CUELLAR, HENRY (a Representative from Texas)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alcoholic beverages: provide for programs and activities to prevent underage drinking (see H.R. 7105), H4445 [14AP]

Animals: mint coins in commemoration of invaluable service that working dogs provide to society (see H.R. 5232), H1376 [8MR]

Armed Forces: require public lodging establishments to waive minimum age requirements for members (see H.R. 7109), H5487 [13JN]

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

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

Chávez, César E.: tribute (see H. Res. 1018), H4073 [31MR]

Children and youth: protect against sexual abuse and exploitation (see H.R. 9616), H9909 [20DE]

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]

Colombia: commemorate anniversary of U.S. diplomatic relations and recognize vital strategic alliance (see H. Res. 998), H3853 [18MR]

Courts: improve safety and security of Federal judiciary (see H.R. 4436), H5334 [7JN]

DEA: include fentanyl-related substances under schedule I of Controlled Substances Act, designating they have high potential for abuse and no medical use (see H.R. 6946), H1376 [8MR]

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

——— amend certain regulations to clarify that livestock auction owners may have interest in small meat packing businesses (see H.R. 7438), H8595 [22NO]

Dept. of Education: promote and support collaboration between Hispanic-serving institutions and local educational agencies with high enrollments of Hispanic or Latino students (see H.R. 7454), H4724 [6MY]

Dept. of HHS: improve diversity of participants in Alzheimer’s disease research (see H.R. 3085), H8674 [30NO]

——— reauthorize and modernize Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 5129), H4007 [30MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish procedure for terminating Surgeon General determination to suspend certain entries and imports from designated places relative to coronavirus public health emergency (see H.R. 7458), H4459 [25AP]

——— establish procedures to conduct maintenance projects at ports of entry at which U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities (see H.R. 8640), H7544 [2AU]

——— establish task force on prevention of suicide by U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel (see H.R. 9550), H9852 [14DE]

——— 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), H4005 [30MR]

Dept. of HUD: improve removal of lead from drinking water in public housing (see H.R. 7516), H4443 [14AP]

Dept. of Justice: 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), H5448 [9JN]

——— permit Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program grants to be used for purpose of increasing compensation and hiring of law enforcement officers (see H.R. 6375), H77 [12JA]

Dept. of Labor: list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (see H.R. 4603), H8223 [28SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: exempt certain pandemic relief grants for motorcoach, school bus, and passenger vessel industries from Federal taxation (see H.R. 7477), H7172 [26JY]

Dept. of Transportation: modify certain regulations relative to requirements for commercial driver’s license testing and commercial learner’s permit holders (see H.R. 6567), H916 [2FE]

DIPG Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 404), H1126 [15FE]

Disabled: clarify and strengthen integration mandate for individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports (see H.R. 6860), H5976 [12JY]

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), H7407 [28JY]

Federal aid programs: provide increased allocation of funding under certain programs for assistance in areas of persistent poverty (see H.R. 6531), H1177 [28FE]

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), H7742 [9SE]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 2499), H1330 [7MR]

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), H6680 [15JY]

FEMA: authorize appropriations for U.S. Fire Administration and firefighter assistance grant programs (see H.R. 9245), H8874 [8DE]

Firearms: prohibit disposition of firearm to, and possession of firearm by, adult who, while a juvenile, committed offense that would have been felony if committed by adult (see H.R. 3290), H5919 [24JN]

Freedom Riders: award Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of unique contribution to civil rights, which inspired revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel (see H.R. 1348), H8011 [20SE]

Health: establish value-based care program to exempt eligible rural health clinics from certain payment limitations (see H.R. 5883), H1425 [9MR]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 1353), H7881 [15SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5984), H8410 [21OC]

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

Medicare: allow payments for certain items and services furnished at excepted off-campus outpatient departments of provider to be determined under prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (see H.R. 3348), H217 [18JA]

——— coordinate programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 1577), H3776 [16MR]

——— ensure stability in payments to home health agencies (see H.R. 8581), H7546 [2AU]

——— exempt qualifying physicians from prior authorization requirements under Medicare Advantage plans (see H.R. 7995), H7407 [28JY]

——— improve access to diabetes outpatient self-management training services and require Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test virtual diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 5804), H3859 [21MR]

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 4–H Week: designate (see H. Res. 1411), H8316 [29SE]

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

National Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease and Conditions Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 425), H3745 [15MR]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1008), H3896 [28MR]

Natural gas: expedite approval of applications to export natural gas to certain U.S. allies (see H.R. 9355), H8594 [22NO]

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]

NIH: provide for further comprehensive research on unruptured intracranial aneurysms at National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (see H.R. 1553), H7558 [9AU]

——— study health and developmental effects of technology and media on infants, children, and adolescents (see H.R. 2161), H1275 [2MR]

Nuclear energy: prohibit use of Federal funds for private interim storage of spent nuclear fuel (see H.R. 6901), H1274 [2MR]

Private Felix Z. Longoria Veterans’ Memorial Post Office, Three Rivers, TX: designate (see H.R. 8529), H7254 [27JY]

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

Russia: prohibit importation of uranium from Russia (see H.R. 7222), H3863 [24MR]

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

Taxation: allow tax credit for neighborhood revitalization (see H.R. 2143), H9730 [13DE]

——— allow workers above-the-line deduction for union dues and expenses and miscellaneous itemized deduction for unreimbursed expenses incurred in trade or business of being an employee (see H.R. 2549), H8396 [14OC]

——— 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), H8410 [21OC]

——— create safe harbor for certain perpetual trust funds (see H.R. 9044), H8731 [2DE]

——— increase threshold for de minimis exception for information reporting by third party settlement organizations (see H.R. 7079), H9904 [15DE]

——— permanently extend allowance for depreciation, amortization, or depletion for purposes of determining income limitation on deduction for business interest (see H.R. 5371), H5735 [21JN]

——— provide tax credit to encourage replacement or modernization of inefficient, outdated freight railcars (see H.R. 7902), H5824 [22JN]

——— reform low-income housing credit (see H.R. 2573), H7742 [9SE]

Telecommunications: invest in rural broadband infrastructure and recognize importance to rural communities (see H. Res. 885), H301 [25JA]

Texas: conform Federal tax law with Texas Constitution to allow for continued benefit to fullest extent possible from financial leverage of Permanent University Fund to State of Texas (see H.R. 9332), H8731 [2DE]

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]

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), H5215 [24MY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: make supplemental funding available for management of fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need as determined by State fish and wildlife agencies (see H.R. 2773), H5228 [31MY]

U.S. Foundation for International Conservation: establish (see H.R. 9340), H8587 [17NO]

U.S. Geological Survey: alter criteria for designation of critical minerals to include uranium (see H.R. 8045), H5486 [13JN]

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]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Employment: provide workers with schedule flexibility and choice (see H.R. 8442), H6921 [20JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Employment: provide workers with schedule flexibility and choice (H.R. 8442), H6923 [20JY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H7745 [13SE], H7969 [20SE], H8013 [21SE], H8497 [15NO], H8509 [16NO]

Remarks

Dept. of the Interior: offshore oil and gas leasing funding, H7701• [12AU]

Economy: use of budget reconciliation to fight inflation, reduce prescription drug and health care costs, address climate change, increase tax fairness, and reduce deficit (H.R. 5376), Senate amendment, H7701• [12AU]

Iran: condemn death of Mahsa Amini in Iranian custody, discrimination against women, and use of violence to suppress protests, and support right to self-determination and protest, E1271• [13DE]

Tributes

Aguilar, Maria G. (Lupita), E450• [3MY]

Brady, Representative, E1250• [12DE]

Canizales, Orlando, E1157• [16NO]

Howe, Randy J., E1221• [6DE]

Perez, Richard, E1229• [7DE]

Saenz, Pedro I., Jr., E1215• [5DE]

Sepúlveda, Samuel A. García, E955• [20SE]

Wolff, Nelson W., E1241• [8DE]