ARRINGTON, JODEY C. (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 7900), H6356 [13JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 8294), H6892 [20JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit abortion in cases where fetal heartbeat is detectable (see H.R. 705), H5221 [27MY]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds for abortion through financial or logistical support to individuals traveling to another State or country to receive abortion (see H.R. 8776), H7738 [6SE]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 1011), H198 [14JA]

——— tribute to Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization relative to abortion (see H. Res. 1228), H7173 [26JY]

Armed Forces: establish new pathways for counseling in Transition Assistance Program (see H.R. 7891), H5219 [27MY]

——— prohibit any requirement that members be vaccinated against coronavirus (see H.R. 3860), H7732 [30AU]

ATF: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Definition of ‘Frame or Receiver’ and Identification of Firearms’’ (see H.J. Res. 86), H4722 [6MY]

Belarus: suspend normal trade relations treatment (see H.R. 7014), H1422 [9MR]

Bob Krueger Post Office, New Braunfels, TX: designate (see H.R. 8203), H7883 [15SE]

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

CDC: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Requirement for Persons To Wear Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs’’ (see H.J. Res. 72), H4454 [21AP]

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), H7713 [16AU]

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: eliminate (see H.R. 6409), H198 [14JA]

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), H8414 [25OC]

Dept. of Energy: expedite and approve permits to export small volumes of natural gas (see H.R. 7115), H3826 [17MR]

Dept. of HHS: expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 7630), H5976 [12JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit use of Federal funds for Disinformation Governance Board (see H.R. 7648), H4713 [3MY]

Dept. of Labor: provide incentives for States to recover fraudulently paid Federal and State unemployment compensation (see H.R. 8000), H5445 [9JN]

Dept. of State: report to Congress on China’s support to Russia relative to its unprovoked invasion of and full-scale war against Ukraine (see H.R. 7314), H4154 [4AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: allow for transfer and redemption of abandoned savings bonds (see H.R. 4085), H4454 [21AP]

——— exempt certain pandemic relief grants for motorcoach, school bus, and passenger vessel industries from Federal taxation (see H.R. 7477), H8318 [29SE]

——— 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), H1304 [3MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Reproductive Health Services’’ (see H.J. Res. 102), H9729 [13DE]

——— improve provision of health care and other benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances (see H.R. 6659), H3777 [16MR]

EPA: repeal methane emissions and waste reduction incentive program for petroleum and natural gas systems (see H.R. 8749), H7727 [26AU]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit use of Federal funds to implement Executive order relative to reproductive health services (see H.R. 8835), H7880 [15SE]

Foreign aid: prohibit U.S. contributions to U.N. International Organization for Migration (IOM), U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) (see H.R. 6155), H10 [10JA]

Foreign trade: promote trade in environmental goods, services, and technologies, negotiate new environmental goods agreement, support jobs, and enhance environmental contribution of any new trade agreement (see H. Res. 1520), H9984 [21DE]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 5441), H918 [2FE]

Houston Astros (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 1484), H8588 [17NO]

Immigration: clarify expedited removal of inadmissible arriving aliens apply regardless of where alien is encountered or apprehended (see H.R. 9470), H9689 [12DE]

International Criminal Court: prosecute Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes should any harm befall Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky due to actions taken or directed by Russian authority (see H. Con. Res. 76), H1274 [2MR]

Iran: oppose engaging Russia for reviving Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), removing terrorism sanctions, or restoring any form of JCPOA while undeclared nuclear activities remains unresolved (see H. Res. 990), H3827 [17MR]

IRS: prohibit additional funding to be used to audit certain taxpayers (see H.R. 9143), H8385 [7OC]

——— rescind certain funds appropriated under Inflation Reduction Act (see H.R. 9092), H8370 [30SE]

Jackie Walorski VA Clinic, Mishawaka, IN: designate (see H.R. 8656), H7709 [12AU]

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

——— improve extended care services by providing beneficiaries with option for cost effective home-based extended care (see H.R. 5514), H4397 [6AP]

——— improve prospective payment system for psychiatric hospitals and psychiatric units (see H.R. 8879), H7964 [19SE]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3630), H5976 [12JY]

Middle East: impose sanctions relative to foreign support for terrorist organizations, including Hamas (terrorist organization) and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (see H.R. 3685), H79 [12JA]

Month of Life: designate (see H. Res. 1216), H5930 [1JY]

National Sanctity of Life Day: designate (see H. Res. 883), H295 [21JA]

Natural gas: expedite approval of applications to export natural gas to certain U.S. allies (see H.R. 9355), H8594 [22NO]

——— impose sanctions relative to Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline (see H.R. 6748), H1331 [7MR]

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]

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), H7709 [12AU]

Power resources: support safe and responsible development of hydrocarbons via drilling (see H. Res. 1101), H4797 [10MY]

Ron Wright Post Office Building, Arlington, TX: designate (see H.R. 6626), H1012 [7FE]

Russia: 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. 6742), H1331 [7MR]

——— express that Congress does not recognize Russia as inheritor of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics seat as permanent member of U.N. Security Council (see H. Res. 959), H1274 [2MR]

——— suspend normal trade relations treatment (see H.R. 7014), H1422 [9MR]

Supreme Court: condemn leak of draft opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and enforce Federal law relative to protests outside homes of sitting Supreme Court Justices (see H. Res. 1111), H4920 [12MY]

Taxation: create safe harbor for certain perpetual trust funds (see H.R. 9044), H8314 [29SE]

——— increase research tax credit and provide better access to credit for business startups (see H.R. 8253), H5923 [28JN]

——— make civil damages, restitution, and any other monetary award given to human trafficking survivors exempt from Federal income taxes (see H.R. 6389), H78 [12JA]

——— 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]

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see H. Con. Res. 34), H4576 [27AP]

——— permanently extend allowance for depreciation, amortization, or depletion for purposes of determining income limitation on deduction for business interest (see H.R. 5371), H4445 [14AP]

——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see H.R. 2447), H3744 [15MR]

——— provide for flexible giving accounts (see H.R. 4585), H1141 [22FE]

——— 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), H5945 [11JY]

——— temporarily reinstate coronavirus employee retention tax credit for employers subject to closure (see H.R. 6161), H4610 [28AP]

——— treat certain liquidations of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified liquidations of last in, first out (LIFO) inventory (see H.R. 7382), H4152 [4AP]

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), H5685 [17JN]

Ukraine: promote security partnership (see H.R. 6367), H291 [20JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: automatically suspend debt limit for fiscal year of budget resolution (see H.R. 6393), H193 [13JA]

——— constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 77), H3827 [17MR]

——— extend limits on discretionary spending (see H.R. 9032), H8314 [29SE]

Medicare: reform and permanently extend Medicare-dependent hospital program (see H.R. 9034), H8314 [29SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide for coverage of services furnished by freestanding emergency centers (see H.R. 8597), H7537 [29JY]

National Archives and Records Administration: authenticate and publish State applications for constitutional conventions, publish certification when two-thirds is reached, and notify Congress to call convention (see H.R. 8419), H6881 [19JY]

Political science: call Article V Convention for proposing amendments to Constitution and ratification of such amendments by State conventions, a vote of We the People (see H. Con. Res. 101), H6882 [19JY]

Russia: prohibit importation of crude oil, petroleum, petroleum products, and liquefied natural gas from Russia (see H.R. 6947), H1328 [7MR]

Taxation: clarify that expenses for blood storage qualify as expenses for medical care (see H.R. 8912), H8009 [20SE]

——— repeal corporate alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 9030), H8313 [29SE]

Constitutional authority statements

Budget: automatically suspend debt limit for fiscal year of budget resolution (H.R. 6393), H194 [13JA]

——— constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 77), H3828 [17MR]

——— extend limits on discretionary spending (H.R. 9032), H8317 [29SE]

Medicare: reform and permanently extend Medicare-dependent hospital program (H.R. 9034), H8317 [29SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide for coverage of services furnished by freestanding emergency centers (H.R. 8597), H7539 [29JY]

National Archives and Records Administration: authenticate and publish State applications for constitutional conventions, publish certification when two-thirds is reached, and notify Congress to call convention (H.R. 8419), H6882 [19JY]

Russia: prohibit importation of crude oil, petroleum, petroleum products, and liquefied natural gas from Russia (H.R. 6947), H1329 [7MR]

Taxation: clarify that expenses for blood storage qualify as expenses for medical care (H.R. 8912), H8010 [20SE]

——— repeal corporate alternative minimum tax (H.R. 9030), H8317 [29SE]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H8321 [30SE]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit interference, under color of State law, with provision of interstate abortion services (H.R. 8297), H6654 [15JY]

Appropriations: legislative process, H5477 [13JN]

Belarus: suspend normal trade relations treatment (H.R. 7108), H3805 [17MR]

Biden, President: evaluation of administration, H213 [18JA]

——— evaluation of administration relative to economy, H5479 [13JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, H4020 [31MR]

——— deficit, H5476, H5478, H5479, H5480, H5481, H5482 [13JN]

CPSC: prevent accidental ingestion of button cell or coin batteries through promulgation of consumer product safety standard to require child resistant closures on consumer products that use such batteries (H.R. 5313), H7114 [26JY]

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 (H.R. 6448), H8088 [22SE]

Donna M. Doss Border Patrol Station, Rocksprings, TX: designate (S. 233), H3994 [30MR]

Economy: address growing inflation, H5479, H5481, H5482 [13JN]

——— invest in science, technology, research, and innovation to improve competitiveness of U.S. in global economy, H818 [2FE]

——— 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, H7663 [12AU]

Firearms: ban assault weapons, bump stocks and equivalent devices, high-capacity ammunition magazines, and devices designed to evade assault weapons ban, and ensure right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited (H.R. 1808), H7524 [29JY]

——— protect rights of citizens under Second Amendment, H5434 [9JN]

Meyer, Malcolm: Louisiana Land Title Association Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, H13 [11JA]

Power resources: strengthen U.S. energy security and encourage domestic production of crude oil, petroleum products, and natural gas (H.R. 6858), H4028 [31MR]

Public debt: recognize national debt as threat to national security, H8299, H8300, H8301, H8302, H8303, H8304, H8305 [29SE]

Research: provide for coordinated Federal research program to ensure continued U.S. leadership in engineering biology (H.R. 4521), H818 [2FE]

Russia: prohibit importation of Russian energy products (H.R. 6968), H1398 [9MR]

——— suspend normal trade relations treatment (H.R. 7108), H3805 [17MR]

Taxation: recognize importance of stepped-up basis of certain inherited property in preserving family-owned farms and small businesses (H. Res. 1015), H5481 [13JN]

Texas Tech University: tribute to Health Sciences Center, H1016 [8FE]

Votes: position on missed, E594• [8JN]

Tributes

Gohmert, Representative, H8792 [6DE]

Hance, Kent R., H8322 [30SE]

Howell, Elvin N., H1016 [8FE]

McBeath, Don, H13 [11JA]

Patten, Cash, H13 [11JA]

Porter, D. Wayne, H5836 [23JN]

Waters, Berkley, H13 [11JA]