BOURDEAUX, CAROLYN (a Representative from Georgia)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 7900), H6354 [13JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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), H7709 [12AU]

Animals: increase enforcement of Animal Welfare Act violations (see H.R. 6100), H4398 [6AP]

——— provide for humane treatment of dogs (see H.R. 2840), H3897 [28MR]

Arizona: repeal land exchange with Resolution Copper Mining (company) (see H.R. 1884), H303 [25JA]

Arts and humanities: ensure certain Federal funds can be used to support arts education for students, and for youth and adults involved in justice system (see H.R. 5581), H8430 [3NO]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 1083), H4714 [3MY]

Atlanta, GA: commemorate anniversary and condemn shootings at spas, express condolences to families and victims, and combat hate, bigotry, and violence against Asian American and Pacific Islander community (see H. Res. 981), H3743 [15MR]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 942), H1147 [25FE]

Black Maternal Health Week: designate (see H. Res. 1051), H4438 [11AP]

Budget: automatically suspend debt limit for fiscal year of budget resolution (see H.R. 6393), H193 [13JA]

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), H8115 [22SE]

Career and Technical Education Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 923), H1177 [28FE]

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation: provide comprehensive dementia care management services, eliminate patient cost-sharing, support caregivers, and provide outreach to underrepresented populations (see H.R. 2517), H43 [11JA]

CIA: allow Air America employees to be eligible for Federal retirement benefits (see H.R. 1297), H1116 [9FE]

Colleges and universities: provide for long-term improvement of historically Black colleges and universities (see H.R. 3294), H918 [2FE]

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), H1075 [8FE]

Commission for Review and Correction of Historical Injustices: establish (see H.R. 1196), H1133 [18FE]

Committee on the Library (Joint): obtain statue of Harriet Tubman to display in U.S. Capitol National Statuary Hall (see H.R. 7062), H3866 [24MR]

——— obtain statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the U.S. Capitol (see H.R. 2198), H4007 [30MR]

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), H6623 [14JY]

——— restrict limitations on possession, sale, purchase, transportation or use of any contraceptive that relates to interstate commerce (see H.R. 8318), H7736 [2SE]

Cosmetics: substantially restrict use of animal testing for cosmetics (see H.R. 6207), H4398 [6AP]

Courts: allow claims against foreign states for unlawful computer intrusion (see H.R. 1607), H4723 [6MY]

——— establish U.S. Immigration Courts (see H.R. 6577), H3898 [28MR]

Crime: direct certain Federal agencies to develop strategy to improve Federal investigations of organized retail crime (see H.R. 7499), H8379 [4OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: ensure that all dogs entering U.S. do not pose health risk (see H.R. 4239), H7558 [9AU]

Dept. of Defense: improve independent coverage under TRICARE Young Adult Program (see H.R. 475), H7558 [9AU]

——— make cost to each taxpayer of certain contingency operations conducted by Armed Forces publicly available on website (see H.R. 7147), H5824 [22JN]

Dept. of Education: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 4402), H7785 [13SE]

——— award grants to establish, expand, or support existing school-based mentoring program to assist at-risk middle school students with transition to high school (see H.R. 6481), H8592 [18NO]

——— award grants to States to establish Seal of Biliteracy to recognize high-level student proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in English and a second language (see H.R. 1731), H5334 [7JN]

——— reauthorize foreign language and international education programs at colleges and universities and support research and innovation projects in such areas (see H.R. 2940), H5334 [7JN]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants to health care providers to enhance physical and cyber security of their facilities, personnel, and patients (see H.R. 7814), H5173 [18MY]

——— authorize use of strategic national stockpile to enhance medical supply chain elasticity and establish and maintain domestic reserves of critical medical supplies (see H.R. 3463), H198 [14JA]

——— 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), H5335 [7JN]

——— declare monkeypox outbreak as public health emergency (see H. Res. 1286), H7709 [12AU]

——— establish automated supply-chain tracking application that provides near real-time insight into amount of critical medical and health supplies available in strategic national stockpile (see H.R. 6520), H307 [28JA]

——— establish program to develop antimicrobial innovations targeting most challenging pathogens and most threatening infections (see H.R. 3932), H7785 [13SE]

——— improve access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce transmission of HIV (see H.R. 6117), H7742 [9SE]

——— provide grants to communities for evidence-based gun violence intervention and prevention programs (see H.R. 4118), H5234 [3JN]

——— provide temporary licensing reciprocity for telehealth and interstate health care treatment (see H.R. 708), H43 [11JA]

——— provide women with increased access to preventive and life-saving cancer screening (see H.R. 2216), H1014 [7FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: ensure humane treatment of pregnant detainees by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (see H.R. 3993), H3865 [24MR]

——— make improvements to H–2B nonimmigrant worker program (see H.R. 3897), H1276 [2MR]

Dept. of Justice: create Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (see H.R. 6538), H5647 [16JN]

——— 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), H5234 [3JN]

Dept. of Labor: expand national apprenticeship system to include recruitment, employment, and on-the-job training of African Americans and develop equitable hiring standards to safeguard apprentice diversity (see H.R. 3445), H1141 [22FE]

Dept. of State: provide additional visas for Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Program (see H.R. 5134), H198 [14JA]

Dept. of Transportation: establish grant program to improve preparation and representation of certain students in aviation-related fields (see H.R. 6841), H1146 [25FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand health care and benefits for veterans who are victims of military sexual trauma (see H.R. 5666), H4715 [3MY]

——— shorten timeframe for designation of benefits under life insurance programs and improve treatment of undisbursed life insurance benefits (see H.R. 8260), H5929 [1JY]

DIPG Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 404), H1116 [9FE]

Discrimination: condemn great replacement theory, acknowledge impact of white supremacist violence on black community of Buffalo, NY, remember hate crime victims, and address white supremacist violence (see H. Res. 1152), H5333 [7JN]

——— condemn White supremacist violence on Black community of Atlanta, GA, and reaffirm commitment to combat hatred, injustice, and White supremacy (see H. Res. 1382), H8065 [21SE]

——— prohibit discrimination based on individual’s texture or style of hair (see H.R. 2116), H1148 [25FE]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 310), H253 [19JA]

Dooley, Vince: tribute (see H. Res. 1455), H8429 [3NO]

Drugs: decriminalize, expunge prior convictions, tax products to create programs for those adversely affected by War on Drugs, and provide assistance and collect data on small businesses relative to marijuana (see H.R. 3617), H1075 [8FE]

——— establish requirements relative to cost-sharing for certain insulin products (see H.R. 6833), H3972 [29MR]

Economic Development Administration: establish competitive grant program to provide assistance to support small businesses and business district revitalization in low-income, rural, and minority communities (see H.R. 7451), H7785 [13SE]

Edwards, Caroline: tribute (see H. Res. 1199), H5823 [22JN]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 1), H7709 [12AU]

——— expand protections for election workers, polling places, and other election infrastructure against threats and violence (see H.R. 6872), H1175 [28FE]

Families and domestic relations: repeal Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 8404), H6883 [19JY]

FCC: take certain actions to increase diversity of ownership in broadcasting industry (see H.R. 4871), H4075 [31MR]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 2499), H10 [10JA]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 113), H8404 [18OC]

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

——— provide more loan flexibility to credit unions and expand homeownership access (see H.R. 5189), H5941 [7JY]

Firearms: increase age limit on purchase of certain firearms, prevent gun trafficking, modernize prohibition on untraceable firearms, and encourage safe storage of firearms (see H.R. 7910), H5234 [3JN]

——— prohibit Federal licensee from selling or delivering certain semiautomatic centerfire rifles to person under 21 years old, with exception of active military and full-time law enforcement personnel (see H.R. 3015), H5824 [22JN]

——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 9207), H8408 [21OC]

——— require manufacturers and retailers to include warning labels that provide telephone number of National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (see H.R. 5436), H8318 [29SE]

Foreign aid: enhance mental health and psychosocial support within U.S. foreign assistance programs (see H.R. 3988), H3971 [29MR]

FTC: prohibit unfair and deceptive practice of commercial sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy (see H.R. 4146), H7785 [13SE]

——— require commercial websites and mobile apps to create simple and readable summary of their terms-of-service agreements (see H.R. 6407), H5335 [7JN]

Gold Star Father’s Day: designate (see H. Res. 1190), H5733 [21JN]

Health: oppose criminalization of essential health care, including sexual and reproductive health care such as abortion, gender-affirming care, and contraceptive care and disapprove criminalization of pregnancy outcomes (see H. Con. Res. 89), H4920 [12MY]

Human rights: constitutional amendment to prohibit use of slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime (see H.J. Res. 53), H332 [1FE]

Immigration: create nonimmigrant H–2C work visa program (see H.R. 4288), H8420 [28OC]

——— promote family unity by reducing visa backlogs and implementing policies to facilitate immigrant family reunification (see H.R. 2920), H1125 [15FE]

——— recapture unused family- and employment-based immigrant visa numbers (see H.R. 7374), H4454 [21AP]

International Black Aviation Professionals Day: designate (see H. Res. 936), H1132 [18FE]

Iran: award Congressional Gold Medal to former U.S. hostages of Iran Hostage Crisis for resilience throughout unprecedented ordeal and sacrifice to our country (see H.R. 1179), H195 [13JA]

——— observe Nowruz, Iranian New Year (see H. Res. 237), H3972 [29MR]

——— 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), H1149 [25FE]

Jews: condemn anti-Semitism by public figures (see H. Res. 1525), H9903 [15DE]

Korean American Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 871), H194 [13JA]

LGBTQIA+ Pride Month: observance (see H. Res. 1198), H5823 [22JN]

Lunar New Year: observance (see H. Res. 890), H308 [28JA]

Lunar New Year Day: establish as Federal holiday (see H.R. 6525), H307 [28JA]

Medicare: improve access to, and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under part B by establishing minimum payment amount under such part for bone mass measurement (see H.R. 3517), H4459 [25AP]

——— 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), H3971 [29MR]

——— provide information on vaccines for seniors as part of Medicare & You handbook and ensure treatment of cost-sharing for vaccines under part D is consistent with treatment under part B (see H.R. 1978), H43 [11JA]

——— reform requirements relative to direct and indirect remuneration under part D (see H.R. 3554), H79 [12JA]

——— require Dept. of HHS to conduct demonstration program to assess effects of hospitals providing to qualified individuals medically tailored home-delivered meals (see H.R. 5370), H5547 [14JN]

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]

National Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mental Health Day: designate (see H. Res. 1098), H4797 [10MY]

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

National Small Business Week: designate (see H. Res. 1076), H4608 [28AP]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1008), H4075 [31MR]

Native Americans: protect voting rights by increasing access and boosting registration, education, and election participation in Tribal communities and eliminating discriminatory barriers (see H.R. 5008), H7558 [9AU]

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), H4075 [31MR]

Office of Democracy Advancement and Innovation: establish to administer Democracy Advancement and Innovation Program (see H.R. 7992), H5409 [8JN]

OSHA: authorize Voluntary Protection Programs (see H.R. 2363), H5234 [3JN]

Pharmaceuticals: establish strategic active pharmaceutical ingredient reserve and build pipeline for domestic active pharmaceutical ingredient production (see H.R. 5388), H290 [20JA]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 1334), H3897 [28MR]

Pool and Spa Safety Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 7877), H7558 [9AU]

Ralph David Abernathy, Sr., National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 9202), H8402 [18OC]

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

Russia: ban visas of certain Russian citizens and their family members due to invasion of Ukraine (see H.R. 6853), H1208 [1MR]

——— impose sanctions on use of cryptocurrency to facilitate transactions by Russian persons subject to sanctions (see H.R. 7429), H4396 [6AP]

——— prohibit importation of crude oil, petroleum, petroleum products, liquefied natural gas, and coal from Russia (see H.R. 6951), H1328 [7MR]

SBA: include hospitality businesses in grant program for shuttered venue operators (see H.R. 2120), H1075 [8FE]

——— publish or update resource guide for small business concerns operating as child care providers (see H.R. 3072), H3744 [15MR]

Senator Johnny Isakson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Atlanta Regional Office, Atlanta, GA: designate (see H.R. 8350), H6334 [13JY]

SFC Shawn McCloskey Post Office, Peachtree City, GA: designate (see H.R. 9383), H8708 [1DE]

Slavery Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 64), H1376 [8MR] (see H. Res. 517), H3898 [28MR]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 310), H253 [19JA]

Social Security: eliminate waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer (see H.R. 3183), H1330 [7MR]

——— eliminate work disincentives for disabled adult child beneficiaries (see H.R. 4003), H5234 [3JN]

SSA: eliminate waiting period for disability benefits under Medicare and Social Security Disability Insurance program (see H.R. 6583), H3777 [16MR]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 310), H253 [19JA]

Taxation: allow refundable income tax credit for purchase of qualified access technology for the blind (see H.R. 431), H917 [2FE]

——— make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for work opportunity credit (see H.R. 2974), H8429 [3NO]

——— provide refundable credit for certain teachers as supplement to State effort to provide teachers with livable wage (see H.R. 7660), H4713 [3MY]

——— provide tax incentives that support local newspapers and other local media (see H.R. 3940), H3897 [28MR]

Till, Emmett: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2252), H8066 [21SE]

Till-Mobley, Mamie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2252), H8066 [21SE]

University of Georgia: tribute to football team (see H. Res. 872), H194 [13JA]

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: clarify that constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights has met requirements of Constitution and is valid to all intents and purposes as part of Constitution (see H. Res. 891), H308 [28JA]

——— combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 9497), H9688 [12DE]

——— support contraceptive rights and access in U.S. and support comprehensive reproductive health care (see H. Res. 1155), H5824 [22JN]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 310), H253 [19JA]

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

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to U.S. Army Rangers veterans (see H.R. 3577), H254 [19JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Corps of Engineers: review recreational hazards at Buford Dam, Lake Sidney Lanier, GA (see H.R. 7796), H5097 [17MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide employment authorization to certain alien spouses (see H.R. 7442), H4431 [7AP]

——— provide for exemption from numerical limitation of certain employment-based immigrants to alleviate small business labor shortage (see H.R. 7441), H4431 [7AP]

Dept. of Labor: award grants for workforce grants to assist incarcerated or previously incarcerated individuals (see H.R. 6756), H1129 [18FE]

Forsyth County, GA: condemn race massacre by white supremacist mobs in 1912 and reaffirm commitment to combating white supremacy, hatred, and injustice (see H. Res. 917), H1114 [9FE]

Georgia: establish program to provide environmental assistance in Chattahoochee River Basin (see H.R. 7198), H3862 [24MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Corps of Engineers: review recreational hazards at Buford Dam, Lake Sidney Lanier, GA (H.R. 7796), H5098 [17MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide employment authorization to certain alien spouses (H.R. 7442), H4434 [7AP]

——— provide for exemption from numerical limitation of certain employment-based immigrants to alleviate small business labor shortage (H.R. 7441), H4434 [7AP]

Dept. of Labor: award grants for workforce grants to assist incarcerated or previously incarcerated individuals (H.R. 6756), H1132 [18FE]

Georgia: establish program to provide environmental assistance in Chattahoochee River Basin (H.R. 7198), H3864 [24MR]

Remarks

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H6902 [20JY]

Atlanta, GA: commemorate anniversary and condemn shootings at spas, express condolences to families and victims, and combat hate, bigotry, and violence against Asian American and Pacific Islander community, H3844 [18MR]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 7776), H5292 [7JN]

——— review recreational hazards at Buford Dam, Lake Sidney Lanier, GA, H5292 [7JN]

Dept. of Commerce: establish Supply Chain Resiliency and Crisis Response Office, H820 [2FE]

Dept. of HUD: authorize grants to assist in redeveloping abandoned shopping centers, H6902 [20JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 8294), H6902 [20JY]

Drugs: establish requirements relative to cost-sharing for certain insulin products (H.R. 6833), H4038 [31MR]

Economy: invest in science, technology, research, and innovation to improve competitiveness of U.S. in global economy, H820 [2FE], H4002 [30MR]

Forsyth County, GA: condemn race massacre by white supremacist mobs in 1912 and reaffirm commitment to combating white supremacy, hatred, and injustice (H. Res. 917), H1078 [9FE]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H9914 [21DE]

Korean American Day: observance, H81 [13JA]

Research: provide for coordinated Federal research program to ensure continued U.S. leadership in engineering biology (H.R. 4521), H820 [2FE], H4002 [30MR]

Votes: position on missed, E527• [18MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H8203 [28SE]