DOGGETT, LLOYD (a Representative from Texas)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit interference, under color of State law, with provision of interstate abortion services (see H.R. 8297), H5946 [11JY]

Abortion Provider Appreciation Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 78), H3714 [11MR]

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), H7738 [6SE]

African Americans: extend authority for establishment of commemorative work to honor enslaved and free Black persons who served in American Revolution (see H.R. 6201), H332 [1FE]

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

Animals: provide for humane treatment of dogs (see H.R. 2840), H9 [10JA]

Arizona: repeal land exchange with Resolution Copper Mining (company) (see H.R. 1884), H1375 [8MR]

Armed Forces: remove from unauthorized hostilities in Yemen (see H.J. Res. 87), H5227 [31MY]

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]

Baltic States: anniversary of diplomatic relations with U.S. (see H. Res. 1142), H5942 [7JY]

Belarus: suspend normal trade relations treatment (see H.R. 7108), H3825 [17MR]

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

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

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

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), H289 [20JA]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture: establish (see H.R. 3525), H309 [28JA]

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]

Construction industries: require paid rest breaks for certain construction employees (see H.R. 8444), H6921 [20JY]

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), H6337 [13JY]

Copyrights: provide fair treatment of radio stations and artists for use of sound recordings (see H.R. 4130), H8710 [1DE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: recognize contributions of AmeriCorps members and alumni and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers to lives of people of U.S. (see H. Res. 982), H3743 [15MR]

CPSC: prevent accidental ingestion of button cell or coin batteries through promulgation of consumer product safety standard to require child resistant closures on consumer products that use such batteries (see H.R. 5313), H5931 [1JY]

Credit: exclude certain evictions and information relative to such evictions from consumer reports (see H.R. 6862), H4799 [10MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve Child and Adult Care Food Program (see H.R. 5919), H948 [3FE]

Dept. of Defense: allow military medical treatment facilities to provide abortion services and for military to cover associated costs (see H.R. 7945), H5233 [3JN]

Dept. of Education: authorize borrowers to separate joint consolidation loans into two separate loans especially in cases of domestic violence, economic abuse, or unresponsive partner (see H.R. 2460), H7540 [29JY]

——— authorize programs to provide college scholarships and educational support to women and girls who have escaped Afghanistan and come to U.S. (see H.R. 7709), H4796 [10MY]

——— help local educational agencies replace zero-tolerance disciplinary policies and punitive discipline in elementary and secondary schools with restorative practices (see H.R. 7320), H4071 [31MR]

——— provide for interest-free deferment on student loans for borrowers serving in medical or dental internship or residency program (see H.R. 4122), H4862 [11MY]

——— provide for refinancing and recalculation of certain Federal student loans (see H.R. 1918), H4454 [21AP]

——— provide for refinancing of certain Federal student loans (see H.R. 5084), H4449 [18AP]

Dept. of HHS: address maternity care shortages by expanding educational opportunities for midwives and prioritize midwifery programs that increase racial and ethnic minority representation (see H.R. 3352), H977 [4FE]

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

——— improve access to, and quality of health care for, minority and underserved populations (see H.R. 7585), H7717 [19AU]

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

——— promote healthy eating and physical activity among children (see H.R. 5247), H332 [1FE]

——— provide grant funding to States for mental health and substance use disorder parity implementation (see H.R. 3753), H4075 [31MR]

——— reauthorize and extend Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention and Services program (see H.R. 4151), H332 [1FE]

——— reauthorize grant program for screening, assessment, and treatment services for maternal mental health and substance use disorders (see H.R. 7073), H8589 [17NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide standards for facilities at which aliens in custody are detained (see H.R. 2222), H195 [13JA]

Dept. of HUD: increase number of landlords participating in Housing Choice Voucher program (see H.R. 6880), H3972 [29MR]

Dept. of Justice: establish Animal Cruelty Crimes Section within Environment and Natural Resources Division (see H.R. 1016), H8442 [10NO]

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), H5611 [15JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: modify authorities relative to collective bargaining of Veterans Health Administration employees (see H.R. 1948), H1425 [9MR]

——— provide for presumption of service connection for illnesses associated with service in Armed Forces in Panama Canal Zone (see H.R. 5026), H7172 [26JY]

Disabled: clarify and strengthen integration mandate for individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports (see H.R. 6860), H1175 [28FE]

——— protect rights of passengers with disabilities in air transportation (see H.R. 1696), H303 [25JA]

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

Dolores Huerta Day: designate (see H. Res. 1056), H4443 [14AP]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 1), H3972 [29MR]

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

Employment: allow workers to make requests about schedules without fear of retaliation and ensure employers consider such requests in order to provide more stable and predictable schedules for employees (see H.R. 6670), H1112 [9FE]

——— establish domestic workers bill of rights to protect workplace rights and conditions and ensure implementation and enforcement of such protections (see H.R. 4826), H198 [14JA]

——— expand access to benefits and ensure fair treatment for part-time workers (see H.R. 6699), H1113 [9FE]

Enedina Sanchez Cordero Post Office Building, El Paso, TX: designate (see H.R. 9324), H8586 [17NO]

EPA: allow to include measures that apply beyond individual stationary source or category of stationary sources in identifying best system of emission reduction for purposes of standard of performance (see H.R. 8395), H7709 [12AU]

——— promulgate certain limitations relative to pre-production plastic pellet pollution (see H.R. 7861), H5212 [20MY]

Families and domestic relations: repeal Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 8404), H6705 [18JY]

FDA: allow drug manufacturers and sponsors to use alternative testing methods to animal testing to investigate drug safety and effectiveness (see H.R. 2565), H8222 [28SE]

——— shorten exclusivity period for brand name biological products (see H.R. 7828), H5174 [18MY]

Federal employees: increase rates of pay for General Schedule and prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 6398), H4922 [12MY]

——— provide that civilian service as temporary employee after certain date may be creditable service under Federal Employees Retirement System (see H.R. 4268), H7172 [26JY]

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

FEMA: improve hazard mitigation planning process to protect vulnerable communities and expand eligible activities that qualify for funding under hazard mitigation program (see H.R. 6396), H193 [13JA]

Ferencz, Benjamin B.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 6015), H3714 [11MR]

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]

Fish and fishing: improve management of forage fish (see H.R. 5770), H1134 [18FE]

Foreign trade: prohibit importation of products made wholly or in part of certain commodities produced on land undergoing illegal deforestation (see H.R. 5508), H5448 [9JN]

France: authorize Embassy to establish commemorative work in District of Columbia and its environs to honor contributions of Jean Monnet to restore peace between European nations and establish European Union (see H.R. 6611), H4439 [11AP]

Freedom of religion: ensure laws intended to protect religious freedom do not infringe upon laws intended to protect civil rights (see H.R. 1378), H9 [10JA]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting disinformation in advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 8210), H5932 [1JY]

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]

——— 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]

——— protect privacy of personal reproductive or sexual health information (see H.R. 8111), H5932 [1JY]

——— provide for research and education relative to uterine fibroids (see H.R. 2007), H331 [1FE]

Hispanic Americans: recognize disparity in wages paid to Latina women and reaffirm support for ensuring equal pay and closing gender wage gap (see H. Con. Res. 122), H8873 [8DE]

Human rights: constitutional amendment to prohibit use of slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime (see H.J. Res. 53), H5010 [16MY]

Immigration: remove Registry cutoff date, make eligibility cutoff rolling, and provide pathway to citizenship for immigrants residing in U.S. at least seven years prior to application filing (see H.R. 8433), H8319 [29SE]

Insurance: require group health plans and group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for over-the-counter contraceptives (see H.R. 7894), H5219 [27MY]

Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice Compliance and Enforcement: establish (see H.R. 2021), H8410 [21OC]

Iran: end violations of human rights and facilitate unconditional, immediate release, of all arbitrarily detained individuals, including peaceful protesters, political prisoners, and prisoners of conscience (see H.R. 9075), H8316 [29SE]

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), H1135 [18FE]

Lunar New Year Day: establish as Federal holiday (see H.R. 6525), H1134 [18FE]

Medicare: add physical therapists to list of health care providers allowed to utilize locum tenens (substitute) arrangements (see H.R. 1611), H5919 [24JN]

——— establish Medicare for America program to provide comprehensive health insurance coverage for all U.S. citizens (see H.R. 9655), H9983 [21DE]

——— exempt qualifying physicians from prior authorization requirements under Medicare Advantage plans (see H.R. 7995), H7541 [29JY]

——— provide coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests (see H.R. 1946), H3897 [28MR]

——— provide for distribution of additional residency positions (see H.R. 2256), H5209 [19MY]

——— require complete and accurate data submissions from Medicare Advantage organizations offering plans under Part C to improve transparency (see H.R. 9019), H8221 [28SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve access to care for beneficiaries through models tested under Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (see H.R. 7755), H4920 [12MY]

Mental health: strengthen parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits (see H.R. 8512), H7169 [26JY]

Moldova: support democracy, independence, and territorial integrity and strengthen U.S.-Moldova relations (see H. Res. 833), H1276 [2MR]

National Disaster Safety Board: establish (see H.R. 5532), H5335 [7JN]

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

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1100), H4797 [10MY]

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), H5222 [27MY]

NIH: study health and developmental effects of technology and media on infants, children, and adolescents (see H.R. 2161), H79 [12JA]

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

Older Americans Act: recognize value of nutrition program in addressing hunger, malnutrition, and isolation, and improving health and quality of life for millions of seniors each year (see H. Res. 993), H3853 [18MR]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 1334), H3971 [29MR]

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

Public welfare programs: provide certain benefits to noncitizens (see H.R. 5227), H217 [18JA]

Puerto Rico: enable people of Puerto Rico to choose permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status and provide for transition to and implementation of such status (see H.R. 8393), H7743 [9SE]

Ralph David Abernathy, Sr., National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 9202), H8420 [28OC]

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

Russia: condemn rape and assault of Ukrainian women in area of Bucha, call for removal of Russian forces and cessation of hostilities, protect human rights, and allow free flow of foreign aid (see H. Res. 1057), H4443 [14AP]

——— designate as state sponsor of terrorism (see H.R. 8568), H10056 [22DE]

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

——— recognize actions in Ukraine as genocide (see H. Res. 1205), H8430 [3NO]

——— suspend normal trade relations treatment (see H.R. 7108), H3825 [17MR]

Rwanda: call to release Paul Rusesabagina on humanitarian grounds (see H. Res. 892), H1075 [8FE]

Sicknick, Brian D.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 622), H79 [12JA]

Slavery Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 64), H977 [4FE]

Social Security: provide for additional requirements for disclosing entities relative to quality of care furnished at skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities (see H.R. 8624), H7728 [26AU]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 82), H3744 [15MR]

Supreme Court: promulgate code of ethics for Justices (see H.R. 4766), H5334 [7JN]

Taxation: allow penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for domestic abuse victims (see H.R. 2953), H8114 [22SE]

——— 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), H8011 [20SE]

——— 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), H6922 [20JY]

——— increase adjusted gross income limitation for above-the-line deduction of expenses of performing artist employees (see H.R. 4750), H1376 [8MR]

——— modify rehabilitation credit for certain small projects, eliminate requirement that taxpayer’s basis in a building be reduced by amount of rehabilitation credit determined relative to such building (see H.R. 2294), H3713 [11MR]

——— provide for election to expense certain qualified sound recording costs otherwise chargeable to capital account (see H.R. 1945), H8396 [14OC]

——— provide for examination and disclosure of Presidential income tax returns (see H.R. 9640), H9982 [21DE]

——— provide special rules for purposes of determining if financial guaranty insurance companies are qualifying insurance corporations under passive foreign investment company rules (see H.R. 4422), H8410 [21OC]

Terrorism: authorize domestic terrorism offices in Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice and FBI to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and take steps to prevent domestic terrorism (see H.R. 350), H331 [1FE]

Till, Emmett: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2252), H8874 [8DE]

Till-Mobley, Mamie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2252), H8874 [8DE]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5150), H7785 [13SE]

Transgender Bill of Rights: develop and implement to protect and codify rights of transgender and nonbinary people under law and ensure access to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security (see H. Res. 1209), H5923 [28JN]

Tubman, Harriet: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 1842), H5175 [18MY]

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), H1134 [18FE]

Ukraine: authorize humanitarian assistance to people of Ukraine (see H.R. 6984), H1373 [8MR]

——— provide assistance for suspected victims and witnesses of war crimes (see H.R. 8532), H7883 [15SE]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 1282), H5647 [16JN]

——— make homebuyers aware of all loan options by providing veterans with written comparison of Dept. of Veterans Affairs, FHA, and conventional loan options (see H.R. 8616), H7785 [13SE]

Voting: modify and clarify certain notice and election requirements relative to provision of election materials in certain languages (see H.R. 8770), H8119 [26SE]

Wildlife: prohibit wildlife killing contests on public lands (see H.R. 7398), H4862 [11MY]

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

——— end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity and close disparities in maternal health outcomes (see H.R. 1212), H4449 [18AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Russia: prohibit importation of Russian energy products (see H.R. 6968), H1372 [8MR]

——— withdraw normal trade relations treatment and apply certain Trade Act provisions to products (see H.R. 6835), H1146 [25FE]

SSA: eliminate waiting period for disability benefits under Medicare and Social Security Disability Insurance program (see H.R. 6583), H946 [3FE]

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

——— modify net investment income tax and transfer revenues to Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 8323), H5945 [11JY]

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), H8587 [17NO]

Constitutional authority statements

Bob Krueger Post Office, New Braunfels, TX: designate (H.R. 8203), H5878 [23JN]

Russia: prohibit importation of Russian energy products (H.R. 6968), H1374 [8MR]

——— withdraw normal trade relations treatment and apply certain Trade Act provisions to products (H.R. 6835), H1148 [25FE]

SSA: eliminate waiting period for disability benefits under Medicare and Social Security Disability Insurance program (H.R. 6583), H947 [3FE]

Taxation: create safe harbor for certain perpetual trust funds (H.R. 9044), H8317 [29SE]

——— modify net investment income tax and transfer revenues to Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (H.R. 8323), H5945 [11JY]

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 (H.R. 9332), H8588 [17NO]

Remarks

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H1387 [9MR]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 75), consideration (H. Res. 972), H1387 [9MR]

Belarus: suspend normal trade relations treatment (H.R. 7108), H3805 [17MR]

——— suspend normal trade relations treatment (H.R. 7108), Senate amendment, H4417 [7AP]

Bob Krueger Post Office, New Braunfels, TX: designate (H.R. 8203), H8639, H8640 [29NO]

Drugs: establish requirements relative to cost-sharing for certain insulin products (H.R. 6833), H4039 [31MR]

——— establish requirements relative to cost-sharing for certain insulin products (H.R. 6833), consideration (H. Res. 1017), H4028 [31MR]

Firearms: ban assault weapons, bump stocks, high-capacity ammunition magazines, and devices designed to evade assault weapons ban, and ensure right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited (H.R. 1808), consideration (H. Res. 1302), H7494 [29JY]

Haiti: measure progress of recovery and development efforts and strength of democracy and rule of law (H.R. 2471), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 972), H1387 [9MR]

Medicare: extend certain telehealth flexibilities relative to coronavirus emergency (H.R. 4040), H7192 [27JY]

——— extend certain telehealth flexibilities relative to coronavirus emergency (H.R. 4040), consideration (H. Res. 1256), H7179 [27JY]

National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 20), E996• [29SE]

Russia: prohibit importation of Russian energy products (H.R. 6968), H1397, H1400 [9MR]

——— prohibit importation of Russian energy products (H.R. 6968), consideration (H. Res. 972), H1387 [9MR]

——— suspend normal trade relations treatment (H.R. 7108), H3805 [17MR]

——— suspend normal trade relations treatment (H.R. 7108), Senate amendment, H4417 [7AP]

——— withdraw normal trade relations treatment and apply certain Trade Act provisions to products (H.R. 6835), H1387 [9MR]

Ukraine: making emergency supplemental appropriations in response to crisis (H.R. 7691), consideration (H. Res. 1097), H4769 [10MY]

Tributes

Flores, Representative, H5717 [21JN]