FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS
Addresses
State of the Union: President Biden, S891–S896 [1MR], H1200–H1206 [1MR]
Amendments
Abortion: limit restrictions on abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (H.R. 8296), consideration (H. Res. 1224), H5990 [13JY]
——— limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (H.R. 3755), S839 [28FE]
——— prohibit interference, under color of State law, with provision of interstate abortion services (H.R. 8297), consideration (H. Res. 1224), H5990 [13JY]
Courts: prevent transfer of actions arising under antitrust laws in which State is complainant (S. 1787), S2935, S2945 [14JN]
Dept. of Commerce: require SelectUSA to coordinate with State-level economic development organizations to increase foreign direct investment in semicondutor-related manufacturing and production (S. 3309), S3007, S3009 [16JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for engagements with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments relative to cybersecurity (S. 2520), S160, S161, S162 [11JA]
Dept. of Justice: reauthorize Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program (S. 4859), S9610, S9661 [20DE]
Depts. of Justice and the Interior: extend, and provide additional support for, activities of Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime Against Indians (S. 5087), S7803, S9630 [20DE]
FEMA: modify eligibility requirements for certain hazard mitigation assistance programs (H.R. 1917), S7190, S7205 [14DE]
Firefighters: temporarily increase cost share authority for aqueous film forming foam input-based testing equipment (S. 3662), S4443 [6SE]
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 (H.R. 2773), H5520, H5522, H5523, H5524 [14JN]
——— make supplemental funding available for management of fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need as determined by State fish and wildlife agencies (H.R. 2773), consideration (H. Res. 1170), H5505 [14JN]
Articles and editorials
Asian American Voter Rates in Georgia Hit Record High. How Voting Bill Threatens Progress, S270 [18JA]
Black Woman in Rural Texas Struggles With Process To Vote, Advocates Say System Is Unfair, S269 [18JA]
Crystal Mason Was Sentenced to Five Years Behind Bars Because She Voted, S271 [18JA]
How America Lost Its Commitment to the Right To Vote, S268 [18JA]
It’s Time To Stop Gerrymandering Latinos Out of Political Power, S270 [18JA]
Puerto Ricans Speak Out on US Territory’s Political Status, H9861 [15DE]
Why Do Nonwhite Georgia Voters Have To Wait in Line for Hours? Too Few Polling Places, S269 [18JA]
Bills and resolutions
Abortion: limit restrictions on abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (H.R. 8296), consideration (see H. Res. 1224), H6334 [13JY]
——— limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (see S. 4132), S2275 [3MY] (see H.R. 8296), H5939 [7JY]
——— make it illegal for States to limit travel for abortion services and protect rights of individuals to bring civil action against States that restrict such actions (see S. 4504), S3239 [12JY]
——— preempt State restrictions on dispensing mifepristone or misoprostol (see H.R. 8976), H8112 [22SE]
——— prohibit declaration of national emergency relative to abortion (see S. 4474), S3159 [23JN]
——— prohibit interference, under color of State law, with provision of interstate abortion services (see H.R. 8297), H5939 [7JY]
——— prohibit interference, under color of State law, with provision of interstate abortion services (H.R. 8297), consideration (see H. Res. 1224), H6334 [13JY]
——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see S. 4840), S4575 [13SE] (see H.R. 8814), H7783 [13SE]
Agriculture: provide for preemption of certain State overtime laws for agricultural employees (see H.R. 8756), H7731 [30AU]
Alaska: codify certain public land orders relating to revocation of certain withdrawals of public land (see S. 4531), S3308 [14JY]
American Samoa: restore ability to approve amendments to territorial constitution (see H.R. 9350), H8592 [18NO]
Bureau of Reclamation: address recovery of certain costs relative to certain facilities in Colorado River Basin (see S. 4232), S2544 [17MY] (see H.R. 9249), H8418 [28OC]
——— provide for critical maintenance and repair of certain Bureau of Reclamation reserved or transferred works (see S. 4233), S2544 [17MY]
——— support water infrastructure in reclamation States (see S. 4231), S2544 [17MY]
California: provide long-term water supply and regulatory reliability to help alleviate drought conditions (see H.R. 9084), H8316 [29SE]
——— repeal Clean Air Act waiver authority allowing California to enforce certain standards relative to federally regulated motor vehicle emissions (see H.R. 8773), H7738 [6SE]
CDC: collaborate with State and local health departments to provide information and education to public on asthma (see H.R. 7055), H3712 [11MR]
Children and youth: prohibit use of Federal funds to develop, implement, facilitate, or fund any sexually-oriented program, event, or literature for children under age 10 (see H.R. 9197), H8402 [18OC]
Coastal zones: distribute revenue from offshore wind projects in New York Bight Area to certain coastal States and promote conservation and workforce development (see H.R. 7554), H4452 [21AP]
Commission on the COVID–19 Pandemic: establish (see H.R. 7069), H3712 [11MR]
Commission on the Federal Regulation of Cannabis: establish (see S. 5166), S6941 [1DE] (see H.R. 7513), H4442 [14AP]
Congress: provide for redistricting reform (see S. 5335), S9778 [21DE]
Corps of Engineers: prohibit from issuing permit for Delta Conveyance Project in California (see H.R. 8849), H7880 [15SE]
Courts: require direct causal nexus to remove certain cases to Federal court (see H.R. 8569), H7404 [28JY]
Crime: call for States to pass sexual assault kit reform legislation (see H. Res. 1492), H8595 [22NO]
——— direct certain Federal agencies to develop strategy to improve Federal investigations of organized retail crime (see H.R. 7499), H4442 [14AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: reissue final environmental impact statement for land exchange project with Resolution Copper Mining (company) in Arizona (see H.R. 7722), H4860 [11MY]
——— require States to include photograph on electronic benefit cards issued to provide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 7026), H1422 [9MR]
Dept. of Commerce: require SelectUSA to coordinate with State-level economic development organizations to increase foreign direct investment in semicondutor-related manufacturing and production (see H.R. 7576), H4509 [26AP]
Dept. of Defense: convey Makua Military Reservation to Hawaii and establish trust fund for such conveyance (see H.R. 7130), H3826 [17MR]
——— reimburse Texas for costs of Operation Lone Star immigration enforcement (see H.R. 8143), H5684 [17JN] (see H.R. 9171), H8390 [11OC]
Dept. of Education: allow States and local educational agencies to use existing Federal grant money to make physical safety improvements to school campus facilities (see H.R. 8009), H5445 [9JN]
——— authorize grants to support new and expand existing voluntary community-driven strategies to increase diversity in schools (see S. 4230), S2544 [17MY]
——— prohibit Federal funds from being made available to any school that has facemask mandate (see S. 3604), S612 [9FE]
——— prohibit from providing Federal funds to local educational agencies unless in-person instruction is available to all students and parents may opt out of student mask mandates (see H.R. 6619), H1012 [7FE]
——— prohibit from punishing States, local educational agencies, or elementary schools for failure to implement or carry out certain Federal policies relative to sex education in elementary schools (see H.R. 7492), H4438 [11AP]
Dept. of HHS: allow States greater flexibility to use Children’s Health Insurance Program funds to address behavioral health in schools (see S. 3596), S575 [8FE]
——— coordinate with State health departments to establish grant program to award grants to nursing facilities to replace traditional nursing facilities with small-house nursing facilities (see H.R. 8677), H7552 [5AU]
——— establish uniform data standards, strengthen data sharing processes between public health entities, and establish grant program to develop best practices on soliciting demographic information (see S. 3913), S1774 [24MR] (see H.R. 8481), H7066 [21JY]
——— issue guidance on strategies under Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program to increase mental health and substance use disorder care provider education, training, recruitment, and retention (see S. 5043), S5542 [29SE]
——— prohibit funding to States which fund travel and procedural expenses of women crossing State lines to receive abortion (see H.R. 8501), H7168 [26JY]
——— purchase rapid tests for coronavirus and make available for free (see H.R. 6377), H77 [12JA]
——— require mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect to law enforcement or State child protective services agencies and provide training on what constitutes child abuse or neglect (see S. 5069), S6469 [11OC]
Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize Operation Stonegarden grant program (see H.R. 6673), H1112 [9FE]
——— establish Early Migration Alert Program (see H.R. 7462), H4432 [7AP]
——— establish Joint Operations Centers along southern U.S. border (see S. 4436), S3031 [21JN] (see H.R. 8644), H7544 [2AU]
——— include citizenship status as part of minimum requirements with respect to driver’s licenses and identification cards issued by States (see H.R. 7960), H5332 [7JN]
——— notify State Governors prior to date on which any alien without lawful status is transported to, housed in, or resettled in such States (see H.R. 6378), H77 [12JA]
——— prohibit immigration officers or agents from wearing clothing or other items bearing word ‘‘police’’ (see S. 4527), S3270 [13JY]
——— require comprehensive southern border strategy (see S. 4642), S3743 [27JY] (see H.R. 7260), H3970 [29MR]
——— transfer, without reimbursement, materials to construct roadways and physical barriers along U.S. southern border to States in which such materials are located (see H.R. 8028), H5485 [13JN]
Dept. of Justice: direct district attorney and prosecutorial offices to report to Attorney General (see H.R. 7967), H5332 [7JN]
——— provide that Federal law enforcement officers may not use deadly force or less lethal force unless such force is necessary and encourage States to adopt similar laws or policies (see S. 5309), S9625 [20DE] (see H.R. 9628), H9909 [20DE]
——— reauthorize Missing Americans Alert Program also known as Kevin and Avonte’s Law (see S. 4885), S4822 [19SE] (see H.R. 8907), H7965 [19SE]
——— reauthorize Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program (see S. 4859), S4638 [15SE] (see H.R. 9632), H9909 [20DE]
——— require State and local governments receiving grant funding provide accurate and transparent crime data and impose cash bail for certain offenses (see S. 5152), S6905 [30NO] (see H.R. 9240), H8418 [28OC]
Dept. of Labor: improve equity and accountability in State unemployment programs, recover fraudulent payments, and prevent future fraud in unemployment insurance program (see H.R. 8661), H7552 [5AU]
——— provide incentives for States to recover fraudulently paid Federal and State unemployment compensation (see S. 4507), S3239 [12JY] (see H.R. 8000), H5445 [9JN]
Dept. of the Interior: distribute Outer Continental Shelf energy leasing revenues to coastal States, increase States’ share of revenue and remove cap, and use funds received for certain conservation and infrastructure projects (see H.R. 8437), H6921 [20JY]
——— empower States to manage development and production of oil and gas on available Federal land (see S. 4229), S2544 [17MY]
——— take certain measures to protect Salton Sea (see H.R. 8676), H7552 [5AU]
Dept. of Transportation: expand Appalachian development highway system (see S. 5091), S6695 [15NO]
——— require certain reports relative to defense access roads (see H.R. 8205), H5877 [23JN]
——— require Inspector General to conduct audit on use of Federal funds by certain entities providing public transportation (see H.R. 9232), H8413 [25OC]
——— withhold Federal highway funding from State that prohibits sale of motor vehicles that are not zero-emission vehicles (see H.R. 8771), H7738 [6SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make certain contributions to local authorities to mitigate risk of flooding on local property adjacent to departmental medical facilities (see H.R. 7297), H4005 [30MR]
Depts. of Justice and the Interior: extend, and provide additional support for, activities of Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime Against Indians (see S. 5087), S6695 [15NO]
Disabled: support jurisdictions that elect or appoint disabled person in providing accomodations needed for such persons to carry out their duties and enable jurisdictions to build adequate funding for such accomodations (see S. 4595), S3611 [21JY]
Diseases and disorders: prohibit Federal Government from limiting State access to key therapies and from prioritizing Federal contracts over State contracts relative to purchasing supplies to combat coronavirus pandemic (see S. 3440), S23 [4JA] (see H.R. 6832), H1145 [25FE]
District of Columbia: prohibit from using Federal funds to allow individuals who are not U.S. citizens to vote in any election (see S. 5085), S6668 [14NO] (see H.R. 9557), H9852 [14DE]
——— prohibit use of Federal and local funds for coronavirus vaccine mandate in District of Columbia schools and repeal related legislation enacted by District of Columbia Council (see S. 4818), S4541 [12SE]
Education: constitutional amendment to require Federal, State, tribal, and territorial governments to jointly ensure high-quality education to all persons in U.S. (see H.J. Res. 93), H7736 [2SE]
——— support creation and implementation of State policies, as well as expansion of State policies for improving quality and affordability of charter school facilities (see S. 5318), S9625 [20DE]
Elections: confirm requirement that States allow access to designated congressional observers to observe election administration procedures in Federal elections (see H.R. 8517), H7169 [26JY]
——— nullify Executive order relative to promoting voter access (see H.R. 7984), H5408 [8JN]
Endangered Species Act: provide flexibility in protective regulations when species are listed as threatened or endangered (see H.R. 8136), H5645 [16JN]
EPA: clarify requisite timeline for making decision on approval or disapproval of State underground injection control program (see H.R. 8310), H5940 [7JY]
——— increase funding for Underground Injection Control grants to establish and operate State underground injection control programs for injection of carbon dioxide in certain wells (see H.R. 9230), H8413 [25OC]
——— make certain activities for removal of plastic waste and post-consumer materials from wastewater eligible for assistance under State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 9608), H9906 [16DE]
——— reauthorize and modify Lake Champlain Basin Program (see S. 4415), S3002 [16JN] (see H.R. 8138), H5645 [16JN]
Families and domestic relations: invest in real pro-life policies that support American families (see H.R. 8862), H7881 [15SE]
FCC: allow State or Federal correctional facilities to utilize jamming equipment to prevent contraband cell phone use in prisons (see S. 4699), S3860 [2AU] (see H.R. 8645), H7544 [2AU]
FDA: reaffirm preemptive authority relative to State laws that inhibit access to or use of any reproductive health product (see H. Res. 1434), H8395 [14OC]
——— reaffirm preemptive authority relative to State laws that inhibit access to or use of any reproductive health product (H. Res. 1434), adopt (see H. Res. 1529), H9982 [21DE]
——— repeal authority to require that drugs be dispensed only upon prescription (see H.R. 6512), H307 [28JA]
Federal agencies and departments: require publication of settlement agreements (see S. 3900), S1289 [22MR]
Federal aid programs: provide funding or innovations in community policing, mental health care, and community safety (see S. 4513), S3269 [13JY]
——— simplify grant process for nonurbanized areas (see S. 4799), S4479 [7SE] (see H.R. 9148), H8385 [7OC]
FEMA: allow State or local governments to use fire management assistance grants for pre-deployment of assets and resources and modify fire management assistance cost share (see S. 4328), S2751 [26MY]
——— 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]
——— incentivize States, Indian Tribes, and territories to close disaster recovery projects by authorizing use of excess funds for management costs for other disaster recovery projects (see S. 4654), S3782 [28JY]
Firefighters: temporarily increase cost share authority for aqueous film forming foam input-based testing equipment (see S. 3662), S753 [16FE]
Foreign Service: ensure fairness in award of in-state tuition at public institutions of higher education for members changing duty locations and their spouses and dependent children (see H.R. 9542), H9852 [14DE]
Forest Service: require standardization of reciprocal fire suppression cost share agreements (see H.R. 8035), H5486 [13JN]
Free City Commission: establish to examine effects of liberal Government policy on American cities (see H.R. 8604), H7537 [29JY]
Government regulations: reform Federal regulatory permitting and project review processes for energy and infrastructure projects (see S. 4815), S4541 [12SE] (see H.R. 8966), H8112 [22SE]
Health care professionals: ensure right to provide reproductive health care services (see S. 4723), S3861 [2AU] (see H.R. 8650), H7545 [2AU]
Immigration: allow States to authorize State and local law enforcement officers to enforce Federal immigration law relative to unlawful entry into U.S. (see H.R. 9003), H8220 [28SE]
——— authorize State enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 9174), H8395 [14OC]
——— authorize States to request Dept. of Homeland Security enforce Immigration and Nationality Act (see H.R. 7413), H4395 [6AP]
——— clarify congressional intent relative to State and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 9128), H8378 [4OC]
——— provide that State residency requirements for applicants for naturalized citizenship do not apply to spouses of servicemembers serving on active duty at U.S. locations (see H.R. 7028), H1422 [9MR]
Interagency Council on Extreme Weather Resilience, Preparedness, and Risk Identification and Management: establish (see H.R. 9179), H8395 [14OC]
Interagency Council on Statistical Policy: develop plan to collect and publish statistics on U.S. territories in same manner as statistics are collected and reported by Federal agencies for States (see H.R. 8593), H7537 [29JY]
IRS: reform (see S. 4046), S2091 [7AP] (see H.R. 7485), H4433 [7AP]
Medicaid: reduce Federal financial participation for certain States that require political subdivisions to contribute towards non-Federal share of Medicaid (see H.R. 8530), H7254 [27JY]
National Archives and Records Administration: authenticate and publish State applications for constitutional conventions, publish certification when two-thirds is reached, and notify Congress to call convention (see H.R. 8419), H6881 [19JY]
National Park Service: include Tribal governments and quasi-governmental entities in certain cooperative management agreements (see H.R. 6442), H288 [20JA]
Native Americans: ensure progress toward Federal fulfillment of trust and treaty obligations and ensure funding for programs for Native Americans and Tribal governments (see S. 5186), S6962 [5DE] (see H.R. 9439), H8800 [6DE]
——— protect Native cultural sites on Federal land, improve consultation with Tribes, and bring parity to Tribes relative to Federal public land management laws (see S. 4421), S3003 [16JN] (see H.R. 8108), H5644 [16JN]
——— provide for advancements in public safety services to Indian communities (see H.R. 8387), H6623 [14JY]
New York: express that New York State’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act is unconstitutional (see H. Res. 1436), H8395 [14OC]
Northern Border Regional Commission: reauthorize (see S. 3698), S786 [17FE] (see H.R. 6986), H1373 [8MR]
Office for the Equitable, Transparent, and Accountable Puerto Rico Reconstruction: establish (see H.R. 9053), H8314 [29SE]
Postal Service: provide States with authority to name post offices located in State (see H.R. 8975), H8112 [22SE]
Power resources: achieve domestic energy independence by empowering States to control development and production of all forms of energy on all available Federal land (see H.R. 9535), H9852 [14DE]
Preserve America Initiative: expand cultural heritage tourism to increase job creation, boost economic growth, and collaborate with communities adjacent to national parks to leverage local tourism assets (see H.R. 9115), H8371 [30SE]
Public lands: permit States to impose sales taxes on qualifying purchases at any gift shop on Federal property (see H.R. 7190), H3858 [21MR]
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), H6679 [15JY]
——— enable people of Puerto Rico to choose permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status and provide for transition to and implementation of such status (H.R. 8393), consideration (see H. Res. 1519), H9851 [14DE]
Roads and highways: streamline environmental review process for major projects (see H.R. 8418), H6881 [19JY]
Schools: improve transparency relative to expenditure of Federal emergency relief funds for elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 6808), H1139 [22FE]
——— prohibit provision of Federal funds to local educational agencies that impose or enforce coronavirus vaccine mandate on students at schools served by such agencies (see H.R. 9280), H8433 [7NO]
Social Security: enter into agreements with States to share data relative to individuals subject to guardianship (see H.R. 6358), H8 [10JA]
——— improve maternal health coverage under Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (see S. 5015), S5541 [29SE]
SSA: produce and make available identification at no cost for purpose of allowing certain individuals to meet certain identification requirements (see H.R. 8821), H7841 [14SE]
States: ensure that within a State, an action of a State agency taken pursuant to State law shall have effect notwithstanding any Federal law to the contrary (see H.R. 9622), H9909 [20DE]
——— establish timelines to assess potential water quality impacts of discharges from federally permitted or licensed projects and clarify scope of such assessments (see H.R. 8556), H7403 [28JY]
——— require to enter into data sharing agreement with Dept. of Homeland Security and Dept. of Transportation to be eligible for port security grant program and port infrastructure development program (see H.R. 9107), H8371 [30SE]
Taxation: allow deductions and credits relative to expenditures in connection with marijuana sales conducted in compliance with State law (see H.R. 9702), H10547 [30DE]
——— exclude from gross income amounts received from State-based catastrophe loss mitigation programs (see S. 5176), S6941 [1DE]
——— modify limitation on deduction for State and local taxes (see H.R. 6847), H1146 [25FE]
——— modify source rules for personal property sales in territories (see H.R. 9250), H8418 [28OC]
——— provide for suspension of highway fuel tax and impose temporary fee on excess oil profits (see H.R. 7926), H5227 [31MY]
——— treat Indian Tribal governments in same manner as State governments for certain Federal tax purposes (see S. 5048), S5542 [29SE]
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]
Travel and tourism: affirm constitutional right to travel freely and voluntarily within U.S., District of Columbia, Tribal lands, and territories and prohibit criminal liability for travel to seek or obtain health care (see H. Res. 1212), H5924 [28JN]
Tribal Cultural Areas System: establish (see S. 4423), S3003 [16JN] (see H.R. 8109), H5644 [16JN]
21st Century Cures Act: amend State Opioid Response Grants program (see H.R. 7189), H3858 [21MR]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: enter into agreement with National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to establish Community Resilence and Restoration Fund (see H.R. 8366), H6335 [13JY]
——— make supplemental funding available for management of fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need as determined by State fish and wildlife agencies (H.R. 2773), consideration (see H. Res. 1170), H5485 [13JN]
Unemployment: continue temporary waiver of interest on State unemployment loans during pandemic to provide additional relief (see S. 3760), S991 [3MR] (see H.R. 6922), H1301 [3MR]
Voting: clarify authority of States to remove noncitizens from voting rolls and require States to maintain separate voter registration lists for noncitizens (see H.R. 7959), H5332 [7JN]
——— encourage Congress to pass legislation to increase voting access and registration, protect voting rights, and improve election security (see S. Res. 791), S4970 [22SE] (see H. Res. 1394), H8113 [22SE]
——— ensure voters in Federal elections do not wait in long lines to vote (see H.R. 9688), H10055 [22DE]
——— prohibit individuals who are not U.S. citizens from voting in District of Columbia elections (see H.R. 9172), H8390 [11OC]
——— prohibit States from removing registrants from list of eligible voters unless they verify that registrants are ineligible to vote in Federal elections (see S. 4886), S4856 [20SE]
——— prohibit use of Federal funds for administration of elections for Federal office in States which permit ballot harvesting (see H.R. 7958), H5332 [7JN]
——— require States to implement processes under which individuals who are 16 years old may apply to register to vote in Federal elections and make grants to increase involvement of minors in elections (see S. 4085), S2154 [26AP]
——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 7905), H5220 [27MY]
Women: codify certain reproductive health protections set forth in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey Supreme Court decisions (see S. 3713), S836 [28FE]
——— guarantee freedom to make certain reproductive decisions without undue government interference (see S. 4688), S3804 [1AU]
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: prioritize State programs that provide evidence of performance (see S. 5028), S5541 [29SE]
Cloture motions
Abortion: limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (H.R. 3755), motion to proceed, S797 [17FE], S826 [28FE]
——— limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (S. 4132), motion to proceed, S2372 [9MY], S2439 [11MY]
Cost Estimates
Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. 2773): CBO, H5515 [14JN]
Letters
Prevent transfer of actions arising under antitrust laws in which State is complainant: Progressive Policy Institute, H8173 [28SE]
——— Roslynn R. Mauskopf, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, H8172 [28SE]
Reform Federal permitting process to expedite certain fossil fuel projects: several environmental and civil rights organizations, S4502 [8SE]
——— several Representatives, S4502 [8SE]
Resilient Assistance for Mitigation for Environmentally Resilient Infrastructure and Construction by Americans (AMERICA) Act: James W. Tobin III, National Association of Home Builders, H4173 [5AP]
——— Natalie F. Enclade, BuildStrong Coalition, H4173 [5AP]
——— several organizations, H4173 [5AP]
State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act: National Association of Attorneys General, H8255 [29SE]
Voting access, election integrity, campaign finance, and redistricting improvements and Voting Rights Act reform: Christina Harvey, Stand Up America, Inc., E39 [14JA]
——— Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Inc., H174 [13JA]
——— Dan Chu, Sierra Club, E38 [14JA]
——— Dan Mauer, Communications Workers of America (organization), H172 [13JA]
——— Danielle Brian, Project on Government Oversight, Inc., E39 [14JA]
——— Everett B. Kelley, American Federation of Government Employees, H171 [13JA]
——— Fair Fight Action, Inc., H173 [13JA]
——— Fred Wertheimer, Democracy 21 (organization), E39 [14JA]
——— Jana Morgan, Declaration for American Democracy (organization), H173 [13JA]
——— Karen Hobert Flynn, Common Cause (organization), H173 [13JA]
——— Larry Ottinger, Our Maryland (organization), H174 [13JA]
——— Marc H. Moria, National Urban League, H172 [13JA]
——— Marge Baker, People for the American Way (organization), H174 [13JA]
——— Michelle Chan, Friends of the Earth United States (organization), E37 [14JA]
——— People’s Action (organization), E39 [14JA]
——— Rachel Green, Women of Color Coalition, E38 [14JA]
——— Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers, H172 [13JA]
——— Sung Yeon Choimorrow, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (organization), E37 [14JA]
——— Taifa Smith Butler, De̅mos—A Network for Ideas and Action, Ltd., E39 [14JA]
——— Virginia Kase Solomón, League of Women Voters, E37 [14JA]
——— Wade Henderson and Jesselyn McCurdy, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Inc., H173 [13JA]
Lists
Votes recorded by proxy on Butterfield amendment to H.R. 2773, Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, H5528 [14JN]
Votes recorded by proxy on Dingell amendment to H.R. 2773, Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, H5526, H5527 [14JN]
Votes recorded by proxy on Fischbach motion to recommit H.R. 8296, Women’s Health Protection Act, H6661 [15JY]
Votes recorded by proxy on Fulcher motion to recommit H.R. 2773, Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, H5529 [14JN]
Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 868, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 5746, voting access, election integrity, campaign finance, and redistricting improvements and Voting Rights Act reform, H74 [12JA]
Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1170, consideration of H.R. 2773, Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, H5506 [14JN]
Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1224, consideration of H.R. 8296, Women’s Health Protection Act, H5993 [13JY]
Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1224, consideration of H.R. 8297, Ensuring Access to Abortion Act, H5993 [13JY]
Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1519, consideration of H.R. 8393, Puerto Rico Status Act, H9863 [15DE]
Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1529, adopt H. Res. 1434, reaffirm FDA preemptive authority relative to State laws that inhibit access to or use of any reproductive health product, H9972 [21DE]
Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 1066, Wildlife Recovery Act, H7779 [13SE]
Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 1917, Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects Act, H9979 [21DE]
Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 2773, Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, H5530 [14JN]
Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 5689, Resilient Assistance for Mitigation for Environmentally Resilient Infrastructure and Construction by Americans (AMERICA) Act, H4183 [5AP]
Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 8296, Women’s Health Protection Act, H6661 [15JY]
Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 8297, Ensuring Access to Abortion Act, H6663 [15JY]
Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 8393, Puerto Rico Status Act, H9882 [15DE]
Votes recorded by proxy on Johnson of Louisiana motion to recommit H.R. 8297, Ensuring Access to Abortion Act, H6662 [15JY]
Votes recorded by proxy on Kildee amendment to H.R. 2773, Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, H5528 [14JN]
Votes recorded by proxy on McClintock motion to recommit H.R. 8393, Puerto Rico Status Act, H9881 [15DE]
Votes recorded by proxy on previous question to H. Res. 868, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 5746, voting access, election integrity, campaign finance, and redistricting improvements and Voting Rights Act reform, H73 [12JA]
Votes recorded by proxy on previous question to H. Res. 1170, consideration of H.R. 2773, Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, H5505 [14JN]
Votes recorded by proxy on previous question to H. Res. 1224, consideration of H.R. 8296, Women’s Health Protection Act, H5991 [13JY]
Votes recorded by proxy on previous question to H. Res. 1224, consideration of H.R. 8297, Ensuring Access to Abortion Act, H5991 [13JY]
Votes recorded by proxy on S. 2520, State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act, H5076 [17MY]
Votes recorded by proxy on S. 3662, Preventing PFAS Runoff at Airports Act, H8276 [29SE]
Votes recorded by proxy on S. 5087, extend, and provide additional support for, activities of Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime Against Indians, H10034 [22DE]
Votes recorded by proxy on Senate amendment to H.R. 5746, voting access, election integrity, campaign finance, and redistricting improvements and Voting Rights Act reform, H175 [13JA]
Motions
Abortion: limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (H.R. 3755), S797 [17FE]
——— limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (H.R. 8296), H6646 [15JY]
——— limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (S. 4132), S2372 [9MY]
——— prohibit interference, under color of State law, with provision of interstate abortion services (H.R. 8297), H6658 [15JY]
Firefighters: temporarily increase cost share authority for aqueous film forming foam input-based testing equipment (S. 3662), S6945 [1DE]
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 (H.R. 8393), H9880 [15DE]
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 (H.R. 2773), H5529 [14JN]
Remarks in House
Abortion: limit restrictions on abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (H.R. 8296), consideration (H. Res. 1224), H5983–H5993 [13JY], E789 [27JY]
——— limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (H.R. 3755), H1218 [2MR], H3965, H3969 [29MR], H5341 [8JN], H8008 [20SE]
——— limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (H.R. 8296), H6511, H6617 [14JY], H6628, H6629, H6631–H6647, H6649, H6653, H6656, H6658 [15JY], H6709, H6725 [19JY], H6888 [20JY], H7402 [28JY], E740 [15JY]
——— limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (S. 4132), H4725, H4726 [10MY], H4806, H4807, H4808, H4813 [11MY], H4869, H4872, H4902–H4907 [12MY], H4960 [13MY], H5104 [18MY]
——— prohibit funds to promulgate, implement, administer, or enforce Executive order relative to protecting access to reproductive healthcare services, H6848 [19JY]
——— prohibit interference, under color of State law, with provision of interstate abortion services (H.R. 8297), H5947 [12JY], H6511 [14JY], H6629, H6647–H6663 [15JY], H6709, H6725 [19JY], H6888 [20JY], H7402 [28JY], H8008 [20SE], E740 [15JY]
——— prohibit interference, under color of State law, with provision of interstate abortion services (H.R. 8297), consideration (H. Res. 1224), H5983–H5993 [13JY], E789 [27JY]
——— protect pain-capable unborn children (S. 4840), H7809 [14SE], H7846, H7868 [15SE], H8226 [29SE]
Agriculture: provide for preemption of certain State overtime laws for agricultural employees (H.R. 8756), H8126 [28SE]
Animals: remove gray wolf from lists of threatened and endangered species and exclude from authority of Endangered Species Act, H5517 [14JN]
Biden, President: evaluation of administration relative to coronavirus pandemic, H47 [12JA]
Capital punishment: potential expansion of Federal death penalty relative to changes to RICO predicates, E677 [28JN]
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 (H.R. 3962), H7116–H7120 [26JY], H7197, H7223 [27JY]
——— prevent transfer of actions arising under antitrust laws in which State is complainant, H8172 [28SE]
Dept. of Defense: prohibit evidence obtained by or with assistance of Armed Forces in violation of Posse Comitatus Act from use in court or other legal proceedings, H6460, H6461, H6467 [13JY]
Dept. of Education: assessment of guidance used to reopen schools relative to coronavirus pandemic, H4123 [1AP]
——— prohibit from providing Federal funds to local educational agencies unless in-person instruction is available to all students and parents may opt out of student mask mandates (H.R. 6619), H1028 [8FE]
Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and expand State Opioid Response Grants program, H5791 [22JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for engagements with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments relative to cybersecurity (S. 2520), H4978, H4979 [16MY]
Dept. of Justice: direct district attorney and prosecutorial offices to report to Attorney General (H.R. 7967), H5353, H5355, H5356 [8JN], H8325–H8327 [30SE]
——— make grants to States that have in place law providing for rights of sexual assault survivors, H6454, H6455 [13JY]
Dept. of the Interior: authorize additional projects relative to Salton Sea, H7426 [29JY]
——— submit report on contracts, subcontracts, and grant money allocated to or received by minority-owned business and minority-serving educational institutions, H5521 [14JN]
Dept. of Transportation: California high-speed rail development funding, H1091 [9FE]
——— create supplemental grants to States for distracted driving prevention and provide States applying for such grants with eligibility decision explanation, E379 [11AP]
——— require certain reports relative to defense access roads (H.R. 8205), E665 [23JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: call for Federal review of Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove, H7080 [26JY]
Depts. of Justice and the Interior: extend, and provide additional support for, activities of Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime Against Indians (S. 5087), H9954, H9955 [21DE]
District of Columbia: statehood, H5381 [8JN]
Drugs: address prescription opioid abuse, H5102 [18MY], H8705 [1DE]
——— combat trafficking of illicit fentanyl and other synthetic drugs, H37–H39 [11JA]
——— make marijuana legal at Federal level, incentivize States to change marijuana laws that disproportionately impact minority communities, and allow retroactive review of marijuana sentences, H4095 [1AP]
——— protect States and individuals in States that have laws which permit use of marijuana, H4095 [1AP]
Elections: confirm requirement that States allow access to designated congressional observers to observe election administration procedures in Federal elections (H.R. 8517), H8232–H8234 [29SE], E1042 [14OC], E1114 [7NO]
Endangered Species Act: provide flexibility in protective regulations when species are listed as threatened or endangered (H.R. 8136), H7429 [29JY]
FBI: investigation into alleged kidnapping plot of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, H4124 [1AP]
FDA: reaffirm preemptive authority relative to State laws that inhibit access to or use of any reproductive health product (H. Res. 1434), H9973 [21DE]
——— reaffirm preemptive authority relative to State laws that inhibit access to or use of any reproductive health product (H. Res. 1434), adopt (H. Res. 1529), H9968, H9969 [21DE]
Federal aid programs: improve provision of Federal resources to build capacity and fund mitigation projects for State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments and certain private nonprofit organizations (H.R. 5689), H4170–H4175 [5AP], E365 [6AP]
FEMA: modify eligibility requirements for certain hazard mitigation assistance programs (H.R. 1917), H9936, H9937 [21DE]
——— provide flexibility with Federal cost share for fire management assistance (H.R. 1066), H3979 [30MR], H7756, H7757 [13SE]
Firefighters: temporarily increase cost share authority for aqueous film forming foam input-based testing equipment (S. 3662), H8168–H8170 [28SE]
Immigration: condemn transporting migrants to sanctuary cities, H7977 [20SE]
——— transportation of migrants to sanctuary cities, H7971 [20SE], H8058 [21SE]
Indiana: law enforcement projects funding, H8705 [1DE]
Medicaid: funding, H10522 [23DE]
Native Americans: ensure progress toward Federal fulfillment of trust and treaty obligations and ensure funding for programs for Native Americans and Tribal governments (H.R. 9439), H8804 [7DE]
Natural Gas Act: provide for Federal and State agency coordination in approval of certain authorizations (H.R. 1616), H6665 [15JY]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of Medicaid expansion, H8227 [29SE]
Pensions: ensure sustainability for State and local public employee pension plans, H7077 [26JY]
Public lands: permit States to impose sales taxes on qualifying purchases at any gift shop on Federal property (H.R. 7190), E285 [21MR]
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 (H.R. 8393), H9867–H9882, H9884, H9885 [15DE]
——— enable people of Puerto Rico to choose permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status and provide for transition to and implementation of such status (H.R. 8393), consideration (H. Res. 1519), H9859–H9863 [15DE]
SSA: produce and make available identification at no cost for purpose of allowing certain individuals to meet certain identification requirements (H.R. 8821), H8227 [29SE]
Thriving Families, Safer Children Movement: tribute, E752 [19JY]
U.S. Coral Reef Task Force: establish, H906 [2FE], E127 [8FE]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: allow non-profit organizations to be eligible to receive competitive grant funds, H5524, H5525 [14JN]
——— make supplemental funding available for management of fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need as determined by State fish and wildlife agencies (H.R. 2773), H5430 [9JN], H5507–H5525, H5528, H5533 [14JN], E635, E637 [16JN]
——— make supplemental funding available for management of fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need as determined by State fish and wildlife agencies (H.R. 2773), consideration (H. Res. 1170), H5499–H5506 [14JN]
Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting, H64–H74 [12JA], H81, H156–H175, H181, H182, H183, H184–H187 [13JA], H223, H225 [19JA], H274–H277 [20JA]
——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 4), H14 [11JA], H224, H249 [19JA], H271 [20JA], H1299 [3MR]
Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act: extend (H.R. 737), H1185 [1MR], H7429 [29JY]
——— extend storage provision and establish program to repair canal conveyance due to land subsidence, H6845 [19JY]
Remarks in Senate
Abortion: limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (H.R. 3755), motion to proceed, S780, S797 [17FE], S817–S826, S831, S832 [28FE], S872 [1MR]
——— limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (S. 1975), S365 [20JA]
——— limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (S. 4132), S2290 [3MY], S2326 [4MY], S2346 [5MY]
——— limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (S. 4132), motion to proceed, S2371–S2375 [9MY], S2385, S2388–S2392, S2393–S2404, S2407–S2415 [10MY], S2425–S2441, S2443 [11MY], S2465 [12MY], S2566 [18MY]
——— make it illegal for States to limit travel for abortion services and protect rights of individuals to bring civil action against States that restrict such actions (S. 4504), S3287, S3290–S3296, S3300–S3302 [14JY], S3350 [19JY], S4593 [14SE]
——— make it illegal for States to limit travel for abortion services and protect rights of individuals to bring civil action against States that restrict such actions (S. 4504), unanimous-consent request, S3295, S3296 [14JY]
——— protect pain-capable unborn children (S. 4840), S4545 [13SE], S4585, S4593–S4596 [14SE]
Biden, President: evaluation of administration relative to crime, S767 [17FE]
Bureau of Reclamation: support water infrastructure in reclamation States (S. 4231), S2545–S2548 [17MY]
Constitution—U.S.: create requirements for calling Article V constitutional convention, S5519 [29SE]
Courts: eliminate waiver of State immunity relative to workplace pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition accomodations, S10070 [22DE]
——— prevent transfer of actions arising under antitrust laws in which State is complainant (S. 1787), S2471–S2473 [12MY], S2691, S2692 [25MY], S2935 [14JN]
——— prevent transfer of actions arising under antitrust laws in which State is complainant (S. 1787), unanimous-consent request, S2472 [12MY], S2691 [25MY]
Dept. of Commerce: require SelectUSA to coordinate with State-level economic development organizations to increase foreign direct investment in semicondutor-related manufacturing and production (S. 3309), S3009 [16JN]
Dept. of Education: prohibit Federal funds from being made available to any school that has facemask mandate (S. 3604), S586, S587 [9FE]
——— prohibit Federal funds from being made available to any school that has facemask mandate (S. 3604), unanimous-consent request, S586, S587 [9FE]
Dept. of HHS: establish uniform data standards, strengthen data sharing processes between public health entities, and establish grant program to develop best practices on soliciting demographic information (S. 3913), S1775 [24MR]
——— State Opioid Response Grants program funding, S1111, S1112 [10MR]
Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for engagements with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments relative to cybersecurity (S. 2520), S161 [11JA]
Dept. of Justice: protect crime victims’ rights and reauthorize certain DNA-related and forensics testing grant programs, S470 [2FE]
——— provide that Federal law enforcement officers may not use deadly force or less lethal force unless such force is necessary and encourage States to adopt similar laws or policies (S. 5309), S9627 [20DE]
——— reauthorize Missing Americans Alert Program also known as Kevin and Avonte’s Law (S. 4885), S5031 [22SE]
——— reauthorize Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program, S2480 [12MY]
——— reauthorize Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program (S. 4859), S9610 [20DE]
——— report firearm background check denials to State and local law enforcement to allow pursuit of criminal charges and study and report to Congress on categories of people who are denied firearms, S699 [15FE]
——— report firearm background check denials to State and local law enforcement to allow pursuit of criminal charges and study and report to Congress on categories of people who are denied firearms (S. 675), S2881 [9JN]
Dept. of the Interior: require additional oil and gas lease sales in certain States, S4172 [6AU]
Dept. of the Treasury: allow for transfer and redemption of abandoned savings bonds, S9767 [21DE]
Depts. of Justice and the Interior: extend, and provide additional support for, activities of Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime Against Indians (S. 5087), S7803 [20DE]
Drugs: address prescription opioid and heroin abuse, S657 [14FE]
——— decriminalize marijuana at Federal level and provide for taxation and regulation of marijuana products, S620 [10FE]
Elections: prohibit individuals from knowingly deceiving others about time, place, eligibility, or procedures of participating in Federal elections to deter individual from voting, S42 [5JA]
Federal aid programs: ensure State, local, Tribal, territorial governments and certain private nonprofit organizations are included in Federal investments in science, technology, research, and innovation improve economic competitiveness, S3599 [21JY]
——— provide funding or innovations in community policing, mental health care, and community safety (S. 4513), S3272 [13JY]
Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Best Practices: establish (S. 111), S597, S598 [9FE], S2683–S2685 [25MY]
——— establish (S. 111), unanimous-consent request, S2684 [25MY]
FEMA: allow State or local governments to use fire management assistance grants for pre-deployment of assets and resources and modify fire management assistance cost share (S. 4328), S2754 [26MY]
——— modify eligibility requirements for certain hazard mitigation assistance programs (H.R. 1917), S7190 [14DE]
Firearms: improve National Instant Criminal Background Check System by increasing Federal and State reporting requirements, S2880 [9JN]
Firefighters: temporarily increase cost share authority for aqueous film forming foam input-based testing equipment (S. 3662), S4443 [6SE]
——— temporarily increase cost share authority for aqueous film forming foam input-based testing equipment (S. 3662), House amendment, S6945 [1DE]
Government regulations: reform Federal regulatory permitting and project review processes for energy and infrastructure projects, S4836 [20SE], S4961 [22SE], S5037, S5041, S5042 [27SE], S7179 [14DE], S7230–S7232 [15DE]
——— reform Federal regulatory permitting and project review processes for energy and infrastructure projects (S. 4815), S5117 [28SE]
Health care professionals: ensure right to provide reproductive health care services (S. 4723), S3880–S3883 [3AU], S4881, S4883 [21SE]
——— ensure right to provide reproductive health care services (S. 4723), unanimous-consent request, S3882, S3883 [3AU], S4883 [21SE]
Immigration: transportation of migrants to sanctuary cities, S4531 [12SE], S4547 [13SE], S4811 [19SE], S4830, S4833, S4834 [20SE], S4889–S4891 [21SE], S5126 [28SE]
IRS: reform (S. 4046), S2607, S2608 [19MY]
——— reform (S. 4046), unanimous-consent request, S2608 [19MY]
Medicaid: stabilize in Puerto Rico, S9745 [21DE]
Native Americans: increase intergovernmental coordination to identify and combat violent crime within Indian lands and of Indians, S2364 [5MY]
New Mexico: increase consultation between Federal Government and governing bodies of land grant-mercedes and acequias and recognize historic-traditional boundaries of land grant-mercedes (S. 2708), S10103 [22DE]
Power resources: reform Federal permitting process to expedite certain fossil fuel projects, S4501–S4503 [8SE], S5117 [28SE]
Public lands: limit Federal acquisition of land and restrictions on land use, S661–S663 [14FE]
States: crisis intervention programs and initiatives funding, S2924 [14JN]
Supreme Court: stay in Merrill v. Milligan and Merrill v. Caster relative to district court injunction on Alabama congressional district plan, S551 [8FE]
Taxation: repeal limitation on deduction for State and local taxes and extend loss limitation policy, S4200, S4201 [6AU]
Voting: allow all eligible voters to vote by mail and establish national procedures for automatic voter registration for Federal elections (S. 136), S76 [6JA]
——— ensure voters in Federal elections do not wait in long lines to vote (S. 2117), S77 [6JA]
——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting, S185 [12JA], S195–S197, S201, S205–S208, S211–S213, S217 [13JA], S230–S272 [18JA], S277–S347 [19JA], S357, S380 [20JA], S470 [2FE], S9719, S9720 [21DE]
——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 4), S120 [10JA]
——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (S. 4), S29, S41, S47 [5JA], S56, S63, S69, S74–S76 [6JA], S87–S100 [7JA], S103, S105–S107, S110–S113 [10JA], S129 [11JA]
Women: codify certain reproductive health protections set forth in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey Supreme Court decisions (S. 3713), S838 [28FE]
——— guarantee freedom to make certain reproductive decisions without undue government interference (S. 4688), S3806–S3808 [1AU]
Reports
Elections Clause—States’ Primary Constitutional Authority Over Elections: Representative Rodney Davis, Committee on House Administration (House), H158 [13JA]
Reports filed
Adopt H. Res. 1434, Reaffirm FDA Preemptive Authority Relative to State Laws That Inhibit Access to or Use of Any Reproductive Health Product: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1529) (H. Rept. 117–660), H9982 [21DE]
Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3540) (H. Rept. 117–573), H8540 [16NO]
Consideration of H.R. 2773, Recovering America’s Wildlife Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1170) (H. Rept. 117–366), H5485 [13JN]
Consideration of H.R. 8296, Women’s Health Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1224) (H. Rept. 117–405), H6334 [13JY]
Consideration of H.R. 8297, Ensuring Access to Abortion Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1224) (H. Rept. 117–405), H6334 [13JY]
Consideration of H.R. 8393, Puerto Rico Status Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1519) (H. Rept. 117–643), H9851 [14DE]
Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 5746, Voting Access, Election Integrity, Campaign Finance, and Redistricting Improvements and Voting Rights Act Reform: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 868) (H. Rept. 117–226), H77 [12JA]
Dept. of the Interior Delegation of Certain Emergency Abandoned Mine Reclamation Activities to States and Indian Tribes: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1734) (H. Rept. 117–566), H8540 [16NO]
Disaster Management Costs Modernization Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 4654) (S. Rept. 117–258), S7198 [14DE]
Fire Suppression Improvement Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 4328) (S. Rept. 117–263), S7251 [15DE]
Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1877) (S. Rept. 117–205), S6778 [17NO]
Increase Federal Disaster Cost Share Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1951) (H. Rept. 117–289), H4395 [6AP]
Land Grant-Mercedes Traditional Use Recognition and Consultation Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2708) (S. Rept. 117–242), S7100 [12DE]
National Risk Management Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1350) (S. Rept. 117–261), S7251 [15DE]
Partnership Agreements Creating Tangible Savings (PACTS) Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 6442) (H. Rept. 117–601), H8823 [7DE]
Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 3709) (S. Rept. 117–194), S6667 [14NO]
Preventing PFAS Runoff at Airports Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 3662) (S. Rept. 117–138), S3860 [2AU]
Provide Consent of Congress to New Mexico Constitutional Amendment on Use of Land Grant Permanent Fund for Early Childhood Education and K–12 Schools: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 3404) (S. Rept. 117–186), S6667 [14NO]
Puerto Rico Status Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 8393) (H. Rept. 117–642), H9851 [14DE]
Recovering America’s Wildlife Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2372), S2189 [27AP]
——— Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2372) (S. Rept. 117–135), S3860 [2AU]
——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2773) (H. Rept. 117–359), H5444 [9JN]
Resilient Assistance for Mitigation for Environmentally Resilient Infrastructure and Construction by Americans (AMERICA) Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 5689) (H. Rept. 117–277), H3862 [24MR]
Restoring Resilient Reefs Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 160) (H. Rept. 117–626), H9850 [14DE]
Safeguarding America’s Future and Environment (SAFE) Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2872) (H. Rept. 117–571), H8540 [16NO]
Salton Sea Projects Improvements Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2693) (S. Rept. 117–182), S6667 [14NO]
Save Oak Flat Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1884) (H. Rept. 117–592), H8823 [7DE]
Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic (SECURE) Notarization Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3962) (H. Rept. 117–443), H7167 [26JY]
Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 3309) (S. Rept. 117–109), S2543 [17MY]
State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3460) (H. Rept. 117–494), H8118 [26SE]
——— Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1787), S523 [3FE]
Wildlife Recovery Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1066) (H. Rept. 117–459), H7782 [13SE]
Tables
Estimated pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 2773, Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, H5516 [14JN]
Texts of
H. Res. 868, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 5746, voting access, election integrity, campaign finance, and redistricting improvements and Voting Rights Act reform, H64 [12JA]
H. Res. 1170, consideration of H.R. 2773, Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, H5499 [14JN]
H. Res. 1224, consideration of H.R. 8296, Women’s Health Protection Act, H5983 [13JY]
H. Res. 1224, consideration of H.R. 8297, Ensuring Access to Abortion Act, H5983 [13JY]
H. Res. 1434, reaffirm FDA preemptive authority relative to State laws that inhibit access to or use of any reproductive health product, H9973 [21DE]
H. Res. 1519, consideration of H.R. 8393, Puerto Rico Status Act, H9859 [15DE]
H. Res. 1529, adopt H. Res. 1434, reaffirm FFA preemptive authority relative to State laws that inhibit access to or use of any reproductive health product, H9968 [21DE]
H.R. 1066, Wildlife Recovery Act, H7756 [13SE]
H.R. 1917, Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects Act, S7190 [14DE], H9936 [21DE]
H.R. 2773, Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, H5507–H5510 [14JN]
H.R. 3962, Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic (SECURE) Notarization Act, H7116–H7118 [26JY], H7199, H7224–H7226 [27JY]
H.R. 5689, Resilient Assistance for Mitigation for Environmentally Resilient Infrastructure and Construction by Americans (AMERICA) Act, H4170–H4172 [5AP]
H.R. 8296, Women’s Health Protection Act, H6631–H6634 [15JY]
H.R. 8297, Ensuring Access to Abortion Act, H6647 [15JY]
H.R. 8393, Puerto Rico Status Act, H9867–H9873 [15DE]
S. 1787, State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act, S2936 [14JN]
S. 2520, State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act, S161 [11JA], H4978 [16MY]
S. 2708, Land Grant-Mercedes Traditional Use Recognition and Consultation Act, S10103 [22DE]
S. 3309, Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains Act, S3009 [16JN]
S. 3596, CHIP School Behavioral Health Incentive Act, S576 [8FE]
S. 3662, Preventing PFAS Runoff at Airports Act, S4443 [6SE], H8169 [28SE]
S. 3760, Continued Waiver of Interest on State Unemployment Loans During the Pandemic Act, S994 [3MR]
S. 4859, Dept. of Justice Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program reauthorization, S9610 [20DE]
S. 4885, Dept. of Justice Missing Americans Alert Program also known as Kevin and Avonte’s Law reauthorization, S5031 [22SE]
S. 5087, extend, and provide additional support for, activities of Depts. of Justice and the Interior Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime Against Indians, S7803 [20DE], H9954 [21DE]
S. Res. 791, encourage Congress to pass legislation to increase voting access and registration, protect voting rights, and improve election security, S4972 [22SE]