SESSIONS, PETE (a Representative from Texas)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit discrimination against unborn on the basis of sex (see H.R. 6465), H289 [20JA]

Animals: mint coins in commemoration of invaluable service that working dogs provide to society (see H.R. 5232), H3866 [24MR]

Armed Forces: establish new election period and improve provision of financial literacy training and information relative to Blended Retirement System (see H.R. 5888), H8648 [29NO]

——— prohibit any requirement that members be vaccinated against coronavirus (see H.R. 3860), H79 [12JA]

Bob Krueger Post Office, New Braunfels, TX: designate (see H.R. 8203), H5877 [23JN]

Boy Scouts of America Day: designate (see H. Res. 914), H1177 [28FE]

Business and industry: reform regulation of industrial loan companies and their parent companies (see H.R. 5912), H3714 [11MR]

CDC: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Requirement for Persons To Wear Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs’’ (see H.J. Res. 72), H4445 [14AP]

Children and youth: prevent State child protective services from removing child from custody of parent or legal guardian due to reluctance or refusal to consent to child receiving gender-transition intervention (see H.R. 9507), H10531 [23DE]

Colleyville, TX: commend first responders and honor victims of hostage crisis at Congregation Beth Israel synagogue and reaffirm commitment to combat hate, bigotry, anti-Semitism, and violence against Jewish Americans (see H. Res. 881), H289 [20JA]

Crime: make deliberate, targeted attack on law enforcement officer a Federal crime (see H.R. 3079), H9730 [13DE]

——— provide penalties for individuals who knowingly and intentionally assault or intimidate hospital employees (see H.R. 7961), H7967 [19SE]

——— reinstate criminal penalties for persons charging veterans unauthorized fees relative to claims for Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 8736), H7884 [15SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow schools that participate in National School Lunch Program to serve whole milk (see H.R. 1861), H3744 [15MR]

Dept. of Defense: reimburse Texas for costs of Operation Lone Star immigration enforcement (see H.R. 8143), H8801 [6DE]

Dept. of Education: establish Advisory Commission on Serving and Supporting Students With Mental Health Disabilities in Institutions of Higher Education (see H.R. 5654), H4007 [30MR]

——— make grants to support educational programs in American civics and history (see H.R. 1814), H8542 [16NO]

——— provide educational assistance in form of scholarships and student loan forgiveness to dependents of public safety officers (see H.R. 7100), H3775 [16MR]

——— provide that for determining compliance with Title IX in athletics, sex shall be recognized solely on person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth (see H.R. 426), H4723 [6MY]

Dept. of HHS: clarify responsibilities for certain unaccompanied minor children (see H.R. 8356), H8801 [6DE]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 7630), H8011 [20SE]

——— provide authority to suspend right to introduce certain persons or property into U.S. in interest of public health (see H.R. 7359), H4435 [7AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: collect biometric information from non-citizens seeking entry into U.S., those apprehended by Customs and Border Protection, or those applying for immigration benefits (see H.R. 7983), H8801 [6DE]

——— establish and maintain ratio of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement prosecutors to immigration judges (see H.R. 8609), H8801 [6DE]

——— expedite U.S. Customs and Border Protection hiring process for law enforcement positions by expanding authority to waive polygraph examinations for certain applicants (see H.R. 7287), H8801 [6DE]

——— improve collection of intelligence relative to activities by drug trafficking organizations in certain foreign countries (see H.R. 8561), H7404 [28JY]

——— prioritize removal of certain aliens (see H.R. 8709), H9904 [15DE]

——— prohibit certain actions that impede border security on certain Federal lands (see H.R. 5399), H8801 [6DE]

——— reform asylum claim process (see H.R. 8355), H8801 [6DE]

——— report to Congress on total numbers of aliens apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol unlawfully crossing border whose identifying information is in terrorist screening database (see H.R. 8710), H9904 [15DE]

——— request President to provide certain documents relative to U.S. Customs and Border Protection operations at Southern U.S. border and migrants who unlawfully entered U.S. (see H. Res. 644), H9904 [15DE]

——— secure southern border, provide earned path to citizenship, make e-verify mandatory, and establish American Worker Fund using immigrant restitution payments (see H.R. 6637), H1073 [8FE]

——— secure southern border, provide earned path to citizenship, make e-verify mandatory, and establish American Worker Fund using immigrant restitution payments, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 6637), H8674 [30NO]

——— suspend entry of aliens (see H.R. 7772), H9904 [15DE]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit limiting or restricting award of Continuum of Care program funds to providers who require benefit recipients participate in certain wraparound services (see H.R. 6018), H4435 [7AP]

Dept. of Justice: improve compensation under Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (see H.R. 5338), H8223 [28SE]

——— reauthorize Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant program (see H.R. 6132), H1149 [25FE]

Dept. of Labor: provide incentives for States to recover fraudulently paid Federal and State unemployment compensation (see H.R. 8000), H6923 [20JY]

Dept. of State: repeal Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, reform asylum process, and establish penalities for individuals who overstay their visas (see H.R. 6706), H8801 [6DE]

——— revoke U.S. passport from certain individuals with child support arrearages (see H.R. 8193), H7073 [22JY]

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), H8318 [29SE]

——— exclude Russian government officials from certain financial and intergovernmental meetings (see H.R. 6891), H3829 [17MR]

——— limit authority of Office of Foreign Asset Control to authorize U.S. financial institutions to engage in certain Russian-related energy transactions blocked by Executive order 14024 (see H.R. 6894), H1304 [3MR]

——— prohibit from engaging in transactions involving exchange of IMF Special Drawing Rights that are held by Russia or Belarus (see H.R. 6899), H3777 [16MR]

——— provide for oversight of emergency rental assistance amounts by Inspector General (see H.R. 7645), H4713 [3MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Reproductive Health Services’’ (see H.J. Res. 102), H9729 [13DE]

——— improve provision of health care and other benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances (see H.R. 6659), H1208 [1MR]

Depts. of HHS and Homeland Security: make publicly available on their websites certain information relative to individuals processed through U.S. Customs and Border Protection or Dept. of HHS facilities (see H.R. 4096), H9 [10JA]

Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers’’ (see H.J. Res. 82), H10056 [22DE]

Depts. of Homeland Security and State: add questions to visa, permanent residence, status adjustment, or naturalization applications on affiliation with Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, including Basij organizations (see H.R. 8420), H6881 [19JY]

Disabled: prohibit discrimination on basis of mental or physical disability in cases of anatomical gifts and organ transplants (see H.R. 1235), H79 [12JA]

District of Columbia: prohibit from using Federal funds to allow individuals who are not U.S. citizens to vote in any election (see H.R. 9557), H9852 [14DE]

FEC: prohibit certain political committees from compensating immediate family member of candidate for services provided and require such committees to report on payments made to immediate family members (see H.R. 8031), H5485 [13JN]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit from entering into contracts with entity that discriminates against firearm or ammunition industries (see H.R. 6970), H1372 [8MR]

Federal aid programs: simplify grant process for nonurbanized areas (see H.R. 9148), H8385 [7OC]

Federal employees: permit disabled law enforcement, intelligence, and other safety and security officers and employees to receive the same retirement benefits as if they had not been disabled (see H.R. 521), H5941 [7JY]

Federal Interagency Floodplain Management Task Force: use best available data to evaluate and protect communities and Federal infrastructure from potential flooding (see H.R. 481), H4861 [11MY]

FEMA: extend National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 8036), H5486 [13JN]

Financial institutions: modify frequency of credit union boards of directors meetings (see H.R. 6889), H1207 [1MR]

——— prohibit certain financial service providers who deny fair access to financial services from using taxpayer funded discount window lending programs (see H.R. 1729), H4435 [7AP]

Firearms: define ‘‘State of residence’’ and ‘‘resident’’ (see H.R. 7466), H4432 [7AP]

——— remove silencers from definition of firearms relative to taxation, registration, and transfer laws (see H.R. 95), H3971 [29MR]

Foreign aid: prohibit U.S. contributions to U.N. International Organization for Migration (IOM), U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) (see H.R. 6155), H8801 [6DE]

——— reduce foreign assistance to certain Central American countries based on number of unaccompanied alien children placed in Federal custody due to immigration status (see H.R. 193), H9904 [15DE]

Fraternal organizations: recognize benefits provided by tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies to their members and communities (see H. Con. Res. 65), H7721 [23AU]

Harris, Vice President: remove from position as head of Biden administration strategy to address root causes of migration (see H. Res. 1002), H8801 [6DE]

Health: improve health care coverage under vision and dental plans for certain self-funded, non-Federal Government plans (see H.R. 3461), H4799 [10MY]

——— modernize prescription verification process for contact lenses and clarify consumer protections regarding false advertising of contact lenses (see H.R. 3353), H4511 [26AP]

Immigration: clarify congressional intent relative to State and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 9128), H9910 [20DE]

——— clarify expedited removal of inadmissible arriving aliens apply regardless of where alien is encountered or apprehended (see H.R. 9470), H8873 [8DE]

——— close loopholes in immigration laws that serve as incentives to aliens to attempt to enter U.S. unlawfully (see H.R. 1901), H10056 [22DE]

——— extend honorary citizenship to otherwise qualified noncitizens who enlisted in the Philippines and died while serving on active duty with U.S. Armed Forces during certain periods of hostilities (see H.R. 6501), H301 [25JA]

——— impose penalties for illegal immigration (see H.R. 3530), H9904 [15DE]

——— provide that any alien convicted of felony or two misdemeanors, is deportable (see H.R. 4760), H9910 [20DE]

——— reimburse States for border security expenses (see H.R. 1626), H8801 [6DE]

——— require DNA test to determine familial relationship between alien and accompanying minor (see H.R. 2219), H8801 [6DE]

——— require visit to U.S. land border with Mexico and report thereon by any Cabinet member appointed by President to lead efforts related to immigration or securing such border (see H.R. 6610), H8801 [6DE]

Information technology: modernize Federal information security management and improve Federal cybersecurity to combat persisting and emerging threats (see H.R. 6497), H301 [25JA]

John R. Lewis Post Office Building, Atlanta, GA: designate (see H.R. 5577), H332 [1FE]

Kazakhstan: extend normal trade relations status (see H.R. 9322), H9689 [12DE]

Labor unions: extend certain free choice protections relative to labor organization participation to independent contractors, franchisees, entrepreneurs, and anyone seeking flexible work options (see H.R. 7194), H9910 [20DE]

Law enforcement: provide enhanced capabilities to combat transnational criminal cartels (see H.R. 9312), H8801 [6DE]

Lumber industry: prohibit importation of wood and related articles from Russia and Belarus (see H.R. 7437), H4431 [7AP]

Mayorkas, Sec. of Homeland Security: impeachment (see H. Res. 582), H1075 [8FE]

Medicaid: provide coverage of non-invasive prenatal genetic screening (see H.R. 1439), H8589 [17NO]

Medicare: extend certain increases in payments for physicians’ services (see H.R. 8800), H8223 [28SE]

——— provide coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests (see H.R. 1946), H4511 [26AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide for coverage of services furnished by freestanding emergency centers (see H.R. 8597), H7537 [29JY]

Mental health: remove terms ‘‘mentally retarded’’ and ‘‘mental retardation’’ from Federal law (see H.R. 8863), H7881 [15SE]

Motor vehicles: prevent theft of catalytic converters and other precious metal car parts (see H.R. 6394), H5209 [19MY]

OMB: require disclosure of violations of Federal law relative to human trafficking or alien smuggling (see H.R. 6563), H916 [2FE] (see H.R. 6773), H1130 [18FE]

Patents: establish robust patent system that restores and protects right of inventors to own and enforce private property rights in inventions and discoveries (see H.R. 5874), H79 [12JA]

Ron Wright Post Office Building, Arlington, TX: designate (see H.R. 6626), H1331 [7MR]

Russia: require President report to Congress on efforts to collect, analyze, and preserve evidence and information relative to war crimes committed during Ukraine invasion (see H.R. 7276), H4154 [4AP]

Schools: increase funding for school resource officers, mental health guidance counselors, hardening of schools, and active shooter and intervention training for law enforcement, school officials, and students (see H.R. 7966), H5410 [8JN]

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

——— provide that certain disclosures relative to scope 3 greenhouse-gas emissions may not be required under securities laws (see H.R. 8507), H7169 [26JY]

——— revise any rules necessary to enable issuers of index-linked annuities to register on form tailored specifically to registered index-linked annuities (see H.R. 4865), H1331 [7MR]

States: establish block grant program to enable southwest border States to construct barriers along their borders with Mexico (see H.R. 4593), H9910 [20DE]

Tajikistan: extend normal trade relations status (see H.R. 9322), H9689 [12DE]

Taxation: allow tax credit to small employers for each employee who is a military spouse and eligible to participate in defined contribution plan (see H.R. 1453), H8066 [21SE]

——— create safe harbor for certain perpetual trust funds (see H.R. 9044), H9904 [15DE]

——— recognize importance of stepped-up basis of certain inherited property in preserving family-owned farms and small businesses (see H. Res. 1015), H4006 [30MR]

——— treat certain liquidations of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified liquidations of last in, first out (LIFO) inventory (see H.R. 7382), H5487 [13JN]

Time: make daylight savings time permanent (see H.R. 69), H8423 [31OC]

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit acceptance of warrants for arrest of aliens as valid proof of identification at aviation security checkpoints (see H.R. 6587), H946 [3FE]

Uvalde, TX: condemn shooting at Robb Elementary School, express condolences to families and victims, and honor those who responded to attack (see H. Res. 1166), H5446 [9JN]

Uzbekistan: extend normal trade relations status (see H.R. 9322), H9689 [12DE]

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), H5945 [11JY]

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), H1141 [22FE]

WHO: prohibit use of funds to implement any U.S. obligations under World Health Organization Global Pandemic Treaty (see H.R. 7916), H5227 [31MY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to U.S. Army Rangers veterans (see H.R. 3577), H290 [20JA]

Young, Don: tribute (see H. Res. 1005), H3895 [28MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Colleges and universities: establish that State-based education loan program is excluded from certain requirements relative to preferred lender arrangement (see H.R. 7588), H4510 [26AP]

Dept. of Justice: register practitioners to transport controlled substances to States in which practitioner is not registered to administer substances at places outside of principal places of business (see H.R. 7259), H3895 [28MR]

Health: repeal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act individual and employer health insurance mandates and expand choices in obtaining and financing affordable health insurance coverage (see H.R. 7258), H3895 [28MR]

Medicare: provide for additional requirements relative to electrodiagnostic services (see H.R. 8344), H6334 [13JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Colleges and universities: establish that State-based education loan program is excluded from certain requirements relative to preferred lender arrangement (H.R. 7588), H4511 [26AP]

Dept. of Justice: register practitioners to transport controlled substances to States in which practitioner is not registered to administer substances at places outside of principal places of business (H.R. 7259), H3897 [28MR]

Health: repeal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act individual and employer health insurance mandates and expand choices in obtaining and financing affordable health insurance coverage (H.R. 7258), H3897 [28MR]

Medicare: provide for additional requirements relative to electrodiagnostic services (H.R. 8344), H6335 [13JY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H10068 [23DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 7900), H6456 [13JY]

——— require congressional certification for sales of F–16 fighter jets and F–16 modernization kits to Turkey, H6456 [13JY]

Economy: address growing inflation, H7242 [27JY]

——— comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Biden administration, H7242 [27JY]

Federal agencies and departments: amend description of how performance goals are achieved (H.R. 2617), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1531), H10068 [23DE]

Medicare: extend certain increases in payments for physicians’ services (H.R. 8800), H8807 [7DE]

Tributes

Gohmert, Representative, H8788 [6DE]

Zwelling, Marcy, H271 [20JA]