AXNE, CYNTHIA (a Representative from Iowa)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 7900), H6249, H6408 [13JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

AADC Deficiency Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 742), H8397 [14OC]

Abortion: prohibit interference, under color of State law, with provision of interstate abortion services (see H.R. 8297), H5946 [11JY]

Afghanistan: support nationals who supported U.S. mission, vet parolees, adjust status of certain nationals, and provide special immigrant status for at-risk Afghan allies and relatives of Armed Forces members (see H.R. 8685), H7728 [26AU]

African Americans: extend authority for establishment of commemorative work to honor enslaved and free Black persons who served in American Revolution (see H.R. 6201), H4154 [4AP]

Armed Forces: provide for standard record of service on active duty for members of reserve components (see H.R. 7041), H1423 [9MR]

Army: place monument in Arlington National Cemetery honoring Army Security Agency veterans of World War II, Korean War, and Vietnamese Conflict (see H.R. 3558), H5228 [31MY]

Business and industry: promote merger enforcement and protect competition through adjusting premerger filing fees and increasing antitrust enforcement resources (see H.R. 3843), H1125 [15FE]

Career and Technical Education Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 923), H1114 [9FE]

CDC: establish program on healthy aging and authorize grants to State and local health departments to carry out healthy aging programs (see H.R. 6302), H948 [3FE]

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), H4511 [26AP]

CIA: allow Air America employees to be eligible for Federal retirement benefits (see H.R. 1297), H3744 [15MR]

Climate: produce national climate adaptation and resilience strategy (see H.R. 6461), H6680 [15JY]

Colleges and universities: provide for long-term improvement of historically Black colleges and universities (see H.R. 3294), H5234 [3JN]

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), H918 [2FE]

Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.: include Sec. of Agriculture as member (see H.R. 3413), H3865 [24MR]

Committee on the Library (Joint): obtain statue of Harriet Tubman to display in U.S. Capitol National Statuary Hall (see H.R. 7062), H4075 [31MR]

Contraceptives: protect ability to access contraceptives and engage in contraception and protect health care provider ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and related information (see H.R. 8373), H6707 [18JY]

COVID–19 Victims and Survivors Memorial Day: designate (see H. Res. 174), H9904 [15DE]

CPSC: prevent accidental ingestion of button cell or coin batteries through promulgation of consumer product safety standard to require child resistant closures on consumer products that use such batteries (see H.R. 5313), H5010 [16MY]

Crime: provide that it is unlawful to distribute private intimate visual depictions without person’s consent (see H.R. 6998), H1373 [8MR]

——— reinstate criminal penalties for persons charging veterans unauthorized fees relative to claims for Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 8736), H7967 [19SE]

Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1174), H5546 [14JN]

Democracy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 68), H43 [11JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize appropriations to carry out payments for qualified losses of covered crops occurring in current calendar year (see H.R. 8653), H7545 [2AU]

——— establish Agricultural and Food System Supply Chain Resilience and Crisis Response Task Force (see H.R. 7675), H4721 [6MY]

——— establish Good Steward Cover Crop Program (see H.R. 8527), H7254 [27JY]

——— establish Office of Rural Prosperity (see H.R. 7019), H1422 [9MR]

——— establish Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters (see H.R. 7606), H4862 [11MY]

——— establish waiver authority to address emergencies and supply chain disruptions for access to infant formula under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (see H.R. 7791), H5175 [18MY]

——— extend and expand Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program (see H.R. 9244), H8418 [28OC]

——— extend certain national school lunch program requirement waivers addressing coronavirus (see H.R. 6613), H4445 [14AP]

——— leverage incentives for adoption of costly precision agriculture technology (see H.R. 2518), H5010 [16MY]

——— make improvements relative to pricing of cattle and provide relief for small meat, poultry, and egg processing plants (see H.R. 4140), H4862 [11MY]

——— reauthorize child nutrition programs (see H.R. 8450), H7736 [2SE]

——— reestablish Driftless Area Landscape Conservation Initiative (see H.R. 6147), H3866 [24MR]

Dept. of Education: combat campus sexual violence (see H.R. 9136), H8387 [7OC]

——— ensure that borrowers who have performed qualifying public service are eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (see H.R. 7465), H5879 [23JN]

——— establish income-based repayment plans for certain future Federal student loans (see H.R. 8700), H7738 [6SE]

——— promote career awareness in accounting as part of well-rounded science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) educational experience under Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grant program (see H.R. 3855), H254 [19JA]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants to support pediatric behavioral health care integration and coordination (see H.R. 4944), H4576 [27AP]

——— award grants for providing evidence-based caregiver skills training to caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disabilities or delays (see H.R. 6783), H1130 [18FE]

——— establish Bio-Preparedness and Infectious Diseases Workforce Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 5602), H5879 [23JN]

——— establish grant program for supporting emergency medical services organizations (see H.R. 8994), H8220 [28SE]

——— provide grants to public institutions of higher education to expand or support graduate education for physicians in States with primary care provider shortages (see H.R. 6397), H1125 [15FE]

——— reauthorize grant program for screening, assessment, and treatment services for maternal mental health and substance use disorders (see H.R. 7073), H8589 [17NO]

——— reauthorize pediatric mental health care access grant program (see H.R. 7076), H4610 [28AP]

——— reauthorize program of payments to teaching health centers that operate graduate medical education programs (see H.R. 3671), H3713 [11MR]

——— reauthorize programs supporting community-based youth and young adult suicide prevention efforts (see H.R. 7255), H3895 [28MR]

——— revise opioid treatment program admission criteria to eliminate requirement that patients have been addicted for at least 1 year prior to being admitted for treatment (see H.R. 7238), H3894 [28MR]

——— support State and local agencies with responsibility for children services in their response to opioid abuse crisis (see H.R. 5469), H4715 [3MY]

Dept. of HUD: develop program to provide assistance to creditworthy borrowers with Federal student debt in purchasing certain foreclosed homes (see H.R. 7368), H4126 [1AP]

——— include reasonable costs for high-speed Internet service in utility allowances for families residing in public housing (see H.R. 8077), H5609 [15JN]

Dept. of Justice: authorize grant to encourage recruitment of law enforcement officers (see H.R. 7826), H5174 [18MY]

——— direct Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program to carry out grant program to provide assistance to police departments with fewer than 200 law enforcement officers (see H.R. 6448), H288 [20JA]

Dept. of Labor: establish grant program to support out-of-school-time youth workforce readiness programs providing employability skills, work-based learning, and workforce opportunities for eligible youth (see H.R. 3342), H309 [28JA]

——— revise Standard Occupational Classification System to accurately count number of emergency medical services practitioners in the U.S. (see H.R. 2354), H4459 [25AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: exempt certain pandemic relief grants for motorcoach, school bus, and passenger vessel industries from Federal taxation (see H.R. 7477), H4511 [26AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: adjust rate of per diem payments to grantees that provide services to homeless veterans (see H.R. 5606), H7785 [13SE]

——— allow for electronic request of certain records (see H.R. 5916), H1149 [25FE]

——— eliminate requirement to specify effective period of transfer of Post-9/11 veterans educational assistance to dependents (see H.R. 6458), H288 [20JA]

——— shorten timeframe for designation of benefits under life insurance programs and improve treatment of undisbursed life insurance benefits (see H.R. 8260), H7785 [13SE]

DIPG Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 404), H254 [19JA]

Disabled: clarify and strengthen integration mandate for individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports (see H.R. 6860), H5335 [7JN]

Drug abuse: designate methamphetamine as emerging threat (see H.R. 2051), H1148 [25FE]

Drugs: ensure equitable treatment of covered entities and pharmacies participating in 340B drug discount program (see H.R. 4390), H1125 [15FE]

——— establish requirements relative to cost-sharing for certain insulin products (see H.R. 6833), H4075 [31MR]

Endometriosis Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 880), H253 [19JA]

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

Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or child involved (see H.R. 3488), H254 [19JA]

——— repeal Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 8404), H6705 [18JY]

——— support stillbirth prevention and research (see H.R. 7011), H1421 [9MR]

FCC: classify broadband as telecommunications service (see H.R. 8573), H7404 [28JY]

FDA: accelerate development of therapies across spectrum of rare diseases and conditions and facilitate patient access to such therapies (see H.R. 1730), H1425 [9MR]

——— allow drug manufacturers and sponsors to use alternative testing methods to animal testing to investigate drug safety and effectiveness (see H.R. 2565), H5215 [24MY]

——— allow drug sponsors to use non-animal tests as alternative to animal tests to demonstrate safety and effectiveness of drugs if such approach satisfies requirements of applicable statutes and regulations (see H.R. 1905), H43 [11JA]

——— establish nonvisual accessibility standards for certain devices with digital interfaces (see H.R. 4853), H1116 [9FE]

——— promulgate rule relative to disclosure of side effects, contraindications, and effectiveness in prescription drug ads while also prohibiting distracting representations that detract from such disclosures (see H.R. 8289), H5935 [5JY]

——— treat certain menstrual products as misbranded if labels do not list each ingredient or component (see H.R. 8829), H8397 [14OC]

Federal agencies and departments: impose limits on excepting competitive service positions from competitive service (see H.R. 302), H7713 [16AU]

——— provide that children of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be preference eligible for appointment in civil service (see H.R. 3367), H1125 [15FE]

Federal employees: provide that civilian service as temporary employee after certain date may be creditable service under Federal Employees Retirement System (see H.R. 4268), H5222 [27MY]

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), H3971 [29MR]

Firearms: establish Federal requirements for safe storage, penalties for violations, and incentives for States to establish similar requirements (see H.R. 748), H303 [25JA]

Fleet Reserve Association: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 6663), H3745 [15MR]

Foreign trade: suspend temporarily rates of duty on imports of certain infant formula base powder used in manufacturing of infant formula in U.S. (see H.R. 8982), H8118 [26SE]

Generalized System of Preferences: modify competitive need limitation provisions (see H.R. 6171), H4971 [13MY]

Health: increase availability and affordability of menstrual hygiene products for women and girls with limited access (see H.R. 3614), H8396 [14OC]

Health Resources and Services Administration: reauthorize Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program (see H.R. 8876), H8387 [7OC]

Hunger: advance targeted and evidence-based interventions for prevention and treatment of global malnutrition and improve coordination of such programs (see H.R. 4693), H1177 [28FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5984), H254 [19JA]

Interagency Council on Extreme Weather Resilience, Preparedness, and Risk Identification and Management: establish (see H.R. 9179), H8395 [14OC]

Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day: designate (see H. Res. 1220), H5940 [7JY]

Medicare: adjust coinsurance requirements for outpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 5660), H290 [20JA]

——— ensure coverage of mental and behavioral health services furnished through telehealth (see H.R. 4058), H1208 [1MR]

——— exempt qualifying physicians from prior authorization requirements under Medicare Advantage plans (see H.R. 7995), H7553 [5AU]

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

——— provide for demonstration project to evaluate fiscal impact of covering low vision devices as durable medical equipment (see H.R. 6848), H1146 [25FE]

——— provide pharmacy reimbursement for coronavirus-related and future emergency services (see H.R. 7213), H7967 [19SE]

——— require inclusion of certain audio-only diagnoses in determination of risk adjustment for Medicare Advantage plans (see H.R. 2166), H1208 [1MR]

——— revise certain payment rules for outpatient physical therapy and outpatient occupational therapy furnished in rural areas and medically underserved areas (see H.R. 5536), H8318 [29SE]

——— revise certain regulations relative to shared savings program and other advanced alternative payment arrangements to encourage participation in such program (see H.R. 4587), H5976 [12JY]

Mental Health Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1093), H4722 [6MY]

Morality and ethics: remember kindness in the U.S. and affirm commitment to fostering community and building resiliency through every day acts of kindness (see H. Res. 628), H8373 [30SE]

Motor vehicles: promote increased awareness of issue of motorcyclist profiling and encourage collaboration and communication with motorcycle community and law enforcement officials to prevent instances of profiling (see H. Res. 366), H4511 [26AP]

National 4–H Week: designate (see H. Res. 1411), H8373 [30SE]

National Animal Rescue Day: designate (see H. Res. 1418), H8371 [30SE]

National Apprenticeship Week: designate (see H. Res. 1489), H8588 [17NO]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1451), H8418 [28OC]

National Fall Prevention Awareness Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 107), H8010 [20SE]

National FFA Week: designate (see H. Res. 932), H1131 [18FE]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 1133), H5207 [19MY]

National Mentoring Month: observance (see H. Res. 884), H289 [20JA]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1100), H4797 [10MY]

National Pell Grant Day: designate (see H. Res. 1193), H5734 [21JN]

National Small Business Week: designate (see H. Res. 1076), H4724 [6MY]

National Stillbirth Prevention Day: designate (see H. Res. 1363), H7965 [19SE]

National Student Athlete Mental Health Week: designate (see H. Res. 1423), H8378 [4OC]

National Veterans Small Business Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1453), H8422 [31OC]

National Weather Service: upgrade communications service (see H.R. 7361), H4126 [1AP]

National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H. Res. 1001), H3863 [24MR]

News media: express gratitude to journalists and news staff risking injury and death and who have sacrificed their lives to chronicle and report on Russian invasion of Ukraine (see H. Res. 987), H3829 [17MR]

NIH: evaluate menopause-related research, develop strategic plan to resolve gaps in knowledge and research, and identify topics for further research relative to treatments for menopause symptoms (see H.R. 8774), H7738 [6SE]

PCOS Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 878), H252 [19JA]

Pesticides: prohibit new labeling changes on use of registered pesticides (see H.R. 9035), H8314 [29SE]

Political campaigns: apply ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals to foreign-controlled, foreign-influenced, and foreign-owned domestic corporations (see H.R. 6283), H6707 [18JY]

Postal Service: provide authority to mail alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 3287), H5221 [27MY]

Public Schools Week: designate (see H. Res. 939), H1140 [22FE]

Research: provide for coordinated Federal research program to ensure continued U.S. leadership in engineering biology (see H.R. 4521), H309 [28JA]

Sicknick, Brian D.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 622), H8011 [20SE]

Social Security: eliminate work disincentives for disabled adult child beneficiaries (see H.R. 4003), H1208 [1MR]

Surface Transportation Board: reauthorize and create fair market in freight rail (see H.R. 8649), H8011 [20SE]

Taxation: classify business interference in worker organization campaigns as political speech and establish reporting requirement for employers who intervene in protected labor activities (see H.R. 8448), H6922 [20JY]

——— exclude certain broadband grants from gross income (see H.R. 9449), H9855 [14DE]

——— impose windfall profits excise tax on crude oil and rebate tax collected back to individual taxpayers (see H.R. 7099), H4454 [21AP]

——— increase threshold for de minimis exception for information reporting by third party settlement organizations (see H.R. 7079), H3742 [15MR]

——— prohibit deduction for prescription drug advertising and promotional expenses (see H.R. 6392), H198 [14JA]

——— provide tax credit for owning certain disaster resilient property (see H.R. 1984), H1425 [9MR]

Till, Emmett: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2252), H7736 [2SE]

Till-Mobley, Mamie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2252), H7736 [2SE]

Transportation Security Administration: provide for eligibility of employees to receive public safety officers’ death benefits (see H.R. 2616), H4153 [4AP]

Tubman, Harriet: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 1842), H5175 [18MY]

Veterans: 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), H7785 [13SE]

Voting: modify and clarify certain notice and election requirements relative to provision of election materials in certain languages (see H.R. 8770), H7735 [2SE]

Women: support contraceptive rights and access in U.S. and support comprehensive reproductive health care (see H. Res. 1155), H5488 [13JN]

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 7309), H4922 [12MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Birds: provide greater protection of roosters (see H.R. 9309), H8541 [16NO]

Business and industry: prohibit employers from terminating employee group health plan coverage while employee is engaged in lawful strike (see H.R. 6557), H916 [2FE]

——— prohibit employers from terminating employee group health plan coverage while employer is engaged in lock-out (see H.R. 8345), H6334 [13JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish cattle contract library (see H.R. 7639), H4712 [3MY]

Dept. of Commerce: establish Office of Supply Chain Resiliency to provide expansion support to companies and supply chains vulnerable to shortages and price increases (see H.R. 6478), H300 [25JA]

Dept. of HUD: expand authorized activities under Continuum of Care program to address barriers to transitioning families in rural areas to permanent housing (see H.R. 7196), H3862 [24MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend eligibility for work-study allowance paid to certain individuals who pursue programs of rehabilitation, education, or training (see H.R. 6376), H77 [12JA]

Depts. of Agriculture and HUD: unify and strengthen health and safety inspection standards for rental housing assistance programs (see H.R. 7911), H5226 [31MY]

Medicare: extend certain telehealth services and evaluate impact of telehealth services on beneficiaries (see H.R. 7573), H4509 [26AP]

National Source Water Protection Week: designate (see H. Res. 1398), H8221 [28SE]

Postal Service: establish website providing information on post offices experiencing emergency suspensions (see H.R. 6355), H8 [10JA]

Constitutional authority statements

Birds: provide greater protection of roosters (H.R. 9309), H8542 [16NO]

Business and industry: prohibit employers from terminating employee group health plan coverage while employee is engaged in lawful strike (H.R. 6557), H917 [2FE]

——— prohibit employers from terminating employee group health plan coverage while employer is engaged in lock-out (H.R. 8345), H6335 [13JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish cattle contract library (H.R. 7639), H4714 [3MY]

Dept. of Commerce: establish Office of Supply Chain Resiliency to provide expansion support to companies and supply chains vulnerable to shortages and price increases (H.R. 6478), H302 [25JA]

Dept. of HUD: expand authorized activities under Continuum of Care program to address barriers to transitioning families in rural areas to permanent housing (H.R. 7196), H3864 [24MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend eligibility for work-study allowance paid to certain individuals who pursue programs of rehabilitation, education, or training (H.R. 6376), H78 [12JA]

Depts. of Agriculture and HUD: unify and strengthen health and safety inspection standards for rental housing assistance programs (H.R. 7911), H5227 [31MY]

Medicare: extend certain telehealth services and evaluate impact of telehealth services on beneficiaries (H.R. 7573), H4510 [26AP]

Postal Service: establish website providing information on post offices experiencing emergency suspensions (H.R. 6355), H8 [10JA]

Remarks

Iowa: tribute to 3d Congressional District Special Olympics USA Games participants, E1170• [18NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H9697 [13DE]

Tributes

Alvarado, Jose, E34• [13JA]

Bacon, Anne, E100• [3FE]

Bigelow, Raedeen, E1275• [13DE]

Black, Jennifer, E1115• [7NO]

Chapman, Mary, E213• [3MR]

Chen, Kevin, E959• [21SE]

Chen, Souriyno, E959• [21SE]

Claussen, Kyla, E118• [7FE]

Curtis, Brooke, E63• [25JA]

Dobernecker, Robyn, E38• [14JA]

Hardat, Michael, E195• [1MR]

Hendel, Erika, E1206• [2DE]

Horn, Diane, E136• [9FE]

Johnson, Nalo, E1061• [18OC]

Lentell, Dave, E126• [8FE]

Lund, John, E114• [4FE]

Mix, Jordan, E965• [22SE]

Morgan, Turner, E1081• [25OC]

Niceswanger, Trisha, E1023• [4OC]

Parks, Tobi, E205• [2MR]

Raines, Jeff, E1043• [14OC]

Riggs, Jenn, E1038• [11OC]

Shiels, Tyler, E1066• [21OC]

Starr, Anne, E1106• [3NO]

Swenson, Ann, E1090• [28OC]

Wade, Mary, E1221• [6DE]

Wagoner, Bernie, E1000• [29SE]

Wulfekuhle, Jaclyn, E977• [26SE]

Yusef, Mira, E1153• [16NO]

Zilk, Teresa, E1175• [22NO]