ESTES, RON (a Representative from Kansas)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 8814), H10531 [23DE]

Belarus: suspend normal trade relations treatment (see H.R. 7014), H1422 [9MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: make House wing and House office buildings open and accessible to public (see H. Res. 961), H1304 [3MR]

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation: require testing of incentive payments for behavioral health providers and certain other providers for adoption and use of certified electronic health record technology (see H.R. 7427), H4396 [6AP]

Coffeyville Community College: tribute to men’s basketball team (see H. Res. 904), H917 [2FE]

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), H1116 [9FE]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality toward labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1284), H8824 [7DE]

Courts: authorize notaries public to perform, and establish minimum standards for, certain electronic and remote notarizations and require Federal and State courts to recognize such notarizations performed by notary public (see H.R. 3962), H3897 [28MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow schools that participate in National School Lunch Program to serve whole milk (see H.R. 1861), H216 [18JA]

——— anniversary of McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (see H. Res. 1156), H8397 [14OC]

Dept. of Education: 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), H4798 [10MY]

Dept. of HHS: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Ensuring Access to Equitable, Affordable, Client-Centered, Quality Family Planning Services’’ (see H.J. Res. 76), H3775 [16MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit use of Federal funds for Disinformation Governance Board (see H.R. 7690), H4862 [11MY]

——— 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 H.R. 1496), H977 [4FE]

Dept. of Labor: provide incentives for States to recover fraudulently paid Federal and State unemployment compensation (see H.R. 8000), H5445 [9JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: exempt certain pandemic relief grants for motorcoach, school bus, and passenger vessel industries from Federal taxation (see H.R. 7477), H4511 [26AP]

——— transfer seized Russian assets to Ukrainian Humanitarian Aid Fund and authorize use of amounts in Fund for humanitarian assistance for Ukraine (see H.R. 7083), H3742 [15MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve provision of health care and other benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances (see H.R. 6659), H7785 [13SE]

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 (see H.R. 471), H4435 [7AP]

Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers’’ (see H.J. Res. 82), H4608 [28AP]

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

Egypt: enact reforms to ensure Coptic Christians have same rights and opportunities as other Egyptian citizens and take steps to end attacks on Christians (see H. Res. 117), H198 [14JA]

EPA: expand ethanol waiver for Reid vapor pressure limitations of motor vehicle fuels (see H.R. 9455), H8823 [7DE]

——— repeal methane emissions and waste reduction incentive program for petroleum and natural gas systems (see H.R. 8749), H7727 [26AU]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit use of Federal funds to implement Executive order relative to reproductive health services (see H.R. 8835), H7880 [15SE]

Financial institutions: prohibit certain financial service providers who deny fair access to financial services from using taxpayer funded discount window lending programs (see H.R. 1729), H290 [20JA]

Foreign trade: establish limitations on modifications to trade agreements (see H.R. 7430), H4396 [6AP]

——— provide for temporary duty-free importation of certain infant formula products (see H.R. 8351), H6681 [15JY]

Government regulations: delay effectiveness of certain new rules or regulations relative to U.S. energy sector (see H.R. 7324), H4072 [31MR]

Health Resources and Services Administration: reauthorize Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program (see H.R. 8876), H7964 [19SE]

International trade: impose additional prohibitions relative to certain foreign boycotts (see H.R. 6940), H1302 [3MR]

IRS: prohibit additional funding to be used to audit certain taxpayers (see H.R. 9143), H8385 [7OC]

——— rescind certain funds appropriated under Inflation Reduction Act (see H.R. 9092), H8370 [30SE]

ITC: protect domestic industries from abusive patent litigation (see H.R. 5184), H1304 [3MR]

Jackie Walorski VA Clinic, Mishawaka, IN: designate (see H.R. 8656), H7709 [12AU]

Medicare: provide coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests (see H.R. 1946), H1133 [18FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: modify skilled nursing facility training lockout penalties to allow certain facilities to continue certified nurse assistant training (see H.R. 8805), H7783 [13SE]

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), H5612 [15JN]

National FFA Week: designate (see H. Res. 932), H1131 [18FE]

Natural gas: impose sanctions relative to Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline (see H.R. 6748), H1208 [1MR]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: promote U.S. leadership in Indo-Pacific region and require report on long-term economic and trade relationship between U.S. and China (see H.R. 6114), H290 [20JA]

Restaurant Revitalization Fund: provide additional appropriations and oversight (see H.R. 4568), H4435 [7AP]

Russia: prohibit importation of crude oil and petroleum products from Russia (see H.R. 6886), H1276 [2MR]

——— suspend normal trade relations treatment (see H.R. 7014), H1422 [9MR]

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

Taxation: expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 4141), H8429 [3NO]

——— increase income cap for and make permanent mortgage insurance premium deduction (see H.R. 6109), H1149 [25FE]

——— make permanent certain Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions affecting individuals, families, and small businesses (see H.R. 8913), H8442 [10NO]

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see H. Con. Res. 34), H3829 [17MR]

——— provide incentives for use of automatic portability arrangements under defined contribution plans (see H.R. 9252), H8418 [28OC]

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

——— reinstate filing exception for payments made by third party settlement organizations to certain independent contract workers in effect prior to American Rescue Plan Act enactment (see H.R. 3425), H8589 [17NO]

——— repeal corporate alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 9030), H8313 [29SE]

——— treat certain liquidations of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified liquidations of last in, first out (LIFO) inventory (see H.R. 7382), H4511 [26AP]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: disapprove rule relative to endangered and threatened wildlife status for lesser prairie-chicken (see H.J. Res. 105), H9983 [21DE]

Weyant, Emma: tribute (see H. Res. 1016), H4154 [4AP]

WHO: prohibit use of funds to seek membership or to provide assessed or voluntary contributions (see H.R. 497), H4971 [13MY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of Women’s Army Corps assigned to 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, known as the ‘‘Six Triple Eight’’ (see H.R. 1012), H309 [28JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Energy: replenish Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see H.R. 7963), H5332 [7JN]

Dept. of HHS: require Inspector General to review a safe harbor under anti-kickback statute for certain contingency management interventions (see H.R. 8908), H8009 [20SE]

Endangered Species Act: exclude certain populations of lesser prairie chicken from authority of such Act (see H.R. 9456), H8823 [7DE]

Winfield, KS: anniversary of Walnut Valley Festival (see H. Res. 1344), H7784 [13SE] (see H. Res. 1368), H7965 [19SE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Energy: replenish Strategic Petroleum Reserve (H.R. 7963), H5333 [7JN]

Dept. of HHS: require Inspector General to review safe harbor under anti-kickback statute for certain contingency management interventions (H.R. 8908), H8010 [20SE]

Endangered Species Act: exclude certain populations of lesser prairie chicken from authority of such Act (H.R. 9456), H8824 [7DE]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H4923 [13MY]

Remarks

Andale, KS: tribute to Andale High School football team, H8679 [1DE]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, E1359• [27DE]

Belarus: suspend normal trade relations treatment (H.R. 7108), H3807 [17MR]

Biden, President: evaluation of administration, H209 [18JA]

——— evaluation of administration relative to economy, H5479 [13JN]

——— evaluation of administration relative to energy policy, H1362 [8MR]

Budget: deficit, H5479 [13JN]

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, H4222 [6AP]

Economy: address growing inflation, H5479 [13JN]

Endangered Species Act: exclude certain populations of the lesser prairie chicken from authority of such Act (H.R. 9456), H8806 [7DE]

Federal agencies and departments: amend description of how performance goals are achieved (H.R. 2617), Senate amendment, E1359• [27DE]

Health Resources and Services Administration: reauthorize Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program (H.R. 8876), H8719 [2DE]

Pensions: increase retirement savings and simplify and clarify retirement plan rules, E1359• [27DE]

——— increase retirement savings and simplify and clarify retirement plan rules (H.R. 2954), H3941 [29MR]

Power resources: authorize Keystone XL Pipeline, prohibit import of oil and natural gas from Russia, and reduce restrictions on export of oil and gas from U.S., H1362 [8MR]

Russia: suspend normal trade relations treatment (H.R. 7108), H3807 [17MR]

Taxation: provide for examination and disclosure of Presidential income tax returns (H.R. 9640), H9996 [22DE]

Votes: position on missed, H8702• [1DE], E97• [2FE], E106• [3FE], E118• [7FE], E494• [12MY], E539• [19MY], E623• [15JN], E790• [27JY]

Tributes

Bergquist, Ralene, H4924 [13MY], E502• [13MY]

Foster, Paul F., E26• [11JA], E34• [13JA]

Walorski, Jackie, H8719 [2DE]