COOPER, JIM (a Representative from Tennessee)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 7900), H6256 [13JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit interference, under color of State law, with provision of interstate abortion services (see H.R. 8297), H6337 [13JY]

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), H8011 [20SE]

Animals: increase enforcement of Animal Welfare Act violations (see H.R. 6100), H1149 [25FE]

——— mint coins in commemoration of invaluable service that working dogs provide to society (see H.R. 5232), H3829 [17MR]

——— restrict use of exotic and nondomesticated animals in traveling circuses and exhibitions (see H.R. 5999), H44 [11JA]

Armed Forces: provide for independent investigation and prosecution of sexual harassment under Uniform Code of Military Justice (see H.R. 7560), H4453 [21AP]

Army: tribute to service of soldiers of 30th Infantry Division (Old Hickory) during World War I and World War II (see H. Res. 1187), H5684 [17JN]

Arts and humanities: support development of arts businesses, jobs, and growth of creative economy (see H.R. 6381), H77 [12JA]

Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail: designate (see H.R. 7884), H5218 [27MY]

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

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: design and install exhibit depicting attack on Capitol that occured January 6, 2021 (see H.R. 1627), H9 [10JA]

Chisholm, Shirley: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 8535), H7254 [27JY]

CIA: allow Air America employees to be eligible for Federal retirement benefits (see H.R. 1297), H309 [28JA]

Collective bargaining: provide collective bargaining rights for firefighters and emergency medical services personnel employed by States or political subdivisions (see H.R. 2586), H1148 [25FE]

Colleges and universities: condemn threats of violence against historically Black colleges and universities and reaffirm support for historically Black colleges and universities and their students (see H. Con. Res. 70), H1304 [3MR]

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 the Library (Joint): obtain statue of Harriet Tubman to display in U.S. Capitol National Statuary Hall (see H.R. 7062), H3712 [11MR]

Conservation of energy: modify definition of water heater under energy conservation standards (see H.R. 7962), H5332 [7JN]

Contraceptives: restrict limitations on possession, sale, purchase, transportation or use of any contraceptive that relates to interstate commerce (see H.R. 8318), H6625 [14JY]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish AmeriCorps Administration to carry out national and volunteer service programs (see H.R. 6683), H1113 [9FE]

Courts: improve safety and security of Federal judiciary (see H.R. 4436), H7716 [19AU]

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

Dept. of Defense: allow military medical treatment facilities to provide abortion services and for military to cover associated costs (see H.R. 7945), H5488 [13JN]

Dept. of Education: create demonstration project to fund additional secondary school counselors in certain troubled schools to reduce dropout rates (see H.R. 614), H3776 [16MR]

Dept. of HHS: conduct research to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth from child abuse and neglect, include such demographics in child abuse reports, and train personnel on meeting needs of such youth (see H.R. 7644), H7073 [22JY]

——— establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 3165), H1134 [18FE]

——— prohibit health insurance providers from imposing cost-sharing requirements or treatment limitations for diagnostic examinations for breast cancer that are less favorable than those for screening examinations (see H.R. 5769), H1134 [18FE]

——— reauthorize and modernize Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 5129), H4445 [14AP]

——— reauthorize programs supporting community-based youth and young adult suicide prevention efforts (see H.R. 7255), H5228 [31MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: enhance funding and administration of Nonprofit Security Grant Program (see H.R. 6825), H3859 [21MR]

Dept. of HUD: establish grant program for public housing agencies to install automatic sprinkler systems in public housing (see H.R. 2638), H3744 [15MR]

Dept. of Transportation: reduce traffic fatalities to zero by 2050 (see H. Res. 565), H332 [1FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to include veterans from World War II (see H.R. 5562), H1177 [28FE]

——— extend increased dependency and indemnity compensation paid to surviving spouses of veterans who die from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (see H.R. 5607), H10 [10JA]

——— increase amount paid to veterans for improvements and structural alterations furnished as part of home health services (see H.R. 5819), H1276 [2MR]

Disability Pride Month: designate (see H. Res. 1282), H7170 [26JY]

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]

Elections: constitutional amendment on authority of Congress and States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns (see H.J. Res. 80), H3863 [24MR]

——— 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), H6705 [18JY]

——— support stillbirth prevention and research (see H.R. 7011), H5335 [7JN]

FDA: improve safety and supply of infant formula (see H.R. 7933), H5232 [3JN]

FEMA: provide, manufacture, and distribute high quality face masks for every individual in U.S. during coronavirus emergency using Defense Production Act and other means (see H.R. 6385), H78 [12JA]

Financial institutions: modify frequency of credit union boards of directors meetings (see H.R. 6889), H4610 [28AP]

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]

——— modernize business of selling firearms and address gun trafficking through regulation of Federal firearms licensees (see H.R. 6225), H1376 [8MR]

Foreign trade: require congressional approval before President can adjust imports in interest of national security (see H.R. 8666), H7552 [5AU]

FTC: prohibit circumvention of control measures used by Internet retailers to ensure equitable consumer access to products (see H.R. 6096), H44 [11JA]

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

Health: declare gun violence public health crisis (see H. Res. 1165), H5446 [9JN]

HIV/AIDS: establish grant program for States, Tribal governments, Federal health centers, rural health clinics, local governments, and community-based organizations to establish and support PrEP programs (see H.R. 5605), H6883 [19JY]

Information technology: establish governmentwide approach to improving digital identity (see H.R. 4258), H5919 [24JN]

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

Juneteenth National Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 1182), H5645 [16JN]

Medicaid: allow States to make medical assistance available to inmates during period preceding their release (see H.R. 955), H3897 [28MR]

Medicare: expand access to telehealth services (see H.R. 2903), H918 [2FE]

——— 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), H4609 [28AP]

——— provide for coverage of certain pharmacist services in underserved areas (see H.R. 2759), H5209 [19MY]

——— provide pharmacy reimbursement for coronavirus-related and future emergency services (see H.R. 7213), H5209 [19MY]

——— require in-person appointment prior to ordering high-cost durable medical equipment or laboratory testing, extend certain emergency waivers, and expand access to telehealth services (see H.R. 6202), H1141 [22FE]

Mental health: expand Medicaid certified community behavioral health clinic demonstration program and authorize funding for additional grants to certified community behavioral health clinics (see H.R. 4323), H79 [12JA]

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 Archives and Records Administration: submit plan to Congress to eliminate records backlog at National Personnel Records Center (see H.R. 7337), H4072 [31MR]

National Mentoring Month: observance (see H. Res. 884), H310 [28JA]

National Museum of African American History and Culture: support African American history education programs (see H.R. 6261), H4128 [1AP]

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

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), H8379 [4OC]

NIH: provide for further comprehensive research on unruptured intracranial aneurysms at National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (see H.R. 1553), H4435 [7AP]

Political campaigns: apply ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals to State and local ballot initiatives or referenda (see H.R. 5841), H309 [28JA]

Postal Service: prohibit from carrying out contract for procurement of next generation vehicle fleet unless such fleet is at least 75 percent electric or zero emission vehicles (see H.R. 7018), H1422 [9MR]

Russia: prohibit Federal procurement from companies operating in Russia (see H.R. 7185), H4075 [31MR]

SBA: improve women’s business center program (see H.R. 6441), H1304 [3MR]

Senate: rename Russell Senate Office Building (see H. Res. 920), H1114 [9FE]

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with Huntington’s disease (see H.R. 2050), H3713 [11MR]

Taxation: allow refundable income tax credit for purchase of qualified access technology for the blind (see H.R. 431), H4715 [3MY]

——— classify certain automatic fire sprinkler system retrofits as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 6192), H3866 [24MR]

——— make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for work opportunity credit (see H.R. 2974), H3897 [28MR]

——— temporarily reinstate coronavirus employee retention tax credit for employers subject to closure (see H.R. 6161), H3972 [29MR]

——— treat certain liquidations of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified liquidations of last in, first out (LIFO) inventory (see H.R. 7382), H5175 [18MY]

Thomas Paine Memorial Association: authorize to establish commemorative work in District of Columbia and its environs (see H.R. 6720), H4007 [30MR]

Transportation: award grants to entities that provide transportation connectors from critically underserved urban and rural communities to green spaces (see H.R. 2924), H44 [11JA]

Tubman, Harriet: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 1842), H1275 [2MR]

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

Wildlife: prohibit wildlife killing contests on public lands (see H.R. 7398), H4190 [5AP]

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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

National Tire Safety Week: designate (see H. Res. 1178), H5610 [15JN]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H9731 [14DE]

Remarks

Congressional Accountability Act: approve certain regulations implementing provisions on congressional employees coverage under Family and Medical Leave Act and Fair Labor Standards Act (H. Res. 1516), H9752 [14DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 7900), H6223, H6274 [13JY]

——— repeal restriction on funding for Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, H6274 [13JY]

Federal agencies and departments: amend description of how performance goals are achieved (H.R. 2617), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 124), H9790 [14DE]

——— amend description of how performance goals are achieved (H.R. 2617), Senate amendments, H9790 [14DE]

Thelma Harper Post Office Building, Nashville, TN: establish (H.R. 5271), H5963 [12JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H9742 [14DE]

Tributes

Warden, John, E1346• [22DE]