KUSTOFF, DAVID (a Representative from Tennessee)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 8814), H7783 [13SE]
Agriculture: reduce certain farm input costs and reverse environmental regulatory barriers to domestic agricultural production (see H.R. 8069), H5609 [15JN]
Argentina: call for justice and accountability for perpetrators of bombing of Embassy of Israel in Buenos Aires in 1992 (see H. Res. 988), H3775 [16MR]
Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail: designate (see H.R. 7884), H5234 [3JN]
Capital punishment: provide additional aggravating factors for imposition of death penalty relative to killing law enforcement officers or first responders (see H.R. 72), H5175 [18MY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: make House wing and House office buildings open and accessible to public (see H. Res. 961), H1304 [3MR]
CBO: provide inflation estimate relative to legislation with significant impact on gross domestic product (see H.R. 6629), H5487 [13JN]
CDC: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Requirement for Persons To Wear Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs’’ (see H.J. Res. 72), H3898 [28MR]
China: counter malign influence and theft perpetuated by China and Chinese Communist Party (see H.R. 4792), H4459 [25AP]
Colleyville, TX: commend first responders and honor victims of hostage crisis at Congregation Beth Israel synagogue and reaffirm commitment to combat hate, bigotry, anti-Semitism, and violence against Jewish Americans (see H. Res. 881), H289 [20JA]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: alter loan data collection requirements for women-owned, minority-owned, and small businesses (see H.R. 6732), H4799 [10MY]
——— enhance rulemaking requirements (see H.R. 7412), H4395 [6AP]
Courts: prevent transfer of actions arising under antitrust laws in which State is complainant (see H.R. 3460), H332 [1FE]
Crime: make deliberate, targeted attack on law enforcement officer a Federal crime (see H.R. 3079), H918 [2FE]
Dept. of Education: provide that for determining compliance with Title IX in athletics, sex shall be recognized solely on person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth (see H.R. 426), H4861 [11MY]
Dept. of HHS: conduct outreach campaign to inform individuals covered under group health plan or individual health insurance coverage of Federal requirements relative to mental health and substance use disorder crisis services (see H.R. 8892), H7965 [19SE]
——— reauthorize pediatric mental health care access grant program (see H.R. 7076), H5099 [17MY]
Dept. of HUD: ensure that residents of covered federally assisted rental housing may lawfully possess firearms (see H.R. 6247), H44 [11JA]
——— require Community Development Block Grant Program recipients to submit land use plans to disclose potential discriminatory housing policies (see H.R. 3198), H4921 [12MY]
Dept. of Labor: provide incentives for States to recover fraudulently paid Federal and State unemployment compensation (see H.R. 8000), H5445 [9JN]
Dept. of the Treasury: deter foreign financial institutions from providing banking services for benefit of foreign terrorist organizations and from facilitating or promoting payments for acts of terrorism (see H.R. 7824), H5173 [18MY]
——— exclude Russian government officials from certain financial and intergovernmental meetings (see H.R. 6891), H1331 [7MR]
——— limit authority of Office of Foreign Asset Control to authorize U.S. financial institutions to engage in certain Russian-related energy transactions blocked by Executive order 14024 (see H.R. 6894), H1376 [8MR]
——— prohibit from engaging in transactions involving exchange of IMF Special Drawing Rights that are held by Russia or Belarus (see H.R. 6899), H3777 [16MR]
——— prohibit reallocation of emergency rental assistance grants designated for rural areas and ensure return of any reallocated funds to original grantee (see H.R. 7327), H7727 [26AU]
——— provide for oversight of emergency rental assistance amounts by Inspector General (see H.R. 7645), H4713 [3MY]
Depts. of Education, Justice, and the Treasury: prohibit mass cancellation of student loans (see H.R. 8006), H7068 [21JY]
EPA: amend application of Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule to certain farms (see H.R. 6765), H1129 [18FE]
FAA: provide funding from Airport and Airway Trust Fund for FAA activities during Government shutdown (see H.R. 4042), H5221 [27MY]
FDA: work through Codex process to review and update internationally recognized standards for infant formula to ensure standards are consistent with requirements for import to U.S. (see H.R. 7718), H5175 [18MY]
Federal agencies and departments: prohibit from entering into contracts with entity that discriminates against firearm or ammunition industries (see H.R. 6970), H1372 [8MR]
FEMA: allow for consideration of private flood insurance for purposes of applying continuous coverage requirements (see H.R. 4699), H4922 [12MY]
Ferencz, Benjamin B.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 6015), H3897 [28MR]
Financial institutions: modify frequency of credit union boards of directors meetings (see H.R. 6889), H6625 [14JY]
Foreign trade: provide for temporary duty-free importation of certain infant formula products (see H.R. 8351), H6334 [13JY]
Health Resources and Services Administration: reauthorize Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program (see H.R. 8876), H7964 [19SE]
Horse Protection Act: provide increased protection for horses participating in shows, exhibitions, sales, and auctions (see H.R. 6341), H198 [14JA]
International trade: impose additional prohibitions relative to certain foreign boycotts (see H.R. 6940), H1302 [3MR]
Iran: continue certain Executive orders imposing U.S. sanctions and prevent waiver of certain sanctions until Iran ceases attempts to assassinate U.S. officials, citizens, and Iranian nationals in U.S. (see H.R. 8947), H8592 [18NO]
IRS: prohibit additional funding to be used to audit certain taxpayers (see H.R. 9143), H8385 [7OC]
——— prohibit from requiring taxpayers to provide biometric information (see H.R. 6733), H1123 [15FE]
——— rescind certain funds appropriated under Inflation Reduction Act (see H.R. 9092), H8370 [30SE]
Israel: express opposition to establishment of new Palestinian consulate or diplomatic mission in Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 100), H6623 [14JY]
Jackie Walorski VA Clinic, Mishawaka, IN: designate (see H.R. 8656), H7709 [12AU]
John R. Lewis Post Office Building, Atlanta, GA: designate (see H.R. 5577), H332 [1FE]
Law enforcement: codify defense of qualified immunity as applied to certain State and local officials (see H.R. 288), H5208 [19MY]
Lumber industry: prohibit importation of wood and related articles from Russia and Belarus (see H.R. 7437), H4431 [7AP]
Medicare: combat opioid crisis by promoting access to non-opioid treatments in hospital outpatient setting (see H.R. 3259), H3829 [17MR]
——— make permanent certain telehealth flexibilities relative to coronavirus emergency (see H.R. 1332), H3744 [15MR]
——— preserve access to rural health care by ensuring fairness in Medicare hospital payments (see H.R. 4066), H4723 [6MY]
——— provide coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests (see H.R. 1946), H6883 [19JY]
Month of Life: designate (see H. Res. 1216), H6625 [14JY]
Motor vehicles: promote increased awareness of issue of motorcyclist profiling and encourage collaboration and communication with motorcycle community and law enforcement officials to prevent instances of profiling (see H. Res. 366), H5222 [27MY]
National FFA Week: designate (see H. Res. 932), H1131 [18FE]
National Hunting and Fishing Day: anniversary (see H. Res. 1387), H8113 [22SE]
National Police Week: observance (see H. Res. 1114), H4970 [13MY]
National Telecommunications and Information Administration: make grants to establish or expand Internet exchange facilities to improve broadband infrastructure in rural areas (see H.R. 7112), H3825 [17MR]
Power resources: strengthen U.S. energy security and encourage domestic production of crude oil, petroleum products, and natural gas (see H.R. 6858), H1376 [8MR]
SEC: prohibit from requiring issuers to disclose information relative to greenhouse gas emissions (see H.R. 9063), H8315 [29SE]
Secret Service: transfer agency back to Dept. of the Treasury (see H.R. 7689), H4722 [6MY]
Taxation: increase income cap for and make permanent mortgage insurance premium deduction (see H.R. 6109), H4576 [27AP]
——— increase research tax credit and provide better access to credit for business startups (see H.R. 8253), H6625 [14JY]
——— make permanent certain Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions affecting individuals, families, and small businesses (see H.R. 6658), H1111 [9FE] (see H.R. 8913), H8223 [28SE]
——— make permanent certain tax reforms (see H.R. 8214), H5877 [23JN]
——— promote new business innovation (see H.R. 7503), H6883 [19JY]
——— provide for election to expense certain qualified sound recording costs otherwise chargeable to capital account (see H.R. 1945), H8396 [14OC]
——— recognize importance of stepped-up basis of certain inherited property in preserving family-owned farms and small businesses (see H. Res. 1015), H4075 [31MR]
——— reinstate filing exception for payments made by third party settlement organizations to certain independent contract workers in effect prior to American Rescue Plan Act enactment (see H.R. 3425), H1075 [8FE]
——— repeal corporate alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 9030), H8313 [29SE]
——— restore deduction for research and experimental expenditures (see H.R. 1304), H5735 [21JN]
——— temporarily reinstate coronavirus employee retention tax credit for employers subject to closure (see H.R. 6161), H303 [25JA]
——— treat certain liquidations of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified liquidations of last in, first out (LIFO) inventory (see H.R. 7382), H5215 [24MY]
Telecommunications: invest in rural broadband infrastructure and recognize importance to rural communities (see H. Res. 885), H301 [25JA]
U.N.: withold U.S. funding for Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry relative to situation in Israel, West Bank, and Gaza (see H.R. 7223), H6707 [18JY]
Ukraine: authorize President to waive export criteria and transportation and related costs of certain ammunition and ordnance to supply entities providing ammunition to Ukraine (see H.R. 6981), H1373 [8MR]
Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 1282), H5010 [16MY]
Young, Don: tribute (see H. Res. 1005), H3895 [28MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Crime: urge development of strategy to counter rise in violent crime (see H. Res. 1227), H6623 [14JY]
Dept. of HUD: clarify process and standards for rulemaking establishing standards for energy efficiency in manufactured housing (see H.R. 7651), H4713 [3MY]
——— modernize formulas for allocation of Community Development Block Grant Program grants for entitlement communities to more effectively target such amounts for community development needs (see H.R. 7868), H5214 [24MY]
FCC: allow State or Federal correctional facilities to utilize jamming equipment to prevent contraband cell phone use in prisons (see H.R. 8645), H7544 [2AU]
National Wreaths Across America Day: designate (see H. Res. 1524), H9853 [14DE]
SEC: except quotations of fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements (see H.R. 6632), H1012 [7FE]
Taxation: prevent excise tax on repurchase of corporate stock from taking effect (see H.R. 8853), H7881 [15SE]
——— provide taxpayer bill of rights for small businesses (see H.R. 7033), H1422 [9MR]
Constitutional authority statements
Dept. of HUD: clarify process and standards for rulemaking establishing standards for energy efficiency in manufactured housing (H.R. 7651), H4714 [3MY]
——— modernize formulas for allocation of Community Development Block Grant Program grants for entitlement communities to more effectively target such amounts for community development needs (H.R. 7868), H5214 [24MY]
FCC: allow State or Federal correctional facilities to utilize jamming equipment to prevent contraband cell phone use in prisons (H.R. 8645), H7545 [2AU]
SEC: except quotations of fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements (H.R. 6632), H1013 [7FE]
Taxation: prevent excise tax on repurchase of corporate stock from taking effect (H.R. 8853), H7882 [15SE]
——— provide taxpayer bill of rights for small businesses (H.R. 7033), H1424 [9MR]
Remarks
Collierville, TN: anniversary of shooting at Kroger Grocery Store, H8105 [22SE]
Depts. of HHS and Homeland Security: prohibit from lessening stringency of, and prohibit from ceasing or lessening implementation of, coronavirus border health provisions through end of pandemic (H.R. 471), unanimous-consent request, H4219 [6AP]
Economy: use of budget reconciliation to fight inflation, reduce prescription drug and health care costs, address climate change, increase tax fairness, and reduce deficit (H.R. 5376), Senate amendment, H7664 [12AU]
James D. Todd U.S. Courthouse, Jackson, TN: designate (S. 4017), H9724 [13DE]
KWAM–Radio (Memphis, TN): anniversary, H7262 [28JY]
Resignations
Committee on Financial Services (House), H5403 [8JN]
Tributes
Alexander, Leslee K. Buhler (Honey), H9915 [21DE]
McDonald, A. Keith, H8817 [7DE]
Rudd, David, H3781 [17MR]