ARMSTRONG, KELLY (a Representative from North Dakota)

Amendments

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), H997 [2MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4350), H5035 [22SE]

Appointments

Committee on Climate Crisis (House, Select), H1178 [9MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit expenditure of Federal funds authorized or appropriated for preventing, preparing for, or responding to coronavirus pandemic for abortion (see H.R. 28), H254 [28JA]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 18), H466 [5FE]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 1011), H500 [11FE]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 1080), H513 [15FE]

——— require health care practitioners to exercise proper degree of care in cases of children who survive an abortion or attempted abortion (see H.R. 619), H248 [28JA]

Afghanistan: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to service members killed during evacuation of U.S. citizens and Afghan allies at Hamid Karzai International Airport (see H.R. 5142), H4508 [3SE]

Arlington National Cemetery: anniversary of dedication of Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (see H. Res. 731), H5790 [21OC]

Armed Forces: authorize location of memorial on National Mall to commemorate and honor members that served on active duty in support of Global War on Terrorism (see H.R. 1115), H4296 [29JY]

——— remove prohibition on eligibility for TRICARE Reserve Select of members of Reserve components who are eligible to enroll in certain health benefits plans (see H.R. 1695), H1328 [10MR]

Biden, President: condemn failure to heed advice of military and intelligence advisors about speed and nature of Taliban offensive, leading to disorganized, chaotic, and abrupt evacuation of U.S. personnel and Afghan allies (see H. Res. 607), H4488 [24AU]

Bureau of Prisons: expand eligibility and provide for judicial review under Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program and provide compassionate release based on coronavirus vulnerability (see H.R. 3669), H2684 [1JN]

——— regulate monitoring of electronic communications between prisoners and attorneys or other legal representative (see H.R. 546), H243 [28JA]

Business and industry: promote merger enforcement and protect competition through adjusting premerger filing fees and increasing antitrust enforcement resources (see H.R. 3843), H3009 [22JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: replace bust of Roger B. Taney in Old Supreme Court Chamber with bust of Clarence Thomas (see H.R. 4216), H3306 [29JN]

Capitol Police: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 1085), H530 [18FE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID–19 Health Care Staff Vaccination’’ (see H.J. Res. 67), H7636 [9DE]

China: support human rights of Uyghurs and members of other minority groups residing in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and safeguard their distinct identity (see H.R. 4785), H5792 [21OC]

Courts: authorize notaries public to perform, and establish minimum standards for, certain electronic and remote notarizations and require Federal and State courts to recognize such notarizations performed by notary public (see H.R. 3962), H2925 [17JN]

——— exempt juveniles from certain requirements for lawsuits by prisoners to provide means to seek remedies for harm caused by mistreatment, abuse, or violence (see H.R. 961), H497 [11FE]

——— prevent transfer of actions arising under antitrust laws in which State is complainant (see H.R. 3460), H3008 [22JN]

——— prohibit courts from considering acquitted conduct at sentencing (see H.R. 1621), H1118 [8MR]

Crime: eliminate disparity in sentencing for crack and powder cocaine offenses (see H.R. 1693), H1187 [9MR]

——— ensure due process of law in civil forfeiture proceedings (see H.R. 2857), H2114 [26AP]

DEA: eliminate separate registration requirement for dispensing narcotic drugs categorized in schedules with lower potential for abuse that are intended for maintenance or detoxification treatment (see H.R. 1384), H5092 [22SE]

——— include fentanyl-related substances under schedule I of Controlled Substances Act, designating they have high potential for abuse and no medical use (see H.R. 1910), H4091 [27JY]

——— make permanent scheduling of fentanyl-related substances (see H.R. 6184), H7555 [8DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow emergency haying under Conservation Reserve Program during primary nesting season (see H.R. 4710), H4089 [27JY]

——— allow interstate sale of State-inspected meat and poultry online (see H.R. 547), H471 [5FE]

——— establish cattle contract library (see H.R. 5609), H5672 [19OC]

——— establish Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership program to better support forest and grassland restoration projects (see H.R. 3211), H2313 [13MY]

——— provide for adjustment or modification of loans for critical rural utility service providers (see H.R. 2244), H3581 [30JN]

——— support research and State and Tribal management efforts on chronic wasting disease (see H.R. 5608), H6180 [3NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorize members of Armed Forces Reserve components to participate in Skillbridge program (see H.R. 4700), H4088 [27JY]

Dept. of Education: expand Federal Pell Grant Program eligibility to short-term job training programs (see H.R. 2037), H4296 [29JY]

Dept. of Energy: maintain National Coal Council to provide advice and recommendations on matters related to coal and coal industry (see H.R. 6187), H7555 [8DE]

——— support access to all domestic energy sources in effort to achieve full energy security (see H. Res. 163), H730 [25FE]

Dept. of HHS: authorize advance appropriations for Indian Health Service by providing 2-fiscal-year budget authority (see H.R. 5549), H5727 [20OC]

——— extend deadline for eligible health care providers to use certain funds received from coronavirus Provider Relief Fund (see H.R. 4735), H4865 [21SE]

——— modify certain State uses of Child Care and Development Block Grant program funds (see H.R. 1963), H1498 [17MR]

——— prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 243), H254 [28JA]

——— provide for participation of physical therapists in National Health Service Corps loan repayment program (see H.R. 3759), H2698 [8JN]

——— reauthorize and expand State Opioid Response Grants program (see H.R. 2379), H3756 [20JY]

——— report to Congress on State child care regulations (see H.R. 1973), H1498 [17MR]

——— support research on, and expanded access to, investigational drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 3537), H3136 [24JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish grant program to reduce number of individuals incarcerated in local jails and number of days such individuals are incarcerated and support community-led local justice reinvestment (see H.R. 5034), H4330 [13AU]

——— make grants to States that have in place law providing for rights of sexual assault survivors (see H.R. 4978), H4319 [6AU]

——— prohibit payments of compromise settlements arising out of certain violations of immigration laws (see H.R. 5854), H6206 [4NO]

Dept. of Labor: require States to impose certain requirements on individuals seeking pandemic unemployment assistance (see H.R. 3148), H3909 [26JY]

——— shorten extension and amount of Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (see H.R. 3104), H2194 [11MY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish program to permanently plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned wells and surrounding lands and provide funding to States and Tribal Governments for such remediation (see H.R. 3585), H2673 [28MY]

——— improve permitting process for critical mineral projects (see H.R. 2604), H2000 [20AP]

——— make free National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Passes available to Armed Forces members (see H.R. 4300), H3598 [1JY]

Dept. of Transportation: amend laws relative to future interstate designations (see H.R. 1608), H1117 [8MR]

——— issue regulations allowing qualified drivers under age 21 who complete vehicle operation and mentor-apprentice training program to move freight across State lines (see H.R. 1745), H4489 [24AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out pilot program on dog training therapy and provide service dogs to veterans with mental illnesses who do not have mobility impairments (see H.R. 1448), H880 [1MR]

——— ensure grants for State veterans cemeteries do not restrict interment of certain deceased Reserve components members in such cemeteries (see H.R. 3944), H5727 [20OC]

Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior: develop long-distance bike trails on Federal land (see H.R. 6337), H7837 [20DE]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 310), H5726 [20OC]

Drugs: lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition (see H.R. 19), H2115 [26AP]

Education: encourage schools to safely reopen for in-person instruction as soon as possible (see H. Con. Res. 20), H858 [26FE]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 1980), H1498 [17MR]

EPA: exclude vehicles used solely for competition from certain Clean Air Act provisions (see H.R. 3281), H4865 [21SE]

FBI: enforce National Instant Criminal Background Check System deadline for final disposition of appeals to correct records when right to own firearm is unjustly denied and report on such appeals (see H.R. 3820), H2894 [16JN]

——— establish Higher Education Initiative in Office of Private Sector (see H.R. 3012), H2358 [14MY]

Federal agencies and departments: clarify nature of judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions (see H.R. 3494), H2663 [25MY]

——— provide that major rules of executive branch shall have no force or effect unless joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 1776), H1325 [10MR]

Federal employees: provide that certain Executive orders relative to vaccine mandates for Federal employees and contractors shall have no force or effect (see H.R. 5908), H6235 [5NO]

FEMA: authorize certain appropriations for Operation Stonegarden border patrol grant program (see H.R. 812), H1738 [13AP]

Financial institutions: create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to legitimate marijuana-related businesses (see H.R. 1996), H1614 [19MR]

——— prohibit certain financial service providers who deny fair access to financial services from using taxpayer funded discount window lending programs (see H.R. 1729), H1323 [10MR]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 38), H44 [4JA]

Foreign aid: prohibit assistance to nonprofits, foreign nongovernmental organizations, and quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organizations that promote or perform abortions (see H.R. 534), H242 [28JA]

Forests: establish forest management, reforestation, and utilization practices which lead to sequestration of greenhouse gases (see H.R. 2639), H1953 [19AP]

Georgia (country): support territorial integrity, sanction Russian occupation of Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions, increase cybersecurity cooperation, and assist ability to combat Russian disinformation and propaganda (see H.R. 923), H4321 [6AU]

Health: ensure coverage for preexisting conditions and guarantee coverage in individual and group markets contingent on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act repeal (see H.R. 892), H618 [24FE]

Information technology: establish broadband expansion grant program and streamline permitting process for fixed and mobile broadband services (see H.R. 3435), H3909 [26JY]

——— streamline broadband permitting process for broadband services (see H.R. 3370), H2647 [20MY]

Insurance: provide for coverage of medically necessary food and vitamins and individual amino acids for digestive and inherited metabolic disorders under Federal health programs and private health insurance (see H.R. 3783), H6035 [28OC]

Iran: impose additional sanctions and modify existing sanctions (see H.R. 2718), H2053 [21AP]

——— recognize right of Iranian people to establish democratic, secular, and non-nuclear republic and condemn state-sponsored terrorism and human rights violations (see H. Res. 118), H861 [26FE]

IRS: prohibit implementation of new requirements to report bank account deposits and withdrawals (see H.R. 5586), H5727 [20OC]

Israel: condem acts of terrorism committed by Hamas (terrorist organization) and express that the U.S. must continue to invest in and support Israel’s security and sovereignty (see H. Res. 396), H2315 [13MY]

——— strengthen and expand normalization agreements with Arab countries (see H.R. 2748), H3670 [19JY]

Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day: designate (see H. Res. 525), H3617 [9JY]

Law enforcement: improve and reform policing practices, accountability, and transparency (see H.R. 677), H1017 [2MR]

——— provide first-time, low-level, nonviolent simple drug possession offenders under age 25 opportunity to expunge conviction after successful completion of court-imposed probation (see H.R. 1924), H2818 [15JN]

Medicare: add physical therapists to list of health care providers allowed to utilize locum tenens (substitute) arrangements (see H.R. 1611), H5640 [15OC]

——— improve Medicare Advantage prior authorization process through common-sense transparency, electronic adoption, and analysis of items and services subject to prior authorization (see H.R. 3173), H2311 [13MY]

——— provide coverage for all physicians’ services furnished by chiropractors within scope of their license (see H.R. 2654), H2358 [14MY]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3630), H2675 [28MY]

——— provide coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests (see H.R. 1946), H4091 [27JY]

——— revise certain payment rules for outpatient physical therapy and outpatient occupational therapy furnished in rural areas and medically underserved areas (see H.R. 5536), H6911 [2DE]

Memorial Day: observance (see H. Res. 450), H2677 [28MY]

Mining and mineral resources: prohibit moratorium on hydraulic fracturing (see H.R. 751), H322 [3FE]

National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls: designate (see H. Res. 369), H2141 [4MY]

National FFA Week: designate (see H. Res. 150), H587 [23FE]

National Guard: make emergency appropriations (see H.R. 4498), H3910 [26JY]

National Police Week: observance (see H. Res. 386), H2270 [12MY]

National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see H. Res. 173), H858 [26FE]

NIH: establish program to support or conduct research on valvular heart disease (see H.R. 1193), H2272 [12MY]

OMB: appropriately limit size of population required for metropolitan statistical area designation (see H.R. 3999), H3619 [9JY]

——— reclassify public safety telecommunicators (9-1-1 operators and dispatchers) as protective service occupations within Standard Occupational Classification system (see H.R. 2351), H4865 [21SE]

O’Ree, Willie: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2249), H5135 [23SE]

OSHA: disapprove rule relative to mandatory vaccine mandates for certain businesses (see H.J. Res. 65), H6369 [17NO] (see H. Res. 779), H6235 [5NO]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services and increase funding for other women’s health care service providers (see H.R. 541), H242 [28JA]

Postal Service: provide stability and enhance services (see H.R. 3076), H4865 [21SE]

——— repeal requirement to prepay future retirement benefits (see H.R. 695), H505 [11FE]

Power resources: develop and issue plan to increase oil and gas production on Federal land in conjunction with drawdown of petroleum reserves from Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see H.R. 6235), H7636 [9DE]

Restaurant Revitalization Fund: provide additional appropriations and oversight (see H.R. 4568), H4322 [6AU]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 310), H5726 [20OC]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 310), H5726 [20OC]

Supreme Court: constitutional amendment to require Supreme Court be composed of nine justices (see H.J. Res. 11), H50 [4JA]

Taxation: allow refundable income tax credit for purchase of qualified access technology for the blind (see H.R. 431), H3611 [6JY]

——— enhance carbon oxide sequestration credit (see H.R. 3538), H2665 [25MY]

——— exclude from gross income interest received on certain loans secured by agricultural real property (see H.R. 1977), H2930 [17JN]

——— extend and allow elective payment of tax credit for carbon oxide sequestration (see H.R. 1062), H540 [18FE]

——— modify qualifying advanced coal project credit (see H.R. 1760), H1324 [10MR]

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see H. Con. Res. 34), H2682 [28MY]

——— oppose natural gas taxes or methane emission fees on businesses, families, and workers (see H. Res. 754), H6033 [28OC]

——— reduce tax credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles by State subsidies for these vehicles (see H.R. 3303), H3909 [26JY]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1712), H1188 [9MR]

——— terminate credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles (see H.R. 3796), H3084 [23JN]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see H.R. 3982), H4296 [29JY]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: ensure Paris Agreement shall have no effect in U.S. until renegotiated to ensure largest greenhouse gases emitters reduce emissions and it receives Senate advice and consent (see H. Res. 59), H264 [1FE]

——— prohibit funding for U.S. to become a party to Paris Agreement (see H.R. 420), H234 (see H.R. 466), H231 [25JA]

——— seek renegotiation of Paris Agreement or negotiation of new agreement, including requirement for Senate to provide advice and consent to ratification (see H.R. 2578), H1841 [15AP]

Veterans: recognize patriotism and contributions of veterans service organizations (see H. Res. 268), H2198 [11MY]

Voting: promote integrity in voter registration, casting of ballots, and tabulation of ballots in Federal elections (see H.R. 322), H198 [15JA]

Water: express that Corps of Engineers and EPA rule entitled ‘‘Navigable Waters Protection Rule—Definition of ‘Waters of the U.S.’,’’ should not be withdrawn or vacated (see H. Res. 318), H1790 [14AP]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 310), H5726 [20OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bureau of Reclamation: make certain irrigation districts eligible for Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping power (see H.R. 3081), H2193 [11MY]

Dept. of Commerce: establish Rural Export Center (see H.R. 5359), H5174 [24SE]

Dept. of Transportation: develop education campaign to inform public about certain health and safety risks relating to motor vehicles (see H.R. 3177), H2312 [13MY]

Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior: ensure adequate staffing to review communications use authorizations in timely manner (see H.R. 1038), H511 [15FE]

FTC: specify certain effects of guidelines, general statements of policy, and similar guidance (see H.R. 2671), H1996 [20AP]

North Dakota: authorize relinquishment and in lieu selection of land and minerals, restore land and minerals to Indian Tribes, and conserve Little Missouri National Grasslands (see H.R. 5855), H6206 [4NO]

TransCanada Pipelines Ltd.: authorize Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 684), H275 [2FE]

Constitutional authority statements

Bureau of Reclamation: make certain irrigation districts eligible for Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping power (H.R. 3081), H2195 [11MY]

Dept. of Commerce: establish Rural Export Center (H.R. 5359), H5174 [24SE]

Dept. of Transportation: develop education campaign to inform public about certain health and safety risks relating to motor vehicles (H.R. 3177), H2315 [13MY]

Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior: ensure adequate staffing to review communications use authorizations in timely manner (H.R. 1038), H514 [15FE]

FTC: specify certain effects of guidelines, general statements of policy, and similar guidance (H.R. 2671), H1998 [20AP]

North Dakota: authorize relinquishment and in lieu selection of land and minerals, restore land and minerals to Indian Tribes, and conserve Little Missouri National Grasslands (H.R. 5855), H6207 [4NO]

TransCanada Pipelines Ltd.: authorize Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 684), H279 [2FE]

Remarks

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), H998 [2MR]

Dickinson, ND: tribute to Dickinson High School softball team, H2915 [17JN]

EPA: designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under CERCLA (H.R. 2467), H3777 [21JY]

——— disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Oil and Natural Gas Sector—Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources Review’’ relative to methane emissions (S.J. Res. 14), H3145 [25JN]

Gosar, Representative: censure (H. Res. 789), H6343, H6344 [17NO]

States: exempt certain States from voter registration regulations, H998 [2MR]

Trump, President: impeachment (H. Res. 24), H183 [13JA]

Votes: position on missed, H3791• [21JY]