HOULAHAN, CHRISSY (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 7900), H6311, H6312, H6313, H6444, H6445 [13JY]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and modernize Community Services Block Grant Program (H.R. 5129), H4943 [13MY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 8294), H6843, H6849 [19JY]

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

FRS: use existing authorities to close racial employment and wage gaps and report on how gaps change over time (H.R. 2543), H5577 [15JN]

Research: provide for coordinated Federal research program to ensure continued U.S. leadership in engineering biology (H.R. 4521), H879 [2FE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4521, America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength (America COMPETES) Act, H4423 [7AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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), H7843 [14SE]

Andrew Gomer Williams Post Office Building, Butler, PA: designate (see H.R. 7514), H4442 [14AP]

Animals: allow for adoption or non-laboratory placement of certain animals used in Federal research (see H.R. 5244), H7842 [14SE]

Armed Forces: preserve authority of military departments over members undergoing medical treatment or evaluation for medical disability (see H.R. 8081), H8011 [20SE]

——— provide for standard record of service on active duty for members of reserve components (see H.R. 7041), H1423 [9MR]

Azerbaijan: condemn unprovoked military attack on Armenia and cease security assistance to Azerbaijan (see H. Res. 1351), H8414 [25OC]

Business and industry: require online marketplaces to disclose certain verified information regarding high-volume third party sellers of consumer products to inform consumers (see H.R. 5502), H5222 [27MY]

Canada: ensure that Canada does not permanently store nuclear waste in Great Lake Basin (see H. Res. 647), H7068 [21JY]

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation: provide comprehensive dementia care management services, eliminate patient cost-sharing, support caregivers, and provide outreach to underrepresented populations (see H.R. 2517), H1330 [7MR]

Collective bargaining: provide collective bargaining rights for firefighters and emergency medical services personnel employed by States or political subdivisions (see H.R. 2586), H1134 [18FE]

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), H1304 [3MR]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish AmeriCorps Administration to carry out national and volunteer service programs (see H.R. 6683), H1113 [9FE]

——— recognize contributions of AmeriCorps members and alumni and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers to lives of people of U.S. (see H. Res. 982), H3743 [15MR]

Corporal Joseph Rodney Chapman Post Office, Freeport, PA: designate (see H.R. 8370), H6335 [13JY]

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), H7172 [26JY]

Crime: criminalize abuse relative to assisted reproductive technology (see H.R. 8600), H7785 [13SE]

——— extend to private or commercial interstate carriers the same protections enjoyed by letter and mail carriers (see H.R. 6852), H5222 [27MY]

——— provide penalties for individuals who knowingly and intentionally assault or intimidate hospital employees (see H.R. 7961), H8066 [21SE]

——— provide that it is unlawful to distribute private intimate visual depictions without person’s consent (see H.R. 6998), H1373 [8MR]

——— reinstate criminal penalties for persons charging veterans unauthorized fees relative to claims for Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 8736), H8115 [22SE]

Defense Production Act: invoke authorities to increase production of infant formula and provide for equitable distribution through Federally qualified health centers (see H. Con. Res. 90), H5097 [17MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend certain national school lunch program requirement waivers addressing coronavirus (see H.R. 6613), H4459 [25AP]

——— transition Puerto Rico to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 5220), H6923 [20JY] (see H.R. 8495), H7168 [26JY]

Dept. of Defense: assess semiconductor requirements in conflict scenario (see H.R. 8104), H5644 [16JN]

——— develop plan to ensure reasonable access to Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (see H.R. 8298), H8011 [20SE]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish teacher leader development programs (see H.R. 7122), H5228 [31MY]

——— reauthorize grants for improving teacher education programs, strengthening teacher recruitment efforts, and providing training for prospective teachers (see H.R. 6205), H44 [11JA]

——— update postsecondary student data system to ensure students and families have access to accurate and complete information on student outcomes (see H.R. 2030), H4439 [11AP]

Dept. of HHS: establish automated supply-chain tracking application that provides near real-time insight into amount of critical medical and health supplies available in strategic national stockpile (see H.R. 6520), H7842 [14SE]

——— improve diversity of participants in Alzheimer’s disease research (see H.R. 3085), H7842 [14SE]

——— prohibit health insurance providers from imposing cost-sharing requirements or treatment limitations for diagnostic examinations for breast cancer that are less favorable than those for screening examinations (see H.R. 5769), H4511 [26AP]

——— provide flexibility and funding for World Trade Center Health Program (see H.R. 4965), H3866 [24MR]

——— reauthorize and modernize Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 5129), H1149 [25FE]

Dept. of Justice: create Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (see H.R. 6538), H5647 [16JN]

——— 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), H1014 [7FE]

——— establish grant program to provide for qualified accreditation and re-certification of local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 3535), H4459 [25AP]

——— 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), H1304 [3MR]

Dept. of State: improve intelligence received to identify, prevent, and respond to atrocities (see H.R. 7758), H7842 [14SE]

Dept. of the Interior: issue right-of-way permit relative to natural gas distribution pipeline within Valley Forge National Historical Park (see H.R. 7952), H5332 [7JN]

——— reauthorize Delaware River Basin conservation programs (see H.R. 6949), H1376 [8MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: place foreign telecommunications companies engaged in economic or industrial espionage on Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List (see H.R. 9490), H9688 [12DE]

Dept. of Transportation: modify final rule relative to flightcrew member duty and rest requirements for passenger operations of air carriers to apply to all-cargo operations (see H.R. 4075), H1276 [2MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure timely scheduling of appointments for health care at medical facilities (see H.R. 6421), H948 [3FE]

——— enter into agreement with National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study incidence and mortality of cancer among Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps aircrew (see H.R. 7524), H4922 [12MY]

——— furnish dental care in same manner as any other medical service (see H.R. 914), H4153 [4AP]

——— improve ability of veterans to electronically submit complaints about delivery of health care services (see H.R. 5754), H4445 [14AP]

——— improve and expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain veterans (see H.R. 3402), H1376 [8MR]

——— improve certain programs for home and community based services for veterans (see H.R. 6823), H5647 [16JN]

——— improve provision of health care and other benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances (see H.R. 3967), H1120 [11FE] (see H.R. 6659), H1112 [9FE]

——— increase high technology pilot program funding (see H.R. 2335), H1303 [3MR]

——— increase number of Vet Centers in certain States based on population metrics (see H.R. 5543), H1149 [25FE]

——— modify authorities relative to collective bargaining of Veterans Health Administration employees (see H.R. 1948), H8396 [14OC]

——— provide burial allowance for certain veterans who die at home while in receipt of hospice care (see H.R. 7176), H4971 [13MY]

——— provide for peer support specialists for claimants who are survivors of military sexual trauma (see H.R. 2724), H303 [25JA]

——— provide or assist in providing additional vehicle adapted for operation by disabled individuals to certain eligible persons (see H.R. 1361), H1303 [3MR]

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

EPA: exclude vehicles used solely for competition from certain Clean Air Act provisions (see H.R. 3281), H79 [12JA]

FAA: require installation of secondary cockpit barrier on certain aircraft (see H.R. 911), H1148 [25FE]

Federal employees: provide that civilian service as temporary employee after certain date may be creditable service under Federal Employees Retirement System (see H.R. 4268), H5547 [14JN]

Federal firefighters: provide for more accurate computation of retirement benefits (see H.R. 393), H5487 [13JN]

FEMA: provide grants for fire station construction (see H.R. 3728), H217 [18JA]

Firearms: establish Federal requirements for safe storage, penalties for violations, and incentives for States to establish similar requirements (see H.R. 748), H303 [25JA]

Foreign policy: affirm U.S. role in eliminating sexual violence in conflict (see H. Res. 1210), H5923 [28JN]

Freedom Riders: award Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of unique contribution to civil rights, which inspired revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel (see H.R. 1348), H8710 [1DE]

Harold Billow Post Office Building, Mount Joy, PA: designate (see H.R. 8944), H8065 [21SE]

Health care professionals: extend Emergency Declaration Blanket Waiver beyond coronavirus emergency period relative to training and certification of nurse aides (see H.R. 7744), H8801 [6DE]

Information technology: prohibit certain discriminatory conduct by covered platforms (see H.R. 3816), H4153 [4AP]

Insurance: apply additional payments, discounts, and other financial assistance towards cost-sharing requirements of health insurance plans (see H.R. 5801), H6336 [13JY]

Iran: commend bravery, courage, and resolve of women and men demonstrating and risking their safety to speak out against Iranian regime’s human rights abuses (see H. Con. Res. 110), H8648 [29NO]

——— condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 744), H5488 [13JN]

IRS: provide authority to postpone certain tax deadlines by reason of State declared disasters or emergencies (see H.R. 3574), H1148 [25FE]

Liberia: support progress toward transparency, accountable institutions, and other tenets of good governance as it approaches bicentennial of arrival of first free Black Americans to Providence Island (see H. Res. 907), H1075 [8FE]

Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1034), H4396 [6AP]

Medicaid: expand availability of mental, emotional, and behavioral health services (see H.R. 7236), H4154 [4AP]

——— provide for requirements for health screenings and referrals for certain juveniles in public institutions and require guidance to improve delivery of health care services in schools (see H.R. 7233), H4154 [4AP]

——— streamline enrollment of certain providers across State lines (see H.R. 3089), H5221 [27MY]

Medicare: ensure coverage of mental and behavioral health services furnished through telehealth (see H.R. 4058), H1125 [15FE]

——— extend certain increases in payments for physicians’ services (see H.R. 8800), H8420 [28OC]

——— make permanent certain telehealth flexibilities relative to coronavirus emergency (see H.R. 1332), H1330 [7MR]

——— provide coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests (see H.R. 1946), H4511 [26AP]

——— provide for demonstration project to evaluate fiscal impact of covering low vision devices as durable medical equipment (see H.R. 6848), H1146 [25FE]

——— revise certain regulations relative to shared savings program and other advanced alternative payment arrangements to encourage participation in such program (see H.R. 4587), H5234 [3JN]

——— strengthen ambulance services furnished under part B (see H.R. 2454), H9689 [12DE]

Military Women’s Memorial: anniversary (see H. Res. 1497), H8648 [29NO]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: modify requirements for candidate countries (see H.R. 8463), H7065 [21JY]

Morality and ethics: remember kindness in the U.S. and affirm commitment to fostering community and building resiliency through every day acts of kindness (see H. Res. 628), H8379 [4OC]

Motor vehicles: prevent theft of catalytic converters and other precious metal car parts (see H.R. 6394), H5487 [13JN]

National Day of Service and Remembrance: observance (see H. Con. Res. 104), H7741 [9SE]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 933), H1131 [18FE]

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

National security: strengthen through defense of democracy abroad and address contemporary threats to democracy around world (see H.R. 8708), H8508 [15NO]

National Small Business Week: designate (see H. Res. 1076), H4608 [28AP]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1008), H3896 [28MR]

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), H6680 [15JY]

PCOS Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 878), H252 [19JA]

Postal Service: provide authority to mail alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 3287), H5487 [13JN]

Public Radio Music Day: designate (see H. Res. 1306), H7539 [29JY]

Public Schools Week: designate (see H. Res. 939), H1140 [22FE]

Russia: authorize confiscation of assets subject to U.S. jurisdiction of certain foreign persons and remit those assets to Ukraine (see H.R. 6930), H4075 [31MR]

——— counter aggression against Ukraine and Eastern European allies, expedite U.S. security assistance to Ukraine, and impose sanctions relative to actions with respect to Ukraine (see H.R. 6470), H294 [21JA]

——— prohibit importation of crude oil, petroleum, petroleum products, liquefied natural gas, and coal from Russia (see H.R. 6951), H1328 [7MR]

SBA: allow small business development centers to provide information and assistance on apprenticeship programs for small businesses (see H.R. 7622), H4607 [28AP]

——— extend deadline for use of certain grants for shuttered venue operators (see H.R. 5429), H1304 [3MR]

——— improve women’s business center program (see H.R. 6441), H309 [28JA]

Syria: require U.S. strategy to disrupt and dismantle Captagon trade and narcotics networks linked to regime of Bashar al-Assad (see H.R. 6265), H4154 [4AP]

Taxation: allow early childhood educators to take educator expense deduction (see H.R. 5254), H1116 [9FE]

——— 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), H8414 [25OC]

——— impose tax on carbon dioxide emissions from energy and industrial facilities and use revenues to establish Carbon Dioxide Trust Fund to support families and encourage clean energy technologies (see H.R. 2307), H43 [11JA]

——— increase adjusted gross income limitation for above-the-line deduction of expenses of performing artist employees (see H.R. 4750), H1276 [2MR]

——— make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for work opportunity credit (see H.R. 2974), H303 [25JA]

——— reform low-income housing credit (see H.R. 2573), H1425 [9MR]

——— temporarily reinstate coronavirus employee retention tax credit for employers subject to closure (see H.R. 6161), H44 [11JA]

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

Till, Emmett: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2252), H9689 [12DE]

Till-Mobley, Mamie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2252), H9689 [12DE]

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), H1304 [3MR]

Trucking industry: ensure restroom access for certain drivers (see H.R. 9592), H9902 [15DE]

Tubman, Harriet: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 1842), H1275 [2MR]

Ukraine: authorize appropriations to provide assistance and training to Ukrainian military pilots (see H.R. 8144), H5684 [17JN]

——— provide enhanced authority for President to enter into agreements with Ukraine to lend or lease defense articles to protect civilian populations from Russian military invasion (see H.R. 6876), H1376 [8MR]

Vietnamese Conflict: support clearance of landmines, unexploded ordnance, and other explosive remnants of war in certain countries and recognize refugee and immigrant communities who supported and defended Armed Forces (see H.R. 9540), H9852 [14DE]

Women: clarify that constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights has met requirements of Constitution and is valid to all intents and purposes as part of Constitution (see H. Res. 891), H308 [28JA]

World War I: award Congressional Gold Medal to female telephone operators of Army Signal Corps, known as ‘‘Hello Girls’’ (see H.R. 4949), H6336 [13JY]

World War II: acknowledge and commemorate women who served in Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) (see H. Res. 1388), H8113 [22SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Defense: authorize program to promote early literacy among young children on military installations as part of pediatric primary care (see H.R. 8208), H5877 [23JN]

——— establish public-private partnership technology investment pilot program (see H.R. 8470), H7066 [21JY]

——— implement Inspector General recommendations relative to mitigation of foreign suppliers in pharmaceutical supply chain (see H.R. 6374), H77 [12JA]

Dept. of Education: ensure that borrowers who have performed qualifying public service are eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (see H.R. 7465), H4432 [7AP]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit export or sale of petroleum products from Strategic Petroleum Reserve to certain entities (see H.R. 8614), H7538 [29JY]

Families and domestic relations: increase Federal support for nonprofit milk banks and access to donor milk for medically-vulnerable infants (see H.R. 9196), H8402 [18OC]

SBA: require report on small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see H.R. 7670), H4721 [6MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Defense: authorize program to promote early literacy among young children on military installations as part of pediatric primary care (H.R. 8208), H5878 [23JN]

——— establish public-private partnership technology investment pilot program (H.R. 8470), H7067 [21JY]

——— implement Inspector General recommendations relative to mitigation of foreign suppliers in pharmaceutical supply chain (H.R. 6374), H78 [12JA]

Dept. of Education: ensure that borrowers who have performed qualifying public service are eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (H.R. 7465), H4434 [7AP]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit export or sale of petroleum products from Strategic Petroleum Reserve to certain entities (H.R. 8614), H7540 [29JY]

Families and domestic relations: increase Federal support for nonprofit milk banks and access to donor milk for medically-vulnerable infants (H.R. 9196), H8403 [18OC]

SBA: require report on small business concerns owned and controlled by women (H.R. 7670), H4723 [6MY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H293 [21JA]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H293 [21JA], H4582 [28AP]

Remarks

Albright College: tribute to Total Experience Learning Dual Enrollment program, H8826 [8DE]

Armed Forces: establish leave policies for members to seek abortions (H.R. 8916), H8004 [20SE]

Dept. of Defense: allow military medical treatment facilities to provide abortion services and for military to cover associated costs (H.R. 7945), H8004 [20SE]

Dept. of HHS: ensure States and other eligible entities can utilize Community Services Block Grant Program funds to address behavioral health needs, H4944 [13MY]

——— reauthorize and modernize Community Services Block Grant Program (H.R. 5129), H4944 [13MY]

Dept. of Labor: study potential risk and connection between gynecological cancers and fire protection activities, H4824 [11MY]

Economy: address growing inflation, H4582 [28AP]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (H.R. 2499), H4824 [11MY]

Financial institutions: ensure Supporting Young Entrepreneurs Program focus on young women entrepreneurs, minority entrepreneurs, and other historically underrepresented groups or first time business owners, H5582 [15JN]

——— require credit unions to include description of financial education and awareness programs offered to community in mandatory reporting, H5582 [15JN]

FRS: use existing authorities to close racial employment and wage gaps and report on how gaps change over time (H.R. 2543), H5582 [15JN]

IRS: delay in processing tax returns and refunds, H1345 [8MR]

NSF: provide grants to modernize mathematics and improve science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education through mathematical and statistical modeling, including data-driven and computational thinking (H.R. 3588), H7100 [26JY]

SBA: improve women’s business center program (H.R. 6441), H4470 [26AP]

——— reauthorize Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program and pilot programs (S. 4900), H8134 [28SE]

——— require report on small business concerns owned and controlled by women (H.R. 7670), H5257 [7JN]

Ukraine: condemn Russia’s violations of international law amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity, stand in solidarity with people of Ukraine, and support effort to help people displaced by war and conflict, H4202 [6AP]

Tributes

Flaherty, Paige, H8675 [1DE]