SABLAN, GREGORIO KILILI CAMACHO (a Delegate from the Northern Mariana Islands)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 7900), H6565 [14JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions Week: observance (see H. Res. 1406), H8316 [29SE]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 1083), H4714 [3MY]

Atlanta, GA: commemorate anniversary and condemn shootings at spas, express condolences to families and victims, and combat hate, bigotry, and violence against Asian American and Pacific Islander community (see H. Res. 981), H3743 [15MR]

Black Maternal Health Week: designate (see H. Res. 1051), H4438 [11AP]

Chisholm, Shirley: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 8535), H7254 [27JY]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture: establish (see H.R. 3525), H4075 [31MR]

Courts: improve safety and security of Federal judiciary (see H.R. 4436), H5334 [7JN]

——— require establishment of defender organizations by Federal judicial districts (see H.R. 7160), H3852 [18MR]

Crime: reinstate criminal penalties for persons charging veterans unauthorized fees relative to claims for Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 8736), H7884 [15SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish waiver authority to address emergencies and supply chain disruptions for access to infant formula under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (see H.R. 7791), H5175 [18MY]

——— reauthorize child nutrition programs (see H.R. 8450), H7256 [27JY]

——— treat attendance at institution of higher education same as work in determining Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility (see H.R. 1919), H4127 [1AP]

Dept. of Education: double Pell Grant award amount, improve Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, and reduce interest rates (see H.R. 8872), H7881 [15SE]

——— make grants to higher education institutions to provide free meals to low-income students through existing on-campus meal programs (see H.R. 6934), H8731 [2DE]

——— promote comprehensive college campus mental health and suicide prevention plans (see H.R. 5407), H5098 [17MY]

——— provide grants for institutions of higher education to prevent alcohol and substance misuse (see H.R. 6493), H5099 [17MY]

——— publish, in consultation with Depts. of HHS and Justice, annual report on indicators of school crime and safety that includes data on school shootings (see H.R. 5428), H3745 [15MR]

Dept. of HHS: authorize establishment of National Medical Corps Program to create pathway programs for community college students to pursue premedical training and enter medical school (see H.R. 9105), H8442 [10NO]

——— carry out national project to prevent and cure Parkinson’s disease to be known as National Parkinson’s Project (see H.R. 8585), H8731 [2DE]

——— conduct research to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth from child abuse and neglect, include such demographics in child abuse reports, and train personnel on meeting needs of such youth (see H.R. 7644), H8442 [10NO]

——— explicitly authorize distribution of grant funds to voting accessibility protection and advocacy systems for Northern Mariana Islands and Native Americans (see H.R. 7326), H4072 [31MR]

——— improve access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce transmission of HIV (see H.R. 6117), H7883 [15SE]

——— reauthorize and modernize Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 5129), H3745 [15MR]

——— support behavioral needs of students and youth, invest in school-based behavioral workforce, and ensure access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits (see H.R. 7780), H5215 [24MY]

Dept. of Justice: allow use of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program grants to develop court processes to allow family members to petition courts to block dangerous individuals from purchasing weapons (see H.R. 3480), H5234 [3JN]

——— improve processing of samples of sexual assault evidence (see H.R. 8264), H8420 [28OC]

Dept. of Labor: prevent wage theft and assist in recovery of stolen wages, administer grants to prevent wage and hour violations, require timely provision of pay stubs and paychecks, and strengthen retaliation protections (see H.R. 7701), H4796 [10MY]

Dept. of Transportation: increase authorizations for passenger ferry competitive grant program and ferry boats and terminal facilities formula grant program (see H.R. 8934), H8064 [21SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish Zero Suicide Initiative pilot program (see H.R. 6273), H1331 [7MR]

——— expand health care and benefits for veterans who are victims of military sexual trauma (see H.R. 5666), H3777 [16MR]

——— improve authority to hire psychiatrists (see H.R. 8100), H5644 [16JN]

——— improve breast imaging services, create telemammography pilot program, and expand veterans’ access to clinical trials (see H.R. 4794), H1376 [8MR]

——— improve certain programs for home and community based services for veterans (see H.R. 6823), H1376 [8MR]

——— make certain improvements in mental health care (see H.R. 6411), H332 [1FE]

Earth Day: observance (see H. Res. 1075), H4608 [28AP]

EPA: take certain actions relative to pesticides that may affect pollinators (see H.R. 4079), H4153 [4AP]

Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or child involved (see H.R. 3488), H3897 [28MR]

Federal aid programs: provide increased allocation of funding under certain programs for assistance in areas of persistent poverty (see H.R. 6531), H1177 [28FE]

Federal employees: cover, for purposes of workers’ compensation, services by physician assistants and nurse practitioners provided to injured Federal workers (see H.R. 6087), H4799 [10MY]

——— increase rates of pay for General Schedule and prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 6398), H4862 [11MY]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 2499), H4723 [6MY]

Federal Labor Relations Authority: ensure public sector employees are able to form and join unions and enter into written contract with employers and reaffirm policy to encourage collective bargaining (see H.R. 5727), H1014 [7FE]

Filipino American History Month: observance (see H. Res. 1449), H8418 [28OC]

Firearms: increase age limit on purchase of certain firearms, prevent gun trafficking, modernize prohibition on untraceable firearms, and encourage safe storage of firearms (see H.R. 7910), H5234 [3JN]

——— issue extreme risk protection orders to allow family or law enforcement to petition to have firearms temporarily removed from person who may present danger to others or themselves (see H.R. 2377), H5221 [27MY]

Foreign policy: recognize and reaffirm strong relationship between U.S. and Pacific Islands (see H. Res. 994), H3853 [18MR]

Freedom of religion: ensure laws intended to protect religious freedom do not infringe upon laws intended to protect civil rights (see H.R. 1378), H8066 [21SE]

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), H8011 [20SE]

FTC: prohibit unfair and deceptive practice of commercial sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy (see H.R. 4146), H7967 [19SE]

Guam: establish database for verifying Native CHamoru ancestry (see H.R. 6504), H301 [25JA]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 1353), H7881 [15SE]

Human rights: constitutional amendment to prohibit use of slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime (see H.J. Res. 53), H9730 [13DE]

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]

Korean American Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 871), H194 [13JA]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1451), H8418 [28OC]

National Guard: expand eligibility of members for housing loans guaranteed by Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 8875), H8067 [21SE]

Pensions: protect retirement security (see H.R. 7310), H4128 [1AP]

Philippines: suspend security assistance until certain reforms to military and police forces are made (see H.R. 3884), H5334 [7JN]

Power resources: authorize President to issue Energy Emergency Declaration to protect gasoline and home heating fuel prices from price-gouging (see H.R. 7688), H5175 [18MY]

Public lands: designate certain lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors (see H.R. 1755), H331 [1FE]

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

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), H6883 [19JY]

Ralph David Abernathy, Sr., National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 9202), H8420 [28OC]

Research: provide for coordinated Federal research program to ensure continued U.S. leadership in engineering biology (see H.R. 4521), H309 [28JA]

Senate: provide for nonvoting delegates to represent American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands (see H.R. 6941), H1328 [7MR]

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with Huntington’s disease (see H.R. 2050), H8429 [3NO]

Taxation: make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for work opportunity credit (see H.R. 2974), H5611 [15JN]

Till, Emmett: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2252), H8710 [1DE]

Till-Mobley, Mamie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2252), H8710 [1DE]

Tribal Cultural Areas System: establish (see H.R. 8109), H7743 [9SE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: affirm that prohibition on unauthorized take or killing of migratory birds includes incidental take by commercial activities and regulate such activity (see H.R. 4833), H217 [18JA]

——— make supplemental funding available for management of fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need as determined by State fish and wildlife agencies (see H.R. 2773), H44 [11JA]

——— reauthorize volunteer services, community partnership, and refuge education programs of National Wildlife Refuge System (see H.R. 6734), H1123 [15FE]

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 (see H. Res. 964), H1426 [9MR]

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), H7716 [19AU]

——— prevent noncitizen veterans from being deported, improve tracking of noncitizen veterans in immigration proceedings, and bring certain eligible deported veterans back home (see H.R. 7946), H5335 [7JN]

Voting: modify and clarify certain notice and election requirements relative to provision of election materials in certain languages (see H.R. 8770), H7735 [2SE]

Water: provide access to reliable, clean, and drinkable water on Native American lands (see H.R. 7632), H4608 [28AP]

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]

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 7309), H4071 [31MR]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to U.S. Army Rangers veterans (see H.R. 3577), H4715 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Courts: authorize grants to be made on equitable basis to highest courts to assess and improve handling of foster care and adoption proceedings (see H.R. 8233), H5919 [24JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: increase number of permits available for employers in construction and extraction occupations seeking Commonwealth-only transitional workers in Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 6906), H1274 [2MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Courts: authorize grants to be made on equitable basis to highest courts to assess and improve handling of foster care and adoption proceedings (H.R. 8233), H5919 [24JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: increase number of permits available for employers in construction and extraction occupations seeking Commonwealth-only transitional workers in Northern Mariana Islands (H.R. 6906), H1275 [2MR]

Essays

Problem With ‘‘Linguistic Racism’’: Mikhaela P. Reyes Mendoza, E529• [18MY]

Taking Action Against Racial Discrimination and Acts of Hate: Aleia H. Santos, E529• [18MY]

Remarks

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 7900), H6583 [14JY]

Dept. of HHS: base Community Services Block Grant Program allocations on most recent census poverty data, H4942• [13MY]

——— explicitly authorize distribution of grant funds to voting accessibility protection and advocacy systems for Northern Mariana Islands and Native Americans (S. 3969), H8234• [29SE]

——— reauthorize and modernize Community Services Block Grant Program (H.R. 5129), H4942• [13MY]

——— support behavioral needs of students and youth, invest in school-based behavioral workforce, and ensure access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits (H.R. 7780), H8242• [29SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: increase number of permits available for employers in construction and extraction occupations seeking Commonwealth-only transitional workers in Northern Mariana Islands (H.R. 6906), E202• [2MR]

Dept. of Labor: establish apprenticeships or expand opportunities through apprenticeships for outlying areas, H827• [2FE]

——— include Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa as part of nationwide system of public employment offices, known as Employment Service, H5053• [17MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish Advisory Committee on U.S. Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States, H6583• [14JY]

Economy: invest in science, technology, research, and innovation to improve competitiveness of U.S. in global economy, H827• [2FE]

Fish and fishing: prohibit sale of shark fins, H827• [2FE]

Northern Mariana Islands: opening of new Federal court, E938• [15SE]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: direct Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching to teachers from territories, H827• [2FE]

Research: provide for coordinated Federal research program to ensure continued U.S. leadership in engineering biology (H.R. 4521), H827• [2FE]

Reyes Mendoza, Mikhaela P.: Northern Mariana Islands Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month middle school essay contest winner, E528• [18MY]

Santos, Aleia H.: Northern Mariana Islands Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month high school essay contest winner, E528• [18MY]

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: reauthorize (H.R. 7309), H5053• [17MY]

Tributes

Sablan, Elias Parong, E297• [24MR]