WEXTON, JENNIFER (a Representative from Virginia)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 7900), H6354 [13JY]

Transportation Security Administration: enhance security operations and stabilize security workforce by applying unified personnel system to employees responsible for screening passengers and property (H.R. 903), H4888 [12MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit interference, under color of State law, with provision of interstate abortion services (see H.R. 8297), H5976 [12JY]

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), H8648 [29NO]

Arlington National Cemetery: redesignate Robert E. Lee Memorial as ‘‘Arlington House’’ (see H.J. Res. 90), H6623 [14JY]

Army: place monument in Arlington National Cemetery honoring Army Security Agency veterans of World War II, Korean War, and Vietnamese Conflict (see H.R. 3558), H5547 [14JN]

Aviation: allow FAA to impose certain requirements and require wearing of masks throughout aviation system during public health emergencies involving airborne disease (see H.R. 2770), H4921 [12MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (see H. Con. Res. 88), H4796 [10MY]

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

Collective bargaining: provide collective bargaining rights for firefighters and emergency medical services personnel employed by States or political subdivisions (see H.R. 2586), H1125 [15FE]

Colleges and universities: provide for long-term improvement of historically Black colleges and universities (see H.R. 3294), H5547 [14JN]

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), H1135 [18FE]

Colorado Springs, CO: condemn shooting at Club Q, express condolences to families and victims, and offer support to all who were impacted (see H. Res. 1522), H9853 [14DE]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture: establish (see H.R. 3525), H1125 [15FE]

Contraceptives: establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of FDA-approved contraception (see H.R. 6005), H6336 [13JY]

——— protect ability to access contraceptives and engage in contraception and protect health care provider ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and related information (see H.R. 8373), H6707 [18JY]

DEA: eliminate separate registration requirement for dispensing narcotic drugs categorized in schedules with lower potential for abuse that are intended for maintenance or detoxification treatment (see H.R. 1384), H9 [10JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: develop program to reduce barriers to entry for farmers, ranchers, and private forest landowners in certain private carbon credit markets (see H.R. 2820), H7558 [9AU]

——— 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), H5097 [17MY]

——— extend certain national school lunch program requirement waivers addressing coronavirus (see H.R. 6613), H5735 [21JN]

——— make improvements relative to pricing of cattle and provide relief for small meat, poultry, and egg processing plants (see H.R. 4140), H5212 [20MY]

——— provide for adjustment or modification of loans for critical rural utility service providers (see H.R. 2244), H5487 [13JN]

Dept. of Defense: improve independent coverage under TRICARE Young Adult Program (see H.R. 475), H4798 [10MY]

Dept. of Education: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 4402), H195 [13JA]

——— provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage girls and underrepresented minorities to pursue studies and careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) (see H.R. 5893), H3777 [16MR]

——— require institutions of higher education that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (see H.R. 5342), H1177 [28FE]

——— require institutions of higher education to disclose hazing incidents (see H.R. 2525), H10 [10JA]

——— require institutions of higher education to disclose hazing-related misconduct (see H.R. 1933), H4799 [10MY]

Dept. of HHS: 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), H5919 [24JN]

——— establish grant program to promote comprehensive mental health and suicide prevention efforts in high schools (see H.R. 1803), H5685 [17JN]

——— improve access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce transmission of HIV (see H.R. 6117), H7558 [9AU]

——— reauthorize and extend Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention and Services program (see H.R. 4151), H5647 [16JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: enhance funding and administration of Nonprofit Security Grant Program (see H.R. 6825), H4007 [30MR]

Dept. of Justice: 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), H7407 [28JY]

Dept. of Labor: list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (see H.R. 4603), H7727 [26AU]

——— require hub airports to certify that airport service workers are paid prevailing wage and provided fringe benefits (see H.R. 8105), H6707 [18JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: exempt certain pandemic relief grants for motorcoach, school bus, and passenger vessel industries from Federal taxation (see H.R. 7477), H4724 [6MY]

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), H1376 [8MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve ability of veterans to electronically submit complaints about delivery of health care services (see H.R. 5754), H44 [11JA]

——— improve and expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain veterans (see H.R. 3402), H44 [11JA]

——— improve VA Work-Study program (see H.R. 9379), H8707 [1DE]

DIPG Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 404), H7721 [23AU]

Disabled: clarify and strengthen integration mandate for individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports (see H.R. 6860), H5976 [12JY]

Diseases and disorders: ensure access to cost-free monkeypox testing services (see H.R. 8693), H7709 [12AU]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 310), H4445 [14AP]

Drugs: ensure equitable treatment of covered entities and pharmacies participating in 340B drug discount program (see H.R. 4390), H1134 [18FE]

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), H918 [2FE]

——— repeal Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 8404), H6883 [19JY]

Federal employees: amend definition of law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 962), H5410 [8JN]

——— increase rates of pay for General Schedule and prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 6398), H193 [13JA]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 2499), H1177 [28FE]

FHA: establish mortgage insurance and home loan assistance program for first responders (see H.R. 3172), H6336 [13JY]

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]

FTC: amend Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act to update and expand coverage (see H.R. 4801), H3745 [15MR]

——— prohibit unfair and deceptive practice of commercial sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy (see H.R. 4146), H7738 [6SE]

Health: protect privacy of personal reproductive or sexual health information (see H.R. 8111), H7842 [14SE]

Human rights: constitutional amendment to prohibit use of slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime (see H.J. Res. 53), H8674 [30NO]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5984), H7785 [13SE]

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), H8710 [1DE]

——— 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]

Jesus Antonio Collazos Post Office Building, Arlington County, VA: designate (see H.R. 7082), H3742 [15MR]

Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day: designate (see H. Res. 1220), H5940 [7JY]

Medicare: combat opioid crisis by promoting access to non-opioid treatments in hospital outpatient setting (see H.R. 3259), H4723 [6MY]

Members of Congress: require Members, spouses, and dependent children to place certain assets into blind trusts (see H.R. 336), H1116 [9FE]

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), H8373 [30SE]

National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 86), H4453 [21AP]

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

National Pell Grant Day: designate (see H. Res. 1193), H5734 [21JN]

National School Counseling Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 70), H1013 [7FE]

News media: express gratitude to journalists and news staff risking injury and death and who have sacrificed their lives to chronicle and report on Russian invasion of Ukraine (see H. Res. 987), H4075 [31MR]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 1334), H4127 [1AP]

Population: improve Federal population surveys by requiring collection of voluntary, self-disclosed information on sexual orientation and gender identity in certain surveys (see H.R. 4176), H303 [25JA]

Railroad Retirement Board: exempt payments made from Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account from budget sequestration (see H.R. 2900), H1134 [18FE]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 310), H4445 [14AP]

Social Security: eliminate waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer (see H.R. 3183), H5215 [24MY]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 310), H4445 [14AP]

Taxation: 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), H8410 [21OC]

——— eliminate tax exemption of International Olympic Committee and similar organizations (see H.R. 6433), H252 [19JA]

——— make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for work opportunity credit (see H.R. 2974), H6706 [18JY]

——— reform low-income housing credit (see H.R. 2573), H6680 [15JY]

Till, Emmett: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2252), H8874 [8DE]

Till-Mobley, Mamie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2252), H8874 [8DE]

Transgender Day of Remembrance: support goals and principles (see H. Res. 1488), H8588 [17NO]

Tubman, Harriet: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 1842), H5098 [17MY]

Veterans: make homebuyers aware of all loan options by providing veterans with written comparison of Dept. of Veterans Affairs, FHA, and conventional loan options (see H.R. 8616), H7785 [13SE]

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]

——— combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 9497), H9688 [12DE]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 310), H4445 [14AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: establish Office of Agritourism (see H.R. 6408), H194 [13JA]

International Transgender Day of Visibility: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 84), H4073 [31MR]

National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month: designate (see H. Res. 924), H1114 [9FE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Agriculture: establish Office of Agritourism (H.R. 6408), H195 [13JA]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1121 [15FE], H5213 [24MY], H5921 [28JN], H7715 [19AU], H8405 [21OC]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H1121 [15FE], H5213 [24MY], H5921 [28JN], H7715 [19AU], H8405 [21OC]

Remarks

American Type Culture Collection (nonprofit organization): tribute, E787• [27JY]

Children and youth: tribute to Congressional App Challenge winners and participants, H4584 [28AP]

Dominion Woman’s Club: anniversary, E571• [3JN]

Health: transfer pharmaceutical civil penalties to NIH Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program Fund (H.R. 623), H7125 [26JY]

I’m Just Me Because Month: observance, E1022• [4OC]

Multifocal Motor Neuropathy Awareness Month: observance, E183• [28FE]

Transgender Awareness Week: observance, H8547 [17NO]

Transportation Security Administration: consult with Federal Air Marshal Service on issues regarding work schedules and shifts and equipment and training to address concerns relative to mental health and suicide, H4888 [12MY]

——— enhance security operations and stabilize security workforce by applying unified personnel system to employees responsible for screening passengers and property (H.R. 903), H4888 [12MY]

Votes: position on missed, E1150• [16NO]

Tributes

Brown, Gregory C., E1194• [1DE]

Shaffer, Mark A., E18• [10JA]