WENSTRUP, BRAD R. (a Representative from Ohio)

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H1321 [30JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that a woman seeking a chemical abortion is informed that it may be possible to reverse the intended effects of the abortion if the woman changes her mind (see H.R. 2010), H3407 [1MY]

——— prohibit abortion in cases where a fetal heartbeat is detectable (see H.R. 490), H7471 [25JY]

——— prohibit discrimination by abortion against an unborn child on the basis of Down syndrome (see H.R. 4903), H9349 [6DE]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 20), H715 [17JA]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 616), H675 [16JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 784), H1211 [24JA]

——— 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: recognize successful State-based alcohol regulation since the creation of an effective system of independent beer, wine, and spirits distribution (see H. Res. 285), H4168 [23MY]

——— reform taxation (see H.R. 1175), H1581 [13FE]

Appalachian Regional Commission: reauthorize (see H.R. 4434), H7905 [24SE]

Armed Forces: allow families of fallen and critically-injured servicemembers to terminate their telephone, cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts without penalty (see H.R. 4356), H7753 [17SE]

——— allow more Reserve, National Guard, and retired members to receive veterans’ preference for Federal hiring by modifying service requirements and removing preference bans on certain retired officers (see H.R. 2433), H4168 [23MY]

——— expand certain benefits for survivors of members who die in the line of duty (see H.R. 1911), H7244 [23JY]

——— improve ability of separating or retiring members to seek services provided by county veterans service offices (see H.R. 2554), H4168 [23MY]

——— review service of certain members during World War I to determine if such members should be awarded the Medal of Honor and authorize such award based on results of the review (see H.R. 2249), H5728 [11JY]

Business and industry: allow U.S. importers to apply for exclusions from tariffs on Chinese goods which are not accessible outside of China and items that increase the cost of living for U.S. families (see H.R. 1452), H5728 [11JY]

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: extend certain provisions relative to apparel products (see H.R. 991), H1389 [6FE]

Carl Nunziato VA Clinic, Youngstown, OH: designate (see H.R. 5023), H8739 [8NO]

Christmas Day: express that the symbols and traditions of Christmas should be protected for use by those who celebrate Christmas (see H. Res. 769), H10609 [17DE]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality toward labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1858), H3341 [30AP]

Corps of Engineers: ensure right of individuals to carry firearms at water resources development projects (see H.R. 664), H718 [17JA]

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]

Death and dying: ensure individuals facing the end of their lives have access to quality medical, palliative, and hospice care and oppose Federal policies or practices that support or facilitate assisted suicide (see H. Con. Res. 79), H10258 [12DE]

Dept. of Education: allow parents of eligible military dependent children to redirect a portion of their per pupil Impact Aid Program allocations to establish Military Education Savings Accounts (see H.R. 1605), H4175 [28MY]

——— expand Federal Pell Grant Program eligibility to short-term job training programs (see H.R. 3497), H8720 [31OC]

——— make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 943), H3448 [3MY]

——— update postsecondary student data system to ensure students and families have access to accurate and complete information on student outcomes (see H.R. 1766), H8724 [1NO]

Dept. of HHS: 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 H.R. 4980), H8729 [5NO]

——— prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 296), H282 [8JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize use of Homeland Security Grant Program funds to expand access to bleeding control kits (BCKs) in public gathering places (see H.R. 2550), H3474 [7MY]

——— establish Joint Threat Assessment and Management Task Force to make recommendations on developing a national strategy to prevent targeted violence (see H.R. 838), H1394 [6FE]

——— provide funding to secure nonprofit facilities from terrorist attacks (see H.R. 2476), H3438 [2MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish a pilot program to make grants to historically Black colleges and universities to provide educational programs to offenders who have recently been, or will soon be, released from incarceration (see H.R. 4252), H8880 [14NO]

——— extend authorization of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1327), H3963 [17MY]

Dept. of State: provide additional visas for Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Program (see H.R. 2796), H3923 [16MY]

——— submit to Congress a report on designation of Muslim Brotherhood (organization) as a foreign terrorist organization (see H.R. 2412), H9348 [6DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: collect data and issue report on opportunity zone tax incentives created by Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (see H.R. 2593), H5305 [9JY]

Dept. of Transportation: 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 H.R. 1374), H7244 [23JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 4305), H8742 [8NO]

——— ensure certain departmental medical facilities have physical locations for disposal of controlled substances or medications (see H.R. 4817), H8456 [23OC]

——— extend authorization period for emergency treatment in non-departmental medical facilities under the Veterans Community Care Program (see H.R. 2493), H3478 [7MY]

——— permit display of Battlefield Crosses or other fallen soldier displays in national cemeteries (see H.R. 1424), H2312 [28FE]

——— 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), H7837 [19SE]

——— take actions necessary to ensure that certain individuals may update the burn pit registry with a registered individual’s cause of death (see H.R. 1381), H2234 [26FE]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H1339 [30JA]

Drugs: encourage development and use of new antimicrobial drugs in order to treat antibiotic-resistant infections (see H.R. 4100), H7529 [30AU]

——— lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition (see H.R. 19), H9386 [9DE]

Easterseals (organization): anniversary (see H. Res. 100), H1362 [5FE]

Egypt: enact reforms to ensure Coptic Christians have the same rights and opportunities as other Egyptian citizens and take steps to end attacks on Christians (see H. Res. 49), H1394 [6FE]

Elections: protect administration of Federal elections against cybersecurity threats (see H.R. 3412), H7379 [24JY]

FBI: provide briefings relative to counterintelligence activities to congressional intelligence committees (see H.R. 2286), H3255 [10AP]

FCC: provide for Internet openness requirements for broadband Internet access service providers (see H.R. 1006), H3220 [9AP]

FDA: improve regulation of abortion drugs by prohibiting approval of new drugs, preventing labeling changes of existing drugs, and preventing providers from dispensing drugs remotely, by mail, or telemedicine (see H.R. 4399), H8460 [23OC]

Federal agencies and departments: require the appropriation of funds to use a fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds received from a settlement (see H.R. 850), H1283 [29JA]

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), H2236 [26FE]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 38), H288 [8JA]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: reform process to obtain surveillance warrants (see H.R. 5396), H10123 [11DE]

Fraternal organizations: recognize benefits provided by tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies to their members and communities (see H. Con. Res. 27), H3267 [12AP]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H7511 [20AU]

Health: protect patients from surprise medical bills (see H.R. 3502), H5200 [26JN]

Health care professionals: improve and expand training for future and current physicians and mid-level health care providers on treating pain and prescribing opioids (see H. Con. Res. 8), H3443 [2MY]

Immigration: close loopholes in immigration laws that serve as incentives to aliens to attempt to enter the U.S. unlawfully (see H.R. 586), H7378 [24JY]

——— eliminate per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see H.R. 1044), H3305 [29AP]

——— provide for special immigrant status for Syrian Kurds and other Syrians who partnered with the U.S. in Syria (see H.R. 4873), H9348 [6DE]

Insurance: require a group health plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol (see H.R. 2279), H3255 [10AP]

Iran: condemn state-sponsored terrorist attacks against U.S. citizens and officials and Iranian dissidents and recognize right of Iranian people to establish a democratic, secular, and non-nuclear republic (see H. Res. 374), H8910 [15NO]

IRS: modernize and improve (see H.R. 1957), H2915 [28MR] (see H.R. 3151), H4348 [6JN]

Israel: authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 1837), H5260 [27JN]

——— 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), H5039 [21JN]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1855), H5077 [24JN] (see H.R. 2571), H3926 [16MY]

Lance Corporal Andy ‘Ace’ Nowacki Post Office, Grand River, OH: designate (see H.R. 3275), H8261 [18OC]

Lance Cpl. Stacy ‘Annie’ Dryden Post Office, North Canton, OH: designate (see H.R. 4875), H8538 [28OC]

LeMond, Greg: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3589), H7162 [22JY]

McAuliffe, Christa: mint commemorative coins with proceeds from sales going to For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) (organization) Robotics program (see H.R. 500), H4011 [20MY]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 2235), H3253 [10AP]

——— provide States with option of providing coordinated care for children with medically complex conditions (see H.R. 1226), H2615 [8MR]

——— require States report abortion data to CDC to receive certain family planning funding (see H.R. 3580), H7472 [25JY]

Medicare: cover screening computed tomography colonography as a colorectal screening test (see H.R. 1969), H2916 [28MR]

——— establish a payment adjustment to improve access to innovative medical devices to individuals with end-stage renal disease (see H.R. 2710), H5077 [24JN]

——— improve Medicare Advantage prior authorization process through common-sense transparency, electronic adoption, and an analysis of items and services subject to prior authorization (see H.R. 3107), H7598 [10SE]

——— modernize physician self-referral prohibitions to promote care coordination in the merit-based incentive payment system and facilitate physician practice participation in alternative payment models (see H.R. 2282), H7867 [20SE]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 2235), H3253 [10AP]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1948), H2915 [28MR]

——— repeal changes to exception to prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals (see H.R. 3062), H7536 [6SE]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1570), H4121 [22MY]

Morality and ethics: protect dignity of fetal remains (see H.R. 4934), H9180 [26NO]

NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Plum Brook Station, Sandusky, OH: redesignate as NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at the Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility (see H.R. 4790), H8387 [22OC]

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1830), H3963 [17MY]

National Yellow Ribbon Day: designate (see H. Res. 263), H2885 [27MR]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: establish an interagency working group to coordinate activities and develop policy guidance to protect federally funded research and development (see H.R. 3038), H9256 [4DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay reimposition of annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 1398), H4314 [4JN]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 748), H2615 [8MR]

Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (see H.R. 890), H2648 [11MR]

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), H357 [9JA]

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

——— amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program by including apprenticeships as a work activity (see H.R. 1247), H2030 [14FE]

——— conduct demonstration projects to provide coordinated case management services for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program recipients (see H.R. 1476), H2314 [28FE]

Radio: oppose new fees, taxes, royalties, or charges on local, over the air, radio stations (see H. Con. Res. 20), H2042 [19FE]

Religion: condemn global persecution of Christians or members of any faith and prioritize freedom of conscience and religious freedom in U.S. foreign policy consideration (see H. Res. 640), H8259 [18OC]

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), H8114 [11OC] (see H. Res. 630), H8201 [16OC]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H1339 [30JA]

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

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H1339 [30JA]

Taxation: allow for certain residential rental property to be depreciated over a 30-year period (see H.R. 5313), H9293 [5DE]

——— clarify that payment of taxes on deferred foreign income in installments shall not prevent credit or refund of overpayments or increase estimated taxes (see H.R. 2985), H7707 [12SE]

——— encourage retirement and family savings (see H.R. 1084), H1461 [7FE]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 2258), H4122 [22MY]

——— facilitate nationwide availability of volunteer income tax assistance for low-income and underserved populations (see H.R. 1875), H2826 [26MR]

——— make fuel cells using electromechanical processes eligible for the energy tax credit (see H.R. 2040), H2986 [2AP]

——— 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), H8459 [23OC]

——— modify rehabilitation credit for certain small projects, eliminate requirement that the taxpayer’s basis in a building be reduced by the amount of rehabilitation credit determined relative to such building (see H.R. 2825), H5586 [10JY]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 1680), H2679 [12MR]

——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 510), H1214 [24JA]

——— provide for deductibility of charitable contributions to veterans’ service organizations that do not have wartime service membership requirements (see H.R. 1715), H2715 [13MR]

——— qualify homeless youth and veterans who are full-time students for low-income housing tax credit (see H.R. 4865), H8538 [28OC]

——— reform low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3077), H5913 [16JY]

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

——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property (see H.R. 1869), H3267 [12AP]

——— strike provision of American Opportunity Tax Credit that denies credit to students with felony drug convictions (see H.R. 4518), H8053 [26SE]

——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 1679), H7597 [10SE]

——— treat certain military survivor benefits as earned income for purposes of the kiddie tax (see H.R. 2481), H3439 [2MY]

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

Veterans: authorize spouses of servicemembers who incur a catastrophic injury or illness, or die while in military service, to terminate leases of premises and motor vehicles (see H.R. 2227), H3253 [10AP]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1741), H3102 [4AP]

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

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H1339 [30JA]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. merchant mariners of World War II (see H.R. 550), H4065 [21MY]

——— mint coins in honor of anniversary of end of war (see H.R. 3155), H10610 [17DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Arlington National Cemetery: mint coins in commemoration of Tomb of the Unknown Soldier anniversary (see H.R. 1805), H2745 [14MR]

Dept. of HHS: 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 H.R. 3017), H4164 [23MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify grade and pay of podiatrists (see H.R. 1658), H2614 [8MR]

——— establish Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration (see H.R. 2045), H3066 [3AP]

——— prohibit smoking on premises of Veterans Health Administration facilities (see H.R. 3700), H5725 [11JY]

Public welfare programs: 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]

Constitutional authority statements

Arlington National Cemetery: mint coins in commemoration of Tomb of the Unknown Soldier anniversary (H.R. 1805), H2747 [14MR]

Dept. of HHS: 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 (H.R. 3017), H4167 [23MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify grade and pay of podiatrists (H.R. 1658), H2615 [8MR]

——— establish Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration (H.R. 2045), H3068 [3AP]

——— prohibit smoking on premises of Veterans Health Administration facilities (H.R. 3700), H5727 [11JY]

Public welfare programs: 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), H2273 [27FE]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H8059 [27SE]

Remarks

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 (H.R. 962), H2702 [13MR]

——— require health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (H.R. 962), unanimous-consent request, H2702 [13MR]

American Jewish Committee of Cincinnati: anniversary, E521• [1MY]

Armed Forces: allow families of fallen and critically-injured servicemembers to terminate their telephone, cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts without penalty (H.R. 4356), H8757 [12NO]

Cincinnati, OH: anniversary of Clermont Chamber of Commerce, E1594• [16DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2500), H5533 [10JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, penalize companies that refuse to negotiate, and prevent excessive price increases and establish out-of-pocket caps for Medicare (H.R. 3), H10135 [12DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration (H.R. 2045), H4048 [21MY]

——— take actions necessary to ensure that certain individuals may update the burn pit registry with a registered individual’s cause of death (H.R. 1381), H2334 [5MR]

Drugs: lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition, H10135 [12DE]

Georgetown, OH: anniversary, E756• [12JN]

Hillsboro, OH: anniversary of Highland Masonic Lodge No. 38, E499• [29AP]

House of Representatives: authorize the Speaker to intervene in Texas v. U.S., and any appellate proceedings, H341 [9JA]

House Rules: amend and adopt (H. Res. 6), H341 [9JA]

Immigration: making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3401), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 466), H5234 [27JN]

——— making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3401), unanimous-consent request, H5234 [27JN]

——— secure the border between the U.S. and Mexico, H1433 [7FE]

Insurance: ensure health coverage for individuals with preexisting conditions, H341 [9JA]

IRS: modernize and improve (H.R. 1957), H3164 [9AP]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: report on civilian casualties resulting from raids outside combat zones, H5533 [10JY]

——— transmit whistleblower complaint against President Trump to congressional intelligence committees, protect whistleblower, and preserve complaint-related materials (H. Res. 576), H7922, H7925, H7927 [25SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H341 [9JA]

Taxation: facilitate nationwide availability of volunteer income tax assistance for low-income and underserved populations, H3164 [9AP]

Trump, President: evaluation of administration relative to immigration policy, H1433 [7FE]

——— impeachment (H. Res. 755), H12167 [18DE]

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA): implement (H.R. 5430), H12252 [19DE]

University of Cincinnati: anniversary, H983 [22JA]

Votes: correction, E847• [26JN]

——— position on missed, E23• [9JA], E169• [13FE], E620• [17MY], E1635• [19DE]

WVNU–Radio (Greenfield, OH): anniversary, E500• [29AP]

Tributes

Avtzon, Gershon, H7389 [25JY]

Brennaman, Marty, H8060 [27SE]

Brewer, Bill, H1398 [7FE]

Collins, Mariah, E1233• [1OC]

Cummins, Annie, E880• [9JY]

DeRose, Nick, H1398 [7FE]

Dierker, Ryan, H4074 [22MY]

McJessy, Hannah, E1233• [1OC]

Morrison, Robert, E755• [12JN]