HERRERA BEUTLER, JAIME (a Representative from Washington)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Grown Flower and Foliage Month: designate (see H. Res. 1213), H5930 [1JY]

Argentina: condemn Argentine Israelite Mutual Association bombing in Buenos Aires in 1994, express condolences to families of victims, and support holding those responsible accountable (see H. Res. 1231), H6923 [20JY]

Capital punishment: provide additional aggravating factors for imposition of death penalty relative to killing law enforcement officers or first responders (see H.R. 72), H5410 [8JN]

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

China: prohibit foreign nationals associated with China from purchase of agricultural real estate in U.S. and from participating in any Dept. of Agriculture programs except food safety inspections (see H.R. 7892), H6336 [13JY]

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), H1141 [22FE]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: establish Senate confirmed Inspector General (see H.R. 6038), H7256 [27JY]

——— replace director with 5-member commission (see H.R. 4773), H7073 [22JY]

Contraceptives: preempt State bans on prescription, provision, or use of drug, biological product, or device for contraception if approved, licensed, cleared, or otherwise authorized for human use by FDA for contraception (see H.R. 8421), H7256 [27JY]

Crime: extend to private or commercial interstate carriers the same protections enjoyed by letter and mail carriers (see H.R. 6852), H5175 [18MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend certain national school lunch program requirement waivers addressing coronavirus (see H.R. 6613), H4398 [6AP]

——— permit Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to be used to purchase additional types of items and increase amount of such benefits (see H.R. 6338), H1425 [9MR]

——— permit video or telephone certifications under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (see H.R. 6781), H1130 [18FE]

——— require school food authorities to make publicly available any waiver of Buy American Act requirements for National School Lunch Program (see H.R. 465), H1425 [9MR]

Dept. of Defense: limit copayments for outpatient visits for mental health or behavioral health under TRICARE program (see H.R. 4824), H4459 [25AP]

Dept. of Education: make grants to parents of students enrolled in elementary or secondary schools that for reason of coronavirus fail to provide in-person instruction (see H.R. 6380), H77 [12JA]

Dept. of HHS: allow women greater access to safe and effective oral contraceptive drugs intended for routine use (see H.R. 8428), H6923 [20JY]

——— authorize grants to develop strategic response plans relative to opioid crisis and require providers prescribing opioids for certain patients to also prescribe opioid overdose reversal drugs (see H.R. 5224), H1120 [11FE]

——— establish Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 3297), H3897 [28MR]

——— establish Task Force on Maternal Mental Health (see H.R. 4217), H4609 [28AP]

——— reauthorize grant program for screening, assessment, and treatment services for maternal mental health and substance use disorders (see H.R. 7073), H3742 [15MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: make improvements to H–2B nonimmigrant worker program (see H.R. 3897), H44 [11JA]

——— require comprehensive southern border strategy (see H.R. 7260), H5612 [15JN]

——— support remediation of illicit cross-border tunnels (see H.R. 4209), H1134 [18FE]

Dept. of Justice: authorize grant to encourage recruitment of law enforcement officers (see H.R. 7826), H5174 [18MY]

——— direct Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program to carry out grant program to provide assistance to police departments with fewer than 200 law enforcement officers (see H.R. 6448), H288 [20JA]

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

Dept. of Labor: assist employers providing employment to individuals with disabilities under special certificates allowing for payment of subminimum wage to transition away from and phase out use of such certificates (see H.R. 2373), H1075 [8FE]

Dept. of State: report on educational materials used in West Bank and Gaza by Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 2374), H5175 [18MY]

Dept. of Transportation: set aside funding to provide parking for commercial motor vehicles on Federal-aid highway system (see H.R. 2187), H5487 [13JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve provision of health care and other benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances (see H.R. 6659), H1331 [7MR]

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

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 310), H1133 [18FE]

Drugs: ensure equitable treatment of covered entities and pharmacies participating in 340B drug discount program (see H.R. 4390), H3776 [16MR]

FAA: provide funding from Airport and Airway Trust Fund for FAA activities during Government shutdown (see H.R. 4042), H4435 [7AP]

Families and domestic relations: support stillbirth prevention and research (see H.R. 7011), H1421 [9MR]

FDA: establish nonvisual accessibility standards for certain devices with digital interfaces (see H.R. 4853), H1116 [9FE]

Federal Columbia River Power System: provide for operations pursuant to certain operation plan for specified period of time (see H.R. 8016), H5446 [9JN]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 2499), H3744 [15MR]

FHA: establish mortgage insurance and home loan assistance program for first responders (see H.R. 3172), H1125 [15FE]

Financial institutions: modernize certain processes relative to expulsion of credit union members for cause (see H.R. 2311), H1425 [9MR]

——— modify frequency of credit union boards of directors meetings (see H.R. 6889), H6625 [14JY]

Forest Service: require standardization of reciprocal fire suppression cost share agreements (see H.R. 8035), H5486 [13JN]

Health care professionals: extend Emergency Declaration Blanket Waiver beyond coronavirus emergency period relative to training and certification of nurse aides (see H.R. 7744), H5647 [16JN]

Horticulture: require cut flowers and cut greens displayed in certain Federal buildings to be produced in U.S. (see H.R. 8284), H5934 [5JY]

Human rights: constitutional amendment to prohibit use of slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime (see H.J. Res. 53), H8011 [20SE]

John R. Lewis Post Office Building, Atlanta, GA: designate (see H.R. 5577), H332 [1FE]

Lumber industry: prohibit importation of wood and related articles from Russia and Belarus (see H.R. 7437), H4431 [7AP]

Medicare: clarify and preserve breadth of protections under Medicare Secondary Payer Act (see H.R. 8594), H7537 [29JY]

——— establish demonstration program to provide integrated care for beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (see H.R. 4942), H5611 [15JN]

——— expand and expedite access to cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation programs (see H.R. 1956), H5647 [16JN]

——— improve access to, and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under part B by establishing minimum payment amount under such part for bone mass measurement (see H.R. 3517), H5234 [3JN]

——— protect access to telehealth services in rural and underserved communities (see H.R. 5425), H4435 [7AP]

——— provide coverage for all physicians’ services furnished by chiropractors within scope of their license (see H.R. 2654), H1134 [18FE]

——— provide coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests (see H.R. 1946), H1120 [11FE]

——— provide for distribution of additional residency positions (see H.R. 2256), H5735 [21JN]

——— provide hereditary cancer genetic testing for individuals with family history of gene mutation and coverage of certain cancer screenings or preventive surgeries to reduce risk of developing preventable cancer (see H.R. 4110), H3745 [15MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: require certain health care facilities to permit essential caregivers access during any public health emergency (see H.R. 3733), H9 [10JA]

National Mentoring Month: observance (see H. Res. 884), H289 [20JA]

National Midwifery Week: observance (see H. Res. 1419), H8371 [30SE]

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

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

Patents: establish robust patent system that restores and protects right of inventors to own and enforce private property rights in inventions and discoveries (see H.R. 5874), H7407 [28JY]

Power resources: strengthen U.S. energy security and encourage domestic production of crude oil, petroleum products, and natural gas (see H.R. 6858), H1331 [7MR]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 310), H1133 [18FE]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 310), H1133 [18FE]

Taxation: make permanent certain Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions affecting individuals, families, and small businesses (see H.R. 6658), H1111 [9FE]

——— make permanent deduction for qualified business income (see H.R. 1381), H4715 [3MY]

——— 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 tax credit to encourage replacement or modernization of inefficient, outdated freight railcars (see H.R. 7902), H5219 [27MY]

——— temporarily reinstate coronavirus employee retention tax credit for employers subject to closure (see H.R. 6161), H332 [1FE]

——— treat certain liquidations of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified liquidations of last in, first out (LIFO) inventory (see H.R. 7382), H5487 [13JN]

Transportation Security Administration: standardize enrollment process for individuals applying for multiple programs, including Transportation Worker Identification Credential, HAZMAT Endorsement, and PreCheck programs (see H.R. 6571), H3777 [16MR]

U.N.: withhold U.S. funding for Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry relative to situation in Israel, West Bank, and Gaza (see H.R. 7223), H5612 [15JN]

Washington: authorize leases of up to 99 years for lands held in trust for Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation (see H.R. 6964), H1329 [7MR]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 310), H1133 [18FE]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to U.S. Army Rangers veterans (see H.R. 3577), H1075 [8FE]

——— 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), H43 [11JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Crime: prohibit health care providers from administering coronavirus vaccines to minors without parental consent (see H.R. 6676), H1112 [9FE]

Dept. of HHS: issue guidance on coverage under Medicaid of certain pelvic health services furnished during postpartum period (see H.R. 8181), H5822 [22JN]

Dept. of Justice: authorize Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program grants to incentivize States and local governments to reverse law enforcement efforts that have been restricted (see H.R. 6469), H294 [21JA]

Drugs: prohibit Federal funding for any State, local, Tribal, or private entity that operates or controls injection center in violation of Controlled Substances Act (see H.R. 7029), H1422 [9MR]

Immigration: 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]

Constitutional authority statements

Crime: prohibit health care providers from administering coronavirus vaccines to minors without parental consent (H.R. 6676), H1115 [9FE]

Dept. of HHS: issue guidance on coverage under Medicaid of certain pelvic health services furnished during postpartum period (H.R. 8181), H5823 [22JN]

Dept. of Justice: authorize Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program grants to incentivize States and local governments to reverse law enforcement efforts that have been restricted (H.R. 6469), H295 [21JA]

Drugs: prohibit Federal funding for any State, local, Tribal, or private entity that operates or controls injection center in violation of Controlled Substances Act (H.R. 7029), H1424 [9MR]

Immigration: 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 (H.R. 7028), H1424 [9MR]

Remarks

Dept. of Homeland Security: support remediation of illicit cross-border tunnels (H.R. 4209), H4167 [5AP]

Dept. of Justice: create Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (H.R. 6538), E748• [18JY]

——— provide for law enforcement officer bonuses (H.R. 7809), H5134 [18MY]

Forest Service: transfer certain lands to Skamania County, WA (H.R. 5093), H7400 [28JY]

Fuss, Jillian: University of Washington Husky 100 award recipient, E542• [19MY]

Hengstler, Andrew: University of Washington Husky 100 award recipient, E538• [19MY]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H9693 [13DE]

Jung, Hayoung: University of Washington Husky 100 award recipient, E544• [19MY]

Long Beach, WA: anniversary, E152• [15FE]

Morgan, Navon: University of Washington Husky 100 award recipient, E535• [19MY]

National Police Week: observance, H4845 [11MY]

Prill, Ron and Terry: Community Foundation for Southwest Washington Philanthropist of the Year award recipients, H5555 [15JN]

Votes: correction, E748• [18JY]

Washington (State): tribute to law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, H4149 [4AP]

Woodland, WA: anniversary of Planters Days festival, E625• [15JN]

Tributes

Hoff, Larry, H7793 [14SE]

Vick, Brandon, H7793 [14SE]