DEATH AND DYING

Amendments

CPSC: promulgate product safety rule for free-standing clothing storage units to protect children from tip-over related death or injury (S. 3232), S6050 [29SE]

Dept. of Education: improve Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant and Children of Fallen Heroes Grant Pell Grant programs (S. 3373), S3596, S3616 [21JY], S3643 [25JY], S3699 [26JY], S3809 [1AU], S3846, S3848, S3850 [2AU]

——— improve Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant and Children of Fallen Heroes Grant Pell Grant programs (S. 3373), consideration (H. Res. 1224), H5990 [13JY]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize certain programs relative to mental health and substance use disorders (H.R. 7666), H5783, H5784, H5785, H5786, H5788, H5789, H5790, H5791, H5792, H5793 [22JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs relative to mental health and substance use disorders (H.R. 7666), consideration (H. Res. 1191), H5750 [22JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure grants for State veterans cemeteries do not restrict interment of certain deceased Reserve components members in such cemeteries (S. 2089), S1013 [7MR], S3172 [23JN], H5892 [24JN]

——— ensure grants for State veterans cemeteries do not restrict interment of certain deceased Reserve components members in such cemeteries (S. 2089), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1204), H5889 [24JN]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (H.R. 2499), H4822, H4823, H4826 [11MY]

——— establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (H.R. 2499), consideration (H. Res. 1097), H4773 [10MY]

Articles and editorials

Myths About Fentanyl Persist as Opioid Continues To Cause Overdose Deaths, H8749 [5DE]

Bills and resolutions

AID: implement policies to end preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally (see H.R. 8057), H5546 [14JN]

Armed Forces: carry out pilot program on providing training to, validating, and deploying grief companions to facilitate bereavement care (see S. 4783), S4045 [4AU]

——— establish special pay and allowances for members assigned to cold weather operations (see S. 4375), S2893 [9JN] (see H.R. 8023), H5446 [9JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Grounds for National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and for National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition (see H. Con. Res. 74), H1131 [18FE]

CDC: include, to extent possible, aborted children in death number and rates (see H.R. 7715), H4860 [11MY]

Correctional institutions: establish policies and procedures to notify next-of-kin or other emergency contact upon death, or serious illness or injury, of individual in Federal custody (see S. 4284), S2620 [19MY]

Courts: ensure that homicides can be prosecuted under Federal law without regard to time elapsed between act or omission that caused death of victim and death itself (see S. 10), S6779 [17NO] (see H.R. 9601), H9902 [15DE]

Crime: prohibit use of mail or interstate communications to assist suicide (see H.R. 9260), H8422 [31OC]

——— provide increased penalties for mass killings involving machine guns or semiautomatic weapons (see H.R. 8537), H7254 [27JY]

——— punish distribution of fentanyl resulting in death as felony murder (see S. 4876), S4639 [15SE] (see H.R. 8845), H7880 [15SE]

Dept. of Defense: extend authority to make certain payments to redress injury and loss (see H.R. 9627), H9909 [20DE]

——— provide certain resources to implement policy on civilian harm in connection with U.S. military operations (see H.R. 9696), H10534 [27DE]

Dept. of Education: establish grant program to facilitate peer-to-peer suicide prevention programs for middle and high school students (see H.R. 9036), H8314 [29SE]

——— improve Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant and Children of Fallen Heroes Grant Pell Grant programs (S. 3373), consideration (see H. Res. 1224), H6334 [13JY]

——— improve Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant and Children of Fallen Heroes Grant Pell Grant programs (S. 3373), correction in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 98), H6335 [13JY]

——— promote comprehensive college campus mental health and suicide prevention plans (see S. 4970), S5225 [28SE]

——— require additional reporting by institutions of higher education on crime and harm that occurs during student participation in programs of study abroad (see H.R. 7215), H3863 [24MR]

——— require reporting of certain incidents resulting in serious physical injuries or death at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 8406), H6706 [18JY]

Dept. of HHS: award grants to States to develop, improve, or maintain State registry of advance directives (see H.R. 7608), H4575 [27AP]

——— ensure consensual donation and respectful disposition of human bodies and body parts donated for education, research, or advancement of medical or mortuary science and not for use in human transplantation (see S. 4929), S4969 [22SE]

——— establish grant program to promote comprehensive mental health and suicide prevention efforts in high schools (see S. 3628), S646 [10FE]

——— expand and intensify surveillance of self-harm in partnership with State and local public health departments and provide grants for self-harm and suicide prevention services in hospital emergency departments (see S. 4448), S3075 [22JN]

——— expand opioid overdose reversal medication access, education, and co-prescribing grant programs (see S. 4794), S4479 [7SE]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see S. 4260), S2620 [19MY]

——— provide grants to States, local governments, and Indian Tribes to establish, expand, or maintain Drug Overdose Fatality Review Teams (see S. 4091), S2189 [27AP]

——— provide support for bereavement services (see H.R. 9109), H8371 [30SE]

——— reauthorize certain programs relative to mental health and substance use disorders (see H.R. 7666), H4721 [6MY]

——— reauthorize certain programs relative to mental health and substance use disorders (H.R. 7666), consideration (see H. Res. 1191), H5733 [21JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs to reduce opioid overdose deaths (see H.R. 7681), H4721 [6MY]

——— reauthorize programs supporting community-based youth and young adult suicide prevention efforts (see S. 4271), S2620 [19MY] (see H.R. 7255), H3895 [28MR]

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

——— require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take into custody certain aliens who have been charged with crime that resulted in death or serious injury of another person (see S. 3462), S118 [10JA]

Dept. of Justice: authorize funding and increase accessibility to National Missing and Unidentified Persons System and facilitate data sharing with FBI National Crime Information Center database (see S. 5029), S5541 [29SE] (see S. 5230), S7070 [8DE] (see H.R. 9491), H9688 [12DE]

——— 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]

——— include certain additional information in National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (see H.R. 8860), H7881 [15SE]

——— provide for Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program pilot program for local law enforcement agencies in rural areas to purchase naloxone to prevent and reduce opioid overdose deaths (see H.R. 6593), H947 [3FE]

——— require Federal law enforcement agencies report on cases of missing or murdered Indians (see S. 4923), S4969 [22SE] (see H.R. 8960), H8112 [22SE]

Dept. of State: provide reports by U.S. embassies and consulates on deaths of U.S. citizens in foreign countries to CDC (see H.R. 7216), H3863 [24MR]

——— require report on investigation into death of Shireen Abu Akleh (see H.R. 9291), H8494 [14NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure grants for State veterans cemeteries do not restrict interment of certain deceased Reserve components members in such cemeteries (S. 2089), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 1204), H5918 [24JN]

——— enter into agreement with National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study incidence and mortality of cancer among Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps aircrew (see H.R. 7524), H4443 [14AP]

——— improve laws relative to administration of certain benefits payable to survivors of deceased veterans (see H.R. 7050), H1423 [9MR]

——— make certain improvements in mental health care (see H.R. 6411), H216 [18JA]

——— provide burial allowance for certain veterans who die at home while in receipt of hospice care (see S. 4922), S4969 [22SE] (see H.R. 7176), H3858 [21MR]

——— repay estates of deceased beneficiaries for certain benefits paid and misused by fiduciaries of such beneficiaries (see S. 3994), S1980 [5AP]

——— support Tribal and national cemeteries, allow designation of green burial sections, ban burial of criminals, and expand national cemeteries (see S. 4949), S5051 [27SE]

Disabled: allow disabled individuals with terminal illnesses to receive disability insurance benefits without waiting period and prohibit concurrent receipt of disability benefits and unemployment insurance (see S. 3707), S836 [28FE] (see H.R. 6870), H1175 [28FE]

Diseases and disorders: honor individuals who have died in U.S. from coronavirus (see S. Con. Res. 39), S2493 [12MY] (see H. Res. 1110), H4920 [12MY]

Drugs: provide for punishment for knowing distribution of fentanyl if death results (see H.R. 8228), H5918 [24JN]

Fallen Heroes Flag Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 8050), H5545 [14JN]

Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation: approve location of commemorative work in District of Columbia (see S.J. Res. 62), S4620 [14SE] (see H.J. Res. 96), H7881 [15SE]

Families and domestic relations: improve research and data collection on stillbirths (see S. 3972), S1910 [31MR]

——— support stillbirth prevention and research (see S. 3797), S1118 [10MR] (see H.R. 7011), H1421 [9MR]

Federal aid programs: allow States and local educational agencies to use unspent coronavirus school emergency relief funds to purchase life-saving opioid antagonists and provide training and education to students and staff (see H.R. 8968), H8112 [22SE]

Federal employees: increase death gratuities and funeral allowances (see S. 3474), S159 [11JA] (see S. 3487), S189 [12JA] (see H.R. 7376), H4152 [4AP]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (H.R. 2499), consideration (see H. Res. 1097), H4795 [10MY]

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]

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]

Gold Star Children’s Day: designate (see S. Res. 751), S4440 [6SE]

Gold Star Families Remembrance Week: designate (see S. Res. 761), S4575 [13SE] (see H. Res. 1030), H4191 [5AP]

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

Guerra, Raul: extend condolences to friends and family of fallen Naval reservist and journalist during Vietnamese Conflict, honor courage and character, and commend efforts to return remains to U.S. (see H. Res. 1186), H5645 [16JN]

Health: adopt Federal 21st-century global health solidarity strategy and take actions to address past and ongoing harms that undermine health and well-being of people around the world (see H. Res. 1373), H8010 [20SE]

——— improve public health response to addressing maternal mortality and morbidity during coronavirus public health emergency (see S. 5284), S7252 [15DE] (see H.R. 9602), H9902 [15DE]

——— recognize cardiovascular disease as leading cause of preventable death and disability and as global public health crisis (see H. Res. 905), H947 [3FE]

Immigration: extend honorary citizenship to otherwise qualified noncitizens who enlisted in the Philippines and died while serving on active duty with U.S. Armed Forces during certain periods of hostilities (see H.R. 6501), H301 [25JA]

Insurance: establish special enrollment period for families of individuals who died by suicide and competitive grant program to provide services and support to those impacted by suicide (see H.R. 8680), H7552 [5AU]

Medicaid: repeal requirement that States establish Medicaid Estate Recovery Program and limit circumstances in which State may place lien on Medicaid beneficiary’s property (see H.R. 6698), H1113 [9FE]

Medicare: permit use of telehealth for purposes of recertification of eligibility for hospice care (see H.R. 8505), H7169 [26JY]

——— waive cost-sharing for advance care planning services (see S. 4873), S4639 [15SE] (see H.R. 8840), H7880 [15SE]

Missouri: honor lives of fallen Missouri police officers and express condolences to their families (see S. Res. 594), S2131 [25AP] (see H. Res. 1067), H4575 [27AP]

Morality and ethics: ensure individuals facing end of their lives have access to quality medical, palliative, and hospice care and oppose Federal policies or practices that support or facilitate assisted suicide (see H. Con. Res. 68), H976 [4FE]

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

National Hospice and Palliative Care Month: designate (see S. Res. 849), S6823 [28NO]

National Stillbirth Prevention Day: designate (see S. Res. 771), S4822 [19SE] (see H. Res. 1363), H7965 [19SE]

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 S. Res. 559), S1832 [29MR] (see H. Res. 987), H3775 [16MR]

NIH: authorize funding for Implementing a Maternal Health and Pregnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) Initiative (see H.R. 7565), H4453 [21AP]

Russia: require President report to Congress on efforts to collect, analyze, and preserve evidence and information relative to war crimes committed during Ukraine invasion (see S. 4134), S2339 [4MY] (see S. 5233), S7100 [12DE] (see H.R. 7276), H3970 [29MR]

Social Security: provide for phased-in payment of disability insurance payments during waiting period for individuals with terminal illness (see S. 4133), S2339 [4MY]

SSA: improve sharing of death information with Do Not Pay working system (see H.R. 7118), H3826 [17MR]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: establish office to coordinate work on behavioral health crisis care and improve National Suicide Prevention Lifeline program (see S. 4871), S4638 [15SE]

——— improve implementation of National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (see H.R. 7116), H3826 [17MR] (see H.R. 7232), H3894 [28MR]

——— require States receiving block grant for substance use prevention and treatment to describe efforts to promote work to improve mental health and well-being (see H.R. 8523), H7254 [27JY]

——— study certain exemptions for treatment of opioid use disorder through treatment programs during coronavirus emergency and modernize process for obtaining methadone (see S. 3629), S647 [10FE]

Taxation: create safe harbor for certain perpetual trust funds (see H.R. 9044), H8314 [29SE]

——— recognize importance of stepped-up basis of certain inherited property in preserving family-owned farms and small businesses (see H. Res. 1015), H4006 [30MR]

Cloture motions

Dept. of Education: improve Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant and Children of Fallen Heroes Grant Pell Grant programs (S. 3373), House amendment, S3627 [25JY], S3731 [27JY]

Factsheets

Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity: Center for American Progress (excerpt), H1321 [7MR]

Letters

Federal Firefighters Fairness Act: Bill Webb, Congressional Fire Services Institute, H4819 [11MY]

——— Edward A. Kelly and Kenneth W. Stuebing, International Association of Fire Chiefs, H4821 [11MY]

——— Julie N. Tippens, American Federation of Government Employees, H4820 [11MY]

——— Ken Thomas, National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, H4820 [11MY]

——— Linda Reinstein, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, H4819 [11MY]

Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act: Representative Nadler, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H5774 [22JN]

——— Representative Pallone, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H5774 [22JN]

Lists

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and officers who died in line of duty, E686 [1JY]

Votes recorded by proxy on Demings amendment to H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act, H5805 [22JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on Griffith amendment to H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act, H5807 [22JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1097, consideration of H.R. 2499, Federal Firefighters Fairness Act, H4774 [10MY]

Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1191, consideration of H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act, H5752 [22JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 2499, Federal Firefighters Fairness Act, H4831 [11MY]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 5407, Enhancing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Through Campus Planning Act, H5855 [23JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 7276, Ukraine Invasion War Crimes Deterrence and Accountability Act, H4382 [6AP]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act, H5807 [22JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on Joyce of Ohio amendment to H.R. 2499, Federal Firefighters Fairness Act, H4829 [11MY]

Votes recorded by proxy on Keller amendment to H.R. 2499, Federal Firefighters Fairness Act, H4830 [11MY]

Votes recorded by proxy on Pallone amendment to H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act, H5804, H5805 [22JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on previous question to H. Res. 1097, consideration of H.R. 2499, Federal Firefighters Fairness Act, H4773 [10MY]

Votes recorded by proxy on previous question to H. Res. 1191, consideration of H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act, H5751 [22JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on Rodgers amendment to H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act, H5806 [22JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on Ruiz amendment to H.R. 3967, Honoring Our Promise To Address Comprehensive Toxics (Honoring Our PACT) Act, H1283 [3MR]

Votes recorded by proxy on S. 2794, Supporting Families of the Fallen Act, H8278 [29SE]

Votes recorded by proxy on S. 5230, Help Find the Missing Act, H9842 [14DE]

Votes recorded by proxy on Scott of Virginia amendment to H.R. 2499, Federal Firefighters Fairness Act, H4828 [11MY]

Votes recorded by proxy on Speier amendment to H.R. 7900, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H6590 [14JY]

Motions

Dept. of Education: improve Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant and Children of Fallen Heroes Grant Pell Grant programs (S. 3373), S3596 [21JY], S3731 [27JY], S3846, S3848, S3850 [2AU], H6024 [13JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure grants for State veterans cemeteries do not restrict interment of certain deceased Reserve components members in such cemeteries (S. 2089), H5893 [24JN]

Press releases

U.S. Overdose Deaths in 2021 Increased Half as Much as in 2020—But Are Still Up 15 Percent: CDC, H8747 [5DE]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: improve process by which member may be referred for mental health evaluation (H.R. 3942), H9708 [13DE]

——— provide funding to establish and implement civilian harm mitigation standards across combatant commands, H6267 [13JY]

Capital punishment: prohibit imposition for any violation of Federal law, H8679 [1DE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Grounds for National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and for National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition (H. Con. Res. 74), H3901 [29MR]

Dept. of Defense: report on maternity mortality rates among members of Armed Forces and dependents of such members, H1320 [7MR]

Dept. of Education: improve Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant and Children of Fallen Heroes Grant Pell Grant programs (S. 3373), H6001–H6025 [13JY], H6612 [14JY], H7414–H7416 [29JY]

——— improve Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant and Children of Fallen Heroes Grant Pell Grant programs (S. 3373), consideration (H. Res. 1224), H5983–H5993 [13JY], E789 [27JY]

——— improve Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant and Children of Fallen Heroes Grant Pell Grant programs (S. 3373), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 98), H6025 [13JY]

——— promote comprehensive college campus mental health and suicide prevention plans (H.R. 5407), H5840–H5842 [23JN], H6876 [19JY], E662 [23JN]

Dept. of HHS: award grants to establish or expand programs to implement evidence-aligned practices in health care settings to reduce suicide rates of covered individuals (H.R. 5035), H226 [19JA]

——— condition certain grants on States, local educational agencies, and tribes implementing school-based student suicide awareness and prevention training policy (S. 1543), H1158, H1159 [28FE]

——— reauthorize certain programs relative to mental health and substance use disorders (H.R. 7666), H5633 [16JN], H5752–H5795, H5810, H5811 [22JN], H5835 [23JN], H5885 [24JN], H6876 [19JY], H8083 [22SE]

——— reauthorize certain programs relative to mental health and substance use disorders (H.R. 7666), consideration (H. Res. 1191), H5745–H5752 [22JN], E659 [23JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs relative to mental health and substance use disorders (H.R. 7666), corrections in engrossment, H5810 [22JN]

——— reauthorize programs supporting community-based youth and young adult suicide prevention efforts (H.R. 7255), H5737 [22JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: tribute to U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and officers who died in line of duty, E686 [1JY]

Dept. of Labor: require annual report relative to firefighters with certain diseases or disabilities and recommendations for minimizing adverse health risks, H4825 [11MY]

——— study potential risk and connection between gynecological cancers and fire protection activities, H4824 [11MY]

Dept. of State: require report on investigation into death of Shireen Abu Akleh (H.R. 9291), E1141 [14NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out program to provide technical assistance to States and American Indian and Alaska Native tribes for development of veteran suicide prevention activities (H.R. 5317), H5197 [19MY]

——— ensure grants for State veterans cemeteries do not restrict interment of certain deceased Reserve components members in such cemeteries (S. 2089), Senate amendment, H5837–H5840 [23JN], H5883, H5892–H5895 [24JN]

——— increase automatic maximum coverage under Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance program and Veterans’ Group Life Insurance program (S. 2794), H8192, H8193 [28SE]

——— make certain improvements in mental health care (H.R. 6411), H5633 [16JN], H5845–H5853 [23JN], H8186, H8187 [28SE]

——— permit burn pit registrants to designate certain individuals to update burn pit registry with registered individual’s cause of death, H1280 [3MR]

——— support Tribal and national cemeteries, allow designation of green burial sections, ban burial of criminals, and expand national cemeteries (S. 4949), H10038–H10040 [22DE]

Diseases and disorders: express condolences to U.S. citizens who have passed away from coronavirus pandemic, H4913 [12MY]

Drugs: address drug abuse epidemic by securing southern border, H922 [3FE], H4848 [11MY]

——— address drug overdose deaths, H6879 [19JY]

Families and domestic relations: support stillbirth prevention and research (H.R. 7011), E239 [9MR]

FCC: designate 9-8-8 as universal telephone number for national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system operated through National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Veterans Crisis Line, H5813 [22JN], H6876 [19JY], H6903 [20JY], H6926 [21JY]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (H.R. 2499), H4816–H4831 [11MY], H4875 [12MY], E492 [12MY]

——— establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (H.R. 2499), consideration (H. Res. 1097), H4764–H4774 [10MY]

——— expand definition of firefighter relative to eligibility for presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities, H4823 [11MY]

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]

Georgia: dedication of Gold Star Fathers of Georgia Highway, E791 [27JY]

Gold Star Spouses Day: observance, H4160 [5AP]

Jenks, OK: installation of war memorial garden to honor sacrifice of fallen soldiers, E1104 [3NO]

Law enforcement officers: tribute to police officers killed in line of duty, H4490 [26AP]

Medicare: waive cost-sharing for advance care planning services (H.R. 8840), E941 [15SE]

Memorial Day: observance, H5195 [19MY], E567 [31MY]

Mental health: address rising suicide rates, H7080 [26JY], E125 [8FE]

——— ensure provision of high-quality service through National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, H5787 [22JN]

National Fall Prevention Awareness Week: designate (H. Con. Res. 107), H8016 [21SE]

Population: clarify that when applicable, Federal surveys should gather information from knowledgeable proxy of deceased LGBTQI+ individual, H5866, H5867 [23JN]

Russia: require President report to Congress on efforts to collect, analyze, and preserve evidence and information relative to war crimes committed during Ukraine invasion (H.R. 7276), H4212–H4216 [6AP], E369, E370 [7AP]

Siskiyou County, CA: express condolences for victims of McKinney fire and Mill fire, H7746 [13SE]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: study certain exemptions for treatment of opioid use disorder through treatment programs during coronavirus emergency and modernize process for obtaining methadone (H.R. 6279), E1211 [2DE]

Taxation: recognize importance of stepped-up basis of certain inherited property in preserving family-owned farms and small businesses (H. Res. 1015), H3976 [30MR], H5481 [13JN]

Transportation Security Administration: consult with Federal Air Marshal Service on issues regarding work schedules and shifts and equipment and training to address concerns relative to mental health and suicide, H4888 [12MY]

Ukraine: tribute to journalists killed or injured while covering Russian invaision of Ukraine, H3716 [15MR]

Women: end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity and close disparities in maternal health outcomes (H.R. 959), H8735 [5DE], E378 [11AP]

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims: observance, E1166 [17NO]

Remarks in Senate

Arkansas: honor lives of fallen Arkansas police officers, S9736 [21DE]

Biden, President: evaluation of administration relative to coronavirus pandemic, S532 [7FE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Grounds for National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and for National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition (H. Con. Res. 74), S2170 [26AP]

CPSC: promulgate product safety rule for free-standing clothing storage units to protect children from tip-over related death or injury (S. 3232), S2471 [12MY], S6050 [29SE]

——— promulgate product safety rule for free-standing clothing storage units to protect children from tip-over related death or injury (S. 441), S3052 [22JN]

Dept. of Education: improve Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant and Children of Fallen Heroes Grant Pell Grant programs (S. 3373), S800 [17FE], S3596 [21JY]

——— improve Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant and Children of Fallen Heroes Grant Pell Grant programs (S. 3373), House amendment, S3627 [25JY], S3661, S3662, S3684 [26JY], S3715, S3731, S3733, S3734 [27JY], S3750, S3761–S3763 [28JY], S3795, S3797–S3799 [1AU], S3838, S3840, S3842, S3844–S3853 [2AU], S4055 [6AU], S4434 [6SE]

——— improve Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant and Children of Fallen Heroes Grant Pell Grant programs (S. 3373), House amendment—unanimous-consent agreement, S3842 [2AU]

Dept. of HHS: expand and intensify surveillance of self-harm in partnership with State and local public health departments and provide grants for self-harm and suicide prevention services in hospital emergency departments (S. 4448), S3078 [22JN], S3360 [19JY]

——— reauthorize programs supporting community-based youth and young adult suicide prevention efforts (S. 4271), S2623 [19MY], S3078 [22JN], S3360 [19JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take into custody certain aliens who have been charged with crime that resulted in death or serious injury of another person (S. 3462), S120 [10JA], S272 [18JA]

——— review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols to address missing and murdered Native Americans, S2364 [5MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure grants for State veterans cemeteries do not restrict interment of certain deceased Reserve components members in such cemeteries (S. 2089), S1013 [7MR]

——— ensure grants for State veterans cemeteries do not restrict interment of certain deceased Reserve components members in such cemeteries (S. 2089), House amendment, S3137 [23JN]

——— increase automatic maximum coverage under Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance program and Veterans’ Group Life Insurance program (S. 2794), S1753 [23MR]

——— support Tribal and national cemeteries, allow designation of green burial sections, ban burial of criminals, and expand national cemeteries (S. 4949), S7302, S7303 [19DE]

Drugs: address drug abuse epidemic by securing southern border, S2530 [17MY], S4951 [22SE]

Gold Star Families Remembrance Week: designate (S. Res. 761), S4582 [13SE]

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: impact, S2650–S2652 [24MY]

Memorial Day: observance, S2416 [10MY], S2641, S2643 [24MY], S2726, S2740 [26MY], S2884 [9JN]

Mental health: address rising suicide rates, S3353, S3359 [19JY]

——— ensure provision of high-quality service through National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (S. 2425), S3078 [22JN], S3359 [19JY]

Missouri: honor lives of fallen Missouri police officers and express condolences to their families (S. Res. 594), S2407 [10MY], S2628 [19MY]

National Hospice and Palliative Care Month: designate (S. Res. 849), S6829 [28NO]

Ohio: tribute to law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty, S2573 [18MY]

Russia: require President report to Congress on efforts to collect, analyze, and preserve evidence and information relative to war crimes committed during Ukraine invasion, S1968 [5AP]

——— require President report to Congress on efforts to collect, analyze, and preserve evidence and information relative to war crimes committed during Ukraine invasion (S. 4134), S2340 [4MY]

——— require President report to Congress on efforts to collect, analyze, and preserve evidence and information relative to war crimes committed during Ukraine invasion (S. 5233), S7103 [12DE]

Ukraine: tribute to journalists killed or injured while covering Russian invaision of Ukraine, S1210 [16MR]

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims: observance, S6820 [28NO]

Reports filed

Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate) (S. 2089), S874 [1MR]

Consideration of H.R. 2499, Federal Firefighters Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1097) (H. Rept. 117–320), H4795 [10MY]

Consideration of H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1191) (H. Rept. 117–381), H5733 [21JN]

COVID–19 Home Safety Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 116) (S. Rept. 117–111), S2583 [18MY]

Enhancing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Through Campus Planning Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 5407) (H. Rept. 117–383), H5876 [23JN]

Federal Firefighters Fairness Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 2499) (H. Rept. 117–306), H4721 [6MY]

——— Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1116) (S. Rept. 117–146), S4574 [13SE]

Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 3487) (S. Rept. 117–123), S3074 [22JN]

National Suicide Hotline Designation Act Implementation: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Tranportation (Senate) (S. Rept. 117–69), S612 [9FE]

Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 7666) (H. Rept. 117–364), H5485 [13JN]

Stop Tip-Overs of Unstable, Risky Dressers on Youth (STURDY) Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 3232) (S. Rept. 117–161), S5051 [27SE]

Support the Resiliency of Our Nation’s Great (STRONG) Veterans Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 6411) (H. Rept. 117–382), H5821 [22JN]

Supporting Families of the Fallen Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate) (S. 2794), S874 [1MR]

Ukraine Invasion War Crimes Deterrence and Accountability Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (H.R. 7276), S2939 [14JN]

Statements

Cancer Disparities in the Black Community: American Cancer Society, H1321 [7MR]

Federal Firefighters Fairness Act: Executive Office of the President, H4821 [11MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 74, use of Capitol Grounds for National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and for National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition, H3901 [29MR]

H. Res. 1097, consideration of H.R. 2499, Federal Firefighters Fairness Act, H4764 [10MY]

H. Res. 1191, consideration of H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act, H5745 [22JN]

H.R. 2499, Federal Firefighters Fairness Act, H4816 [11MY]

H.R. 5407, Enhancing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Through Campus Planning Act, H5841 [23JN]

H.R. 6411, Support the Resiliency of Our Nation’s Great (STRONG) Veterans Act, H5845–H5851 [23JN]

H.R. 7276, Ukraine Invasion War Crimes Deterrence and Accountability Act, H4212 [6AP]

H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act, H5752–H5773 [22JN]

S. 1543, Suicide Training and Awareness Nationally Delivered for Universal Prevention (STANDUP) Act, H1158 [28FE]

S. 2794, Supporting Families of the Fallen Act, S1754 [23MR], H8192 [28SE]

S. 3232, Stop Tip-Overs of Unstable, Risky Dressers on Youth (STURDY) Act, S6050 [29SE]

S. 3373, Protecting Our Gold Star Families Education Act, S800 [17FE]

S. 4134, Ukraine Invasion War Crimes Deterrence and Accountability Act, S2340 [4MY]

S. 4949, National Cemeteries Preservation and Protection Act, S7303 [19DE], H10038 [22DE]

S. 5230, Help Find the Missing Act, S7080 [8DE], H9828 [14DE]

S. 5233, require President report to Congress on efforts to collect, analyze, and preserve evidence and information relative to war crimes committed during Ukraine invasion, S7103 [12DE]

S. Con. Res. 39, honor individuals who have died in U.S. from coronavirus, S2496 [12MY]

S. Res. 559, 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, S1835 [29MR]

S. Res. 594, honor lives of fallen Missouri police officers and express condolences to their families, S2133 [25AP]

S. Res. 751, Gold Star Children’s Day, S4442 [6SE]

S. Res. 761, Gold Star Families Remembrance Week, S4581 [13SE]

S. Res. 771, National Stillbirth Prevention Day, S4824 [19SE]

S. Res. 849, National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, S6824 [28NO]