ALLEN, RICK W. (a Representative from Georgia)

Amendments

Dept. of Education: authorize grants to support new and expand existing voluntary community-driven strategies to increase diversity in schools (H.R. 2639), H4408 [15SE]

Depts. of Agriculture, Interior, Veterans Affairs, and State, foreign operations, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 7608), H3798, H3823 [23JY]

Depts. of Defense, Commerce, Justice, Labor, HHS, Education, Transportation, and HUD, science, energy/water development, and financial services/general government: making appropriations (H.R. 7617), H4169 [30JY]

Employment: clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment age discrimination and retaliation claims (H.R. 1230), H267 [15JA]

——— strengthen workers’ right to organize and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions and deter employers from violating workers’ rights to form unions (H.R. 2474), H903 [6FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: criminalize any abortion or sterilization procedure performed without informed consent of person on whom such procedure is performed (see H.R. 8498), H5680 [9OC]

——— prohibit expenditure for an abortion of Federal funds authorized or appropriated for preventing, preparing for, or responding to coronavirus pandemic (see H.R. 6742), H1983 [8MY]

African Americans: mint coins in commemoration of Negro Leagues baseball establishment anniversary (see H.R. 4104), H4326 [4SE]

Armed Forces: encourage States to permit members who are outside of the State under orders to renew concealed firearm permits through the mail (see H.R. 7715), H3860 [24JY]

Career and Technical Education Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 864), H1226 [26FE]

CCC: index borrowing authority limit for inflation (see H.R. 7679), H3983 [29JY]

——— raise borrowing limit (see H.R. 6728), H1978 [5MY]

Children and youth: prohibit gender reassignment medical interventions on minors (see H.R. 8012), H4230 [11AU]

China: impose sanctions relative to obstruction or failure to cooperate in investigations relative to coronavirus outbreak (see H.R. 6863), H2003 [14MY]

Colleges and universities: anniversary of 1890 Land-Grant Educational Institutions (see H. Con. Res. 114), H4311 [28AU]

Committee on the Events and Activities Surrounding China’s Handling of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (Joint, Select): establish (see H. Con. Res. 97), H1980 [5MY]

Crime: establish penalty for destruction of memorial of a constitutional leader (see H.R. 7381), H2983 [30JN]

——— hold individuals convicted of Federal offenses during protests financially liable for cost of Federal policing (see H.R. 8117), H4717 [22SE]

——— increase certain penalties for assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees (see H.R. 8030), H4339 [11SE]

——— increase maximum term of imprisonment for rioting (see H.R. 8031), H4339 [11SE]

Day of Tears: observe and encourage citizens to lower flags to half-staff to honor unborn children who lost their lives to abortion (see H. Res. 50), H331 [17JA]

DEA: include fentanyl-related substances under schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, designating they have high potential for abuse and have no medical use (see H.R. 5421), H538 [24JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish Office of Intelligence (see H.R. 8238), H5707 [23OC]

——— making supplemental appropriations for coronavirus pandemic response (see H.R. 6611), H1956 [23AP]

——— provide for adjustment or modification of loans for critical rural utility service providers (see H.R. 7483), H3613 [21JY]

Dept. of Education: provide that for determining compliance with Title IX in athletics, sex shall be determined on the basis of sex as determined at birth by a physician (see H.R. 5702), H1158 [13FE]

Dept. of HHS: provide emergency financial assistance to rural health care facilities and providers impacted by coronavirus emergency (see H.R. 6365), H1883 [10AP]

——— remove religious affiliation disclosure and client referral requirements for faith-based organizations receiving Federal funds (see H.R. 6099), H1535 [5MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Chief Information Security Officer Advisory Committee within Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (see H.R. 1975), H3612 [21JY]

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), H1987 [8MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: modify restrictions on use of Coronavirus Relief Fund amounts (see H.R. 8360), H4883 [23SE]

——— permit use of Coronavirus Relief Fund amounts for rural broadband expansion and improvement (see H.R. 8368), H5933 [18NO]

Diseases and disorders: require States and local governments to enforce stay-at-home orders equally (see H.R. 7875), H4188 [30JY]

Election Assistance Commission: assist States administer elections during coronavirus pandemic, set guidelines for nonvoting election technology use, and prohibit payments to States which do not prohibit ballot harvesting (see H.R. 7905), H4339 [11SE]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 5656), H330 [17JA]

Federal agencies and departments: modify certain requirements for Federal agencies in the disposition of surplus real property (see H.R. 6128), H1553 [9MR]

——— require purchase of certain medical supplies and personal protective equipment be from the U.S. (see H.R. 7841), H4239 [14AU]

Federal aid programs: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance (see H.R. 5576), H1471 [3MR]

——— prevent State or local entities that do not protect veterans memorials or enact policies that undermine anti-riot laws from receiving Federal historic preservation or transit capital investment grants (see H.R. 7646), H3881 [27JY]

Federal-State relations: prohibit certain Federal funding to governmental entities that permit autonomous zones within their borders (see H.R. 7285), H3092 [16JY]

Firearms: more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 5935), H1226 [26FE]

Food industry: provide liability protection for meat processing facilities during coronavirus outbreak (see H.R. 6883), H2259 [15MY]

Foreign aid: prohibit assistance to nonprofits, foreign nongovernmental organizations, and quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organizations that promote or perform abortions (see H.R. 5831), H1016 [10FE]

GAO: conduct an audit relative to impeachment inquiry and trial of President Trump (see H.R. 5769), H934 [6FE]

——— conduct study on certain Federal funding made available to entities located in China or majority owned or controlled by Chinese Communist Party (see H.R. 8058), H5679 [9OC]

Government regulations: include regulatory guidance and exclude deregulatory rules from congressional review requirements (see H.R. 8788), H5988 [19NO]

Insurance: require a group health plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol (see H.R. 2279), H1252 [27FE]

——— require group and individual health insurance coverage for treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect (see H.R. 1379), H1588 [10MR]

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), H1165 [18FE]

IRS: recognize vital contributions of Free File Program to the public and fully support continued success (see H. Res. 810), H848 [5FE]

Israel: authorize funding for bilateral cooperative program with Israel for development of health technologies with a focus on combating coronavirus (see H.R. 6829), H3612 [21JY]

Law enforcement: improve and reform policing practices, accountability, and transparency (see H.R. 7278), H2415 [22JN]

——— improve and reform policing practices, accountability, and transparency, and authorize certain Dept. of Homeland Security authorities (see H.R. 13), H5731 [12NO]

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender: prohibit taxpayer-funded gender reassignment medical interventions (see H.R. 8013), H4230 [11AU]

Mattis, James N.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4867), H1538 [5MR]

Medicaid: allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (see H.R. 8353), H4883 [23SE]

Medicare: improve access to, and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under part B by establishing a minimum payment amount under such part for bone mass measurement (see H.R. 2693), H1974 [1MY]

——— 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), H1672 [12MR]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1948), H1191 [25FE]

Middle East: support announcements of establishment of full diplomatic relations between Israel and United Arab Emirates and Bahrain (see H. Res. 1110), H5669 [2OC]

National Co-Op Month: designate (see H. Res. 1174), H5669 [2OC]

NIH: prohibit sale or transactions relative to human fetal tissue (see H.R. 4800), H1017 [10FE]

Nonprofit organizations: provide liability protection during coronavirus outbreak (see H.R. 6976), H2276 [22MY]

Nuclear energy: streamline nuclear technology regulatory permitting and licensing (see H.R. 7406), H6143 [3DE]

Pelosi, Speaker: disapprove behavior during State of the Union address (see H. Res. 832), H937 [6FE]

Pipelines: provide enhanced safety and environmental protection in pipeline transportation (see H.R. 5175), H1226 [26FE]

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 972), H2270 [19MY]

Power resources: prevent energy poverty in at-risk communities and ensure access to affordable energy in such communities (see H.R. 8487), H5638 [1OC]

Public welfare programs: amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 1753), H330 [17JA]

SBA: increase eligibility of nonprofit organizations for loans under Paycheck Protection Program (see H.R. 7211), H2396 [15JN]

——— prohibit abortion providers from receiving a covered loan under Paycheck Protection Program (see H.R. 7792), H3880 [27JY]

——— provide for automatic forgiveness of certain Paycheck Protection Program loans (see H.R. 7777), H4306 [25AU]

——— require Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., and any affiliates to return amounts received under Paycheck Protection Program (see H.R. 7802), H3983 [29JY]

Schools: prohibit Federal funding to teach the 1619 Project initiative (see H.R. 8282), H4540 [17SE]

——— provide liability protection for elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education during coronavirus public health emergency (see H.R. 7710), H3983 [29JY]

Senator Jack Hill Post Office Building, Reidsville, GA: designate (see H.R. 7088), H2366 [4JN]

Social Security: exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 5577), H301 [15JA]

Strategic materials: establish strategic uranium reserve (see H.R. 7814), H4220 [4AU]

Supreme Court: constitutional amendment to delay effective date of any legislation to increase number of justices (see H.J. Res. 96), H5052 [29SE]

Taxation: provide a child tax credit for pregnant moms for unborn children if such children are born and issued Social Security numbers before the due date for return of tax for the taxable year (see H.R. 8621), H5693 [16OC]

——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property (see H.R. 1869), H1225 [26FE]

Transportation Security Administration: conduct pilot program to screen all passengers for their temperatures before such passengers proceed through security (see H.R. 7651), H4228 [7AU]

Urban areas: restore justice, order, and domestic tranquility to protect Federal property, Federal law enforcement and other personnel, and constitutional rights of U.S. citizens in certain cities (see H. Res. 1083), H4339 [11SE]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) known as ‘‘Merrill’s Marauders’’ for bravery and service in the jungles of Burma (see H.R. 906), H713 [29JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Augusta Canal National Heritage Area: extend authorization (see H.R. 7442), H3056 [1JY]

Schools: require elementary and secondary schools to provide an option for safe, in-person attendance during school year (see H.R. 7736), H3836 [23JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Augusta Canal National Heritage Area: extend authorization (H.R. 7442), H3058 [1JY]

Schools: require elementary and secondary schools to provide an option for safe, in-person attendance during school year (H.R. 7736), H3838 [23JY]

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), H286 [15JA]

Budget: deficit, H3834 [23JY]

——— reform budgeting and appropriations process, H1041 [11FE]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 7575), H3959 [29JY]

——— New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam preservation, H3959 [29JY]

Day of Tears: observe and encourage citizens to lower flags to half-staff to honor unborn children who lost their lives to abortion (H. Res. 50), H286 [15JA]

Dept. of Education: authorize grants to support new and expand existing voluntary community-driven strategies to increase diversity in schools (H.R. 2639), H4404, H4408, H4409 [15SE]

——— disapprove rule on borrower defense institutional accountability (H.J. Res. 76), veto, H2551 [26JN]

——— expand Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants to school districts to reduce or eliminate racial or socialeconomic isolation, H4404 [15SE]

——— provide school districts flexibility with funds under Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants to carry out integration activities, H4408, H4409 [15SE]

Dept. of Energy: establish an energy storage and microgrid grant and technical assistance program (H.R. 4447), H4869 [23SE]

Dept. of HHS: making supplemental appropriations to create a Child Care Stabilization Fund within the Child Care and Development Block Grant program (H.R. 7027), H3904 [29JY]

Dept. of Labor: expand national apprenticeship system and promote labor standards to safeguard welfare of apprentices (H.R. 8294), H5970 [19NO]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H3823, H3824 [23JY]

Depts. of Agriculture, Interior, Veterans Affairs, and State, foreign operations, and military construction: across-the-board funding reduction, H3798, H3799 [23JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 7608), H3798, H3799, H3823, H3824 [23JY]

Depts. of Defense, Commerce, Justice, Labor, HHS, Education, Transportation, and HUD, science, energy/water development, and financial services/general government: making appropriations (H.R. 7617), H4169, H4170 [30JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H4169, H4170 [30JY]

Diseases and disorders: making emergency supplemental appropriations for coronavirus preparedness and response, H5421 [1OC]

Domestic policy: importance of adhering to constitutional principles and promoting and defending American heritage, culture, and values, H3833 [23JY]

Economy: importance of job creation, H3833 [23JY]

Employment: clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment age discrimination and retaliation claims (H.R. 1230), H267, H268 [15JA]

——— protect State right-to-work laws, H903 [6FE]

——— strengthen workers’ right to organize and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions and deter employers from violating workers’ rights to form unions (H.R. 2474), H881, H903 [6FE]

FDA: enhance health warnings on cigarette packages, raise minimum age to purchase tobacco products, restrict tobacco flavors, and regulate sale and marketing of all tobacco, including e-cigarettes and accessories (H.R. 2339), H1265 [28FE]

GAO: conduct study on age discrimination and retaliation cases, H267, H268 [15JA]

Government regulations: promote efficiency, accountability, and reform, H1041 [11FE]

Immigration: ban Federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions that interfere with enforcement of Federal immigration law (H.R. 516), H1583 [10MR]

——— 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), H1583 [10MR]

March for Life: commend marchers and recognize the right to life, H286 [15JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish Improve Health Insurance Affordability Fund to provide for certain reinsurance payments to lower premiums in the individual health insurance market (H.R. 1425), H2638 [29JN]

Public demonstrations: condemn mob violence, H3833 [23JY]

Soleimani, Qasem: U.S. airstrike leading to death of Iranian general in Iraq, H76 [9JA]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H286 [15JA]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: extend authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects (H.R. 925), Senate amendments, H5421 [1OC]

Votes: position on missed, H202• [13JA], H6040• [2DE], H6136• [3DE], H6841• [4DE], H6884• [7DE], H7093• [9DE], H7128• [10DE]

Tributes

Dixon, Ronnie, E357• [10AP]

Dye, Pat, H2978 [30JN]

Hill, Jack, E357• [10AP]

Lewis, John, H3680 [22JY]

Stallings, Roosevelt J., E39• [15JA]