THORNBERRY, MAC (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: require health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (see H.R. 962), H2506 [6MR]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 1175), H8679 [30OC]

Charles W. Stenholm Post Office Building, Stamford, TX: designate (see H.R. 512), H518 [11JA]

Citizenship: provide for automatic acquisition of U.S. citizenship for lawful permanent resident children of military and Federal Government personnel residing abroad (see H.R. 4803), H8455 [23OC]

Committee on Armed Services (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 203), H2614 [8MR]

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (see H.R. 2500), H3439 [2MY]

Dept. of Education: update postsecondary student data system to ensure students and families have access to accurate and complete information on student outcomes (see H.R. 1766), H8741 [8NO]

Dept. of HHS: increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 647), H4701 [14JN]

Dept. of Transportation: exempt certain motor carriers involved in agricultural business from electronic logging device mandates (see H.R. 1698), H3285 [25AP]

——— modify hours of service requirements relative to transportation of certain live animals (see H.R. 487), H463 [10JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure certain departmental medical facilities have physical locations for disposal of controlled substances or medications (see H.R. 4817), H10124 [11DE]

——— establish an inter-agency task force on use of Federal lands for medical treatment and therapy through outdoor recreation for veterans (see H.R. 2435), H4175 [28MY]

——— make permanent authority to transport individuals to and from health facilities in connection with rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, and care (see H.R. 4524), H8053 [26SE]

——— provide financial assistance to eligible entities to provide and coordinate suicide prevention services for veterans at risk of suicide and veteran families (see H.R. 3495), H9122 [20NO]

Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal Post Office Building, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 5317), H10611 [17DE]

Drugs: lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition (see H.R. 19), H10124 [11DE]

FCC: issue rules on collection of data relative to availability of broadband services (see H.R. 4229), H9348 [6DE]

FDA: codify definition of beef for labeling purposes, reinforce existing misbranding provisions to eliminate consumer confusion, and enhance Dept. of Agriculture labeling enforcement measures (see H.R. 4881), H9223 [3DE]

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

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 38), H603 [15JA]

Immigration: eliminate per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see H.R. 1044), H1586 [13FE]

Israel: authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 1837), H2940 [1AP]

——— oppose global boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement, urge negotiated solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and support U.S.-Israel scientific and technological cooperation in civilian areas (see H. Res. 246), H2940 [1AP]

Lance Corporal Rhonald Dain Rairdan Post Office, Castroville, TX: designate (see H.R. 4785), H8386 [22OC]

Lucas Lowe Post Office, Hardin, TX: designate (see H.R. 1250), H2030 [14FE]

Medicare: delay reduction of durable medical equipment payment reimbursement rates and update budget neutrality requirement for oxygen (see H.R. 2771), H8056 [26SE]

——— improve home health payment reforms (see H.R. 2573), H3500 [8MY]

——— permit States to designate facilities in rural areas as critical access hospitals without any mileage limitations (see H.R. 2990), H9388 [9DE]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1948), H3477 [7MY]

——— provide for payment for services of radiologist assistants (see H.R. 1970), H3477 [7MY]

——— update rural health clinic provisions relative to usage of advanced practice clinicians, laboratory requirements and delivery of telehealth services, and reimbursement rates (see H.R. 2788), H5729 [11JY]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1570), H7536 [6SE]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medals to Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden and posthumously to Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson for contributions during the ‘‘Space Race’’ (see H.R. 1396), H5038 [21JN]

National Park Service: establish, fund, and provide for use of amounts in a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog (see H.R. 1225), H4217 [3JN]

Overton, Richard A.: tribute (see H. Res. 37), H518 [11JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 748), H4167 [23MY]

Radio: oppose new fees, taxes, royalties, or charges on local, over the air, radio stations (see H. Con. Res. 20), H4315 [4JN]

Social Security: establish disability benefit offset for Purple Heart recipients (see H.R. 2655), H9058 [19NO]

Syria: oppose decision to end U.S. efforts to prevent Turkish operations against Syrian Kurds, call for Turkey to cease military action and respect existing agreements, and provide support to Syrian Kurds (see H.J. Res. 77), H8201 [16OC]

Taxation: modify definition of income for purposes of determining the tax-exempt status of certain mutual or cooperative telephone or electric companies (see H.R. 2147), H7837 [19SE]

——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 510), H7161 [22JY]

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

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see H.R. 1854), H3792 [14MY]

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

United Kingdom: recognize self determination of Gibraltar to determine its status as a British Overseas Territory (see H. Res. 174), H2368 [5MR]

Wilson and Young Medal of Honor VA Clinic, Odessa, TX: designate (see H.R. 2334), H3274 [18AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Defense: improve innovation in defense procurement (see H.R. 3014), H4164 [23MY]

Red River: provide legal certainty for property owners along the Red River in Texas by using gradient survey method to determine ownership boundary between public and private land (see H.R. 346), H284 [8JA]

Taxation: repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 222), H209 [3JA]

Water: clarify definition of navigable waters relative to application of environmental protection regulations (see H.R. 2287), H3255 [10AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Defense: improve innovation in defense procurement (H.R. 3014), H4167 [23MY]

Red River: provide legal certainty for property owners along the Red River in Texas by using gradient survey method to determine ownership boundary between public and private land (H.R. 346), H287 [8JA]

Taxation: repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 222), H217 [3JA]

Water: clarify definition of navigable waters relative to application of environmental protection regulations (H.R. 2287), H3259 [10AP]

Motions

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2500), H5760 [12JY]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1790), H7738 [17SE]

Remarks

Armed Forces: oppose ban on transgender members, reject claims for basis of such ban, and urge Dept. of Defense to not reinstate the ban (H. Res. 124), H2892, H2897 [28MR]

——— remove from unauthorized hostilities in Yemen (H.J. Res. 37), H1545 [13FE]

——— report to National Instant Criminal Background Check System any member convicted of offenses that would disqualify them from possessing or receiving a firearm and study feasibility of military protective order database, H5553 [10JY]

——— require eligibility to serve be based on gender-neutral occupational standards and prohibit exclusions based on race, color, national origin, religion, or sex, including gender identity and sexual orientation, H5546, H5547 [10JY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2020–2021 (H.R. 3877), H7404 [25JY]

Cyprus: repeal prohibition on transfer of articles on the U.S. Munitions List, H5600 [11JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2500), H5342, H5350, H5351, H5546, H5547, H5549, H5550, H5553 [10JY], H5600, H5605, H5619, H5643, H5645, H5664, H5665, H5717 [11JY], H5734, H5739, H5741 [12JY]

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

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1790), conference report, H10082, H10090 [11DE]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1790), motion to instruct conferees, H7739, H7740 [17SE]

——— funding, H7404 [25JY]

——— include dinnerware and stainless steel flatware in items required to be purchased from domestic companies, H5549, H5550 [10JY]

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

——— overseas contingency operations funding, H5643 [11JY]

——— postpone impeachment inquiry until after authorization and appropriations bills are passed, H8402 [23OC]

——— prohibit funding to house or construct housing for foreign nationals detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, H5734 [12JY]

——— prohibit the indefinite military detention of U.S. citizens, H5645 [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, H7740 [17SE]

——— study cost effectiveness of W80–4 nuclear warhead life extension program, H5619 [11JY]

GAO: examine cost reducing measures relative to military force structure and nuclear security, H5739 [12JY]

Iran: limit use of funds for military operations in or against Iran, H5717 [11JY]

New START Treaty: extend contingent upon Russia’s continued compliance, H5605 [11JY]

Political campaigns: clarify obligation to report foreign election influence and require implementation of compliance and reporting systems by Federal campaigns to detect and report such acts (H.R. 4617), consideration (H. Res. 650), H8402 [23OC]

Public debt: suspend the public debt ceiling (H.R. 3877), H7404 [25JY]

Trump, President: impeachment (H. Res. 755), H12204• [18DE]

Votes: position on missed, E857•, E861•, E862• [27JN], E865• [28JN], E1434• [13NO]

Tributes

Halupka, Nicholas, E887• [10JY]

Miller, Miles, E1137• [12SE]