FINSTAD, BRAD (a Representative from Minnesota)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 6060), H8801 [6DE]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 18), H8757 [5DE]

——— 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), H8710 [1DE]

Agriculture: reduce certain farm input costs and reverse environmental regulatory barriers to domestic agricultural production (see H.R. 8069), H7736 [2SE]

Armed Forces: prohibit any requirement that members be vaccinated against coronavirus (see H.R. 3860), H8396 [14OC]

ATF: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Definition of ‘Frame or Receiver’ and Identification of Firearms’’ (see H.J. Res. 86), H8434 [7NO]

Budget: limit use of Federal funds for Presidential travel if President’s annual budget submission to Congress is late (see H.R. 9191), H8402 [18OC]

Business and industry: require online marketplaces to disclose certain verified information regarding high-volume third party sellers of consumer products to inform consumers (see H.R. 5502), H8410 [21OC]

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act: impose anti-fraud requirements relative to certain unemployment benefits (see H.R. 4190), H8420 [28OC]

Crime: make deliberate, targeted attack on law enforcement officer a Federal crime (see H.R. 3079), H8542 [16NO]

——— provide adequate penalties and remedies for attacks on facilities providing counseling about abortion alternatives and attacks on places of religious worship (see H.R. 8584), H9689 [12DE]

——— reinstate criminal penalties for persons charging veterans unauthorized fees relative to claims for Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 8736), H8414 [25OC]

DEA: make permanent scheduling of fentanyl-related substances (see H.R. 6184), H8403 [18OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: amend certain regulations to clarify that livestock auction owners may have interest in small meat packing businesses (see H.R. 7438), H8430 [3NO]

Dept. of Defense: restrict from paying or reimbursing expenses relating to abortion services (see H.R. 9389), H9904 [15DE]

Dept. of Education: provide for Parents’ Bill of Rights (see H.R. 6056), H8674 [30NO]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit payments of compromise settlements arising out of certain violations of immigration laws (see H.R. 5854), H8543 [16NO]

——— reauthorize Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant program (see H.R. 6132), H8495 [14NO]

——— submit annual report to Congress on gang activity, reporting, investigation, and prosecution (see H.R. 9195), H8710 [1DE]

Dept. of Labor: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights’’ (see H.J. Res. 103), H9902 [15DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: allow States and local governments to use coronavirus relief funds for infrastructure projects, improve Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund, and provide Tribal governments more time to use funds (see H.R. 5735), H8396 [14OC]

Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior: prevent from prohibiting use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal land or water (see H.R. 9088), H8710 [1DE]

Education: protect First Amendment rights of parents at school board meetings (see H. Res. 738), H8674 [30NO]

Employment: permit States to use workforce development funding to raise public awareness for skilled trade programs (see H.R. 8195), H8543 [16NO]

EPA: expand ethanol waiver for Reid vapor pressure limitations of motor vehicle fuels (see H.R. 9455), H8823 [7DE]

Farm Credit Administration: affirm as sole and independent regulator of Farm Credit System (see H.R. 7768), H7736 [2SE]

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), H8442 [10NO]

FDA: improve regulation of abortion drugs by prohibiting approval of new drugs, preventing labeling changes of existing drugs, and limiting dispensing of drugs remotely, by mail, or telemedicine (see H.R. 554), H8710 [1DE]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit from entering into contracts with entity that discriminates against firearm or ammunition industries (see H.R. 6970), H8410 [21OC]

——— provide congressional oversight of agency rulemaking (see H.R. 8563), H8674 [30NO]

——— 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), H8429 [3NO]

——— require evaluation for duplicative, wasteful, or outdated functions, and recommend elimination or realignment of such functions (see H.R. 9253), H8418 [28OC]

Federal aid programs: simplify grant process for nonurbanized areas (see H.R. 9148), H8397 [14OC]

Financial institutions: modify frequency of credit union boards of directors meetings (see H.R. 6889), H8223 [28SE]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 38), H8414 [25OC]

——— remove certain weapons from definition of firearms for purposes of National Firearms Act (see H.R. 6817), H8495 [14NO]

Fraternal organizations: recognize benefits provided by tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies to their members and communities (see H. Con. Res. 65), H8397 [14OC]

Health Resources and Services Administration: reauthorize Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program (see H.R. 8876), H8373 [30SE]

IRS: rescind certain funds appropriated under Inflation Reduction Act (see H.R. 9092), H8403 [18OC]

——— rescind funds appropriated under Inflation Reduction Act and report on improving efficiency of procedures and processes of services (see H.R. 8769), H7735 [2SE]

Law enforcement: recognize dedication and devotion of law enforcement personnel and condemn calls to defund, disband, dismantle, or abolish police (see H. Res. 352), H8543 [16NO]

Medicare: provide coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests (see H.R. 1946), H8414 [25OC]

——— strengthen ambulance services furnished under part B (see H.R. 2454), H8710 [1DE]

Motor vehicles: prevent theft of catalytic converters and other precious metal car parts (see H.R. 6394), H8543 [16NO]

National 4–H Week: designate (see H. Res. 1411), H8414 [25OC]

Officer Leo Pavlak Post Office Building, South St. Paul, MN: designate (see H.R. 8226), H8319 [29SE]

Pesticides: prohibit new labeling changes on use of registered pesticides (see H.R. 9035), H8674 [30NO]

Power resources: strengthen U.S. energy security and encourage domestic production of crude oil, petroleum products, and natural gas (see H.R. 6858), H7742 [9SE]

Radio: oppose new fees, taxes, royalties, or charges on local, over the air, radio stations (see H. Con. Res. 33), H7728 [26AU]

SEC: prohibit from requiring issuers to disclose information relative to greenhouse gas emissions (see H.R. 9063), H8315 [29SE]

Social Security: eliminate waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer (see H.R. 3183), H8410 [21OC]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 82), H8386 [7OC]

Socialism: denounce (see H. Res. 548), H8543 [16NO]

Supreme Court: constitutional amendment to require Supreme Court be composed of nine justices (see H.J. Res. 11), H9904 [15DE]

Taxation: exclude from gross income basic needs allowance of Armed Forces members (see H.R. 9275), H9984 [21DE]

——— make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for work opportunity credit (see H.R. 2974), H8710 [1DE]

——— make permanent certain Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions affecting individuals, families, and small businesses (see H.R. 6658), H8543 [16NO] (see H.R. 8913), H8410 [21OC]

——— modify rehabilitation credit for certain small projects, eliminate requirement that taxpayer’s basis in a building be reduced by amount of rehabilitation credit determined relative to such building (see H.R. 2294), H8542 [16NO]

——— permanently extend new markets tax credit (see H.R. 1321), H8710 [1DE]

——— reform low-income housing credit (see H.R. 2573), H10531 [23DE]

——— treat certain liquidations of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified liquidations of last in, first out (LIFO) inventory (see H.R. 7382), H8731 [2DE]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 1282), H8396 [14OC]

——— make homebuyers aware of all loan options by providing veterans with written comparison of Dept. of Veterans Affairs, FHA, and conventional loan options (see H.R. 8616), H9904 [15DE]

Voting: prohibit disbursement of Federal funds to State and local governments that allow individuals who are not U.S. citizens to vote in any Federal, State, or local election (see H.R. 6299), H8420 [28OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Labor: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights’’ (see H.J. Res. 104), H9910 [20DE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Labor: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights’’ (H.J. Res. 104), H9910 [20DE]

Letters

Election of Brad Finstad to House of Representatives: Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House of Representatives, H7559 [12AU]

——— Steve Simon, Minnesota Office of Sec. of State, H7559 [12AU]

Oaths of office

House of Representatives, H7559, H7705 [12AU]

Remarks

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H7560 [12AU]

Votes: position on missed, E1195• [1DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H7560 [12AU]