TIMMONS, WILLIAM R., IV (a Representative from South Carolina)

Appointments

Committee on the Modernization of Congress (House, Select), H1490 [8FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in Government activities (see H.R. 2014), H3070 [3AP]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 20), H1585 [13FE]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 616), H2043 [19FE]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 784), H1586 [13FE]

——— 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), H1361 [5FE]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 1175), H3792 [14MY]

Armed Forces: expand certain benefits for survivors of members who die in the line of duty (see H.R. 1911), H3102 [4AP]

Brand USA, Inc.: extend transfer of Electronic Travel Authorization System fees (see H.R. 3851), H8389 [22OC]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 22), H1173 [23JA]

——— ensure timely completion of concurrent resolution and regular appropriation bills (see H.R. 1059), H1460 [7FE]

——— establish a point of order against long-term direct spending (see H.R. 4115), H7480 [30JY]

Bulgaria: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 569), H7865 [20SE]

Cambodia: promote free and fair elections, political freedoms, and human rights by applying sanctions and codifying existing visa restrictions (see H.R. 526), H5826 [15JY]

Captain Kimberly Nicole Hampton Post Office Building, Easley, SC: designate (see H.R. 152), H678 [16JA]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2480), H3478 [7MY]

China: condemn human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims and call for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of these communities (see H.R. 649), H4314 [4JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1935), H2885 [27MR]

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

Committee on the Modernization of Congress (House, Select): implement recommendations (see H. Res. 756), H10016 [10DE]

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Joint Threat Assessment and Management Task Force to make recommendations on developing a national strategy to prevent targeted violence (see H.R. 838), H9058 [19NO]

——— facilitate removal of aliens identified in the terrorist screening database (see H.R. 146), H9058 [19NO]

——— 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), H5826 [15JY]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1327), H3792 [14MY]

Dept. of State: authorize revocation or denial of passports and passport cards to individuals affiliated with foreign terrorist organizations (see H.R. 145), H998 [22JA]

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 (see H.R. 5269), H9179 [26NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 4305), H10263 [13DE]

——— 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), H7532 [3SE]

——— provide for presumption of service connection for diseases associated with herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served offshore of Vietnam (see H.R. 299), H3476 [7MY]

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 553), H998 [22JA]

Depts. of Energy and Veterans Affairs: conduct collaborative research to improve health care services for veterans (see H.R. 617), H7161 [22JY]

Drugs: lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition (see H.R. 19), H12211 [18DE]

FAA: provide funding from Airport and Airway Trust Fund for FAA activities in the event of a Government shutdown (see H.R. 1108), H5077 [24JN]

FBI: improve National Instant Criminal Background Check System in order to search National Data Exchange database when conducting criminal background checks (see H.R. 2319), H7521 [23AU]

FCC: allow State or Federal correctional facilities to utilize jamming equipment to prevent contraband cell phone use in prisons (see H.R. 1954), H2915 [28MR]

——— improve enforcement and enhance penalties for violations involving illegal robocalls (see H.R. 2015), H3407 [1MY]

Federal agencies and departments: require guidance clarity statements on certain agency documents not issued in accordance with rulemaking process and therefore not legally binding (see H.R. 5270), H9179 [26NO]

Federal aid programs: establish special congressional rescue committees to craft legislation that restores and strengthens certain Federal trust funds (see H.R. 4907), H8594 [29OC]

Firearms: enhance penalties for certain thefts of a firearm from a Federal firearms licensee and establish a Mass Violence Prevention Center (see H.R. 1339), H2719 [13MR]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 38), H1363 [5FE]

Fish and fishing: prohibit sale of shark fins (see H.R. 737), H7836 [19SE]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H2317 [28FE]

House Rules: implement Committee on the Modernization of Congress (House, Select) recommendations (see H. Res. 526), H7467 [25JY]

Immigration: close loopholes in immigration laws that serve as incentives to aliens to attempt to enter the U.S. unlawfully (see H.R. 586), H7489 [2AU]

——— eliminate per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see H.R. 1044), H5077 [24JN]

Iran: make financial assets of the Iranian Government available to pay compensatory damages to families of victims of the 1983 bombing of U.S. Marine barracks in Lebanon (see H.R. 2790), H4122 [22MY]

Israel: authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 1837), H7152 [18JY]

——— 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), H7153 [18JY]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 2571), H3499 [8MY]

Medicaid: allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (see H.R. 888), H3341 [30AP]

——— require States report abortion data to CDC to receive certain family planning funding (see H.R. 3580), H7153 [18JY]

Medicare: waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1570), H7472 [25JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: modify skilled nursing facility training lockout penalties to allow certain facilities to continue certified nurse assistant training (see H.R. 4468), H8145 [15OC]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to prohibit receipt of compensation for any period during which a Government shutdown is in effect (see H.J. Res. 18), H721 [17JA]

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 (see H.R. 336), H7161 [22JY]

National Day of Prayer: anniversary (see H. Res. 334), H3340 [30AP]

National School Choice Week: designate (see H. Res. 44), H998 [22JA]

National Workforce Development Month: designate (see H. Res. 578), H7902 [24SE]

Partnership Fund for Peace: establish to facilitate and finance joint economic ventures and people-to-people exchanges between Palestinians, Israelis, and Americans (see H.R. 3104), H7244 [23JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 748), H4011 [20MY]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services and increase funding for other women’s health care service providers (see H.R. 369), H1244 [28JA]

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 146), H7775 [18SE]

Public debt: recognize the national debt as a threat to national security and commit to restoring regular order in appropriations process and addressing the fiscal crisis (see H. Res. 149), H2234 [26FE]

Public welfare programs: amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 1753), H2742 [14MR]

Radio: oppose new fees, taxes, royalties, or charges on local, over the air, radio stations (see H. Con. Res. 20), H4390 [10JN]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see H.R. 897), H3406 [1MY]

Schiff, Representative: condemn and censure relative to remarks during hearing on whistleblower complaint against President Trump and alleged collusion between the Trump Campaign and Russia (see H. Res. 604), H8103 [8OC] (see H. Res. 630), H8201 [16OC]

SEC: improve quality of proxy advisory firms to protect investors and the economy and to foster accountability, transparency, responsiveness, and competition in the industry (see H.R. 5116), H9176 [22NO]

Small business: enact certain legislation and regulations to protect small business owners seeking financing that would start, continue, or expand operations and create jobs (see H. Res. 370), H3680 [9MY]

Southern Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor: establish (see H.R. 3936), H7376 [24JY]

Taxation: establish tax credits to encourage individual and corporate taxpayers to contribute to scholarships for elementary and secondary students through eligible scholarship-granting organizations (see H.R. 1434), H2312 [28FE]

——— 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), H7707 [12SE]

——— provide permanent disaster tax relief (see H.R. 3287), H7775 [18SE]

——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property (see H.R. 1869), H8090 [1OC]

——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 1679), H7755 [17SE]

——— treat certain military survivor benefits as earned income for purposes of the kiddie tax (see H.R. 2481), H3844 [15MY]

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

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1741), H2988 [2AP]

Women: mint coins in commemoration of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage (see H.R. 2423), H8083 [27SE]

Yemen: condemn human rights violations, ideology of hate against Jews, blocking of humanitarian aid, and attacks on civilians by Houthi movement and support peaceful end of civil war while preventing terrorist foothold (see H. Con. Res. 50), H9388 [9DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: ensure inclusion of recommended ratio of public debt to estimated gross domestic product for each fiscal year covered by a concurent resolution on the budget (see H.R. 4071), H7467 [25JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Budget: ensure inclusion of recommended ratio of public debt to estimated gross domestic product for each fiscal year covered by a concurent resolution on the budget (H.R. 4071), H7471 [25JY]

Remarks

Spartanburg, SC: Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve opening of new garden entrance, garden entry pavilion, and circle, E1629• [19DE]

Votes: position on missed, H5606• [11JY], E1362• [29OC], E1410• [8NO], E1460• [18NO], E1536• [4DE]

Resignations

Committee on Education and Labor (House), H7999 [26SE]

Committee on the Budget (House), H7999 [26SE]