CURTIS, JOHN R. (a Representative from Utah)

Amendments

Research: provide for coordinated Federal research program to ensure continued U.S. leadership in engineering biology (H.R. 4521), H872 [2FE]

Articles and editorials

This Utah Climate Action Is a Win for All Sides, Keven Stratton, Salt Lake City (UT) Deseret News, E1031• [7OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 8814), H8115 [22SE]

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), H7732 [30AU]

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

Burma: authorize humanitarian assistance and civil society support, promote democracy and human rights, and impose targeted sanctions relative to human rights abuses (see H.R. 5497), H44 [11JA]

China: provide for imposition of sanctions relative to forced organ harvesting (see H.R. 6319), H1125 [15FE]

Climate: produce national climate adaptation and resilience strategy (see H.R. 6461), H288 [20JA]

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), H1120 [11FE]

Contraceptives: preempt State bans on prescription, provision, or use of drug, biological product, or device for contraception if approved, licensed, cleared, or otherwise authorized for human use by FDA for contraception (see H.R. 8421), H6882 [19JY]

Corps of Engineers: study how drought affects Great Salt Lake and other saline lakes and require feasibility study on drought solutions (see H.R. 8389), H6623 [14JY]

Courts: limit judicial enforceability of predispute nondisclosure and nondisparagement contract clauses relative to disputes involving sexual assault and sexual harassment (see H.R. 8227), H8223 [28SE]

——— prevent transfer of actions arising under antitrust laws in which State is complainant (see H.R. 3460), H195 [13JA]

——— provide liability protection for sharing of information on robocalls and other illegal calls by or with consortium that traces back origin of such calls and for receipt of such information by consortium (see H.R. 7598), H4575 [27AP]

Dept. of Education: allow families with children in Title I schools to put unused Federal education funds toward in-person education should their school close due to coronavirus or teachers union strikes (see H.R. 6565), H916 [2FE]

——— 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), H5931 [1JY]

Dept. of Energy: provide for advancements in carbon removal research, quantification, and commercialization, including by harnessing natural processes (see H.R. 9318), H8541 [16NO]

Dept. of HHS: carry out national project to prevent and cure Parkinson’s disease to be known as National Parkinson’s Project (see H.R. 8585), H8731 [2DE]

——— explicitly authorize distribution of grant funds to voting accessibility protection and advocacy systems for Northern Mariana Islands and Native Americans (see H.R. 7326), H4072 [31MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: 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]

——— terminate Disinformation Governance Board and prohibit use of Federal funds to establish any other similar board (see H.R. 7641), H5209 [19MY]

Dept. of Justice: clarify eligibility for public safety officer death and disability benefits for officers exposed to radiation at clandestine drug laboratories (see H.R. 8458), H7065 [21JY]

——— establish grant program to combat repeat alcohol-related criminal offenses and to sustain and expand existing 24-7 sobriety programs (see H.R. 8209), H7728 [26AU]

——— transfer proceeds of certain forfeited property to remediate harms of Russian aggression towards Ukraine (see H.R. 8156), H5733 [21JN]

Dept. of State: prohibit participation in Visa Waiver Program of countries that sell citizenship and passports in exchange for economic investment (see H.R. 6911), H3898 [28MR]

——— support BridgeUSA cultural exchange programs and prioritize processing of J–1 BridgeUSA visas (see H. Res. 901), H4398 [6AP]

District of Columbia: designate Ukrainian Independence Park (see H.R. 7075), H3742 [15MR]

FDA: allow digital communication of prescribing information for drugs, including biological products (see H.R. 7559), H4453 [21AP]

——— require more accurate reporting of abortion drug prescribing and related adverse events (see H.R. 6702), H1114 [9FE]

Federal employees: modify timing to file periodic transaction reports (see H.R. 6486), H300 [25JA]

FEMA: automatically waive certain critical document fees for major disaster assistance provided under Individuals and Households Program (see H.R. 7476), H4432 [7AP]

Firearms: prevent suicide by giving people more control over their own lethal means purchase decisions through creation of voluntary purchase delay database (see H.R. 8361), H6334 [13JY]

——— remove silencers from definition of firearms relative to taxation, registration, and transfer laws (see H.R. 95), H4435 [7AP]

Foreign policy: impose sanctions relative to Russia (see H.R. 6422), H252 [19JA]

——— review sanction policy relative to Russian kleptocrats and human rights abusers (see H.R. 6846), H1177 [28FE]

Forest Service: improve health and resiliency of giant sequoias (see H.R. 8168), H5821 [22JN]

Health: prohibit insurance companies from denying or limiting coverage or charging higher premiums for living organ donors and allow use of family and medical leave by such donors (see H.R. 1255), H7967 [19SE]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 5441), H8430 [3NO]

Immigration: 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), H976 [4FE]

International Olympic Committee: recognize moment of silence at all Olympic opening ceremonies to honor those who lost their lives at 1972 Munich Olympics (see H. Res. 1292), H7405 [28JY]

Iran: condemn death of Mahsa Amini in Iranian custody, discrimination against women, and use of violence to supress protests, and support right to self-determination and protest (see H. Res. 1397), H8397 [14OC]

——— condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 744), H7732 [30AU]

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

Medicare: improve accuracy of market-based payment for clinical diagnostic laboratory services and reduce administrative burdens in collection of data (see H.R. 8188), H8420 [28OC]

——— provide pharmacy reimbursement for coronavirus-related and future emergency services (see H.R. 7213), H5612 [15JN]

——— remove in-person requirements for mental health services furnished through telehealth and telecommunications technology (see H.R. 8497), H7168 [26JY]

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), H1116 [9FE]

Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1082), H4714 [3MY]

National Park Foundation: reauthorize (see H.R. 7693), H4795 [10MY]

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

Olympic Games: commemorate past success of, and support, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams in 2022 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (see H. Res. 903), H917 [2FE]

Power resources: strengthen U.S. energy security and encourage domestic production of crude oil, petroleum products, and natural gas (see H.R. 6858), H1175 [28FE]

Restaurant Revitalization Fund: provide additional appropriations and oversight (see H.R. 4568), H4397 [6AP]

Russia: authorize confiscation of assets subject to U.S. jurisdiction of certain foreign persons and remit those assets to Ukraine (see H.R. 6930), H1302 [3MR]

——— ban visas of certain Russian citizens and their family members due to invasion of Ukraine (see H.R. 6853), H1146 [25FE]

——— express that U.N. should take immediate procedural actions necessary to remove Russia as permanent member of U.N. Security Council (see H. Con. Res. 75), H1207 [1MR]

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), H5332 [7JN]

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

Supreme Court: amend laws relative to concealment, removal, or mutilation of opinion or draft opinion (see H.R. 7713), H5010 [16MY]

Taiwan: strengthen U.S. policy (see H.R. 9010), H8220 [28SE]

Taxation: exclude from gross income interest received on certain loans secured by agricultural real property (see H.R. 1977), H1148 [25FE]

——— make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for work opportunity credit (see H.R. 2974), H8318 [29SE]

——— make permanent certain Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions affecting individuals, families, and small businesses (see H.R. 6658), H1126 [15FE] (see H.R. 8913), H8414 [25OC]

Telehealth Awareness Week: designate (see H. Res. 1352), H7841 [14SE]

Tubman, Harriet: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 1842), H3829 [17MR]

U.N.: withhold U.S. funding for Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry relative to situation in Israel, West Bank, and Gaza (see H.R. 7223), H5685 [17JN]

U.S. Geological Survey: establish regional program to assess, monitor, and benefit hydrology of saline lakes in Great Basin and migratory birds and other wildlife dependent on those habitats (see H.R. 5345), H290 [20JA]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Commerce: report on protection of consumer information in possession of U.S. companies operating in Hong Kong and on requests by Hong Kong for consumer information, content takedowns, or law enforcement assistance (see H.R. 8739), H7720 [23AU]

Dept. of Energy: make awards to cover regulatory costs relative to licensing certain first-of-a-kind advanced nuclear reactors (see H.R. 6618), H1012 [7FE]

Dept. of HHS: allow additional individuals to enroll in standalone dental plans offered through Federal exchanges (see H.R. 9567), H9901 [15DE]

Dept. of State: enter into negotiations with Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office to rename its office ‘‘Taiwan Representative Office’’ (see H.R. 6578), H946 [3FE]

FDA: modernize therapeutic equivalence rating determinations (see H.R. 7377), H4152 [4AP]

Federal agencies and departments: require report on actions taken to end infant formula shortage (see H.R. 7815), H5173 [18MY]

National Clean Energy Week: designate (see H. Res. 1386), H8113 [22SE]

National GIS Day: designate (see H. Res. 1473), H8541 [16NO]

Russia: impose sanctions on importation of oil and natural gas from Russia (see H.R. 6944), H1328 [7MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Commerce: report on protection of consumer information in possession of U.S. companies operating in Hong Kong and on requests by Hong Kong for consumer information, content takedowns, or law enforcement assistance (H.R. 8739), H7720 [23AU]

Dept. of Energy: make awards to cover regulatory costs relative to licensing certain first-of-a-kind advanced nuclear reactors (H.R. 6618), H1013 [7FE]

Dept. of HHS: allow additional individuals to enroll in standalone dental plans offered through Federal exchanges (H.R. 9567), H9903 [15DE]

Dept. of State: enter into negotiations with Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office to rename its office ‘‘Taiwan Representative Office’’ (H.R. 6578), H947 [3FE]

FDA: modernize therapeutic equivalence rating determinations (H.R. 7377), H4153 [4AP]

Federal agencies and departments: require report on actions taken to end infant formula shortage (H.R. 7815), H5174 [18MY]

Russia: impose sanctions on importation of oil and natural gas from Russia (H.R. 6944), H1329 [7MR]

Petitions and memorials

Utah: address climate, public lands, and carbon sequestration, E1034• [7OC]

Remarks

Depts. of HHS and Homeland Security: prohibit from lessening stringency of, and prohibit from ceasing or lessening implementation of, coronavirus border health provisions through end of pandemic (H.R. 471), unanimous-consent request, H4220 [6AP]

Medicare: extend certain telehealth flexibilities relative to coronavirus emergency (H.R. 4040), H7191 [27JY]

Rees, Ashley: American Fork High School Visual Arts Sterling Scholar Award recipient, H8577 [17NO]

Utah: designate and adjust certain lands as components of National Wilderness Preservation System (H.R. 2551), H9680 [12DE]

Tributes

Stratton, Keven, E1031• [7OC]