assistance in choosing health plans and increase outreach and education about plan options and financial support (S. 1905), unanimous-consent request, S6267 [30OC]
——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S6355 [31OC]
——— impact of Medicaid expansion, S4712 [9JY], S4746 [10JY], S4789 [11JY], S4961 [22JY], S5035 [24JY], S5076 [25JY], S6689 [20NO]
——— open enrollment, S6377 [5NO], S6635 [19NO], S6746 [21NO], S6847 [4DE], S6995 [11DE], S7014 [12DE]
——— revoke certain guidance relative to waivers for State innovation that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (H.R. 986), S2778 [13MY], S2798, S2837 [14MY], S2877 [15MY], S2914 [16MY], S3036 [22MY], S3177 [4JN], S6086 [23OC]
——— revoke certain guidance relative to waivers for State innovation that weaken protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (H.R. 986), unanimous-consent request, S3036 [22MY]
Public Service Recognition Week: designate (S. Res. 180), S2577 [1MY]
——— observance, S2735–S2737 [8MY], S2761 [9MY]
Public welfare programs: amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program by renaming program, enforcing work requirements, and improving distribution of funds and program administration (S. 802), S3827, S3828 [19JN]
——— amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to improve alignment with workforce development programs by holding State agencies accountable for employment outcomes (H.R. 1413), S1817 [13MR]
——— extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 430), S319 [22JA]
——— extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 2940), S4648 [27JN]
Readler, Chad A.: suitability to be circuit judge relative to role in Dept. of Justice lawsuit to strike Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions that prevent denial of insurance coverage to people with preexisting conditions, S1637, S1641, S1644, S1647, S1648, S1650–S1652, S1667 [5MR], S1673–S1678, S1680, S1682, S1692, S1697 [6MR]
Renewable energy: economic benefits of clean energy technologies, S207 [15JA], S880 [6FE], S1103 [7FE]
Senate Legal Counsel: authorize representation of the Senate in Texas v. U.S. (S. Res. 18), S4713 [9JY]
——— authorize representation of the Senate in Texas v. U.S. (S. Res. 18), unanimous-consent request, S2756 [9MY]
Sexual harassment: prohibit requiring victims to sign a nondisclosure agreement when settling a lawsuit involving sexual harrassment committed by State or Federal employees, S2303 [9AP]
Social Security: improve quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program, S1578 [28FE], S2315 [9AP]
Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, S202 [15JA]
——— decision in Shelby County v. Holder relative to constitutionality of preclearance of attempts to change voting qualifications or prerequisites to voting, S4478 [25JN]
——— decision in Sturgeon v. Frost relative to regulatory authority over navigable waters within National Park System lands in Alaska, S2263–S2266 [4AP]
——— decisions to overturn precedents established by prior cases, S2897 [16MY]
Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis: establish, S6228 [29OC]
Taxation: allow limited 529 college savings programs funds to be used for elementary and secondary education, including homeschooling, S6461 [7NO]
——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and provide disaster tax relief (S. 617), S1597–S1599, S1605 [28FE], S1633 [4MR], S2400 [11AP], S2905 [16MY]
——— increase limitation on deduction for State and local taxes for individuals filing jointly (S. 2762), S6336 [31OC]
——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (S. 604), S5029 [24JY]
——— promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in taxation of digital goods and services (S. 765), S5029 [24JY]
——— repeal limitation on deduction for State and local taxes and restore higher tax rates for upper income individuals (S. 437), S1509 [27FE]
——— treat certain contributions by government entities as contributions to capital (S. 2942), S6900 [9DE]
Tennessee: tribute, S5225 [31JY]
Terrorism: authorize domestic terrorism offices in the Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice and the FBI to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and take steps to prevent domestic terrorism (S. 894), S5514 [17SE]
Texas Independence Day: observance, S1460 [26FE]
Tornadoes: express condolences for victims of, commend first responders to, and provide disaster assistance to those affected in Alabama and Georgia, S1611, S1616 [4MR]
Trump, President: evaluation of administration relative to Medicaid coverage, S3347–S3354 [12JN]
——— Federal court ruling on request to divert military construction funds in order to fund declared national emergency to construct a continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border, S6960 [11DE]
——— request to divert military construction funds in order to fund declared national emergency to construct a continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border, S5374, S5376–S5379 [10SE], S5455, S5463–S5467, S5471 [12SE], S5502 [17SE], S5586 [19SE], S5618 [23SE], S5645 [24SE], S5861 [17OC], S6207 [29OC], S6316 [31OC], S7087 [17DE]
U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: call for remaining a signatory to the Paris Agreement and support policies that promote reduction of global warming pollution and aim to meet objectives of the Paris Agreement, S6996 [11DE]
Voting: allow all eligible voters to vote by mail and establish national procedures for automatic voter registration for Federal elections (S. 26), S108 [9JA]
——— impact of State voting reform laws labeled as ‘‘voter suppression’’ legislation, S1297 [13FE]
——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting, S108 [9JA]
——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (S. 561), S3190 [4JN]
——— secure Federal voting rights of nonviolent persons when released from incarceration, S1297 [13FE]
Women: reduce maternal deaths and pregnancy complications, S2718, S2735 [8MY]
Wyoming: anniversary of women’s suffrage, S1321 [13FE]
Wyoming Women’s Suffrage Day: designate (S. Res. 430), S6899 [9DE], S6912 [10DE]
Youngstown (OH) Vindicator: tribute, S4685 [8JY]
Reports
Investigation Into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election (excerpt), S2664 [7MY], H3662, H3663 [9MY]
Reports filed
America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2302), S5310 [1AU]
Anti-Border Corruption Improvement Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 731) (S. Rept. 116–99), S5407 [10SE]
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1618) (H. Rept. 116–208), H7714 [16SE]
CBRN Intelligence and Information Sharing Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 1589) (H. Rept. 116–24), H2914 [28MR]
Child Care Protection Improvement Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2683), S7113 [17DE]
Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1941) (H. Rept. 116–157), H5910 [16JY]
Consideration of H. Con. Res. 24, Make Available Special Counsel Report on Investigation of Relationship Between President Trump’s Campaign and Russian Officials: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 208) (H. Rept. 116–17), H2646 [11MR]
Consideration of H. Res. 271, Condemn Dept. of Justice Position on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Texas v. U.S.: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 274) (H. Rept. 116–28), H2937 [1AP]
Consideration of H.R. 1, For the People Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 172) (H. Rept. 116–16), H2365 [5MR]
Consideration of H.R. 4, Voting Rights Advancement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 741) (H. Rept. 116–322), H9255 [4DE]
Consideration of H.R. 205, Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 548) (H. Rept. 116–200), H7558 [9SE]
Consideration of H.R. 268, Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 43) (H. Rept. 116–2), H599 [15JA]
Consideration of H.R. 986, Protecting Americans With Preexisting Conditions Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 357) (H. Rept. 116–51), H3473 [7MY]
Consideration of H.R. 1941, Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 548) (H. Rept. 116–200), H7558 [9SE]
Consideration of H.R. 2157, Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 357) (H. Rept. 116–51), H3473 [7MY]
Consideration of H.R. 2513, Corporate Transparency Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 646) (H. Rept. 116–247), H8297 [21OC]
Consideration of H.R. 2722, Securing America’s Federal Elections (SAFE) Act and H.R. 3351, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 460) (H. Rept. 116–126), H5074 [24JN]
Consideration of H.R. 5377, Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 772) (H. Rept. 116–357), H12289 [19DE]
Coordinated Ocean Observations and Research Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 914) (S. Rept. 116–168), S6888 [5DE]
Corporate Transparency Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2513) (H. Rept. 116–227), H8100 [8OC]
Dept. of HHS Grant Programs and Other Initiatives To Promote Expanded Screening of Newborns and Children for Genetic Diseases and Disorders Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2507) (H. Rept. 116–174), H7239 [23JY]
Dept. of Justice DNA Backlog Reduction Program Reauthorization: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 820), S2769 [9MY]
DHS Field Engagement Accountability Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 504) (S. Rept. 116–16), S1939 [25MR]
Digital Coast Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2189) (H. Rept. 116–315), H9178 [26NO]
Disclosing Aid Spent To Ensure Relief (DISASTER) Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1984) (H. Rept. 116–148), H5725 [11JY]
Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 2114) (S. Rept. 116–137), S5965 [22OC]
——— Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2094) (S. Rept. 116–136), S5965 [22OC]
Expand Navigators’ Resources for Outreach, Learning, and Longevity (ENROLL) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1386) (H. Rept. 116–50), H3447 [3MY]
FEMA Assurance That Unmet Needs After a Major Disaster Are Met: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1311) (H. Rept. 116–146), H5725 [11JY]
For the People Act: Committee on House Administration (House) (H.R. 1) (H. Rept. 116–15), H2321 [4MR]
Improve Dept. of Energy State Loan Eligibility for Projects for Innovative Technology: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2399), S7156 [18DE]
Indian Community Public Safety Services Advancements: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 210) (S. Rept. 116–37), S2645 [6MY]
Inland Waters Security Review Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 4402) (H. Rept. 116–299), H9055 [19NO]
Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act Reauthorization: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1314) (H. Rept. 116–231), H8110 [11OC]
Interstate Transport Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 542) (S. Rept. 116–65), S5102 [25JY]
Library of Congress Obtaining of a Stained Glass Panel Depicting Seal of the District of Columbia and Installation Overlooking Main Reading Room: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1318) (H. Rept. 116–66), H3922 [16MY]
Living Shorelines Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3115) (H. Rept. 116–316), H9179 [26NO]
Local Water Protection Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1331) (H. Rept. 116–36), H3127 [8AP]
National Fish Habitat Conservation Through Partnerships Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1747) (H. Rept. 116–314), H9178 [26NO]
Pathways to Health Careers Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3398) (H. Rept. 116–265), H8594 [29OC]
Permit States To Transfer Funds From EPA Clean Water State Revolving Fund to Drinking Water State Revolving Fund To Fund Lead Removal Projects: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1689) (S. Rept. 116–64), S5011 [23JY]
Protecting Americans With Preexisting Conditions Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 986) (H. Rept. 116–44), H3338 [30AP]
Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 205) (H. Rept. 116–156), H5910 [16JY]
Renew America’s Schools Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1890), S7156 [18DE]
Repeal Insurance Plans of the Multi-State Program (RIP MSP) Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1378) (S. Rept. 116–86), S5406 [10SE]
Repeal Legislation To Confer Jurisdiction Over Offenses Committed by or Against Indians on Devils Lake Indian Reservation to the State of North Dakota: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2159) (S. Rept. 116–130), S5840 [16OC]
Repeal Rescission of Funds in Federal-Aid Highway Program Contract Authority: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1992), S5247 [31JY]
Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 5377) (H. Rept. 116–345), H10262 [13DE]
Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by Leveraging Local Activities and Investing More (RECLAIM) Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2156) (H. Rept. 116–223), H8094 [4OC]
Same-Day Consideration of Resolutions Allowing Consideration of Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 389) (H. Rept. 116–79), H4009 [20MY]
Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1595) (H. Rept. 116–104), H4341 [5JN]
Securing America’s Federal Elections (SAFE) Act: Committee on House Administration (House) (H.R. 2722) (H. Rept. 116–129), H5199 [26JN]
State Allowance for a Variety of Exchanges (SAVE) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1385) (H. Rept. 116–49), H3447 [3MY]
State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1846) (S. Rept. 116–90), S5406 [10SE]
State Permission To Transfer Funds From Clean Water State Revolving Fund to Drinking Water State Revolving Fund To Fund Lead Removal Projects: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1689), S3843 [19JN]
Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 762) (S. Rept. 116–108), S5602 [19SE]
——— Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 253) (S. Rept. 116–107), S5602 [19SE]
Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 2480) (H. Rept. 116–74), H4009 [20MY]
Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 94), S866 [5FE]
——— Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 94) (S. Rept. 116–8), S1897 [14MR]
Ticks—Identify, Control, and Knockout (TICK) Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1657), S6391 [5NO]
Utilizing Significant Emissions With Innovative Technologies (USE IT) Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 383), S2385 [10AP]
——— Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 383) (S. Rept. 116–38), S2786 [13MY]
Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 886) (H. Rept. 116–259), H8537 [28OC]
Voting Rights Advancement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4) (H. Rept. 116–317), H9186 [29NO]
Resolutions by organizations
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 2019-2024 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program: Joseph D. Kelly, Atlantic City, NJ, Chamber of Commerce, H2375 [6MR]
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]
Wyoming Women’s Suffrage Day: Wyoming Legislature, S1322 [13FE]
Rollcalls
House of Representatives vote on H. Con. Res. 24, make available to Congress and the public the Dept. of Justice special counsel report on investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, S1884 [14MR]
Statements
Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act: Executive Office of the President, H7612, H7627 [11SE], H7677 [12SE]
Determination of Federal Jurisdictional Status of Redwood City, CA, Salt Ponds: EPA, H2650 [12MR]
For the People Act: Heritage Action for America (organization), H2571 [7MR]
Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act: Executive Office of the President, H7612, H7627 [11SE], H7677 [12SE]
Reforming Disaster Recovery Act: Committee on Financial Services (House), H8923–H8926 [18NO]
Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act: Alex Hendrie, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), H12273 [19DE]
——— Brent Gardner, Americans for Prosperity (organization), H12273 [19DE]
——— Executive Office of the President, H12216 [19DE]
——— Heritage Action for America (organization), H12274 [19DE]
——— National Taxpayers Union, H12273 [19DE]
Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act: Global Alliance for Cannabis Commerce, E1262 [8OC]
State Laws and Court Cases Impacting Women’s Reproductive Health Care and Access to Abortion: Representative Jackson Lee, E639 [21MY]
Voting Rights Advancement Act: Executive Office of the President, H9321 [6DE]
——— Several Faith Leaders, H9326 [6DE]
Summaries
Tick-Borne Diseases Report: Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, H4538 [12JN]
Tables
Disaster relief supplemental appropriations (H.R. 268), H628–H632 [16JA]
Estimated pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 205, Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act, H7662 [11SE]
Estimated pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 1839, Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act, H2793 [25MR]
Estimated pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 1941, Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act, H7662 [11SE]
Estimated pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 4625, Protect the GI Bill Act, H8781 [12NO]
Testimonies
Hawaiian Legislation on Protecting Children Who Survive an Attempted Abortion (excerpt): American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (organization), Hawaii Section, S1418 [25FE]
Opioid Epidemic: Beth Tanzman, Vermont Blueprint for Health, Dept. of Vermont Health Access, S1586 [28FE]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 21, correction in enrollment of S. 47, Natural Resources Management Act, H2219 [26FE]
H. Con. Res. 24, make available to Congress and the public the Dept. of Justice special counsel report on investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, H2723 [14MR]
H. Con. Res. 45, correction in enrollment of H.R. 2157, disaster relief supplemental appropriations, H4206 [3JN]
H. Res. 43, consideration of H.R. 268, disaster relief supplemental appropriations, H618 [16JA]
H. Res. 172, consideration of H.R. 1, For the People Act, H2379 [6MR]
H. Res. 208, consideration of H. Con. Res. 24, make available to Congress and the public the Dept. of Justice special counsel report on investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, H2690 [13MR]
H. Res. 271, condemn Dept. of Justice invalidation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions on preexisting conditions and other health coverage and reverse position in Texas v. U.S., H2956 [2AP]
H. Res. 274, consideration of H. Res. 271, condemn Dept. of Justice invalidation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions on preexisting conditions and other health coverage and reverse position in Texas v. U.S., H2948 [2AP]
H. Res. 327, encourage greater public-private sector collaboration to promote financial literacy for students and young adults, H3312 [30AP]
H. Res. 357, consideration of H.R. 986, Protecting Americans With Preexisting Conditions Act and H.R. 2157, disaster relief supplemental appropriations, H3510 [9MY]
H. Res. 389, consideration of motions to suspend House Rules and consider certain legislation, H4024 [21MY]
H. Res. 389, same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation, H4024 [21MY]
H. Res. 460, consideration of H.R. 2722, Securing America’s Federal Elections (SAFE) Act and H.R. 3351, financial services and general Government appropriations, H5091 [25JN]
H. Res. 548, consideration of H.R. 205, Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act, H.R. 1146, Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act, and H.R. 1941, Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act, H7566 [10SE]
H. Res. 646, consideration of H.R. 2513, Corporate Transparency Act, H8307 [22OC]
H. Res. 741, consideration of H.R. 4, Voting Rights Advancement Act, H9265 [5DE]
H. Res. 772, consideration of H.R. 5377, Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act, H12214 [19DE]
H.R. 1, For the People Act, H2409–H2478 [6MR]
H.R. 4, Voting Rights Advancement Act, H9308–H9312 [6DE]
H.R. 205, Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act, H7630 [11SE]
H.R. 241, Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act, H7579 [10SE]
H.R. 259, Medicaid Extenders Act, H235 [8JA]
H.R. 268, disaster relief supplemental appropriations, H639–H646 [16JA]
H.R. 430, TANF Extension Act, H531 [14JA]
H.R. 449, Pathways to Improving Homeland Security at the Local Level Act, H1260 [29JA]
H.R. 494, Dept. of Justice Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program reauthorization, H1403 [7FE]
H.R. 495, Federal Information Resource To Strengthen Ties With (FIRST) State and Local Law Enforcement Act, H1256 [29JA]
H.R. 504, DHS Field Engagement Accountability Act, S5115 [25JY], H1261 [29JA]
H.R. 753, Global Electoral Exchange Act, H3975 [20MY]
H.R. 758, Cooperate With Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act, H2623 [11MR]
H.R. 762, Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act, H2328 [5MR]
H.R. 777, Dept. of Justice DNA Backlog Reduction Program reauthorization, H8404 [23OC]
H.R. 886, Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act, H8489 [28OC]
H.R. 986, Protecting Americans With Preexisting Conditions Act, H3531 [9MY]
H.R. 995, Settlement Agreement Information Database Act, H1500 [11FE]
H.R. 1222, Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act, H3288 [29AP]
H.R. 1331, Local Water Protection Act, H3109 [8AP]
H.R. 1589, CBRN Intelligence and Information Sharing Act, H2931 [1AP]
H.R. 1594, First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act, H3755 [14MY]
H.R. 1595, Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, H7962–H7964 [25SE]
H.R. 1618, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act, H7723 [17SE]
H.R. 1839, Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act, H2773–H2776 [25MR]
H.R. 1941, Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act, H7615 [11SE]
H.R. 1984, Disclosing Aid Spent To Ensure Relief (DISASTER) Act, H7288 [24JY]
H.R. 2114, Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act, H7543 [9SE]
H.R. 2157, disaster relief supplemental appropriations, H3691–H3699 [10MY], H4184–H4192 [3JN]
H.R. 2480, Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, H3978–H3988 [20MY]
H.R. 2507, Dept. of HHS grant programs and other initiatives to promote expanded screening of newborns and children for genetic diseases and disorders reauthorization, H7365–H7367 [24JY]
H.R. 2513, Corporate Transparency Act, H8325–H8334 [22OC]
H.R. 2722, Securing America’s Federal Elections (SAFE) Act, H5207–H5214 [27JN]
H.R. 2852, Homebuyer Assistance Act, H7572 [10SE]
H.R. 2940, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program extension, H4195 [3JN]
H.R. 3619, Appraisal Fee Transparency Act, H7804 [19SE]
H.R. 3702, Reforming Disaster Recovery Act, H8914–H8917 [18NO]
H.R. 4402, Inland Waters Security Review Act, H9376 [9DE]
H.R. 4625, Protect the GI Bill Act, H8746–H8749 [12NO]
H.R. 5377, Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act, H12270 [19DE]
S. 1, Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act, S852–S857 [5FE]
S. 47, Natural Resources Management Act, S1196–S1265 [12FE], H2142–H2211 [26FE]
S. 94, Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act, S2393 [10AP]
S. 134, Combat Online Predators Act, S6204 [28OC]
S. 604, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act, S1596 [28FE]
S. 763, Climate Change Resiliency Fund for America Act, S1795–S1797 [12MR]
S. 765, Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act, S1847–S1849 [13MR]
S. 820, Dept. of Justice DNA Backlog Reduction Program reauthorization, S2947 [16MY]
S. 894, Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, S2046–S2048 [27MR]
S. 1017, Supporting America’s Caregivers and Families Act, S2242 [3AP]
S. 1552, Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act, S2971 [20MY]
S. 1689, permit States to transfer funds from EPA Clean Water State Revolving Fund to Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to fund lead removal projects, S5367 [9SE], H7744 [17SE]
S. 1699, Streamlining the Rapid Evolution and Modernization of Leading-Edge Infrastructure Necessary To Enhance (STREAMLINE) Small Cell Deployment Act, S3167 [3JN]
S. 1722, FHA Appraiser Eligibility Expansion Act, S3255 [5JN]
S. 1846, State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act, S6768 [21NO]
S. 2017, Medicaid community mental health services demonstration program extension, H5263 [28JN]
S. 2036, Youth Summer Jobs and Public Service Act, S4634 [27JN]
S. 2047, Medicaid community mental health services demonstration program extension, S4635, S4649 [27JN]
S. 2096, use of National Cemetery Administration grants by States and tribal organizations for training at National Cemetery Administration training center, S7232 [19DE]
S. 2600, Protecting Student Athletes From Concussions Act, S5798 [15OC]
S. 2605, Take Unsafe Limos Off the Road Act, S5847 [16OC]
S. 2774, Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act, S7120 [17DE]
S. 3096, Providing Resources To End the Vaping Epidemic Now for Teenagers (PREVENT) Act, S7159 [18DE]
S. 3103, Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act, S7161 [18DE]
S. Con. Res. 18, ensure women’s 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, S3012 [21MY]
S. Con. Res. 30, recognize need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all people and in particular disabled citizens, S7032 [12DE]
S. Res. 18, Senate Legal Counsel representation of the Senate in Texas v. U.S., S226 [15JA]
S. Res. 94, call for Dept. of Justice protection of individuals with preexisting medical conditions by defending Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions in Texas v. U.S., S1661 [5MR]
S. Res. 134, protect Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions on preexisting conditions and other health coverage and reverse Dept. of Justice position in Texas v. U.S., S2192 [2AP]
S. Res. 172, testimony of Kim Coalter in administrative hearing of Bryan K. Stanley before the Mississippi Division of Medicaid, S2489 [29AP]
S. Res. 180, Public Service Recognition Week, S2575 [1MY]
S. Res. 252, National Democracy Month, S3849 [19JN]
S. Res. 268, express that the Federal Government should take no action to redeem, assume, or guarantee any State debt, including pension obligations and require Dept. of the Treasury to report any such negotiations, S4636 [27JN]
S. Res. 288, ensure long-term solvency of Dept. of Transportation Highway Trust Fund through user fees and require Federal highway spending that exceeds Highway Trust Fund revenues and balances to be offset, S5147 [29JY]
S. Res. 309, encourage Congress to pass legislation to increase voting access and registration, protect voting rights, and improve election security, S5476 [12SE]
S. Res. 316, 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, S5579 [18SE]
S. Res. 327, National Falls Prevention Awareness Day, S5667 [24SE]
S. Res. 351, National Community Policing Week, S5755 [26SE]
S. Res. 389, National Dyslexia Awareness Month, S6305 [30OC]
S. Res. 411, affirm that States should primarily regulate hydraulic fracturing and the President should not declare a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing unless authorized by Congress, S6480 [7NO]
S. Res. 430, Wyoming Women’s Suffrage Day, S6674 [19NO]
S. Res. 449, call for remaining a signatory to U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change Paris Agreement and support policies that promote reduction of global warming pollution and aim to meet objectives of the Paris Agreement, S6953 [10DE]
S. Res. 456, Alabama statehood anniversary, S7119 [17DE]
S.J. Res. 50, disapprove IRS rule on charitable contribution and estate tax deductions when a taxpayer receives or expects to receive a corresponding State or local tax credit, S4859 [16JY]
Transcripts
PBS News Hour—Why Many Stores Can’t Accept Food Stamps During the Shutdown: NewsHour Productions LLC, H1022 [23JA]